Prophetia Ezechielis, 16

1. et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens

1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2. fili hominis notas fac Hierusalem abominationes suas

2. Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.

3. et dices hæc dicit Dominus Deus Hierusalem radix tua et generatio tua de terra chananea pater tuus Amorreus et mater tua Cetthea

3. And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God to Jerusalem: Thy root, and thy nativity is of the land of Chanaan, thy father was an Amorrhite, and thy mother a Cethite.

4. et quando nata es in die ortus tui non est præcisus umbilicus tuus et in aqua non es lota in salutem nec sale salita nec involuta pannis

4. And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel wits not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts.

5. non pepercit super te oculus ut facerem tibi unum de his miseratus tui sed projecta es super faciem terræ in abiectione animæ tuæ in die qua nata es

5. No eye had pity on thee to do any of these things for thee, out of compassion to thee: but thou wast cast out upon the face of the earth in the abjection of thy soul, in the day that thou wast born.

6. transiens autem per te vidi te conculcari in sanguine tuo et dixi tibi cum esses in sanguine tuo vive dixi inquam tibi in sanguine tuo vive

6. And passing by thee, I saw that thou wast trodden under foot in thy own blood. and I said to thee when thou wast in thy blood: Live: I have said to thee: Live in thy blood.

7. multiplicatam quasi germen agri dedi te et multiplicata es et grandis effecta et ingressa es et pervenisti ad mundum muliebrem ubera tua intumuerunt et pilus tuus germinavit et eras nuda et confusionis plena

7. I caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field: and thou didst increase and grow great, and advancedst, and camest to woman's ornament: thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: and thou wast naked, and full of confusion.

8. et transivi per te et vidi te et ecce tempus tuum tempus amantium et expandi amictum meum super te et operui ignominiam tuam et juravi tibi et ingressus sum pactum tecum ait Dominus Deus et facta es mihi

8. And I passed by thee, and saw thee: and behold thy time was the time of lovers : and I spread my garment over thee, and covered thy ignominy. And I swore to thee, and I entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God: and thou becamest mine.

9. et lavi te aqua et emundavi sanguinem tuum ex te et unxi te oleo

9. And I washed thee with water, and cleansed away thy blood from thee: and I anointed thee with oil.

10. et vestivi te discoloribus et calciavi te janthino et cinxi te bysso et indui te subtilibus

10. And I clothed thee with embroidery, and shed thee with violet coloured shoes : and I girded thee about with fine linen, and clothed thee with fine garments.

11. et ornavi te ornamento et dedi armillas in manibus tuis et torquem circa collum tuum

11. I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets on thy hands, and a chain about thy neck.

12. et dedi inaurem super os tuum et circulos auribus tuis et coronam decoris in capite tuo

12. And I put a jewel upon thy forehead and earrings in thy ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

13. et ornata es auro et argento et vestita es bysso et polymito et multicoloribus similam et mel et oleum comedisti et decora facta es vehementer nimis et profecisti in regnum

13. And thou wast adorned with gold, and silver, and wast clothed with fine linen, and embroidered work, and many colours: thou didst eat fine hour, and honey, and oil, and wast made exceeding beautiful: and wast advanced to be a queen.

14. et egressum est nomen tuum in gentes propter speciem tuam quia perfecta eras in decore meo quem posueram super te dicit Dominus Deus

14. And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty: for thou wast perfect through my beauty, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

15. et habens fiduciam in pulchritudine tua fornicata es in nomine tuo et exposuisti fornicationem tuam omni transeunti ut ejus fieres

15. But trusting in thy beauty, thou playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and thou hast prostituted thyself to every passenger, to be his.

16. et sumens de vestimentis meis fecisti tibi excelsa hinc inde consuta et fornicata es super eis sicut non est factum neque futurum est

16. And taking of thy garments thou hast made thee high places sewed together on each side: and hast played the harlot upon them, as hath not been done before, nor shall be hereafter.

17. et tulisti vasa decoris tui de auro meo et argento meo quæ dedi tibi et fecisti tibi imagines masculinas et fornicata es in eis

17. And thou tookest thy beautiful vessels, of my gold, and my silver, which I gave thee, and thou madest thee images of men, and hast committed fornication with them.

18. et sumpsisti vestimenta tua multicoloria et vestita es eis et oleum meum et thymiama meum posuisti coram eis

18. And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them : and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them.

19. et panem meum quem dedi tibi similam et oleum et mel quibus enutrivi te posuisti in conspectu eorum in odorem suavitatis et factum est ait Dominus Deus

19. And my bread which I gave thee, the fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast set before them for a sweet odour; and it was done, saith the Lord God.

20. et tulisti filios tuos et filias tuas quas generasti mihi et immolasti eis ad devorandum numquid parva est fornicatio tua

20. And thou hast taken thy sons, and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me: and best sacrificed the same to them to be devoured. Is thy fornication small?

21. immolantis filios meos et dedisti illos consecrans eis

21. Thou hast sacrificed and given my children to them, consecrating them by fire.

22. et post omnes abominationes tuas et fornicationes non es recordata dierum adulescentiæ tuæ quando eras nuda et confusione plena conculcata in sanguine tuo

22. And after all thy abominations, and fornications, thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked, and full of confusion, trodden under foot in thy own blood.

23. et accidit post omnem malitiam tuam væ væ tibi ait Dominus Deus

23. And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe to thee, saith the Lord God)

24. et ædificasti tibi lupanar et fecisti tibi prostibulum in cunctis plateis

24. That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street.

25. ad omne caput viæ ædificasti signum prostitutionis tuæ et abominabilem fecisti decorem tuum et divisisti pedes tuos omni transeunti et multiplicasti fornicationes tuas

25. At every head of the way thou hast set up a sign of thy prostitution: and hast made thy beauty to be abominable: and hast prostituted thyself to every one that passed by, and hast multiplied thy fornications.

26. et fornicata es cum filiis Ægypti vicinis tuis magnarum carnium et multiplicasti fornicationem tuam ad inritandum me

26. And thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, men of large bodies, and hast multiplied thy fornications to provoke me.

27. ecce ego extendi manum meam super te et auferam jus tuum et dabo te in animam odientium te filiarum Palestinarum quæ erubescunt in via tua scelerata

27. Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will take away thy justification: and I will deliver thee up to the will of the daughters of the Philistines that hate thee, that are ashamed of thy wicked way.

28. et fornicata es in filiis Assyriorum eo quod necdum fueris expleta et postquam fornicata es nec sic es satiata

28. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Assyrians, because thou wast not yet satisfied: and after thou hadst played the harlot with them, even so thou wast not contented.

29. et multiplicasti fornicationem tuam in terra Chanaan cum Chaldeis et nec sic satiata es

29. Thou hast also multiplied thy fornications in the land of Chanaan with the Chaldeans: and neither so wast then satisfied.

30. in quo mundabo cor tuum ait Dominus Deus cum facias omnia hæc opera mulieris meretricis et procacis

30. Wherein shall I cleanse thy heart, saith the Lord God: seeing thou dost all these the works of a shameless prostitute?

31. quia fabricasti lupanar tuum in capite omnis viæ et excelsum tuum fecisti in omni platea nec facta es quasi meretrix fastidio augens pretium

31. Because thou hast built thy brothel house at the head of every way, and thou hast made thy high place in every street: and wast not as a harlot that by disdain enhanceth her price,

32. sed quasi mulier adultera quæ super virum suum inducit alienos

32. But as an adulteress, that bringeth in strangers over her husband.

33. omnibus meretricibus dantur mercedes tu autem dedisti mercedes cunctis amatoribus tuis et donabas eis ut intrarent ad te undique ad fornicandum tecum

33. Gifts are given to all harlots: but thou hast given hire to all thy lovers, and thou hast given them gifts to come to thee from every side, to commit fornication with thee.

34. factumque in te est contra consuetudinem mulierum in fornicationibus tuis et post te non erit fornicatio in eo enim quod dedisti mercedes et mercedes non accepisti factum est in te contrarium

34. And it hath happened in thee contrary to the custom of women in thy fornications, and after thee there shall be no such fornication: for in that thou gavest rewards, and didst not take rewards, the contrary hath been done in thee.

35. propterea meretrix audi verbum Domini

35. Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.

36. hæc dicit Dominus Deus quia effusum est æs tuum et revelata est ignominia tua in fornicationibus tuis super amatores tuos et super idola abominationum tuarum in sanguine filiorum tuorum quos dedisti eis

36. Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy money hath been poured out, and thy shame discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers, and with the idols of thy abominations, by the blood of thy children whom thou gavest them:

37. ecce ego congregabo omnes amatores tuos quibus commixta es et omnes quos dilexisti cum universis quos oderas et congregabo eos super te undique et nudabo ignominiam tuam coram eis et videbunt omnem turpitudinem tuam

37. Behold, I will gather together all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all whom thou hast loved, with all whom thou hast hated: and I will gather them together against thee on every side, and will discover thy shame in their sight, and they shall see all thy nakedness.

38. et judicabo te judiciis adulterarum et effundentium sanguinem et dabo te in sanguinem furoris et zeli

38. And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

39. et dabo te in manus eorum et destruent lupanar tuum et demolientur prostibulum tuum et denudabunt te vestimentis tuis et auferent vasa decoris tui et derelinquent te nudam plenamque ignominia

39. And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall destroy thy brothel house, and throw down thy stews: and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take away the vessels of thy beauty: and leave thee naked, and full of disgrace.

40. et adducent super te multitudinem et lapidabunt te lapidibus et trucidabunt te gladiis suis

40. And they shall bring upon thee a multitude, and they shall stone thee with stones, and shall slay thee with their swords.

41. et conburent domos tuas igni et facient in te judicia in oculis mulierum plurimarum et desines fornicari et mercedes ultra non dabis

41. 41And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and shall execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and thou shalt cease from fornication, and shalt give no hire any more.

42. et requiescet indignatio mea in te et auferetur zelus meus a te et quiescam nec irascar amplius

42. And my indignation shall rest in thee: and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will cease and be angry no more.

43. eo quod non fueris recordata dierum adulescentiæ tuæ et provocasti me in omnibus his quapropter et ego vias tuas in capite tuo dedi ait Dominus Deus et non feci juxta scelera tua in omnibus abominationibus tuis

43. Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast provoked me in all these things: wherefore I also have turned thy ways upon thy head, saith the Lord God, and I have not done according to thy wicked deeds in all thy abominations.

44. ecce omnis qui dicit vulgo proverbium in te adsumet illud dicens sicut mater ita et filia ejus

44. Behold every one that useth a common proverb, shall use this against thee, saying: As the mother was, so also is her daughter.

45. filia matris tuæ es tu quæ projecit virum suum et filios suos et soror sororum tuarum tu quæ projecerunt viros suos et filios suos mater vestra Cetthea et pater vester Amorreus

45. Thou art thy mother's daughter, that cast off her husband, and her children: and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who cast off their husbands, and their children: your mother was a Cethite, and your father an Amorrhite.

46. et soror tua major Samaria ipsa et filiæ ejus quæ habitat ad sinistram tuam soror autem tua minor te quæ habitat a dextris tuis Sodoma et filiæ ejus

46. And thy elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand is Sodom, and her daughters.

47. sed nec in viis earum ambulasti neque secundum scelera earum fecisti pauxillum minus pæne sceleratiora fecisti illis in omnibus viis tuis

47. But neither hast thou walked in their ways, nor hast thou done a little less than they according to their wickednesses: thou hast done almost more wicked things than they in all thy ways

48. vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus quia non fecit Sodoma soror tua ipsa et filiæ ejus sicut fecisti tu et filiæ tuæ

48. as I live, saith the Lord God, thy sister Sodom herself, and her daughters, have not done as thou hast done, and thy daughters.

49. ecce hæc fuit iniquitas Sodomæ sororis tuæ superbia saturitas panis et abundantia et otium ipsius et filiarum ejus et manum egeno et pauperi non porrigebant

49. Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and to the poor.

50. et elevatæ sunt et fecerunt abominationes coram me et abstuli eas sicut vidisti

50. And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.

51. et Samaria dimidium peccatorum tuorum non peccavit sed vicisti eas sceleribus tuis et justificasti sorores tuas in omnibus abominationibus tuis quas operata es

51. And Samaria committed not half thy sins: but thou hast surpassed them with thy crimes, and hast justified thy sisters by all thy abominations which thou hast done.

52. ergo et tu porta confusionem tuam quæ vicisti sorores tuas peccatis tuis sceleratius agens ab eis justificatæ sunt enim a te ergo et tu confundere et porta ignominiam tuam quæ justificasti sorores tuas

52. Therefore do thou also bear thy confusion, thou that hast surpassed thy sisters with thy sine, doing more wickedly than they: for they are justified above thee, therefore be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, thou that hast justified thy sisters.

53. et convertam restituens eas conversione Sodomorum cum filiabus suis et conversione Samariæ et filiarum ejus et convertam reversionem tuam in medio earum

53. And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.

54. ut portes ignominiam tuam et confundaris in omnibus quæ fecisti consolans eas

54. That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them.

55. et soror tua Sodoma et filiæ ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam et Samaria et filiæ ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam et tu et filiæ tuæ revertimini ad antiquitatem vestram

55. And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall return to their ancient state: and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their ancient state: and thou and thy daughters shall return to your ancient state.

56. non fuit autem Sodoma soror tua audita in ore tuo in die superbiæ tuæ

56. And Sodom thy sister was not heard of in thy mouth, in the day of thy pride,

57. antequam revelaretur malitia tua sicut hoc tempore in obprobrium filiarum Syriæ et cunctarum in circuitu tuo filiarum Palestinarum quæ ambiunt te per gyrum

57. Before thy malice was laid open: as it is at this time, making thee a reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all the daughters of Palestine round about thee, that encompass thee on all sides.

58. scelus tuum et ignominiam tuam tu portasti ait Dominus Deus

58. Thou hast borne thy wickedness, and thy disgrace, saith the Lord God.

59. quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus et faciam tibi sicut dispexisti juramentum ut irritum faceres pactum

59. For thus saith the Lord God: I will deal with thee, as thou hast despised the oath, in breaking the covenant:

60. et recordabor ego pacti mei tecum in diebus adulescentiæ tuæ et suscitabo tibi pactum sempiternum

60. And I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth: and I will establish with thee an everlasting covenant.

61. et recordaberis viarum tuarum et confunderis cum receperis sorores tuas te majores cum minoribus tuis et dabo eas tibi in filias sed non ex pacto tuo

61. And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed: when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thy elder and thy younger: and I will give them to thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

62. et suscitabo ego pactum meum tecum et scies quia ego Dominus

62. And I will establish my covenant with thee: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord,

63. ut recorderis et confundaris et non sit tibi ultra aperire os præ confusione tua cum placatus fuero tibi in omnibus quæ fecisti ait Dominus Deus

63. That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and mayest no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I shall be pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.