¹ Demais veio a palavra do Senhor a mim, dizendo:

² E tu, ó filho do homem, assim diz o Senhor Deus à terra de Israel: Vem o fim, o fim Vem sobre os quatro cantos da terra.

³ Agora vem o fim sobre ti, e enviarei sobre ti a minha ira, e te julgarei conforme os teus caminhos; e trarei sobre ti todas as tuas abominações.

⁴ E não te pouparei, nem terei piedade de ti; mas eu te punirei por todos os teus caminhos, enquanto as tuas abominações estiverem no meio de ti; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

⁵ Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Mal sobre Mal! eis que vem!

⁶ Vem o fim, o fim Vem, despertou-se contra ti; eis que Vem.

⁷ Vem a tua ruína, ó habitante da terra! Vem o tempo; está perto o dia, o dia de tumulto, e não de gritos alegres, sobre os montes.

⁸ Agora depressa derramarei o meu furor sobre ti, e cumprirei a minha ira contra ti, e te julgarei conforme os teus caminhos; e te punirei por todas as tuas abominações.

⁹ E não te pouparei, nem terei piedade; conforme os teus caminhos, assim te punirei, enquanto as tuas abominações estiverem no meio de ti; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, castigo.

¹⁰ Eis o dia! Eis que vem! Veio a tua ruína; já floresceu a vara, já brotou a soberba. :

¹¹ A violência se levantou em vara de iniqüidade. nada restará deles, nem da sua multidão, nem dos seus bens. Não haverá eminência entre eles.

¹² Vem o tempo, é chegado o dia; não se alegre o comprador, e não se entristeça o vendedor; pois a ira está sobre toda a multidão deles.

¹³ Na verdade o vendedor não tornará a possuir o que vendeu, ainda que esteja por longo tempo entre os viventes; pois a visão, no tocante a toda a multidão deles, não voltará atrás; e ninguém prosperará na vida, pela sua iniqüidade.

¹⁴ Já tocaram a trombeta, e tudo prepararam, mas não há quem vá à batalha; pois sobre toda a multidão deles está a minha ira.

¹⁵ Fora está a espada, e dentro a peste e a fome; o que estiver no campo morrerá à espada; e o que estiver na cidade, devorálo-a a fome e a peste.

¹⁶ E se escaparem alguns sobreviventes, estarão sobre os montes, como pombas dos vales, todos gemendo, cada um por causa da sua iniqüidade.

¹⁷ Todas as mãos se enfraquecerão, e todos os joelhos se tornarão fracos como água.

¹⁸ E se cingirão de sacos, e o terror os cobrirá; e sobre todos os rostos haverá vergonha e sobre todas as suas cabeças calva.

¹⁹ A sua prata, lançá-la-ão pelas ruas, e o seu ouro será como imundícia; nem a sua prata nem o seu ouro os poderá livrar no dia do furor do Senhor; esses metais não lhes poderão saciar a fome, nem lhes encher o estômago; pois serviram de tropeço da sua iniqüidade.

²⁰ Converteram em soberba a formosura dos seus adornos, e deles fizeram as imagens das suas abominações, e as suas coisas detestáveis; por isso eu a fiz para eles como uma coisa imunda.

²¹ E entregá-la-ei nas mãos dos estrangeiros por presa, e aos ímpios da terra por despojo; e a profanarão.

²² E desviarei deles o meu rosto, e profanarão o meu lugar oculto; porque entrarão nele saqueadores, e o profanarão.

²³ Faze uma cadeia, porque a terra está cheia de crimes de sangue, e a cidade está cheia de violência.

²⁴ Pelo que trarei dentre as nações os piores, que possuirão as suas casas; e farei cessar a soberba dos poderosos; e os seus lugares santos serão profanados.

²⁵ Quando vier a angústia eles buscarão a paz, mas não haverá paz.

²⁶ Miséria sobre miséria virá, e se levantará rumor sobre rumor; e buscarão do profeta uma visão; mas do sacerdote perecerá a lei, e dos anciãos o conselho.

²⁷ O rei pranteará, e o príncipe se vestirá de desolação, e as mãos do povo da terra tremerão de medo. Conforme o seu caminho lhes farei, e conforme os seus merecimentos os julgarei; e saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

¹³ Nesse ano do jubileu tornareis, cada um à sua possessão.

¹ Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

² Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?

³ Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

⁴ Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

⁷ Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.

¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.

¹² Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

¹³ They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,

¹⁴ but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

¹⁵ He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.

¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

¹⁸ A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

²⁰ Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.

²¹ They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.

²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.

²⁴ Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,

²⁵ but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.

²⁶ Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

²⁷ that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

²⁸ They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.

³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.

³¹ That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;

³³ because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴ They didn't destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them,

³⁵ but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

³⁶ They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

³⁷ Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

³⁸ They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

³⁹ Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.

⁴⁰ Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.

⁴¹ He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

⁴³ Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.

⁴⁵ He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

⁴⁷ Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!

⁴⁸ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah! BOOK V