1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

1 Et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, quodcumque inveneris, comede : comede volumen istud, et vadens loquere ad filios Isral. 2 Et aperui os meum, et cibavit me volumine illo : 3 et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, venter tuus comedet, et viscera tua complebuntur volumine isto quod ego do tibi. Et comedi illud, et factum est in ore meo sicut mel dulce. 4 Et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, vade ad domum Isral, et loqueris verba mea ad eos. 5 Non enim ad populum profundi sermonis et ignot lingu tu mitteris ad domum Isral : 6 neque ad populos multos profundi sermonis et ignot lingu, quorum non possis audire sermones : et si ad illos mittereris, ipsi audirent te : 7 domus autem Isral nolunt audire te, quia nolunt audire me : omnis quippe domus Isral attrita fronte est, et duro corde. 8 Ecce dedi faciem tuam valentiorem faciebus eorum, et frontem tuam duriorem frontibus eorum : 9 ut adamantem et ut silicem dedi faciem tuam : ne timeas eos, neque metuas a facie eorum, quia domus exasperans est.10 Et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, omnes sermones meos quos ego loquor ad te, assume in corde tuo, et auribus tuis audi : 11 et vade, ingredere ad transmigrationem, ad filios populi tui, et loqueris ad eos : et dices eis : Hc dicit Dominus Deus : si forte audiant et quiescant. 12 Et assumpsit me spiritus, et audivi post me vocem commotionis magn : Benedicta gloria Domini de loco suo : 13 et vocem alarum animalium percutientium alteram ad alteram, et vocem rotarum sequentium animalia, et vocem commotionis magn. 14 Spiritus quoque levavit me, et assumpsit me : et abii amarus in indignatione spiritus mei : manus enim Domini erat mecum, confortans me. 15 Et veni ad transmigrationem, ad acervum novarum frugum, ad eos qui habitabant juxta flumen Chobar : et sedi ubi illi sedebant, et mansi ibi septem diebus mrens in medio eorum. 16 Cum autem pertransissent septem dies, factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens : 17 Fili hominis, speculatorem dedi te domui Isral, et audies de ore meo verbum, et annuntiabis eis ex me. 18 Si, dicente me ad impium : Morte morieris, non annuntiaveris ei, neque locutus fueris ut avertatur a via sua impia et vivat, ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur, sanguinem autem ejus de manu tua requiram. 19 Si autem tu annuntiaveris impio, et ille non fuerit conversus ab impietate sua et a via sua impia, ipse quidem in iniquitate sua morietur : tu autem animam tuam liberasti. 20 Sed et si conversus justus a justitia sua fuerit, et fecerit iniquitatem, ponam offendiculum coram eo : ipse morietur quia non annuntiasti ei. In peccato suo morietur, et non erunt in memoria justiti ejus quas fecit : sanguinem vero ejus de manu tua requiram. 21 Si autem tu annuntiaveris justo ut non peccet justus, et ille non peccaverit, vivens vivet, quia annuntiasti ei, et tu animam tuam liberasti.22 Et facta est super me manus Domini, et dixit ad me : Surgens egredere in campum, et ibi loquar tecum. 23 Et surgens egressus sum in campum : et ecce ibi gloria Domini stabat, quasi gloria quam vidi juxta fluvium Chobar : et cecidi in faciem meam. 24 Et ingressus est in me spiritus, et statuit me super pedes meos, et locutus est mihi, et dixit ad me : Ingredere, et includere in medio domus tu. 25 Et tu, fili hominis, ecce data sunt super te vincula, et ligabunt te in eis, et non egredieris de medio eorum. 26 Et linguam tuam adhrere faciam palato tuo, et eris mutus, nec quasi vir objurgans, quia domus exasperans est. 27 Cum autem locutus fuero tibi, aperiam os tuum, et dices ad eos : Hc dicit Dominus Deus : Qui audit, audiat, et qui quiescit, quiescat : quia domus exasperans est.