1 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Filho do homem, houve duas mulheres, filhas de uma só mãe. 3 Estas se prostituíram no Egito; prostituíram-se na sua mocidade; ali foram apertados os seus peitos e apalpados os seios da sua virgindade. 4 Os seus nomes eram: Oolá, a mais velha, e Oolibá, sua irmã; e foram minhas e tiveram filhos e filhas; e, quanto ao seu nome, Samaria é Oolá, e Jerusalém é Oolibá.

5 Prostituiu-se Oolá, quando era minha; inflamou-se pelos seus amantes, pelos assírios, seus vizinhos, 6 que se vestiam de azul, governadores e sátrapas, todos jovens de cobiçar, cavaleiros montados a cavalo. 7 Assim, cometeu ela as suas devassidões com eles, que eram todos a fina flor dos filhos da Assíria, e com todos aqueles pelos quais se inflamava; com todos os seus ídolos se contaminou. 8 As suas impudicícias, que trouxe do Egito, não as deixou; porque com ela se deitaram na sua mocidade, e eles apalparam os seios da sua virgindade e derramaram sobre ela a sua impudicícia. 9 Por isso, a entreguei nas mãos dos seus amantes, nas mãos dos filhos da Assíria, pelos quais se inflamara. 10 Estes descobriram as vergonhas dela, levaram seus filhos e suas filhas; porém a ela mataram à espada; e ela se tornou falada entre as mulheres, e sobre ela executaram juízos.

11 Vendo isto sua irmã Oolibá, corrompeu a sua paixão mais do que ela, e as suas devassidões foram maiores do que as de sua irmã. 12 Inflamou-se pelos filhos da Assíria, governadores e sátrapas, seus vizinhos, vestidos com primor, cavaleiros montados a cavalo, todos jovens de cobiçar. 13 Vi que se tinha contaminado; o caminho de ambas era o mesmo. 14 Aumentou as suas impudicícias, porque viu homens pintados na parede, imagens dos caldeus, pintados de vermelho: 15 de lombos cingidos e turbantes pendentes da cabeça, todos com aparência de oficiais, semelhantes aos filhos da Babilônia, na Caldeia, em terra do seu nascimento. 16 Vendo-os, inflamou-se por eles e lhes mandou mensageiros à Caldeia. 17 Então, vieram ter com ela os filhos da Babilônia, para o leito dos amores, e a contaminaram com as suas impudicícias; ela, após contaminar-se com eles, enojada, os deixou. 18 Assim, tendo ela posto a descoberto as suas devassidões e sua nudez, a minha alma se alienou dela, como já se dera com respeito à sua irmã. 19 Ela, todavia, multiplicou as suas impudicícias, lembrando-se dos dias da sua mocidade, em que se prostituíra na terra do Egito. 20 Inflamou-se pelos seus amantes, cujos membros eram como o de jumento e cujo fluxo é como o fluxo de cavalos. 21 Assim, trouxeste à memória a luxúria da tua mocidade, quando os do Egito apalpavam os teus seios, os peitos da tua mocidade.

22 Por isso, ó Oolibá, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que eu suscitarei contra ti os teus amantes, os quais, enojada, tu os deixaras, e os trarei contra ti de todos os lados: 23 os filhos da Babilônia e todos os caldeus de Pecode, de Soa, de Coa e todos os filhos da Assíria com eles, jovens de cobiçar, governadores e sátrapas, príncipes e homens de renome, todos montados a cavalo. 24 Virão contra ti do Norte, com carros e carretas e com multidão de povos; pôr-se-ão contra ti em redor, com paveses, e escudos, e capacetes; e porei diante deles o juízo, e julgar-te-ão segundo os seus direitos. 25 Porei contra ti o meu zelo, e eles te tratarão com furor; cortar-te-ão o nariz e as orelhas, e o que restar cairá à espada; levarão teus filhos e tuas filhas, e quem ainda te restar será consumido pelo fogo. 26 Despojar-te-ão dos teus vestidos e tomarão as tuas joias de adorno. 27 Assim, farei cessar em ti a tua luxúria e a tua prostituição, provenientes da terra do Egito; não levantarás os olhos para eles e já não te lembrarás do Egito. 28 Porque assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que eu te entregarei nas mãos daqueles a quem aborreces, nas mãos daqueles que, enojada, tu deixaste. 29 Eles te tratarão com ódio, e levarão todo o fruto do teu trabalho, e te deixarão nua e despida; descobrir-se-á a vergonha da tua prostituição, a tua luxúria e as tuas devassidões.

30 Estas coisas se te farão, porque te prostituíste com os gentios e te contaminaste com os seus ídolos. 31 Andaste no caminho de tua irmã; por isso, entregarei o seu copo na tua mão. 32 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Beberás o copo de tua irmã, fundo e largo; servirás de riso e escárnio; pois nele cabe muito. 33 Encher-te-ás de embriaguez e de dor; o copo de tua irmã Samaria é copo de espanto e de desolação. 34 Tu o beberás, e esgotá-lo-ás, e lhe roerás os cacos, e te rasgarás os peitos, pois eu o falei, diz o Senhor Deus. 35 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Como te esqueceste de mim e me viraste as costas, também carregarás com a tua luxúria e as tuas devassidões.

36 Disse-me ainda o Senhor: Filho do homem, julgarás tu a Oolá e a Oolibá? Declara-lhes, pois, as suas abominações. 37 Porque adulteraram, e nas suas mãos há culpa de sangue; com seus ídolos adulteraram, e até os seus filhos, que me geraram, ofereceram a eles para serem consumidos pelo fogo. 38 Ainda isto me fizeram: no mesmo dia contaminaram o meu santuário e profanaram os meus sábados. 39 Pois, havendo sacrificado seus filhos aos ídolos, vieram, no mesmo dia, ao meu santuário para o profanarem; e assim o fizeram no meio da minha casa. 40 E mais ainda: mandaram vir uns homens de longe; fora-lhes enviado um mensageiro, e eis que vieram; por amor deles, te banhaste, coloriste os olhos e te ornaste de enfeites; 41 e te assentaste num suntuoso leito, diante do qual se achava mesa preparada, sobre que puseste o meu incenso e o meu óleo. 42 Com ela se ouvia a voz de muita gente que folgava; com homens de classe baixa foram trazidos do deserto uns bêbados, que puseram braceletes nas mãos delas e, na cabeça, coroas formosas. 43 Então, disse eu da envelhecida em adultérios: continuará ela em suas prostituições? 44 E passaram a estar com ela, como quem frequenta a uma prostituta; assim, passaram a frequentar a Oolá e a Oolibá, mulheres depravadas, 45 de maneira que homens justos as julgarão como se julgam as adúlteras e as sanguinárias; porque são adúlteras, e, nas suas mãos, há culpa de sangue.

46 Pois assim diz o Senhor Deus: Farei subir contra elas grande multidão e as entregarei ao tumulto e ao saque. 47 A multidão as apedrejará e as golpeará com as suas espadas; a seus filhos e suas filhas matarão e as suas casas queimarão. 48 Assim, farei cessar a luxúria da terra, para que se escarmentem todas as mulheres e não façam segundo a luxúria delas. 49 O castigo da vossa luxúria recairá sobre vós, e levareis os pecados dos vossos ídolos; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor Deus.

1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

3 And they committed prostitutions in Egypt; they committed prostitutions in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

7 Thus she committed her prostitutions with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

8 Neither left she her prostitutions brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their prostitution on her.

9 Why I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.

10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment on her.

11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her prostitutions more than her sister in her prostitutions.

12 She doted on the Assyrians her neighbors, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

14 And that she increased her prostitutions: for when she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

15 Girded with girdles on their loins, exceeding in dyed attire on their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

18 So she discovered her prostitutions, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

19 Yet she multiplied her prostitutions, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

20 For she doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, in bruising your teats by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth.

22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your mind is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side;

23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding on horses.

24 And they shall come against you with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against you buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.

25 And I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal furiously with you: they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.

26 They shall also strip you out of your clothes, and take away your fair jewels.

27 Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt: so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.

28 For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your mind is alienated:

29 And they shall deal with you hatefully, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bore: and the nakedness of your prostitutions shall be discovered, both your lewdness and your prostitutions.

30 I will do these things to you, because you have gone a whoring after the heathen, and because you are polluted with their idols.

31 You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.

32 Thus said the Lord GOD; You shall drink of your sister' cup deep and large: you shall be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it contains much.

33 You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 You shall even drink it and suck it out, and you shall break the shards thereof, and pluck off your own breasts: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD.

35 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your prostitutions.

36 The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations;

37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

38 Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, see, thus have they done in the middle of my house.

40 And furthermore, that you have sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent; and, see, they came: for whom you did wash yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments,

41 And sat on a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon you have set my incense and my oil.

42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets on their hands, and beautiful crowns on their heads.

43 Then said I to her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit prostitutions with her, and she with them?

44 Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that plays the harlot: so went they in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.

45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

46 For thus said the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company on them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

49 And they shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols: and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.