Prophetia Ezechielis, 21

1. Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. “Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra meridiem et stilla ad austrum et propheta ad saltum agri Nageb.

2. "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel

3. Et dices saltui Nageb: Audi verbum Domini. Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego succendam in te ignem, et comburet in te omne lignum viride et omne lignum aridum; non exstinguetur flamma succensionis, et comburetur in ea omnis facies ab austro usque ad aquilonem.

3. and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.

4. Et videbit universa caro quia ego Domínus succendi eam, nec exstinguetur”.

4. Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north;

5. Et dixi: “Heu, Domine Deus! Ipsi dicunt de me: “Numquid non per parabolas loquitur iste?””.

5. and all flesh shall know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.

6. Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:

6. Sigh therefore, son of man; sigh with breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.

7. “Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam ad Ierusalem et stilla ad sanctuaria et propheta contra humum Israel.

7. And when they say to you, `Why do you sigh?' you shall say, `Because of the tidings. When it comes, every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will be fulfilled,'" says the Lord GOD.

8. Et dices terrae Israel: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ad te, et eiciam gladium meum de vagina sua et occidam in te iustum et impium.

8. And the word of the LORD came to me:

9. Pro eo autem quod occidi in te iustum et impium, idcirco egredietur gladius meus de vagina sua ad omnem carnem, ab austro ad aquilonem,

9. "Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,

10. ut sciat omnis caro quia ego Dominus eduxi gladium meum de vagina sua irrevocabilem.

10. sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Or do we make mirth? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.

11. Et tu, fili hominis, ingemisce in contritione lumborum et in amaritudinibus ingemisce coram eis.

11. So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be handled; it is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.

12. Cumque dixerint ad te: “Quare tu gemis?”, dices: Pro auditu quia venit et tabescet omne cor, et dissolventur universae manus, et infirmabitur omnis spiritus, et per cuncta genua fluent aquae; ecce venit et fiet”, ait Dominus Deus.

12. Cry and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore upon your thigh.

13. Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:

13. For it will not be a testing -- what could it do if you despise the rod?" says the Lord GOD.

14. “Fili hominis, propheta et dices: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Loquere: Gladius, gladius exacutus est et etiam limatus;

14. "Prophesy therefore, son of man; clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yea thrice, the sword for those to be slain; it is the sword for the great slaughter, which encompasses them,

15. ut caedat victimas exacutus est, ut splendeat limatus est.

15. that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword; ah! it is made like lightning, it is polished for slaughter.

16. Et datus est ad levigandum, ut teneatur manu. Iste exacutus est gladius et iste limatus, ut sit in manu interficientis.

16. Cut sharply to right and left where your edge is directed.

17. Clama et ulula, fili hominis, quia hic directus est in populum meum, hic in cunctos duces Israel, qui gladio traditi sunt cum populo meo.

17. I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the LORD have spoken."

18. Idcirco plaude super femur, quia probatio est, dicit Dominus Deus.

18. The word of the LORD came to me again:

19. Tu ergo, fili hominis, propheta et percute manu ad manum. Et duplicetur gladius, ac triplicetur gladius interfectorum: hic est gladius occisionis magnae, qui eos circumdat,

19. "Son of man, mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them shall come forth from the same land. And make a signpost, make it at the head of the way to a city;

20. ut cor tabescat, et multiplicentur corruentes. In omnibus portis eorum dedi occisionem gladii: eheu, facti acuti et limati ad fulgendum, politi ad caedem!

20. mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah and to Jerusalem the fortified.

21. “Exacuere, vade ad dexteram sive ad sinistram, quocumque acies tuae sunt destinatae”.

21. For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he looks at the liver.

22. Quin et ego plaudam manu ad manum et saturabo indignationem meam, ego Dominus locutus sum”.

22. Into his right hand comes the lot for Jerusalem, to open the mouth with a cry, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.

23. Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:

23. But to them it will seem like a false divination; they have sworn solemn oaths; but he brings their guilt to remembrance, that they may be captured.

24. “Et tu, fili hominis, pone tibi duas vias, ut veniat gladius regis Babylonis: de terra una egrediantur ambae; et indicem statue, in capite viae civitatis statue.

24. "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear -- because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in them.

25. Viam pones, quo veniat gladius, ad Rabba filiorum Ammon et ad Iudam in Ierusalem munitissimam.

25. And you, O unhallowed wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment,

26. Stat enim rex Babylonis in bivio in capite duarum viarum, divinationem quaerens, commiscens sagittas; interrogat teraphim, iecur consulit.

26. thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

27. Ad dexteram eius facta est divinatio super Ierusalem, ut ponat arietes, ut aperiat os ad caedem, ut elevet vocem in ululatu, ut ponat arietes contra portas, ut comportet aggerem, ut aedificet munitiones.

27. A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it; there shall not be even a trace of it until he comes whose right it is; and to him I will give it.

28. Eritque quasi consulens frustra oraculum in oculis eorum, et iuramenta sanctissima sunt eis; ipse autem in memoriam revocabit iniquitatem ad capiendum.

28. "And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter, it is polished to glitter and to flash like lightning --

29. Idcirco haec dicit Dominus Deus: Pro eo quod in memoriam revocastis iniquitatem vestram, et revelatae sunt praevaricationes vestrae, et apparuerunt peccata vestra in omnibus operibus vestris; pro eo, inquam, quod in memoriam revocati estis, manu capiemini.

29. while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you -- to be laid on the necks of the unhallowed wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

30. Tu autem, profane, impie dux Israel, cuius venit dies in tempore iniquitatis finitae —

30. Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

31. haec dicit Dominus Deus — auferatur cidaris, tollatur corona; hoc non erit amplius. Humile sublevetur, et sublime humilietur.

31. And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hands of brutal men, skilful to destroy.

32. Ruinam, ruinam, ruinam ponam illud; et hoc non fiet, donec veniat, cuius est iudicium, et tradam ei.

32. You shall be fuel for the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered; for I the LORD have spoken."

33. Et tu, fili hominis, propheta et dic: Haec dicit Dominus Deus ad filios Ammon et ad opprobrium eorum; et dices: Gladius, gladius est evaginatus ad occidendum, limatus ad consumendum, ut fulgeat,

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34. cum tibi videntur vana, et divinantur mendacia, ut ponatur gladius ad colla profanorum impiorum, quorum venit dies in tempore iniquitatis finitae.

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35. Revertatur ad vaginam suam. In loco, in quo creatus es, in terra nativitatis tuae iudicabo te.

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36. Et effundam super te indignationem meam, in igne furoris mei sufflabo in te; daboque te in manus hominum insipientium et fabricantium interitum.

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37. Igni eris cibus, sanguis tuus erit in medio terrae; oblivioni traderis, quia ego Dominus locutus sum”.

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