Hiezechielis Prophetæ 11

1 Et elevavit me spiritus, et introduxit me ad portam domus Domini orientalem, quæ respicit ad solis ortum: et ecce in introitu portæ viginti quinque viri: et vidi in medio eorum Jezoniam filium Azur, et Pheltiam filium Banaiæ, principes populi.

Then the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the house of Jehovah, that looketh toward the east; and behold, at the entrance of the gate were five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah, the son of Azur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 Dixitque ad me: Fili hominis, hi sunt viri qui cogitant iniquitatem, et tractant consilium pessimum in urbe ista,

Then said He to me: These are the men that devise mischief, and form evil designs in this city;

3 dicentes: Nonne dudum ædificatæ sunt domus? hæc est lebes, nos autem carnes.

who say, “The time is not near that we should build houses. This city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.”

4 Idcirco vaticinare de eis, vaticinare, fili hominis.

Therefore, prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!

5 Et irruit in me spiritus Domini, et dixit ad me: Loquere: Hæc dicit Dominus: Sic locuti estis, domus Israël, et cogitationes cordis vestri ego novi.

And the spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak: Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel! For I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

6 Plurimos occidistis in urbe hac, et implestis vias ejus interfectis.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

7 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Interfecti vestri, quos posuistis in medio ejus, hi sunt carnes, et hæc est lebes: et educam vos de medio ejus.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain, whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.

8 Gladium metuistis, et gladium inducam super vos, ait Dominus Deus.

Ye have feared the sword, and the sword will I bring upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

9 Et ejiciam vos de medio ejus, daboque vos in manu hostium, et faciam in vobis judicia.

And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments upon you.

10 Gladio cadetis: in finibus Israël judicabo vos, et scietis quia ego Dominus.

Ye shall fall by the sword; on the borders of Israel will I judge you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

11 Hæc non erit vobis in lebetem, et vos non eritis in medio ejus in carnes: in finibus Israël judicabo vos,

This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof. On the borders of Israel will I judge you,

12 et scietis quia ego Dominus: quia in præceptis meis non ambulastis, et judicia mea non fecistis, sed juxta judicia gentium quæ in circuitu vestro sunt estis operati.

that ye may know that I am Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, and whose ordinances ye have not observed, but have done according to the manners of the nations, that are round about you.

13 Et factum est cum prophetarem, Pheltias filius Banaiæ mortuus est: et cecidi in faciem meam clamans voce magna, et dixi: Heu! heu! heu! Domine Deus, consummationem tu facis reliquiarum Israël?

And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah, wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

14 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

15 Fili hominis, fratres tui, fratres tui, viri propinqui tui, et omnis domus Israël, universi quibus dixerunt habitatores Jerusalem: Longe recedite a Domino: nobis data est terra in possessionem.

Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy near kindred, and the whole house of Israel, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, “Remove ye far from Jehovah; to us is the land given in possession!”

16 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Quia longe feci eos in gentibus, et quia dispersi eos in terris: ero eis in sanctificationem modicam in terris ad quas venerunt.

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Though I have cast them far off among the nations, and scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them as a sanctuary for a short time in the countries whither they are come.

17 Propterea loquere: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Congregabo vos de populis, et adunabo de terris in quibus dispersi estis, daboque vobis humum Israël.

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the nations, and assemble you from the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 Et ingredientur illuc, et auferent omnes offensiones, cunctasque abominationes ejus de illa.

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all the detestable things thereof, and all the abominations thereof.

19 Et dabo eis cor unum, et spiritum novum tribuam in visceribus eorum: et auferam cor lapideum de carne eorum, et dabo eis cor carneum,

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take out of them the heart of stone, and will give them a heart of flesh,

20 ut in præceptis meis ambulent, et judicia mea custodiant, faciantque ea, et sint mihi in populum, et ego sim eis in Deum.

that they may walk in my statutes, and observe my ordinances, and keep them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 Quorum cor post offendicula et abominationes suas ambulat, horum viam in capite suo ponam, dicit Dominus Deus.

But as for them whose heart walketh according to the pleasure of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

22 Et elevaverunt cherubim alas suas, et rotæ cum eis, et gloria Dei Israël erat super ea:

Then did the cherubs lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

23 et ascendit gloria Domini de medio civitatis, stetitque super montem qui est ad orientem urbis.

And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 Et spiritus levavit me, adduxitque in Chaldæam ad transmigrationem, in visione, in spiritu Dei: et sublata est a me visio quam videram.

Then the spirit took me up, and brought me to Chaldaea, to them of the captivity, in vision, by the spirit of God. And the vision which I had seen went up from me.

25 Et locutus sum ad transmigrationem omnia verba Domini quæ ostenderat mihi.

Then I spake to them of the captivity all the words of Jehovah which he had showed me.