God declares against false prophets and prophetesses, that deceive the people with lies.

1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:Il Signore parlommi, e disse:AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens: 2Son of man, prophesy thou against the prophets of Israel that prophesy: and thou shalt say to them that prophesy out of their own heart: Hear ye the word of the Lord:Figliuolo dell'uomo, profetizza ai profeti d'Israele, i quali fan da profeti, e dirai a costoro, che profetano di lor capriccio: Udite la parola del Signore:Sonne of man prophecie to the prophetes of Israel, that prophecie: and thou shalt say to them, that prophecie of their owne hart: Heare ye the word of our Lord:Fili hominis, vaticinare ad prophetas Israël qui prophetant, et dices prophetantibus de corde suo: Audite verbum Domini. 3Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and see nothing.Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Guai a' profeti stolti, i quali seguono il proprio spirito, e non veggon nulla.Thus sayth our Lord God: Wo to the foolish prophetes: which folow their owne spirite, and see nothing.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Væ prophetis insipientibus, / qui sequuntur spiritum suum, / et nihil vident ! 4Thy prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the deserts.I tuoi profeti, o Israele, son come volpi ne' deserti.As foxes in the desertes, were thy prophetes ô Israel.Quasi vulpes in desertis prophetæ tui, Israël, erant. 5You have not gone up to face the enemy, nor have you set up a wall for the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of the Lord.Voi non siete usciti a mostrar la faccia, né vi siete posti di contro qual muro per la casa d'Israele, per sostenere la pugna nel dì del Signore.You haue not ascended against, nor opposed a wal for the house of Israel, that you might stand in battel in the day of our Lord.Non ascendistis ex adverso, / neque opposuistis murum pro domo Israël, / ut staretis in prælio in die Domini. 6They see vain things, and they foretell lies, saying: The Lord saith: whereas the Lord hath not sent them: and they have persisted to confirm what they have said.Vane son le loro visioni, e son bugie i loro indovinamenti, e dicono: Il Signore ha detto, mentre il Signore non gli ha mandati; ed ei continuano ad asseverar quello, che han detto.They see vayne thinges, and they diuine lies, saying: Our Lord sayth: whereas our Lord sent them not: and they perseuered to confirme the word.Vident vana, et divinant mendacium, / dicentes: Ait Dominus, / cum Dominus non miserit eos: / et perseveraverunt confirmare sermonem.

7Have you not seen a vain vision and spoken a lying divination: and you say: The Lord saith: whereas I have not spoken.Non è egli vero, che vane sono le vostre visioni, e bugiardi gl'indovinamenti, che avete spacciati? E voi dite: Il Signore ha detto, quando io non ho parlato.Why haue you not seene vayne vision, and spoken lying diuination? and you say: Our Lord saith; wheras I haue not spoken.Numquid non visionem cassam vidistis, / et divinationem mendacem locuti estis, / et dicitis: Ait Dominus, / cum ego non sim locutus ? 8Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have spoken vain things, and have seen lies: therefore behold I come against you, saith the Lord God.Per questo il Signore Dio dice così: Perchè voi avete spacciato cose vane, e le vostre visioni son bugiarde, per questo eccomi a voi, dice il Signore Dio.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: Because you haue spoken vaine thinges, and haue seene lies: therfore behold I to you, saith our Lord God.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Quia locuti estis vana, et vidistis mendacium, / ideo ecce ego ad vos, dicit Dominus Deus. 9And my hand shall be upon the prophets that see vain things, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, nor shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord God.E la mano mia sarà sopra i profeti da visioni vane, e da predizioni bugiarde: non saranno nel ceto del popol mio, e non saranno scritti nella matricola della casa d'Israele, e non entreranno nella terra d'Israele: e conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore Dio:And my hand shal be vpon the prophetes, that see vaine thinges, and diuine a lie: in the counsel of my people they shal not be, and in the scripture of the house of Israel they shal not be written, neither shal they enter into the land of Israel: and you shal know that I am the Lord God.Et erit manus mea super prophetas / qui vident vana, et divinant mendacium: / in consilio populi mei non erunt, / et in scriptura domus Israël non scribentur, / nec in terram Israël ingredientur, / et scietis quia ego Dominus Deus: 10Because they have deceived my people, saying: Peace, and there is no peace: and the people built up a wall, and they daubed it with dirt without straw.Perchè eglino han gabbato il mio popolo, dicendo: Pace, e la pace non è: e quegli fabbricava un muro, e quelli lo intonacavano con loto, senza mistura di paglia.For that they haue deceiued my people, saying: Peace, and there is not peace: and he builded the wal, and they daubed it with morter without straw.eo quod deceperint populum meum, / dicentes: Pax, et non est pax: / et ipse ædificabat parietem, / illi autem liniebant eum luto absque paleis.

11Say to them that daub without tempering, that it shall fall: for there shall be an overflowing shower, and I will cause great hailstones to fall violently from above, and a stormy wind to throw it down.Dì a costoro, che intonacano senza mistura, che il muro cadrà: imperocché verrà pioggia, che inonderà, e manderò ad urtarlo pietre smisurate, e una bufera, che lo atterrerà.Say to them, that daube without tempering, that it shal fal: for there shal be a shower ouerflowing, and I wil geue very great stones falling violently from aboue, and the wind of a storme dissipating.Dic ad eos qui liniunt absque temperatura, quod casurus sit: / erit enim imber inundans, / et dabo lapides prægrandes desuper irruentes, / et ventum procellæ dissipantem. 12Behold, when the wall is fallen: shall it not be said to you: Where is the daubing wherewith you have daubed it?E quando il muro sarà caduto, non si dirà egli a voi: Dov'è l'intonacatura fatta da voi?for in dede behold the wal is fallen: shal it not be sayd to you: Where is the dawbing, that you dawbed?Siquidem ecce cecidit paries: / numquid non dicetur vobis: / Ubi est litura quam linistis ? 13Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Lo, I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in my indignation, and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger: and great hailstones in my wrath to consume.Per questo il Signore Dio così dice: Io nella mia indegnazione farò scappar fuori la bufera, e nel furor mio verrà pioggia, che inonderà, e nell'ira mia grosse pietre, che porteranno rovina.Therfore thus sayth our Lord God: And I wil make the spirite of tempests to breake forth in myne indignation, and there shal be an ouerflowing shower in my furie: and great stones in my wrath vnto consumption.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Et erumpere faciam spiritum tempestatum in indignatione mea, / et imber inundans in furore meo erit, / et lapides grandes in ira in consumptionem. 14And I will break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar: and I will make it even with the ground, and the foundation thereof shall be laid bare: and it shall fall, and shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and you shall know that I am the Lord.E distruggerò il muro intonacato da voi senza mistura, e lo agguaglierò al suolo, e i suoi fondamenti saranno scoperti, e cadrà, e quelli periranno con esso; e conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore.And I wil destroy the wal, that you haue dawbed without tempering: and I wil make it euen with the ground, and the fundation therof shal be reueled: and it shal fal, and shal be consumed in the middes therof: and you shal know that I am the Lord.Et destruam parietem quem linistis absque temperamento, / et adæquabo eum terræ, / et revelabitur fundamentum ejus: / et cadet, et consumetur in medio ejus, / et scietis quia ego sum Dominus.

15And I will accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that daub it without tempering the mortar, and I will say to you: The wall is no more, and they that daub it are no more.E sfogherò il mio sdegno sopra il muro, e sopra quelli, che lo intonacano senza mistura, e dirò a voi: Il muro non è, e que', che lo intonacavano, più non sono.And I wil accomplish myne indignation in the wal, & in them, that daube it without tempering, and I wil say to you: The wal is not, and they are not that daube it.Et complebo indignationem meam in pariete, / et in his qui liniunt eum absque temperamento: / dicamque vobis: Non est paries, / et non sunt qui liniunt eum: 16Even the prophets of Israel that prophesy to Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her: and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.Que' profeti d'Israele, che profetizzavano sopra Gerusalemme, e vedevan per lei visione di pace, e pace non è, dice il Signore Dio.The prophetes of Israel, which prophecie to Ierusalem, and see vision of peace for it: and there is not peace, sayth our Lord God.prophetæ Israël, qui prophetant ad Jerusalem, / et vident ei visionem pacis, et non est pax, / ait Dominus Deus. 17And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people that prophesy out of their own heart: and do thou prophesy against them,Ma tu, figliuolo dell'uomo, fissa lo sguardo sulle figliuole del popol tuo, le quali di lor capriccio profetano, e profetizza sopra di esse,And thou sonne of man, put thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophecie of their owne hart: and doe thou prophecie vpon them,Et tu, fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra filias populi tui quæ prophetant de corde suo: et vaticinare super eas, 18And say: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to them that sew cushions under every elbow: and make pillows for the heads of persons of every age to catch souls: and when they caught the souls of my people, they gave life to their souls.E dirai: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio: Guai a quelle, che applicano dei cuscini a tutti i cubiti, e fanno de' guanciali da mettere sotto alle teste di qualunque età per far preda delle anime; e facendo preda delle anime del popol mio, davano vita a quelle anime,and say: Thus sayth our Lord God: Wo to them that sow cushions vnder euerie cubite of the hand: and make pillowes vnder the head of euerie age to catch soules: and when they caught the soules of my people, they did viuificate their soules.et dic: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Væ quæ consuunt pulvillos sub omni cubito manus, / et faciunt cervicalia sub capite universæ ætatis / ad capiendas animas: / et cum caperent animas populi mei, / vivificabant animas eorum !

19And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies.E mi disonoravano dinanzi al mio popolo per un po' d'orzo, e per un tozzo di pane, uccidendo le anime, che non son morte, e facendo vive le anime, che non vivono, spacciando menzogne al popolo mio, che crede alle menzogne.And they violated me to my people, for a handful of barley, and a cantel of bread, that they might kil the soules, which dye not, and viuificate the soules which liue not, lying to my people, that beleeueth lies.Et violabant me ad populum meum / propter pugillum hordei, et fragmen panis, / ut interficerent animas quæ non moriuntur, / et vivificarent animas quæ non vivunt, / mentientes populo meo credenti mendaciis. 20Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I declare against your cushions, wherewith you catch flying souls: and I will tear them off from your arms: and I will let go the soul that you catch, the souls that should fly.Per questo così parla il Signore Dio: Eccomi ai vostri cuscini, co' quali voi fate preda delle anime, come di uccelli, e io gli straccerò nelle vostre mani, e alle anime, delle quali voi fate preda, darò libero volo.For this cause thus saith our Lord God: Behold I to your cushions, wherwith you carche flying soules: and I wil breake them from your armes: and I wil let goe the soules that you take, the soules to fl•e.Propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Ecce ego ad pulvillos vestros, / quibus vos capitis animas volantes: / et dirumpam eos de brachiis vestris, / et dimittam animas quas vos capitis, / animas ad volandum. 21And I will tear your pillows, and will deliver my people out of your hand, neither shall they be any more in your hands to be a prey: and you shall know that I am the Lord.E romperò i vostri guanciali, e libererò dal poter vostro il mio popolo, e non saran più nelle vostre mani per essere vostra preda. E conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore.And I wil breake your pillowes, and wil deliuer my people out of your hand, neither shal they be anie more in your handes to be a praye: and you shal know that I am the Lord.Et dirumpam cervicalia vestra, / et liberabo populum meum de manu vestra, / neque erunt ultra in manibus vestris ad prædandum: / et scietis quia ego Dominus. 22Because with lies you have made the heart of the just to mourn, whom I have not made sorrowful: and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his evil way, and live.Perchè voi con menzogne avete contristato il cuore del giusto, cui io non contristai; e avete fortificate le braccia all'empio, perchè non si convertisse dal suo mal fare, e vivesse:For that you haue made the hart of the iust to mourne lyingly, whom I made not sorowful: and haue strenghtned the handes of the impious, that he might not returne from his euil way, and liue.Pro eo quod mœrere fecistis cor justi mendaciter, / quem ego non contristavi, / et confortastis manus impii, / ut non reverteretur a via sua mala, et viveret:

23Therefore you shall not see vain things, nor divine divinations any more, and I will deliver my people out of your hand: and you shall know that I am the Lord.Per questo non avrete più le vostre false visioni, né spaccerete indovinamenti, e io trarrò dalle vostre mani il mio popolo: e conoscerete, ch'io sono il Signore.Therfore you shal not see vaine thinges, and diuinations you shal diuine no more, and I wil deliuer my people out of you hand: and you shal know that I am the Lord.propterea vana non videbitis, / et divinationes non divinabitis amplius, / et eruam populum meum de manu vestra: / et scietis quia ego Dominus.

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.

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