1 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

1 Hæc dicit Dominus:
Super tribus sceleribus Moab,
et super quatuor non convertam eum,
eo quod incenderit ossa regis Idumææ usque ad cinerem.

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

2 Et mittam ignem in Moab,
et devorabit ædes Carioth:
et morietur in sonitu Moab, in clangore tubæ.

3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.

3 Et disperdam judicem de medio ejus,
et omnes principes ejus interficiam cum eo,
dicit Dominus.

4 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

4 ¶ Hæc dicit Dominus:
Super tribus sceleribus Juda,
et super quatuor non convertam eum,
eo quod abjecerit legem Domini
et mandata ejus non custodierit:
deceperunt enim eos idola sua,
post quæ abierant patres eorum.

5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

5 Et mittam ignem in Juda,
et devorabit ædes Jerusalem.

6 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

6 Hæc dicit Dominus:
Super tribus sceleribus Israël,
et super quatuor non convertam eum,
pro eo quod vendiderit pro argento justum,
et pauperem pro calceamentis.

7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

7 Qui conterunt super pulverem terræ capita pauperum,
et viam humilium declinant:
et filius ac pater ejus ierunt ad puellam,
ut violarent nomen sanctum meum.

8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

8 Et super vestimentis pignoratis accubuerunt juxta omne altare,
et vinum damnatorum bibebant in domo Dei sui.

9 ¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

9 Ego autem exterminavi Amorrhæum a facie eorum,
cujus altitudo, cedrorum altitudo ejus,
et fortis ipse quasi quercus;
et contrivi fructum ejus desuper,
et radices ejus subter.

10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

10 Ego sum qui ascendere vos feci de terra Ægypti,
et duxi vos in deserto quadraginta annis,
ut possideretis terram Amorrhæi.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.

11 Et suscitavi de filiis vestris in prophetas,
et de juvenibus vestris nazaræos.
Numquid non ita est, filii Israël? dicit Dominus.

12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

12 Et propinabitis nazaræis vinum,
et prophetis mandabitis, dicentes:
Ne prophetetis.

13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

13 Ecce ego stridebo subter vos,
sicut stridet plaustrum onustum fœno.

14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

14 Et peribit fuga a veloce,
et fortis non obtinebit virtutem suam,
et robustus non salvabit animam suam:

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

15 et tenens arcum non stabit,
et velox pedibus suis non salvabitur,
et ascensor equi non salvabit animam suam:

16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

16 et robustus corde inter fortes nudus fugiet in illa die,
dicit Dominus.