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| [1]Dicite fratribus vestris: Populus meus; et sorori vestræ: Misericordiam consecuta. |
[1]Say unto your brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah, |
| [2]Judicate matrem vestram, judicate, quoniam ipsa non uxor mea, et ego non vir ejus. Auferat fornicationes suas a facie sua, et adulteria sua de medio uberum suorum; |
[2]Plead with your mother: plead with her: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: but let her take away her fornications out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts. |
| [3]ne forte expoliem eam nudam, et statuam eam secundum diem nativitatis suæ, et ponam eam quasi solitudinem, et statuam eam velut terram inviam, et interficiam eam siti. |
[3]Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and leave her like a dry land, and slay her for thirst. |
| [4]Et filiorum illius non miserebor, quoniam filii fornicationum sunt. |
[4]And I will have no pity upon her children: for they be the children of fornications. |
| [5]Quia fornicata est mater eorum, confusa est quæ concepit eos; quia dixit: Vadam post amatores meos, qui dant panes mihi, et aquas meas, lanam meam, et linum meum, oleum meum, et potum meum. |
[5]For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them, hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. |
| [6]Propter hoc ecce ego sepiam viam tuam spinis, et sepiam eam maceria, et semitas suas non inveniet. |
[6]Therefore behold, I will stoop thy way with thorns, and make an hedge, that she shall not find her paths. |
| [7]Et sequetur amatores suos, et non apprehendet eos; et quæret eos, et non inveniet: et dicet: Vadam, et revertar ad virum meum priorem, quia bene mihi erat tunc magis quam nunc. |
[7]Though she follow after her lovers, yet shall she not come at them: though she seek them, yet shall she not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband: for at that time was I better than now. |
| [8]Et hæc nescivit, quia ego dedi ei frumentum, et vinum, et oleum, et argentum multiplicavi ei, et aurum, quæ fecerunt Baal. |
[8]Now she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they bestowed upon Baal. |
| [9]Idcirco convertar, et sumam frumentum meum in tempore suo, et vinum meum in tempore suo. Et liberabo lanam meam et linum meum, quæ operiebant ignominiam ejus. |
[9]Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax lent, to cover her shame. |
| [10]Et nunc revelabo stultitiam ejus in oculis amatorum ejus; et vir non eruet eam de manu mea; |
[10]And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no man shall deliver her out of mine hand. |
| [11]et cessare faciam omne gaudium ejus, solemnitatem ejus, neomeniam ejus, sabbatum ejus, et omnia festa tempora ejus. |
[11]I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. |
| [12]Et corrumpam vineam ejus, et ficum ejus, de quibus dixit: Mercedes hæ meæ sunt, quas dederunt mihi amatores mei; et ponam eam in saltum, et comedet eam bestia agri. |
[12]And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them as a forest, and the wild beasts shall eat them. |
| [13]Et visitabo super eam dies Baalim, quibus accendebat incensum, et ornabatur in aure sua, et monili suo. Et ibat post amatores suos, et mei obliviscebatur, dicit Dominus. |
[13]And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them: and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she followed her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord. |
| [14]Propter hoc ecce ego lactabo eam, et ducam eam in solitudinem, et loquar ad cor ejus. |
[14]Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak friendly unto her. |
| [15]Et dabo ei vinitores ejus ex eodem loco, et vallem Achor, ad aperiendam spem; et canet ibi juxta dies juventutis suæ, et juxta dies ascensionis suæ de terra Ægypti. |
[15]And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for the door of hope, and she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the days when she came up out of the land of Egypt. |
| [16]Et erit in die illa, ait Dominus: vocabit me, Vir meus, et non vocabit me ultra Baali. |
[16]And at that day, saith the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali. |
| [17]Et auferam nomina Baalim de ore ejus, et non recordabitur ultra nominis eorum. |
[17]For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall be no more remembered by their names. |
| [18]Et percutiam cum eis fœdus in die illa, cum bestia agri, et cum volucre cæli, et cum reptili terræ; et arcum, et gladium, et bellum conteram de terra, et dormire eos faciam fiducialiter. |
[18]And in that day will I make a covenant for them, with the wild beasts, and with the fowls of the heaven, and with that that creepeth upon the earth: and I will break the bow, and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to sleep safely. |
| [19]Et sponsabo te mihi in sempiternum; et sponsabo te mihi in justitia, et judicio, et in misericordia, et in miserationibus. |
[19]And I will marry thee unto me forever: yea, I will marry thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy and in compassion. |
| [20]Et sponsabo te mihi in fide; et scies quia ego Dominus. |
[20]I will even marry thee unto me in faithfulness, and thou shalt know the Lord. |
| [21]Et erit in die illa: exaudiam, dicit Dominus, exaudiam cælos, et illi exaudient terram. |
[21]And in that day I will hear, saith the Lord, I will even hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth, |
| [22]Et terra exaudiet triticum, et vinum, et oleum, et hæc exaudient Jezrahel. |
[22]And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and they shall hear Jezreel. |
| [23]Et seminabo eam mihi in terra, et miserebor ejus quæ fuit Absque misericordia. |
[23]And I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy upon her, that was not pitied, and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people. And they shall say, Thou art my God. |
| [24]Et dicam Non populo meo: Populus meus es tu; et ipse dicet: Deus meus es tu. |
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