Ezequiel 2

1Y me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, ponte en pie y Yo te hablaré.”

2Y después que me habló entró en mí el Espíritu, el cual me puso sobre mis pies; y escuché a Aquel que me hablaba.

3Y me dijo: “Hijo de hombre, te envío a los hijos de Israel, a esos gentiles apóstatas que se han rebelado contra Mí. Ellos y sus padres han pecado contra Mí, hasta este mismo día.

4Hijos de rostro duro y de corazón obstinado son aquellos a quienes te envío y les dirás: «Así dice Yahvé el Señor.»

5Te oigan o no te oigan —porque son una casa rebelde— por lo menos han de conocer que hay un profeta en medio de ellos.

6Tú, pues, oh hijo de hombre, no los temas, ni tengas miedo de sus palabras, aunque ellos son cardos y espinas para contigo y tú habitas en medio de escorpiones. No temas sus palabras, ni tengas miedo de sus rostros; porque son una casa rebelde.

7Les dirás mis palabras, ora que oigan, ora que no oigan; porque son rebeldes.

8Oye, oh hijo de hombre, lo que te voy a decir: No seas tú rebelde como esa casa de rebeldía; abre tu boca, y come lo que te voy a dar.”

9Yo miré, y vi una mano que se tendía hacia mí, y he aquí en ella el rollo de un libro.

10Lo desenvolvió delante de mí, y estaba escrito por dentro y por fuera; y lo escrito en él eran cantos lúgubres, lamentaciones y ayes.

1Hæc visio similitudinis gloriæ 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.

2Et ingressus est in me spiritus postquam locutus est mihi, et statuit me supra pedes meos: et audivi loquentem ad me,

3et dicentem: Fili hominis, mitto ego te ad filios Israël, ad gentes apostatrices quæ recesserunt a me: ipsi et patres eorum prævaricati sunt pactum meum usque ad diem hanc:

4et filii dura facie et indomabili corde sunt, ad quos ego mitto te. Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:

5si forte vel ipsi audiant, et si forte quiescant, quoniam domus exasperans est: et scient quia propheta fuerit in medio eorum.

6Tu 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.

7Loqueris ergo verba mea ad eos, si forte audiant, et quiescant: quoniam irritatores sunt.

8Tu autem, fili hominis, audi quæcumque loquor ad te, et noli esse exasperans, sicut domus exasperatrix est: aperi os tuum, et comede quæcumque ego do tibi.

9Et vidi: et ecce manus missa ad me, in qua erat involutus liber: et expandit illum coram me, qui erat scriptus intus et foris: et scriptæ erant in eo lamentationes, et carmen, et væ.

1This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And I saw, and I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one that spoke. And he said to me: Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak to thee.

2And the spirit entered into me after that he spoke to me, and he set me upon my feet: and I heard him speaking to me,

3And saying: Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people, that hath revolted from me, they, and their fathers, have transgressed my covenant even unto this day.

4And they to whom I send thee are children of a hard face, and of an obstinate heart: and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God:

5If so be they at least will hear, and if so be they will forbear, for they are a provoking house: and they shall know that there hath been a prophet in the midst of them.

6And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

7And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.

8But thou, O son of man, hear all that I say to thee: and do not thou provoke me, as that house provoketh me: open thy mouth, and eat what I give thee.

9And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to me, wherein was a book rolled up: and he spread it before me, and it was written within and without: and there were written in it lamentations, and canticles, and woe.