1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

1 Audite verbum istud,
quod ego levo super vos planctum:
domus Israël cecidit,
et non adjiciet ut resurgat.

2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

2 Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam,
non est qui suscitet eam.

3 For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

3 Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus:
Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille,
relinquentur in ea centum;
et de qua egrediebantur centum,
relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.

4 ¶ For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

4 Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël:
Quærite me, et vivetis.

5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

5 Et nolite quærere Bethel,
et in Galgalam nolite intrare,
et in Bersabee non transibitis,
quia Galgala captiva ducetur,
et Bethel erit inutilis.

6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

6 Quærite Dominum, et vivite
(ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit,
et non erit qui extinguat Bethel:

7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

7 qui convertitis in absinthium judicium,
et justitiam in terra relinquitis):

8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

8 facientem Arcturum et Orionem,
et convertentem in mane tenebras,
et diem in noctem mutantem;
qui vocat aquas maris,
et effundit eas super faciem terræ;
Dominus nomen est ejus:

9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

9 qui subridet vastitatem super robustum,
et depopulationem super potentem affert.

10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

10 Odio habuerunt corripientem in porta,
et loquentem perfecte abominati sunt.

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

11 Idcirco, pro eo quod diripiebatis pauperem,
et prædam electam tollebatis ab eo,
domos quadro lapide ædificabitis,
et non habitabitis in eis;
vineas plantabis amantissimas,
et non bibetis vinum earum.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

12 Quia cognovi multa scelera vestra,
et fortia peccata vestra:
hostes justi, accipientes munus,
et pauperes deprimentes in porta.

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

13 Ideo prudens in tempore illo tacebit,
quia tempus malum est.

14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

14 Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis;
et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.

15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

15 Odite malum et diligite bonum,
et constituite in porta judicium:
si forte misereatur Dominus Deus exercituum reliquiis Joseph.

16 Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

16 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, dominator:
In omnibus plateis planctus;
et in cunctis quæ foris sunt, dicetur: Væ, væ!
et vocabunt agricolam ad luctum,
et ad planctum eos qui sciunt plangere.

17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

17 Et in omnibus vineis erit planctus,
quia pertransibo in medio tui,
dicit Dominus.

18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

18 ¶ Væ desiderantibus diem Domini!
ad quid eam vobis?
Dies Domini ista, tenebræ, et non lux.

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

19 Quomodo si fugiat vir a facie leonis,
et occurrat ei ursus;
et ingrediatur domum, et innitatur manu sua super parietem,
et mordeat eum coluber.

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

20 Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux;
et caligo, et non splendor in ea?

21 ¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

21 Odi, et projeci festivitates vestras,
et non capiam odorem cœtuum vestrorum.

22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

22 Quod si obtuleritis mihi holocautomata, et munera vestra,
non suscipiam;
et vota pinguium vestrorum non respiciam.

23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

23 Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum;
et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.

24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

24 Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium,
et justitia quasi torrens fortis.

25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

25 Numquid hostias et sacrificium obtulistis mihi
in deserto quadraginta annis, domus Israël?

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

26 et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro,
et imaginem idolorum vestrorum, sidus dei vestri,
quæ fecistis vobis.

27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.

27 Et migrare vos faciam trans Damascum, dicit Dominus:
Deus exercituum nomen ejus.