Prophetia Ezechielis, 8

1. Et factum est in anno sexto, in sexto mense, in quinta mensis, ego sedebam in domo mea, et senes Iudae sedebant coram me, et cecidit super me ibi manus Domini Dei,

1. In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

2. et vidi: et ecce similitudo quasi aspectus viri, ab aspectu lumborum eius et deorsum ignis, et a lumbis eius et sursum quasi aspectus splendoris ut visio electri.

2. Then I beheld, and, lo, a form that had the appearance of a man; below what appeared to be his loins it was fire, and above his loins it was like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming bronze.

3. Emisit similitudinem manus et apprehendit me in cincinno capitis mei; et elevavit me spiritus inter terram et caelum et adduxit in Ierusalem, in visionibus Dei, iuxta ostium interius, quod respiciebat aquilonem, ubi erat statutum idolum zeli ad provocandam aemulationem.

3. He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

4. Et ecce ibi gloria Dei Israel secundum visionem, quam videram in campo;

4. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.

5. et dixit ad me: “Fili hominis, leva oculos tuos ad viam aquilonis”. Et levavi oculos meos ad viam aquilonis, et ecce ab aquilone portae altaris hoc idolum zeli in introitu.

5. Then he said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes now in the direction of the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the altar gate, in the entrance, was this image of jealousy.

6. Et dixit ad me: “Fili hominis, putasne vides tu, quid isti faciunt, abominationes magnas, quas domus Israel facit hic, ut procul recedam a sanctuario meo? Et adhuc conversus videbis abominationes maiores”.

6. And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations."

7. Et duxit me ad ostium atrii, et vidi: et ecce foramen unum in pariete.

7. And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

8. Et dixit ad me: “Fili hominis, fode parietem”; et cum perfodissem parietem, apparuit ostium unum.

8. Then said he to me, "Son of man, dig in the wall"; and when I dug in the wall, lo, there was a door.

9. Et dixit ad me: “Ingredere et vide abominationes pessimas, quas isti faciunt hic”.

9. And he said to me, "Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing here."

10. Et ingressus vidi: et ecce omnis similitudo reptilium et animalium abominatio et universa idola domus Israel depicta erant in pariete in circuitu per totum;

10. So I went in and saw; and there, portrayed upon the wall round about, were all kinds of creeping things, and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.

11. et septuaginta viri de senioribus domus Israel, et Iezonias filius Saphan stabat in medio eorum stantium ante picturas, et unusquisque habebat turibulum in manu sua, et vapor nebulae de ture consurgebat.

11. And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Ja-azani'ah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.

12. Et dixit ad me: “Certe vides, fili hominis, quae seniores domus Israel faciunt in tenebris, unusquisque in cubiculo simulacri sui; dicunt enim: “Non videt Dominus nos, dereliquit Dominus terram””.

12. Then he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every man in his room of pictures? For they say, `The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.'"

13. Et dixit ad me: “Adhuc videbis abominationes maiores, quas isti faciunt”.

13. He said also to me, "You will see still greater abominations which they commit."

14. Et duxit me ad ostium portae domus Domini, quod respiciebat ad aquilonem, et ecce ibi mulieres sedebant plangentes Thammuz.

14. Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

15. Et dixit ad me: “Certe vidisti, fili hominis; adhuc videbis abominationes maiores his”.

15. Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these."

16. Et introduxit me in atrium domus Domini interius, et ecce in ostio templi Domini, inter vestibulum et altare, quasi viginti quinque viri dorsa habentes contra templum Domini et facies ad orientem, et adorabant ad ortum solis.

16. And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD; and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

17. Et dixit ad me: “Certe vidisti, fili hominis; numquid parum est hoc domui Iudae, ut facerent abominationes istas, quas fecerunt hic, quia replentes terram iniquitate iterum irritaverunt me et ecce applicant ramum ad nares suas.

17. Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too slight a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence, and provoke me further to anger? Lo, they put the branch to their nose.

18. Ergo et ego faciam in furore: non parcet oculus meus, nec miserebor et, cum clamaverint ad aures meas voce magna, non exaudiam eos”.

18. Therefore I will deal in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."