¹ И было ко мне слово Господне:

² сын человеческий! изреки пророчество на пророковИзраилевых пророчествующих, и скажи пророкам от собственного сердца: слушайте слово Господне!

³ Так говорит Господь Бог: горе безумным пророкам, которые водятся своим духом и ничего не видели!

⁴ Пророки твои, Израиль, как лисицы в развалинах.

⁵ В проломы вы не входите и не ограждаете стеною дома Израилева,чтобы твердо стоять в сражении в день Господа.

⁶ Они видят пустое и предвещают ложь, говоря: „Господь сказал"; а Господь не посылал их; и обнадеживают, что слово сбудется.

⁷ Не пустое ли видение видели вы? и не лживое ли предвещание изрекаете, говоря: „Господь сказал", а Я не говорил?

⁸ Посему так говорит Господь Бог: так как вы говорите пустое и видите в видениях ложь, за то вот Я - на вас, говорит Господь Бог.

⁹ И будет рука Моя против этих пророков, видящих пустое и предвещающих ложь; в совете народа Моего они не будут, и в список дома Израилева не впишутся, и в землю Израилеву не войдут; и узнаете, что Я Господь Бог.

¹⁰ За то, что они вводят народ Мой в заблуждение, говоря: „мир", тогда как нет мира; и когда он строит стену, они обмазывают ее грязью,

¹¹ скажи обмазывающим стену грязью, что она упадет. Пойдет проливной дождь, и вы, каменные градины, падете, и бурный ветер разорвет ее.

¹² И вот, падет стена; тогда не скажут ли вам: „где та обмазка, которою вы обмазывали?"

¹³ Посему так говорит Господь Бог: Я пущу бурный ветер во гневе Моем, и пойдет проливной дождь в ярости Моей, и камни града в негодовании Моем, для истребления.

¹⁴ И разрушу стену, которую вы обмазывали грязью, и повергну ее наземлю, и откроется основание ее, и падет, и вы вместе с нею погибнете;и узнаете, что Я Господь.

¹⁵ И истощу ярость Мою на стене и на обмазывающих ее грязью, и скажу вам: нет стены, и нет обмазывавших ее,

¹⁶ пророков Израилевых, которые пророчествовали Иерусалиму и возвещали ему видения мира, тогда как нет мира, говорит Господь Бог.

¹⁷ Ты же, сын человеческий, обрати лице твое к дщерям народа твоего, пророчествующим от собственного своего сердца, и изреки на них пророчество,

¹⁸ и скажи: так говорит Господь Бог: горе сшивающимчародейные мешочки под мышки и делающим покрывала для головы всякого роста, чтобы уловлять души! Неужели, уловляя души народа Моего, вы спасете ваши души?

¹⁹ И бесславите Меня пред народом Моим за горсти ячменя и за куски хлеба, умерщвляя души, которые не должны умереть, и оставляя жизнь душам, которые не должны жить, обманывая народ, который слушает ложь.

²⁰ Посему так говорит Господь Бог: вот, Я – на ваши чародейные мешочки,которыми вы там уловляете души, чтобы они прилетали, и вырву их из-под мышц ваших, и пущу на свободу души, которые вы уловляете, чтобы прилетали к вам.

²¹ И раздеру покрывала ваши, и избавлю народ Мой от рук ваших, и не будут уже в вашихруках добычею, и узнаете, что Я Господь.

²² За то, что вы ложью опечаливаете сердце праведника, которое Я не хотел опечаливать, и поддерживаете руки беззаконника, чтобы он не обратился отпорочного пути своего и не сохранил жизни своей, –

²³ за это уже не будете иметь пустых видений и впредь не будете предугадывать; и Я избавлю народ Мой от рук ваших, и узнаете, что Я Господь.

¹ Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

² a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

³ At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

⁴ He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

⁵ Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

⁶ He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside."

⁷ When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually.

⁸ Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

⁹ Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

¹⁰ He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

¹¹ He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

¹² in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

¹³ A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"

¹⁴ But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

¹⁵ A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."

¹⁶ This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.

¹⁷ Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,

¹⁸ and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.

¹⁹ While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you.

²⁰ But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them."

²¹ Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?"

²² They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."

²³ So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

²⁴ On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.

²⁵ When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.

²⁶ But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself am also a man."

²⁷ As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.

²⁸ He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.

²⁹ Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"

³⁰ Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

³¹ and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

³² Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.'

³³ Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."

³⁴ Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;

³⁵ but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

³⁶ The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--

³⁷ you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

³⁸ even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

³⁹ We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.

⁴⁰ God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,

⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

⁴² He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

⁴³ All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."

⁴⁴ While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.

⁴⁵ They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.

⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

⁴⁷ "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"

⁴⁸ He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.