1 E disse-me: Filho do homem, põe-te em pé, e falarei contigo.2 Então entrou em mim o Espírito, quando ele falava comigo, e me pôs em pé, e ouvi o que me falava.3 E disse-me: Filho do homem, eu te envio aos filhos de Israel, às nações rebeldes que se rebelaram contra mim; eles e seus pais transgrediram contra mim até este mesmo dia.4 E os filhos são de semblante duro, e obstinados de coração; eu te envio a eles, e lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor Deus.5 E eles, quer ouçam quer deixem de ouvir (porque eles são casa rebelde), hão de saber, contudo, que esteve no meio deles um profeta.6 E tu, ó filho do homem, não os temas, nem temas as suas palavras; ainda que estejam contigo sarças e espinhos, e tu habites entre escorpiões, não temas as suas palavras, nem te assustes com os seus semblantes, porque são casa rebelde.7 Mas tu lhes dirás as minhas palavras, quer ouçam quer deixem de ouvir, pois são rebeldes.8 Mas tu, ó filho do homem, ouve o que eu te falo, não sejas rebelde como a casa rebelde; abre a tua boca, e come o que eu te dou.9 Então vi, e eis que uma mão se estendia para mim, e eis que nela havia um rolo de livro.10 E estendeu-o diante de mim, e ele estava escrito por dentro e por fora; e nele estavam escritas lamentações, e suspiros e ais.

1 And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.2 And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.3 And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.4 And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.5 And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.8 But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.9 And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;10 And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.