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.
Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw amongst them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, 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,
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
3 dicentes: Nonne dudum ædificatæ sunt domus? hæc est lebes, nos autem carnes.
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
4 Idcirco vaticinare de eis, vaticinare, fili hominis.
Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, 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.
The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
6 Plurimos occidistis in urbe hac, et implestis vias ejus interfectis.
You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets 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 the Lord GOD says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.
8 Gladium metuistis, et gladium inducam super vos, ait Dominus Deus.
You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says 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 middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgements amongst you.
10 Gladio cadetis: in finibus Israël judicabo vos, et scietis quia ego Dominus.
You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border 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,
This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border 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.
You will know that I am the LORD, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are 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?
When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
14 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
The LORD’s word 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, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us for 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 say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Whereas I have removed them far off amongst the nations, and whereas I have scattered them amongst the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have 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, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you 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.
“‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
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,
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, 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 keep my ordinances, and do them. 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 them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,’ says the Lord GOD.”
22 Et elevaverunt cherubim alas suas, et rotæ cum eis, et gloria Dei Israël erat super ea:
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. 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.
The LORD’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on 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.
The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Et locutus sum ad transmigrationem omnia verba Domini quæ ostenderat mihi.
Then I spoke to the captives all the things that the LORD had shown me.
