Idolaters inquiring of God's will by his prophets, 6. must first depart from idolatry: 8. otherwise God will permit false prophets to deceive them, and both shall perish together: 12. by famine; 15. by ravenous beasts; 17. sword; 19. and pestilence; yea Noe Daniel, and Job interceding shall not deliver them ( v. 14.16.18.20. ) 21. yet God will conserve some that the whole Church perish not.Idolaters inquiring of Gods wil by his prophetes, 6. must first depart from idolatrie: 8. otherwise God wil permitte fals-prophetes to deceiue them, and both shal perish together: 12. by famine; 15. by rauenous beastes; 17. sword; 19. and pestilence; yea Noë Daniel, and Iob interceding shal not deliuer them ( v. 14.16.18.20. ) 21. yet God wil conserue some that the whole Church perish not.✦
And men of the seniorum: aged persons; the elders, the senior men of Israel came to me, and sat before me.AND men of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sate before me.✦Et venerunt ad me viri seniorum Israël, et sederunt coram me.
2And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
3Son of man, These men have put their uncleanness in their hearts, and the scandalum: a stumbling-block, an occasion of sin, not public disgrace of their iniquity they have set against their face: what, being asked shall I answer them?Sonne of man, These men haue put their vncleannes in their hartes, and the scandal of their iniquitie they haue set against their face: what, being asked shal I answer them?✦Fili hominis, viri isti posuerunt immunditias suas in cordibus suis, et scandalum iniquitatis suæ statuerunt contra faciem suam : numquid interrogatus respondebo eis ?
4For this cause speak to them, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel, that shall put his uncleanness in his heart, and set the scandal of his iniquity against his face, and shall come to the prophet asking me by him: I the Lord will answer him in the multitude of his uncleanness:For this cause speake to them, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel, that shal put his vncleannes in his hart, & set the scandal of his iniquitie against his face, & shal come to the prophet asking me by him: I the Lord wil answer him in the multitude of his vncleannes:✦Propter hoc loquere eis, et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Homo, homo de domo Israël, qui posuerit immunditias suas in corde suo, et scandalum iniquitatis suæ statuerit contra faciem suam, et venerit ad prophetam interrogans per eum me : ego Dominus respondebo ei in multitudine immunditiarum suarum,
5that the house of Israel may be taken in their heart, wherewith they have revolted from me in all their idols.that the house of Israel may be taken in their hart, wherwith they haue reuolted from me in al their idols.✦ut capiatur domus Israël in corde suo, quo recesserunt a me in cunctis idolis suis.
6Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God: Convert, and depart from your idols, and from all your contaminationibus: defilements, pollutions turn away your faces.Therfore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith our Lord God: Conuert, and depart from your idols, and from al your contaminations turne away your faces.Propterea dic ad domum Israël : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Convertimini, et recedite ab idolis vestris, et ab universis contaminationibus vestris avertite facies vestras.
7Because man man of the house of Israel, and of the proselytis: converts sojourning as strangers in Israel whosoever shall be a stranger in Israel, if he be alienated from me, and put his idols in his heart, and set the scandal of his iniquity against his face, and come to the prophet to ask me by him: I the Lord will answer him by my self.Because man man of the house of Israel, and of the proselytes whosoeuer shal be a stranger in Israel, if he be alienated from me, and put his idols in his hart, and set the scandal of his iniquitie against his face, and come to the prophet to aske me by him: I the Lord wil answer him by my self.✦Quia homo, homo de domo Israël, et de proselytis quicumque advena fuerit in Israël, si alienatus fuerit a me, et posuerit idola sua in corde suo, et scandalum iniquitatis suæ statuerit contra faciem suam, et venerit ad prophetam ut interroget per eum me : ego Dominus respondebo ei per me :
8And I will set my face upon that man, and will make him for an example, and for a proverb, and will destroy him out of the midst of my people: and you shall know that I am the Lord.And I wil set my face vpon that man, and wil make him for an example, and a for a prouerbe, and wil destroy him out of the middes of my people: and you shal know that I am the Lord.✦et ponam faciem meam super hominem illum, et faciam eum in exemplum et in proverbium, et disperdam eum de medio populi mei : et scietis quia ego Dominus.
9And the prophet when he shall err, and shall speak a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet: and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will delebo: to blot out, destroy utterly him out of the midst of my people Israel.And the prophete when he shal erre, and shal speake a word: I the Lord haue deceiued that prophet: and I wil strech forth my hand vpon him, and wil rase him out of the middes of my people Israel.✦Et propheta cum erraverit, et locutus fuerit verbum, ego Dominus decepi prophetam illum, et extendam manum meam super illum, et delebo eum de medio populi mei Israël.
10And they shall carry their iniquity: according to the iniquity of him that asketh, so shall the iniquity of the prophet be.And they shal carie their iniquitie: according to the iniquitie of him that asketh, so shal the iniquitie of the prophet be.✦Et portabunt iniquitatem suam : juxta iniquitatem interrogantis, sic iniquitas prophetæ erit :
11That the house of Israel may no more err from me, nor be polluted in all their prævaricationibus: transgressions, betrayals of the law, not evasive or shifty speech: but may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord of hosts.That the house of Israel may no more erre from me, nor be polluted in al their preuarications: but may be my people, & I may be their God, saith the Lord of hostes.✦ut non erret ultra domus Israël a me, neque polluatur in universis prævaricationibus suis : sed sint mihi in populum, et ego sim eis in Deum, ait Dominus exercituum.
12And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
13Son of man, the land when it shall sin to me, that transgressing it transgresseth, I will stretch forth my hand upon it, and will break the virgam: the staff, the support (of bread) of the bread thereof: and I will send famine into it, and will kill out of it man and beast.Sonne of man, the land when it shal sinne to me, that transgressing it transgresseth, I wil strech forth my hand vpon it, and wil breake the rod of the bread therof: and I wil send famine into it, and wil kil out of it man and beast.[Fili hominis, terra cum peccaverit mihi, ut prævaricetur prævaricans, extendam manum meam super eam, et conteram virgam panis ejus, et immittam in eam famem, et interficiam de ea hominem et jumentum.
14And if these three men shall be in the midst thereof, Noe, Daniel, and Job: they by their justice shall deliver their own souls, saith the Lord of hosts.And if these three men shal be in the middes therof, Noe, Daniel, and Iob: they by their iustice shal deliuer their owne soules, saith the Lord of hostes.Et si fuerint tres viri isti in medio ejus, Noë, Daniel, et Job, ipsi justitia sua liberabunt animas suas, ait Dominus exercituum.
15And if I shall bring most evil beasts also upon the land, to waste it; and it be without passage, for that there is none can pass because of the beasts:And if I shal bring most euil beasts also vpon the land, to waste it; and it be without passage, for that there is none can passe because of the beasts:Quod si et bestias pessimas induxero super terram ut vastem eam, et fuerit invia, eo quod non sit pertransiens propter bestias :
16These three men if they shall be therein, I live, I, saith our Lord, that they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters: but themselves alone shall be delivered, and the land shall be made desolate.These three men if they shal be therin, I liue, I, saith our Lord, that they shal deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters: but themselues alone shal be deliuered, and the land shal be made desolate.tres viri isti si fuerint in ea, vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quia nec filios nec filias liberabunt, sed ipsi soli liberabuntur, terra autem desolabitur.
17Or if I shall bring the sword in upon that land, and shall say to the sword: Pass through the land: and shall kill out of it man and beast:Or if I shal bring the sword in vpon that land, and shal say to the sword: Passe through the land: and shal kil out of it man and beast:✦Vel si gladium induxero super terram illam, et dixero gladio : Transi per terram : et interfecero de ea hominem et jumentum,
18And these three men shall be in the midst thereof: I live, I, saith our Lord God, they shall not deliver sons nor daughters, but themselves alone shall be delivered.And these three men shal be in the middes therof: I liue, I, saith our Lord God, they shal not deliuer sonnes nor daughters, but themselues alone shal be deliuered.et tres viri isti fuerint in medio ejus : vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, non liberabunt filios neque filias, sed ipsi soli liberabuntur.
19And if I shall send the pestilence also in upon that land, and shall pour out mine indignation upon it in blood, to take away out of it man and beast:And if I shal send the pestilence also in vpon that land, and shal powre out mine indignation vpon it in bloud, to take away out of it man and beast:Si autem et pestilentiam immisero super terram illam, et effudero indignationem meam super eam in sanguine, ut auferam ex ea hominem et jumentum,
20And Noe, and Daniel, and Job shall be in the midst thereof: live I, saith our Lord God, that son and daughter they shall not deliver: but themselves by their justice shall deliver their own souls.And Noe, and Daniel, and Iob shal be in the middes therof: liue I, saith our Lord God, that sonne and daughter they shal not deliuer: but themselues by their iustice shal deliuer their owne soules.✦et Noë, et Daniel, et Job fuerint in medio ejus : vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quia filium et filiam non liberabunt, sed ipsi justitia sua liberabunt animas suas.
21Because thus saith our Lord: That and if I shall send in upon Jerusalem my four very sore judgements, the sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and the pestilence, to kill out of it man, and beast:Because thus saith our Lord: That and if I shal send in vpon Ierusalem my foure very sore iudgements, the sword, and famine, and euil beastes, and the pestilence, to kil out of it man, and beast:✦Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Quod etsi quatuor judicia mea pessima, gladium, et famem, ac bestias malas, et pestilentiam, immisero in Jerusalem, ut interficiam de ea hominem et pecus,
22Yet shall there be left in it salvation of some bringing out sons, and daughters: behold they shall go forth to you, and you shall see their way, and their adinventiones: their devices, the deeds they contrive, not creative devices: and you shall be comforted upon the evil, that I have brought upon Jerusalem in all things, that I have brought in upon it.Yet shal there be left in it saluation of some bringing out sonnes, and daughters: behold they shal go forth to you, and you shal see their way, and their inuentions: and you shal be comforted vpon the euil, that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem in al thinges, that I haue brought in vpon it.tamen relinquetur in ea salvatio educentium filios et filias : ecce ipsi ingredientur ad vos, et videbitis viam eorum et adinventiones eorum, et consolabimini super malo quod induxi in Jerusalem, in omnibus quæ importavi super eam.
23And they shall comfort you, when you shall see their way, and their inventions: and you shall know that I have not in vain done all things, which I have done in it, saith our Lord God.And they shal comfort you, when you shal see their way, and their inuentions: and you shal know that I haue not in vaine done al thinges, which I haue done in it, saith our Lord God.Et consolabuntur vos, cum videritis viam eorum et adinventiones eorum : et cognoscetis quod non frustra fecerim omnia quæ feci in ea, ait Dominus Deus.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.