KJV ¹ Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

VULC ¹ [Audite quæ Dominus loquitur :
Surge, contende judicio adversum montes,
et audiant colles vocem tuam.

KJV ² Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

VULC ² Audiant montes judicium Domini,
et fortia fundamenta terræ ;
quia judicium Domini cum populo suo,
et cum Israël dijudicabitur.

KJV ³ O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

VULC ³ Popule meus, quid feci tibi ?
aut quid molestus fui tibi ? Responde mihi.

KJV ⁴ For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

VULC ⁴ Quia eduxi te de terra Ægypti,
et de domo servientium liberavi te,
et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen, et Aaron, et Mariam.

KJV ⁵ O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

VULC ⁵ Popule meus, memento, quæso,
quid cogitaverit Balach, rex Moab,
et quid responderit ei Balaam, filius Beor,
de Setim usque ad Galgalam,
ut cognosceres justitias Domini.

KJV ⁶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

VULC ⁶ Quid dignum offeram Domino ?
curvabo genu Deo excelso ?
Numquid offeram ei holocautomata et vitulos anniculos ?

KJV ⁷ Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

VULC ⁷ numquid placari potest Dominus in millibus arietum,
aut in multis millibus hircorum pinguium ?
numquid dabo primogenitum meum pro scelere meo,
fructum ventris mei pro peccato animæ meæ ?

KJV ⁸ He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

VULC ⁸ Indicabo tibi, o homo, quid sit bonum,
et quid Dominus requirat a te :
utique facere judicium,
et diligere misericordiam,
et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo.

KJV ⁹ The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

VULC ⁹ Vox Domini ad civitatem clamat,
et salus erit timentibus nomen tuum :
audite, tribus, et quis approbabit illud ?

KJV ¹⁰ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

VULC ¹⁰ Adhuc ignis in domo impii thesauri iniquitatis,
et mensura minor iræ plena.

KJV ¹¹ Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

VULC ¹¹ Numquid justificabo stateram impiam,
et saccelli pondera dolosa ?

KJV ¹² For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

VULC ¹² In quibus divites ejus repleti sunt iniquitate,
et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium,
et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.

KJV ¹³ Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

VULC ¹³ Et ego ergo cœpi percutere te perditione super peccatis tuis.

KJV ¹⁴ Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

VULC ¹⁴ Tu comedes, et non saturaberis,
et humiliatio tua in medio tui :
et apprehendes, et non salvabis,
et quos salvaveris, in gladium dabo.

KJV ¹⁵ Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

VULC ¹⁵ Tu seminabis, et non metes :
tu calcabis olivam, et non ungeris oleo ;
et mustum, et non bibes vinum.

KJV ¹⁶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

VULC ¹⁶ Et custodisti præcepta Amri,
et omne opus domus Achab,
et ambulasti in voluntatibus eorum :
ut darem te in perditionem,
et habitantes in ea in sibilum,
et opprobrium populi mei portabitis.]