Ezechiele 21

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:	1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “ Fili hominis, pone faciemtuam contra meridiem et stilla ad austrum et propheta ad saltum agri Nageb.	2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and pour in drops toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the soil of Israel.
3 Etdices saltui Nageb: Audi verbum Domini. Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce egosuccendam in te ignem, et comburet in te omne lignum viride et omne lignumaridum; non exstinguetur flamma succensionis, et comburetur in ea omnis faciesab austro usque ad aquilonem.	3 And you shall say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, and I will cast my sword from its sheath, and I will slay the just and the impious among you.
4 Et videbit universa caro quia ego Domínussuccendi eam, nec exstinguetur ”.	4 But in as much as I have slain among you the just and the impious, for this reason my sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north.
5 Et dixi: “ Heu, Domine Deus! Ipsi dicuntde me: “Numquid non per parabolas loquitur iste?” ”.	5 So may all flesh know that I, the Lord, have led my sword out of its sheath irrevocably.
6 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:	6 And as for you, son of man, groan in the breaking of your back, and groan in bitterness before them.
7 “ Fili hominis, pone faciem tuamad Ierusalem et stilla ad sanctuaria et propheta contra humum Israel.	7 And when they will say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say: ‘On behalf of the report, For it is approaching. And every heart will waste away, and every hand will be broken, and every spirit will be weakened, and water will flow across every knee.’ Behold, it is approaching and it will happen, says the Lord God.”
8 Et dicesterrae Israel: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ad te, et eiciam gladium meumde vagina sua et occidam in te iustum et impium.	8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 Pro eo autem quod occidi inte iustum et impium, idcirco egredietur gladius meus de vagina sua ad omnemcarnem, ab austro ad aquilonem,	9 “Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Speak: The sword! The sword has been sharpened and polished!
10 ut sciat omnis caro quia ego Dominus eduxigladium meum de vagina sua irrevocabilem.	10 It has been sharpened, so that it may cut down victims! It has been polished, so that it may shine! You are disturbing the scepter of my son. You have cut down every tree.
11 Et tu, fili hominis, ingemisce in contritione lumborum et in amaritudinibusingemisce coram eis.	11 And I have sent it to be made smooth, so that it may be handled. This sword has been sharpened, and it has been polished, so that it may be in the hand of the one who kills.
12 Cumque dixerint ad te: “Quare tu gemis?”, dices: Proauditu quia venit et tabescet omne cor, et dissolventur universae manus, etinfirmabitur omnis spiritus, et per cuncta genua fluent aquae; ecce venit etfiet ”, ait Dominus Deus.	12 Cry out and wail, O son of man! For this has been done among my people, this is among all the leaders of Israel, who have fled. They have been handed over to the sword, with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh,
13 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:	13 for it has been tested. And this one, when he will have overthrown the scepter, will not be, says the Lord God.
14 “ Fili hominis, propheta etdices: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Loquere: Gladius, gladius exacutus est et etiam limatus;	14 You therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike hand against hand, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled. This is the sword of the great slaughter, which causes them to be utterly stupefied,
15 ut caedat victimas exacutus est, ut splendeat limatus est.	15 and to waste away in heart, and which multiplies ruin. At all their gates, I have presented the consternation of the sword, which has been sharpened and polished so as to shine, which has been dressed for the slaughter.
16 Et datus est ad levigandum, ut teneatur manu. Iste exacutus est gladius et iste limatus, ut sit in manu interficientis.	16 Be sharpened! Go to the right or to the left, whichever way is the desire of your face.
17 Clama et ulula, fili hominis, quia hic directus est in populum meum, hic in cunctos duces Israel, qui gladio traditi sunt cum populo meo.	17 And then I will clap hand against hand, and I will fulfill my indignation. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
18 Idcirco plaude super femur, quia probatio est, dicit Dominus Deus.	18 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
19 Tu ergo, fili hominis, propheta et percute manu ad manum. Et duplicetur gladius, ac triplicetur gladius interfectorum: hic est gladius occisionis magnae, qui eos circumdat,	19 “And as for you, son of man, set for yourself two ways, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may approach. Both shall go forth from one land. And with a hand, he will grasp and cast lots; he will cast at the head of the way of the community.
20 ut cor tabescat, et multiplicentur corruentes. In omnibus portis eorum dedi occisionem gladii: eheu, facti acuti et limati ad fulgendum, politi ad caedem!	20 You shall appoint a way, so that the sword may approach to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, or to Judah, into Jerusalem, greatly fortified.
21 “Exacuere, vade ad dexteram sive ad sinistram, quocumque acies tuae sunt destinatae”.	21 For the king of Babylon stood at the fork, at the head of the two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows; he inquired of idols, and he consulted entrails.
22 Quin et ego plaudam manu ad manum et saturabo indignationem meam, ego Dominus locutus sum ”.	22 To his right was set the divination over Jerusalem, to place battering rams so as to open a mouth for the slaughter, to lift up the voice of wailing, to place battering rams opposite the gates, to cast up a rampart, to build fortifications.
23 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me dicens:	23 And he shall be, in their eyes, like someone consulting an oracle in vain, or imitating the leisure of Sabbaths. But he will call to mind iniquities, so that it will be captured.
24 “Et tu, fili hominis, pone tibiduas vias, ut veniat gladius regis Babylonis: de terra una egrediantur ambae; etindicem statue, in capite viae civitatis statue.	24 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because you have been remembered in your iniquities, and you have revealed your betrayals, and your sins have appeared within all your plans, because, I say, you have been remembered, you will be captured by a hand.
25 Viam pones, quo veniatgladius, ad Rabba filiorum Ammon et ad Iudam in Ierusalem munitissimam.	25 But as for you, O impious leader of Israel, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity:
26 Statenim rex Babylonis in bivio in capite duarum viarum, divinationem quaerens,commiscens sagittas; interrogat teraphim, iecur consulit.	26 Thus says the Lord God: Take away the diadem, remove the crown. Is this not what has exalted the lowly one, and brought low the sublime one?
27 Ad dexteram eiusfacta est divinatio super Ierusalem, ut ponat arietes, ut aperiat os ad caedem,ut elevet vocem in ululatu, ut ponat arietes contra portas, ut comportetaggerem, ut aedificet munitiones.	27 Iniquity, iniquity, iniquity I will make it. And this was not done until the one arrived to whom judgment belongs, and I will hand it over to him.
28 Eritque quasi consulens frustra oraculum inoculis eorum, et iuramenta sanctissima sunt eis; ipse autem in memoriamrevocabit iniquitatem ad capiendum.	28 And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God to the sons of Ammon, and to their disgrace, and you shall say: O sword, O sword, unsheathe yourself so as to slay; polish yourself so as to kill and to shine,
29 Idcirco haec dicit Dominus Deus: Pro eoquod in memoriam revocastis iniquitatem vestram, et revelatae suntpraevaricationes vestrae, et apparuerunt peccata vestra in omnibus operibusvestris; pro eo, inquam, quod in memoriam revocati estis, manu capiemini.	29 while they look upon you in vain, and they divine lies, so that you may be given over to the necks of the wounded impious, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity.
30 Tuautem, profane, impie dux Israel, cuius venit dies in tempore iniquitatisfinitae —	30 Be returned to your sheath! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity.
31 haec dicit Dominus Deus — auferatur cidaris, tollatur corona;hoc non erit amplius. Humile sublevetur, et sublime humilietur.	31 And I will pour out upon you my indignation. In the fire of my fury, I will fan you, and I will give you over to the hands of cruel men, who have devised destruction.
32 Ruinam,ruinam, ruinam ponam illud; et hoc non fiet, donec veniat, cuius est iudicium,et tradam ei.	32 You will be food for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land; you will be delivered to oblivion. For I, the Lord, have spoken.”
33 Et tu, fili hominis, propheta et dic: Haec dicit Dominus Deus ad filios Ammonet ad opprobrium eorum; et dices: Gladius, gladius est evaginatus ad occidendum,limatus ad consumendum, ut fulgeat,
34 cum tibi videntur vana, et divinanturmendacia, ut ponatur gladius ad colla profanorum impiorum, quorum venit dies intempore iniquitatis finitae.
35 Revertatur ad vaginam suam. In loco, in quocreatus es, in terra nativitatis tuae iudicabo te.
36 Et effundam super teindignationem meam, in igne furoris mei sufflabo in te; daboque te in manushominum insipientium et fabricantium interitum.
37 Igni eris cibus, sanguis tuuserit in medio terrae; oblivioni traderis, quia ego Dominus locutus sum ”.