The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 super custodiam meam stabo et figam gradum super munitionem et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi et quid respondeam ad arguentem me
1 I will take my stand to watch, and station myself on the tower, and look forth to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2 et respondit mihi Dominus et dixit scribe visum et explana eum super tabulas ut percurrat qui legerit eum
2 And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets, so he may run who reads it.
3 quia adhuc visus procul et apparebit in finem et non mentietur si moram fecerit expecta illum quia veniens veniet et non tardabit
3 For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end--it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.
4 ecce qui incredulus est non erit recta anima eius in semet ipso iustus autem in fide sua vivet
4 Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
5 et quomodo vinum potantem decipit sic erit vir superbus et non decorabitur qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam et ipse quasi mors et non adimpletur et congregabit ad se omnes gentes et coacervabit ad se omnes populos
5 Moreover, wine is treacherous; the arrogant man shall not abide. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations, and collects as his own all peoples."
6 numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument et loquellam enigmatum eius et dicetur vae ei qui multiplicat non sua usquequo et adgravat contra se densum lutum
6 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, in scoffing derision of him, and say, "Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own--for how long? --and loads himself with pledges!"
7 numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te et suscitabuntur lacerantes te et eris in rapinam eis
7 Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be booty for them.
8 quia tu spoliasti gentes multas spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis propter sanguinem hominis et iniquitatem terrae civitatis et omnium habitantium in ea
8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.
9 vae qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suae ut sit in excelso nidus eius et liberari se putat de manu mali
9 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 cogitasti confusionem domui tuae concidisti populos multos et peccavit anima tua
10 You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.
11 quia lapis de pariete clamabit et lignum quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est respondebit
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 vae qui aedificat civitatem in sanguinibus et praeparat urbem in iniquitate
12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and founds a city on iniquity!
13 numquid non haec a Domino sunt exercituum laborabunt enim populi in multo igni et gentes in vacuum et deficient
13 Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for nought?
14 quia replebitur terra ut cognoscat gloriam Domini quasi aquae operientes mare
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
15 vae qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius
15 Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink of the cup of his wrath, and makes them drunk, to gaze on their shame!
16 repletus est ignominia pro gloria bibe tu quoque et consopire circumdabit te calix dexterae Domini et vomitus ignominiae super gloriam tuam
16 You will be sated with contempt instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and stagger! The cup in the LORD's right hand will come around to you, and shame will come upon your glory!
17 quia iniquitas Libani operiet te et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominis et iniquitate terrae et civitatis et omnium habitantium in ea
17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; the destruction of the beasts will terrify you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.
18 quid prodest sculptile quia sculpsit illud fictor suus conflatile et imaginem falsam quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta
18 What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols!
19 vae qui dicit ligno expergiscere surge lapidi tacenti numquid ipse docere poterit ecce iste coopertus est auro et argento et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus eius
19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a dumb stone, Arise! Can this give revelation? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
20 Dominus autem in templo sancto suo sileat a facie eius omnis terra
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.
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