1Onus verbi Domini in terra Hadrach et Damasci requiei ejus,The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus.quia Domini est oculus hominis et omnium tribuum Israël.For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord.
2Emath quoque in terminis ejus, et Tyrus,Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon.et Sidon:For, of course,assumpserunt quippe sibi sapientiam valde.they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise.
3Et ædificavit Tyrus munitionem suam,And Tyre has built herself a fortress,et coacervavit argentum quasi humum,and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil,et aurum ut lutum platearum.and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets.
4Ecce Dominus possidebit eam:Behold, the Lord will possess her,et percutiet in mari fortitudinem ejus,and he will strike her strength in the sea,et hæc igni devorabitur.and she will be devoured by fire.
5Videbit Ascalon,Ashkelon will seeet timebit,and be afraid.et Gaza,Both Gazaet dolebit nimis,and he will be very sorrowful,et Accaron,as well as Ekron,quoniam confusa est spes ejus:because her hope has been confounded.et peribit rex de Gaza,And the king will pass away from Gaza,et Ascalon non habitabitur.and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6Et sedebit separator in Azoto,And the divider will sit in Ashdod,et disperdam superbiam Philisthinorum.and I will scatter the arrogance of the Philistines.
7Et auferam sanguinem ejus de ore ejus,And I will take away his blood from his mouth,et abominationes ejus de medio dentium ejus:and his abominations from between his teeth,et relinquetur etiam ipse Deo nostro,and yet he will be left for our God,et erit quasi dux in Juda,and he will be like a governor in Judah,et Accaron quasi Jebusæus.and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
8Et circumdabo domum meam ex his qui militant mihi euntesAnd I will encircle my house with those who serve me in war,et revertentes:going and returning,et non transibit super eos ultra exactor,and the exactor will no longer pass over them.quia nunc vidi in oculis meis.For now I have seen with my eyes.
9Exsulta satis, filia Sion;Rejoice well, daughter of Zion,jubila,shout for joy,filia Jerusalem:daughter of Jerusalem.ecce rex tuus veniet tibi justus,Behold, your King will come to you:et salvator:the Just One,ipse pauper,the Savior.et ascendens super asinam et super pullum filium asinæ.He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.
10Et disperdam quadrigam ex Ephraim,And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraimet equum de Jerusalem,and the horse from Jerusalem,et dissipabitur arcus belli:and the bow of war will be destroyed.et loquetur pacem gentibus,And he will speak peace to the Gentiles,et potestas ejus a mari usque ad mare,and his power will be from sea to sea,et a fluminibus usque ad fines terræ.and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
11Tu quoque in sanguine testamenti tui emisisti vinctos tuos de lacu in quo non est aqua.You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.
12Convertimini ad munitionem, vincti spei:Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope.hodie quoque annuntians duplicia reddam tibi.Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
13Quoniam extendi mihi Judam quasi arcum:because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow;implevi Ephraim:I have filled Ephraim.et suscitabo filios tuos,And I will raise up your sons,Sion,Zion,super filios tuos,above your sons, Greece.Græcia: et ponam te quasi gladium fortium.And I will set you as the sword of the strength.
14Et Dominus Deus super eos videbitur,And the Lord God will be seen over them,et exibit ut fulgur jaculum ejus:and his arrow will go forth like lightning.et Dominus Deus in tuba canet,And the Lord God will sound the trumpet,et vadet in turbine austri.and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.
15Dominus exercituum proteget eos:The Lord of hosts will protect them.et devorabunt, et subjicient lapidibus fundæ:And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And,et bibentes inebriabuntur quasi a vino,when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine,et replebuntur ut phialæ, et quasi cornua altaris.and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.
16Et salvabit eos Dominus Deus eorum in die illa,And in that day,ut gregem populi sui,the Lord their God will save them as the flock of his people.quia lapides sancti elevabuntur super terram ejus.For holy stones will be lifted up over his land.
17Quid enim bonum ejus est,For what is his goodnesset quid pulchrum ejus,and what is his beauty,nisi frumentum electorum,other than grain among the electet vinum germinans virgines?and wine springing forth virgins?