1 E ntão me gritou aos ouvidos com grande voz, dizendo: Chegai, vós, os intendentes da cidade, cada um com as suas armas destruidoras na mão.

Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, “Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand.”

2 E eis que vinham seis homens do caminho da porta superior, que olha para o norte, e cada um com a sua arma de matança na mão; e entre eles um homem vestido de linho, com um tinteiro de escrivão ã sua cintura. E entraram, e se puseram junto ao altar de bronze.

And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 E a glória do Deus de Israel se levantou do querubim sobre o qual estava, e passou para a entrada da casa; e clamou ao homem vestido de linho, que trazia o tinteiro de escrivão ã sua cintura.

Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at his side;

4 E disse-lhe o Senhor: Passa pelo meio da cidade, pelo meio de Jerusalém, e marca com um sinal as testas dos homens que suspiram e que gemem por causa de todas as abominações que se cometem no meio dela.

and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

5 E aos outros disse ele, ouvindo eu: Passai pela cidade após ele, e feri; não poupe o vosso olho, nem vos compadeçais.

To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.

6 M atai velhos, mancebos e virgens, criancinhas e mulheres, até exterminá-los; mas não vos chegueis a qualquer sobre quem estiver o sinal; e começai pelo meu santuário. Então começaram pelos anciãos que estavam diante da casa.

Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

7 E disse-lhes: Profanai a casa, e enchei os átrios de mortos; saí. E saíram, e feriram na cidade.

Then He said to them, “Defile the temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.

8 S ucedeu pois que, enquanto eles estavam ferindo, e ficando eu sozinho, caí com o rosto em terra, e clamei, e disse: Ah Senhor Deus! destruirás todo o restante de Israel, derramando a tua indignação sobre Jerusalém?

So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I fell on my face and cried out, and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”

9 E ntão me disse: A culpa da casa de Israel e de Judá é grandíssima, a terra está cheia de sangue, e a cidade cheia de injustiça; pois eles dizem: O Senhor abandonou a terra; o Senhor não vê.

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

10 T ambém, quanto a mim, não pouparei nem me compadecerei; sobre a cabeça deles farei recair o seu caminho.

And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head.”

11 E eis que o homem que estava vestido de linho, a cuja cintura estava o tinteiro, tornou com a resposta, dizendo: Fiz como me ordenaste.

Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, “I have done as You commanded me.”