1 He said to me, "Son of man, "stand up on your feet and I will speak to you."2 As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.3 He said: "Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says.'5 And whether they listen or fail to listen —for they are a rebellious people —they will know that a prophet has been among them.6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.7 You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you."9 Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,10 which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.
1 Hc visio similitudinis glori Domini. Et vidi, et cecidi in faciem meam, et audivi vocem loquentis, et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, sta super pedes tuos, et loquar tecum. 2 Et ingressus est in me spiritus postquam locutus est mihi, et statuit me supra pedes meos : et audivi loquentem ad me, 3 et dicentem : Fili hominis, mitto ego te ad filios Isral, ad gentes apostatrices qu recesserunt a me : ipsi et patres eorum prvaricati sunt pactum meum usque ad diem hanc : 4 et filii dura facie et indomabili corde sunt, ad quos ego mitto te. Et dices ad eos : Hc dicit Dominus Deus : 5 si forte vel ipsi audiant, et si forte quiescant, quoniam domus exasperans est : et scient quia propheta fuerit in medio eorum. 6 Tu ergo, fili hominis, ne timeas eos, neque sermones eorum metuas, quoniam increduli et subversores sunt tecum, et cum scorpionibus habitas. Verba eorum ne timeas, et vultus eorum ne formides, quia domus exasperans est. 7 Loqueris ergo verba mea ad eos, si forte audiant, et quiescant : quoniam irritatores sunt. 8 Tu autem, fili hominis, audi qucumque loquor ad te, et noli esse exasperans, sicut domus exasperatrix est : aperi os tuum, et comede qucumque ego do tibi. 9 Et vidi : et ecce manus missa ad me, in qua erat involutus liber : et expandit illum coram me, qui erat scriptus intus et foris : et script erant in eo lamentationes, et carmen, et v.