Prophetia Ezechielis, 9
1. Et clamavit in auribus meis voce magna dicens: “Appro pinquaverunt visitationes urbis, et unusquisque vas interfectionis habet in manu sua”.
1. Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, "Draw near, you executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand."
2. Et ecce sex viri veniebant de via portae superioris, quae respicit ad aquilonem, et uniuscuiusque vas interitus in manu eius; vir quoque unus in medio eorum vestitus lineis, et atramentarium scriptoris ad renes eius; et ingressi sunt et steterunt iuxta altare aereum.
2. And lo, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, every man with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3. Et gloria Dei Israel elevata est de cherub, super quem erat, ad limen domus; et vocavit virum, qui indutus erat lineis et atramentarium scriptoris habebat in lumbis suis.
3. Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherubim on which it rested to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his side.
4. Et dixit Dominus ad eum: “Transi per mediam civitatem in medio Ierusalem et signa thau super frontes virorum gementium et dolentium super cunctis abominationibus, quae fiunt in medio eius”.
4. And the LORD said to him, "Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
5. Et illis dixit, audiente me: “Transite per civitatem sequentes eum et percutite; non parcat oculus vester, neque misereamini:
5. And to the others he said in my hearing, "Pass through the city after him, and smite; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity;
6. senem, adulescentulum et virginem et parvulum et mulieres interficite usque ad internecionem; omnem autem, super quem videritis thau, ne occidatis, et a sanctuario meo incipite”. Coeperunt ergo a viris senioribus, qui erant ante faciem domus.
6. slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house.
7. Et dixit ad eos: “Contaminate domum et implete atria interfectis. Egredimini”. Et egressi sunt et percutiebant eos, qui erant in civitate.
7. Then he said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth." So they went forth, and smote in the city.
8. Et caede completa, remansi ego ruique super faciem meam et clamans aio: “Heu, Domine Deus! Ergone disperdes omnes reliquias Israel, effundens furorem tuum super Ierusalem?”.
8. And while they were smiting, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, "Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all that remains of Israel in the outpouring of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?"
9. Et dixit ad me: “Iniquitas domus Israel et Iudae magna est nimis valde; et repleta est terra sanguinibus, et civitas repleta est iniustitia. Dixerunt enim: “Dereliquit Dominus terram, et Dominus non videt”;
9. Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, `The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see.'
10. igitur et meus non parcet oculus, neque miserebor: viam eorum super caput eorum reddam”.
10. As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will requite their deeds upon their heads."
11. Et ecce vir, qui indutus erat lineis, qui habebat atramentarium in lumbis suis, respondit verbum dicens: “Feci, sicut praecepisti mihi”.
11. And lo, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his side, brought back word, saying, "I have done as thou didst command me."
