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 gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

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

And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

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

They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

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 the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.

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

You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

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 this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

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

You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.

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

I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.

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

You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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

The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.

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.

Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around 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?

Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

14 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:

Then the word of the LORD 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, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a 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 declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’

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

Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’

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

When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.

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 singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and 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.

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will 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 those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

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

Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

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

And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east 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.

And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

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

I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.