Hiezechielis Prophetæ 5
1 Et tu fili hominis sume tibi gladium acutum, radentem pilos: et assumes eum, et duces per caput tuum, et per barbam tuam: et assumes tibi stateram ponderis, et divides eos.
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword, as a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Tertiam partem igne combures in medio civitatis, iuxta completionem dierum obsidionis: et assumes tertiam partem, et concides gladio in circuitu eius: tertiam vero aliam disperges in ventum, et gladium nudabo post eos.
A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Et sumes inde parvum numerum: et ligabis eos in summitate pallii tui.
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4 Et ex eis rursum tolles, et proiicies eos in medio ignis, et combures eos igne: et ex eo egredietur ignis in omnem domum Israel.
And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
5 Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ista est Ierusalem, in medio Gentium posui eam, et in circuitu eius terras.
Thus saith the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
6 Et contempsit iudicia mea, ut plus esset impia quam Gentes: et praecepta mea ultra quam terrae, quae in circuitu eius sunt. iudicia enim ea proiecerunt, et in praeceptis meis non ambulaverunt.
And she hath rebelled against my judgments in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have rejected my judgments, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
7 Idcirco haec dicit Dominus Deus: Quia superastis Gentes, quae in circuitu vestro sunt, et in praeceptis meis non ambulastis, et iudicia mea non fecistis, et iuxta iustitias Gentium, quae in circuitu vestro sunt, non estis operati;
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
8 Ideo haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ad te, et ipse ego faciam in medio tui iudicia in oculis Gentium.
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
9 et faciam in te quod non feci, et quibus similia ultra non faciam propter omnes abominationes tuas.
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
10 Ideo patres comedent filios suos in medio tui, et filii comedent patres suos, et faciam in te iudicia, et ventilabo universas reliquias tuas in omnem ventum.
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.
11 Idcirco vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus: Nisi pro eo quod sanctum meum violasti in omnibus offensionibus tuis, et in cunctis abominationibus tuis: ego quoque confringam, et non parcet oculus meus, et non miserebor.
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
12 Tertia pars tui peste morietur, et fame consumetur in medio tui: et tertia pars tui in gladio cadet in circuitu tuo: tertiam vero partem tuam in omnem ventum dispergam, et gladium evaginabo post eos.
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
13 Et complebo furorem meum, et requiescere faciam indignationem meam in eis, et consolabor: et scient quia ego Dominus locutus sum in zelo meo, cum implevero indignationem meam in eis.
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury upon them.
14 Et dabo te in desertum, et in opprobrium Gentibus, quae in circuitu tuo sunt, in conspectu omnis praetereuntis.
Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach, among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
15 Et eris opprobrium, et blasphemia, exemplum, et stupor in Gentibus, quae in circuitu tuo sunt, cum fecero in te iudicia in furore, et in indignatione, et in increpationibus irae.
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I the LORD have spoken it:
16 Ego Dominus locutus sum: Quando misero sagittas famis pessimas in eos: quae erunt mortiferae, et quas mittam ut disperdam vos: et famem congregabo super vos, et conteram in vobis baculum panis.
when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you; and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
17 Et immittam in vos famem, et bestias pessimas usque ad internecionem: et pestilentia, et sanguis transibunt per te, et gladium inducam super te. ego Dominus locutus sum.
and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I the LORD have spoken it.
