Biblia Sacra: VETUS TESTAMENTUM

3 et factum est in diebus Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda usque ad consummationem undecimi anni Sedeciae filii Iosiae regis Iuda usque ad transmigrationem Hierusalem in mense quinto

3 and it came to pass in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the completion of the 11th year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, up to the transmigration of Jerusalem in the 5th month

4 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

4 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying

5 priusquam te formarem in utero novi te et antequam exires de vulva sanctificavi te prophetam gentibus dedi te

5 before I formed you in the womb I knew you and before you came forth from the womb I sanctified you a prophet to the nations I gave you

6 et dixi a a a Domine Deus ecce nescio loqui quia puer ego sum

6 and I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God, behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy.

7 et dixit Dominus ad me noli dicere puer sum quoniam ad omnia quae mittam te ibis et universa quaecumque mandavero tibi loqueris

7 and the Lord said to me: do not say, “I am a youth,” for to all to which I send you you will go, and all whatsoever I shall mandate to you you will speak

8 ne timeas a facie eorum quia tecum ego sum ut eruam te dicit Dominus

8 do not fear before their face, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord

9 et misit Dominus manum suam et tetigit os meum et dixit Dominus ad me ecce dedi verba mea in ore tuo

9 and the Lord sent his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, behold, I have given my words into your mouth

10 ecce constitui te hodie super gentes et super regna ut evellas et destruas et disperdas et dissipes et aedifices et plantes

10 Behold, I have constituted you today over nations and over kingdoms, to uproot and to destroy and to disperse and to dissipate, and to build and to plant.

11 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens quid tu vides Hieremia et dixi virgam vigilantem ego video

11 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What do you see, Jeremiah? and I said, I see a watching rod.

12 et dixit Dominus ad me bene vidisti quia vigilabo ego super verbo meo ut faciam illud

12 And the Lord said to me, you have seen well; for I will keep watch over my word to perform it.

13 et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad me dicens quid tu vides et dixi ollam succensam ego video et faciem eius a facie aquilonis

13 and the word of the Lord came a second time to me, saying, what do you see? and I said, a seething pot I see, and its face is toward the face of the north.

14 et dixit Dominus ad me ab aquilone pandetur malum super omnes habitatores terrae

14 and the Lord said to me: From the north evil will be spread out over all the inhabitants of the land

15 quia ecce ego convocabo omnes cognationes regnorum aquilonis ait Dominus et venient et ponent unusquisque solium suum in introitu portarum Hierusalem et super omnes muros eius in circuitu et super universas urbes Iuda

15 for behold, I will convoke all the kindreds of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord, and they will come and each will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all its walls round about, and upon all the cities of Judah

16 et loquar iudicia mea cum eis super omni malitia eorum qui dereliquerunt me et libaverunt diis alienis et adoraverunt opus manuum suarum

16 and I will speak my judgments with them concerning all their malice—those who have forsaken me and have poured libations to alien gods and have adored the work of their hands.

17 tu ergo accinge lumbos tuos et surge et loquere ad eos omnia quae ego praecipio tibi ne formides a facie eorum nec enim timere te faciam vultum eorum

17 you, therefore, gird your loins and rise, and speak to them all that I command you; do not be afraid before their face, for indeed I will not make you fear their face.

18 ego quippe dedi te hodie in civitatem munitam et in columnam ferream et in murum aereum super omnem terram regibus Iuda principibus eius et sacerdotibus et populo terrae

18 I indeed have made you today into a fortified city, and an iron column, and a brazen wall over all the land—against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land.

19 et bellabunt adversum te et non praevalebunt quia tecum ego sum ait Dominus ut liberem te

19 and they will wage war against you, and they will not prevail, because I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you

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1 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

1 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying

2 vade et clama in auribus Hierusalem dicens haec dicit Dominus recordatus sum tui miserans adulescentiam tuam et caritatem disponsationis tuae quando secuta me es in deserto in terra quae non seminatur

2 go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: thus says the Lord: I have remembered you, compassionate toward your adolescence and the love of your espousals, when you followed me in the desert, in a land that is not sown

3 sanctus Israhel Domino primitiae frugum eius omnes qui devorant eum delinquunt mala venient super eos dicit Dominus

3 Israel is holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his increase; all who devour him transgress—evils will come upon them, says the Lord.

4 audite verbum Domini domus Iacob et omnes cognationes domus Israhel

4 hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel

5 haec dicit Dominus quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquitatis quia elongaverunt a me et ambulaverunt post vanitatem et vani facti sunt

5 thus says the Lord: what iniquity did your fathers find in me, that they were made distant from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain

6 et non dixerunt ubi est Dominus qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Aegypti qui transduxit nos per desertum per terram inhabitabilem et inviam per terram sitis et imaginem mortis per terram in qua non ambulavit vir neque habitavit homo

6 and they did not say, where is the Lord who caused us to ascend from the land of Egypt, who led us through the desert, through an uninhabitable and pathless land, through a land of thirst and the image of death, through a land in which no man walked nor did a human inhabit

7 et induxi vos in terram Carmeli ut comederetis fructum eius et optima illius et ingressi contaminastis terram meam et hereditatem meam posuistis in abominationem

7 and I brought you into the land of Carmel, that you might eat its fruit and its best things; and having entered, you defiled my land and you set my inheritance into abomination.

8 sacerdotes non dixerunt ubi est Dominus et tenentes legem nescierunt me et pastores praevaricati sunt in me et prophetae prophetaverunt in Baal et idola secuti sunt

8 the priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who handle the law did not know me, and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and followed idols.

9 propterea adhuc iudicio contendam vobiscum ait Dominus et cum filiis vestris disceptabo

9 therefore I will still contend with you in judgment, says the Lord, and I will dispute with your children

10 transite ad insulas Cetthim et videte et in Cedar mittite et considerate vehementer et videte si factum est huiuscemodi

10 pass over to the islands of Cetthim and see, and send to Cedar and consider vehemently, and see if anything of this kind has been done

11 si mutavit gens deos et certe ipsi non sunt dii populus vero meus mutavit Gloriam suam in idolum

11 Has a nation changed its gods—and surely they themselves are not gods? But my people has changed its Glory into an idol.

12 obstupescite caeli super hoc et portae eius desolamini vehementer dicit Dominus

12 Be stupefied, O heavens, at this, and let its gates be desolated exceedingly, says the Lord.

13 duo enim mala fecit populus meus me dereliquerunt fontem aquae vivae ut foderent sibi cisternas cisternas dissipatas quae continere non valent aquas

13 for my people have done two evils they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, to dig for themselves cisterns, shattered cisterns that are not able to contain waters

14 numquid servus est Israhel aut vernaculus quare ergo est factus in praedam

14 Is Israel a servant, or a homeborn slave? Why then has he been made a prey?

15 super eum rugierunt leones et dederunt vocem suam posuerunt terram eius in solitudinem civitates eius exustae sunt et non est qui habitet in eis

15 over him lions roared and gave their voice; they have set his land into a desolation; his cities have been burned, and there is no one who dwells in them

16 filii quoque Memfeos et Tafnes constupraverunt te usque ad verticem

16 the sons also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have violated you unto the crown of the head

17 numquid non istud factum est tibi quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum eo tempore quo ducebat te per viam

17 Has not this been done to you because you forsook the Lord your God at the time when he was leading you along the way?

18 et nunc quid tibi vis in via Aegypti ut bibas aquam turbidam et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum ut bibas aquam Fluminis

18 and now what do you want with the way of Egypt, that you might drink turbid water, and what have you to do with the way of the Assyrians, that you might drink the water of the River

19 arguet te malitia tua et aversio tua increpabit te scito et vide quia malum et amarum est reliquisse te Dominum Deum tuum et non esse timorem mei apud te dicit Dominus Deus exercituum

19 your malice will argue against you, and your aversion will rebuke you; know and see that it is evil and bitter that you have forsaken the Lord your God, and that the fear of me is not with you, says the Lord God of hosts

20 a saeculo confregisti iugum meum rupisti vincula mea et dixisti non serviam in omni enim colle sublimi et sub omni ligno frondoso tu prosternebaris meretrix

20 from ages past you have shattered my yoke, you have ruptured my bonds, and you said, I will not serve; for on every lofty hill and under every leafy tree you were prostrating yourself, harlot

21 ego autem plantavi te vineam electam omne semen verum quomodo ergo conversa es in pravum vinea aliena

21 I, however, planted you a chosen vine, entirely of true seed; how then have you turned into the crooked, an alien vine

22 si laveris te nitro et multiplicaveris tibi herbam borith maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me dicit Dominus Deus

22 if you wash yourself with nitre and multiply for yourself the herb borith, you are stained in your iniquity before me, says the Lord God

23 quomodo dicis non sum polluta post Baalim non ambulavi vide vias tuas in convalle scito quid feceris cursor levis explicans vias tuas

23 how do you say I am not polluted, after the Baalim I have not walked? see your ways in the valley; know what you have done, a light runner explicating your ways.

24 onager adsuetus in solitudine in desiderio animae suae adtraxit ventum amoris sui nullus avertet eam omnes qui quaerunt eam non deficient in menstruis eius invenient eam

24 the onager accustomed in the solitude, in the desire of her soul has drawn in the wind of her love; no one will turn her aside; all who seek her will not fail; in her menstruations they will find her

25 prohibe pedem tuum a nuditate et guttur tuum a siti et dixisti desperavi nequaquam faciam adamavi quippe alienos et post eos ambulabo

25 restrain your foot from nudity and your throat from thirst; and you said, I have despaired; by no means will I do it: for I have indeed loved the alien ones, and after them I will walk.

26 quomodo confunditur fur quando deprehenditur sic confusi sunt domus Israhel ipsi et reges eorum principes et sacerdotes et prophetae eorum

26 as a thief is confounded when he is caught, so are confounded the house of Israel— they themselves and their kings, their princes and their priests and their prophets

27 dicentes ligno pater meus es tu et lapidi tu me genuisti verterunt ad me tergum et non faciem et in tempore adflictionis suae dicent surge et libera nos

27 saying to the wood, You are my father, and to the stone, You have begotten me; they have turned their back to me and not their face; and in the time of their affliction they will say, Arise and liberate us.

28 ubi sunt dii tui quos fecisti tibi surgant et liberent te in tempore adflictionis tuae secundum numerum quippe civitatum tuarum erant dii tui Iuda

28 where are your gods whom you made for yourself? let them arise and liberate you in the time of your affliction; indeed, according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah

29 quid vultis mecum iudicio contendere omnes dereliquistis me dicit Dominus

29 Why do you want to contend with me in judgment? You have all forsaken me, says the Lord.

30 frustra percussi filios vestros disciplinam non receperunt devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros quasi leo vastator

30 In vain I struck your sons; they did not receive discipline; your sword has devoured your prophets like a lion, a devastator.

31 generatio vestra videte verbum Domini numquid solitudo factus sum Israheli aut terra serotina quare ergo dixit populus meus recessimus non veniemus ultra ad te

31 Your generation, behold the word of the Lord: have I become a wilderness to Israel, or a late land? Why then has my people said, “We have withdrawn; we will not come to you any more”?

32 numquid obliviscitur virgo ornamenti sui sponsa fasciae pectoralis suae populus vero meus oblitus est mei diebus innumeris

32 does a virgin forget her ornament? does a bride her pectoral band? but my people have forgotten me for days innumerable

33 quid niteris bonam ostendere viam tuam ad quaerendam dilectionem quae insuper et malitias tuas docuisti vias tuas

33 Why do you strive to show your way as good in order to seek love—you who, moreover, have even taught your ways your malices?

34 et in alis tuis inventus est sanguis animarum pauperum et innocentium non in fossis inveni eos sed in omnibus quae supra memoravi

34 and on your skirts was found the blood of the souls of the poor and the innocent; not in pits did I find them, but upon all these things which I have mentioned above

35 et dixisti absque peccato et innocens ego sum et propterea avertatur furor tuus a me ecce ego iudicio contendam tecum eo quod dixeris non peccavi

35 and you said, without sin and I am innocent, and therefore let your fury be turned away from me; behold, I will contend with you in judgment, because you have said, I have not sinned.

36 quam vilis es facta nimis iterans vias tuas et ab Aegypto confunderis sicut confusa es ab Assur

36 how very vile you have become, iterating your ways, and you are confounded by Egypt just as you were confounded by Assyria

37 nam et ab ista egredieris et manus tuae erunt super caput tuum quoniam obtrivit Dominus confidentiam tuam et nihil habebis prosperum

37 for even from this one you will go out, and your hands will be upon your head, because the Lord has crushed your confidence, and you will have nothing prosperous

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1 vulgo dicitur si dimiserit vir uxorem suam et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum numquid revertetur ad eam ultra numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis tamen revertere ad me dicit Dominus

1 it is commonly said if a man dismisses his wife and she, departing from him, marries another man will he return to her any more will not that woman be polluted and contaminated but you have fornicated with many lovers yet return to me says the Lord

2 leva oculos tuos in directum et vide ubi non prostrata sis in viis sedebas expectans eos quasi latro in solitudine et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis et in malitiis tuis

2 lift your eyes straight ahead and see where you have not been prostrated on the roads; you were sitting, expecting them, like a robber in the solitude, and you polluted the land with your fornications and with your malices

3 quam ob rem prohibitae sunt stillae pluviarum et serotinus imber non fuit frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi noluisti erubescere

3 for which reason the drops of rain have been withheld, and the late rain has not been; a prostitute’s woman’s forehead has been made yours—you did not wish to blush

4 ergo saltim amodo voca me pater meus dux virginitatis meae tu es

4 therefore at least from now on call me, my father, you are the guide of my virginity

5 numquid irasceris in perpetuum aut perseverabis in finem ecce locuta es et fecisti mala et potuisti

5 will you be angry in perpetuity, or will you persevere to the end? behold, you have spoken and have done evil, and you have prevailed.

6 et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Iosiae regis numquid vidisti quae fecerit aversatrix Israhel abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum et sub omne lignum frondosum et fornicata est ibi

6 and the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, Have you seen what the backsliding Israel has done? she went for herself upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and fornicated there

7 et dixi cum fecisset haec omnia ad me convertere et non est reversa et vidit praevaricatrix soror eius Iuda

7 and I said, when she had done all these things, Return to me; and she did not return; and her faithless sister Judah saw it

8 quia pro eo quod moechata esset aversatrix Israhel dimisissem eam et dedissem ei libellum repudii et non timuit praevaricatrix Iuda soror eius sed abiit et fornicata est etiam ipsa

8 because for the reason that Backsliding Israel had played the adulteress, I had dismissed her and had given to her a bill of repudiation; and Prevaricating Judah, her sister, did not fear, but went and she too committed fornication.

9 et facilitate fornicationis suae contaminavit terram et moechata est cum lapide et cum ligno

9 and by the ease of her fornication she contaminated the land, and she committed adultery with stone and with wood

10 et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me praevaricatrix soror eius Iuda in toto corde suo sed in mendacio ait Dominus

10 and in all these things her prevaricating sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but in mendacity, says the Lord

11 et dixit Dominus ad me iustificavit animam suam aversatrix Israhel conparatione praevaricatricis Iuda

11 and the Lord said to me: Apostate Israel has justified her soul in comparison with treacherous Judah

12 vade et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem et dices revertere aversatrix Israhel ait Dominus et non avertam faciem meam a vobis quia sanctus ego sum dicit Dominus et non irascar in perpetuum

12 go and cry these words toward the north, and you shall say: Return, backsliding Israel, says the Lord, and I will not turn my face away from you, for I am holy, says the Lord, and I will not be angry forever

13 tamen scito iniquitatem tuam quia in Dominum Deum tuum praevaricata es et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso et vocem meam non audisti ait Dominus

13 yet acknowledge your iniquity, that against the Lord your God you have transgressed, and you have dispersed your ways to strangers under every leafy tree, and my voice you have not listened to, says the Lord.

14 convertimini filii revertentes dicit Dominus quia ego vir vester et adsumam vos unum de civitate et duos de cognatione et introducam vos in Sion

14 Return, sons who are returning, says the Lord, for I am your husband, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a kindred, and I will bring you into Zion.

15 et dabo vobis pastores iuxta cor meum et pascent vos scientia et doctrina

15 and I will give you pastors according to my heart, and they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine

16 cumque multiplicati fueritis et creveritis in terra in diebus illis ait Dominus non dicent ultra arca testamenti Domini neque ascendet super cor neque recordabuntur illius nec visitabitur nec fiet ultra

16 And when you have multiplied and have grown in the land, in those days, says the Lord, they will no longer say, “the ark of the testament of the Lord”; nor will it come upon the heart, nor will they remember it, nor will it be visited, nor will it be made any more.

17 in tempore illo vocabunt Hierusalem solium Domini et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes in nomine Domini in Hierusalem et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi

17 in that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord, and all the nations will be gathered to it in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem, and they will not walk after the depravity of their evil heart.

18 in diebus illis ibit domus Iuda ad domum Israhel et venient simul de terra aquilonis ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris

18 in those days the house of Judah will go to the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the North to the land that I gave to your fathers

19 ego autem dixi quomodo ponam te in filiis et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem hereditatem praeclaram exercituum gentium et dixi patrem vocabis me et post me ingredi non cessabis

19 But I said, How shall I place you among the sons and grant to you a desirable land, a preeminent inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, You will call me Father, and you will not cease to follow after me.

20 sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum sic contempsit me domus Israhel dicit Dominus

20 but just as a woman might contemn her lover, so has the house of Israel contemned me, says the Lord

21 vox in viis audita est ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israhel quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam obliti sunt Domini Dei sui

21 a voice has been heard on the ways, the weeping and ululation of the sons of Israel, for they have made their way iniquitous; they have forgotten the Lord their God

22 convertimini filii revertentes et sanabo aversiones vestras ecce nos venimus ad te tu enim es Dominus Deus noster

22 Be converted, sons turning back, and I will heal your turnings-away; behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

23 vere mendaces erant colles multitudo montium vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israhel

23 truly the hills were mendacious, the multitude of mountains; truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel

24 confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adulescentia nostra greges eorum et armenta eorum filios eorum et filias eorum

24 shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters

25 dormiemus in confusione nostra et operiet nos ignominia nostra quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos et patres nostri ab adulescentia nostra usque ad hanc diem et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri

25 we will sleep in our confusion, and our ignominy will cover us, for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not heard the voice of the Lord our God

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1 si converteris Israhel ait Dominus ad me convertere si abstuleris offendicula tua a facie mea non commoveberis

1 if you turn back, Israel, says the Lord, turn back to me; if you remove your offenses from before my face, you will not be shaken

2 et iurabis vivit Dominus in veritate et in iudicio et in iustitia et benedicent eum gentes ipsumque laudabunt

2 and you shall swear, The Lord lives, in truth and in judgment and in justice; and the nations will bless him, and they will praise him

3 haec enim dicit Dominus viro Iuda et Hierusalem novate vobis novale et nolite serere super spinas

3 for these things says the Lord to the man of Judah and Jerusalem: break up for yourselves fallow ground, and do not sow upon thorns

4 circumcidimini Domino et auferte praeputia cordium vestrorum vir Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea et succendatur et non sit qui extinguat propter malitiam cogitationum vestrarum

4 be circumcised to the Lord, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, man of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest perhaps my indignation go forth like fire and be kindled, and there be no one to extinguish it, on account of the malice of your cogitations.

5 adnuntiate in Iuda et in Hierusalem auditum facite loquimini et canite tuba in terra clamate fortiter dicite congregamini et ingrediamur civitates munitas

5 announce in judah and make it heard in jerusalem, speak and blow the trumpet in the land, cry out stoutly, say, congregate yourselves and let us enter the fortified cities

6 levate signum in Sion confortamini nolite stare quia malum ego adduco ab aquilone et contritionem magnam

6 lift up a standard in Zion, be strengthened, do not stand still, for I am bringing evil from the north, and great destruction

7 ascendit leo de cubili suo et praedo gentium se levavit egressus est de loco suo ut ponat terram tuam in desolationem civitates tuae vastabuntur remanentes absque habitatore

7 a lion has gone up from his lair, and the plunderer of the nations has lifted himself; he has gone out from his place to set your land into desolation; your cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant

8 super hoc accingite vos ciliciis plangite et ululate quia non est aversa ira furoris Domini a nobis

8 Over this, gird yourselves with sackcloth, beat your breasts and ululate, for the anger of the Lord’s fury has not been turned away from us.

9 et erit in die illa dicit Dominus peribit cor regis et cor principum et obstupescent sacerdotes et prophetae consternabuntur

9 and it shall be in that day says the Lord the heart of the king shall perish and the heart of the princes and the priests shall be stupefied and the prophets shall be consternated

10 et dixi heu heu heu Domine Deus ergone decepisti populum istum et Hierusalem dicens pax erit vobis et ecce pervenit gladius usque ad animam

10 and I said, alas, alas, alas, Lord God, have you then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, peace shall be to you, and behold, the sword has reached unto the soul

11 in tempore illo dicetur populo huic et Hierusalem ventus urens in viis quae sunt in deserto viae filiae populi mei non ad ventilandum et ad purgandum

11 in that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem: a burning wind on the roads that are in the desert, the roads of the daughter of my people— not for winnowing nor for purging

12 spiritus plenus ex his veniet mihi et nunc ego sed loquar iudicia mea cum eis

12 a wind fuller than these will come for me; and now I indeed will speak my judgments against them

13 ecce quasi nubes ascendet et quasi tempestas currus eius velociores aquilis equi illius vae nobis quoniam vastati sumus

13 Behold, like clouds he will ascend, and like a tempest his chariots; his horses swifter than eagles: woe to us, for we have been laid waste.

14 lava a malitia cor tuum Hierusalem ut salva fias usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiae

14 wash your heart from malice, Jerusalem, that you may be saved; how long will noxious cogitations tarry within you?

15 vox enim adnuntiantis a Dan et notum facientis idolum de monte Ephraim

15 for the voice of one announcing from Dan, and of one making known an idol from Mount Ephraim

16 concitate gentes ecce auditum est in Hierusalem custodes venire de terra longinqua et dare super civitates Iuda vocem suam

16 stir up the nations; behold, it has been heard in Jerusalem that guards are coming from a far land and are giving their voice against the cities of Judah

17 quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro quia me ad iracundiam provocavit ait Dominus

17 like keepers of fields they have become over her round about, because she has provoked me to ire, says the Lord

18 viae tuae et cogitationes tuae fecerunt haec tibi ista malitia tua quia amara quia tetigit cor tuum

18 your ways and your cogitations have done these things to you—this is your malice, for it is bitter, because it has touched your heart

19 ventrem meum ventrem meum doleo sensus cordis mei turbati sunt in me non tacebo quoniam vocem bucinae audivit anima mea clamorem proelii

19 my belly, my belly! I am in pain; the sense of my heart is troubled within me; I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the voice of the buccina, the clamor of battle

20 contritio super contritionem vocata est et vastata est omnis terra repente vastata sunt tabernacula mea subito pelles meae

20 ruin upon ruin is called out, and all the land has been devastated; suddenly my tabernacles have been devastated, in an instant my curtains

21 usquequo videbo fugientem audiam vocem bucinae

21 how long shall I see the fleeing one shall I hear the voice of the trumpet

22 quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit filii insipientes sunt et vecordes sapientes sunt ut faciant mala bene autem facere nescierunt

22 for my people is foolish; they have not recognized me; children insensate and witless they are; they are wise so as to do evil, but to do good they have not known

23 aspexi terram et ecce vacua erat et nihili et caelos et non erat lux in eis

23 I looked upon the earth, and behold, it was void and nothingness; and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

24 vidi montes et ecce movebantur et omnes colles conturbati sunt

24 I saw the mountains, and behold, they were moving, and all the hills were perturbed.

25 intuitus sum et non erat homo et omne volatile caeli recessit

25 I looked, and there was no man, and every bird of the heavens withdrew

26 aspexi et ecce Carmelus desertus et omnes urbes eius destructae sunt a facie Domini et a facie irae furoris eius

26 I looked, and behold, Carmel was a desert, and all its cities were destroyed from before the face of the Lord and before the face of the wrath of his fury.

27 haec enim dicit Dominus deserta erit omnis terra sed tamen consummationem non faciam

27 for this says the Lord: the whole land will be desolate, yet nevertheless I will not make a consummation.

28 lugebit terra et maerebunt caeli desuper eo quod locutus sum cogitavi et non paenituit me nec aversus sum ab eo

28 the earth will lament, and the heavens from above will mourn, because I have spoken; I have considered, and I do not repent, nor have I turned away from it

29 a voce equitis et mittentis sagittam fugit omnis civitas ingressi sunt ardua et ascenderunt rupes universae urbes derelictae sunt et non habitat in eis homo

29 at the voice of the horseman and of the archer every city flees, they have entered the steep places and have ascended the crags, all the cities are left derelict, and no man dwells in them

30 tu autem vastata quid facies cum vestieris te coccino cum ornata fueris monili aureo et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos frustra conponeris contempserunt te amatores tui animam tuam quaerent

30 But you, devastated, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself in scarlet, though you be adorned with a golden necklace, and paint your eyes with antimony, in vain you beautify yourself; your lovers have contemned you; they will seek your life.

31 vocem enim quasi parturientis audivi angustias ut puerperae vox filiae Sion intermorientis expandentisque manus suas vae mihi quia defecit anima mea propter interfectos

31 for I heard a voice as of a parturient woman, anguish as of a puerperal woman; the voice of the daughter of Zion, expiring and stretching out her hands: woe is me, because my soul has failed on account of the slain

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1 circuite vias Hierusalem et aspicite et considerate et quaerite in plateis eius an inveniatis virum facientem iudicium et quaerentem fidem et propitius ero eius

1 go around the ways of Jerusalem and look and consider and seek in its squares whether you may find a man doing judgment and seeking faith, and I will be propitious to it

2 quod si etiam vivit Dominus dixerint et hoc falso iurabunt

2 and even if they say, "The Lord lives," even in this they will swear falsely

3 Domine oculi tui respiciunt fidem percussisti eos et non doluerunt adtrivisti eos et rennuerunt accipere disciplinam induraverunt facies suas super petram noluerunt reverti

3 Lord, your eyes regard faith; you struck them and they did not grieve; you ground them down and they refused to receive discipline; they hardened their faces harder than rock; they were unwilling to revert.

4 ego autem dixi forsitan pauperes sunt et stulti ignorantes viam Domini iudicium Dei sui

4 but I said: perhaps they are poor and foolish, ignorant of the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God.

5 ibo igitur ad optimates et loquar eis ipsi enim cognoverunt viam Domini iudicium Dei sui et ecce magis hii simul confregerunt iugum ruperunt vincula

5 I will go therefore to the magnates and speak to them; for they themselves have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God; and behold, these even more, together, have broken the yoke; they have burst the bonds.

6 idcirco percussit eos leo de silva lupus ad vesperam vastavit eos pardus vigilans super civitates eorum omnis qui egressus fuerit ex eis capietur quia multiplicatae sunt praevaricationes eorum confortatae sunt aversiones eorum

6 therefore the lion from the forest has struck them; the wolf at evening has ravaged them; a leopard, keeping watch over their cities, everyone who goes out from them shall be taken; because their transgressions have been multiplied, their turnings-away have been strengthened

7 super quo propitius tibi esse potero filii tui dereliquerunt me et iurant in his qui non sunt dii saturavi eos et moechati sunt et in domo meretricis luxuriabantur

7 for this how shall I be propitious to you your sons have forsaken me and swear by those who are not gods I satiated them and they have committed adultery and in the house of a harlot they were luxuriating

8 equi amatores et admissarii facti sunt unusquisque ad uxorem proximi sui hinniebat

8 they became amorous horses and breeding-stallions, each one neighed after his neighbor’s wife

9 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus et in gente tali non ulciscetur anima mea

9 Shall I not visit for these things, says the Lord, and shall not my soul take vengeance on such a nation?

10 ascendite muros eius et dissipate consummationem autem nolite facere auferte propagines eius quia non sunt Domini

10 ascend her walls and dissipate but do not make a consummation remove her shoots for they are not the Lord’s

11 praevaricatione enim praevaricata est in me domus Israhel et domus Iuda ait Dominus

11 for in prevarication the house of Israel and the house of Judah have prevaricated against me, says the Lord

12 negaverunt Dominum et dixerunt non est ipse neque veniet super nos malum gladium et famem non videbimus

12 they denied the Lord and said, it is not He; neither will evil come upon us; the sword and famine we shall not see

13 prophetae fuerunt in ventum et responsum non fuit in eis haec ergo evenient illis

13 the prophets became wind, and an answer was not in them; therefore these things will come upon them

14 haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum quia locuti estis verbum istud ecce ego do verba mea in ore tuo in ignem et populum istum ligna et vorabit eos

14 thus says the Lord God of hosts: because you have spoken this word, behold, I put my words in your mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it will devour them

15 ecce ego adducam super vos gentem de longinquo domus Israhel ait Dominus gentem robustam gentem antiquam gentem cuius ignorabis linguam nec intelleges quid loquatur

15 Behold, I will bring upon you a nation from far away, house of Israel, says the Lord: a robust nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will not know, nor will you understand what it speaks.

16 faretra eius quasi sepulchrum patens universi fortes

16 its quiver like an open sepulchre; all of them mighty

17 et comedet segetes tuas et panem tuum devorabit filios tuos et filias tuas comedet gregem tuum et armenta tua comedet vineam tuam et ficum tuam et conteret urbes munitas tuas in quibus tu habes fiduciam gladio

17 and it will eat your crops, and your bread it will devour; your sons and your daughters it will devour; it will eat your flock and your herds; it will eat your vineyard and your fig tree; and it will crush your fortified cities, in which you have confidence, by the sword

18 verumtamen et diebus illis ait Dominus non faciam vos in consummationem

18 nevertheless, even in those days, says the Lord, I will not make you into a consummation

19 quod si dixeritis quare fecit Dominus Deus noster nobis haec omnia dices ad eos sicut dereliquistis me et servistis deo alieno in terra vestra sic servietis alienis in terra non vestra

19 And if you should say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them: Just as you abandoned me and served an alien god in your land, so you will serve aliens in a land not your own.

20 adnuntiate hoc domui Iacob et auditum facite in Iuda dicentes

20 announce this to the house of Jacob, and make it heard in Judah, saying

21 audi populus stulte qui non habes cor qui habentes oculos non videtis et aures et non auditis

21 hear, foolish people, without a heart; who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not

22 me ergo non timebitis ait Dominus et a facie mea non dolebitis qui posui harenam terminum mari praeceptum sempiternum quod non praeteribit et commovebuntur et non poterunt et intumescent fluctus eius et non transibunt illud

22 Will you therefore not fear me, says the Lord, and will you not tremble at my face—who set the sand as a boundary to the sea, a sempiternal precept which it shall not overpass? and they are stirred and cannot; and its waves swell, and they do not cross it.

23 populo autem huic factum est cor incredulum et exasperans recesserunt et abierunt

23 but to this people there has come to be a heart incredulous and exasperating; they have receded and gone away

24 et non dixerunt in corde suo metuamus Dominum Deum nostrum qui dat nobis pluviam temporaneam et serotinam in tempore suo plenitudinem annuae messis custodientem nobis

24 and they did not say in their heart let us fear the Lord our God who gives us the early and the late rain in its time preserving for us the fullness of the yearly harvest

25 iniquitates nostrae declinaverunt haec et peccata nostra prohibuerunt bonum a nobis

25 Our iniquities have turned these things aside, and our sins have prohibited the good from us.

26 quia inventi sunt in populo meo impii insidiantes quasi aucupes laqueos ponentes et pedicas ad capiendos viros

26 because there have been found among my people impious men, lying in wait like fowlers, setting snares and foot-traps to seize men

27 sicut decipula plena avibus sic domus eorum plenae dolo ideo magnificati sunt et ditati

27 just as a snare full of birds so their houses are full of deceit therefore they have been magnified and enriched

28 incrassati sunt et inpinguati et praeterierunt sermones meos pessime causam non iudicaverunt causam pupilli non direxerunt et iudicium pauperum non iudicaverunt

28 they have grown thick and fat, and they have overpassed my words most wickedly; they have not judged the cause, the cause of the orphan they did not direct, and the judgment of the poor they did not judge

29 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus aut super gentem huiuscemodi non ulciscetur anima mea

29 shall I not visit for these things says the Lord or shall not my soul take vengeance upon a nation of this kind

30 stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra

30 Stupor and marvels have been done in the land.

31 prophetae prophetabant mendacium et sacerdotes adplaudebant manibus suis et populus meus dilexit talia quid igitur fiet in novissimo eius

31 the prophets were prophesying falsehood, and the priests were applauding with their hands, and my people loved such things; what, therefore, will be done in its end?

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1 confortamini filii Beniamin in medio Hierusalem et in Thecua clangite bucina et super Bethaccharem levate vexillum quia malum visum est ab aquilone et contritio magna

1 be fortified, sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and in Tekoa clang the bucina, and over Beth-haccherem lift up the vexillum, because evil has been seen from the north, and a great destruction

2 speciosae et delicatae adsimilavi filiam Sion

2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman

3 ad eam venient pastores et greges eorum fixerunt in ea tentoria in circuitu pascet unusquisque eos qui sub manu sua sunt

3 to her will come shepherds and their flocks they have fixed their tents in her all around each will pasture those who are under his hand

4 sanctificate super eam bellum consurgite et ascendamus in meridie vae nobis quia declinavit dies quia longiores factae sunt umbrae vesperi

4 consecrate war against her; arise, and let us go up at midday; woe to us, because the day has declined, because the shadows of evening have been made longer

5 surgite et ascendamus in nocte et dissipemus domos eius

5 rise, and let us ascend by night, and let us lay waste her houses

6 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum caedite lignum eius et fundite circa Hierusalem aggerem haec est civitas visitationis omnis calumnia in medio eius

6 because thus says the Lord of hosts: cut down her wood, and cast up a rampart around Jerusalem; this is the city of visitation; all oppression is in her midst

7 sicut frigidam facit cisterna aquam suam sic frigidam fecit malitiam suam iniquitas et vastitas audietur in ea coram me semper infirmitas et plaga

7 just as a cistern makes its water cold, so she has made her malice cold; iniquity and devastation will be heard in her; before me always, infirmity and plague

8 erudire Hierusalem ne forte recedat anima mea a te ne forte ponam te desertam terram inhabitabilem

8 be instructed Jerusalem lest perhaps my soul withdraw from you lest perhaps I set you desolate an uninhabitable land

9 haec dicit Dominus exercituum usque ad racemum colligent quasi in vinea reliquias Israhel converte manum tuam quasi vindemiator ad cartallum

9 thus says the Lord of hosts: up to the cluster they will gather, as in a vineyard, the remnant of Israel; turn back your hand like a vintager to the basket

10 cui loquar et quem contestabor ut audiant ecce incircumcisae aures eorum et audire non possunt ecce verbum Domini factum est eis in obprobrium et non suscipient illud

10 To whom shall I speak, and whom shall I testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised and they cannot hear; behold, the word of the Lord has become to them an opprobrium, and they will not receive it.

11 idcirco furore Domini plenus sum laboravi sustinens effunde super parvulum foris et super concilium iuvenum simul vir enim cum muliere capietur senex cum pleno dierum

11 therefore I am filled with the fury of the Lord; I have grown weary bearing it; pour it out upon the little one outside and upon the council of youths; together a man with a woman will be seized, the old man with one full of days

12 et transibunt domus eorum ad alteros agri et uxores pariter quia extendam manum meam super habitantes terram dicit Dominus

12 and their houses will pass to others, fields and wives alike, because I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord

13 a minore quippe usque ad maiorem omnes avaritiae student et a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt dolum

13 for from the lesser even to the greater, all are devoted to avarice; and from prophet even to priest, all practice deceit.

14 et curabant contritionem filiae populi mei cum ignominia dicentes pax pax et non erat pax

14 and they were curing the shattering of the daughter of my people with ignominy, saying, peace, peace, and there was no peace

15 confusi sunt quia abominationem fecerunt quin potius confusione non sunt confusi et erubescere nescierunt quam ob rem cadent inter ruentes in tempore visitationis suae corruent dicit Dominus

15 They were confounded because they committed an abomination; nay rather, with confusion they were not confounded, and they did not know how to blush; wherefore they shall fall among those who are falling; in the time of their visitation they shall collapse, says the Lord.

16 haec dicit Dominus state super vias et videte et interrogate de semitis antiquis quae sit via bona et ambulate in ea et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris et dixerunt non ambulabimus

16 thus says the Lord: stand upon the ways and see, and inquire about the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk in it, and you will find refreshment for your souls; and they said: we will not walk.

17 et constitui super vos speculatores audite vocem tubae et dixerunt non audiemus

17 and I set over you watchmen; hear the voice of the trumpet; and they said, we will not hear.

18 ideo audite gentes et cognosce congregatio quanta ego faciam eis

18 therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what great things I will do to them

19 audi terra ecce ego adducam mala super populum istum fructum cogitationum eius quia verba mea non audierunt et legem meam proiecerunt

19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evils upon this people, the fruit of its cogitations, because they have not hearkened to my words and have cast away my law.

20 ut quid mihi tus de Saba adfertis et calamum suave olentem de terra longinqua holocaustomata vestra non sunt accepta et victimae vestrae non placuerunt mihi

20 For what reason do you bring me incense from Sheba, and sweet‑smelling calamus from a far land? Your holocausts are not accepted, and your sacrificial victims have not pleased me.

21 propterea haec dicit Dominus ecce ego dabo in populum istum ruinas et ruent in eis patres et filii simul vicinus et proximus et peribunt

21 therefore thus says the Lord: behold, I will set ruins among this people, and fathers and sons together shall fall in them; the neighbor and the near one shall perish.

22 haec dicit Dominus ecce populus venit de terra aquilonis et gens magna consurget a finibus terrae

22 Thus says the Lord: behold, a people comes from the land of the north, and a great nation will arise from the ends of the earth.

23 sagittam et scutum arripiet crudelis est et non miserebitur vox eius quasi mare sonabit et super equos ascendent praeparati quasi vir ad proelium adversum te filia Sion

23 he will seize arrow and shield; it is cruel and will not have mercy; its voice will sound like the sea; and upon horses they will mount, prepared like a man for battle against you, daughter of Zion

24 audivimus famam eius dissolutae sunt manus nostrae tribulatio adprehendit nos dolores ut parturientem

24 we have heard his report; our hands have been loosened; tribulation has apprehended us, pains as of a woman in labor

25 nolite exire ad agros et in via ne ambuletis quoniam gladius inimici pavor in circuitu

25 do not go out to the fields and do not walk on the road for the sword of the enemy terror all around

26 filia populi mei accingere cilicio et conspergere cinere luctum unigeniti fac tibi planctum amarum quia repente veniet vastator super nos

26 daughter of my people gird yourself with sackcloth and sprinkle yourself with ashes make for yourself the mourning of an only-begotten a bitter lamentation because suddenly a devastator will come upon us

27 probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum et scies et probabis viam eorum

27 I have given you as a prover among my people, robust, and you shall know, and you shall prove their way.

28 omnes isti principes declinantum ambulantes fraudulenter aes et ferrum universi corrupti sunt

28 all these are princes of those who turn aside, walking fraudulently; bronze and iron—they all are corrupted

29 defecit sufflatorium in igne consumptum est plumbum frustra conflavit conflator malitiae enim eorum non sunt consumptae

29 the bellows have failed; in the fire the lead has been consumed; in vain the smelter has smelted—for their malices have not been consumed.

30 argentum reprobum vocate eos quia Dominus proiecit illos

30 call them reprobate silver, because the Lord has rejected them

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1 the word that was made to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

2 sta in porta domus Domini et praedica ibi verbum istud et dic audite verbum Domini omnis Iuda qui ingredimini per portas has ut adoretis Dominum

2 stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and preach there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who enter through these gates to adore the Lord

3 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel bonas facite vias vestras et studia vestra et habitabo vobiscum in loco isto

3 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: make your ways and your endeavors good, and I will dwell with you in this place

4 nolite confidere in verbis mendacii dicentes templum Domini templum Domini templum Domini est

4 do not confide in words of mendacity, saying “the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord is.”

5 quoniam si bene direxeritis vias vestras et studia vestra si feceritis iudicium inter virum et proximum eius

5 For if you rightly direct your ways and your pursuits, if you do judgment between a man and his neighbor

6 advenae et pupillo et viduae non feceritis calumniam nec sanguinem innocentem effuderitis in loco hoc et post deos alienos non ambulaveritis in malum vobismet ipsis

6 if you do not commit calumny against the sojourner and the orphan and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place, and do not walk after alien gods to your own harm

7 habitabo vobiscum in loco isto in terra quam dedi patribus vestris a saeculo usque in saeculum

7 I will dwell with you in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers, from age unto age.

8 ecce vos confiditis vobis in sermonibus mendacii qui non proderunt vobis

8 behold, you are trusting in words of mendacity that will not profit you

9 furari occidere adulterare iurare mendaciter libare Baali et ire post deos alienos quos ignoratis

9 to steal, to kill, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to libate to Baal, and to go after alien gods whom you do not know

10 et venistis et stetistis coram me in domo hac in qua invocatum est nomen meum et dixistis liberati sumus eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas

10 and you came and stood before me in this house in which my name has been invoked and you said we have been delivered because we have done all these abominations

11 ergo spelunca latronum facta est domus ista in qua invocatum est nomen meum in oculis vestris ego ego sum ego vidi dicit Dominus

11 therefore has this house, in which my name has been invoked, become a den of brigands in your eyes? I, I am; I have seen, says the Lord.

12 ite ad locum meum in Silo ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio et videte quae fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israhel

12 go to my place in Shiloh where my name dwelt from the beginning, and see what I did to it because of the malice of my people Israel

13 et nunc quia fecistis omnia opera haec dicit Dominus et locutus sum ad vos mane consurgens et loquens et non audistis et vocavi vos et non respondistis

13 and now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising early and speaking, and you did not listen, and I called you and you did not respond

14 faciam domui huic in qua invocatum est nomen meum et in qua vos habetis fiduciam et loco quem dedi vobis et patribus vestris sicut feci Silo

14 I will do to this house, in which my name has been invoked, and in which you have confidence, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, just as I did to Shiloh.

15 et proiciam vos a facie mea sicut proieci omnes fratres vestros universum semen Ephraim

15 and I will cast you out from my face just as I cast out all your brothers, the whole seed of Ephraim

16 tu ergo noli orare pro populo hoc nec adsumas pro eis laudem et orationem et non obsistas mihi quia non exaudiam te

16 You therefore, do not pray for this people, nor take up for them praise and prayer, and do not stand against me, because I will not hear you.

17 nonne vides quid isti faciant in civitatibus Iuda et in plateis Hierusalem

17 Do you not see what these are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 filii colligunt ligna et patres succendunt ignem et mulieres conspergunt adipem ut faciant placentas Reginae caeli et libent diis alienis et me ad iracundiam provocent

18 the sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they libate to alien gods, so as to provoke me to wrath

19 numquid me ad iracundiam provocant dicit Dominus nonne semet ipsos in confusionem vultus sui

19 do they provoke me to ire says the Lord do they not themselves into the confusion of their own visage

20 ideo haec dicit Dominus Deus ecce furor meus et indignatio mea conflatur super locum istum super viros et super iumenta et super lignum regionis et super fruges terrae et succendetur et non extinguetur

20 therefore thus says the Lord God: behold, my fury and my indignation are being kindled upon this place—upon the men and upon the beasts of burden, and upon the wood of the region, and upon the fruits of the earth—and it will be set ablaze and will not be extinguished

21 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel holocaustomata vestra addite victimis vestris et comedite carnes

21 thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the meat

22 quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris et non praecepi eis in die qua eduxi eos de terra Aegypti de verbo holocaustomatum et victimarum

22 for I did not speak with your fathers, nor did I command them, on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning holocausts and sacrifices

23 sed hoc verbum praecepi eis dicens audite vocem meam et ero vobis Deus et vos eritis mihi populus et ambulate in omni via quam mandavi vobis ut bene sit vobis

23 but this word I prescribed to them, saying: hear my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in every way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you

24 et non audierunt nec inclinaverunt aurem suam sed abierunt in voluntatibus et pravitate cordis sui mali factique sunt retrorsum et non in ante

24 and they did not hearken nor incline their ear, but they went in the volitions and depravity of their evil heart, and they became backward and not forward

25 a die qua egressi sunt patres eorum de terra Aegypti usque ad diem hanc et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas per diem consurgens diluculo et mittens

25 from the day on which their fathers went out of the land of Egypt up to this day, I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, daily rising at dawn and sending.

26 et non audierunt me nec inclinaverunt aurem suam sed induraverunt cervicem et peius operati sunt quam patres eorum

26 and they did not hear me nor incline their ear, but they stiffened their neck and acted worse than their fathers

27 et loqueris ad eos omnia verba haec et non audient te et vocabis eos et non respondebunt tibi

27 and you will speak to them all these words, and they will not hear you, and you will call to them, and they will not respond to you

28 et dices ad eos haec est gens quae non audivit vocem Domini Dei sui nec recepit disciplinam periit fides et ablata est de ore eorum

28 and you shall say to them: this is the nation that has not heard the voice of the Lord their God, nor received discipline; faith has perished and has been taken away from their mouth.

29 tonde capillum tuum et proice et sume in directum planctum quia proiecit Dominus et reliquit generationem furoris sui

29 shear your hair and throw it away, and take up a plaint in the open, because the Lord has cast off and has left the generation of his fury

30 quia fecerunt filii Iuda malum in oculis meis dicit Dominus posuerunt offendicula sua in domo in qua invocatum est nomen meum ut polluerent eam

30 for the sons of Judah have done evil in my eyes, says the Lord; they have set their stumbling-blocks in the house in which my name has been invoked, so as to pollute it

31 et aedificaverunt excelsa Thofeth qui est in valle filii Ennom ut incenderent filios suos et filias suas igni quae non praecepi nec cogitavi in corde meo

31 and they built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters with fire, which I did not command, nor did I think in my heart

32 ideo ecce dies venient dicit Dominus et non dicetur amplius Thofeth et vallis filii Ennom sed vallis Interfectionis et sepelient in Thofeth eo quod non sit locus

32 therefore, behold, days will come, says the Lord, and it will no longer be called Topheth and the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter; and they will bury in Topheth because there will be no place.

33 et erit morticinum populi huius in cibum volucribus caeli et bestiis terrae et non erit qui abigat

33 and the carcasses of this people shall be for food to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to drive them away

34 et quiescere faciam de urbibus Iuda et de plateis Hierusalem vocem gaudii et vocem laetitiae vocem sponsi et vocem sponsae in desolatione enim erit terra

34 and I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for in desolation the land will be

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1 in tempore illo ait Dominus eicient ossa regis Iuda et ossa principum eius et ossa sacerdotum et ossa prophetarum et ossa eorum qui habitaverunt Hierusalem de sepulchris suis

1 at that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the king of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who dwelt in Jerusalem, from their sepulchres

2 et pandent ea ad solem et lunam et omnem militiam caeli quae dilexerunt et quibus servierunt et post quae ambulaverunt et quae quaesierunt et adoraverunt non colligentur et non sepelientur in sterquilinium super faciem terrae erunt

2 and they will spread them out to the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they loved and which they served and after which they walked and which they sought and adored; they will not be collected and they will not be buried— they will be as dung upon the face of the earth.

3 et eligent magis mortem quam vitam omnes qui residui fuerint de cognatione hac pessima in universis locis quae derelicta sunt ad quae eieci eos dicit Dominus exercituum

3 and they will choose death rather than life, all who remain of this most-wicked kindred, in all the places that are derelict, whither I have ejected them, says the Lord of hosts.

4 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus numquid qui cadet non resurget et qui aversus est non revertetur

4 and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Does he who falls not rise? and does he who has turned away not return?

5 quare ergo aversus est populus iste in Hierusalem aversione contentiosa adprehenderunt mendacium et noluerunt reverti

5 why therefore has this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious aversion? they have apprehended mendacity and have been unwilling to revert

6 adtendi et auscultavi nemo quod bonum est loquitur nullus est qui agat paenitentiam super peccato suo dicens quid feci omnes conversi sunt ad cursum suum quasi equus impetu vadens in proelio

6 I attended and listened: no one speaks what is good; there is none who does penitence over his sin, saying, “What have I done?” all have turned to their course, like a horse going with impetus into battle.

7 milvus in caelo cognovit tempus suum turtur et hirundo et ciconia custodierunt tempus adventus sui populus autem meus non cognovit iudicium Domini

7 the kite in the sky has known its time the turtledove and the swallow and the stork have observed the time of their advent but my people has not known the judgment of the Lord

8 quomodo dicitis sapientes nos sumus et lex Domini nobiscum est vere mendacium operatus est stilus mendax scribarum

8 How do you say, we are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Truly the mendacious pen of the scribes has wrought a lie.

9 confusi sunt sapientes perterriti et capti sunt verbum enim Domini proiecerunt et sapientia nulla est in eis

9 the wise have been confounded, terrified, and captured; for the word of the Lord they have cast away, and there is no wisdom in them

10 propterea dabo mulieres eorum exteris agros eorum heredibus quia a minimo usque ad maximum omnes avaritiam sequuntur a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt mendacium

10 therefore I will give their wives to foreigners, their fields to heirs, because from the least even to the greatest all follow avarice; from prophet even to priest, all practice mendacity

11 et sanabant contritionem filiae populi mei ad ignominiam dicentes pax pax cum non esset pax

11 and they were healing the shattering of the daughter of my people to ignominy, saying, peace, peace, when there was no peace

12 confusi sunt quia abominationem fecerunt quinimmo confusione non sunt confusi et erubescere nescierunt idcirco cadent inter corruentes in tempore visitationis suae corruent dicit Dominus

12 they have been confounded because they have done an abomination; nay rather, with confusion they were not confounded, and they did not know how to blush; therefore they shall fall among those who are falling; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, says the Lord

13 congregans congregabo eos ait Dominus non est uva in vitibus et non sunt ficus in ficulnea folium defluxit et dedi eis quae praetergressa sunt

13 Gathering, I will gather them, says the Lord: there is no grape on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig-tree; the leaf has fallen, and the things I have given them have passed away.

14 quare sedemus convenite et ingrediamur civitatem munitam et sileamus ibi quia Dominus noster silere nos fecit et potum dedit nobis aquam fellis peccavimus enim Domino

14 why do we sit still? convene, and let us enter a fortified city, and let us be silent there, because our Lord has made us be silent, and has given us as drink the water of gall; for we have sinned against the Lord.

15 expectavimus pacem et non erat bonum tempus medellae et ecce formido

15 We expected peace, and there was no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.

16 a Dan auditus est fremitus equorum eius a voce hinnituum pugnatorum eius commota est omnis terra et venerunt et devoraverunt terram et plenitudinem eius urbem et habitatores eius

16 from Dan the snorting of his horses has been heard; at the voice of the neighings of his fighters the whole earth was stirred, and they came and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.

17 quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos quibus non est incantatio et mordebunt vos ait Dominus

17 for behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, for whom there is no incantation, and they will bite you, says the Lord

18 dolor meus super dolorem in me cor meum maerens

18 my grief over grief; my heart within me is mourning

19 ecce vox clamoris filiae populi mei de terra longinqua numquid Dominus non est in Sion aut rex eius non est in ea quare ergo me ad iracundiam concitaverunt in sculptilibus suis et in vanitatibus alienis

19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: Is the Lord not in Zion, or is her king not in her? Why then have they incited me to ire with their sculpted images and with alien vanities?

20 transiit messis finita est aestas et nos salvati non sumus

20 the harvest has passed the summer is ended and we are not saved

21 super contritionem filiae populi mei contritus sum et contristatus stupor obtinuit me

21 Over the contrition of the daughter of my people I am crushed and saddened; stupor has taken hold of me.

22 numquid resina non est in Galaad aut medicus non est ibi quare igitur non est obducta cicatrix filiae populi mei

22 Is there no resin in Gilead, or is there no physician there? Why then has the cicatrix of the daughter of my people not been formed?

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1 quis dabit capiti meo aquam et oculis meis fontem lacrimarum et plorabo die et nocte interfectos filiae populi mei

1 who will give to my head water and to my eyes a fountain of tears, and I will lament day and night the slain of the daughter of my people

2 quis dabit me in solitudine diversorium viatorum et derelinquam populum meum et recedam ab eis quia omnes adulteri sunt coetus praevaricatorum

2 Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfarers, and I will forsake my people and withdraw from them, for they are all adulterers, an assembly of prevaricators.

3 et extenderunt linguam suam quasi arcum mendacii et non veritatis confortati sunt in terra quia de malo ad malum egressi sunt et me non cognoverunt dicit Dominus

3 and they have extended their tongue like a bow of mendacity, and not of verity; they have been fortified in the land, for from evil to evil they have gone out, and they have not known me, says the Lord

4 unusquisque se a proximo suo custodiat et in omni fratre suo non habeat fiduciam quia omnis frater subplantans subplantabit et omnis amicus fraudulenter incedet

4 let each one guard himself from his own neighbor, and let him not have confidence in every brother of his, because every brother, by supplanting, will supplant, and every friend will walk fraudulently.

5 et vir fratrem suum deridebit et veritatem non loquentur docuerunt enim linguam suam loqui mendacium ut inique agerent laboraverunt

5 and a man will deride his brother, and they will not speak truth; for they have taught their tongue to speak mendacity; they have toiled so that they might act iniquitously.

6 habitatio tua in medio doli in dolo rennuerunt scire me dicit Dominus

6 your habitation is in the midst of deceit; in deceit they have refused to know me, says the Lord

7 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce ego conflabo et probabo eos quid enim aliud faciam a facie filiae populi mei

7 therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts: behold, I will refine and prove them; for what else shall I do before the face of the daughter of my people?

8 sagitta vulnerans lingua eorum dolum locuta est in ore suo pacem cum amico suo loquitur et occulte ponit ei insidias

8 their tongue is an arrow that wounds; deceit it has spoken; in his mouth he speaks peace with his friend, and secretly he sets an insidious ambush for him

9 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus aut in gentem huiuscemodi non ulciscetur anima mea

9 Shall I not visit for these things, says the Lord, or shall not my soul take vengeance on a nation of this kind?

10 super montes adsumam fletum ac lamentum et super speciosa deserti planctum quoniam incensa sunt eo quod non sit vir pertransiens et non audierunt vocem possidentis a volucre caeli usque ad pecora transmigraverunt et recesserunt

10 over the mountains I will take up weeping and lamentation, and over the fair things of the desert a plaint, because they have been burned, for the reason that there is not a man passing through, and they have not heard the voice of the possessor; from the bird of the heaven even to the cattle they have transmigrated and have withdrawn

11 et dabo Hierusalem in acervos harenae et cubilia draconum et civitates Iuda dabo in desolationem eo quod non sit habitator

11 and I will give Jerusalem into heaps of sand and lairs of dragons, and the cities of Judah I will give into desolation, because there is no inhabitant

12 quis est vir sapiens qui intellegat hoc et ad quem verbum oris Domini fiat ut adnuntiet istud quare perierit terra exusta sit quasi desertum eo quod non sit qui pertranseat

12 who is the wise man who may understand this, and to whom may the word of the mouth of the Lord come, that he may announce this: why the land has perished, has been burned as though a desert, because there is no one who passes through

13 et dixit Dominus quia dereliquerunt legem meam quam dedi eis et non audierunt vocem meam et non ambulaverunt in ea

13 and the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked in it

14 et abierunt post pravitatem cordis sui et post Baalim quos didicerunt a patribus suis

14 and they have gone after the depravity of their own heart, and after the Baals which they learned from their fathers

15 idcirco haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego cibabo eos populum istum absinthio et potum dabo eis aquam fellis

15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and I will give them water of gall to drink.

16 et dispergam eos in gentibus quas non noverunt ipsi et patres eorum et mittam post eos gladium donec consumantur

16 and I will disperse them among the nations which neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send after them the sword until they are consumed

17 haec dicit Dominus exercituum contemplamini et vocate lamentatrices et veniant et ad eas quae sapientes sunt mittite et properent

17 thus says the Lord of hosts: consider and call the mourning-women, and let them come; and send to those who are wise, and let them make haste

18 festinent et adsumant super nos lamentum deducant oculi nostri lacrimas et palpebrae nostrae defluant aquis

18 let them hasten and take up over us a lamentation; let our eyes pour down tears, and our eyelids flow with waters

19 quia vox lamentationis audita est de Sion quomodo vastati sumus et confusi vehementer quia dereliquimus terram quoniam deiecta sunt tabernacula nostra

19 because a voice of lamentation has been heard from Zion: how we have been devastated and greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, for our tabernacles have been cast down

20 audite ergo mulieres verbum Domini et adsumat auris vestra sermonem oris eius et docete filias vestras lamentum et unaquaeque proximam suam planctum

20 Therefore hear, O women, the word of the Lord, and let your ear take up the sermon of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and each one her neighbor a plaint.

21 quia ascendit mors per fenestras nostras ingressa est domos nostras disperdere parvulos de foris iuvenes de plateis

21 For death has ascended through our windows, it has entered our houses, to destroy the little ones from outside, the youths from the streets.

22 loquere haec dicit Dominus et cadet morticinum hominis quasi stercus super faciem regionis et quasi faenum post tergum metentis et non est qui colligat

22 speak: thus says the Lord, and the carcass of a man shall fall like dung upon the face of the region, and like hay behind the reaper, and there is no one who gathers.

23 haec dicit Dominus non glorietur sapiens in sapientia sua et non glorietur fortis in fortitudine sua et non glorietur dives in divitiis suis

23 thus says the Lord: let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his fortitude, and let not the rich man glory in his riches

24 sed in hoc glorietur qui gloriatur scire et nosse me quia ego sum Dominus qui facio misericordiam et iudicium et iustitiam in terra haec enim placent mihi ait Dominus

24 but in this let him glory who glories: to understand and to know me, because I am the Lord who does mercy and judgment and justice on earth; for these things please me, says the Lord

25 ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et visitabo super omnem qui circumcisum habet praeputium

25 behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will visit upon everyone who has the foreskin circumcised

26 super Aegyptum et super Iudam et super Edom et super filios Ammon et super Moab et super omnes qui adtonsi sunt in comam habitantes in deserto quia omnes gentes habent praeputium omnis autem domus Israhel incircumcisi sunt corde

26 upon Egypt and upon Judah and upon Edom and upon the sons of Ammon and upon Moab and upon all who are tonsured in the hair, dwelling in the desert; for all the nations have a foreskin, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart

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1 audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos domus Israhel

1 Hear the word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, house of Israel.

2 haec dicit Dominus iuxta vias gentium nolite discere et a signis caeli nolite metuere quae timent gentes

2 thus says the Lord do not learn according to the ways of the nations, and from the signs of heaven do not fear, which the nations fear

3 quia leges populorum vanae sunt quia lignum de saltu praecidit opus manuum artificis in ascia

3 for the laws of the peoples are vain, for wood from the forest is cut down, the work of the hands of an artificer with an axe

4 argento et auro decoravit illud clavis et malleis conpegit ut non dissolvatur

4 with silver and gold he decorated it; with nails and hammers he fastened it together, so that it not be loosened

5 in similitudinem palmae fabricata sunt et non loquentur portata tollentur quia incedere non valent nolite ergo timere ea quia nec male possunt facere nec bene

5 in the similitude of a palm they have been fabricated, and they will not speak; being carried, they will be lifted up, because they are not able to go; do not therefore fear them, for they can do neither evil nor good.

6 non est similis tui Domine magnus tu et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine

6 there is not one similar to you, O Lord; great are you, and great is your name in might

7 quis non timebit te o rex gentium tuum est enim decus inter cunctos sapientes gentium et in universis regnis eorum nullus est similis tui

7 who will not fear you, o king of the nations for yours is the honor among all the wise of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like you

8 pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est

8 alike the unwise and the fatuous will be proved: the doctrine of their vanity is wood

9 argentum involutum de Tharsis adfertur et aurum de Ofaz opus artificis et manus aerarii hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum opus artificum universa haec

9 beaten silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, the work of an artificer and of the hands of a smith; hyacinth and purple are their garment; all these are the work of artificers.

10 Dominus autem Deus verus est ipse Deus vivens et rex sempiternus ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem eius

10 But the Lord is the true God; he himself is the living God and the sempiternal King; from his indignation the earth will be moved, and the nations will not sustain his commination.

11 sic ergo dicetis eis dii qui caelos et terram non fecerunt pereant de terra et de his quae sub caelis sunt

11 thus therefore you shall say to them: the gods who have not made the heavens and the earth, let them perish from the earth and from those things which are under the heavens

12 qui facit terram in fortitudine sua praeparat orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit caelos

12 He who makes the earth by his fortitude prepares the world-orb in his sapience, and by his prudence stretches out the heavens.

13 ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in caelo et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terrae fulgura in pluviam facit et educit ventum de thesauris suis

13 at his voice he gives a multitude of waters in heaven, and he elevates clouds from the extremities of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind from his treasuries

14 stultus factus est omnis homo ab scientia confusus est omnis artifex in sculptili quoniam falsum est quod conflavit et non est spiritus in eis

14 every man has been made foolish by knowledge; every artificer is confounded in the sculptile, because what he has cast is false, and there is no spirit in them

15 vana sunt et opus risu dignum in tempore visitationis suae peribunt

15 they are vanity and a work worthy of laughter; in the time of their visitation they shall perish

16 non est his similis pars Iacob qui enim formavit omnia ipse est et Israhel virga hereditatis eius Dominus exercituum nomen illi

16 the part of Jacob is not like these; for he himself is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name

17 congrega de terra confusionem tuam quae habitas in obsidione

17 Gather from the land your confusion, you who dwell in siege.

18 quia haec dicit Dominus ecce ego longe proiciam habitatores terrae in hac vice et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur

18 for thus says the Lord: behold, I will cast far away the inhabitants of the land on this occasion, and I will tribulate them so that they may be found.

19 vae mihi super contritione mea pessima plaga mea ego autem dixi plane haec infirmitas mea est et portabo illam

19 woe to me over my contrition; my wound is most grievous; but I said, plainly, this is my infirmity, and I will bear it

20 tabernaculum meum vastatum est omnes funiculi mei disrupti sunt filii mei exierunt a me et non subsistunt non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum et erigat pelles meas

20 my tabernacle is devastated, all my cords are torn apart; my sons have gone out from me and do not subsist; there is no one to stretch out my tent any more and to raise my skins

21 quia stulte egerunt pastores et Dominum non quaesierunt propterea non intellexerunt et omnis grex eorum dispersus est

21 because the pastors have acted foolishly and have not sought the Lord; therefore they have not understood, and all their flock has been scattered.

22 vox auditionis ecce venit et commotio magna de terra aquilonis ut ponat civitates Iuda solitudinem et habitaculum draconum

22 a voice of report, behold it comes, and a great commotion from the land of the north, to set the cities of Judah as a solitude and a habitation of dragons

23 scio Domine quia non est hominis via eius nec viri est ut ambulet et dirigat gressus suos

23 I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not his own; nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

24 corripe me Domine verumtamen in iudicio et non in furore tuo ne forte ad nihilum redigas me

24 Chastise me, O Lord, nevertheless in judgment and not in your fury, lest perhaps you reduce me to nothing.

25 effunde indignationem tuam super gentes quae non cognoverunt te et super provincias quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt quia comederunt Iacob et devoraverunt eum et consumpserunt illum et decus eius dissipaverunt

25 pour out your indignation upon the nations which have not known you and upon the provinces which have not invoked your name, for they have eaten Jacob and devoured him and consumed him, and have dissipated his glory

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

2 audite verba pacti huius et loquimini ad viros Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem

2 hear the words of this pact and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

3 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel maledictus vir qui non audierit verba pacti huius

3 and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God of Israel: cursed is the man who does not hear the words of this pact

4 quod praecepi patribus vestris in die qua eduxi eos de terra Aegypti de fornace ferrea dicens audite vocem meam et facite omnia quae praecipio vobis et eritis mihi in populum et ego ero vobis in Deum

4 which I commanded your fathers on the day when I led them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Hear my voice and do all that I command you, and you shall be to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God.

5 ut suscitem iuramentum quod iuravi patribus vestris daturum me eis terram fluentem lacte et melle sicut est dies haec et respondi et dixi amen Domine

5 that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, that I would give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day is, and I answered and said, Amen, Lord.

6 et dixit Dominus ad me vociferare omnia verba haec in civitatibus Iuda et foris Hierusalem dicens audite verba pacti huius et facite illa

6 and the Lord said to me to cry out all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: hear the words of this covenant, and do them.

7 quia contestans contestatus sum patres vestros in die qua eduxi eos de terra Aegypti usque ad diem hanc mane surgens contestatus sum et dixi audite vocem meam

7 because, solemnly testifying, I testified to your fathers on the day when I led them out of the land of Egypt even to this day, rising early I testified and said: hear my voice

8 et non audierunt nec inclinaverunt aurem suam sed abierunt unusquisque in pravitate cordis sui mali et induxi super eos omnia verba pacti huius quod praecepi ut facerent et non fecerunt

8 and they did not hear nor incline their ear, but each went in the pravity of his evil heart, and I brought upon them all the words of this covenant which I commanded that they do, and they did not do.

9 et dixit Dominus ad me inventa est coniuratio in viris Iuda et in habitatoribus Hierusalem

9 and the Lord said to me: a conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem

10 reversi sunt ad iniquitates patrum suorum priores qui noluerunt audire verba mea et hii ergo abierunt post deos alienos ut servirent eis irritum fecerunt domus Israhel et domus Iuda pactum meum quod pepigi cum patribus eorum

10 they have turned back to the iniquities of their former fathers, who were unwilling to hear my words; and these, therefore, have gone after alien gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have made void my pact, which I covenanted with their fathers

11 quam ob rem haec dicit Dominus ecce ego inducam super eos mala de quibus exire non poterunt et clamabunt ad me et non exaudiam eos

11 For which reason, thus says the Lord: behold, I am bringing upon them evils out of which they will not be able to go forth, and they will cry out to me, and I will not hearken to them.

12 et ibunt civitates Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem et clamabunt ad deos quibus libant et non salvabunt eos in tempore adflictionis eorum

12 and the cities of Judah shall go, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and they shall cry to the gods to whom they pour libations, and they will not save them in the time of their affliction

13 secundum numerum enim civitatum tuarum erant dii tui Iuda et secundum numerum viarum Hierusalem posuistis aras confusionis aras ad libandum Baali

13 for according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars of shame—altars to pour libations to Baal

14 tu ergo noli orare pro populo hoc et ne adsumas pro eis laudem et orationem quia non exaudiam in tempore clamoris eorum ad me in tempore adflictionis eorum

14 Therefore you, do not pray for this people, and do not take up for them praise and prayer, because I will not hearken in the time of their clamor to me, in the time of their affliction.

15 quid est quod dilectus meus in domo mea fecit scelera multa numquid carnes sanctae auferent a te malitias tuas in quibus gloriata es

15 What is it that my beloved has done in my house—many crimes? Will holy meats remove from you your malices, in which you have gloried?

16 olivam uberem pulchram fructiferam speciosam vocavit Dominus nomen tuum ad vocem loquellae grandis exarsit ignis in ea et conbusta sunt frutecta eius

16 an abundant, fair, fruit‑bearing, splendid olive the Lord called your name; at the voice of a great clamor a fire blazed in it, and its thickets were burned.

17 et Dominus exercituum qui plantavit te locutus est super te malum pro malis domus Israhel et domus Iuda quae fecerunt sibi ad inritandum me libantes Baali

17 and the Lord of Hosts, who planted you, has spoken evil against you, on account of the evils of the house of Israel and the house of Judah which they have done for themselves to provoke me, libating to Baal.

18 tu autem Domine demonstrasti mihi et cognovi tunc ostendisti mihi studia eorum

18 but you, O Lord, demonstrated to me, and I knew; then you showed me their designs

19 et ego quasi agnus mansuetus qui portatur ad victimam et non cognovi quia super me cogitaverunt consilia mittamus lignum in panem eius et eradamus eum de terra viventium et nomen eius non memoretur amplius

19 and I, like a meek lamb that is carried to the sacrifice, and I did not know that they had cogitated counsels against me: let us put wood into his bread, and let us eradicate him from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more

20 tu autem Domine Sabaoth qui iudicas iuste et probas renes et cor videam ultionem tuam ex eis tibi enim revelavi causam meam

20 but you, O Lord Sabaoth, who judge justly and prove the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance upon them; for to you I have revealed my cause

21 propterea haec dicit Dominus ad viros Anathoth qui quaerunt animam tuam et dicunt non prophetabis in nomine Domini et non morieris in manibus nostris

21 therefore thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek your life and say, you shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and you shall not die in our hands

22 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce ego visitabo super eos iuvenes morientur in gladio filii eorum et filiae eorum morientur in fame

22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: behold, I will visit upon them; the young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine

23 et reliquiae non erunt ex eis inducam enim malum super viros Anathoth annum visitationis eorum

23 and there will be no remnant of them; for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.

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1 iustus quidem tu es Domine si disputem tecum verumtamen iusta loquar ad te quare via impiorum prosperatur bene est omnibus qui praevaricantur et inique agunt

1 You are just indeed, O Lord, if I should dispute with you; nevertheless I will speak what is just to you: why does the way of the impious prosper? it is well with all who prevaricate and act iniquitously.

2 plantasti eos et radicem miserunt proficiunt et faciunt fructum prope es tu ori eorum et longe a renibus eorum

2 you planted them and they have taken root, they prosper and make fruit; you are near to their mouth and far from their reins.

3 et tu Domine nosti me vidisti me et probasti cor meum tecum congrega eos quasi gregem ad victimam et sanctifica eos in die occisionis

3 and you, O Lord, you know me; you have seen me and you have proved my heart with you; gather them like a flock for sacrifice, and sanctify them on the day of slaughter.

4 usquequo lugebit terra et herba omnis regionis siccabitur propter malitiam habitantium in ea consumptum est animal et volucre quoniam dixerunt non videbit novissima nostra

4 how long will the earth mourn, and the herbage of every region be dried up on account of the malice of those inhabiting in it? the beast and the bird are consumed, because they said, he will not see our last things.

5 si cum peditibus currens laborasti quomodo contendere poteris cum equis cum autem in terra pacis secura fueris quid facies in superbia Iordanis

5 if, running with footmen, you have toiled, how will you be able to contend with horses; and when in a land of peace you have been secure, what will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

6 nam et fratres tui et domus patris tui etiam ipsi pugnaverunt adversum te et clamaverunt post te plena voce ne credas eis cum locuti fuerint tibi bona

6 for even your brothers and your father’s house, even they themselves have fought against you, and they have clamored after you with a full voice; do not believe them when they will have spoken good things to you

7 reliqui domum meam dimisi hereditatem meam dedi dilectam animam meam in manu inimicorum eius

7 I have relinquished my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 facta est mihi hereditas mea quasi leo in silva dedit contra me vocem ideo odivi eam

8 my heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; it gave its voice against me; therefore I hated her

9 numquid avis discolor hereditas mea mihi numquid avis tincta per totum venite congregamini omnes bestiae terrae properate ad devorandum

9 Is my heritage to me a variegated bird? Is it a bird dyed all over? Come, be gathered together, all beasts of the earth; hasten to devour.

10 pastores multi demoliti sunt vineam meam conculcaverunt partem meam dederunt portionem meam desiderabilem in desertum solitudinis

10 many shepherds have demolished my vineyard; they have trampled my portion; they have given my desirable portion into a desert of solitude

11 posuerunt eam in dissipationem luxitque super me desolatione desolata est omnis terra quia nullus est qui recogitet corde

11 they have set her into dissipation, and she has wept over me; with desolation the whole land has been desolated, because there is no one who would reflect in heart

12 super omnes vias deserti venerunt vastatores quia gladius Domini devoravit ab extremo terrae usque ad extremum eius non est pax universae carni

12 over all the ways of the desert have come devastators, because the sword of the Lord has devoured from the end of the earth to its end; there is no peace for all flesh

13 seminaverunt triticum et spinas messuerunt hereditatem acceperunt et non eis proderit confundemini a fructibus vestris propter iram furoris Domini

13 they sowed wheat and reaped thorns they received an inheritance and it will not profit them you will be confounded by your fruits because of the wrath of the fury of the Lord

14 haec dicit Dominus adversum omnes vicinos meos pessimos qui tangunt hereditatem quam distribui populo meo Israhel ecce ego evellam eos de terra eorum et domum Iuda evellam de medio eorum

14 thus says the Lord against all my most wicked neighbors who touch the inheritance which I apportioned to my people Israel: behold, I will uproot them from their land, and the house of Judah I will uproot from their midst

15 et cum evellero eos convertar et miserebor eorum et reducam eos virum ad hereditatem suam et virum in terram suam

15 and when I have uprooted them, I will turn back and will have mercy on them, and I will bring them back, each man to his inheritance and each man to his land

16 et erit si eruditi didicerint vias populi mei ut iurent in nomine meo vivit Dominus sicut docuerunt populum meum iurare in Baal aedificabuntur in medio populi mei

16 and it shall be, if, having been instructed, they learn the ways of my people, to swear in my name, “The Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, they shall be built up in the midst of my people

17 quod si non audierint evellam gentem illam evulsione et perditione ait Dominus

17 but if they will not hear, I will uproot that nation by evulsion and perdition, says the Lord

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1 haec dicit Dominus ad me vade et posside tibi lumbare lineum et pones illud super lumbos tuos et in aquam non inferes illud

1 thus says the Lord to me go and acquire for yourself a linen loincloth and you shall put it upon your loins and you shall not bring it into water

2 et possedi lumbare iuxta verbum Domini et posui circa lumbos meos

2 and I acquired the lumbar girdle according to the word of the Lord, and I placed it around my loins

3 et factus est sermo Domini ad me secundo dicens

3 and the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying

4 tolle lumbare quod possedisti quod est circa lumbos tuos et surgens vade ad Eufraten et absconde illud ibi in foramine petrae

4 take the girdle for the loins that you have possessed, which is around your loins, and, rising, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a hole of the rock

5 et abii et abscondi illud in Eufraten sicut praeceperat mihi Dominus

5 and I went and hid it in the Euphrates, as the Lord had commanded me

6 et factum est post dies plurimos dixit Dominus ad me surge vade ad Eufraten et tolle inde lumbare quod praecepi tibi ut absconderes illud ibi

6 and it came to pass after many days, the Lord said to me: rise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the loincloth which I commanded you to hide there

7 et abii ad Eufraten et fodi et tuli lumbare de loco ubi absconderam illud et ecce conputruerat lumbare ita ut nullo usui aptum esset

7 and I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the girdle had become putrid, so that it was apt for no use.

8 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

8 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying

9 haec dicit Dominus sic putrescere faciam superbiam Iuda et superbiam Hierusalem multam

9 Thus says the Lord: so I will cause the pride of Judah to putrefy, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

10 populum istum pessimum qui nolunt audire verba mea et ambulant in pravitate cordis sui abieruntque post deos alienos ut servirent eis et adorarent eos et erunt sicut lumbare istud quod nullo usui aptum est

10 this most wicked people, who do not wish to hear my words and walk in the pravity of their heart, and have gone after alien gods to serve them and to adore them, and they shall be like this loincloth which is fit for no use

11 sicut enim adheret lumbare ad lumbos viri sic adglutinavi mihi omnem domum Israhel et omnem domum Iuda dicit Dominus ut esset mihi in populum et in nomen et in laudem et in gloriam et non audierunt

11 For as a waistband adheres to the loins of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah adhere to me, says the Lord, that they might be for me for a people and for a name and for praise and for glory; and they did not listen.

12 dices ergo ad eos sermonem istum haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel omnis laguncula implebitur vino et dicent ad te numquid ignoramus quia omnis laguncula implebitur vino

12 you shall therefore say to them this word: Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Every little flask will be filled with wine; and they will say to you, Do we indeed not know that every little flask will be filled with wine

13 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus ecce ego implebo omnes habitatores terrae huius et reges qui sedent de stirpe David super thronum eius et sacerdotes et prophetas et omnes habitatores Hierusalem ebrietate

13 and you shall say to them: thus says the Lord, behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land—and the kings who sit of the stock of David upon his throne, and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with ebriety (drunkenness).

14 et dispergam eos virum a fratre suo et patres et filios pariter ait Dominus non parcam et non concedam neque miserebor ut non disperdam eos

14 and I will scatter them, a man from his brother, and the fathers and the sons together, says the Lord; I will not spare, and I will not concede, nor will I have mercy, so that I do not destroy them.

15 audite et auribus percipite nolite elevari quia Dominus locutus est

15 hear and perceive with your ears; do not be elevated, because the Lord has spoken

16 date Domino Deo vestro gloriam antequam contenebrescat et antequam offendant pedes vestri ad montes caligosos expectabitis lucem et ponet eam in umbram mortis et in caliginem

16 give to the Lord your God glory, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble upon the caliginous mountains; you will look for light, and he will set it into the shadow of death and into caliginous gloom.

17 quod si hoc non audieritis in abscondito plorabit anima mea a facie superbiae plorans plorabit et deducet oculus meus lacrimam quia captus est grex Domini

17 but if you do not hear this, in secret my soul will weep at the presence of pride; weeping it will weep, and my eye will draw down a tear, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive

18 dic regi et dominatrici humiliamini sedete quoniam descendit de capite vestro corona gloriae vestrae

18 say to the king and to the dominatress, be humbled, sit, for the crown of your glory has come down from your head

19 civitates austri clausae sunt et non est qui aperiat translata est omnis Iudaea transmigratione perfecta

19 the cities of the south are closed and there is no one who opens all Judea has been translated by a completed transmigration

20 levate oculos vestros et videte qui venitis ab aquilone ubi est grex qui datus est tibi pecus inclitum tuum

20 lift up your eyes and see, you who come from the north; where is the flock that was given to you, your illustrious herd?

21 quid dices cum visitaverit te tu enim docuisti eos adversum te et erudisti in caput tuum numquid non dolores adprehendent te quasi mulierem parturientem

21 what will you say when he visits you? for you yourself have taught them against yourself and have instructed to your own head; will not pains seize you like a woman bearing a child?

22 quod si dixeris in corde tuo quare venerunt mihi haec propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuae revelata sunt verecundiora tua pollutae sunt plantae tuae

22 but if you say in your heart why have these things come to me because of the multitude of your iniquity your shameful parts have been revealed your soles have been polluted

23 si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam aut pardus varietates suas et vos poteritis bene facere cum didiceritis malum

23 If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard its spots, then you too will be able to do good, when you have learned evil.

24 et disseminabo eos quasi stipulam quae vento raptatur in deserto

24 and I will disseminate them like stubble which is snatched by the wind in the desert

25 haec sors tua parsque mensurae tuae a me dicit Dominus quia oblita es mei et confisa es in mendacio

25 this is your lot and the part of your measure from me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in mendacity

26 unde et ego nudavi femora tua contra faciem tuam et apparuit ignominia tua

26 Wherefore I also have bared your thighs before your face, and your ignominy has appeared.

27 adulteria tua et hinnitus tuus scelus fornicationis tuae super colles in agro vidi abominationes tuas vae tibi Hierusalem non mundaberis post me usquequo adhuc

27 your adulteries and your neighing, the crime of your fornication, upon the hills in the field—I have seen your abominations; woe to you, Jerusalem; you will not be cleansed after me—how long yet?

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1 quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam de sermonibus siccitatis

1 which is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought

2 luxit Iudaea et portae eius corruerunt et obscuratae sunt in terra et clamor Hierusalem ascendit

2 Judea mourned, and her gates collapsed, and they were darkened upon the ground, and the clamor of Jerusalem ascended.

3 maiores miserunt minores suos ad aquam venerunt ad hauriendum non invenerunt aquam reportaverunt vasa sua vacua confusi sunt et adflicti et operuerunt capita sua

3 the elders sent their younger ones to water; they came to draw, they did not find water; they brought back their vessels empty; they were confounded and afflicted, and they covered their heads.

4 propter terrae vastitatem quia non venit pluvia in terra confusi sunt agricolae operuerunt capita sua

4 because of the devastation of the land, because no rain has come upon the land, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads

5 nam et cerva in agro peperit et reliquit quia non erat herba

5 for even the hind in the field gave birth and left it, because there was no grass

6 et onagri steterunt in rupibus traxerunt ventum quasi dracones defecerunt oculi eorum quia non erat herba

6 and the onagers stood on the crags, they drew in the wind like dragons; their eyes failed because there was no grass

7 si iniquitates nostrae responderunt nobis Domine fac propter nomen tuum quoniam multae sunt aversiones nostrae tibi peccavimus

7 if our iniquities have answered against us, Lord, act for the sake of your name; for our aversions are many; we have sinned against you

8 expectatio Israhel salvator eius in tempore tribulationis quare quasi colonus futurus es in terra et quasi viator declinans ad manendum

8 expectation of Israel, his savior in time of tribulation, why will you be like a colonist in the land, and like a traveler turning aside to lodge

9 quare futurus es velut vir vagus ut fortis qui non potest salvare tu autem in nobis es Domine et nomen tuum super nos invocatum est ne derelinquas nos

9 why will you be like a wandering man, like a strong man who cannot save? But you are in us, O Lord, and your name has been invoked upon us; do not abandon us.

10 haec dicit Dominus populo huic qui dilexit movere pedes suos et non quievit et Domino non placuit nunc recordabitur iniquitatum eorum et visitabit peccata eorum

10 thus says the Lord to this people: who have loved to move their feet and have not rested, and have not been pleasing to the Lord; now he will remember their iniquities and will visit their sins

11 et dixit Dominus ad me noli orare pro populo isto in bonum

11 and the Lord said to me do not pray for this people for good

12 cum ieiunaverint non exaudiam preces eorum et si obtulerint holocaustomata et victimas non suscipiam ea quoniam gladio et fame et peste ego consumam eos

12 When they fast, I will not hear their prayers; and if they offer holocausts and sacrifices, I will not accept them, for with sword and famine and pestilence I myself will consume them.

13 et dixi a a a Domine Deus prophetae dicunt eis non videbitis gladium et famis non erit in vobis sed pacem veram dabit vobis in loco isto

13 and I said, ah, ah, ah, Lord God, the prophets say to them: you will not see the sword, and famine will not be among you, but he will give you true peace in this place.

14 et dixit Dominus ad me falso prophetae vaticinantur in nomine meo non misi eos et non praecepi eis neque locutus sum ad eos visionem mendacem et divinationem et fraudulentiam et seductionem cordis sui prophetant vobis

14 and the Lord said to me: the prophets prophesy falsely in my name; I did not send them, and I did not command them, nor did I speak to them: a mendacious vision and divination and fraudulence and the seduction of their own heart they prophesy to you.

15 ideo haec dicit Dominus de prophetis qui prophetant in nomine meo quos ego non misi dicentes gladius et famis non erit in terra hac in gladio et fame consumentur prophetae illi

15 therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, whom I did not send, saying, “A sword and a famine will not be in this land”: by sword and famine those prophets will be consumed.

16 et populi quibus prophetant erunt proiecti in viis Hierusalem prae fame et gladio et non erit qui sepeliat eos ipsi et uxores eorum filii et filiae eorum et effundam super eos malum suum

16 and the peoples for whom they prophesy will be cast out in the ways of Jerusalem because of famine and sword, and there will not be one to bury them—they themselves and their wives, their sons and their daughters—and I will pour out upon them their own evil

17 et dices ad eos verbum istud deducant oculi mei lacrimam per noctem et diem et non taceant quoniam contritione magna contrita est virgo filia populi mei plaga pessima vehementer

17 and you shall say to them this word: let my eyes draw down a tear by night and by day, and let them not be silent, for with great contrition the virgin, the daughter of my people, has been crushed, with a most evil plague vehemently.

18 si egressus fuero ad agros ecce occisi gladio et si introiero in civitatem ecce adtenuati fame propheta quoque et sacerdos abierunt in terram quam ignorabant

18 if I should go out to the fields, behold, those slain by the sword; and if I should go into the city, behold, those attenuated by famine; the prophet also and the priest have gone to a land which they did not know

19 numquid proiciens abiecisti Iudam aut Sion abominata est anima tua quare ergo percussisti nos ita ut nulla sit sanitas expectavimus pacem et non est bonum et tempus curationis et ecce turbatio

19 Have you, casting off, rejected Judah, or has your soul abominated Zion? Why then have you struck us thus, so that there is no health? We expected peace, and there is no good; and a time of healing—and behold, turmoil.

20 cognovimus Domine impietates nostras iniquitatem patrum nostrorum quia peccavimus tibi

20 we have acknowledged, O Lord, our impieties, the iniquity of our fathers, because we have sinned against you

21 ne nos des in obprobrium propter nomen tuum neque facias nobis contumeliam solii gloriae tuae recordare ne irritum facias foedus tuum nobiscum

21 do not give us into opprobrium for your name’s sake, nor inflict upon us the contumely of the throne of your glory; remember, do not make void your covenant with us

22 numquid sunt in sculptilibus gentium qui pluant aut caeli possunt dare imbres nonne tu es Domine Deus noster quem expectavimus tu enim fecisti omnia haec

22 Are there among the sculpted images of the nations any that make it rain, or can the heavens give showers? Are you not, O Lord our God, the one we have expected? For you indeed have made all these things.

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1 et dixit Dominus ad me si steterit Moses et Samuhel coram me non est anima mea ad populum istum eice illos a facie mea et egrediantur

1 and the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel should stand before me, my soul is not toward this people; cast them out from before my face, and let them go forth.

2 quod si dixerint ad te quo egrediemur dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus qui ad mortem ad mortem et qui ad gladium ad gladium et qui ad famem ad famem et qui ad captivitatem ad captivitatem

2 and if they say to you where shall we go out you shall say to them thus says the Lord he who is for death to death and he who is for the sword to the sword and he who is for famine to famine and he who is for captivity to captivity

3 et visitabo super eos quattuor species dicit Dominus gladium ad occisionem et canes ad lacerandum et volatilia caeli et bestias terrae ad devorandum et dissipandum

3 and I will visit upon them four species, says the Lord, the sword for slaughter, and dogs for tearing, and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth for devouring and for dissipating

4 et dabo eos in fervorem universis regnis terrae propter Manassem filium Ezechiae regis Iuda super omnibus quae fecit in Hierusalem

4 and I will give them to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, on account of all that he did in Jerusalem

5 quis enim miserebitur tui Hierusalem aut quis contristabitur pro te aut quis ibit ad rogandum pro pace tua

5 for who will take pity on you, Jerusalem, or who will be saddened for you, or who will go to petition for your peace

6 tu reliquisti me dicit Dominus retrorsum abisti et extendam manum meam super te et interficiam te laboravi rogans

6 you have relinquished me, says the Lord; you have gone backward; and I will extend my hand over you and I will destroy you; I have labored, pleading.

7 et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terrae interfeci et perdidi populum meum et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi

7 and I will disperse them with a winnowing-fan at the gates of the land; I have slain and destroyed my people, and yet from their ways they have not turned back

8 multiplicatae sunt mihi viduae eius super harenam maris induxi eis super matrem adulescentis vastatorem meridie misi super civitates repente terrorem

8 her widows have been multiplied to me beyond the sand of the sea; I brought upon them, upon the mother of a youth, a devastator at midday; I sent upon the cities sudden terror

9 infirmata est quae peperit septem defecit anima eius occidit ei sol cum adhuc esset dies confusa est et erubuit et residuos eius in gladium dabo in conspectu inimicorum eorum ait Dominus

9 Enfeebled is she who bore seven; her soul has failed; her sun has set for her while it was still day; she was confounded and blushed; and the residue of her I will give to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.

10 vae mihi mater mea quare genuisti me virum rixae virum discordiae in universa terra non feneravi nec feneravit mihi quisquam omnes maledicunt mihi

10 woe is me, my mother, why did you bear me, a man of strife, a man of discord, in the whole earth? I have not lent on usury, nor has anyone lent to me; all curse me.

11 dicit Dominus si non reliquiae tuae in bonum si non occurri tibi in tempore adflictionis et in tempore tribulationis adversum inimicum

11 the Lord says: surely your remnant is for good; surely I have met you in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.

12 numquid foederabitur ferrum ferro ab aquilone et aes

12 Will iron be federated with iron from the North, and bronze?

13 divitias tuas et thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo gratis in omnibus peccatis tuis et in omnibus terminis tuis

13 your riches and your treasures I will give over to plunder gratis, for all your sins and in all your borders

14 et adducam inimicos tuos de terra qua nescis quia ignis succensus est in furore meo super vos ardebit

14 and I will bring your enemies from a land that you do not know for a fire has been kindled in my wrath upon you it will burn

15 tu scis Domine recordare mei et visita me et tuere me ab his qui persequuntur me noli in patientia tua suscipere me scito quoniam sustinui pro te obprobrium

15 you know, O Lord; remember me and visit me, and guard me from those who persecute me; do not, in your patience, take me up; know that I have endured opprobrium for you

16 inventi sunt sermones tui et comedi eos et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in laetitiam cordis mei quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me Domine Deus exercituum

16 your words were found, and I ate them, and your word became to me for joy and for the gladness of my heart, for your name has been invoked over me, O Lord God of hosts.

17 non sedi in concilio ludentium et gloriatus sum a facie manus tuae solus sedebam quoniam comminatione replesti me

17 I did not sit in the council of the jesting, and I gloried; before the face of your hand I sat alone, for you filled me with commination.

18 quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus et plaga mea desperabilis rennuit curari facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium

18 Why has my pain become perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be cured? It has become to me as the lie of unfaithful waters.

19 propter hoc haec dicit Dominus si converteris convertam te et ante faciem meam stabis et si separaveris pretiosum a vili quasi os meum eris convertentur ipsi ad te et tu non converteris ad eos

19 Because of this, thus says the Lord: If you turn back, I will restore you, and you shall stand before my face; and if you separate the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn back to you, and you shall not turn back to them.

20 et dabo te populo huic in murum aereum fortem et bellabunt adversum te et non praevalebunt quia ego tecum sum ut salvem te et eruam dicit Dominus

20 and I will make you to this people into a strong brazen wall, and they will wage war against you and will not prevail, because I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the Lord

21 et liberabo te de manu pessimorum et redimam te de manu fortium

21 and I will liberate you from the hand of the most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the strong.

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1 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

1 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying

2 non accipies uxorem et non erunt tibi filii et filiae in loco isto

2 you shall not take a wife, and you shall not have sons and daughters in this place

3 quia haec dicit Dominus super filios et filias qui generantur in loco isto et super matres eorum quae genuerunt eos et super patres eorum de quorum stirpe sunt nati in terra hac

3 for thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are generated in this place, and concerning their mothers who begot them, and concerning their fathers from whose stock they were born in this land

4 mortibus aegrotationum morientur non plangentur et non sepelientur in sterquilinium super faciem terrae erunt et gladio et fame consumentur et erit cadaver eorum in escam volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae

4 they shall die by deaths of diseases; they shall not be lamented and they shall not be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth; and by sword and by famine they shall be consumed; and their carcasses shall be for food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth

5 haec enim dicit Dominus ne ingrediaris domum convivii neque vadas ad plangendum neque consoleris eos quia abstuli pacem meam a populo isto dicit Dominus misericordiam et miserationes

5 for thus says the Lord: do not enter the house of feasting, nor go to lamentation, nor console them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord—mercy and compassions.

6 et morientur grandes et parvi in terra ista non sepelientur neque plangentur et non se incident neque calvitium fiet pro eis

6 and both great and small will die in this land; they will not be buried nor lamented, and they will not cut themselves, nor shall baldness be made for them.

7 et non frangent inter eos lugenti panem ad consolandum super mortuo et non dabunt eis potum calicis ad consolandum super patre suo et matre

7 and they will not break, among them, bread for the mourner to console over the dead, and they will not give them a drink of the chalice to console over his father and mother

8 et domum convivii non ingredieris ut sedeas cum eis et comedas et bibas

8 and you shall not enter the house of feasting, to sit with them and to eat and to drink

9 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego auferam de loco isto in oculis vestris et in diebus vestris vocem gaudii et vocem laetitiae vocem sponsi et vocem sponsae

9 for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will take away from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride

10 et cum adnuntiaveris populo huic omnia verba haec et dixerint tibi quare locutus est Dominus super nos omne malum grande istud quae iniquitas nostra et quod peccatum nostrum quod peccavimus Domino Deo nostro

10 and when you have announced to this people all these words, and they say to you, “Why has the Lord spoken against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity, and what is our sin, with which we have sinned against the Lord our God?”

11 dices ad eos quia dereliquerunt patres vestri me ait Dominus et abierunt post deos alienos et servierunt eis et adoraverunt eos et me dereliquerunt et legem meam non custodierunt

11 you shall say to them: because your fathers have deserted me, says the Lord, and have gone after alien gods and have served them and adored them, and me they have deserted, and my law they have not kept

12 sed et vos peius operati estis quam patres vestri ecce enim ambulat unusquisque post pravitatem cordis sui mali ut me non audiat

12 but you too have acted worse than your fathers; behold, for each one walks after the pravity of his evil heart, so that he does not listen to me

13 et eiciam vos de terra hac in terram quam ignoratis vos et patres vestri et servietis ibi diis alienis die ac nocte qui non dabunt vobis requiem

13 and I will cast you out from this land into a land which you and your fathers do not know, and there you will serve alien gods day and night, who will not give you repose

14 propterea ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et non dicetur ultra vivit Dominus qui eduxit filios Israhel de terra Aegypti

14 Therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and it will no longer be said, “As the Lord lives who led out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt.”

15 sed vivit Dominus qui eduxit filios Israhel de terra aquilonis et de universis terris ad quas eieci eos et reducam eos in terram suam quam dedi patribus eorum

15 but Lives the Lord who led out the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands to which I cast them; and I will bring them back into their own land which I gave to their fathers

16 ecce ego mittam piscatores multos dicit Dominus et piscabuntur eos et post haec mittam eis multos venatores et venabuntur eos de omni monte et de omni colle et de cavernis petrarum

16 Behold, I will send many fishers, says the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after this I will send to them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the caverns of the rocks.

17 quia oculi mei super omnes vias eorum non sunt absconditae a facie mea et non fuit occulta iniquitas eorum ab oculis meis

17 for my eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes

18 et reddam primum duplices iniquitates et peccata eorum quia contaminaverunt terram meam in morticinis idolorum suorum et abominationibus suis impleverunt hereditatem meam

18 and I will first render double for their iniquities and their sins, because they have contaminated my land with the carcasses of their idols, and with their abominations they have filled my inheritance

19 Domine fortitudo mea et robur meum et refugium meum in die tribulationis ad te gentes venient ab extremis terrae et dicent vere mendacium possederunt patres nostri vanitatem quae eis non profuit

19 Lord, my fortitude and my strength and my refuge in the day of tribulation, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and will say, Truly, a lie have our fathers possessed—vanity which did not profit them.

20 numquid faciet sibi homo deos et ipsi non sunt dii

20 Can a man make gods for himself, and they themselves are not gods

21 idcirco ecce ego ostendam eis per vicem hanc ostendam eis manum meam et virtutem meam et scient quia nomen mihi Dominus

21 therefore, behold, I will show them this time; I will show them my hand and my might, and they shall know that my name is the LORD.

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1 peccatum Iuda scriptum est stilo ferreo in ungue adamantino exaratum super latitudinem cordis eorum et in cornibus ararum eorum

1 the sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, incised with an adamantine point upon the breadth of their heart and upon the horns of their altars

2 cum recordati fuerint filii eorum ararum suarum et lucorum lignorumque frondentium in montibus excelsis

2 when their children remember their altars and their groves and the leafy trees on the high mountains

3 sacrificantes in agro fortitudinem tuam et omnes thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo excelsa tua propter peccata in universis finibus tuis

3 you who sacrifice in the field—your strength and all your treasures I will give into direption, your high places, on account of sin, in all your borders

4 et relinqueris sola ab hereditate tua quam dedi tibi et servire te faciam inimicis tuis in terra quam ignoras quoniam ignem succendisti in furore meo usque in aeternum ardebit

4 and you shall be left solitary from your inheritance which I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know, for you have kindled a fire in my fury; it shall burn unto eternity

5 haec dicit Dominus maledictus homo qui confidit in homine et ponit carnem brachium suum et a Domino recedit cor eius

5 thus says the Lord: accursed is the man who confides in man and sets flesh as his arm, and his heart recedes from the Lord

6 erit enim quasi myrice in deserto et non videbit cum venerit bonum sed habitabit in siccitate in deserto in terra salsuginis et inhabitabili

6 for he will be like a tamarisk in the desert and will not see when good comes but will dwell in drought in the desert, in a land of saltiness and uninhabitable

7 benedictus vir qui confidit in Domino et erit Dominus fiducia eius

7 blessed is the man who confides in the Lord, and the Lord will be his confidence

8 et erit quasi lignum quod transplantatur super aquas quod ad humorem mittit radices suas et non timebit cum venerit aestus et erit folium eius viride et in tempore siccitatis non erit sollicitum nec aliquando desinet facere fructum

8 and he will be like a tree that is transplanted over the waters, that sends its roots to the moisture, and he will not fear when heat comes, and its leaf will be green, and in a time of drought he will not be solicitous, nor will he ever cease to make fruit

9 pravum est cor omnium et inscrutabile quis cognoscet illud

9 crooked is the heart of all, and inscrutable; who shall know it?

10 ego Dominus scrutans cor et probans renes qui do unicuique iuxta viam et iuxta fructum adinventionum suarum

10 I, the Lord, scrutinizing the heart and proving the reins, who give to each according to his way and according to the fruit of his inventions.

11 perdix fovit quae non peperit fecit divitias et non in iudicio in dimidio dierum suorum derelinquet eas et in novissimo suo erit insipiens

11 the partridge broods what she did not bear; he has made riches, and not in judgment; in the middle of his days he will abandon them, and at his end he will be foolish

12 solium gloriae altitudinis a principio locus sanctificationis nostrae

12 Throne of glory, altitude from the beginning, the place of our sanctification

13 expectatio Israhel Domine omnes qui te derelinquunt confundentur recedentes in terra scribentur quoniam dereliquerunt venam aquarum viventium Dominum

13 O Lord, the expectation of Israel, all who abandon you shall be confounded; those who withdraw shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the spring of living waters—the Lord.

14 sana me Domine et sanabor salvum me fac et salvus ero quoniam laus mea tu es

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

15 ecce ipsi dicunt ad me ubi est verbum Domini veniat

15 behold, they themselves say to me, where is the word of the Lord? let it come

16 et ego non sum turbatus te pastorem sequens et diem hominis non desideravi tu scis quod egressum est de labiis meis rectum in conspectu tuo fuit

16 and I have not been disturbed, following you as shepherd, and I have not desired the day of man; you know that what has gone forth from my lips was right in your sight

17 non sis mihi tu formidini spes mea tu in die adflictionis

17 be not a dread to me; my hope are you in the day of affliction

18 confundantur qui persequuntur me et non confundar ego paveant illi et non paveam ego induc super eos diem adflictionis et duplici contritione contere eos

18 let those who persecute me be confounded, and let me not be confounded; let them be dismayed, and let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of affliction, and crush them with twofold crushing.

19 haec dicit Dominus ad me vade et sta in porta filiorum populi per quam ingrediuntur reges Iuda et egrediuntur et in cunctis portis Hierusalem

19 thus says the Lord to me: go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem

20 et dices ad eos audite verbum Domini reges Iuda et omnis Iudaea cunctique habitatores Hierusalem qui ingredimini per portas istas

20 and you shall say to them: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judea, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter through these gates.

21 haec dicit Dominus custodite animas vestras et nolite portare pondera in die sabbati nec inferatis per portas Hierusalem

21 thus says the Lord: guard your souls, and do not carry burdens on the sabbath day, nor bring them in through the gates of Jerusalem

22 et nolite eicere onera de domibus vestris in die sabbati et omne opus non facietis sanctificate diem sabbati sicut praecepi patribus vestris

22 and do not carry out burdens from your houses on the sabbath day and you shall not do any work sanctify the sabbath day as I commanded your fathers

23 et non audierunt nec inclinaverunt aurem suam sed induraverunt cervicem suam ne audirent me et ne acciperent disciplinam

23 and they did not hear, nor did they incline their ear, but they hardened their neck, so that they would not hear me and would not receive discipline

24 et erit si audieritis me dicit Dominus ut non inferatis onera per portas civitatis huius in die sabbati et si sanctificaveritis diem sabbati ne faciatis in ea omne opus

24 and it shall be, if you listen to me, says the Lord, that you do not bring burdens through the gates of this city on the day of the sabbath, and if you sanctify the day of the sabbath so that you do not do any work in it

25 ingredientur per portas civitatis huius reges et principes sedentes super solium David et ascendentes in curribus et equis ipsi et principes eorum vir Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem et habitabitur civitas haec in sempiternum

25 there shall enter through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David and ascending in chariots and on horses—they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem—and this city shall be inhabited forever

26 et venient de civitate Iuda et de circuitu Hierusalem et de terra Beniamin et de campestribus et de montuosis et ab austro portantes holocaustum et victimam et sacrificium et tus et inferent oblationem in domum Domini

26 and they will come from the city of Judah and from the circuit of Jerusalem and from the land of Benjamin and from the lowlands and from the hill-country and from the south, carrying holocaust and victim and sacrifice and incense, and they will bring oblation into the house of the Lord

27 si autem non audieritis me ut sanctificetis diem sabbati et ne portetis onus et ne inferatis per portas Hierusalem in die sabbati succendam ignem in portis eius et devorabit domos Hierusalem et non extinguetur

27 but if you do not listen to me to sanctify the day of the sabbath, and not to carry a burden and not to bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the sabbath, I will ignite a fire in its gates, and it will devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it will not be extinguished

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1 the word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

2 surge et descende in domum figuli et ibi audies verba mea

2 arise and descend into the house of the potter, and there you will hear my words

3 et descendi in domum figuli et ecce ipse faciebat opus super rotam

3 and I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he himself was making a work upon the wheel

4 et dissipatum est vas quod ipse faciebat e luto manibus suis conversusque fecit illud vas alterum sicut placuerat in oculis eius ut faceret

4 and the vessel which he was making from clay by his hands was spoiled, and turning he made it another vessel, as it pleased in his eyes to make.

5 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

5 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying

6 numquid sicut figulus iste non potero facere vobis domus Israhel ait Dominus ecce sicut lutum in manu figuli sic vos in manu mea domus Israhel

6 Can I not do to you as this potter does, O house of Israel? says the Lord; behold, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 repente loquar adversum gentem et adversum regnum ut eradicem et destruam et disperdam illud

7 I will suddenly speak against a nation and against a kingdom, that I may eradicate and destroy and lay waste to it

8 si paenitentiam egerit gens illa a malo suo quod locutus sum adversum eam agam et ego paenitentiam super malo quod cogitavi ut facerem ei

8 if that nation has done repentance from its evil, which I have spoken against it, I too will relent concerning the evil which I thought to do to it

9 et subito loquar de gente et regno ut aedificem et ut plantem illud

9 and suddenly I will speak concerning a nation and a kingdom, to build and to plant it

10 si fecerit malum in oculis meis ut non audiat vocem meam paenitentiam agam super bono quod locutus sum ut facerem ei

10 if it does evil in my eyes, so that it does not hear my voice, I will relent concerning the good that I spoke to do for it

11 nunc ergo dic viro Iudae et habitatoribus Hierusalem dicens haec dicit Dominus ecce ego fingo contra vos malum et cogito contra vos cogitationem revertatur unusquisque a via sua mala et dirigite vias vestras et studia vestra

11 now therefore speak to the man of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: thus says the Lord: behold, I am fashioning against you evil and I am devising against you a design; let each one return from his evil way, and direct your ways and your pursuits

12 qui dixerunt desperavimus post cogitationes enim nostras ibimus et unusquisque pravitatem cordis sui mali faciemus

12 who said: We have despaired; for after our cogitations we will go, and each will do the pravity of his own evil heart.

13 ideo haec dicit Dominus interrogate gentes quis audivit talia horribilia quae fecit nimis virgo Israhel

13 therefore thus says the Lord: interrogate the nations: who has heard such horrible things as the virgin Israel has done?

14 numquid deficiet de petra agri nix Libani aut evelli possunt aquae erumpentes frigidae et defluentes

14 Does the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field, or can waters erupting, cold and flowing, be uprooted?

15 quia oblitus est mei populus meus frustra libantes et inpingentes in viis suis in semitis saeculi ut ambularent per eas in itinere non trito

15 because my people has forgotten me, pouring libations in vain and stumbling in their ways on the paths of the age so that they might walk by them on a road not trodden

16 ut fieret terra eorum in desolationem et in sibilum sempiternum omnis qui praeterit per eam obstupescet et movebit caput suum

16 so that their land would become a desolation and a sempiternal hissing; everyone who passes through it will be stupefied and will move his head.

17 sicut ventus urens dispergam eos coram inimico dorsum et non faciem ostendam eis in die perditionis eorum

17 like a scorching wind I will disperse them before the enemy; the back and not the face I will show to them on the day of their perdition

18 et dixerunt venite et cogitemus contra Hieremiam cogitationes non enim peribit lex a sacerdote neque consilium a sapiente nec sermo a propheta venite et percutiamus eum lingua et non adtendamus ad universos sermones eius

18 and they said, Come, and let us devise thoughts against Jeremiah; for the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise man, nor a word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not attend to all his words.

19 adtende Domine ad me et audi vocem adversariorum meorum

19 Attend, O Lord, to me, and hear the voice of my adversaries.

20 numquid redditur pro bono malum quia foderunt foveam animae meae recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo ut loquerer pro eis bonum et averterem indignationem tuam ab eis

20 Is evil rendered for good, because they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember that I stood in your sight to speak good for them and to avert your indignation from them.

21 propterea da filios eorum in famem et deduc eos in manus gladii fiant uxores eorum absque liberis et viduae et viri earum interficiantur morte iuvenes eorum confodiantur gladio in proelio

21 therefore give their sons into famine and lead them into the hands of the sword; let their wives be without children and widows, and let their men be slain by death; let their young men be pierced with the sword in battle

22 audiatur clamor de domibus eorum adduces enim super eos latronem repente quia foderunt foveam ut caperent me et laqueos absconderunt pedibus meis

22 let a clamor be heard from their houses; for you will bring upon them a bandit suddenly, because they dug a pit to seize me, and they have hidden snares for my feet

23 tu autem Domine scis omne consilium eorum adversum me in mortem ne propitieris iniquitati eorum et peccatum eorum a facie tua non deleatur fiant corruentes in conspectu tuo in tempore furoris tui abutere eis

23 But you, O Lord, know all their counsel against me unto death; do not be propitious to their iniquity, and let their sin not be blotted out from before your face; let them become falling down in your sight; in the time of your fury, deal with them.

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1 haec dicit Dominus vade et accipe lagunculam figuli testeam a senioribus populi et a senioribus sacerdotum

1 thus says the Lord: go and take a potter’s earthenware flask, and take with you some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests

2 et egredere ad vallem filii Ennom quae est iuxta introitum portae Fictilis et praedicabis ibi verba quae ego loquar ad te

2 and go out to the Valley of the son of Hinnom, which is near the entrance of the Earthenware Gate, and you shall preach there the words that I will speak to you

3 et dices audite verbum Domini reges Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego inducam adflictionem super locum istum ita ut omnis qui audierit illam tinniant aures eius

3 and you shall say: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing affliction upon this place, so that everyone who hears it—his ears will ring.

4 eo quod dereliquerint me et alienum fecerint locum istum et libaverint in eo diis alienis quos nescierunt ipsi et patres eorum et reges Iuda et repleverunt locum istum sanguine innocentium

4 because they have forsaken me and have made this place alien, and have poured libations in it to alien gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known, and they have filled this place with the blood of innocents

5 et aedificaverunt excelsa Baali ad conburendos filios suos igni in holocaustum Baali quae non praecepi nec locutus sum nec ascenderunt in cor meum

5 and they built the high places of Baal for burning their sons with fire as a holocaust to Baal, which I did not command, nor speak, nor did they ascend into my heart

6 propterea ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et non vocabitur locus iste amplius Thofeth et vallis filii Ennom sed vallis Occisionis

6 therefore behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter

7 et dissipabo consilium Iudae et Hierusalem in loco isto et subvertam eos gladio in conspectu inimicorum suorum et in manu quaerentium animas eorum et dabo cadavera eorum escam volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae

7 and I will dissipate the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will subvert them by the sword in the sight of their enemies and by the hand of those seeking their lives, and I will give their cadavers as food to the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth

8 et ponam civitatem hanc in stuporem et in sibilum omnis qui praeterierit per eam obstupescet et sibilabit super universa plaga eius

8 and I will set this city into stupefaction and into a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be stupefied and will hiss over all her plague.

9 et cibabo eos carnibus filiorum suorum et carnibus filiarum suarum et unusquisque carnes amici sui comedet in obsidione et in angustia in qua concludent eos inimici eorum et qui quaerunt animas eorum

9 and I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each will eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the straitness in which their enemies and those who seek their lives will shut them in

10 et conteres lagunculam in oculis virorum qui ibunt tecum

10 and you shall shatter the little flagon before the eyes of the men who go with you

11 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus exercituum sic conteram populum istum et civitatem istam sicut conteritur vas figuli quod non potest ultra instaurari et in Thofeth sepelientur eo quod non sit alius locus ad sepeliendum

11 and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: thus will I crush this people and this city, as the vessel of the potter is crushed, which cannot any further be restored; and in Thofeth they shall be buried, because there is no other place for burying.

12 sic faciam loco huic ait Dominus et habitatoribus eius ut ponam civitatem istam sicut Thofeth

12 thus will I do to this place, says the Lord, and to its inhabitants, so that I will set this city like Thofeth

13 et erunt domus Hierusalem et domus regum Iuda sicut locus Thofeth inmundae omnes domus in quarum domatibus sacrificaverunt omni militiae caeli et libaverunt libamina diis alienis

13 and the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be like the place of Thofeth, unclean, all the houses on whose rooftops they sacrificed to all the host of heaven and poured out libations to alien gods

14 venit autem Hieremias de Thofeth quo miserat eum Dominus ad prophetandum et stetit in atrio domus Domini et dixit ad omnem populum

14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the house of the Lord and said to all the people

15 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego inducam super civitatem hanc et super omnes urbes eius universa mala quae locutus sum adversum eam quoniam induraverunt cervicem suam ut non audirent sermones meos

15 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its cities all the evils that I have spoken against it, because they have hardened their neck, so that they would not listen to my words

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1 et audivit Phassur filius Emmer sacerdos qui constitutus erat princeps in domo Domini Hieremiam prophetantem sermones istos

1 and Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest, who had been appointed prince in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words

2 et percussit Phassur Hieremiam prophetam et misit eum in nervum quod erat in porta Beniamin superiori in domo Domini

2 and Phassur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks which was in the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the house of the Lord

3 cumque inluxisset in crastinum eduxit Phassur Hieremiam de nervo et dixit ad eum Hieremias non Phassur vocavit Dominus nomen tuum sed Pavorem undique

3 and when it had dawned on the morrow, Phassur led Jeremiah out of the stocks, and Jeremiah said to him: Not "Phassur" has the Lord called your name, but "Terror on every side."

4 quia haec dicit Dominus ecce ego dabo te in pavorem te et omnes amicos tuos et corruent gladio inimicorum suorum et oculi tui videbunt et omnem Iudam dabo in manu regis Babylonis et traducet eos in Babylonem et percutiet eos gladio

4 for thus says the Lord: behold, I will make you a terror, you and all your friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and all Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will lead them over into Babylon, and he will strike them with the sword.

5 et dabo universam substantiam civitatis huius et omnem laborem eius omneque pretium et cunctos thesauros regum Iuda dabo in manu inimicorum eorum et diripient eos et tollent et ducent in Babylonem

5 and I will give all the substance of this city, and all its labor, and all its price, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies; and they will plunder them and take them and lead them into Babylon.

6 tu autem Phassur et omnes habitatores domus tuae ibitis in captivitatem et in Babylonem venies et ibi morieris ibique sepelieris tu et omnes amici tui quibus prophetasti mendacium

6 but you, Phassur, and all the inhabitants of your house shall go into captivity, and to Babylon you shall come, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied a lie.

7 seduxisti me Domine et seductus sum fortior me fuisti et invaluisti factus sum in derisum tota die omnes subsannant me

7 You seduced me, O Lord, and I was seduced; you were stronger than I and prevailed; I have been made into derision all the day; everyone mocks me

8 quia iam olim loquor vociferans iniquitatem et vastitatem clamito et factus est mihi sermo Domini in obprobrium et in derisum tota die

8 for already of old I speak, crying out; iniquity and devastation I shout; and the word of the Lord has become to me an opprobrium and a derision all day.

9 et dixi non recordabor eius neque loquar ultra in nomine illius et factus est in corde meo quasi ignis exaestuans claususque in ossibus meis et defeci ferre non sustinens

9 And I said: I will not remember him, nor will I speak any longer in his name; and it became in my heart like a seething fire, and shut up in my bones, and I failed, unable to bear it.

10 audivi enim contumelias multorum et terrorem in circuitu persequimini et persequamur eum ab omnibus viris qui erant pacifici mei et custodientes latus meum si quo modo decipiatur et praevaleamus adversus eum et consequamur ultionem ex eo

10 for I have heard the contumelies of many, and terror on every side: “Pursue, and let us pursue him,” from all the men who were my pacific ones and those guarding my side: “if in any way he may be deceived, then let us prevail against him, and let us obtain vengeance from him.”

11 Dominus autem mecum est quasi bellator fortis idcirco qui persequuntur me cadent et infirmi erunt confundentur vehementer quia non intellexerunt obprobrium sempiternum quod numquam delebitur

11 But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior; therefore those who persecute me will fall and will be infirm; they will be vehemently confounded, because they did not understand an everlasting opprobrium which will never be effaced.

12 et tu Domine exercituum probator iusti qui vides renes et cor videam quaeso ultionem tuam ex eis tibi enim revelavi causam meam

12 And you, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who sees the reins and the heart, let me see, I pray, your vengeance upon them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

13 cantate Domino laudate Dominum quia liberavit animam pauperis de manu malorum

13 Sing to the Lord, laud the Lord, because he has liberated the soul of the pauper from the hand of the wicked

14 maledicta dies in qua natus sum dies in qua peperit me mater mea non sit benedicta

14 cursed be the day on which I was born; the day on which my mother bore me, let it not be blessed

15 maledictus vir qui adnuntiavit patri meo dicens natus est tibi puer masculus et quasi gaudio laetificavit eum

15 cursed be the man who announced to my father, saying a male child is born to you, and as it were with joy gladdened him

16 sit homo ille ut sunt civitates quas subvertit Dominus et non paenituit eum audiat clamorem mane et ululatum in tempore meridiano

16 let that man be as the cities which the Lord subverted and He did not relent; may he hear clamor in the morning and ululation at meridian time

17 qui non me interfecit a vulva ut fieret mihi mater mea sepulchrum et vulva eius conceptus aeternus

17 who did not kill me from the womb, that my mother might become for me a sepulcher, and her womb an eternal conception

18 quare de vulva egressus sum ut viderem laborem et dolorem et consumerentur in confusione dies mei

18 why did I go forth from the womb, that I might see labor and pain, and that my days be consumed in confusion

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino quando misit ad eum rex Sedecias Phassur filium Melchiae et Sophoniam filium Maasiae sacerdotem dicens

1 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying

2 interroga pro nobis Dominum quia Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis proeliatur adversum nos si forte faciat Dominus nobiscum secundum omnia mirabilia sua et recedat a nobis

2 inquire for us of the Lord, because Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is warring against us; perhaps the Lord will do with us according to all his marvels, and he will withdraw from us.

3 et dixit Hieremias ad eos sic dicetis Sedeciae

3 And Jeremiah said to them: Thus you shall say to Zedekiah.

4 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ecce ego convertam vasa belli quae in manibus vestris sunt et quibus vos pugnatis adversum regem Babylonis et Chaldeos qui obsident vos in circuitu murorum et congregabo ea in medio civitatis huius

4 thus says the Lord God of Israel: behold, I will turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands and with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you around the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city

5 et debellabo ego vos in manu extenta et brachio forti et in furore et in indignatione et in ira grandi

5 and I will do battle against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, and in fury and in indignation and in great ire

6 et percutiam habitatores civitatis huius homines et bestiae pestilentia magna morientur

6 and I will strike the inhabitants of this city; men and beasts shall die by a great pestilence

7 et post haec ait Dominus dabo Sedeciam regem Iuda et servos eius et populum eius et qui derelicti sunt in civitate hac a peste et gladio et fame in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et in manu inimicorum eorum et in manu quaerentium animam eorum et percutiet eos in ore gladii et non movebitur neque parcet nec miserebitur

7 and after these things, says the Lord, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and his people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their life; and he will strike them with the edge of the sword, and he will not be moved, nor will he spare, nor will he pity.

8 et ad populum hunc dices haec dicit Dominus ecce ego do coram vobis viam vitae et viam mortis

8 and to this people you shall say: thus says the Lord: behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death

9 qui habitaverit in urbe hac morietur gladio et fame et peste qui autem egressus fuerit et transfugerit ad Chaldeos qui obsident vos vivet et erit ei anima sua quasi spolium

9 whoever will have dwelt in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but whoever will have gone out and defected to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live, and his life shall be to him as a spoil.

10 posui enim faciem meam super civitatem hanc in malum et non in bonum ait Dominus in manu regis Babylonis dabitur et exuret eam igni

10 for I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, says the Lord; it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire

11 et domui regis Iuda audite verbum Domini

11 and to the house of the king of Judah hear the word of the Lord

12 domus David haec dicit Dominus iudicate mane iudicium et eruite vi oppressum de manu calumniantis ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea et succendatur et non sit qui extinguat propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum

12 House of David thus says the Lord judge judgment in the morning and rescue by force the oppressed from the hand of the calumniator lest perhaps my indignation go forth like fire and be kindled and there be no one to extinguish because of the malice of your pursuits

13 ecce ego ad te habitatricem vallis solidae atque campestris ait Dominus qui dicitis quis percutiet nos et quis ingredietur domos nostras

13 behold, I am against you, O inhabitress of the valley, of the solid and level plain, says the Lord, you who say, Who will strike us, and who will enter our houses

14 et visitabo super vos iuxta fructum studiorum vestrorum dicit Dominus et succendam ignem in saltu eius et devorabit omnia in circuitu eius

14 and I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your endeavors, says the Lord; and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it will devour everything in its circuit

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1 haec dicit Dominus descende in domum regis Iuda et loqueris ibi verbum hoc

1 thus says the Lord: go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word

2 et dices audi verbum Domini rex Iuda qui sedes super solium David tu et servi tui et populus tuus qui ingredimini per portas istas

2 and you shall say: Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David, you and your servants and your people, who enter through these gates.

3 haec dicit Dominus facite iudicium et iustitiam et liberate vi oppressum de manu calumniatoris et advenam et pupillum et viduam nolite contristare neque opprimatis inique et sanguinem innocentem ne effundatis in loco isto

3 thus says the Lord, do judgment and justice, and free the one oppressed by violence from the hand of the calumniator, and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow do not grieve nor oppress unjustly, and innocent blood do not shed in this place

4 si enim facientes feceritis verbum istud ingredientur per portas domus huius reges sedentes de genere David super thronum eius et ascendentes currus et equos ipsi et servi et populus eorum

4 For if indeed, doing, you will do this word, there shall enter through the gates of this house kings sitting, from the lineage of David upon his throne, and riding in chariots and on horses—they, and their servants, and their people.

5 quod si non audieritis verba haec in memet ipso iuravi dicit Dominus quia in solitudinem erit domus haec

5 but if you do not listen to these words, I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, that this house will be a desolation

6 quia haec dicit Dominus super domum regis Iuda Galaad tu mihi caput Libani si non posuero te solitudinem urbes inhabitabiles

6 for thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead, you are to me, the head of Lebanon; if I do not make you a solitude, cities uninhabitable.

7 et sanctificabo super te interficientem virum et arma eius et succident electam cedrum tuam et praecipitabunt in ignem

7 and I will consecrate against you those who slay, the man and his weapons; and they will cut down your chosen cedar, and they will hurl it into the fire

8 et pertransibunt gentes multae per civitatem hanc et dicet unusquisque proximo suo quare fecit Dominus sic civitati huic grandi

8 and many nations will pass through this city, and each one will say to his neighbor, why has the Lord done thus to this great city?

9 et respondebunt eo quod dereliquerint pactum Domini Dei sui et adoraverint deos alienos et servierint eis

9 and they will answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have adored alien gods and have served them.

10 nolite flere mortuum neque lugeatis super eum fletu plangite eum qui egreditur quia non revertetur ultra nec videbit terram nativitatis suae

10 do not weep for the dead, nor lament over him with weeping; bewail him who goes forth, for he will not return any more, nor will he see the land of his nativity.

11 quia haec dicit Dominus ad Sellum filium Iosiae regem Iuda qui regnavit pro Iosia patre suo qui egressus est de loco isto non revertetur huc amplius

11 for thus says the Lord concerning Shallum, son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned in place of Josiah his father, who has gone out from this place: he shall not return here any more

12 sed in loco ad quem transtuli eum ibi morietur et terram istam non videbit amplius

12 but in the place to which I have carried him away, there he shall die, and this land he shall see no more

13 vae qui aedificat domum suam in iniustitia et cenacula sua non in iudicio amicum suum opprimet frustra et mercedem eius non reddet ei

13 woe to him who builds his house in injustice, and his upper chambers not in judgment; he will oppress his friend for nothing, and will not render him his wage

14 qui dicit aedificabo mihi domum latam et cenacula spatiosa qui aperit sibi fenestras et facit laquearia cedrina pingitque sinopide

14 who says, I will build for myself a wide house and spacious upper rooms; who opens windows for himself and makes cedar coffered ceilings and paints with sinopia

15 numquid regnabis quoniam confers te cedro pater tuus numquid non comedit et bibit et fecit iudicium et iustitiam tunc cum bene erat ei

15 Will you reign because you vie with cedar? your father—did he not eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? then it was well with him.

16 iudicavit causam pauperis et egeni in bonum suum numquid non ideo quia cognovit me dicit Dominus

16 he judged the cause of the poor and the needy for his good—is it not therefore because he knew me, says the Lord

17 tui vero oculi et cor ad avaritiam et ad sanguinem innocentem fundendum et ad calumniam et ad cursum mali operis

17 but your eyes and your heart are toward avarice, and toward the pouring out of innocent blood, and toward calumny, and toward the course of an evil work

18 propterea haec dicit Dominus ad Ioachim filium Iosiae regem Iuda non plangent eum vae frater et vae fratres non concrepabunt ei vae domine et vae inclite

18 therefore thus says the Lord to Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah: they will not lament him, “woe, brother,” and “woe, brothers”; they will not cry out for him, “woe, lord,” and “woe, illustrious one.”

19 sepultura asini sepelietur putrefactus et proiectus extra portas Hierusalem

19 with the burial of an ass he will be buried, putrefied and cast out outside the gates of Jerusalem

20 ascende Libanum et clama et in Basan da vocem tuam et clama ad transeuntes quia contriti sunt omnes amatores tui

20 go up to Lebanon and cry aloud and in Bashan give your voice and cry to those passing by because all your lovers are crushed

21 locutus sum ad te in abundantia tua dixisti non audiam haec est via tua ab adulescentia tua quia non audisti vocem meam

21 I spoke to you in your abundance; you said, I will not hear. This is your way from your adolescence, because you have not listened to my voice.

22 omnes pastores tuos pascet ventus et amatores tui in captivitatem ibunt et tunc confunderis et erubesces ab omni malitia tua

22 the wind will pasture all your pastors, and your lovers will go into captivity, and then you will be confounded and will blush because of all your malice

23 quae sedes in Libano et nidificas in cedris quomodo congemuisti cum venissent tibi dolores quasi dolores parturientis

23 O you who sit in Lebanon and nest in the cedars, how you groaned when pains came upon you, like the pains of a woman in labor.

24 vivo ego dicit Dominus quia si fuerit Iechonias filius Ioachim regis Iuda anulus in manu dextera mea inde avellam eum

24 As I live, says the Lord, even if Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, from there I would pluck him off.

25 et dabo te in manu quaerentium animam tuam et in manu quorum tu formidas faciem et in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et in manu Chaldeorum

25 and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans

26 et mittam te et matrem tuam quae genuit te in terram alienam in qua nati non estis ibique moriemini

26 and I will send you and your mother who begot you into an alien land in which you were not born, and there you will die

27 et in terram ad quam ipsi levant animam suam ut revertantur illuc non revertentur

27 and to the land to which they lift up their soul to return, to that place they will not return

28 numquid vas fictile atque contritum vir iste Iechonias numquid vas absque omni voluptate quare abiecti sunt ipse et semen eius et proiecti in terram quam ignoraverunt

28 Is this man Ieconiah a fictile and shattered vessel? Is he a vessel without any delight? Why have he and his seed been cast away and hurled into a land they have not known?

29 terra terra terra audi sermonem Domini

29 earth earth earth hear the word of the Lord

30 haec dicit Dominus scribe virum istum sterilem virum qui in diebus suis non prosperabitur nec enim erit de semine eius vir qui sedeat super solium David et potestatem habeat ultra in Iuda

30 thus says the Lord: write this man sterile, a man who will not prosper in his days; for there will not be from his seed a man who sits upon the throne of David and has authority any longer in Judah

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1 vae pastoribus qui disperdunt et dilacerant gregem pascuae meae dicit Dominus

1 woe to the pastors who destroy and lacerate the flock of my pasture, says the Lord

2 ideo haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ad pastores qui pascunt populum meum vos dispersistis gregem meum eiecistis eos et non visitastis eos ecce ego visitabo super vos malitiam studiorum vestrorum ait Dominus

2 therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel to the shepherds who shepherd my people: you have scattered my flock, you have cast them out, and you have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the malice of your pursuits, says the Lord

3 et ego congregabo reliquias gregis mei de omnibus terris ad quas eiecero eos illuc et convertam eos ad rura sua et crescent et multiplicabuntur

3 and I will congregate the remnant of my flock from all the lands to which I shall have cast them out, thither, and I will turn them back to their own pastures, and they will grow and be multiplied

4 et suscitabo super eos pastores et pascent eos non formidabunt ultra et non pavebunt et nullus quaeretur ex numero dicit Dominus

4 and I will raise up pastors over them and they will feed them, they will no longer fear and will not be terrified, and no one will be missing from the number, says the Lord

5 ecce dies veniunt ait Dominus et suscitabo David germen iustum et regnabit rex et sapiens erit et faciet iudicium et iustitiam in terra

5 Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and a king will reign and he will be wise, and he will do judgment and justice in the land

6 in diebus illius salvabitur Iuda et Israhel habitabit confidenter et hoc est nomen quod vocabunt eum Dominus iustus noster

6 in his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely, and this is the name by which they will call him: “The Lord our Righteousness.”

7 propter hoc ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et non dicent ultra vivit Dominus qui eduxit filios Israhel de terra Aegypti

7 for this reason, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and they will no longer say, As the Lord lives who brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt

8 sed vivit Dominus qui eduxit et adduxit semen domus Israhel de terra aquilonis et de cunctis terris ad quas eieceram eos illuc et habitabunt in terra sua

8 but “Lives the Lord,” who led out and brought back the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands whither I had cast them out; and they shall dwell in their own land

9 ad prophetas contritum est cor meum in medio mei contremuerunt omnia ossa mea factus sum quasi vir ebrius et quasi homo madidus a vino a facie Domini et a facie verborum sanctorum eius

9 Concerning the prophets: my heart is crushed within me, all my bones trembled, I have become as a man drunken and as a man drenched with wine, from the face of the Lord and from the face of his holy words.

10 quia adulteris repleta est terra quia a facie maledictionis luxit terra arefacta sunt arva deserti factus est cursus eorum malus et fortitudo eorum dissimilis

10 because the land is replete with adulterers; because before the face of the malediction the land has mourned, the fields of the desert have been dried up; their course has been made evil, and their fortitude is dissimilar.

11 propheta namque et sacerdos polluti sunt et in domo mea inveni malum eorum ait Dominus

11 for both prophet and priest have been polluted, and in my house I have found their evil, says the Lord

12 idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris inpellentur enim et corruent in ea adferam enim super eos mala annum visitationis eorum ait Dominus

12 therefore their way shall be as a slippery place in darkness for they will be pushed and will fall in it for I will bring upon them evils the year of their visitation says the Lord

13 et in prophetis Samariae vidi fatuitatem prophetabant in Baal et decipiebant populum meum Israhel

13 and in the prophets of Samaria I saw fatuity; they were prophesying in Baal and deceiving my people Israel

14 et in prophetis Hierusalem vidi similitudinem adulterium et iter mendacii et confortaverunt manus pessimorum ut non converteretur unusquisque a malitia sua facti sunt mihi omnes Sodoma et habitatores eius quasi Gomorra

14 and in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a likeness: adultery and a way of mendacity; and they strengthened the hands of the worst, so that each one would not turn back from his malice; they have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah

15 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum ad prophetas ecce ego cibabo eos absinthio et potabo eos felle a prophetis enim Hierusalem est egressa pollutio super omnem terram

15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: behold, I will feed them with wormwood and make them drink gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem pollution has gone forth over all the land

16 haec dicit Dominus exercituum nolite audire verba prophetarum qui prophetant vobis et decipiunt vos visionem cordis sui loquuntur non de ore Domini

16 thus says the Lord of hosts: do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you and deceive you; they speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the Lord

17 dicunt his qui blasphemant me locutus est Dominus pax erit vobis et omni qui ambulat in pravitate cordis sui dixerunt non veniet super vos malum

17 they say to those who blaspheme me, the Lord has spoken: peace will be to you; and to everyone who walks in the pravity of his heart they have said, evil will not come upon you

18 quis enim adfuit in consilio Domini et vidit et audivit sermonem eius quis consideravit verbum illius et audivit

18 For who has been present in the council of the Lord and has seen and heard his sermon? Who has considered his word and heard it?

19 ecce turbo dominicae indignationis egredietur et tempestas erumpens super caput impiorum veniet

19 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation will go forth, and an erupting tempest will come upon the head of the impious.

20 non revertetur furor Domini usque dum faciat et usque dum conpleat cogitationem cordis sui in novissimis diebus intellegetis consilium eius

20 the fury of the Lord will not turn back until he has done, and until he has completed the cogitation of his heart; in the last days you will understand his counsel

21 non mittebam prophetas et ipsi currebant non loquebar ad eos et ipsi prophetabant

21 I did not send the prophets, and they themselves ran; I did not speak to them, and they themselves prophesied.

22 si stetissent in consilio meo et nota fecissent verba mea populo meo avertissem utique eos a via sua mala et a pessimis cogitationibus suis

22 if they had stood in my counsel and had made my words known to my people, I would surely have turned them back from their evil way and from their most wicked cogitations

23 putasne Deus e vicino ego sum dicit Dominus et non Deus de longe

23 Do you think I am a God from nearby, says the Lord, and not a God from afar

24 si occultabitur vir in absconditis et ego non videbo eum dicit Dominus numquid non caelum et terram ego impleo ait Dominus

24 Will a man be hidden in hiding-places, and I not see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

25 audivi quae dixerunt prophetae prophetantes in nomine meo mendacium atque dicentes somniavi somniavi

25 I have heard what the prophets have said, prophesying a lie in my name and saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 usquequo istud in corde est prophetarum vaticinantium mendacium et prophetantium seductiones cordis sui

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy mendacity, and who prophesy the seductions of their own heart?

27 qui volunt facere ut obliviscatur populus meus nominis mei propter somnia eorum quae narrant unusquisque ad proximum suum sicut obliti sunt patres eorum nominis mei propter Baal

27 who want to make my people forget my name on account of their dreams which each one recounts to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name on account of Baal

28 propheta qui habet somnium narret somnium et qui habet sermonem meum loquatur sermonem meum vere quid paleis ad triticum dicit Dominus

28 the prophet who has a dream, let him narrate the dream; and he who has my sermon, let him speak my sermon truly. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.

29 numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis ait Dominus et quasi malleus conterens petram

29 are not my words like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock

30 propterea ecce ego ad prophetas ait Dominus qui furantur verba mea unusquisque a proximo suo

30 therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal my words, each one from his neighbor

31 ecce ego ad prophetas ait Dominus qui adsumunt linguas suas et aiunt dicit Dominus

31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say, “The Lord says.”

32 ecce ego ad prophetas somniantes mendacium ait Dominus qui narraverunt ea et seduxerunt populum meum in mendacio suo et in miraculis suis cum ego non misissem eos nec mandassem eis qui nihil profuerunt populo huic dicit Dominus

32 Behold, I am against the prophets dreaming a falsehood, says the Lord, who have recounted them and have seduced my people by their falsehood and by their miracles, though I had not sent them nor commanded them—who have profited nothing to this people, says the Lord.

33 si igitur interrogaverit te populus iste vel propheta aut sacerdos dicens quod est onus Domini dices ad eos ut quid vobis onus proiciam quippe vos dicit Dominus

33 If therefore this people, or a prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? you shall say to them, You are the burden; I will cast you off, says the Lord.

34 et prophetes et sacerdos et populus qui dicit onus Domini visitabo super virum illum et super domum eius

34 and the prophet and the priest and the people who say "the burden of the Lord," I will visit upon that man and upon his house

35 haec dicetis unusquisque ad proximum et ad fratrem suum quid respondit Dominus et quid locutus est Dominus

35 these things you shall say, each to his neighbor and to his brother: What has the Lord answered, and what has the Lord spoken?

36 et onus Domini ultra non memorabitur quia onus erit unicuique sermo suus et pervertitis verba Dei viventis Domini exercituum Dei nostri

36 and the burden of the Lord will no longer be remembered, for his own word will be a burden to each, and you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God

37 haec dices ad prophetam quid respondit tibi Dominus et quid locutus est Dominus

37 Thus you shall say to the prophet: What did the LORD answer you, and what did the LORD speak?

38 si autem onus Domini dixeritis propter hoc haec dicit Dominus quia dixistis sermonem istum onus Domini et misi ad vos dicens nolite dicere onus Domini

38 But if you say, “the burden of the Lord,” for this reason thus says the Lord: Because you have said this word, “The burden of the Lord,” and I sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The burden of the Lord.’”

39 propterea ecce ego tollam vos portans et derelinquam vos et civitatem quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris a facie mea

39 Therefore, behold, I will take you up, carrying you off, and I will forsake you, and the city which I gave to you and to your fathers, from before my face

40 et dabo vos in obprobrium sempiternum et in ignominiam aeternam quae numquam oblivione delebitur

40 and I will give you into sempiternal opprobrium and eternal ignominy, which will never be blotted out by oblivion

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1 ostendit mihi Dominus et ecce duo calathi pleni ficis positi ante templum Domini postquam transtulit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Iechoniam filium Ioachim regem Iuda et principes eius et fabrum et inclusorem de Hierusalem et adduxit eos in Babylonem

1 the Lord showed me, and behold, two baskets full of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and his princes, and the craftsman and the smith, from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon

2 calathus unus ficus bonas habebat nimis ut solent ficus esse primi temporis et calathus unus ficus habebat malas nimis quae comedi non poterant eo quod essent malae

2 one basket had figs very good, as figs are wont to be of the first season, and one basket had figs very bad, which could not be eaten because they were bad

3 et dixit Dominus ad me quid tu vides Hieremia et dixi ficus ficus bonas bonas valde et malas malas valde quae comedi non possunt eo quod sint malae

3 and the Lord said to me, what do you see, Jeremiah? and I said, figs—figs good, very good, and bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten because they are bad

4 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

4 and the word of the Lord came to me, saying

5 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel sicut ficus hae bonae sic cognoscam transmigrationem Iuda quam emisi de loco isto in terram Chaldeorum in bonum

5 thus says the Lord God of Israel just as these figs are good so I will acknowledge the transmigration of Judah which I have sent forth from this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good

6 et ponam oculos meos super eos ad placandum et reducam eos in terram hanc et aedificabo eos et non destruam et plantabo eos et non evellam

6 and I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them back into this land, and I will build them up and I will not destroy them, and I will plant them and I will not uproot them

7 et dabo eis cor ut sciant me quia ego sum Dominus et erunt mihi in populum et ego ero eis in Deum quia revertentur ad me in toto corde suo

7 and I will give them a heart, that they may know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be to me for a people, and I will be to them for God, for they will return to me with their whole heart.

8 et sicut ficus pessimae quae comedi non possunt eo quod sint malae haec dicit Dominus sic dabo Sedeciam regem Iuda et principes eius et reliquos de Hierusalem qui remanserunt in urbe hac et qui habitant in terra Aegypti

8 and like the very bad figs, which cannot be eaten because they are evil, thus says the Lord: so will I give Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who have remained in this city, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

9 et dabo eos in vexationem adflictionemque omnibus regnis terrae in obprobrium et in parabolam et in proverbium et in maledictionem in universis locis ad quos eieci eos

9 and I will give them for vexation and affliction to all the kingdoms of the earth, into opprobrium and into a byword and into a proverb and into a malediction in all the places to which I have cast them out

10 et mittam in eis gladium et famem et pestem donec consumantur de terra quam dedi eis et patribus eorum

10 and I will send among them the sword and famine and pestilence until they are consumed from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam de omni populo Iudae in anno quarto Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda ipse est annus primus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis

1 the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah—this is the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon

2 quae locutus est Hieremias propheta ad omnem populum Iuda et ad universos habitatores Hierusalem dicens

2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying

3 a tertiodecimo anno Iosiae filii Amon regis Iuda usque ad diem hanc iste est tertius et vicesimus annus factum est verbum Domini ad me et locutus sum ad vos de nocte consurgens et loquens et non audistis

3 from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, up to this day—this is the twenty-third year—the word of the Lord came to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you did not listen

4 et misit Dominus ad vos omnes servos suos prophetas consurgens diluculo mittensque et non audistis neque inclinastis aures vestras ut audiretis

4 and the Lord sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising at dawn and sending, and you did not listen, nor did you incline your ears to hear

5 cum diceret revertimini unusquisque a via sua mala et a pessimis cogitationibus vestris et habitabitis in terram quam dedit Dominus vobis et patribus vestris a saeculo et usque in saeculum

5 when he would say, return, each one, from his evil way and from your worst cogitations, and you shall dwell in the land which the Lord gave to you and to your fathers, from age and unto age

6 et nolite ire post deos alienos ut serviatis eis adoretisque eos neque me ad iracundiam provocetis in operibus manuum vestrarum et non adfligam vos

6 and do not go after alien gods to serve them and adore them, nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you

7 et non audistis me dicit Dominus ut me ad iracundiam provocaretis in operibus manuum vestrarum in malum vestrum

7 and you did not listen to me, says the Lord, so that you might provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, to your own evil.

8 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum pro eo quod non audistis verba mea

8 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, because you did not listen to my words

9 ecce ego mittam et adsumam universas cognationes aquilonis ait Dominus et ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum et adducam eos super terram istam et super habitatores eius et super omnes nationes quae in circuitu illius sunt et interficiam eos et ponam eos in stuporem et in sibilum et in solitudines sempiternas

9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them upon this land and upon its inhabitants and upon all the nations that are in its circuit, and I will destroy them and set them for astonishment and for hissing and for everlasting desolations

10 perdamque ex eis vocem gaudii et vocem laetitiae vocem sponsae et vocem sponsi vocem molae et lumen lucernae

10 and I will destroy from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness the voice of the bride and the voice of the bridegroom the voice of the mill and the light of the lamp

11 et erit universa terra eius in solitudinem et in stuporem et servient omnes gentes istae regi Babylonis septuaginta annis

11 And all its land shall become a desolation and a stupefaction, and all these nations shall serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

12 cumque impleti fuerint anni septuaginta visitabo super regem Babylonis et super gentem illam dicit Dominus iniquitatem eorum et super terram Chaldeorum et ponam illam in solitudines sempiternas

12 and when seventy years shall have been fulfilled, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, says the Lord, their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans, and I will set it into perpetual desolations

13 et adducam super terram illam omnia verba mea quae locutus sum contra eam omne quod scriptum est in libro isto quaecumque prophetavit Hieremias adversum omnes gentes

13 and I will bring upon that land all my words which I have spoken against it, everything that is written in this book, whatever Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations

14 quia servierunt eis cum essent gentes multae et reges magni et reddam eis secundum opera eorum et secundum facta manuum suarum

14 for, although they were many nations and great kings, they have served them; and I will render to them according to their works and according to the deeds of their hands

15 quia sic dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel sume calicem vini furoris huius de manu mea et propinabis de illo cunctis gentibus ad quas ego mittam te

15 for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: take the cup of the wine of this fury from my hand, and you shall make all the nations to whom I send you drink it

16 et bibent et turbabuntur et insanient a facie gladii quem ego mittam inter eos

16 and they will drink and be troubled and go insane from the presence of the sword that I will send among them

17 et accepi calicem de manu Domini et propinavi cunctis gentibus ad quas misit me Dominus

17 and I took the chalice from the hand of the Lord and I made all the nations drink, to which the Lord sent me

18 Hierusalem et civitatibus Iudae et regibus eius et principibus eius ut darem eos in solitudinem et in stuporem in sibilum et in maledictionem sicut est dies ista

18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings and its princes, that I might give them into desolation and stupefaction, into hissing and malediction, as is this day

19 Pharaoni regi Aegypti et servis eius et principibus eius et omni populo eius

19 to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes, and all his people

20 et universis generaliter cunctis regibus terrae Ausitidis et cunctis regibus terrae Philisthim et Ascaloni et Gazae et Accaroni et reliquiis Azoti

20 and to all, in general, all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, even Ascalon and Gaza and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus

21 Idumeae et Moab et filiis Ammon

21 to Idumea and Moab and to the sons of Ammon

22 et cunctis regibus Tyri et cunctis regibus Sidonis et regibus terrae insularum qui sunt trans mare

22 and to all the kings of Tyre and to all the kings of Sidon and to the kings of the land of the islands who are across the sea

23 et Dedan et Theman et Buz et universis qui adtonsi sunt in comam

23 and Dedan and Theman and Buz and all who are shorn in the hair

24 et cunctis regibus Arabiae et cunctis regibus occidentis qui habitant in deserto

24 and to all the kings of Arabia and to all the kings of the Occident who dwell in the desert

25 et cunctis regibus Zambri et cunctis regibus Aelam et cunctis regibus Medorum

25 and all the kings of Zambri and all the kings of Elam and all the kings of the Medes

26 et cunctis regibus aquilonis de prope et de longe unicuique contra fratrem suum et omnibus regnis terrae quae super faciem eius sunt et rex Sesach bibet post eos

26 and all the kings of the north, from near and from far, each against his brother, and all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon its face, and the king of Sesach shall drink after them

27 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel bibite et inebriamini et vomite et cadite neque surgatis a facie gladii quem ego mittam inter vos

27 and you shall say to them: thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: drink, and be inebriated, and vomit, and fall, and do not rise, from before the face of the sword which I am sending among you

28 cumque noluerint accipere calicem de manu ut bibant dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus exercituum bibentes bibetis

28 and when they are unwilling to take the cup from your hand to drink, you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts: Drinking, you shall drink.

29 quia ecce in civitate in qua invocatum est nomen meum ego incipio adfligere et vos quasi innocentes inmunes eritis non eritis inmunes gladium enim ego voco super omnes habitatores terrae dicit Dominus exercituum

29 because, behold, in the city in which my name has been invoked I begin to afflict, and you—as if innocents—will you be immune? you will not be immune; for I am calling the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts

30 et tu prophetabis ad eos omnia verba haec et dices ad illos Dominus de excelso rugiet et de habitaculo sancto suo dabit vocem suam rugiens rugiet super decorem suum celeuma quasi calcantium concinetur adversus omnes habitatores terrae

30 and you shall prophesy to them all these words and you shall say to them: the Lord from on high will roar, and from his holy habitation he will give his voice; roaring he will roar over his pasture; a celeusma, as of those treading, shall be chanted against all the inhabitants of the earth

31 pervenit sonitus usque ad extrema terrae quia iudicium Domino cum gentibus iudicatur ipse cum omni carne impios tradidit gladio dicit Dominus

31 The sound has reached even to the ends of the earth, for there is judgment for the Lord with the nations; with all flesh he enters into judgment—he has handed over the impious to the sword, says the Lord.

32 haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce adflictio egredietur de gente in gentem et turbo magnus egredietur a summitatibus terrae

32 thus says the Lord of hosts: behold, affliction will go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind will go forth from the extremities of the earth.

33 et erunt interfecti Domini in die illa a summo terrae usque ad summum eius non plangentur et non colligentur neque sepelientur in sterquilinium super faciem terrae iacebunt

33 and the slain of the Lord will be in that day from one end of the earth even to its other end; they will not be lamented, and they will not be gathered nor buried; they will lie as dung upon the face of the earth

34 ululate pastores et clamate et aspergite vos cinere optimates gregis quia conpleti sunt dies vestri ut interficiamini et dissipationes vestrae et cadetis quasi vasa pretiosa

34 Ululate, shepherds, and cry out, and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, O optimates of the flock, for your days are completed for you to be slain and for your dissipations, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

35 et peribit fuga a pastoribus et salvatio ab optimatibus gregis

35 and escape shall perish from the shepherds, and salvation from the nobles of the flock

36 vox clamoris pastorum et ululatus optimatium gregis quia vastavit Dominus pascuam eorum

36 the voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the ululation of the nobles of the flock, because the Lord has devastated their pasture

37 et conticuerunt arva pacis a facie irae furoris Domini

37 and the fields of peace fell silent before the face of the wrath of the fury of the Lord

38 dereliquit quasi leo umbraculum suum facta est terra eorum in desolationem a facie irae columbae et a facie irae furoris Domini

38 he has abandoned, like a lion, his lair; their land has been made into desolation before the face of the wrath of the dove, and before the face of the wrath of the fury of the Lord.

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1 in principio regis Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda factum est verbum istud a Domino dicens

1 in the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus sta in atrio domus Domini et loqueris ad omnes civitates Iuda de quibus veniunt ut adorent in domo Domini universos sermones quos ego mandavi tibi ut loquaris ad eos noli subtrahere verbum

2 Thus says the Lord: stand in the atrium of the house of the Lord, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah, from which they come to adore in the house of the Lord, all the words which I have commanded you to speak to them; do not withhold a word.

3 si forte audiant et convertantur unusquisque a via sua mala et paeniteat me mali quod cogito facere eis propter malitias studiorum eorum

3 if perhaps they may hear and each turn back from his evil way, and I may repent of the evil that I am thinking to do to them because of the malices of their pursuits

4 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus si non audieritis me ut ambuletis in lege mea quam dedi vobis

4 and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you do not listen to me so as to walk in my law which I gave to you

5 ut audiatis sermones servorum meorum prophetarum quos ego misi ad vos de nocte consurgens et dirigens et non audistis

5 that you may hear the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent to you, rising in the night and sending, and you did not hear

6 dabo domum istam sicut Silo et urbem hanc dabo in maledictionem cunctis gentibus terrae

6 I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will give this city into a malediction for all the nations of the earth.

7 et audierunt sacerdotes et prophetae et omnis populus Hieremiam loquentem verba haec in domo Domini

7 and the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord

8 cumque conplesset Hieremias loquens omnia quae praeceperat ei Dominus ut loqueretur ad universum populum adprehenderunt eum sacerdotes et prophetae et omnis populus dicens morte morietur

8 and when Jeremiah had completed speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to the whole people the priests and the prophets and all the people apprehended him saying he will surely die

9 quare prophetavit in nomine Domini dicens sicut Silo erit domus haec et urbs ista desolabitur eo quod non sit habitator et congregatus est omnis populus adversum Hieremiam in domum Domini

9 Why has he prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, “Like Shiloh this house will be, and this city will be desolated, because there is not an inhabitant”? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

10 et audierunt principes Iuda verba haec et ascenderunt de domo regis in domum Domini et sederunt in introitu portae Domini novae

10 and the princes of Judah heard these words, and they went up from the house of the king to the house of the Lord, and sat in the entrance of the new gate of the Lord

11 et locuti sunt sacerdotes et prophetae ad principes et ad omnem populum dicentes iudicium mortis est viro huic quia prophetavit adversum civitatem istam sicut audistis auribus vestris

11 and the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying: the judgment of death is for this man, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears

12 et ait Hieremias ad omnes principes et ad universum populum dicens Dominus misit me ut prophetarem ad domum istam et ad civitatem hanc omnia verba quae audistis

12 and Jeremiah said to all the princes and to the whole people, saying: the Lord sent me to prophesy to this house and to this city all the words which you have heard

13 nunc ergo bonas facite vias vestras et studia vestra et audite vocem Domini Dei vestri et paenitebit Dominum mali quod locutus est adversum vos

13 now therefore make your ways good and your pursuits, and listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will repent of the evil that he has spoken against you

14 ego autem ecce in manibus vestris sum facite mihi ut bonum et rectum est in oculis vestris

14 But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do to me as is good and right in your eyes.

15 verumtamen scitote et cognoscite quod si occideritis me sanguinem innocentem traditis contra vosmet ipsos et contra civitatem istam et habitatores eius in veritate enim misit me Dominus ad vos ut loquerer in auribus vestris omnia verba haec

15 Nevertheless know and recognize that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon your very selves and upon this city and its inhabitants; for in verity the Lord has sent me to you to speak in your ears all these words.

16 et dixerunt principes et omnis populus ad sacerdotes et prophetas non est viro huic iudicium mortis quia in nomine Domini Dei nostri locutus est ad nos

16 and the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, there is not for this man a judgment of death, because in the name of the Lord our God he has spoken to us

17 surrexerunt ergo viri de senioribus terrae et dixerunt ad omnem coetum populi loquentes

17 Then men from among the elders of the land rose up and said to the whole assembly of the people, speaking:

18 Michas de Morasthim fuit propheta in diebus Ezechiae regis Iudae et ait ad omnem populum Iudae dicens haec dicit Dominus exercituum Sion quasi ager arabitur et Hierusalem in acervum lapidum erit et mons domus in excelsa silvarum

18 Micah of Moresheth was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, saying: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall be a heap of stones, and the mountain of the house into the high places of forests.

19 numquid morte condemnavit eum Ezechias rex Iuda et omnis Iuda numquid non timuerunt Dominum et deprecati sunt faciem Domini et paenituit Dominum mali quod locutus erat adversum eos itaque nos facimus malum grande contra animas nostras

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah condemn him to death? Did they not fear the Lord and beseech the face of the Lord, and the Lord relented of the evil that he had spoken against them? Therefore we are doing a great evil against our souls.

20 fuit quoque vir prophetans in nomine Domini Urias filius Semei de Cariathiarim et prophetavit adversum civitatem istam et adversum terram hanc iuxta universa verba Hieremiae

20 there was also a man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Uriah son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-jearim, and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah

21 et audivit rex Ioachim et omnes potentes et principes eius verba haec et quaesivit rex interficere eum et audivit Urias et timuit fugitque et ingressus est Aegyptum

21 and King Jehoiakim and all his potent ones and his princes heard these words, and the king sought to kill him; and Uriah heard and feared, and fled and entered into Egypt

22 et misit rex Ioachim viros in Aegyptum Elnathan filium Achobor et viros cum eo in Aegyptum

22 and King Jehoiakim sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him, into Egypt

23 et eduxerunt Uriam de Aegypto et adduxerunt eum ad regem Ioachim et percussit eum gladio et proiecit cadaver eius in sepulchris vulgi ignobilis

23 and they brought out Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim and he struck him with the sword and threw his corpse into the sepulchers of the ignoble common people

24 igitur manus Ahicam filii Saphan fuit cum Hieremia ut non traderetur in manu populi et interficerent eum

24 therefore the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he might not be handed over into the hand of the people and be killed.

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1 in principio regni Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda factum est verbum istud ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1 in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus ad me fac tibi vincula et catenas et pones eas in collo tuo

2 thus says the Lord to me: make for yourself bonds and chains, and you shall put them on your neck

3 et mittes eas ad regem Edom et ad regem Moab et ad regem filiorum Ammon et ad regem Tyri et ad regem Sidonis in manu nuntiorum qui venerunt Hierusalem ad Sedeciam regem Iuda

3 and you shall send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the sons of Ammon and to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who came to Jerusalem to Zedekiah, king of Judah

4 et praecipies eis ut ad dominos suos loquantur haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel haec dicetis ad dominos vestros

4 and you shall command them that they speak to their lords: thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: thus you shall say to your lords

5 ego feci terram et hominem et iumenta quae sunt super faciem terrae in fortitudine mea magna et in brachio meo extento et dedi eam ei qui placuit in oculis meis

5 I made the earth and man and the beasts which are upon the face of the earth, in my great might and with my outstretched arm, and I have given it to whom it has seemed right in my eyes.

6 et nunc itaque ego dedi omnes terras istas in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis servi mei insuper et bestias agri dedi ei ut serviant illi

6 and now therefore I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant; moreover, I have given him even the beasts of the field, that they may serve him

7 et servient ei omnes gentes et filio eius et filio filii eius donec veniat tempus terrae eius et ipsius et servient ei gentes multae et reges magni

7 and all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and the son of his son, until the time of his land and of himself comes; and many nations and great kings shall serve him

8 gens autem et regnum quod non servierit Nabuchodonosor regi Babylonis et quicumque non curvaverit collum suum sub iugo regis Babylonis in gladio et in fame et in peste visitabo super gentem illam ait Dominus donec consumam eos in manu eius

8 but the nation and the kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and whoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with the sword and with famine and with pestilence I will visit upon that nation, says the Lord, until I have consumed them by his hand

9 vos ergo nolite audire prophetas vestros et divinos et somniatores et augures et maleficos qui dicunt vobis non servietis regi Babylonis

9 therefore you, do not listen to your prophets and diviners and dreamers and augurs and sorcerers who say to you, you shall not serve the king of Babylon

10 quia mendacium prophetant vobis ut longe faciant vos de terra vestra et eiciant vos et pereatis

10 because they prophesy a lie to you, to make you far from your land, and to eject you, and for you to perish

11 porro gens quae subiecerit cervicem suam sub iugo regis Babylonis et servierit ei dimittam eam in terra sua dicit Dominus et colet eam et habitabit in ea

11 moreover the nation which shall have subjected its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and shall have served him, I will let it remain in its land, says the Lord, and it shall cultivate it and dwell in it

12 et ad Sedeciam regem Iuda locutus sum secundum omnia verba haec dicens subicite colla vestra sub iugo regis Babylonis et servite ei et populo eius et vivetis

12 and to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke according to all these words, saying: submit your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and you shall live

13 quare moriemini tu et populus tuus gladio fame et peste sicut locutus est Dominus ad gentem quae servire noluerit regi Babylonis

13 why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, just as the Lord has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon

14 nolite audire verba prophetarum dicentium vobis non servietis regi Babylonis quia mendacium ipsi loquuntur vobis

14 do not listen to the words of the prophets saying to you, you will not serve the king of Babylon, for they themselves speak a lie to you

15 quia non misi eos ait Dominus et ipsi prophetant in nomine meo mendaciter ut eiciant vos et pereatis tam vos quam prophetae qui vaticinantur vobis

15 for I did not send them, says the Lord, and they prophesy in my name mendaciously, so that they may cast you out, and you may perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you

16 et ad sacerdotes et ad populum istum locutus sum dicens haec dicit Dominus nolite audire verba prophetarum vestrorum qui prophetant vobis dicentes ecce vasa Domini revertentur de Babylone nunc cito mendacium enim prophetant vobis

16 and to the priests and to this people I spoke, saying: thus says the Lord, do not hear the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, behold, the vessels of the Lord will return from Babylon now quickly; for they prophesy a lie to you

17 nolite ergo audire eos sed servite regi Babylonis ut vivatis quare datur haec civitas in solitudinem

17 therefore do not listen to them, but serve the king of Babylon, so that you may live; why should this city be given over into desolation?

18 et si prophetae sunt et est verbum Domini in eis occurrant Domino exercituum ut non veniant vasa quae derelicta fuerant in domum Domini et in domum regis Iuda et in Hierusalem in Babylonem

18 and if they are prophets and the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet the Lord of hosts, so that the vessels which had been left in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem may not come to Babylon.

19 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum ad columnas et ad mare et ad bases et ad reliqua vasorum quae remanserunt in civitate hac

19 for thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the columns and the sea and the bases and the rest of the vessels which have remained in this city

20 quae non tulit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis cum transferret Iechoniam filium Ioachim regem Iuda de Hierusalem in Babylonem et omnes optimates Iuda et Hierusalem

20 which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not carry off when he deported Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem

21 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ad vasa quae derelicta sunt in domum Domini et in domum regis Iuda et Hierusalem

21 because thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that were left in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem

22 in Babylonem transferentur et ibi erunt usque ad diem visitationis suae dicit Dominus et adferri faciam ea et restitui in loco isto

22 they will be transferred to Babylon, and there they will be until the day of their visitation, says the Lord, and I will cause them to be brought and restored in this place

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1 et factum est in anno illo in principio regni Sedeciae regis Iuda in anno quarto in mense quinto dixit ad me Ananias filius Azur propheta de Gabaon in domo Domini coram sacerdotibus et omni populo dicens

1 and it came to pass in that year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet, from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord before the priests and all the people, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel contrivi iugum regis Babylonis

2 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon

3 adhuc duo anni dierum et ego referri faciam ad locum istum omnia vasa Domini quae tulit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de loco isto et transtulit ea in Babylonem

3 yet two years of days, and I will cause to be brought back to this place all the vessels of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took from this place and transferred to Babylon

4 et Iechoniam filium Ioachim regem Iuda et omnem transmigrationem Iudae qui ingressi sunt in Babylonem ego convertam ad locum istum ait Dominus conteram enim iugum regis Babylonis

4 and Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the transmigration of Judah who have entered into Babylon I will turn back to this place, says the Lord, for I will crush the yoke of the king of Babylon

5 et dixit Hieremias propheta ad Ananiam prophetam in oculis sacerdotum et in oculis omnis populi qui stabant in domo Domini

5 and Jeremiah the prophet said to Ananias the prophet in the eyes of the priests and in the eyes of all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord

6 et ait Hieremias propheta amen sic faciat Dominus suscitet Dominus verba tua quae prophetasti ut referantur vasa in domum Domini et omnis transmigratio de Babylone ad locum istum

6 and Jeremiah the prophet said: amen, thus may the Lord do; may the Lord raise up your words which you have prophesied, that the vessels may be brought back into the house of the Lord, and all the transmigration from Babylon to this place

7 verumtamen audi verbum hoc quod ego loquor in auribus tuis et in auribus universi populi

7 nevertheless hear this word which I speak in your ears and in the ears of all the people

8 prophetae qui fuerunt ante me et te ab initio et prophetaverunt super terras multas et super regna magna de proelio et de adflictione et de fame

8 The prophets who were before me and you from the beginning, and prophesied concerning many lands and great kingdoms, of war and of affliction and of famine.

9 propheta qui vaticinatus est pacem cum venerit verbum eius scietur propheta quem misit Dominus in veritate

9 the prophet who has vaticinated peace, when his word shall have come to pass, the prophet will be known whom the Lord has sent in truth

10 et tulit Ananias propheta catenam de collo Hieremiae prophetae et confregit eam

10 and Ananias the prophet took the chain from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it

11 et ait Ananias in conspectu omnis populi dicens haec dicit Dominus sic confringam iugum Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis post duos annos dierum de collo omnium gentium

11 and Ananias said in the sight of all the people, saying, Thus says the Lord: Thus will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after two years of days, from the neck of all the nations.

12 et abiit Hieremias prophetes in viam suam et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam postquam confregit Ananias propheta catenam de collo Hieremiae prophetae dicens

12 and Jeremiah the prophet went on his way, and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Ananias the prophet had broken the chain from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying

13 vade et dices Ananiae haec dicit Dominus catenas ligneas contrivisti et facies pro eis catenas ferreas

13 go, and you shall say to Ananias: thus says the Lord: you have shattered wooden chains, and you will make in their place iron chains

14 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel iugum ferreum posui super collum cunctarum gentium istarum ut serviant Nabuchodonosor regi Babylonis et servient ei insuper et bestias terrae dedi ei

14 for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have set an iron yoke upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and they shall serve him; moreover, even the beasts of the earth I have given to him.

15 et dixit Hieremias propheta ad Ananiam prophetam audi Anania non misit te Dominus et tu confidere fecisti populum istum in mendacio

15 and Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, hear, Hananiah: the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a mendacity.

16 idcirco haec dicit Dominus ecce emittam te a facie terrae hoc anno morieris adversum Dominum enim locutus es

16 Therefore thus says the Lord: behold, I will send you away from the face of the earth; this year you shall die, for you have spoken against the Lord.

17 et mortuus est Ananias propheta in anno illo mense septimo

17 and the prophet Ananias died in that year, in the seventh month

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1 et haec sunt verba libri quae misit Hieremias propheta de Hierusalem ad reliquias seniorum transmigrationis et ad sacerdotes et ad prophetas et ad omnem populum quem transduxerat Nabuchodonosor de Hierusalem in Babylonem

1 and these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remnant of the elders of the exile, and to the priests and to the prophets and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had led over from Jerusalem into Babylon

2 postquam egressus est Iechonias rex et domina et eunuchi et principes Iuda et Hierusalem et faber et inclusor de Hierusalem

2 after Jeconiah the king and the lady and the eunuchs and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem and the smith and the locksmith had gone out from Jerusalem

3 in manu Ellasa filii Saphan et Gamaliae filii Helciae quos misit Sedecias rex Iuda ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Babylonem dicens

3 by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan, and of Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Babylon, saying

4 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel omni transmigrationi quam transtuli de Hierusalem in Babylonem

4 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the transmigration which I transferred from Jerusalem into Babylon

5 aedificate domos et habitate et plantate hortos et comedite fructum eorum

5 build houses and dwell, and plant gardens and eat their fruit

6 accipite uxores et generate filios et filias date filiis vestris uxores et filias vestras date viris et pariant filios et filias et multiplicamini ibi et nolite esse pauci numero

6 take wives and beget sons and daughters; give your sons wives, and give your daughters to men, and let them bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not be few in number

7 et quaerite pacem civitatis ad quam transmigrare vos feci et orate pro ea ad Dominum quia in pace illius erit pax vobis

7 and seek the peace of the city to which I have caused you to transmigrate, and pray for it to the Lord, because in its peace there will be peace for you

8 haec enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel non vos inducant prophetae vestri qui sunt in medio vestrum et divini vestri et ne adtendatis ad somnia vestra quae vos somniatis

8 for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: let not your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners lead you on, and do not attend to your dreams which you dream

9 quia falso ipsi prophetant vobis in nomine meo et non misi eos dicit Dominus

9 for they themselves prophesy falsely to you in my name, and I did not send them, says the Lord

10 quia haec dicit Dominus cum coeperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni visitabo vos et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum ut reducam vos ad locum istum

10 for thus says the Lord, when seventy years are fulfilled in Babylon, I will visit you and I will raise up over you my good word, that I may bring you back to this place

11 ego enim scio cogitationes quas cogito super vos ait Dominus cogitationes pacis et non adflictionis ut dem vobis finem et patientiam

11 For I know the cogitations which I cogitate over you, says the Lord: cogitations of peace and not of affliction, that I may give you an end and patience.

12 et invocabitis me et ibitis et orabitis me et exaudiam vos

12 and you will invoke me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will hear you

13 quaeretis me et invenietis cum quaesieritis me in toto corde vestro

13 you will seek me and you will find me when you seek me with all your heart

14 et inveniar a vobis ait Dominus et reducam captivitatem vestram et congregabo vos de universis gentibus et de cunctis locis ad quae expuli vos dicit Dominus et reverti vos faciam de loco ad quem transmigrare vos feci

14 and I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will restore your captivity and I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places to which I expelled you, says the Lord, and I will cause you to return from the place to which I made you transmigrate

15 quia dixistis suscitavit nobis Dominus prophetas in Babylone

15 because you have said the Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon

16 quia haec dicit Dominus ad regem qui sedet super solium David et ad omnem populum habitatorem urbis huius ad fratres vestros qui non sunt egressi vobiscum in transmigrationem

16 for thus says the Lord to the king who sits upon the throne of David, and to all the people, the inhabitants of this city, to your brothers who have not gone out with you into the transmigration

17 haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce mittam in eis gladium et famem et pestem et ponam eos quasi ficus malas quae comedi non possunt eo quod pessimae sint

17 thus says the Lord of hosts: behold, I will send among them the sword and famine and pestilence, and I will set them like bad figs which cannot be eaten because they are very bad

18 et persequar eos in gladio in fame et in pestilentia et dabo eos in vexationem universis regnis terrae in maledictionem et in stuporem et in sibilum et in obprobrium cunctis gentibus ad quas ego eieci eos

18 and I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and I will give them for vexation to all the kingdoms of the earth, for a malediction and a stupefaction and a hissing and an opprobrium to all the nations to which I have ejected them

19 eo quod non audierint verba mea dicit Dominus quae misi ad eos per servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens et mittens et non audistis dicit Dominus

19 because they have not listened to my words, says the Lord, which I sent to them through my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and you did not listen, says the Lord

20 vos ergo audite verbum Domini omnis transmigratio quam emisi de Hierusalem in Babylonem

20 therefore you, hear the word of the Lord, all the transmigration which I sent from Jerusalem into Babylon

21 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ad Ahab filium Culia et ad Sedeciam filium Maasiae qui prophetant vobis in nomine meo mendaciter ecce ego tradam eos in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et percutiet eos in oculis vestris

21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy to you falsely in my name: behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he will strike them down before your eyes.

22 et adsumetur ex eis maledictio omni transmigrationi Iuda quae est in Babylone dicentium ponat te Dominus sicut Sedeciam et sicut Ahab quos frixit rex Babylonis in igne

22 and from them a malediction will be taken up by all the transmigration of Judah which is in Babylon, saying, “May the Lord set you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.”

23 pro eo quod fecerint stultitiam in Israhel et moechati sunt in uxores amicorum suorum et locuti sunt verbum in nomine meo mendaciter quod non mandavi eis ego sum iudex et testis dicit Dominus

23 because they have done folly in Israel and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends and have spoken a word in my name mendaciously which I did not command them I am judge and witness says the Lord

24 et ad Semeiam Neelamiten dices

24 and to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say

25 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros ad omnem populum qui est in Hierusalem et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiae sacerdotem et ad universos sacerdotes dicens

25 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: because you sent in your own name letters to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying

26 Dominus dedit te sacerdotem pro Ioiadae sacerdote ut sis dux in domo Domini super omnem virum arrepticium et prophetantem ut mittas eum in nervum et in carcerem

26 the Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, that you may be a leader in the house of the Lord over every man seized (arreptitious) and prophesying, that you may put him into the stocks and into prison

27 et nunc quare non increpasti Hieremiam Anathothiten qui prophetat vobis

27 and now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah the Anathothite, who prophesies to you

28 quia super hoc misit ad nos in Babylonem dicens longum est aedificate domos et habitate et plantate hortos et comedite fructum eorum

28 because on this he has sent to us in Babylon, saying: it is long; build houses and dwell, and plant gardens and eat their fruit

29 legit ergo Sophonias sacerdos librum istum in auribus Hieremiae prophetae

29 therefore Zephaniah the priest read this book in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet

30 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens

30 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying

31 mitte ad omnem transmigrationem dicens haec dicit Dominus ad Semeiam Neelamiten pro eo quod prophetavit vobis Semeias et ego non misi eum et fecit vos confidere in mendacio

31 send to all the transmigration, saying, Thus says the Lord to Shemaiah the Nehelamite: because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has made you confide in a mendacity

32 idcirco haec dicit Dominus ecce ego visitabo super Semeiam Neelamiten et super semen eius non erit ei vir sedens in medio populi huius et non videbit bonum quod ego faciam populo meo ait Dominus quia praevaricationem locutus est adversum Dominum

32 therefore thus says the Lord: behold, I will visit upon Shemaiah the Nehelamite and upon his seed; there shall not be to him a man sitting in the midst of this people, and he shall not see the good that I am about to do for my people, says the Lord, because he has spoken prevarication against the Lord.

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1 hoc verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel dicens scribe tibi omnia verba quae locutus sum ad te in libro

2 thus says the Lord God of Israel, saying, write for yourself all the words which I have spoken to you in a book

3 ecce enim dies veniunt dicit Dominus et convertam conversionem populi mei Israhel et Iuda ait Dominus et convertam eos ad terram quam dedi patribus eorum et possidebunt eam

3 behold, for the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it

4 et haec verba quae locutus est Dominus ad Israhel et ad Iudam

4 and these are the words which the Lord spoke to Israel and to Judah

5 quoniam haec dicit Dominus vocem terroris audivimus formido et non est pax

5 for thus says the Lord: we have heard a voice of terror, dread, and there is no peace

6 interrogate et videte si generat masculus quare ergo vidi omnis viri manum super lumbum suum quasi parientis et conversae sunt universae facies in auruginem

6 interrogate and see if a male begets; why then have I seen every man’s hand upon his loins like one giving birth, and all faces turned to sallow pallor?

7 vae quia magna dies illa nec est similis eius tempusque tribulationis est Iacob et ex ipso salvabitur

7 woe, because that day is great; there is none like it; and it is a time of tribulation for Jacob, and from it he will be saved

8 et erit in die illa ait Dominus exercituum conteram iugum eius de collo tuo et vincula illius disrumpam et non dominabuntur ei amplius alieni

8 and it shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will crush his yoke from off your neck, and I will burst his bonds, and foreigners shall no longer dominate him.

9 sed servient Domino Deo suo et David regi suo quem suscitabo eis

9 but they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them

10 tu ergo ne timeas serve meus Iacob ait Dominus neque paveas Israhel quia ecce ego salvo te de terra longinqua et semen tuum de terra captivitatis eorum et revertetur Iacob et quiescet et cunctis affluet et non erit quem formidet

10 therefore you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed, Israel; for behold, I will save you from a far land, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return and rest, and shall abound in all things, and there shall be no one whom he fears.

11 quoniam tecum ego sum ait Dominus ut salvem te faciam enim consummationem in cunctis gentibus in quibus dispersi te te autem non faciam in consummationem sed castigabo te in iudicio ut non tibi videaris innoxius

11 for with you I am, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make a consummation among all the nations in which I scattered you, but you I will not make into a consummation; rather I will chastise you in judgment, so that you may not seem to yourself innocent.

12 quia haec dicit Dominus insanabilis fractura tua pessima plaga tua

12 because thus says the Lord: incurable is your fracture, your wound is most grievous

13 non est qui iudicet iudicium tuum ad alligandum curationum utilitas non est tibi

13 there is no one to adjudicate your judgment, to bind up; the utility of curations is not for you

14 omnes amatores tui obliti sunt tui te non quaerent plaga enim inimici percussi te castigatione crudeli propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuae dura facta sunt peccata tua

14 all your lovers have forgotten you they do not seek you for with the blow of an enemy I have struck you with cruel castigation because of the multitude of your iniquity your sins have been made hard

15 quid clamas super contritione tua insanabilis est dolor tuus propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuae et dura peccata tua feci haec tibi

15 why do you cry out over your contrition? your pain is incurable; because of the multitude of your iniquity and your grievous sins I have done these things to you

16 propterea omnes qui comedunt te devorabuntur et universi hostes tui in captivitatem ducentur et qui te vastant vastabuntur cunctosque praedatores tuos dabo in praedam

16 therefore all who eat you shall be devoured, and all your enemies shall be led into captivity, and those who devastate you shall be devastated, and all your plunderers I will give to plunder

17 obducam enim cicatricem tibi et a vulneribus tuis sanabo te dicit Dominus quia Eiectam vocaverunt te Sion haec est quae non habebat requirentem

17 For I will draw a cicatrix over you and from your wounds I will heal you, says the Lord, because they have called you “Outcast,” “This is Zion, she who had no one seeking her.”

18 haec dicit Dominus ecce ego convertam conversionem tabernaculorum Iacob et tectis eius miserebor et aedificabitur civitas in excelso suo et templum iuxta ordinem suum fundabitur

18 thus says the Lord: behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tabernacles of Jacob, and I will have mercy on his roofs, and the city shall be built upon its own height, and the temple shall be founded according to its order

19 et egredietur de eis laus voxque ludentium et multiplicabo eos et non inminuentur et glorificabo eos et non adtenuabuntur

19 and from them will go forth laud and the voice of those making merry; and I will multiply them and they will not be diminished; and I will glorify them and they will not be attenuated.

20 et erunt filii eius sicut a principio et coetus eius coram me permanebit et visitabo adversum omnes qui tribulant eum

20 and his sons will be as at the beginning, and his congregation will remain before me, and I will visit against all who afflict him

21 et erit dux eius ex eo et princeps de medio eius producetur et adplicabo eum et accedet ad me quis enim iste est qui adplicet cor suum ut adpropinquet mihi ait Dominus

21 and his leader shall be from him, and a prince shall be brought forth from his midst; and I will bring him near, and he shall approach to me—for who is this who sets his heart to draw near to me? says the Lord

22 et eritis mihi in populum et ego ero vobis in Deum

22 and you shall be to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God

23 ecce turbo Domini furor egrediens procella ruens in capite impiorum conquiescet

23 behold the whirlwind of the Lord, fury going forth, a rushing storm, upon the head of the impious it will rest

24 non avertet iram indignationis Dominus donec faciat et conpleat cogitationem cordis sui in novissimo dierum intellegetis ea

24 the Lord will not avert the wrath of indignation until he does and completes the thought of his heart; in the last of days you will understand them

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1 in tempore illo dicit Dominus ero Deus universis cognationibus Israhel et ipsi erunt mihi in populum

1 at that time, says the Lord, I will be God to all the cognations of Israel, and they shall be to me for a people

2 haec dicit Dominus invenit gratiam in deserto populus qui remanserat gladio vadet ad requiem suam Israhel

2 thus says the Lord: the people who had survived the sword found favor in the desert; Israel will go to its rest

3 longe Dominus apparuit mihi et in caritate perpetua dilexi te ideo adtraxi te miserans

3 from afar the Lord appeared to me and with perpetual charity I have loved you therefore I have drawn you in mercy

4 rursumque aedificabo te et aedificaberis virgo Israhel adhuc ornaberis tympanis tuis et egredieris in choro ludentium

4 and again I will build you, and you shall be built, virgin Israel; you shall yet be adorned with your timbrels, and you shall go forth in the chorus of those playing.

5 adhuc plantabis vineas in montibus Samariae plantabunt plantantes et donec tempus veniat non vindemiabunt

5 yet again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters will plant, and until the time comes they will not gather the vintage

6 quia erit dies in qua clamabunt custodes in monte Ephraim surgite et ascendamus in Sion ad Dominum Deum nostrum

6 for there will be a day on which the watchmen on Mount Ephraim will cry out, Rise, and let us ascend to Zion, to the Lord our God

7 quia haec dicit Dominus exultate in laetitia Iacob et hinnite contra caput gentium personate canite et dicite salva Domine populum tuum reliquias Israhel

7 for thus says the Lord: exult in the joy of Jacob and neigh against the head of the nations; resound, sing, and say, Save, O Lord, your people, the remnant of Israel

8 ecce ego adducam eos de terra aquilonis et congregabo eos ab extremis terrae inter quos erunt caecus et claudus et praegnans et pariens simul coetus magnus revertentium huc

8 behold, I will bring them from the land of the north, and I will congregate them from the extremities of the earth; among whom will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant and the one giving birth together, a great concourse of those returning hither

9 in fletu venient et in precibus deducam eos et adducam eos per torrentes aquarum in via recta et non inpingent in ea quia factus sum Israheli pater et Ephraim primogenitus meus est

9 they will come in weeping, and with prayers I will lead them, and I will bring them by the torrents of waters on a straight way, and they will not stumble in it, for I have become a father to israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 audite verbum Domini gentes et adnuntiate insulis quae procul sunt et dicite qui dispersit Israhel congregabit eum et custodiet eum sicut pastor gregem suum

10 hear the word of the Lord, nations, and announce to the islands which are far off, and say: he who scattered Israel will gather him and will guard him like a shepherd his own flock

11 redemit enim Dominus Iacob et liberavit eum de manu potentioris

11 for the Lord has redeemed Jacob and has liberated him from the hand of one more powerful

12 et venient et laudabunt in monte Sion et confluent ad bona Domini super frumento et vino et oleo et fetu pecorum et armentorum eritque anima eorum quasi hortus inriguus et ultra non esurient

12 and they will come and will praise on Mount Zion, and they will flow together to the good things of the Lord over grain and wine and oil and the offspring of flocks and herds, and their soul will be as a watered garden, and thereafter they will not hunger

13 tunc laetabitur virgo in choro iuvenes et senes simul et convertam luctum eorum in gaudium et consolabor eos et laetificabo a dolore suo

13 then the virgin will rejoice in the chorus, young men and elders together, and I will convert their mourning into joy, and I will console them, and I will gladden them from their sorrow

14 et inebriabo animam sacerdotum pinguedine et populus meus bonis meis adimplebitur ait Dominus

14 and I will inebriate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be filled with my good things, says the Lord

15 haec dicit Dominus vox in excelso audita est lamentationis fletus et luctus Rachel plorantis filios suos et nolentis consolari super eis quia non sunt

15 thus says the Lord: a voice on high was heard—of lamentation, weeping, and mourning—Rachel weeping for her sons and unwilling to be consoled over them, because they are not

16 haec dicit Dominus quiescat vox tua a ploratu et oculi tui a lacrimis quia est merces operi tuo ait Dominus et revertentur de terra inimici

16 Thus says the Lord: let your voice rest from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your work, says the Lord, and they shall return from the land of the enemy.

17 et est spes novissimis tuis ait Dominus et revertentur filii ad terminos suos

17 and there is hope for your latter end, says the Lord, and the sons will return to their own boundaries

18 audiens audivi Ephraim transmigrantem castigasti me et eruditus sum quasi iuvenculus indomitus converte me et revertar quia tu Dominus Deus meus

18 Hearing, I have heard Ephraim transmigrating: you have chastised me, and I have been instructed, like an untamed young bullock; convert me, and I shall be converted, for you are the Lord my God.

19 postquam enim convertisti me egi paenitentiam et postquam ostendisti mihi percussi femur meum confusus sum et erubui quoniam sustinui obprobrium adulescentiae meae

19 after indeed you converted me I did penance and after you showed me I struck my thigh I was confounded and I blushed because I have borne the opprobrium of my adolescence

20 si filius honorabilis mihi Ephraim si puer delicatus quia ex quo locutus sum de eo adhuc recordabor eius idcirco conturbata sunt viscera mea super eum miserans miserebor eius ait Dominus

20 Is Ephraim an honorable son to me? Is he a delicate child? For from the time that I spoke about him, I will still remember him; therefore my inward parts are troubled over him; pitying, I will pity him, says the Lord.

21 statue tibi speculam pone tibi amaritudines dirige cor tuum in viam directam in qua ambulasti revertere virgo Israhel revertere ad civitates tuas istas

21 set up for yourself a watchtower, set for yourself bitternesses; direct your heart into the straight way in which you walked; return, O virgin Israel, return to these your cities.

22 usquequo deliciis dissolveris filia vaga quia creavit Dominus novum super terram femina circumdabit virum

22 How long will you be dissolved by delights, wandering daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing upon the earth: a woman will encircle a man.

23 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel adhuc dicent verbum istud in terra Iuda et in urbibus eius cum convertero captivitatem eorum benedicat tibi Dominus pulchritudo iustitiae mons sanctus

23 Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: They will still say this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I turn back their captivity: May the Lord bless you, O beauty of justice, O holy mountain.

24 et habitabunt in eo Iudas et omnes civitates eius simul agricolae et minantes greges

24 and Judah and all its cities together shall dwell in it, the farmers and the drovers of flocks

25 quia inebriavi animam lassam et omnem animam esurientem saturavi

25 for I have inebriated the weary soul, and I have satiated every hungry soul

26 ideo quasi de somno suscitatus sum et vidi et somnus meus dulcis mihi

26 Therefore I was roused as if from sleep, and I saw, and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et seminabo domum Israhel et domum Iuda semine hominis et semine iumentorum

27 behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beasts.

28 et sicut vigilavi super eos ut evellerem et demolirer et dissiparem et disperderem et adfligerem sic vigilabo super eos ut aedificem et plantem ait Dominus

28 and just as I kept watch over them to pluck up and to demolish and to dissipate and to disperse and to afflict, so I will keep watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord

29 in diebus illis non dicent ultra patres comederunt uvam acerbam et dentes filiorum obstipuerunt

29 in those days they will no longer say the fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the sons have been set on edge

30 sed unusquisque in iniquitate sua morietur omnis homo qui comederit uvam acerbam obstupescent dentes eius

30 but each one will die in his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grape, his teeth will be set on edge

31 ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et feriam domui Israhel et domui Iuda foedus novum

31 behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant

32 non secundum pactum quod pepigi cum patribus vestris in die qua adprehendi manum eorum ut educerem eos de terra Aegypti pactum quod irritum fecerunt et ego dominatus sum eorum dicit Dominus

32 not according to the pact which I struck with your fathers on the day when I took hold of their hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, a pact which they made void, and I was their lord, says the Lord

33 sed hoc erit pactum quod feriam cum domo Israhel post dies illos dicit Dominus dabo legem meam in visceribus eorum et in corde eorum scribam eam et ero eis in Deum et ipsi erunt mihi in populum

33 but this will be the covenant which I will strike with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, I will give my law in their inward parts, and on their heart I will write it, and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people

34 et non docebunt ultra vir proximum suum et vir fratrem suum dicens cognoscite Dominum omnes enim cognoscent me a minimo eorum usque ad maximum ait Dominus quia propitiabor iniquitati eorum et peccati eorum non ero memor amplius

34 And they will no longer teach, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,” for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will be propitious to their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.

35 haec dicit Dominus qui dat solem in lumine diei ordinem lunae et stellarum in lumine noctis qui turbat mare et sonant fluctus eius Dominus exercituum nomen illi

35 thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and the stars for the light of the night, who stirs the sea and its waves sound—the Lord of hosts is his name

36 si defecerint leges istae coram me dicit Dominus tunc et semen Israhel deficiet ut non sit gens coram me cunctis diebus

36 If these ordinances fail before me, says the Lord, then the seed of Israel will also fail, so that it will not be a nation before me for all days.

37 haec dicit Dominus si mensurari potuerint caeli sursum et investigari fundamenta terrae deorsum et ego abiciam universum semen Israhel propter omnia quae fecerunt dicit Dominus

37 thus says the Lord, if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below can be investigated, then I also will cast off the whole seed of Israel because of all that they have done, says the Lord

38 ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et aedificabitur civitas Domino a turre Ananehel usque ad portam Anguli

38 Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and the city shall be built for the Lord from the tower of Hananeel as far as the Gate of the Corner.

39 et exibit ultra norma mensurae in conspectu eius super collem Gareb et circuibit Goatha

39 and the measuring line will go out beyond, before it, over the hill Gareb, and it will encircle Goatha

40 et omnem vallem cadaverum et cineris et universam regionem mortis usque ad torrentem Cedron et usque ad angulum portae Equorum orientalis sanctum Domini non evelletur et non destruetur ultra in perpetuum

40 and all the valley of corpses and of ash, and the entire region of death, up to the torrent Kidron and up to the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, shall be holy to the Lord; it shall not be uprooted and shall not be destroyed any more forever

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino in anno decimo Sedeciae regis Iuda ipse est annus octavusdecimus Nabuchodonosor

1 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the 10th year of Zedekiah king of Judah; that is the 18th year of Nebuchadnezzar

2 tunc exercitus regis Babylonis obsidebat Hierusalem et Hieremias propheta erat clausus in atrio carceris qui erat in domo regis Iuda

2 then the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison which was in the house of the king of Judah

3 clauserat enim eum Sedecias rex Iuda dicens quare vaticinaris dicens haec dicit Dominus ecce ego dabo civitatem istam in manu regis Babylonis et capiet eam

3 for Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it’?”

4 et Sedecias rex Iuda non effugiet de manu Chaldeorum sed tradetur in manu regis Babylonis et loquetur os eius cum ore illius et oculi eius oculos illius videbunt

4 and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with that one’s mouth, and his eyes will see that one’s eyes.

5 et in Babylonem ducet Sedeciam et ibi erit donec visitem eum ait Dominus si autem dimicaveritis adversum Chaldeos nihil prosperum habebitis

5 and he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he will be until I visit him, says the Lord; but if, however, you fight against the Chaldeans, you will have nothing prosperous.

6 et dixit Hieremias factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

6 and Jeremiah said, the word of the Lord came to me, saying

7 ecce Anamehel filius Sellum patruelis tuus veniet ad te dicens eme tibi agrum meum qui est in Anathoth tibi enim conpetit ex propinquitate ut emas

7 behold, Anamehel son of Sellum, your cousin, will come to you, saying, ‘buy for yourself my field which is in Anathoth,’ for to you it falls by propinquity to buy it.

8 et venit ad me Anamehel filius patrui mei secundum verbum Domini ad vestibulum carceris et ait ad me posside agrum meum qui est in Anathoth in terra Beniamin quia tibi conpetit hereditas et tu propinquus ut possideas intellexi autem quod verbum Domini esset

8 and Anamehel, the son of my uncle, came to me according to the word of the Lord to the vestibule of the prison and said to me, possess my field which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the inheritance belongs to you and you are the kinsman, that you may possess it; and I understood that it was the word of the Lord

9 et emi agrum ab Anamehel filio patrui mei qui est in Anathoth et adpendi ei argentum septem stateres et decem argenteos

9 and I bought the field from Anamehel, the son of my uncle, which is in Anathoth, and I weighed out to him silver, seven staters and ten silver pieces.

10 et scripsi in libro et signavi et adhibui testes et adpendi argentum in statera

10 and I wrote in a book and sealed it and brought in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scale

11 et accepi librum possessionis signatum stipulationes et rata et signa forinsecus

11 and I received the sealed book of possession, the stipulations and ratifications, and the signs on the outside

12 et dedi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri filii Maasiae in oculis Anamehel patruelis mei et in oculis testium qui scripti erant in libro emptionis in oculis omnium Iudaeorum qui sedebant in atrio carceris

12 and I gave the book of possession to Baruch son of Neri, son of Maasiah, in the eyes of Anamehel my paternal cousin, and in the eyes of the witnesses who had been written in the book of purchase, in the eyes of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the prison

13 et praecepi Baruch coram eis dicens

13 and I charged Baruch before them, saying

14 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel sume libros istos librum emptionis hunc signatum et librum hunc qui apertus est et pones illos in vase fictili ut permanere possint diebus multis

14 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: take these books, this book of purchase—the sealed one—and this book which is open, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may remain for many days.

15 haec enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel adhuc possidebuntur domus et agri et vineae in terra ista

15 for this is what the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: houses and fields and vineyards will still be possessed in this land

16 et oravi ad Dominum postquam tradidi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri dicens

16 and I prayed to the Lord after I had delivered the book of possession to Baruch, the son of Neri, saying

17 heu heu heu Domine Deus ecce tu fecisti caelum et terram in fortitudine tua magna et in brachio tuo extento non erit tibi difficile omne verbum

17 Ah, ah, ah Lord God, behold you made heaven and earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; nothing will be difficult for you

18 qui facis misericordiam in milibus et reddes iniquitatem patrum in sinu filiorum eorum post eos fortissime magne potens Dominus exercituum nomen tibi

18 who show mercy unto thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O Strongest, Great, Potent; Lord of Hosts is your name

19 magnus consilio et inconprehensibilis cogitatu cuius oculi aperti sunt super omnes vias filiorum Adam ut reddas unicuique secundum vias suas et secundum fructum adinventionum eius

19 great in counsel and incomprehensible in cogitation, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of Adam, so that you may render to each according to his ways and according to the fruit of his inventions

20 qui posuisti signa et portenta in terra Aegypti usque ad diem hanc et in Israhel et in hominibus et fecisti tibi nomen sicut est dies haec

20 who set signs and portents in the land of Egypt unto this day, and in Israel and among mankind, and made for yourself a name, as this day is

21 et eduxisti populum tuum Israhel de terra Aegypti in signis et in portentis et in manu robusta et in brachio extento et in terrore magno

21 and you brought out your people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs and portents and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror

22 et dedisti eis terram hanc quam iurasti patribus eorum ut dares eis terram fluentem lacte et melle

22 and you gave to them this land which you swore to their fathers, that you would give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey

23 et ingressi sunt et possederunt eam et non oboedierunt voci tuae et in lege tua non ambulaverunt omnia quae mandasti eis ut facerent non fecerunt et evenerunt eis omnia mala haec

23 and they entered and possessed it, and they did not obey your voice, and in your law they did not walk; all the things which you commanded them to do they did not do, and all these evils befell them

24 ecce munitiones extructae sunt adversum civitatem ut capiatur et urbs data est in manu Chaldeorum qui proeliantur adversum eam a facie gladii et famis et pestilentiae et quaecumque locutus es acciderunt ut ipse tu cernis

24 Behold, siegeworks have been built up against the city so that it may be taken, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who battle against it, on account of the sword and famine and pestilence; and whatever you have spoken has happened, as you yourself behold.

25 et tu dicis mihi Domine Deus eme agrum argento et adhibe testes cum urbs data sit in manu Chaldeorum

25 and you say to me, Lord God, buy a field with silver and bring in witnesses, while the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans

26 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens

26 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying

27 ecce ego Dominus Deus universae carnis numquid mihi difficile erit omne verbum

27 behold I am the Lord God of all flesh will any thing be difficult for me

28 propterea haec dicit Dominus ecce ego tradam civitatem istam in manu Chaldeorum et in manu regis Babylonis et capiet eam

28 Therefore thus says the Lord: behold, I will deliver this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will seize it.

29 et venient Chaldei proeliantes adversum urbem hanc et succendent eam igni et conburent eam et domos in quarum domatibus sacrificabant Baal et libabant diis alienis libamina ad inritandum me

29 and the Chaldeans will come, battling against this city, and they will set it on fire and burn it, and the houses on whose rooftops they sacrificed to Baal and poured libations to foreign gods, to provoke me.

30 erant enim filii Israhel et filii Iuda iugiter facientes malum in oculis meis ab adulescentia sua filii Israhel qui usque nunc exacerbant me in opere manuum suarum dicit Dominus

30 for the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah were continually doing evil in my eyes from their youth; the sons of Israel, who up to now embitter me by the work of their hands, says the Lord

31 quia in furore et in indignatione mea facta est mihi civitas haec a die qua aedificaverunt eam usque ad diem istam qua aufertur de conspectu meo

31 because in my fury and in my indignation this city has been to me, from the day they built it until this day when it is taken away from my sight

32 propter malitiam filiorum Israhel et filiorum Iuda quam fecerunt ad iracundiam me provocantes ipsi et reges eorum principes eorum et sacerdotes et prophetae eorum vir Iuda et habitatores Hierusalem

32 on account of the malice of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they committed, provoking me to irascibility: they themselves, and their kings, their princes, and their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

33 et verterunt ad me terga et non facies cum docerem eos diluculo et erudirem et nollent audire ut acciperent disciplinam

33 and they turned their backs to me and not their faces, when I taught them at dawn and instructed them, and they were unwilling to listen so as to receive discipline

34 et posuerunt idola sua in domo in qua invocatum est nomen meum ut polluerent eam

34 and they placed their idols in the house in which my name has been invoked, to defile it

35 et aedificaverunt excelsa Baal quae sunt in valle filii Ennom ut initiarent filios suos et filias suas Moloch quod non mandavi eis nec ascendit in cor meum ut facerent abominationem hanc et in peccatum deducerent Iudam

35 and they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, to initiate their sons and their daughters to Moloch—what I did not command them, nor did it ascend into my heart—that they should do this abomination and lead Judah into sin.

36 et nunc propter ista haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ad civitatem hanc de qua vos dicitis quod tradatur in manu regis Babylonis in gladio et in fame et in peste

36 and now, on account of these things, the Lord God of Israel says concerning this city, about which you say that it will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, by the sword and by famine and by pestilence

37 ecce ego congregabo eos de universis terris ad quas eieci eos in furore meo et in ira mea et in indignatione grandi et reducam eos ad locum istum et habitare eos faciam confidenter

37 behold, I will gather them from all the lands to which I cast them out in my fury and in my wrath and in great indignation, and I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell securely.

38 et erunt mihi in populum et ego ero eis in Deum

38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God

39 et dabo eis cor unum et viam unam ut timeant me universis diebus et bene sit eis et filiis eorum post eos

39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me through all days, and it may be well with them and their sons after them

40 et feriam eis pactum sempiternum et non desinam eis benefacere et timorem meum dabo in corde eorum ut non recedant a me

40 and I will make with them an everlasting covenant and I will not cease from doing good to them and my fear I will give in their heart so that they do not turn away from me

41 et laetabor super eis cum bene eis fecero et plantabo eos in terra ista in veritate in toto corde meo et in tota anima mea

41 And I will rejoice over them when I have done good to them, and I will plant them in this land in truth, with all my heart and with all my soul.

42 quia haec dicit Dominus sicut adduxi super populum istum omne malum hoc grande sic adducam super eos omne bonum quod ego loquor ad eos

42 for thus says the Lord: as I have brought upon this people all this great evil, so I will bring upon them all the good that I speak to them

43 et possidebuntur agri in terra ista de qua vos dicitis quod deserta sit eo quod non remanserit homo et iumentum et data sit in manu Chaldeorum

43 and fields shall be possessed in this land, of which you say that it is deserted because neither man nor beast remains, and it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans

44 agri pecunia ementur et scribentur in libro et inprimetur signum et testis adhibebitur in terra Beniamin et in circuitu Hierusalem in civitatibus Iuda et in civitatibus montanis et in civitatibus campestribus et in civitatibus quae ad austrum sunt quia convertam captivitatem eorum ait Dominus

44 fields will be bought with money, and they will be written in a book, and a seal shall be impressed, and a witness shall be brought in, in the land of Benjamin and around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah and in the mountainous cities and in the lowland cities and in the cities which are toward the south, for I will turn their captivity, says the Lord.

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1 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam secundo cum adhuc clausus esset in atrio carceris dicens

1 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still enclosed in the atrium of the prison, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus qui facturus est Dominus et formaturus illud et paraturus Dominus nomen eius

2 Thus says the Lord, who is going to make, the Lord, and who is going to form it and to prepare it—the Lord is his name

3 clama ad me et exaudiam te et adnuntiabo tibi grandia et firma quae nescis

3 cry out to me and I will hear you, and I will announce to you grand and firm things which you do not know

4 quia haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ad domos urbis huius et ad domos regis Iuda quae destructae sunt et ad munitiones et gladium

4 for thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the king of Judah which have been destroyed, and concerning the fortifications and the sword

5 venientium ut dimicent cum Chaldeis et impleant eas cadaveribus hominum quas percussi in furore meo et in indignatione mea abscondens faciem meam a civitate hac propter omnem malitiam eorum

5 of those who are coming to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the cadavers of men, whom I have struck in my fury and in my indignation, hiding my face from this city because of all their malice.

6 ecce ego obducam ei cicatricem et sanitatem et curabo eos et revelabo illis deprecationem pacis et veritatis

6 behold, I will bring over it cicatrization and health, and I will cure them, and I will reveal to them the deprecation of peace and of truth

7 et convertam conversionem Iuda et conversionem Hierusalem et aedificabo eos sicut a principio

7 and I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Jerusalem, and I will build them as at the beginning

8 et emundabo illos ab omni iniquitate sua in qua peccaverunt mihi et propitius ero cunctis iniquitatibus eorum in quibus deliquerunt mihi et spreverunt me

8 and I will cleanse them from all their iniquity in which they have sinned against me, and I will be propitious to all their iniquities in which they have done wrong against me and have spurned me

9 et erit mihi in nomen et in gaudium et in laudem et in exultationem cunctis gentibus terrae quae audierint omnia bona quae ego facturus sum eis et pavebunt et turbabuntur in universis bonis et in omni pace quam ego faciam ei

9 and it shall be to me for a name and for joy and for laud and for exultation to all the nations of the earth who shall hear all the good things that I am going to do for them; and they shall fear and be troubled at all the good things and in all the peace that I will make for it

10 haec dicit Dominus adhuc audietur in loco isto quem vos dicitis esse desertum eo quod non sit homo et iumentum in civitatibus Iuda et foris Hierusalem quae desolatae sunt absque homine et absque habitatore et absque pecore

10 Thus says the Lord: Again there will be heard in this place, which you say is a desert, because there is no man and no beast of burden, in the cities of Judah and in the squares of Jerusalem, which are desolated, without man and without inhabitant and without cattle,

11 vox gaudii et vox laetitiae vox sponsi et vox sponsae vox dicentium confitemini Domino exercituum quoniam bonus Dominus quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius et portantium vota in domum Domini reducam enim conversionem terrae sicut a principio dicit Dominus

11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying, give thanks to the Lord of Hosts, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is forever, and of those carrying vows (votive offerings) into the house of the Lord; for I will restore the fortunes of the land as at the beginning, says the Lord

12 haec dicit Dominus exercituum adhuc erit in loco isto deserto absque homine et absque iumento et in cunctis civitatibus eius habitaculum pastorum accubantium gregum

12 thus says the Lord of hosts: there shall yet be in this place, desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds, where the flocks lie down.

13 in civitatibus montuosis et in civitatibus campestribus et in civitatibus quae ad austrum sunt et in terra Beniamin et in circuitu Hierusalem et in civitatibus Iuda adhuc transibunt greges ad manum numerantis ait Dominus

13 in the mountainous cities and in the cities of the plains and in the cities that are austral, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the circuit of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hand of the one who numbers, says the Lord.

14 ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et suscitabo verbum bonum quod locutus sum ad domum Israhel et ad domum Iuda

14 behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will raise up the good word which I have spoken to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah

15 in diebus illis et in tempore illo germinare faciam David germen iustitiae et faciet iudicium et iustitiam in terra

15 In those days and at that time I will cause for David a sprout of justice to germinate, and he will do judgment and justice in the land.

16 in diebus illis salvabitur Iuda et Hierusalem habitabit confidenter et hoc est quod vocabit eam Dominus iustus noster

16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell confidently; and this is what he will call her: The Lord Our Just One.

17 quia haec dicit Dominus non interibit de David vir qui sedeat super thronum domus Israhel

17 For thus says the Lord: there shall not be cut off from David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel.

18 et de sacerdotibus et Levitis non interibit vir a facie mea qui offerat holocaustomata et incendat sacrificium et caedat victimas cunctis diebus

18 and of the priests and Levites there shall not be lacking before my face a man to offer holocausts and to burn sacrifice and to slaughter victims all the days

19 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens

19 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying

20 haec dicit Dominus si irritum fieri potest pactum meum cum die et pactum meum cum nocte ut non sit dies et nox in tempore suo

20 thus says the Lord: if my pact with day and my pact with night can be made void, so that day and night are not in their time

21 et pactum meum irritum esse poterit cum David servo meo ut non sit ex eo filius qui regnet in throno eius et Levitae et sacerdotes ministri mei

21 and my covenant could be made void with David my servant, so that there should not be from him a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites and the priests, my ministers

22 sicuti numerari non possunt stellae caeli et metiri harena maris sic multiplicabo semen David servi mei et Levitas ministros meos

22 just as the stars of heaven cannot be numbered and the sand of the sea be measured, so I will multiply the seed of David my servant and the Levites, my ministers

23 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens

23 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying

24 numquid non vidisti quid populus hic locutus sit dicens duae cognationes quas elegerat Dominus abiectae sunt et populum meum despexerunt eo quod non sit ultra gens coram eis

24 Have you not seen what this people has spoken, saying, “The two families which the Lord chose are rejected,” and they have despised my people, because it is no longer a nation before them?

25 haec dicit Dominus si pactum meum inter diem et noctem et leges caelo et terrae non posui

25 thus says the Lord: if I have not set my pact between day and night, and the laws for heaven and earth

26 equidem et semen Iacob et David servi mei proiciam ut non adsumam de semine eius principes seminis Abraham et Isaac et Iacob reducam enim conversionem eorum et miserebor eis

26 indeed I also will cast off the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take from his seed princes over the seed of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob; for I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino quando Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et omnis exercitus eius universaque regna terrae quae erant sub potestate manus eius et omnes populi bellabant contra Hierusalem et contra omnes urbes eius dicens

1 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under the power of his hand, and all the peoples were warring against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel vade et loquere ad Sedeciam regem Iuda et dices ad eum haec dicit Dominus ecce ego tradam civitatem hanc in manu regis Babylonis et succendet eam igni

2 thus says the Lord God of Israel: go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and you shall say to him, Thus says the Lord: behold, I will hand over this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.

3 et tu non effugies de manu eius sed conprehensione capieris et in manu eius traderis et oculi tui oculos regis Babylonis videbunt et os eius cum ore tuo loquetur et Babylonem introibis

3 and you will not escape from his hand, but by apprehension you will be captured, and you will be handed over into his hand, and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with your mouth, and you will enter Babylon

4 attamen audi verbum Domini Sedecia rex Iuda haec dicit Dominus ad te non morieris in gladio

4 nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says the Lord to you, you will not die by the sword

5 sed in pace morieris et secundum conbustiones patrum tuorum regum priorum qui fuerunt ante te sic conburent te et vae domine plangent te quia verbum ego locutus sum dicit Dominus

5 but in peace you shall die, and according to the burnings of your fathers, the prior kings who were before you, so shall they burn for you, and they will lament you, "Alas, lord!", because I have spoken the word, says the Lord.

6 et locutus est Hieremias propheta ad Sedeciam regem Iuda universa verba haec in Hierusalem

6 and Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem

7 et exercitus regis Babylonis pugnabat contra Hierusalem et contra omnes civitates Iuda quae reliquae erant contra Lachis et contra Azeca haec enim supererant de civitatibus Iuda urbes munitae

7 and the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were what remained of the cities of Judah, fortified cities.

8 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino postquam percussit rex Sedecias foedus cum omni populo in Hierusalem praedicans

8 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah struck a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem, proclaiming

9 ut dimitteret unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam hebraeum et hebraeam liberos et nequaquam dominarentur eis id est in Iudaeo et fratre suo

9 that each should release his servant and each his handmaid the Hebraean man and the Hebraean woman free and by no means should they dominate over them that is over a Judean and his brother

10 audierunt ergo omnes principes et universus populus qui inierant pactum ut dimitteret unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam liberos et ultra non dominarentur in eis audierunt igitur et dimiserunt

10 Therefore all the princes and the whole people who had entered into the pact heeded: that each should release his male servant and each his handmaid, free, and that they should no longer domineer over them; they heeded, therefore, and released them.

11 et conversi sunt deinceps et retraxerunt servos et ancillas suas quos dimiserant liberos et subiugaverunt in famulos et in famulas

11 and thereafter they turned back and took back their male and female slaves whom they had set free, and subjugated them as menservants and maidservants

12 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

12 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

13 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ego percussi foedus cum patribus vestris in die qua eduxi eos de terra Aegypti de domo servitutis dicens

13 Thus says the Lord God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers on the day when I led them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude, saying

14 cum conpleti fuerint septem anni dimittat unusquisque fratrem suum hebraeum qui venditus est ei et serviet tibi sex annis et dimittes eum a te liberum et non audierunt patres vestri me nec inclinaverunt aurem suam

14 when seven years have been completed, let each one dismiss his Hebrew brother who has been sold to him, and he shall serve you six years, and you shall release him from you free; and your fathers did not listen to me nor incline their ear.

15 et conversi estis vos hodie et fecistis quod rectum est in oculis meis ut praedicaretis libertatem unusquisque ad amicum suum et inistis pactum in conspectu meo in domo in qua invocatum est nomen meum super eam

15 and you turned yourselves today and did what is right in my eyes, that you should proclaim liberty, each to his friend, and you entered into a pact in my sight in the house upon which my name has been invoked

16 et reversi estis et commaculastis nomen meum et reduxistis unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam quos dimiseratis ut essent liberi et suae potestatis et subiugastis eos ut sint vobis servi et ancillae

16 and you have turned back and have stained my name, and you have brought back each one his male servant and each one his handmaid whom you had dismissed that they might be free and of their own power, and you have subjugated them to be for you servants and handmaids

17 propterea haec dicit Dominus vos non audistis me ut praedicaretis libertatem unusquisque fratri suo et unusquisque amico suo ecce ego praedico libertatem ait Dominus ad gladium et pestem et famem et dabo vos in commotionem cunctis regnis terrae

17 therefore thus says the Lord: you have not listened to me to proclaim liberty, each to his brother and each to his friend; behold, I proclaim liberty, says the Lord, to the sword and to pestilence and to famine, and I will give you for a commotion to all the kingdoms of the earth.

18 et dabo viros qui praevaricantur foedus meum et non observaverunt verba foederis quibus adsensi sunt in conspectu meo vitulum quem ceciderunt in duas partes et transierunt inter divisiones eius

18 and I will give over the men who transgress my covenant and did not observe the words of the covenant to which they assented in my sight—like the calf which they cut into two parts and passed between its divisions

19 principes Iuda et principes Hierusalem eunuchi et sacerdotes et omnis populus terrae qui transierunt inter divisiones vituli

19 the princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the divisions of the calf

20 et dabo eos in manu inimicorum suorum et in manu quaerentium animam eorum et erit morticinum eorum in escam volucribus caeli et bestiis terrae

20 and I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcass will be for food to the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth

21 et Sedeciam regem Iuda et principes eius dabo in manu inimicorum suorum et in manu quaerentium animam eorum et in manu exercituum regis Babylonis qui recesserunt a vobis

21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those seeking their life, and into the hand of the armies of the king of Babylon who have withdrawn from you

22 ecce ego praecipio dicit Dominus et reducam eos in civitatem hanc et proeliabuntur adversum eam et capient eam et incendent igni et civitates Iuda dabo in solitudinem eo quod non sit habitator

22 Behold, I command, says the Lord, and I will bring them back into this city, and they will do battle against it and will capture it and will burn it with fire; and the cities of Judah I will give into desolation, because there is no inhabitant.

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino in diebus Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda dicens

1 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying

2 vade ad domum Rechabitarum et loquere eis et introduces eos in domum Domini in unam exedram thesaurorum et dabis eis bibere vinum

2 go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them, and you shall introduce them into the house of the Lord, into one exedra of the treasuries, and you shall give them to drink wine

3 et adsumpsi Iezoniam filium Hieremiae filii Absaniae et fratres eius et omnes filios eius et universam domum Rechabitarum

3 and I took Iezoniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Absaniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites

4 et introduxi eos in domum Domini ad gazofilacium filiorum Anan filii Hiegedeliae hominis Dei quod erat iuxta gazofilacium principum super thesaurum Maasiae filii Sellum qui erat custos vestibuli

4 and I brought them into the house of the Lord, to the gazophylacium of the sons of Anan, son of Hiegedelias, the man of God, which was next to the gazophylacium of the princes, above the treasury of Maasia, son of Sellum, who was keeper of the vestibule

5 et posui coram filiis domus Rechabitarum scyphos plenos vino et calices et dixi ad eos bibite vinum

5 and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites cups full of wine and chalices, and I said to them: drink wine

6 qui responderunt non bibemus vinum quia Ionadab filius Rechab pater noster praecepit nobis dicens non bibetis vinum vos et filii vestri usque in sempiternum

6 who answered, We will not drink wine, because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall not drink wine, you and your sons, forever.

7 et domum non aedificabitis et sementem non seretis et vineas non plantabitis nec habebitis sed in tabernaculis habitabitis cunctis diebus vestris ut vivatis diebus multis super faciem terrae in qua vos peregrinamini

7 and you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant vineyards nor have them, but you shall dwell in tabernacles all your days, that you may live for many days upon the face of the land in which you are sojourning

8 oboedivimus ergo voci Ionadab filii Rechab patris nostri in omnibus quae praecepit nobis ita ut non biberemus vinum cunctis diebus nostris nos et mulieres nostrae filii et filiae nostrae

8 we have obeyed therefore the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father in all that he commanded us, so that we should not drink wine all our days, we and our wives, our sons and our daughters

9 et non aedificaremus domos ad habitandum et vineam et agrum et sementem non habuimus

9 and that we should not build houses for dwelling, and we have not had vineyard and field and seed

10 sed habitavimus in tabernaculis et oboedientes fecimus iuxta omnia quae praecepit nobis Ionadab pater noster

10 but we have dwelt in tabernacles, and, obedient, we have done according to all that Ionadab our father commanded us

11 cum autem ascendisset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ad terram nostram diximus venite et ingrediamur Hierusalem a facie exercitus Chaldeorum et a facie exercitus Syriae et mansimus in Hierusalem

11 but when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had come up to our land, we said, come, and let us enter Jerusalem before the face of the army of the Chaldeans and before the face of the army of Syria, and we remained in Jerusalem

12 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens

12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying

13 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel vade et dic viris Iuda et habitatoribus Hierusalem numquid non recipietis disciplinam ut oboediatis verbis meis dicit Dominus

13 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive discipline, that you may obey my words? says the Lord.

14 praevaluerunt sermones Ionadab filii Rechab quos praecepit filiis suis ut non biberent vinum et non biberunt usque ad diem hanc quia oboedierunt praecepto patris sui ego autem locutus sum ad vos de mane consurgens et loquens et non oboedistis mihi

14 the words of Jonadab son of Rechab have prevailed, which he commanded to his sons that they should not drink wine, and they have not drunk until this day, because they obeyed the precept of their father; but I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not obeyed me

15 misique ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas consurgens diluculo mittensque et dicens convertimini unusquisque a via sua pessima et bona facite studia vestra et nolite sequi deos alienos neque colatis eos et habitabitis in terra quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris et non inclinastis aurem vestram neque audistis me

15 and I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising at dawn and sending, and saying: Turn back, each one, from his most wicked way, and make your pursuits good, and do not follow alien gods nor worship them, and you shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and to your fathers; and you did not incline your ear nor listen to me.

16 firmaverunt igitur filii Ionadab filii Rechab praeceptum patris sui quod praeceperat eis populus autem iste non oboedivit mihi

16 therefore the sons of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, have confirmed the precept of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not obeyed me

17 idcirco haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego adduco super Iudam et super omnes habitatores Hierusalem universam adflictionem quam locutus sum adversum eos eo quod locutus sum ad illos et non audierunt vocavi illos et non responderunt mihi

17 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I am bringing upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem the whole affliction which I have spoken against them, because I spoke to them and they did not hear; I called to them and they did not answer me

18 domui autem Rechabitarum dixit Hieremias haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel pro eo quod oboedistis praecepto Ionadab patris vestri et custodistis omnia mandata eius et fecistis universa quae praecepit vobis

18 but to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, because you have obeyed the precept of Jonadab your father and have kept all his mandates and have done all that he commanded you

19 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel non deficiet vir de stirpe Ionadab filii Rechab stans in conspectu meo cunctis diebus

19 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: there shall not fail a man from the stock of Jonadab son of Rechab, standing in my sight all the days.

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1 et factum est in anno quarto Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda factum est verbum hoc ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1 and it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying

2 tolle volumen libri et scribes in eo omnia verba quae locutus sum tibi adversum Israhel et Iudam et adversum omnes gentes a die qua locutus sum ad te ex diebus Iosiae usque ad diem hanc

2 take the volume of the book and you shall write in it all the words which I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and against all the nations, from the day on which I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah up to this day

3 si forte audiente domo Iuda universa mala quae ego cogito facere eis revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima et propitius ero iniquitati et peccato eorum

3 if perhaps, with the house of Judah hearing all the evils which I purpose to do to them, each one may return from his most wicked way, and I will be propitious to their iniquity and their sin

4 vocavit ergo Hieremias Baruch filium Neriae et scripsit Baruch ex ore Hieremiae omnes sermones Domini quos locutus est ad eum in volumine libri

4 therefore Jeremiah called Baruch, son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from Jeremiah’s mouth all the words of the Lord which he spoke to him, in the volume of a book

5 et praecepit Hieremias Baruch dicens ego clausus sum nec valeo ingredi domum Domini

5 and Jeremiah instructed Baruch, saying, I am shut up and am not able to enter the house of the Lord

6 ingredere ergo tu et lege de volumine in quo scripsisti ex ore meo verba Domini audiente populo in domo Domini in die ieiunii insuper et audiente universo Iuda qui veniunt de civitatibus suis leges eis

6 therefore do you enter and read from the volume in which you wrote from my mouth the words of the Lord, with the people hearing, in the house of the Lord on the day of fasting; moreover, with all Judah listening, who come from their cities, you shall read to them

7 si forte cadat oratio eorum in conspectu Domini et revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima quoniam magnus furor et indignatio quam locutus est Dominus adversum populum hunc

7 if perhaps their prayer may fall in the sight of the Lord, and each one may turn back from his most wicked way, since great is the fury and indignation which the Lord has spoken against this people

8 et fecit Baruch filius Neriae iuxta omnia quae praeceperat ei Hieremias propheta legens ex volumine sermones Domini in domo Domini

8 and Baruch son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him, reading from the volume the words of the Lord in the house of the Lord

9 factum est autem in anno quinto Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda in mense nono praedicaverunt ieiunium in conspectu Domini omni populo in Hierusalem et universae multitudini quae confluxerat de civitatibus Iuda in Hierusalem

9 now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast in the sight of the Lord for all the people in Jerusalem, and for the whole multitude that had converged from the cities of Judah into Jerusalem

10 legitque Baruch ex volumine sermones Hieremiae in domo Domini in gazofilacio Gamariae filii Saphan scribae in vestibulo superiori in introitu portae novae domus Domini audiente omni populo

10 And Baruch read from the volume the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the treasury-chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper vestibule, at the entrance of the New Gate of the house of the Lord, with all the people listening.

11 cumque audisset Micheas filius Gamariae filii Saphan omnes sermones Domini ex libro

11 and when Micah, son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the Lord from the book

12 descendit in domum regis ad gazofilacium scribae et ecce ibi omnes principes sedebant Elisama scriba et Dalaias filius Semeiae et Elnathan filius Achobor et Gamarias filius Saphan et Sedecias filius Ananiae et universi principes

12 he went down to the house of the king to the chamber of the scribe, and behold, there all the princes were sitting—Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes

13 et nuntiavit eis Micheas omnia verba quae audivit legente Baruch ex volumine in auribus populi

13 and Micheas announced to them all the words that he had heard, Baruch reading from the volume in the ears of the people

14 miserunt itaque omnes principes ad Baruch Iudi filium Nathaniae filii Selemiae filii Chusi dicentes volumen ex quo legisti audiente populo sume in manu tua et veni tulit ergo Baruch filius Neriae volumen in manu sua et venit ad eos

14 therefore all the princes sent to Baruch Jehudi, son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, take the volume from which you read with the people listening into your hand and come; so Baruch son of Neriah took the volume in his hand and came to them

15 et dixerunt ad eum sede et lege haec in auribus nostris et legit Baruch in auribus eorum

15 and they said to him, sit and read these things in our ears; and Baruch read in their ears

16 igitur cum audissent omnia verba obstipuerunt unusquisque ad proximum suum et dixerunt ad Baruch nuntiare debemus regi omnes sermones istos

16 therefore, when they had heard all the words, they were astonished, each to his neighbor, and they said to Baruch: we must announce to the king all these words.

17 et interrogaverunt eum dicentes indica nobis quomodo scripsisti omnes sermones istos ex ore eius

17 and they questioned him, saying, make known to us how you wrote all these words from his mouth

18 dixit autem eis Baruch ex ore suo loquebatur quasi legens ad me omnes sermones istos et ego scribebam in volumine atramento

18 But Baruch said to them: he was speaking from his own mouth, as if reading to me, all these words, and I was writing in the volume with ink.

19 et dixerunt principes ad Baruch vade et abscondere tu et Hieremias et nemo sciat ubi sitis

19 and the princes said to Baruch, go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.

20 et ingressi sunt ad regem in atrium porro volumen commendaverunt in gazofilacio Elisamae scribae et nuntiaverunt audiente rege omnes sermones

20 and they entered to the king into the atrium; moreover they deposited the volume in the gazophylacium of Elishama the scribe, and they announced, with the king listening, all the words

21 misitque rex Iudi ut sumeret volumen qui tollens illud de gazofilacio Elisamae scribae legit audiente rege et universis principibus qui stabant circa regem

21 and the king sent Iudi to take the volume; who, taking it from the treasury of Elishama the scribe, read it in the hearing of the king and all the princes who were standing around the king

22 rex autem sedebat in domo hiemali in mense nono et posita erat arula coram eo plena prunis

22 but the king was sitting in the winter house, in the ninth month, and a little brazier was set before him, full of coals

23 cumque legisset Iudi tres pagellas vel quattuor scidit illud scalpello scribae et proiecit in igne qui erat super arulam donec consumeretur omne volumen igni qui erat in arula

23 and when Jehudi had read three little pages or four, he cut it with the scribe’s penknife and cast it into the fire that was upon the brazier, until the whole volume was consumed by the fire that was on the brazier

24 et non timuerunt neque sciderunt vestimenta sua rex et omnes servi eius qui audierunt universos sermones istos

24 and they did not fear nor did they rend their garments, the king and all his servants who heard all these words

25 verumtamen Elnathan et Dalaias et Gamarias contradixerunt regi ne conbureret librum et non audivit eos

25 nevertheless Elnathan and Dalaiah and Gemariah contradicted the king that he not burn the book, and he did not listen to them

26 et praecepit rex Hieremahel filio Ammelech et Saraiae filio Ezrihel et Selemiae filio Abdehel ut conprehenderent Baruch scribam et Hieremiam prophetam abscondit autem eos Dominus

26 and the king commanded Hieremahel son of Ammelech and Seraiah son of Ezrihel and Selemiah son of Abdeel to apprehend Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them

27 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam postquam conbuserat rex volumen et sermones quos scripserat Baruch ex ore Hieremiae dicens

27 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the volume and the words which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying

28 rursum tolle volumen aliud et scribe in eo omnes sermones priores qui erant in volumine primo quod conbusit Ioachim rex Iuda

28 again take another volume and write in it all the former discourses which were in the first volume which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned

29 et ad Ioachim regem Iuda dices haec dicit Dominus tu conbusisti volumen illud dicens quare scripsisti in eo adnuntians festinus veniet rex Babylonis et vastabit terram hanc et cessare faciet ex illa hominem et iumentum

29 and to Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say: thus says the Lord: you have burned that volume, saying, “Why did you write in it, announcing: ‘swiftly the king of Babylon will come and he will devastate this land, and he will cause from it to cease man and beast’?”

30 propterea haec dicit Dominus contra Ioachim regem Iuda non erit ex eo qui sedeat super solium David et cadaver eius proicietur ad aestum per diem et ad gelu per noctem

30 therefore thus says the Lord against Jehoiakim, king of Judah: there shall not be from him one who sits upon the throne of David, and his corpse shall be cast forth to the heat by day and to the frost by night

31 et visitabo contra eum et contra semen eius et contra servos eius iniquitates suas et adducam super eos et super habitatores Hierusalem et super viros Iuda omne malum quod locutus sum ad eos et non audierunt

31 and I will visit upon him and upon his seed and upon his servants their iniquities, and I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the men of Judah all the evil which I have spoken to them, and they did not listen.

32 Hieremias autem tulit volumen aliud et dedit illud Baruch filio Neriae scribae qui scripsit in eo ex ore Hieremiae omnes sermones libri quem conbuserat Ioachim rex Iuda igni et insuper additi sunt sermones multo plures quam ante fuerant

32 But Jeremiah took another volume and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, had burned in the fire; and moreover words were added, many more than had been before.

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1 et regnavit rex Sedecias filius Iosiae pro Iechonia filio Ioachim quem constituit regem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in terra Iuda

1 and King Zedekiah, son of Josiah, reigned in place of Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed as king in the land of Judah

2 et non oboedivit ipse et servi eius et populus terrae verbis Domini quae locutus est in manu Hieremiae prophetae

2 and he himself, and his servants, and the people of the land, did not obey the words of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet

3 et misit rex Sedecias Iuchal filium Selemiae et Sophoniam filium Maasiae sacerdotem ad Hieremiam prophetam dicens ora pro nobis Dominum Deum nostrum

3 and King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, pray for us to the Lord our God

4 Hieremias autem libere ambulabat in medio populi non enim miserant eum in custodiam carceris igitur exercitus Pharao egressus est Aegyptum et audientes Chaldei qui obsidebant Hierusalem huiuscemodi nuntium recesserunt ab Hierusalem

4 But Jeremiah was walking freely in the midst of the people, for they had not sent him into the custody of the prison. Therefore the army of Pharaoh went out from Egypt, and the Chaldaeans who were besieging Jerusalem, hearing a message of this kind, withdrew from Jerusalem.

5 et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam dicens

5 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying

6 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel sic dicetis regi Iuda qui misit vos ad me ad interrogandum ecce exercitus Pharaonis qui egressus est vobis in auxilium revertetur in terram suam in Aegyptum

6 Thus says the Lord God of Israel: thus you shall say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire: Behold, the army of Pharaoh, which has gone out for you as help, will return to its own land, to Egypt.

7 et redient Chaldei et bellabunt contra civitatem hanc et capient eam et incendent igni

7 and the Chaldeans will return and wage war against this city, and they will seize it and burn it with fire

8 haec dicit Dominus nolite decipere animas vestras dicentes euntes abibunt et recedent a nobis Chaldei quia non abibunt

8 thus says the Lord: do not deceive your souls, saying, “Going, they will go, and the Chaldeans will withdraw from us,” for they will not go.

9 sed et si percusseritis omnem exercitum Chaldeorum qui proeliantur adversum vos et derelicti fuerint ex eis aliqui vulnerati singuli de tentorio suo consurgent et incendent civitatem hanc igni

9 but even if you strike down the whole army of the Chaldeans who are battling against you, and there should remain of them some wounded men, each one will rise from his own tent and will burn this city with fire

10 ergo cum recessisset exercitus Chaldeorum ab Hierusalem propter exercitum Pharaonis

10 therefore, when the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army

11 egressus est Hieremias de Hierusalem ut iret in terram Beniamin et divideret ibi possessionem in conspectu civium

11 Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin and there to divide a possession in the sight of the citizens

12 cumque pervenisset ad portam Beniamin erat ibi custos portae per vices nomine Hierias filius Selemiae filii Ananiae et adprehendit Hieremiam prophetam dicens ad Chaldeos profugis

12 and when he had come to the Benjamin Gate, there was there a custodian of the gate by turns named Irijah, son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, and he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans."

13 et respondit Hieremias falsum est non fugio ad Chaldeos et non audivit eum sed conprehendit Hierias Hieremiam et adduxit eum ad principes

13 and Jeremiah answered, it is false; I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans. but he did not listen to him; rather, Hierias seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

14 quam ob rem irati principes contra Hieremiam caesum eum miserunt in carcerem qui erat in domo Ionathan scribae ipse enim praepositus erat super carcerem

14 wherefore the princes, irate against Jeremiah, having beaten him, sent him into the prison which was in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for he himself was the prefect over the prison.

15 itaque ingressus est Hieremias in domum laci et in ergastula et sedit ibi Hieremias diebus multis

15 and so Jeremiah entered into the house of the pit and into the dungeons, and Jeremiah sat there for many days

16 mittens autem rex Sedecias tulit eum et interrogavit in domo sua abscondite et dixit putasne est sermo a Domino et dixit Hieremias est et ait in manu regis Babylonis traderis

16 But King Zedekiah sent and took him, and questioned him in his house secretly, and said, Do you think there is a word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is; and he said, Into the hand of the king of Babylon you will be delivered.

17 et dixit Hieremias ad regem Sedeciam quid peccavi tibi et servis tuis et populo tuo quia misisti me in domum carceris

17 And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What have I sinned against you and your servants and your people, that you have sent me into the house of the prison?

18 ubi sunt prophetae vestri qui prophetabant vobis et dicebant non veniet rex Babylonis super vos et super terram hanc

18 where are your prophets who were prophesying to you and saying, “The king of Babylon will not come upon you and upon this land”?

19 nunc ergo audi obsecro domine mi rex valeat deprecatio mea in conspectu tuo et ne me remittas in domum Ionathan scribae ne moriar ibi

19 now therefore hear, I beseech, my lord the king: let my supplication prevail in your sight, and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there

20 praecepit ergo rex Sedecias ut traderetur Hieremias in vestibulo carceris et daretur ei torta panis cotidie excepto pulmento donec consumerentur omnes panes de civitate et mansit Hieremias in vestibulo carceris

20 therefore King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah be consigned in the vestibule of the prison, and that a cake of bread be given to him daily, the pottage excepted, until all the loaves of the city were consumed; and Jeremiah remained in the vestibule of the prison.

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1 audivit autem Saphatias filius Matthan et Gedelias filius Phassur et Iuchal filius Selemiae et Phassur filius Melchiae sermones quos Hieremias loquebatur ad omnem populum dicens

1 and Saphatias son of Matthan, and Gedelias son of Phassur, and Iuchal son of Selemias, and Phassur son of Melchias, heard the words which Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus quicumque manserit in civitate hac morietur gladio et fame et peste qui autem profugerit ad Chaldeos vivet et erit anima eius sospes et vivens

2 thus says the Lord: whoever remains in this city shall die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but whoever flees to the Chaldeans shall live, and his soul shall be safe and alive.

3 haec dicit Dominus tradenda tradetur civitas haec in manu exercitus regis Babylonis et capiet eam

3 thus says the Lord: this city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will seize it

4 et dixerunt principes regi rogamus ut occidatur homo iste de industria enim dissolvit manus virorum bellantium qui remanserunt in civitate hac et manus universi populi loquens ad eos iuxta verba haec siquidem homo hic non quaerit pacem populi huius sed malum

4 and the princes said to the king, we beg that this man be killed; for he is deliberately dissolving the hands of the men warring who have remained in this city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words; indeed this man does not seek the peace of this people, but the evil.

5 et dixit rex Sedecias ecce ipse in manibus vestris est nec enim fas est regem vobis quicquam negare

5 And King Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hands; for indeed it is not lawful for the king to deny you anything.

6 tulerunt ergo Hieremiam et proiecerunt eum in lacu Melchiae filii Ammelech qui erat in vestibulo carceris et submiserunt Hieremiam in funibus et in lacum non erat aqua sed lutum descendit itaque Hieremias in caenum

6 they therefore took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the son of the king, which was in the vestibule of the prison; and they lowered Jeremiah with ropes, and in the cistern there was no water but mud; thus Jeremiah sank into the mire.

7 audivit autem Abdemelech Aethiops vir eunuchus qui erat in domo regis quod misissent Hieremiam in lacum porro rex sedebat in porta Beniamin

7 but Abdemelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch man who was in the house of the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern; moreover the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin

8 et egressus est Abdemelech de domo regis et locutus est ad regem dicens

8 And Abdemelech went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying

9 domine mi rex malefecerunt viri isti omnia quaecumque perpetrarunt contra Hieremiam prophetam mittentes eum in lacum ut moriatur ibi fame non sunt enim panes ultra in civitate

9 my lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have perpetrated against Jeremiah the prophet, sending him into the cistern, that he may die there of famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

10 praecepit itaque rex Abdemelech Aethiopi dicens tolle tecum hinc triginta viros et leva Hieremiam prophetam de lacu antequam moriatur

10 therefore the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, take with you from here thirty men and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies

11 adsumptis ergo Abdemelech secum viris ingressus est domum regis quae erat sub cellario et tulit inde veteres pannos et antiqua quae conputruerant et submisit ea ad Hieremiam in lacum per funiculos

11 therefore, Abdemelech, having taken men with him, entered the house of the king which was under the treasury, and from there he took old rags and ancient things which had rotted, and lowered them down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes

12 dixitque Abdemelech Aethiops ad Hieremiam pone veteres pannos et haec scissa et putrida sub cubitu manuum tuarum et subter funes fecit ergo Hieremias sic

12 and Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, put the old cloths and these torn and putrid ones under the armholes of your arms and beneath the ropes; therefore Jeremiah did so

13 et extraxerunt Hieremiam funibus et eduxerunt eum de lacu mansit autem Hieremias in vestibulo carceris

13 and they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and brought him out of the cistern; however, Jeremiah remained in the vestibule of the prison.

14 et misit rex Sedecias et tulit ad se Hieremiam prophetam ad ostium tertium quod erat in domo Domini et dixit rex ad Hieremiam interrogo ego te sermonem ne abscondas a me aliquid

14 and King Zedekiah sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself, to the third entrance which was in the house of the Lord, and the king said to Jeremiah, I am asking you for a word; do not hide anything from me.

15 dixit autem Hieremias ad Sedeciam si adnuntiavero tibi numquid non interficies me et si consilium tibi dedero non me audies

15 But Jeremiah said to Zedekiah: If I announce it to you, will you not kill me? and if I give counsel to you, you will not listen to me.

16 iuravit ergo rex Sedecias Hieremiae clam dicens vivit Dominus qui fecit nobis animam hanc si occidero te et si tradidero te in manu virorum istorum qui quaerunt animam tuam

16 therefore King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah secretly, saying, as the Lord lives, who made for us this soul, I will not kill you, and I will not deliver you into the hand of those men who seek your life

17 et dixit Hieremias ad Sedeciam haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel si profectus exieris ad principes regis Babylonis vivet anima tua et civitas haec non succendetur igni et salvus eris tu et domus tua

17 and Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: if you go forth to the princes of the king of Babylon, your soul will live, and this city will not be kindled with fire, and you and your house will be saved.

18 si autem non exieris ad principes regis Babylonis tradetur civitas haec in manu Chaldeorum et succendent eam igni et tu non effugies de manu eorum

18 but if you do not go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, this city will be delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will set it on fire, and you will not escape from their hand

19 et dixit rex Sedecias ad Hieremiam sollicitus sum propter Iudaeos qui transfugerunt ad Chaldeos ne forte tradar in manus eorum et inludant mihi

19 and king Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am anxious on account of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest perhaps I be delivered into their hands and they deride me

20 respondit autem Hieremias non te tradent audi quaeso vocem Domini quam ego loquor ad te et bene tibi erit et vivet anima tua

20 Jeremiah, however, responded: they will not hand you over; hear, I pray, the voice of the Lord which I speak to you, and it will be well for you, and your soul will live

21 quod si nolueris egredi iste est sermo quem ostendit mihi Dominus

21 but if you are unwilling to go out, this is the word which the Lord has shown me

22 ecce omnes mulieres quae remanserunt in domo regis Iuda educentur ad principes regis Babylonis et ipsae dicent seduxerunt te et praevaluerunt adversum te viri pacifici tui demerserunt in caeno et lubrico pedes tuos et recesserunt a te

22 behold, all the women who have remained in the house of the king of Judah shall be led out to the princes of the king of Babylon, and they themselves will say: your men of peace have seduced you and have prevailed against you; they have sunk your feet in the mire and in the slippery place, and they have withdrawn from you

23 et omnes uxores tuae et filii tui educentur ad Chaldeos et non effugies manus eorum sed in manu regis Babylonis capieris et civitatem hanc conburet igni

23 and all your wives and your sons will be led out to the Chaldeans, and you will not escape from their hand, but into the hand of the king of Babylon you will be taken, and he will burn this city with fire

24 dixit ergo Sedecias ad Hieremiam nullus sciat verba haec et non morieris

24 therefore Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, let no one know these words, and you will not die.

25 si autem audierint principes quia locutus sum tecum et venerint ad te et dixerint tibi indica nobis quid locutus sis cum rege ne celes nos et non te interficiemus et quid locutus est tecum rex

25 but if the princes hear that I have spoken with you, and they come to you and say to you, indicate to us what you have spoken with the king; do not conceal it from us, and we will not kill you; and what the king has spoken with you

26 dices ad eos prostravi ego preces meas coram rege ne me reduci iuberet in domum Ionathan et ibi morerer

26 you shall say to them: I prostrated my prayers before the king, that he would not order me to be brought back into the house of Jonathan, lest I should die there

27 venerunt ergo omnes principes ad Hieremiam et interrogaverunt eum et locutus est eis iuxta omnia verba quae praeceperat ei rex et cessaverunt ab eo nihil enim fuerat auditum

27 therefore all the princes came to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he spoke to them according to all the words which the king had commanded him, and they desisted from him, for nothing had been heard.

28 mansit vero Hieremias in vestibulo carceris usque ad diem quo capta est Hierusalem et factum est ut caperetur Hierusalem

28 however Jeremiah remained in the vestibule of the prison until the day when Jerusalem was captured; and it came to pass that Jerusalem was captured.

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1 anno nono Sedeciae regis Iuda mense decimo venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et omnis exercitus eius ad Hierusalem et obsidebant eam

1 in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah in the tenth month Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came and all his army to Jerusalem and they were besieging it

2 undecimo autem anno Sedeciae mense quarto quinta mensis aperta est civitas

2 but in the 11th year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, the city was breached.

3 et ingressi sunt omnes principes regis Babylonis et sederunt in porta media Neregel Sereser Semegar Nabu Sarsachim Rabsares Neregel Sereser Rebmag et omnes reliqui principes regis Babylonis

3 and all the princes of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the middle gate, Neregel Sereser, Semegar Nabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel Sereser, Rebmag, and all the remaining princes of the king of Babylon

4 cumque vidisset eos Sedecias rex Iuda et omnes viri bellatores fugerunt et egressi sunt nocte de civitate per viam horti regis et per portam quae erat inter duos muros et egressi sunt ad viam deserti

4 and when Zedekiah, king of Judah, saw them, he and all the men of war fled, and they went out by night from the city by the way of the king’s garden and through the gate which was between the two walls, and they went out to the way of the desert

5 persecutus est autem eos exercitus Chaldeorum et conprehenderunt Sedeciam in campo solitudinis hiericuntinae et captum adduxerunt ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Reblatha quae est in terra Emath et locutus est ad eum iudicia

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and they seized Zedekiah in the plain of the wilderness of Jericho, and, having captured him, they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgments upon him.

6 et occidit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciae in Reblatha in oculis eius et omnes nobiles Iuda occidit rex Babylonis

6 and the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah

7 oculos quoque Sedeciae eruit et vinxit eum conpedibus ut duceretur in Babylonem

7 he also gouged out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with fetters, that he might be led to Babylon.

8 domum quoque regis et domum vulgi succenderunt Chaldei igni et murum Hierusalem subverterunt

8 The Chaldeans also set the house of the king and the house of the common people on fire, and they overthrew the wall of Jerusalem.

9 et reliquias populi quae remanserunt in civitate et perfugas qui transfugerant ad eum et superfluos vulgi qui remanserant transtulit Nabuzardan magister militum in Babylonem

9 and the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, and the fugitives who had defected to him, and the surplus of the common people who had remained—Nebuzaradan, the master of the soldiery, transferred to Babylon

10 et de plebe pauperum qui nihil penitus habebant dimisit Nabuzardan magister militum in terra Iuda et dedit eis vineas et cisternas in die illa

10 and of the plebs of the poor who had nothing at all, Nabuzardan, master of the soldiers, dismissed them in the land of Judah, and he gave to them vineyards and cisterns on that day

11 praeceperat autem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Hieremia Nabuzardan magistro militiae dicens

11 moreover Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had commanded concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the master of the soldiery, saying

12 tolle illum et pone super eum oculos tuos nihilque ei mali facias sed ut voluerit sic facies ei

12 take him and set your eyes upon him, and do him no harm; but as he wishes, so you shall do for him

13 misit ergo Nabuzardan princeps militiae et Nabu et Sesban et Rabsares et Neregel et Sereser et Rebmag et omnes optimates regis Babylonis

13 therefore Nabuzardan, the commander of the army, sent, and Nabu and Sesban and Rabsares and Neregel and Sereser and Rebmag, and all the nobles of the king of Babylon

14 miserunt et tulerunt Hieremiam de vestibulo carceris et tradiderunt eum Godoliae filio Ahicam filii Saphan ut intraret domum et habitaret in populo

14 they sent and took Jeremiah from the vestibule of the prison and handed him over to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he might enter the house and dwell among the people

15 ad Hieremiam autem factus fuerat sermo Domini cum clausus esset in vestibulo carceris dicens

15 now the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the vestibule of the prison, saying

16 vade et dic Abdemelech Aethiopi dicens haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego inducam sermones meos super civitatem hanc in malum et non in bonum et erunt in conspectu tuo in die illa

16 go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying: thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil and not for good, and they shall be before your sight on that day

17 et liberabo te in die illa ait Dominus et non traderis in manus virorum quos tu formidas

17 and I will liberate you on that day says the Lord and you will not be handed over into the hands of the men whom you dread

18 sed eruens liberabo te et gladio non cades sed erit tibi anima tua in salutem quia in me habuisti fiduciam ait Dominus

18 but rescuing I will liberate you, and by the sword you will not fall; but your soul will be to you for salvation, because in me you have had confidence, says the Lord

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1 sermo qui factus est ad Hieremiam a Domino postquam dimissus est a Nabuzardan magistro militiae de Rama quando tulit eum vinctum catenis in medio omnium qui migrabant de Hierusalem et Iuda et ducebantur in Babylonem

1 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after he was released by Nebuzaradan, the master of the militia, from Ramah, when he had taken him bound with chains in the midst of all who were migrating from Jerusalem and Judah and were being led into Babylon

2 tollens ergo princeps militiae Hieremiam dixit ad eum Dominus Deus tuus locutus est malum hoc super locum istum

2 then, taking Jeremiah, the chief of the militia said to him: The Lord your God has spoken this evil upon this place

3 et adduxit et fecit Dominus sicut locutus est quia peccastis Domino et non audistis vocem eius et factus est vobis sermo hic

3 and the Lord has brought and has done as he spoke, because you have sinned against the Lord and did not listen to his voice, and this word has come upon you

4 nunc ergo ecce solvi te hodie de catenis quae sunt in manibus tuis si placet tibi ut venias mecum in Babylonem veni et ponam oculos meos super te si autem displicet tibi venire mecum in Babylonem reside ecce omnis terra in conspectu tuo quod elegeris et quo placuerit tibi ut vadas illuc perge

4 now therefore, behold, I have loosed you today from the chains which are on your hands; if it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will set my eyes upon you; but if it displeases you to come with me to Babylon, remain; behold, all the land is in your sight: what you shall have chosen, and whither it shall have pleased you to go, go there.

5 et mecum noli venire sed habita apud Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan quem praeposuit rex Babylonis civitatibus Iudaeae habita ergo cum eo in medio populi vel quocumque placuerit tibi ut vadas vade dedit quoque ei magister militiae cibaria et munuscula et dimisit eum

5 and do not come with me, but dwell with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed over the cities of Judea; therefore dwell with him in the midst of the people, or wherever it pleases you to go, go. The master of the militia also gave him provisions and little gifts and dismissed him.

6 venit autem Hieremias ad Godoliam filium Ahicam in Masphat et habitavit cum eo in medio populi qui relictus fuerat in terra

6 Then Jeremiah came to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and dwelt with him in the midst of the people who had been left in the land

7 cum ergo audissent omnes principes exercitus qui dispersi fuerant per regiones ipsi et socii eorum quod praefecisset rex Babylonis Godoliam filium Ahicam terrae et quod commendasset ei viros et mulieres et parvulos et de pauperibus terrae qui non fuerant translati in Babylonem

7 when therefore all the princes of the army who had been dispersed through the regions, they themselves and their associates, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land, and that he had committed to him the men and the women and the little ones, and some of the poor of the land who had not been transported into Babylon

8 venerunt ad Godoliam in Masphat et Ismahel filius Nathaniae et Iohanan et Ionathan filii Caree et Sareas filius Thenoemeth et filii Offi qui erat de Nethophathi et Iezonias filius Maachathi ipsi et viri eorum

8 they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—namely Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan, sons of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Offi (Ephai), who were Netophathites, and Jezaniah son of a Maachathite—they and their men.

9 et iuravit eis Godolias filius Ahicam filii Saphan et comitibus eorum dicens nolite timere servire Chaldeis habitate in terra et servite regi Babylonis et bene erit vobis

9 and Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan swore to them and to their companions saying do not fear to serve the Chaldeans dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon and it will be well with you

10 ecce ego habito in Masphat ut respondeam praecepto Chaldeorum qui mittuntur ad nos vos autem colligite vindemiam et messem et oleum et condite in vasis vestris et manete in urbibus vestris quas tenetis

10 behold, I dwell in Masphat to answer to the precept of the Chaldeans who are sent to us; but you, gather the vintage and the harvest and the oil, and store it in your vessels, and remain in your cities which you hold

11 sed et omnes Iudaei qui erant in Moab et in filiis Ammon et in Idumea et in universis regionibus audito quod dedisset rex Babylonis reliquias in Iudaeam et quod praeposuisset super eos Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan

11 but also all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the sons of Ammon, and in Idumea, and in all the regions, having heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan,

12 reversi sunt inquam omnes Iudaei de universis locis ad quae profugerant et venerunt in terram Iuda ad Godoliam in Masphat et collegerunt vinum et messem multam nimis

12 returned, I say, all the Jews from all the places to which they had fled, and they came into the land of Judah to Godoliah in Masphat, and they collected wine and a harvest exceedingly abundant.

13 Iohanan autem filius Caree et omnes principes exercitus qui dispersi erant in regionibus venerunt ad Godoliam in Masphat

13 But Johanan, son of Kareah, and all the captains of the army who had been dispersed in the regions came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

14 et dixerunt ei scito quia Baalis rex filiorum Ammon misit Ismahel filium Nathaniae percutere animam tuam et non credidit eis Godolias filius Ahicam

14 and they said to him, Know that Baalis, king of the sons of Ammon, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you; and Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

15 Iohanan vero filius Caree dixit ad Godoliam seorsum in Masphat loquens ibo et percutiam Ismahel filium Nathaniae nullo sciente ne interficiat animam tuam et dissipentur omnes Iudaei qui congregati sunt ad te et peribunt reliquiae Iuda

15 But Iohanan, the son of Caree, said to Godolias, speaking apart in Masphat: I will go and strike down Ismahel the son of Nathania, with no one knowing, lest he kill your life and all the Jews who have been gathered to you be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish.

16 et ait Godolias filius Ahicam ad Iohanan filium Caree noli facere verbum hoc falsum enim tu loqueris de Ismahel

16 and Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, Do not do this thing; for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael.

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1 et factum est in mense septimo venit Ismahel filius Nathaniae filii Elisama de semine regali et optimates regis et decem viri cum eo ad Godoliam filium Ahicam in Masphat et comederunt ibi panes simul in Masphat

1 and it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and the king’s nobles, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah son of Ahikam in Mizpah, and they ate bread there together in Mizpah

2 surrexit autem Ismahel filius Nathaniae et decem viri qui erant cum eo et percusserunt Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan gladio et interfecerunt eum quem praefecerat rex Babylonis terrae

2 then Ishmael son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and they killed him, whom the king of Babylon had set over the land

3 omnes quoque Iudaeos qui erant cum Godolia in Masphat et Chaldeos qui repperti sunt ibi et viros bellatores percussit Ismahel

3 and all the Jews who were with Godolia in Masphat, and the Chaldeans who were found there, and the men of war, Ismahel struck down

4 secundo autem die postquam occiderat Godoliam nullo adhuc sciente

4 but on the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, with no one yet knowing

5 venerunt viri de Sychem et de Silo et de Samaria octoginta viri rasi barbam et scissis vestibus et squalentes munera et tus habebant in manu ut offerrent in domo Domini

5 there came men from Shechem and from Shiloh and from Samaria, eighty men, with their beards shaved and garments rent and squalid; they had gifts and incense in hand to offer in the house of the Lord

6 egressus ergo Ismahel filius Nathaniae in occursum eorum de Masphat incedens et plorans ibat cum autem occurrisset eis dixit ad eos venite ad Godoliam filium Ahicam

6 therefore Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah to meet them, proceeding and weeping as he went; and when he had met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam

7 qui cum venissent ad medium civitatis interfecit eos Ismahel filius Nathaniae circa medium laci ipse et viri qui erant cum eo

7 and when they had come to the middle of the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah slew them near the middle of the cistern, he and the men who were with him

8 decem autem viri repperti sunt inter eos qui dixerunt ad Ismahel noli occidere nos quia habemus thesauros in agro frumenti et hordei et olei et mellis et cessavit et non interfecit eos cum fratribus suis

8 But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, Do not kill us, because we have treasures in the field, of wheat and barley and oil and honey, and he desisted and did not kill them along with their brothers.

9 lacus autem in quem proiecerat Ismahel omnia cadavera virorum quos percussit propter Godoliam ipse est quem fecit rex Asa propter Baasa regem Israhel ipsum replevit Ismahel filius Nathaniae occisis

9 now the pit into which Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men whom he struck down on account of Gedaliah—this is the one which King Asa made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel—the same one Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled with the slain

10 et captivas duxit Ismahel omnes reliquias populi qui erant in Masphat filias regis et universum populum qui remanserat in Masphat quos commendarat Nabuzardan princeps militiae Godoliae filio Ahicam et cepit eos Ismahel filius Nathaniae et abiit ut transiret ad filios Ammon

10 and Ishmael led away captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters, and all the people who had remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the prince of the militia (captain of the guard), had entrusted to Gedaliah son of Ahikam; and Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them and went away to cross over to the sons of Ammon.

11 audivit autem Iohanan filius Caree et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo omne malum quod fecerat Ismahel filius Nathaniae

11 But Johanan son of Kareah, and all the chiefs of the warriors who were with him, heard all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done.

12 et adsumptis universis viris profecti sunt ut bellarent adversum Ismahel filium Nathaniae et invenerunt eum ad aquas Multas quae sunt in Gabaon

12 and, taking all the men, they set out to war against Ismahel the son of Nathaniae, and they found him at the Many Waters which are in Gabaon

13 cumque vidisset omnis populus qui erat cum Ismahel Iohanan filium Caree et universos principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo laetati sunt

13 and when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the princes of the warriors who were with him, they rejoiced

14 et reversus est omnis populus quem ceperat Ismahel in Masphat reversusque abiit ad Iohanan filium Caree

14 and all the people whom Ishmael had seized at Mizpah returned, and, turning back, they went to Johanan son of Kareah

15 Ismahel autem filius Nathaniae fugit cum octo viris a facie Iohanan et abiit ad filios Ammon

15 But Ismahel, the son of Nathaniah, fled with eight men from before Iohanan and went to the sons of Ammon.

16 tulit ergo Iohanan filius Caree et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo universas reliquias vulgi quas reduxerat ab Ismahel filio Nathaniae de Masphat postquam percussit Godoliam filium Ahicam fortes viros ad proelium et mulieres et pueros et eunuchos quos reduxerat de Gabaon

16 then Iohanan the son of Caree, and all the princes of the warriors who were with him, took the whole remnant of the populace which he had brought back from Ismahel the son of Nathaniae from Masphat, after he had struck down Godoliam the son of Ahicam—the strong men for battle, and the women and the children and the eunuchs—whom he had brought back from Gabaon

17 et abierunt et sederunt peregrinantes in Chamaam quae est iuxta Bethleem ut pergerent et introirent Aegyptum

17 and they departed and sat, sojourning, in Chamaam, which is next to Bethlehem, in order to proceed and enter Egypt

18 a facie Chaldeorum timebant enim eos quia percusserat Ismahel filius Nathaniae Godoliam filium Ahicam quem praeposuerat rex Babylonis in terra Iuda

18 from the presence of the Chaldeans—for they were afraid of them—because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land of Judah

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1 et accesserunt omnes principes bellatorum et Iohanan filius Caree et Iezonias filius Osaiae et reliquum vulgus a parvo usque ad magnum

1 and all the princes of the warriors approached, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezoniah son of Hoshaiah, and the rest of the common crowd from small up to great

2 dixeruntque ad Hieremiam prophetam cadat oratio nostra in conspectu tuo et ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum tuum pro universis reliquiis istis quia derelicti sumus pauci de pluribus sicut oculi tui nos intuentur

2 and they said to Jeremiah the prophet: let our supplication fall before your sight, and pray for us to the Lord your God for all this remnant, for we have been left few out of many, as your eyes behold us.

3 et adnuntiet nobis Dominus Deus tuus viam per quam pergamus et verbum quod faciamus

3 and may the Lord your God declare to us the way by which we should go, and the word that we should do

4 dixit autem ad eos Hieremias propheta audivi ecce ego oro ad Dominum Deum vestrum secundum verba vestra omne verbum quodcumque responderit mihi indicabo vobis nec celabo vos quicquam

4 but Jeremiah the prophet said to them I have heard behold I pray to the Lord your God according to your words every word whatsoever he will answer to me I will make known to you nor will I hide anything from you

5 et illi dixerunt ad Hieremiam sit Dominus inter nos testis veritatis et fidei si non iuxta omne verbum in quo miserit te Dominus Deus tuus ad nos sic faciemus

5 and they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be between us a witness of truth and fidelity: if we do not act according to every word in which the Lord your God sends you to us, thus will we do.

6 sive bonum est sive malum voci Domini Dei nostri ad quem mittimus te oboediemus ut bene sit nobis cum audierimus vocem Domini Dei nostri

6 whether it is good or whether it is evil, to the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you we will obey, so that it may be well with us when we hear the voice of the Lord our God

7 cum autem conpleti essent decem dies factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam

7 and when ten days had been completed, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah

8 vocavitque Iohanan filium Caree et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo et universum populum a minimo usque ad magnum

8 and he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the chiefs of the warriors who were with him, and the whole people from the least up to the greatest

9 et dixit ad eos haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ad quem misistis me ut prosternerem preces vestras in conspectu eius

9 and he said to them: Thus says the Lord God of Israel, to whom you sent me that I might prostrate your prayers in his sight

10 si quiescentes manseritis in terra hac aedificabo vos et non destruam plantabo et non evellam iam enim placatus sum super malo quod feci vobis

10 if, remaining at rest, you stay in this land, I will build you up and not destroy; I will plant and not uproot; for now I am placated over the evil that I have done to you

11 nolite timere a facie regis Babylonis quem vos pavidi formidatis nolite eum metuere dicit Dominus quia vobiscum sum ego ut salvos faciam vos et eruam de manu eius

11 do not fear from the face of the king of Babylon, whom you, panic-stricken, dread; do not fear him, says the Lord, for with you am I, to make you safe and to deliver you from his hand

12 et dabo vobis misericordiam et miserebor vestri et habitare vos faciam in terra vestra

12 and I will give you mercy, and I will have compassion on you, and I will make you dwell in your land

13 si autem dixeritis vos non habitabimus in terra ista nec audiemus vocem Domini Dei nostri

13 but if, however, you say, We will not dwell in this land, nor will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God

14 dicentes nequaquam sed ad terram Aegypti pergemus ubi non videbimus bellum et clangorem tubae non audiemus et famem non sustinebimus et ibi habitabimus

14 saying, by no means; but to the land of Egypt we will proceed, where we shall not see war, and the clangor of the trumpet we shall not hear, and famine we shall not sustain, and there we shall dwell

15 propter hoc nunc audite verbum Domini reliquiae Iuda haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel si posueritis faciem vestram ut ingrediamini Aegyptum et intraveritis ut ibi habitetis

15 therefore now hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah: thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: if you set your face to enter Egypt and you go in to dwell there,

16 gladium quem vos formidatis ibi conprehendet vos in terra Aegypti et fames pro qua estis solliciti adherebit vobis in Aegypto et ibi moriemini

16 the sword which you dread will there overtake you in the land of Egypt, and the famine about which you are solicitous will cling to you in Egypt, and there you will die

17 omnesque viri qui posuerint faciem suam ut ingrediantur Aegyptum et habitent ibi morientur gladio et fame et peste nullus de eis remanebit nec effugient a facie mali quod ego adferam super eos

17 and all the men who set their face to enter into Egypt and dwell there shall die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; none of them shall remain, nor shall they escape from before the face of the evil which I will bring upon them

18 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel sicut conflatus est furor meus et indignatio mea super habitatores Hierusalem sic conflabitur indignatio mea super vos cum ingressi fueritis Aegyptum et eritis in iusiurandum et in stuporem et in maledictum et in obprobrium et nequaquam ultra videbitis locum istum

18 because thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: just as my fury and my indignation were poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my indignation be poured forth upon you when you have entered Egypt; and you shall be for an oath and for stupefaction and for malediction and for opprobrium, and by no means any longer shall you see this place.

19 verbum Domini super vos reliquiae Iuda nolite intrare Aegyptum scientes scietis quia obtestatus sum vobis hodie

19 the word of the Lord upon you, remnant of Judah: do not enter Egypt; you shall surely know that I have solemnly adjured you today.

20 quia decepistis animas vestras vos enim misistis me ad Dominum Deum nostrum dicentes ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum et iuxta omnia quaecumque dixerit tibi Dominus Deus noster sic adnuntia nobis et faciemus

20 because you have deceived your souls; for you sent me to the Lord our God, saying, pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all whatever the Lord our God shall say to you, so announce to us, and we will do it.

21 et adnuntiavi vobis hodie et non audistis vocem Domini Dei vestri super universis pro quibus misit me ad vos

21 and I announced to you today, and you did not hear the voice of the Lord your God concerning all the things for which he sent me to you

22 nunc ergo scientes scietis quia gladio et fame et peste moriemini in loco ad quem voluistis intrare ut habitaretis ibi

22 now therefore you shall surely know that by the sword and by famine and by pestilence you will die in the place to which you desired to enter, in order to dwell there.

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1 factum est autem cum conplesset Hieremias loquens ad populum universos sermones Domini Dei eorum pro quibus miserat eum Dominus Deus eorum ad illos omnia verba haec

1 now it came to pass that when Jeremiah had completed speaking to the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words

2 dixit Azarias filius Osaiae et Iohanan filius Caree et omnes viri superbi dicentes ad Hieremiam mendacium tu loqueris non misit te Dominus Deus noster dicens ne ingrediamini Aegyptum ut habitetis illuc

2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, “You are speaking a lie; the Lord our God has not sent you, saying, Do not enter Egypt to dwell there.”

3 sed Baruch filius Neriae incitat te adversum nos ut tradat nos in manibus Chaldeorum ut interficiat nos et transduci faciat in Babylonem

3 but Baruch the son of Neriah incites you against us, so that he may hand us over into the hands of the Chaldeans, that he may kill us and cause us to be led away into Babylon

4 et non audivit Iohanan filius Caree et omnes principes bellatorum et universus populus vocem Domini ut maneret in terra Iuda

4 and Iohanan son of Caree and all the princes of the warriors and the whole people did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah

5 sed tollens Iohanan filius Caree et universi principes bellatorum universos reliquiarum Iuda qui reversi fuerant de cunctis gentibus ad quas fuerant ante dispersi ut habitarent in terra Iuda

5 but Johanan son of Kareah, and all the princes of the warriors, took all the remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had previously been dispersed, to dwell in the land of Judah

6 viros et mulieres et parvulos et filias regis et omnem animam quam reliquerat Nabuzardan princeps militiae cum Godolia filio Ahicam filii Saphan et Hieremiam prophetam et Baruch filium Neriae

6 the men and the women and the little ones and the daughters of the king and every soul whom Nebuzaradan, the prince of the militia, had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah

7 et ingressi sunt terram Aegypti quia non oboedierunt voci Domini et venerunt usque ad Tafnas

7 and they entered the land of Egypt, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord, and they came as far as Tafnas

8 et factus est sermo Domini ad Hieremiam in Tafnis dicens

8 and the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tafnis, saying

9 sume in manu tua lapides grandes et absconde eos in crypta quae est sub muro latericio in porta domus Pharaonis in Tafnis cernentibus viris iudaeis

9 take in your hand great stones and hide them in the crypt which is under the brick wall at the gate of the house of Pharaoh in Tafnis, with the Jewish men looking on

10 et dices ad eos haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego mittam et adsumam Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum et ponam thronum eius super lapides istos quos abscondi et statuet solium suum super eos

10 and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I am sending and I will take Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne upon these stones which I have hidden, and he will set up his seat upon them.

11 veniensque percutiet terram Aegypti quos in morte in morte et quos in captivitate in captivitate et quos in gladio in gladio

11 and when he comes he will strike the land of Egypt: those for death, to death; and those for captivity, to captivity; and those for the sword, to the sword.

12 et succendet ignem in delubris deorum Aegypti et conburet ea et captivos ducet illos et amicietur terra Aegypti sicut amicitur pastor pallio suo et egredietur inde in pace

12 and he will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt and burn them, and he will carry them off captive, and he will clothe himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd clothes himself with his cloak, and he will go out from there in peace

13 et conteret statuas domus Solis quae sunt in terra Aegypti et delubra deorum Aegypti conburet igni

13 and he will crush the statues of the House of the Sun which are in the land of Egypt, and the delubra of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire

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1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam ad omnes Iudaeos qui habitant in terra Aegypti habitantes in Magdolo et in Tafnis et in Memphis et in terra Fatures dicens

1 the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, dwelling in Migdol and in Tahpanhes and in Memphis and in the land of Pathros, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel vos vidistis omne malum istud quod adduxi super Hierusalem et super omnes urbes Iuda et ecce sunt desertae hodie et non est in eis habitator

2 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: you have seen all this evil which I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah, and behold, they are deserted today, and there is no inhabitant in them

3 propter malitiam quam fecerunt ut me ad iracundiam provocarent et irent et sacrificarent et colerent deos alienos quos nesciebant et illi et vos et patres vestri

3 because of the malice which they committed, so that they might provoke me to wrath, and go and sacrifice and venerate alien gods whom they did not know—both they and you and your fathers

4 et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens mittensque et dicens nolite facere verbum abominationis huius quam odi

4 and I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early by night and sending and saying: do not do this abominable thing which I hate.

5 et non audierunt nec inclinaverunt aurem suam ut converterentur a malis suis et non sacrificarent diis alienis

5 and they did not listen nor incline their ear so that they might be converted from their evils and not sacrifice to alien gods

6 et conflata est indignatio mea et furor meus et succensa est in civitatibus Iuda et in plateis Hierusalem et versae sunt in solitudinem et vastitatem secundum diem hanc

6 and my indignation and my fury have been poured out, and it has been kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they have been turned into solitude and devastation, as on this day

7 et nunc haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel quare vos facitis malum grande contra animas vestras ut intereat ex vobis vir et mulier parvulus et lactans de medio Iudae nec relinquatur vobis quicquam residuum

7 and now thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: why are you doing great evil against your souls, so that man and woman, little one and suckling, perish from among you, from the midst of Judah, and there be left to you no remnant whatsoever?

8 provocantes me in operibus manuum vestrarum sacrificando diis alienis in terra Aegypti in quam ingressi estis ut habitetis ibi et dispereatis et sitis in maledictionem et in obprobrium cunctis gentibus terrae

8 provoking me by the works of your hands, sacrificing to alien gods in the land of Egypt into which you have entered to inhabit there, so that you perish, and be for a malediction and an opprobrium to all the nations of the earth

9 numquid obliti estis mala patrum vestrorum et mala regum Iuda et mala uxorum eius et mala vestra et mala uxorum vestrarum quae fecerunt in terra Iuda et in regionibus Hierusalem

9 Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Judah, and the evils of his wives, and your evils, and the evils of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the regions of Jerusalem?

10 non sunt mundati usque ad diem hanc et non timuerunt et non ambulaverunt in lege et in praeceptis meis quae dedi coram vobis et coram patribus vestris

10 they have not been purified up to this day and they have not feared and they have not walked in my law and in my precepts which I set before you and before your fathers

11 ideo haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego pono faciem meam in vobis in malum et disperdam omnem Iudam

11 therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I set my face against you for evil, and I will destroy all Judah

12 et adsumam reliquias Iudae qui posuerunt facies suas ut ingrederentur terram Aegypti et habitarent ibi et consumentur omnes in terra Aegypti cadent in gladio et in fame consumentur a minimo usque ad maximum in gladio et in fame morientur et erunt in iusiurandum et in miraculum et in maledictionem et in obprobrium

12 and I will take up the remnant of Judah who set their faces to enter the land of Egypt and to dwell there, and they shall all be consumed in the land of Egypt; they shall fall by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed; from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by famine they shall die; and they shall be for an oath and for a miracle and for a malediction and for an opprobrium.

13 et visitabo habitatores terrae Aegypti sicut visitavi super Hierusalem in gladio et in fame et in peste

13 and I will visit upon the inhabitants of the land of Egypt, just as I visited upon Jerusalem, with the sword and with famine and with pestilence

14 et non erit qui effugiat et sit residuus de reliquiis Iudaeorum qui vadunt ut peregrinentur in terra Aegypti et revertantur in terram Iuda ad quam ipsi elevant animas suas ut revertantur et habitent ibi non revertentur nisi qui fugerint

14 and there will not be one who escapes and is left from the remnant of the Jews who go to peregrinate in the land of Egypt and to return to the land of Judah, to which they themselves lift up their souls to return and dwell there; they shall not return, except those who have fled.

15 responderunt autem Hieremiae omnes viri scientes quod sacrificarent uxores eorum diis alienis et universae mulieres quarum stabat multitudo grandis et omnis populus habitantium in terra Aegypti in Fatures dicens

15 however, all the men who knew that their wives were sacrificing to foreign gods answered Jeremiah, and all the women, of whom a great multitude was standing, and all the people dwelling in the land of Egypt in Pathros, saying

16 sermonem quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Domini non audiemus ex te

16 the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord—we will not listen to it from you

17 sed facientes faciemus omne verbum quod egreditur de ore nostro ut sacrificemus Reginae caeli et libemus ei libamina sicut fecimus nos et patres nostri reges nostri et principes nostri in urbibus Iuda et in plateis Hierusalem et saturati sumus panibus et bene nobis erat malumque non vidimus

17 but doing, we will surely do every word that goes out from our mouth, that we may sacrifice to the Queen of heaven and pour to her libations, just as we have done—we and our fathers, our kings and our princes—in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we were sated with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

18 ex eo autem quo cessavimus sacrificare Reginae caeli et libare ei libamina indigemus omnibus et gladio et fame consumpti sumus

18 But from the time that we ceased to sacrifice to the Queen of heaven and to pour libations to her, we are in want of everything, and by the sword and by famine we have been consumed.

19 quod si nos sacrificamus Reginae caeli et libamus ei libamina numquid sine viris nostris fecimus ei placentas ad colendum eam et liba libandi

19 and if we sacrifice to the Queen of Heaven and pour out libations to her, was it without our husbands that we made cakes for her, to worship her, and libations to pour?

20 et dixit Hieremias ad omnem populum adversum viros et adversum mulieres et adversum universam plebem qui responderant ei verbum dicens

20 And Jeremiah said to all the people, against the men and against the women and against the whole populace who had responded to him with a word, saying:

21 numquid non sacrificium quod sacrificastis in civitatibus Iuda et in plateis Hierusalem vos et patres vestri reges vestri et principes vestri et populus terrae horum recordatus est Dominus et ascendit super cor eius

21 was it not the sacrifice which you sacrificed in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land—these the Lord remembered, and it ascended upon his heart?

22 et non poterat Dominus ultra portare propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum et propter abominationes quas fecistis et facta est terra vestra in desolationem et in stuporem et in maledictum eo quod non sit habitator sicut est dies haec

22 and the Lord could no longer bear because of the malice of your pursuits and because of the abominations which you did, and your land became a desolation and an astonishment and a curse, because there is no inhabitant, as is this day

23 propterea quod sacrificaveritis idolis et peccaveritis Domino et non audieritis vocem Domini et in lege et in praeceptis et in testimoniis eius non ambulaveritis idcirco evenerunt vobis mala haec sicut est dies haec

23 therefore, because you have sacrificed to idols and have sinned against the Lord and have not heard the voice of the Lord and have not walked in his law and in his precepts and in his testimonies, therefore these evils have happened to you, as at this day.

24 dixit autem Hieremias ad omnem populum et ad universas mulieres audite verbum Domini omnis Iuda qui estis in terra Aegypti

24 And Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah, who are in the land of Egypt

25 haec inquit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel dicens vos et uxores vestrae locuti estis ore vestro et manibus vestris implestis dicentes faciamus vota nostra quae vovimus ut sacrificemus Reginae caeli et libemus ei libamina implestis vota vestra et opere perpetrastis ea

25 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: you and your wives have spoken with your mouth, and with your hands you have fulfilled, saying, Let us do our vows which we have vowed, that we may sacrifice to the Queen of heaven and pour out libations to her; you have fulfilled your vows and by deed you have perpetrated them.

26 ideo audite verbum Domini omnis Iuda qui habitatis in terra Aegypti ecce ego iuravi in nomine meo magno ait Dominus quia nequaquam ultra nomen meum vocabitur ex ore omnis viri iudaei dicentis vivit Dominus Deus in omni terra Aegypti

26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, that by no means any longer shall my name be invoked from the mouth of any Judean man, saying, "As the Lord God lives," in all the land of Egypt.

27 ecce ego vigilabo super eos in malum et non in bonum et consumentur omnes viri Iuda qui sunt in terra Aegypti gladio et fame donec penitus consumantur

27 Behold, I will keep watch over them for evil and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by sword and by famine until they are utterly consumed.

28 et qui fugerint gladium revertentur de terra Aegypti in terram Iuda viri pauci et scient omnes reliquiae Iuda ingredientium terram Aegypti ut habitent ibi cuius sermo conpleatur meus an illorum

28 and those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, men few in number; and all the remnant of Judah who entered the land of Egypt to dwell there shall know whose word will be fulfilled—mine or theirs.

29 et hoc vobis signum ait Dominus quod visitem ego super vos in loco isto ut sciatis quia vere conplebuntur sermones mei contra vos in malum

29 and this is the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will visit upon you in this place, so that you may know that truly my words against you for evil will be fulfilled.

30 haec dicit Dominus ecce ego tradam Pharaonem Efree regem Aegypti in manu inimicorum eius et in manu quaerentium animam illius sicut tradidi Sedeciam regem Iuda in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis inimici sui et quaerentis animam eius

30 thus says the Lord: behold, I will hand over Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those seeking his life, just as I handed over Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy and one seeking his life

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1 verbum quod locutus est Hieremias propheta ad Baruch filium Neri cum scripsisset verba haec in libro de ore Hieremiae anno quarto Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda dicens

1 the word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch, son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying

2 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel ad te Baruch

2 thus says the Lord God of Israel to you, Baruch

3 dixisti vae misero mihi quoniam addidit Dominus dolorem dolori meo laboravi in gemitu meo et requiem non inveni

3 you said, Woe to me, wretched, for the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I have labored in my groaning, and I have not found rest.

4 haec dices ad eum sic dicit Dominus ecce quos aedificavi ego destruo et quos plantavi ego evello et universam terram hanc

4 these things you shall say to him: thus says the Lord: behold, what I have built I am destroying, and what I have planted I am uprooting—and this whole land

5 et tu quaeris tibi grandia noli quaerere quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem ait Dominus et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad quaecumque perrexeris

5 and you, do you seek great things for yourself? do not seek; for behold, I am bringing evil upon all flesh, says the Lord, and I will give you your life for salvation in all the places to whichsoever you shall go.

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1 quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam contra gentes

1 the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations

2 ad Aegyptum adversum exercitum Pharaonis Nechao regis Aegypti qui erat iuxta flumen Eufraten in Charchamis quem percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in quarto anno Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda

2 to Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah

3 praeparate scutum et clypeum et procedite ad bellum

3 prepare the shield and the buckler and proceed to battle

4 iungite equos et ascendite equites state in galeis polite lanceas induite vos loricis

4 yoke the horses and mount, horsemen stand in helmets polish the lances clothe yourselves with cuirasses

5 quid igitur vidi ipsos pavidos et terga vertentes fortes eorum caesos fugerunt conciti nec respexerunt terror undique ait Dominus

5 What then did I see? them pavid and turning their backs, their strong ones cut down; they fled in hot haste and did not look back—terror on every side, says the Lord.

6 non fugiat velox nec salvari se putet fortis ad aquilonem iuxta flumen Eufraten victi sunt et ruerunt

6 let not the swift flee nor let the strong think himself saved to the north near the river Euphrates they were defeated and fell

7 quis est iste qui quasi flumen ascendit et veluti fluviorum intumescunt gurgites eius

7 Who is this who rises like a river, and like rivers its whirlpools swell?

8 Aegyptus fluminis instar ascendet et velut flumina movebuntur fluctus eius et dicet ascendens operiam terram perdam civitatem et habitatores eius

8 Egypt will ascend in the likeness of a river, and like rivers its waves will be moved, and, ascending, it will say: I will cover the land; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.

9 ascendite equos et exultate in curribus et procedant fortes Aethiopia et Lybies tenentes scutum et Lydii arripientes et iacientes sagittas

9 Mount the horses and exult in the chariots, and let the strong advance: Ethiopia and the Libyans holding shield, and the Lydians snatching up and casting arrows

10 dies autem ille Domini Dei exercituum dies ultionis ut sumat vindictam de inimicis suis devorabit gladius et saturabitur et inebriabitur sanguine eorum victima enim Domini exercituum in terra aquilonis iuxta flumen Eufraten

10 but that day of the Lord God of hosts is a day of vengeance, that he may take vengeance on his enemies; the sword will devour and will be sated and will be inebriated with their blood; for a victim of the Lord of hosts is in the land of the North, beside the river Euphrates

11 ascende in Galaad et tolle resinam virgo filia Aegypti frustra multiplicas medicamina sanitas non erit tibi

11 go up into Gilead and take resin, virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain you multiply medicaments—there will be no healing for you

12 audierunt gentes ignominiam tuam et ululatus tuus replevit terram quia fortis inpegit in fortem ambo pariter conciderunt

12 the nations have heard your ignominy, and your ululation has filled the land, because a strong man has impinged upon a strong man; both together have fallen

13 verbum quod locutus est Dominus ad Hieremiam prophetam super eo quod venturus esset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et percussurus terram Aegypti

13 the word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet concerning that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, would come and strike the land of Egypt

14 adnuntiate Aegypto et auditum facite Magdolo et resonet in Memphis et in Tafnis dicite sta et praepara te quia devoravit gladius ea quae per circuitum tuum sunt

14 announce to Egypt, and make it heard in Magdolo, and let it resound in Memphis and in Tafnis; say, stand and prepare yourself, for the sword has devoured what is around you.

15 quare conputruit fortis tuus non stetit quoniam Dominus subvertit eum

15 why has your strong one putrefied? he did not stand, because the Lord has subverted him

16 multiplicavit ruentes ceciditque vir ad proximum suum et dicent surge et revertamur ad populum nostrum et ad terram nativitatis nostrae a facie gladii columbae

16 he has multiplied those rushing headlong, and a man has fallen to his neighbor; and they will say, Rise, and let us return to our people and to the land of our nativity, from before the face of the sword of the dove

17 vocate nomen Pharao regis Aegypti Tumultum adduxit tempus

17 call the name of Pharaoh, king of Egypt: "Tumult—time has brought it."

18 vivo ego inquit Rex Dominus exercituum nomen eius quoniam sicut Thabor in montibus et sicut Carmelus in mari veniet

18 As I live, says the King—whose name is the Lord of Hosts—for as Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, he will come.

19 vasa transmigrationis fac tibi habitatrix filia Aegypti quia Memphis in solitudinem erit et deseretur inhabitabilis

19 make for yourself vessels for transmigration, inhabitress, daughter of Egypt, because Memphis will be into solitude and will be deserted, uninhabitable

20 vitula eligans atque formonsa Aegyptus stimulator ab aquilone veniet ei

20 Egypt is an elegant and comely heifer; a goader from the north will come upon her.

21 mercennarii quoque eius qui versabantur in medio eius quasi vituli saginati versi sunt et fugerunt simul nec stare potuerunt quia dies interfectionis eorum venit super eos tempus visitationis eorum

21 Her mercenaries also, who were moving about in her midst, have turned like fatted calves and fled together, nor were they able to stand, because the day of their slaughter has come upon them, the time of their visitation.

22 vox eius quasi aeris sonabit quoniam cum exercitu properabunt et cum securibus venient ei quasi ligna caedentes

22 her voice will sound as if of bronze, for they will hasten with an army and will come against her with axes, as though cutting down wood

23 succiderunt saltum eius ait Dominus qui supputari non potest multiplicati sunt super lucustas et non est eis numerus

23 they have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which cannot be counted; they have been multiplied beyond the locusts, and there is no number to them

24 confusa est filia Aegypti et tradita in manu populi aquilonis

24 the daughter of Egypt is confounded and delivered into the hand of the people of the north

25 dixit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego visitabo super tumultum Alexandriae et super Pharao et super Aegyptum et super deos eius et super reges eius et super Pharao et super eos qui confidunt in eo

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: Behold, I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt, and upon its gods, and upon its kings, and upon Pharaoh, and upon those who trust in him.

26 et dabo eos in manu quaerentium animam eorum et in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et in manu servorum eius et post haec habitabitur sicut diebus pristinis ait Dominus

26 and I will give them into the hand of those seeking their life, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and after these things it shall be inhabited as in former days, says the Lord.

27 et tu ne timeas serve meus Iacob et ne paveas Israhel quia ecce ego salvum te faciam de longinquo et semen tuum de terra captivitatis suae et revertetur Iacob et quiescet et prosperabitur et non erit qui exterreat eum

27 and you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, and do not be afraid, Israel, for behold I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of its captivity, and Jacob will return and will rest and will prosper, and there will be none who terrifies him

28 et tu noli timere serve meus Iacob ait Dominus quia tecum ego sum quia consumam ego cunctas gentes ad quas eieci te te vero non consumam sed castigabo te in iudicio nec quasi innocenti parcam tibi

28 and you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, for I am with you, for I will consume all the nations to which I have ejected you, but you I will not consume; rather I will chastise you in judgment, nor will I spare you as though innocent.

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1 quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam contra Palestinos antequam percuteret Pharao Gazam

1 the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza

2 haec dicit Dominus ecce aquae ascendunt ab aquilone et erunt quasi torrens inundans et operient terram et plenitudinem eius urbem et habitatores eius clamabunt homines et ululabit omnis habitator terrae

2 thus says the Lord: behold, waters ascend from the north and will be like an inundating torrent, and they will cover the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants; men will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail

3 ab strepitu pompae armorum et bellatorum eius a commotione quadrigarum eius et multitudine rotarum illius non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis

3 from the din of the pomp of his arms and his warriors from the commotion of his chariots and the multitude of his wheels fathers did not regard sons their hands loosened

4 pro adventu diei in quo vastabuntur omnes Philisthim et dissipabitur Tyrus et Sidon cum omnibus reliquis auxiliis suis depopulatus est enim Dominus Palestinos reliquias insulae Cappadociae

4 for the advent of the day in which all the Philistines will be laid waste, and Tyre and Sidon will be scattered with all their remaining auxiliaries; for the Lord has depopulated the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

5 venit calvitium super Gazam conticuit Ascalon et reliquiae vallis earum usquequo concideris

5 baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon has fallen silent, and the remnant of their valley—how long will you gash yourself?

6 o mucro Domini usquequo non quiescis ingredere in vaginam tuam refrigerare et sile

6 o sword of the Lord, how long will you not be quiet? Enter into your sheath; grow cool and be silent.

7 quomodo quiescet cum Dominus praeceperit ei adversus Ascalonem et adversus maritimas eius regiones ibique condixerit illi

7 how will it rest, when the Lord has commanded it against Ascalon and against its maritime regions, and there has appointed it

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1 ad Moab haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel vae super Nabo quoniam vastata est et confusa capta est Cariathaim confusa est fortis et tremuit

1 to Moab, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: woe upon Nabo, for it has been laid waste; and Cariathaim is confounded, captured; the strong one is confounded and trembled

2 non est ultra exultatio in Moab contra Esebon cogitaverunt malum venite et disperdamus eam de gente ergo silens conticesces sequeturque te gladius

2 there is no longer exultation in Moab; against Heshbon they have devised evil: come, and let us destroy her from being a nation; therefore, silent, you will fall silent, and the sword will follow you.

3 vox clamoris de Oronaim vastitas et contritio magna

3 a voice of clamor from Oronaim: devastation and great crushing

4 contrita est Moab adnuntiate clamorem parvulis eius

4 Moab is crushed; announce the clamor to her little ones.

5 per ascensum enim Luaith plorans ascendet in fletu quoniam in descensu Oronaim hostes ululatum contritionis audierunt

5 for by the ascent of Luhith, weeping will go up in weeping, because on the descent of Oronaim the enemies have heard a ululation of ruination

6 fugite salvate animas vestras et eritis quasi myrice in deserto

6 flee, save your souls, and you shall be like a myrica in the desert

7 pro eo enim quod habuisti fiduciam in munitionibus tuis et in thesauris tuis tu quoque capieris et ibit Chamos in transmigrationem sacerdotes eius et principes eius simul

7 for because you have had confidence in your fortifications and in your treasures, you too will be taken, and Chemosh will go into deportation, his priests and his princes together

8 et veniet praedo ad omnem urbem et urbs nulla salvabitur et peribit vallis et dissipabuntur campestria quoniam dixit Dominus

8 and a plunderer will come to every city, and no city will be saved; and the valley will perish, and the plains will be dissipated, for the Lord has spoken.

9 date florem Moab quia floriens egredietur et civitates eius desertae erunt et inhabitabiles

9 give a flower to Moab, because, flourishing, it will go forth, and its cities will be deserted and uninhabitable

10 maledictus qui facit opus Domini fraudulenter et maledictus qui prohibet gladium suum a sanguine

10 Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord fraudulently, and cursed is he who holds back his sword from blood.

11 fertilis fuit Moab ab adulescentia sua et requievit in fecibus suis nec transfusus est de vase in vas et in transmigrationem non abiit idcirco permansit gustus eius in eo et odor eius non est inmutatus

11 Moab has been fertile from his adolescence, and has rested upon his lees; nor has he been poured from vessel into vessel, and into transmigration he has not gone; therefore his taste has remained in him, and his odor has not been changed.

12 propterea ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et mittam ei ordinatores et stratores laguncularum et sternent eum et vasa eius exhaurient et lagoenas eorum conlident

12 therefore behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will send to him ordinators and setters-out of little flasks, and they will lay him low, and his vessels they will drain, and their flagons they will shatter

13 et confundetur Moab a Chamos sicut confusa est domus Israhel a Bethel in qua habebat fiduciam

13 and Moab will be confounded over Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was confounded over Bethel, in which it had put confidence

14 quomodo dicitis fortes sumus et viri robusti ad proeliandum

14 how can you say, we are strong and robust men for battle

15 vastata est Moab et civitates illius ascenderunt et electi iuvenes eius descenderunt in occisionem ait Rex Dominus exercituum nomen ei

15 Moab has been laid waste, and her cities have gone up, and her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, the Lord of hosts is his name.

16 prope est interitus Moab ut veniat et malum eius velociter adcurret nimis

16 the destruction of Moab is near to come, and its evil will hasten very swiftly

17 consolamini eum omnes qui estis in circuitu eius et universi qui scitis nomen eius dicite quomodo confracta est virga fortis baculus gloriosus

17 comfort him, all you who are around him, and all who know his name, say how the strong rod is broken, the glorious staff

18 descende de gloria et sede in siti habitatio filiae Dibon quoniam vastator Moab ascendet ad te dissipabit munitiones tuas

18 descend from glory and sit in thirst, habitation of the daughter of Dibon, for the devastator of Moab will go up against you; he will lay waste your fortifications

19 in via sta et prospice habitatio Aroer interroga fugientem et eum qui evasit dic quid accidit

19 stand in the way and look out, inhabitant of Aroer; ask the fugitive and him who has escaped: what has happened?

20 confusus est Moab quoniam victus est ululate et clamate adnuntiate in Arnon quoniam vastata est Moab

20 Moab has been confounded, because he has been conquered; ululate and cry; announce in Arnon that Moab has been devastated

21 et iudicium venit ad terram campestrem super Helon et super Iaesa et super Mefath

21 and judgment has come to the land of the plain, upon Helon and upon Iaesa and upon Mefath

22 et super Dibon et super Nabo et super domum Deblathaim

22 and over Dibon and over Nebo and over the house of Deblathaim

23 et super Cariathaim et super Bethgamul et super Bethmaon

23 and over Kiriathaim and over Beth-gamul and over Beth-meon

24 et super Carioth et super Bosra et super omnes civitates terrae Moab quae longe et quae prope sunt

24 and upon Carioth and upon Bosra and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, which are far and which are near

25 abscisum est cornu Moab et brachium eius contritum est ait Dominus

25 the horn of Moab has been cut off, and its arm has been crushed, says the Lord

26 inebriate eum quoniam contra Dominum erectus est et adlidet manum Moab in vomitu suo et erit in derisum etiam ipse

26 make him drunk, for he has lifted himself up against the Lord; and Moab will strike his hand into his own vomit, and he himself also will be for derision

27 fuit enim in derisum tibi Israhel quasi inter fures repperisses eum propter verba ergo tua quae adversum illum locutus es captivus duceris

27 for Israel was, indeed, a derision to you; as if among thieves you had found him. therefore, on account of your words which you have spoken against him, you will be led away captive

28 relinquite civitates et habitate in petra habitatores Moab et estote quasi columba nidificans in summo ore foraminis

28 leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab, and be like a dove nesting at the highest mouth of the opening

29 audivimus superbiam Moab superbus est valde sublimitatem eius et arrogantiam et superbiam et altitudinem cordis illius

29 we have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud—his sublimity and arrogance and pride and the altitude of his heart

30 ego scio ait Dominus iactantiam eius et quod non sit iuxta eam virtus eius nec iuxta quod poterat conata sit facere

30 I know, says the Lord, his boasting, and that his strength is not equal to it, nor, in accordance with what he could, has he endeavored to do.

31 ideo super Moab heiulabo et ad Moab universam clamabo ad viros muri fictilis lamentantes

31 therefore over Moab I will wail, and to all Moab I will cry out; to the men of the clay (fictile) wall, lamenting.

32 de planctu Iazer plorabo tibi vinea Sobema propagines tuae transierunt mare usque ad mare Iazer pervenerunt super messem tuam et vindemiam tuam praedo inruit

32 From the lament of Iazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sobema; your shoots have crossed the sea, even to the sea of Iazer they have reached; upon your harvest and your vintage the plunderer has rushed in.

33 ablata est laetitia et exultatio de Carmelo et de terra Moab et vinum de torcularibus sustuli nequaquam calcator uvae solitum celeuma cantabit

33 joy and exultation have been taken away from Carmel and from the land of Moab, and I have removed the wine from the winepresses; by no means will the treader of the grape sing the accustomed celeusma.

34 de clamore Esebon usque Eleale et Iaesa dederunt vocem suam a Segor usque ad Oronaim vitula conternante aquae quoque Namrim pessimae erunt

34 from the clamor, Esebon unto Eleale and Iaesa gave forth their voice; from Segor even to Oronaim, the heifer quaking; and the waters also of Namrim will be very bad.

35 et auferam de Moab ait Dominus offerentem in excelsis et sacrificantem diis eius

35 And I will take away from Moab, says the Lord, the one who offers on the high places and sacrifices to his gods.

36 propterea cor meum ad Moab quasi tibiae resonabit et cor meum ad viros muri fictilis dabit sonitum tibiarum quia plus fecit quam potuit idcirco perierunt

36 therefore my heart for Moab will resound like pipes, and my heart for the men of the clay wall will give the sound of pipes, because he did more than he was able; therefore they have perished

37 omne enim caput calvitium et omnis barba rasa erit in cunctis manibus conligatio et super omne dorsum cilicium

37 for every head shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven; upon all hands a bandaging, and over every back, sackcloth

38 super omnia tecta Moab et in plateis eius omnis planctus quia contrivi Moab sicut vas inutile ait Dominus

38 upon all the roofs of Moab and in its squares, all lamentation, because I have crushed Moab like a useless vessel, says the Lord

39 quomodo victa est et ululaverunt quomodo deiecit cervicem Moab et confusus est eritque Moab in derisum et in exemplum omnibus in circuitu suo

39 how she has been conquered, and they ululated; how Moab has cast down his neck and is confounded; and Moab will be for derision and for an example to all round about him

40 haec dicit Dominus ecce quasi aquila evolabit et extendet alas suas ad Moab

40 thus says the Lord: behold, like an eagle he will fly forth, and he will extend his wings toward Moab

41 capta est Carioth et munitiones conprehensae sunt et erit cor fortium Moab in die illa sicut cor mulieris parturientis

41 Carioth has been taken, and the fortifications have been seized, and the heart of the strong men of Moab shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in labor.

42 et cessabit Moab esse populus quoniam contra Dominum gloriatus est

42 and Moab shall cease to be a people, because he has gloried against the Lord

43 pavor et fovea et laqueus super te o habitator Moab ait Dominus

43 terror and pit and snare upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord

44 qui fugit a facie pavoris cadet in foveam et qui conscenderit de fovea capietur laqueo adducam enim super Moab annum visitationis eorum dicit Dominus

44 he who flees from the face of terror will fall into the pit, and he who ascends from the pit will be caught by the snare; for I will bring upon Moab the year of their visitation, says the Lord.

45 in umbra Esebon steterunt de laqueo fugientes quia ignis egressus est de Esebon et flamma de medio Seon et devorabit partem Moab et verticem filiorum tumultus

45 in the shadow of Esebon stood those fleeing from the snare, because a fire has gone out from Esebon and a flame from the midst of Seon, and it will devour the part of Moab and the crown of the sons of tumult

46 vae tibi Moab peristi popule Chamos quia conprehensi sunt filii tui et filiae tuae in captivitatem

46 Woe to you, Moab; you have perished, people of Chemosh, for your sons and your daughters have been taken into captivity.

47 et convertam captivitatem Moab in novissimis diebus ait Dominus hucusque iudicia Moab

47 and I will convert the captivity of Moab in the last days, says the Lord; thus far the judgments of Moab

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1 ad filios Ammon haec dicit Dominus numquid filii non sunt Israhel aut heres non est ei cur igitur hereditate possedit Melchom Gad et populus eius in urbibus eius habitavit

1 to the sons of Ammon thus says the Lord: are there not sons of Israel, or has he no heir? why then has Melchom possessed Gad by inheritance, and have his people dwelt in his cities?

2 ideo ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et auditum faciam super Rabbath filiorum Ammon fremitum proelii et erit in tumulum dissipata filiaeque eius igni succendentur et possidebit Israhel possessores suos dicit Dominus

2 therefore behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will cause to be heard over Rabbath of the sons of Ammon the roaring of battle, and it shall be dissipated into a tumulus, and her daughters shall be set on fire, and Israel shall possess his possessors, says the Lord

3 ulula Esebon quoniam vastata est Ahi clamate filiae Rabbath accingite vos ciliciis plangite et circuite per sepes quia Melchom in transmigratione ducetur sacerdotes eius et principes eius simul

3 Howl, Esebon, because Ahi has been laid waste; cry out, daughters of Rabbath; gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and go around through the hedges, for Melchom will be led into transmigration, his priests and his princes together.

4 quid gloriaris in vallibus defluxit vallis tua filia delicata quae confidebas in thesauris tuis et dicebas quis veniet ad me

4 why do you glory in the valleys? your valley has flowed down, delicate daughter, you who were trusting in your treasures and were saying, who will come to me?

5 ecce ego inducam super te terrorem ait Dominus Deus exercituum ab omnibus qui sunt in circuitu tuo et dispergemini singuli a conspectu vestro nec erit qui congreget fugientem

5 Behold, I will bring upon you terror, says the Lord God of Hosts, from all who are around you; and you shall be scattered, each one away from your presence, and there will be no one to gather the fugitive.

6 et post haec reverti faciam captivos filiorum Ammon ait Dominus

6 and after these things I will cause the captives of the sons of Ammon to return, says the Lord

7 ad Idumeam haec dicit Dominus exercituum numquid non est ultra sapientia in Theman periit consilium a filiis inutilis facta est sapientia eorum

7 to Idumea these things says the Lord of armies: is wisdom no longer in Theman? counsel has perished from the sons; their wisdom has been made useless

8 fugite terga vertite descendite in voragine habitatores Dedan quoniam perditionem Esau adduxi super eum tempus visitationis eius

8 flee, turn your backs; descend into the abyss, inhabitants of Dedan, for I have brought Esau’s perdition upon him, the time of his visitation.

9 si vindemiatores venissent super te non reliquissent racemum si fures in nocte rapuissent quod sufficeret sibi

9 if grape-gatherers had come upon you, they would not have left a cluster; if thieves in the night had plundered, they would have taken what would suffice for themselves

10 ego vero discoperui Esau revelavi abscondita eius et celari non poterit vastatum est semen eius et fratres eius et vicini eius et non erit

10 I indeed have uncovered Esau; I have revealed his hidden things, and he will not be able to be concealed: his seed has been devastated, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he shall not be

11 relinque pupillos tuos ego eos faciam vivere et viduae tuae in me sperabunt

11 leave your orphans; I will make them live, and your widows shall hope in me

12 quia haec dicit Dominus ecce quibus non erat iudicium ut biberent calicem bibentes bibent et tu quasi innocens relinqueris non eris innocens sed bibens bibes

12 because thus says the Lord: behold, those for whom it was not the judgment to drink the cup shall surely drink; and you—will you be left as if innocent? you will not be innocent, but drinking you shall drink.

13 quia per memet ipsum iuravi dicit Dominus quod in solitudinem et in obprobrium et in desertum et in maledictionem erit Bosra et omnes civitates eius erunt in solitudines sempiternas

13 because I have sworn by my very self, says the Lord, that Bozrah shall be into desolation and into opprobrium and into a desert and into a malediction, and all her cities shall be into everlasting desolations

14 auditum audivi a Domino et legatus ad gentes missus est congregamini et venite contra eam et consurgamus in proelium

14 a report I have heard from the Lord, and a legate has been sent to the nations: gather yourselves and come against her, and let us rise up to battle

15 ecce enim parvulum dedi te in gentibus contemptibilem inter homines

15 behold, for I have made you small among the nations, contemptible among men

16 arrogantia tua decepit te et superbia cordis tui qui habitas in cavernis petrae et adprehendere niteris altitudinem collis cum exaltaveris quasi aquila nidum tuum inde detraham te dicit Dominus

16 your arrogance has deceived you and the superbity of your heart, you who dwell in the caverns of the rock and strive to apprehend the altitude of the hill; though you exalt your nest like an eagle, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord

17 et erit Idumea deserta omnis qui transibit per eam stupebit et sibilabit super omnes plagas eius

17 and Idumea will be a desolation; everyone who passes through it will be astonished and will hiss over all its plagues

18 sicuti subversa est Sodoma et Gomorra et vicinae eius ait Dominus non habitabit ibi vir et non incolet eam filius hominis

18 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors were subverted, says the Lord, no man will dwell there, and no son of man will inhabit it

19 ecce quasi leo ascendet de superbia Iordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam quia subito currere eum faciam ad illam et quis erit electus quem praeponam ei quis enim similis mei et quis sustinebit me et quis est iste pastor qui resistat vultui meo

19 behold, like a lion he shall ascend from the pride of the Jordan to the robust pulchritude, for suddenly I will make him run to it; and who shall be the chosen one whom I shall set over him? for who is like me, and who shall sustain me, and who is this shepherd who shall resist my face?

20 propterea audite consilium Domini quod iniit de Edom et cogitationes eius quas cogitavit de habitatoribus Theman si non deiecerint eos parvuli gregis nisi dissipaverint cum eis habitaculum eorum

20 therefore hear the counsel of the Lord which he has undertaken against Edom, and his cogitations which he has cogitated concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down; surely they shall dissipate their habitation with them.

21 a voce ruinae eorum commota est terra clamor in mari Rubro auditus est vocis eius

21 from the voice of their ruin the earth was shaken; a clamor in the Red Sea was heard, his voice.

22 ecce quasi aquila ascendet et evolabit et expandet alas suas super Bosram et erit cor fortium Idumeae in die illa quasi cor mulieris parturientis

22 behold, like an eagle he will ascend and fly forth, and he will expand his wings over Bozrah; and the heart of the strong ones of Idumea on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

23 ad Damascum confusa est Emath et Arfad quia auditum pessimum audierunt turbati sunt in mari sollicitudine quiescere non potuit

23 To Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are confounded, because they have heard a most evil report; they were troubled like the sea with solicitude; it could not rest.

24 dissoluta est Damascus versa in fugam tremor adprehendit eam angustia et dolores tenuerunt eam quasi parturientem

24 Damascus has been dissolved, turned to flight; tremor has apprehended her; anguish and dolors have held her, like a parturient woman.

25 quomodo dereliquerunt civitatem laudabilem urbem laetitiae

25 how have they forsaken the laudable city, the city of joy

26 ideo cadent iuvenes eius in plateis eius et omnes viri proelii conticescent in die illa ait Dominus exercituum

26 therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will fall silent on that day, says the Lord of hosts

27 et succendam ignem in muro Damasci et devorabit moenia Benadad

27 and I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the walls of Benadad

28 ad Cedar et ad regna Asor quae percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis haec dicit Dominus surgite ascendite ad Cedar et vastate filios orientis

28 to Kedar and to the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck—thus says the Lord: arise, go up to Kedar, and devastate the sons of the east

29 tabernacula eorum et greges eorum capient pelles eorum et omnia vasa eorum et camelos eorum tollent sibi et vocabunt super eos formidinem in circuitu

29 their tabernacles and their flocks they will seize; their skins and all their vessels and their camels they will take for themselves, and they will call over them, “Terror all around.”

30 fugite abite vehementer in voraginibus sedete qui habitatis Asor ait Dominus iniit enim contra vos Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis consilium et cogitavit adversum vos cogitationes

30 Flee, depart vehemently; sit in the depths, you who inhabit Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has undertaken counsel against you and has devised cogitations against you.

31 consurgite et ascendite ad gentem quietam et habitantem confidenter ait Dominus non ostia non vectes ei soli habitant

31 arise and go up to a quiet nation and dwelling confidently, says the Lord, no doors, no bars to it; alone they dwell

32 et erunt cameli eorum in direptionem et multitudo iumentorum in praedam et dispergam eos in omnem ventum qui sunt adtonsi in comam et ex omni confinio eorum adducam interitum super eos ait Dominus

32 and their camels shall be for depredation, and the multitude of their beasts of burden for prey; and I will disperse them to every wind, those who are shorn at the temples, and from every confine of theirs I will bring destruction upon them, says the Lord.

33 et erit Asor in habitaculum draconum deserta usque in aeternum non manebit ibi vir nec incolet eam filius hominis

33 and Asor shall be a habitation of dragons, a desolation forever; no man shall remain there, nor shall a son of man inhabit it

34 quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam adversus Aelam in principio regni Sedeciae regis Iuda dicens

34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying

35 haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce ego confringam arcum Aelam summam fortitudinem eorum

35 thus says the Lord of hosts: behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the summit of their strength

36 et inducam super Aelam quattuor ventos a quattuor plagis caeli et ventilabo eos in omnes ventos istos et non erit gens ad quam non perveniant profugi Aelam

36 and I will bring upon Elam four winds from the four regions of heaven, and I will winnow them into all these winds, and there will not be a nation to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come

37 et pavere faciam Aelam coram inimicis suis et in conspectu quaerentium animam eorum et adducam super eos malum iram furoris mei dicit Dominus et emittam post eos gladium donec consumam eos

37 and I will make Elam to tremble before its enemies and in the sight of those seeking their life, and I will bring upon them evil, the wrath of my fury, says the Lord, and I will send after them the sword until I consume them

38 et ponam solium meum in Aelam et perdam inde reges et principes ait Dominus

38 and I will set my throne in Elam and from there I will destroy kings and princes says the Lord

39 in novissimis autem diebus reverti faciam captivos Aelam dicit Dominus

39 but in the last days I will cause the captives of Elam to return, says the Lord

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1 verbum quod locutus est Dominus de Babylone et de terra Chaldeorum in manu Hieremiae prophetae

1 the word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet

2 adnuntiate in gentibus et auditum facite levate signum praedicate et nolite celare dicite capta est Babylon confusus est Bel victus est Marodach confusa sunt sculptilia eius superata sunt idola eorum

2 announce among the nations and make it heard, lift up a standard, proclaim and do not conceal; say: Babylon has been captured, Bel has been confounded, Marodach has been vanquished; her graven images have been confounded, their idols have been overcome.

3 quoniam ascendit contra eam gens ab aquilone quae ponet terram eius in solitudinem et non erit qui habitet in ea ab homine usque ad pecus et moti sunt et abierunt

3 for a nation has gone up against her from the north, which will set her land into desolation, and there will be no one to inhabit it, from man even to cattle; and they have been moved and have gone away

4 in diebus illis et in tempore illo ait Dominus venient filii Israhel ipsi et filii Iuda simul ambulantes et flentes properabunt et Dominum Deum suum quaerent

4 in those days and at that time, says the Lord, the sons of Israel will come, they themselves and the sons of Judah together; walking and weeping they will hasten, and they will seek the Lord their God

5 in Sion interrogabunt viam huc facies eorum venient et adponentur ad Dominum foedere sempiterno quod nulla oblivione delebitur

5 in Sion they will inquire the way; hither their faces will turn, and they will be joined to the Lord by a sempiternal covenant which by no oblivion will be obliterated

6 grex perditus factus est populus meus pastores eorum seduxerunt eos feceruntque vagari in montibus de monte in collem transierunt obliti sunt cubilis sui

6 my people have become a lost flock; their shepherds have led them astray and have made them wander on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have passed; they have forgotten their resting-place.

7 omnes qui invenerunt comederunt eos et hostes eorum dixerunt non peccavimus pro eo quod peccaverunt Domino decori iustitiae et expectationi patrum eorum Domino

7 all who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, We have not sinned, for the reason that they sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and the expectation of their fathers, the Lord.

8 recedite de medio Babylonis et de terra Chaldeorum egredimini et estote quasi hedi ante greges

8 withdraw from the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans go out, and be as he-goats before the flocks

9 quoniam ecce ego suscito et adducam in Babylonem congregationem gentium magnarum de terra aquilonis et praeparabuntur adversum eam et inde capietur sagitta eius quasi viri fortis interfectoris non revertetur vacua

9 for behold, I am rousing and I will bring into Babylon a congregation of great nations from the land of the North, and they shall be prepared against her, and from there she shall be taken; her arrow, like that of a mighty man, a slayer, will not return empty.

10 et erit Chaldea in praedam omnes vastantes eam replebuntur ait Dominus

10 and Chaldea shall be for a prey; all who devastate her shall be filled, says the Lord

11 quoniam exultatis et magna loquimini diripientes hereditatem meam quoniam effusi estis sicut vitulus super herbam et mugistis ut tauri

11 because you exult and speak great things, plundering my heritage, because you have been poured out like a calf upon the grass, and you have bellowed like bulls

12 confusa est mater vestra nimis et adaequata pulveri quae genuit vos ecce novissima erit in gentibus deserta invia et arens

12 your mother is exceedingly confounded and made equal to the dust, she who begot you; behold, she shall be the last among the nations, deserted, pathless, and arid.

13 ab ira Domini non habitabitur sed redigetur tota in solitudinem omnis qui transit per Babylonem stupebit et sibilabit super universis plagis eius

13 by the wrath of the Lord it will not be inhabited, but it will be reduced wholly into solitude; everyone who passes through Babylon will be astonished and will hiss over all her plagues.

14 praeparamini contra Babylonem per circuitum omnes qui intenditis arcum debellate eam non parcatis iaculis quia Domino peccavit

14 Prepare yourselves against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; wage war against her; do not spare arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.

15 clamate adversus eam ubique dedit manum ceciderunt fundamenta eius destructi sunt muri eius quoniam ultio Domini est ultionem accipite de ea sicut fecit facite ei

15 cry out against her on every side; she has given her hand; her foundations have fallen, her walls have been destroyed; for it is the Lord’s vengeance; take vengeance on her—as she has done, do to her.

16 disperdite satorem de Babylone et tenentem falcem in tempore messis a facie gladii columbae unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur et singuli ad terram suam fugient

16 destroy the sower from Babylon, and the one holding the sickle in the time of harvest; from the face of the sword of the dove, each one will turn to his own people, and individuals will flee to their own land.

17 grex dispersus Israhel leones eiecerunt eum primus comedit eum rex Assur iste novissimus exossavit eum Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis

17 Israel is a scattered flock; lions have cast him out: first the king of Assyria devoured him; this last, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, has broken his bones.

18 propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel ecce ego visitabo regem Babylonis et terram eius sicut visitavi regem Assur

18 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and his land, just as I visited upon the king of Assyria

19 et reducam Israhel ad habitaculum suum et pascetur Carmelum et Basan et in monte Ephraim et Galaad saturabitur anima eius

19 and I will bring back Israel to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and on the mountain of Ephraim and Gilead his soul shall be satisfied

20 in diebus illis et in tempore illo ait Dominus quaeretur iniquitas Israhel et non erit et peccatum Iuda et non invenietur quoniam propitius ero eis quos reliquero

20 In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and it will not be; and the sin of Judah, and it will not be found; for I will be propitious to those whom I leave as a remnant.

21 super terram dominantium ascende et super habitatores eius visita dissipa et interfice quae post eos sunt ait Dominus et fac iuxta omnia quae praecepi tibi

21 go up against the land of those who dominate, and upon its inhabitants visit; scatter and slay what comes after them, says the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded you

22 vox belli in terra et contritio magna

22 The sound of war in the land, and great destruction

23 quomodo confractus est et contritus est malleus universae terrae quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in gentibus

23 how has the mallet of the whole earth been broken and crushed! how has Babylon been turned into a desert among the nations

24 inlaqueavi te et capta es Babylon et nesciebas inventa es et adprehensa quoniam Dominum provocasti

24 I have ensnared you and you are captured, O Babylon, and you did not know; you were found and apprehended, because you provoked the Lord.

25 aperuit Dominus thesaurum suum et protulit vasa irae suae quoniam opus est Domino Deo exercituum in terra Chaldeorum

25 the Lord has opened his treasury and brought forth the vessels of his wrath, because there is a work for the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans

26 venite ad eam ab extremis finibus aperite ut exeant qui conculcent eam tollite de via lapides et redigite in acervos et interficite eam nec sit quicquam reliquum

26 come against her from the farthest limits, open up so that those who trample her may go out, remove the stones from the way and reduce them into heaps, and slay her, and let there be nothing at all left

27 dissipate universos fortes eius descendant in occisionem vae eis quia venit dies eorum tempus visitationis eorum

27 scatter all her strong ones; let them descend to slaughter; woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their visitation.

28 vox fugientium et eorum qui evaserunt de terra Babylonis ut adnuntient in Sion ultionem Domini Dei nostri ultionem templi eius

28 the voice of those fleeing and of those who have escaped from the land of Babylon, so that they may announce in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple

29 adnuntiate in Babylonem plurimis omnibus qui tendunt arcum consistite adversum eam per gyrum et nullus evadat reddite ei secundum opus suum iuxta omnia quae fecit facite illi quia contra Dominum erecta est adversum Sanctum Israhel

29 announce against Babylon to many: all who bend the bow, take your stand against her all around, and let no one escape; render to her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her, for she has exalted herself against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel

30 idcirco cadent iuvenes eius in plateis eius et omnes viri bellatores eius conticescent in die illa ait Dominus

30 therefore her young men will fall in her squares, and all her men of war will be silenced in that day, says the Lord

31 ecce ego ad te superbe dicit Dominus Deus exercituum quia venit dies tuus tempus visitationis tuae

31 behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time of your visitation.

32 et cadet superbus et corruet et non erit qui suscitet eum et succendam ignem in urbibus eius et devorabit omnia in circuitu eius

32 and the proud one will fall and will collapse, and there will be no one to rouse him; and I will ignite a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him

33 haec dicit Dominus exercituum calumniam sustinent filii Israhel et filii Iuda simul omnes qui ceperunt eos tenent nolunt dimittere eos

33 Thus says the Lord of hosts: the children of Israel and the children of Judah together are enduring oppression; all who captured them hold them fast; they are unwilling to release them.

34 redemptor eorum Fortis Dominus exercituum nomen eius iudicio defendet causam eorum ut exterreat terram et commoveat habitatores Babylonis

34 their Redeemer is Strong; the LORD of hosts is his name; in judgment he will defend their cause, so that he may terrify the land and shake the inhabitants of Babylon

35 gladius ad Chaldeos ait Dominus et ad habitatores Babylonis et ad principes et ad sapientes eius

35 a sword against the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her princes, and against her wise men

36 gladius ad divinos eius qui stulti erunt gladius ad fortes illius qui timebunt

36 a sword against her diviners, who will become fools; a sword against her mighty men, who will be afraid

37 gladius ad equos eius et ad currus eius et ad omne vulgus quod est in medio eius et erunt quasi mulieres gladius ad thesauros eius qui diripientur

37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against the whole populace that is in her midst; and they will be as women; a sword against her treasures, which will be plundered.

38 siccitas super aquas eius erit et arescent quia terra sculptilium est et in portentis gloriantur

38 A drought will be upon her waters, and they will dry up, because it is a land of sculptile images, and they glory in portents

39 propterea habitabunt dracones cum fatuis ficariis et habitabunt in ea strutiones et non habitabitur ultra usque ad sempiternum nec extruetur usque ad generationem et generationem

39 therefore dragons will dwell with foolish fig‑sellers, and ostriches will dwell in it; and it will no longer be inhabited unto everlasting, nor will it be built up unto generation and generation

40 sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorram et vicinas eius ait Dominus non habitabit ibi vir nec incolet eam filius hominis

40 as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighboring places, says the Lord, a man will not dwell there, nor will a son of man inhabit it

41 ecce populus venit ab aquilone et gens magna et reges multi consurgent a finibus terrae

41 behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall arise from the ends of the earth

42 arcum et scutum adprehendent crudeles sunt et inmisericordes vox eorum quasi mare sonabit et super equos ascendent sicut vir paratus ad proelium contra te filia Babylon

42 they will take up bow and shield they are cruel and merciless their voice will resound like the sea and upon horses they will mount like a man prepared for battle against you daughter of Babylon

43 audivit rex Babylonis famam eorum et dissolutae sunt manus eius angustia adprehendit eum dolor quasi parturientem

43 the king of Babylon heard their rumor, and his hands were dissolved; anguish apprehended him, pain as of a woman in labor

44 ecce quasi leo ascendet de superbia Iordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam quia subito currere eum faciam ad illam et quis erit electus quem praeponam ei quis enim similis mei et quis sustinebit me et quis est iste pastor qui resistat vultui meo

44 Behold, like a lion he shall ascend from the pride of the Jordan to the robust pulchritude; for suddenly I will make him run upon her, and who will be the elect whom I shall set over her? For who is like me, and who will withstand me, and who is that shepherd who will resist my face?

45 propterea audite consilium Domini quod mente concepit adversum Babylonem et cogitationes eius quas cogitavit super terram Chaldeorum nisi detraxerint eos parvuli gregum nisi dissipatum fuerit cum ipsis habitaculum eorum

45 therefore hear the counsel of the Lord which he conceived in mind against Babylon, and his cogitations which he cogitated upon the land of the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flock shall drag them away; surely their habitation shall be dissipated with them

46 a voce captivitatis Babylonis commota est terra et clamor inter gentes auditus est

46 At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth was stirred, and a clamor was heard among the nations.

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1 haec dicit Dominus ecce ego suscitabo super Babylonem et super habitatores eius qui cor suum levaverunt contra me quasi ventum pestilentem

1 thus says the Lord: behold, I will rouse up against Babylon and against its inhabitants who have lifted up their heart against me, like a pestilent wind.

2 et mittam in Babylonem ventilatores et ventilabunt eam et demolientur terram eius quoniam venerunt super eam undique in die adflictionis eius

2 and I will send into Babylon winnowers, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land, because they have come upon her on every side on the day of her affliction

3 non tendat qui tendit arcum suum et non ascendat loricatus nolite parcere iuvenibus eius interficite omnem militiam eius

3 let him not bend who bends his bow, and let not the armored man go up; do not spare her youths; kill all her soldiery

4 et cadent interfecti in terra Chaldeorum et vulnerati in regionibus eius

4 and the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in her regions

5 quoniam non fuit viduatus Israhel et Iuda a Deo suo Domino exercituum terra autem eorum repleta est delicto a Sancto Israhel

5 for Israel and Judah have not been widowed from their God, the Lord of hosts; but their land has been filled with delict against the Holy One of Israel

6 fugite de medio Babylonis et salvet unusquisque animam suam nolite tacere super iniquitatem eius quoniam tempus ultionis est Domino vicissitudinem ipse retribuet ei

6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, and let each one save his soul; do not keep silence over her iniquity, for it is the Lord’s time of vengeance: he himself will repay to her in kind.

7 calix aureus Babylon in manu Domini inebrians omnem terram de vino eius biberunt gentes et ideo commotae sunt

7 a golden chalice was Babylon in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the whole earth; of its wine the nations drank, and therefore they were shaken.

8 subito cecidit Babylon et contrita est ululate super eam tollite resinam ad dolorem eius si forte sanetur

8 suddenly Babylon fell and was crushed ululate over her take resin for her pain if perhaps she may be healed

9 curavimus Babylonem et non est sanata derelinquamus eam et eamus unusquisque in terram suam quoniam pervenit usque ad caelos iudicium eius et elevatum est usque ad nubes

9 we have cared for Babylon and she has not been healed let us abandon her and let us go each into his own land because her judgment has reached up to the heavens and has been lifted up to the clouds

10 protulit Dominus iustitias nostras venite et narremus in Sion opus Domini Dei nostri

10 the Lord has brought forth our justices come and let us narrate in Zion the work of the Lord our God

11 acuite sagittas implete faretras suscitavit Dominus spiritum regum Medorum et contra Babylonem mens eius ut perdat eam quoniam ultio Domini est ultio templi sui

11 sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers; the Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, and his mind is against Babylon to destroy her, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.

12 super muros Babylonis levate signum augete custodiam levate custodes praeparate insidias quia cogitavit Dominus et fecit quaecumque locutus est contra habitatores Babylonis

12 lift up a sign upon the walls of Babylon, augment the guard, raise the watchmen, prepare ambushes, because the Lord has devised and has done whatever he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon

13 quae habitas super aquas multas locuples in thesauris venit finis tuus pedalis praecisionis tuae

13 you who dwell upon many waters, opulent in treasures, your end has come, the foot-measure of your excision

14 iuravit Dominus exercituum per animam suam quoniam replebo te hominibus quasi brucho et super te celeuma cantabitur

14 The Lord of armies has sworn by his own soul: surely I will fill you with men like a locust-swarm, and over you a celeusma will be sung.

15 qui fecit terram in fortitudine sua praeparavit orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit caelos

15 who made the earth in his fortitude, prepared the orb in his sapience, and in his prudence extended the heavens

16 dante eo vocem multiplicantur aquae in caelo qui levat nubes ab extremo terrae fulgura in pluviam fecit et produxit ventum de thesauris suis

16 when he gives his voice, the waters are multiplied in heaven; he lifts clouds from the end of the earth, he made lightnings into rain, and he brought forth wind from his treasuries.

17 stultus factus est omnis homo ab scientia confusus est omnis conflator in sculptili quia mendax conflatio eius nec est spiritus in eis

17 every man has become foolish in knowledge; every founder is confounded in the graven image, because his casting is mendacious, and there is no spirit in them

18 vana sunt opera et risu digna in tempore visitationis suae peribunt

18 vain are the works and worthy of laughter; in the time of their visitation they shall perish

19 non sicut haec pars Iacob quia qui fecit omnia ipse est et Israhel sceptrum hereditatis eius Dominus exercituum nomen eius

19 not like these is the part of Jacob, for he who made all things—he it is; and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

20 conlidis tu mihi vasa belli et ego conlidam in te gentes et disperdam in te regna

20 you dash to pieces for me the vessels of war, and I will dash to pieces in you nations, and I will destroy in you kingdoms

21 et conlidam in te equum et equitem eius et conlidam in te currum et ascensorem eius

21 and I will shatter in you the horse and its horseman, and I will shatter in you the chariot and its rider

22 et conlidam in te virum et mulierem et conlidam in te senem et puerum et conlidam in te iuvenem et virginem

22 and I will dash to pieces in you the man and the woman, and I will dash to pieces in you the old man and the boy, and I will dash to pieces in you the young man and the virgin

23 et conlidam in te pastorem et gregem eius et conlidam in te agricolam et iugales eius et conlidam in te duces et magistratus

23 and I will dash to pieces in you the shepherd and his flock, and I will dash to pieces in you the farmer and his yoke-oxen, and I will dash to pieces in you leaders and magistrates

24 et reddam Babyloni et cunctis habitatoribus Chaldeae omne malum suum quod fecerunt in Sion in oculis vestris ait Dominus

24 and I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil which they have done in Zion before your eyes says the Lord

25 ecce ego ad te mons pestifer ait Dominus qui corrumpis universam terram et extendam manum meam super te et evolvam te de petris et dabo te in montem conbustionis

25 behold, I am against you, O pestiferous mountain, says the Lord, you who corrupt the whole earth; and I will extend my hand over you and roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a mountain of combustion

26 et non tollent de te lapidem in angulum et lapidem in fundamenta sed perditus in aeternum eris ait Dominus

26 and they will not take from you a stone for a corner or a stone for foundations, but you will be desolate forever, says the Lord

27 levate signum in terra clangite bucina in gentibus sanctificate super eam gentes adnuntiate contra illam regibus Ararat Menni et Aschenez numerate contra eam Thapsar adducite equum quasi bruchum aculeatum

27 raise a standard in the land; sound the trumpet among the nations; consecrate nations against her; announce against her to the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; number (muster) against her the Thapsar; bring up the horse like a bristling locust.

28 sanctificate contra eam gentes reges Mediae duces eius et universos magistratus eius cunctamque terram potestatis eius

28 sanctify against her nations: the kings of Media, its leaders and all its magistrates, and the whole land of its dominion

29 et commovebitur terra et turbabitur quia evigilavit contra Babylonem cogitatio Domini ut ponat terram Babylonis desertam et inhabitabilem

29 and the earth shall be moved and shall be troubled, because the cogitation of the Lord has awakened against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desert and uninhabitable

30 cessaverunt fortes Babylonis a proelio habitaverunt in praesidiis devoratum est robur eorum et facti sunt quasi mulieres incensa sunt tabernacula eius contriti sunt vectes eius

30 the mighty men of Babylon have ceased from battle; they have dwelt in the garrisons; their strength has been devoured, and they have become as if women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars have been crushed.

31 currens obviam currenti veniet et nuntius obvius nuntianti ut adnuntiet regi Babylonis quia capta est civitas eius a summo usque ad summum

31 a runner will come to meet a runner, and a messenger to meet a messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end

32 et vada praeoccupata sunt et paludes incensae sunt igni et viri bellatores conturbati sunt

32 and the fords have been preoccupied, and the marshes have been ignited with fire, and the men of war have been thrown into confusion

33 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel filia Babylon quasi area tempus triturae eius adhuc modicum et veniet tempus messionis eius

33 for thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: the daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor; her time of threshing—yet a little while—and the time of her harvest will come

34 comedit me devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis reddidit me quasi vas inane absorbuit me sicut draco replevit ventrem suum teneritudine mea et eiecit me

34 he has eaten me, he has devoured me, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he has rendered me like an empty vessel; he has absorbed me like a dragon; he filled his belly with my tenderness, and he has cast me out

35 iniquitas adversum me et caro mea super Babylonem dicit habitatio Sion et sanguis meus super habitatores Chaldeae dicit Hierusalem

35 iniquity against me and my flesh upon Babylon, says the habitation of Zion; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem

36 propterea haec dicit Dominus ecce ego iudicabo causam tuam et ulciscar ultionem tuam et desertum faciam mare eius et siccabo venam eius

36 Therefore, thus says the Lord: behold, I will judge your cause and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make its sea a desert and I will dry up its spring.

37 et erit Babylon in tumulos habitatio draconum stupor et sibilus eo quod non sit habitator

37 and Babylon shall be into mounds, a habitation of dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant

38 simul ut leones rugient excutient comas velut catuli leonum

38 together like lions they will roar; they will shake out their manes like lion cubs

39 in calore eorum ponam potus eorum et inebriabo eos ut sopiantur et dormiant somnum sempiternum et non consurgant dicit Dominus

39 in their heat I will set their drinks, and I will inebriate them, that they may grow drowsy and sleep a sempiternal sleep and not arise, says the Lord

40 deducam eos quasi agnos ad victimam quasi arietes cum hedis

40 I will lead them down like lambs to the sacrifice, like rams with kids.

41 quomodo capta est Sesach et conprehensa est inclita universae terrae quomodo facta est in stuporem Babylon inter gentes

41 how has Sesach been captured and the renowned of the whole earth been seized how has Babylon been made into stupefaction among the nations

42 ascendit super Babylonem mare multitudine fluctuum eius operta est

42 The sea has gone up over Babylon; she is covered by the multitude of its waves

43 factae sunt civitates eius in stuporem terra inhabitabilis et deserta terra in qua nullus habitet nec transeat per eam filius hominis

43 her cities have been made into astonishment, an uninhabitable and deserted land, a land in which no one dwells, nor does a son of man pass through it

44 et visitabo super Bel in Babylone et eiciam quod absorbuerat de ore eius et non confluent ad eum ultra gentes siquidem et murus Babylonis corruit

44 and I will visit upon Bel in Babylon, and I will cast out what he had swallowed from his mouth, and the nations will no longer flow together to him; indeed, the wall of Babylon has fallen

45 egredimini de medio eius populus meus ut salvet unusquisque animam suam ab ira furoris Domini

45 go forth out of her midst, my people, that each may save his own soul from the wrath of the Lord’s fury

46 et ne forte mollescat cor vestrum et timeatis auditum qui audietur in terra et veniet in anno auditio et post hunc annum auditio et iniquitas in terra et dominator super dominatorem

46 and lest perhaps your heart soften and you fear the report which will be heard in the land: and in a year a report will come, and after this year a report, and iniquity in the land, and a dominator over dominator

47 propterea ecce dies veniunt et visitabo super sculptilia Babylonis et omnis terra eius confundetur et universi interfecti eius cadent in medio eius

47 therefore behold, days are coming, and I will visit upon the sculptured images of Babylon, and all her land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst

48 et laudabunt super Babylonem caeli et terra et omnia quae in eis sunt quia ab aquilone venient ei praedones ait Dominus

48 and the heavens and the earth and all that are in them shall laud over Babylon, for from the north there shall come to her plunderers, says the Lord

49 et quomodo fecit Babylon ut caderent occisi in Israhel sic de Babylone cadent occisi in universa terra

49 and just as Babylon caused the slain to fall in Israel, so from Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall

50 qui fugistis gladium venite nolite stare recordamini procul Domini et Hierusalem ascendat super cor vestrum

50 you who have fled the sword, come; do not stand; remember the Lord from afar, and let Jerusalem ascend upon your heart

51 confusi sumus quoniam audivimus obprobrium operuit ignominia facies nostras quia venerunt alieni super sanctificationem domus Domini

51 we are confounded, for we have heard opprobrium; ignominy has covered our faces, because foreigners have come upon the sanctification of the house of the Lord

52 propterea ecce dies veniunt ait Dominus et visitabo super sculptilia eius et in omni terra eius mugiet vulneratus

52 therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will visit upon her graven images; and in all her land the wounded will bellow.

53 si ascenderit Babylon in caelum et firmaverit in excelso robur suum a me venient vastatores eius ait Dominus

53 if Babylon should ascend into heaven and should make firm her strength on high, from me her devastators will come, says the Lord

54 vox clamoris de Babylone et contritio magna de terra Chaldeorum

54 a voice of clamor from Babylon, and a great crushing from the land of the Chaldeans

55 quoniam vastavit Dominus Babylonem et perdidit ex ea vocem magnam et sonabunt fluctus eorum quasi aquae multae dedit sonitum vox eorum

55 since the Lord has devastated Babylon and has destroyed from her the great voice, and their waves will resound like many waters; their voice has given a sound.

56 quia venit super eam id est super Babylonem praedo et adprehensi sunt fortes eius et emarcuit arcus eorum quia fortis ultor Dominus reddens retribuet

56 because there has come upon her—that is, upon Babylon—a plunderer, and her strong men have been apprehended, and their bows have withered, because the Lord is a strong avenger; repaying, he will requite

57 et inebriabo principes eius et sapientes eius duces eius et magistratus eius et fortes eius et dormient somnum sempiternum et non expergiscentur ait Rex Dominus exercituum nomen eius

57 and I will inebriate its princes and its wise men, its leaders and its magistrates and its strong men, and they will sleep a sempiternal sleep and will not awaken, says the King—the Lord of hosts is his name

58 haec dicit Dominus exercituum murus Babylonis ille latissimus suffossione suffodietur et portae eius excelsae igni conburentur et labores populorum ad nihilum et gentium in igne erunt et disperibunt

58 thus says the Lord of hosts: the wall of Babylon, that very broad one, will be undermined by undermining, and its lofty gates will be burned with fire; and the labors of the peoples will be to nothing, and the labors of the nations will be in the fire and will perish.

59 verbum quod praecepit Hieremias prophetes Saraiae filio Neriae filii Maasiae cum pergeret cum Sedecia rege in Babylonem in anno quarto regni eius Saraias autem erat princeps prophetiae

59 the word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded to Seraiah, son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, when he was going with Zedekiah the king into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign; now Seraiah was chief of the prophecy.

60 et scripsit Hieremias omne malum quod venturum erat super Babylonem in libro uno omnia verba haec quae scripta sunt contra Babylonem

60 and Jeremiah wrote all the evil that was to come upon Babylon in one book, all these words which are written against Babylon

61 et dixit Hieremias ad Saraiam cum veneris Babylonem et videris et legeris omnia verba haec

61 and Jeremiah said to Seraiah: when you come to Babylon and see and read all these words

62 dices Domine tu locutus es contra locum istum ut disperderes eum ne sit qui in eo habitet ab homine usque ad pecus et ut sit perpetua solitudo

62 you shall say, O Lord, you have spoken against this place to destroy it, so that there be none who dwells in it, from man even to beast, and that it be a perpetual solitude.

63 cumque conpleveris legere librum istum ligabis ad eum lapidem et proicies illum in medio Eufraten

63 and when you have completed reading this book, you shall bind a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates

64 et dices sic submergetur Babylon et non consurget a facie adflictionis quam ego adduco super eam et dissolventur hucusque verba Hieremiae

64 and you shall say: Thus shall Babylon be submerged, and it shall not rise from the face of the affliction which I am bringing upon her; and they shall be dissolved. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.

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1 filius viginti et unius anni Sedecias cum regnare coepisset et undecim annis regnavit in Hierusalem et nomen matris eius Amithal filia Hieremiae de Lobna

1 Zedekiah, a son of twenty-one years, when he began to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Hamital, daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah

2 et fecit malum in oculis Domini iuxta omnia quae fecerat Ioachim

2 and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord according to all that Jehoiakim had done

3 quoniam furor Domini erat in Hierusalem et in Iuda usquequo proiceret eos a facie sua et recessit Sedecias a rege Babylonis

3 since the fury of the Lord was upon Jerusalem and upon Judah, until he cast them away from his face; and Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon

4 factum est autem in anno nono regni eius in mense decimo decima mensis venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ipse et omnis exercitus eius adversum Hierusalem et obsederunt eam et aedificaverunt contra eam munitiones in circuitu

4 And it came to pass in the 9th year of his reign, in the 10th month, on the 10th day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came—he and all his army—against Jerusalem, and they besieged it, and built fortifications against it all around.

5 et fuit civitas obsessa usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciae

5 and the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah

6 mense autem quarto nona mensis obtinuit fames in civitate et non erant alimenta populo terrae

6 but in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there were no provisions for the people of the land

7 et disrupta est civitas et omnes viri bellatores fugerunt et exierunt de civitate nocte per viam portae quae est inter duos muros et ducit ad hortum regis Chaldeis obsidentibus urbem in gyro et abierunt per viam quae ducit in heremum

7 and the city was breached, and all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of the gate which is between the two walls and leads to the king’s garden, while the Chaldeans were besieging the city round about, and they went away by the road that leads into the wilderness

8 persecutus est autem exercitus Chaldeorum regem et adprehenderunt Sedeciam in deserto quod est iuxta Hiericho et omnis comitatus eius diffugit ab eo

8 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they seized Zedekiah in the desert that is near Jericho, and all his retinue fled from him

9 cumque conprehendissent regem adduxerunt eum ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha quae est in terra Emath et locutus est ad eum iudicia

9 and when they had apprehended the king, they led him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgments to him.

10 et iugulavit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciae in oculis eius sed et omnes principes Iudae occidit in Reblatha

10 And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the princes of Judah in Reblatha.

11 et oculos Sedeciae eruit et vinxit eum conpedibus et adduxit eum rex Babylonis in Babylonem et posuit eum in domo carceris usque ad diem mortis eius

11 and he gouged out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him to Babylon and put him in the house of the prison until the day of his death

12 in mense autem quinto decima mensis ipse est annus nonusdecimus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis venit Nabuzardan princeps militiae qui stabat coram rege Babylonis in Hierusalem

12 now in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month—this was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the prince of the militia, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem

13 et incendit domum Domini et domum regis et omnes domos Hierusalem et omnem domum magnam igne conbusit

13 and he set fire to the House of the Lord and the house of the king and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burned with fire

14 et totum murum Hierusalem per circuitum destruxit cunctus exercitus Chaldeorum qui erat cum magistro militiae

14 And the whole army of the Chaldeans, which was with the master of the soldiery, destroyed the entire wall of Jerusalem all around.

15 de pauperibus autem populi et de reliquo vulgo quod remanserat in civitate et de perfugis qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis et ceteros de multitudine transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiae

15 but of the poor of the people, and of the remaining common crowd which had remained in the city, and of the refugees who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude—Nebuzaradan, the prince of the militia, transferred them.

16 de pauperibus vero terrae reliquit Nabuzardan princeps militiae in vinitores et in agricolas

16 but of the poor of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the soldiery, left them as vinedressers and as farmers

17 columnas quoque aereas quae erant in domo Domini et bases et mare aereum quod erat in domo Domini confregerunt Chaldei et tulerunt omne aes eorum in Babylonem

17 the bronze columns also that were in the House of the Lord, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the House of the Lord, the Chaldeans shattered, and they carried all their bronze to Babylon

18 et lebetas et creagras et psalteria et fialas et mortariola et omnia vasa aerea quae in ministerio fuerant tulerunt

18 and the caldrons, and the flesh-hooks, and the psalteries, and the phials, and the little mortars, and all the brazen vessels which had been in the ministry, they took away

19 et hydrias et thymiamateria et urceos et pelves et candelabra et mortaria et cyatos quotquot aurea aurea et quotquot argentea argentea tulit magister militiae

19 and the water-jars and the thymiateria and the pitchers and the basins and the candelabra and the mortars and the ladles—however many were golden, the golden ones, and however many were silver, the silver ones—the master of the soldiery took

20 columnas duas et mare unum vitulos duodecim aereos qui erant sub basibus quas fecerat rex Salomon in domo Domini non erat pondus aeris omnium vasorum horum

20 the two columns and one sea, the twelve bronze bull-calves that were under the bases which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord—there was no weighing of the bronze of all these vessels

21 de columnis autem decem et octo cubiti altitudinis erant in columna una et funiculus duodecim cubitorum circuibat eam porro grossitudo eius quattuor digitorum et intrinsecus cava erat

21 but as for the columns, eighteen cubits was the height of one column, and a cord of twelve cubits encircled it; moreover its thickness was four fingers, and inwardly it was hollow

22 et capitella super utramque aerea altitudo capitelli unius quinque cubitorum et retiacula et mala granata

22 and the capitals upon each were bronze; the height of one capital was five cubits; and there were lattices and pomegranates

23 nonaginta sex dependentia omnia mala granata centum retiaculis circumdabantur

23 Ninety-six hanging; all the pomegranates, one hundred in number, were encircled with latticeworks.

24 et tulit magister militiae Saraiam sacerdotem primum et Sophoniam sacerdotem secundum et tres custodes vestibuli

24 and the master of the soldiery took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and three custodians of the vestibule

25 et de civitate tulit eunuchum unum qui erat praepositus super viros bellatores et septem viros de his qui videbant faciem regis qui inventi sunt in civitate et scribam principem militum qui probabat tirones et sexaginta viros de populo terrae qui inventi sunt in medio civitatis

25 and from the city he took one eunuch, who was set over the men of war, and seven men of those who saw the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe, the chief of the soldiers, who tested the tyros, and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city

26 tulit autem eos Nabuzardan magister militiae et duxit eos ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha

26 but Nebuzaradan, the master of the soldiery, took them and led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah

27 et percussit eos rex Babylonis et interfecit eos in Reblatha in terra Emath et translatus est Iuda de terra sua

27 and the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Reblatha in the land of Hamath, and Judah was carried away from his land

28 iste est populus quem transtulit Nabuchodonosor in anno septimo Iudaeos tria milia et viginti tres

28 this is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the 7th year, Jews 3,023

29 in anno octavodecimo Nabuchodonosor de Hierusalem animas octingentas triginta duas

29 in the 18th year of Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem 832 souls

30 in anno vicesimo tertio Nabuchodonosor transtulit Nabuzardan magister militiae Iudaeorum animas septingentas quadraginta quinque omnes ergo animae quattuor milia sescentae

30 in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the master of the militia, transferred of the Jews 745 souls; therefore all the souls were 4,600.

31 et factum est in tricesimo septimo anno transmigrationis Ioachim regis Iudae duodecimo mense vicesima quinta mensis elevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis ipso anno regni sui caput Ioachim regis Iudae et eduxit eum de domo carceris

31 and it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in that very year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and brought him out from the house of the prison

32 et locutus est cum eo bona et posuit thronum eius super thronos regum qui erant post se in Babylone

32 and he spoke with him kindly and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon

33 et mutavit vestimenta carceris eius et comedebat panem coram eo semper cunctis diebus vitae suae

33 and he changed the garments of his prison, and he ate bread before him always, all the days of his life

34 et cibaria eius cibaria perpetua dabantur ei a rege Babylonis statuta per singulos dies usque ad diem mortis suae cunctis diebus vitae eius

34 and his provisions—perpetual provisions—were given to him by the king of Babylon, stipulated for each day, unto the day of his death, all the days of his life