¹Noli lætari,Do not choose to rejoice,Israël;Israel;noli exsultare sicut populi:do not celebrate as the crowds do.quia fornicatus es a Deo tuo;For you have been committing fornication against your God;dilexisti mercedem super omnes areas tritici.you have loved a prize upon every threshing floor of wheat.

¹Noli lætari,Do not choose to rejoice,Israël;Israel;noli exsultare sicut populi:do not celebrate as the crowds do.quia fornicatus es a Deo tuo;For you have been committing fornication against your God;dilexisti mercedem super omnes areas tritici.you have loved a prize upon every threshing floor of wheat.

²Area et torcular non pascet eos,The threshing floor and the oil press will not feed them,et vinum mentietur eis:and the wine will deceive them.

²Area et torcular non pascet eos,The threshing floor and the oil press will not feed them,et vinum mentietur eis:and the wine will deceive them.

³non habitabunt in terra Domini.They will not dwell in the land of the Lord.Reversus est Ephraim in Ægyptum,Ephraim has been returned to Egypt,et in Assyriis pollutum comedit.and he has eaten polluted things among the Assyrians.

³non habitabunt in terra Domini.They will not dwell in the land of the Lord.Reversus est Ephraim in Ægyptum,Ephraim has been returned to Egypt,et in Assyriis pollutum comedit.and he has eaten polluted things among the Assyrians.

⁴Non libabunt Domino vinum,They will not offer a libation of wine to the Lord,et non placebunt ei.and they will not please him.Sacrificia eorum quasi panis lugentium;Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners.omnes qui comedent eum, contaminabuntur:All those who eat it will be defiled.quia panis eorum animæ ipsorum:For their bread is of their soul;non intrabit in domum Domini.it will not enter into the house of the Lord.

⁴Non libabunt Domino vinum,They will not offer a libation of wine to the Lord,et non placebunt ei.and they will not please him.Sacrificia eorum quasi panis lugentium;Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners.omnes qui comedent eum, contaminabuntur:All those who eat it will be defiled.quia panis eorum animæ ipsorum:For their bread is of their soul;non intrabit in domum Domini.it will not enter into the house of the Lord.

⁵Quid facietis in die solemni,What will you do on the solemn day,in die festivitatis Domini?on the day of the feast of the Lord?

⁵Quid facietis in die solemni,What will you do on the solemn day,in die festivitatis Domini?on the day of the feast of the Lord?

⁶Ecce enim profecti sunt a vastitate:For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation.Ægyptus congregabit eos;Egypt will gather them together;Memphis sepeliet eos:Memphis will bury them.desiderabile argentum eorum urtica hæreditabit,Nettles will inherit their desired silver;lappa in tabernaculis eorum.the burr will be in their tabernacles.

⁶Ecce enim profecti sunt a vastitate:For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation.Ægyptus congregabit eos;Egypt will gather them together;Memphis sepeliet eos:Memphis will bury them.desiderabile argentum eorum urtica hæreditabit,Nettles will inherit their desired silver;lappa in tabernaculis eorum.the burr will be in their tabernacles.

⁷Venerunt dies visitationis,The days of visitation have arrived;venerunt dies retributionis.the days of retribution are here.Scitote,Know this,Israël,Israel:stultum prophetam,that the prophet was foolish,insanum virum spiritualem,the spiritual man was mad,propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ,because of the multitude of your iniquitieset multitudinem amentiæ.and the great extent of your foolishness.

⁷Venerunt dies visitationis,The days of visitation have arrived;venerunt dies retributionis.the days of retribution are here.Scitote,Know this,Israël,Israel:stultum prophetam,that the prophet was foolish,insanum virum spiritualem,the spiritual man was mad,propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ,because of the multitude of your iniquitieset multitudinem amentiæ.and the great extent of your foolishness.

⁸Speculator Ephraim cum Deo meo,The watcher of Ephraim was with my God.propheta laqueus ruinæ factus est super omnes vias ejus;The prophet has become a snare of ruin over all his ways;insania in domo Dei ejus.insanity is in the house of his God.

⁸Speculator Ephraim cum Deo meo,The watcher of Ephraim was with my God.propheta laqueus ruinæ factus est super omnes vias ejus;The prophet has become a snare of ruin over all his ways;insania in domo Dei ejus.insanity is in the house of his God.

⁹Profunde peccaverunt,They have sinned profoundly,sicut in diebus Gabaa.just as in the days of Gibeah.Recordabitur iniquitatis eorum,He will remember their iniquity,et visitabit peccata eorum.and he will repay their sin.

⁹Profunde peccaverunt,They have sinned profoundly,sicut in diebus Gabaa.just as in the days of Gibeah.Recordabitur iniquitatis eorum,He will remember their iniquity,et visitabit peccata eorum.and he will repay their sin.

¹⁰Quasi uvas in deserto inveni Israël,I discovered Israel like grapes in the desert.quasi prima poma ficulneæ in cacumine ejus vidi patres eorum:Like the first fruits of the fig tree, I saw their fathers on the end of its branches.ipsi autem intraverunt ad Beelphegor,But they went in to Baal-peor,et abalienati sunt in confusionem,and they have been estranged by intermingling,et facti sunt abominabiles sicut ea quæ dilexerunt.and they have become abominable, just like the things that they chose to love.

¹⁰Quasi uvas in deserto inveni Israël,I discovered Israel like grapes in the desert.quasi prima poma ficulneæ in cacumine ejus vidi patres eorum:Like the first fruits of the fig tree, I saw their fathers on the end of its branches.ipsi autem intraverunt ad Beelphegor,But they went in to Baal-peor,et abalienati sunt in confusionem,and they have been estranged by intermingling,et facti sunt abominabiles sicut ea quæ dilexerunt.and they have become abominable, just like the things that they chose to love.

¹¹Ephraim quasi avis avolavit;Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird:gloria eorum a partu,from birth,et ab utero,and from the womb,et a conceptu.and from conception.

¹¹Ephraim quasi avis avolavit;Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird:gloria eorum a partu,from birth,et ab utero,and from the womb,et a conceptu.and from conception.

¹²Quod etsi enutrierint filios suos,And even if they should nurture their sons,absque liberis eos faciam in hominibus;I will make them without children among men. Yes,sed et væ eis cum recessero ab eis!and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.

¹²Quod etsi enutrierint filios suos,And even if they should nurture their sons,absque liberis eos faciam in hominibus;I will make them without children among men. Yes,sed et væ eis cum recessero ab eis!and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.

¹³Ephraim,Ephraim,ut vidi,as I see it,Tyrus erat fundata in pulchritudine;was a Tyre, founded by beauty.et Ephraim educet ad interfectorem filios suos.And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution.

¹³Ephraim,Ephraim,ut vidi,as I see it,Tyrus erat fundata in pulchritudine;was a Tyre, founded by beauty.et Ephraim educet ad interfectorem filios suos.And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution.

¹⁴Da eis,Give them,Domine.O Lord.Quid dabis eis?What will you give them?da eis vulvam sine liberis,Give them a womb without children,et ubera arentia.and dry breasts.

¹⁴Da eis,Give them,Domine.O Lord.Quid dabis eis?What will you give them?da eis vulvam sine liberis,Give them a womb without children,et ubera arentia.and dry breasts.

¹⁵Omnes nequitiæ eorum in Galgal,All their wickedness is in Gilgal,quia ibi exosos habui eos.for I held them there, in their hatred.Propter malitiam adinventionum eorum,Because of the malice of their inventions,de domo mea ejiciam eos;I will expel them from my house.non addam ut diligam eos: omnes principes eorum recedentes.I will no longer say that I love them; all their leaders have retreated.

¹⁵Omnes nequitiæ eorum in Galgal,All their wickedness is in Gilgal,quia ibi exosos habui eos.for I held them there, in their hatred.Propter malitiam adinventionum eorum,Because of the malice of their inventions,de domo mea ejiciam eos;I will expel them from my house.non addam ut diligam eos: omnes principes eorum recedentes.I will no longer say that I love them; all their leaders have retreated.

¹⁶Percussus est Ephraim;Ephraim has been struck;radix eorum exsiccata est:their root has been dried out:fructum nequaquam facient,by no means will they yield fruit.quod etsi genuerint,And even if they should conceive,interficiam amantissima uteri eorum.I will execute the most beloved of their womb.

¹⁶Percussus est Ephraim;Ephraim has been struck;radix eorum exsiccata est:their root has been dried out:fructum nequaquam facient,by no means will they yield fruit.quod etsi genuerint,And even if they should conceive,interficiam amantissima uteri eorum.I will execute the most beloved of their womb.

¹⁷Abjiciet eos Deus meus, quia non audierunt eum,My God will cast them aside because they have not listened to him;et erunt vagi in nationibus.and they will be wanderers among the nations.

¹⁷Abjiciet eos Deus meus, quia non audierunt eum,My God will cast them aside because they have not listened to him;et erunt vagi in nationibus.and they will be wanderers among the nations.