Ezekiel 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 He said to me: Son of man, eat what is before you; eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel.	1 Et dixit ad me: “ Fili hominis, quodcumque inveneris, comede; comedevolumen istud et vadens loquere ad filios Israel ”.
2 So I opened my mouth and he gave me the scroll to eat.	2 Et aperui os meum, etcibavit me volumine illo
3 Son of man, he then said to me, feed your belly and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you. I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. He said:	3 et dixit ad me: “ Fili hominis, venter tuuscomedet, et viscera tua complebuntur volumine isto, quod ego do tibi ”. Etcomedi illud, et factum est in ore meo sicut mel dulce.
4 Son of man, go now to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.	4 Et dixit ad me: “Fili hominis, vade ad domum Israel et loqueris verba mea ad eos.
5 Not to a people with difficult speech and barbarous language am I sending you,	5 Non enim adpopulum profundi sermonis et ignotae linguae tu mitteris, ad domum Israel;
6 nor to the many peoples (with difficult speech and barbarous language) whose words you cannot understand. If I were to send you to these, they would listen to you;	6 neque ad populos multos profundi sermonis et ignotae linguae, quorum non possisaudire sermones; et si ad illos mittereris, ipsi audirent te.
7 but the house of Israel will refuse to listen to you, since they will not listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is stubborn of brow and obstinate in heart.	7 Domus autemIsrael nolunt audire te, quia nolunt audire me; omnis quippe domus Israel durafronte est et obstinato corde.
8 But I will make your face as hard as theirs, and your brow as stubborn as theirs,	8 Ecce dedi faciem tuam valentiorem faciebuseorum et frontem tuam duriorem frontibus eorum;
9 like diamond, harder than flint. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.	9 ut adamantem et durioremsilice dedi faciem tuam: ne timeas eos neque metuas a facie eorum, quia domusexasperans est ”.
10 Son of man, he said to me, take into your heart all my words that I speak to you; hear them well.	10 Et dixit ad me: “ Fili hominis, omnes sermones meos,quos loquor ad te, assume in corde tuo et auribus tuis audi.
11 Now go to the exiles, to your countrymen, and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD!--whether they heed or resist!	11 Et vade,ingredere ad transmigrationem, ad filios populi tui, et loqueris ad eos et diceseis: Haec dicit Dominus Deus; sive audiant, sive contemnant ”.
12 Then spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the noise of a loud rumbling as the glory of the LORD rose from its place:	12 Et assumpsit me spiritus, et audivi post me vocem commotionis magnae, cumelevaretur gloria Domini de loco suo;
13 the noise made by the wings of the living creatures striking one another, and by the wheels alongside them, a loud rumbling.	13 et vocem alarum animalium percutientiumalteram ad alteram et vocem rotarum sequentium animalia et vocem commotionismagnae.
14 The spirit which had lifted me up seized me, and I went off spiritually stirred, while the hand of the LORD rested heavily upon me.	14 Spiritus quoque levavit me et assumpsit me; et abii amarus inindignatione spiritus mei: manus enim Domini erat super me gravis.
15 Thus I came to the exiles who lived at Tel-abib by the river Chebar, and for seven days I sat among them distraught.	15 Et veni adtransmigrationem, ad Telabib, ad eos, qui habitabant iuxta flumen Chobar; etsedi, ubi illi sedebant, et mansi ibi septem diebus obstupefactus in medioeorum.
16 At the end of seven days. . .	16 Cum autem pertransissent septem dies, factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens:
17 Thus the word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, you shall warn them for me.	17 “ Fili hominis, speculatorem dedi te domui Israel; et audies de ore meoverbum et commonebis eos ex me.
18 If I say to the wicked man, You shall surely die; and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his wicked conduct so that he may live: that wicked man shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death.	18 Si, dicente me ad impium: Morte morieris, noncommonueris eum neque locutus fueris ei, ut avertatur a via sua impia et vivat,ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur, sanguinem autem eius de manu tuarequiram.
19 If, on the other hand, you have warned the wicked man, yet he has not turned away from his evil nor from his wicked conduct, then he shall die for his sin, but you shall save your life.	19 Si autem tu commonueris impium, et ille non fuerit conversus abimpietate sua et a via sua impia, ipse quidem in iniquitate sua morietur, tuautem animam tuam liberasti.
20 If a virtuous man turns away from virtue and does wrong when I place a stumbling block before him, he shall die. He shall die for his sin, and his virtuous deeds shall not be remembered; but I will hold you responsible for his death if you did not warn him.	20 Sed et si conversus iustus a iustitia sua,fecerit iniquitatem, ponam offendiculum coram eo; ipse morietur, quia noncommonuisti eum: in peccato suo morietur, et non erunt in memoria iustitiaeeius, quas fecit; sanguinem vero eius de manu tua requiram.
21 When, on the other hand, you have warned a virtuous man not to sin, and he has in fact not sinned, he shall surely live because of the warning, and you shall save your own life.	21 Si autem tucommonueris iustum, ut non peccet iustus, et ille non peccaverit, vivens vivet,quia commonuisti eum et tu animam tuam liberasti ”.
22 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he said to me: Get up and go out into the plain, where I will speak with you.	22 Et facta est super me manus Domini, et dixit ad me: “ Surgens egredere incampum, et ibi loquar tecum ”.
23 So I got up and went out into the plain, and I saw that the glory of the LORD was in that place, like the glory I had seen by the river Chebar. I fell prone,	23 Et surgens egressus sum in campum, et ecceibi gloria Domini stabat quasi gloria, quam vidi iuxta fluvium Chobar, et cecidiin faciem meam.
24 but then spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me. He said to me: Go shut yourself up in your house.	24 Et ingressus est in me spiritus et statuit me super pedesmeos et locutus est mihi et dixit ad me: “ Ingredere et includere in mediodomus tuae.
25 (As for you, son of man, they will put cords upon you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.)	25 Et tu, fili hominis, ecce data sunt super te vincula, et ligabuntte in eis, et non egredieris in medio eorum;
26 I will make your tongue stick to your palate so that you will be dumb and unable to rebuke them for being a rebellious house.	26 et linguam tuam adhaerere faciampalato tuo, et eris mutus nec quasi vir obiurgans, quia domus exasperans est.
27 Only when I speak with you and open your mouth, shall you say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD! Let him heed who will, and let him resist who will, for they are a rebellious house.	27 Cum autem locutus fuero tibi, aperiam os tuum, et dices ad eos: Haec dicitDominus Deus. Qui audit, audiat; et, qui contemnit, contemnat, quia domusexasperans est ”.