Liber Ieremiae, 44

1. Verbum, quod factum est per Ieremiam ad omnes Iudaeos, qui habitabant in terra Aegypti, habitantes in Magdolo et in Taphnis et in Memphi et in terra Phatures, dicens:

1. The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tah'panhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros,

2. “Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Vos vidistis omne malum istud, quod adduxi super Ierusalem et super omnes urbes Iudae; et ecce desertae sunt hodie, et non est in eis habitator

2. "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,

3. propter malitiam, quam fecerunt, ut me ad iracundiam provocarent et irent, ut sacrificarent et colerent deos alienos, quos nesciebant et illi et vos et patres vestri.

3. because of the wickedness which they committed, provoking me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.

4. Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas, de nocte consurgens mittensque et dicens: Nolite facere verbum abominationis huiuscemodi, quam odivi.

4. Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, 'Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!'

5. Et non audierunt nec inclinaverunt aurem suam, ut converterentur a malis suis et non sacrificarent diis alienis;

5. But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their wickedness and burn no incense to other gods.

6. et effusa est indignatio mea et furor meus et succensa est in civitatibus Iudae et in plateis Ierusalem, et versae sunt in solitudinem et vastitatem secundum diem hanc.

6. Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured forth and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day.

7. Et nunc haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Quare vos facitis malum grande contra animas vestras, ut intereat ex vobis vir et mulier, parvulus et lactans de medio Iudae, nec relinquatur vobis quidquam residuum,

7. And now thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?

8. provocantes me in operibus manuum vestrarum, sacrificando diis alienis in terra Aegypti, in quam ingressi estis, ut ibi peregrinemini, et dissipet vos, et sitis in maledictionem et in opprobrium cunctis gentibus terrae?

8. Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?

9. Numquid obliti estis mala patrum vestrorum et mala regum Iudae et mala uxorum eius et mala vestra et mala uxorum vestrarum, quae fecerunt in terra Iudae et in plateis Ierusalem?

9. Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10. Non sunt contriti usque ad diem hanc et non timuerunt et non ambulaverunt in lege mea et in praeceptis meis, quae dedi coram vobis et coram patribus vestris.

10. They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.

11. Ideo haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Ecce ego ponam faciem meam in vobis in malum et disperdam omnem Iudam.

11. "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, to cut off all Judah.

12. Et assumam reliquias Iudae, qui posuerunt facies suas, ut ingrederentur terram Aegypti et peregrinarentur ibi, et consumentur omnes in terra Aegypti: cadent in gladio et in fame et consumentur a minimo usque ad maximum, in gladio et in fame morientur; et erunt in exsecrationem et in stuporem et in maledictionem et in opprobrium.

12. I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, 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 to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine; and they shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.

13. Et visitabo super habitatores terrae Aegypti, sicut visitavi super Ierusalem, in gladio et in fame et in peste:

13. I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

14. et non erit qui effugiat et sit residuus de reliquiis Iudaeorum, qui venerunt, ut peregrinarentur in terra Aegypti et reverterentur in terram Iudae, ad quam ipsi elevant animas suas, ut revertantur et habitent ibi; non revertentur, nisi qui fugerint”.

14. so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there; for they shall not return, except some fugitives."

15. Responderunt autem Ieremiae omnes viri, scientes quod sacrificarent uxores eorum diis alienis, et universae mulieres, quarum stabat multitudo grandis, et omnis populus habitantium in terra Aegypti in Phatures, dicentes:

15. Then all the men who knew that their wives had offered incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who dwelt in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:

16. “Sermonem, quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Domini, non audiemus ex te,

16. "As for the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.

17. sed facientes faciemus omne verbum, quod egressum est de ore nostro, ut sacrificemus reginae caeli et libemus ei libamina, sicut fecimus nos et patres nostri, reges nostri et principes nostri in urbibus Iudae et in plateis Ierusalem, et saturati sumus panibus et bene nobis erat malumque non vidimus.

17. But we will do everything that we have vowed, burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no evil.

18. Ex eo autem tempore, quo cessavimus sacrificare reginae caeli et libare ei libamina, indigemus omnibus et gladio et fame consumpti sumus.

18. But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine."

19. Quod si nos sacrificamus reginae caeli et libamus ei libamina, numquid sine viris nostris fecimus ei placentas ad effingendum eam et libandum ei libamina?”.

19. And the women said, "When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out libations to her, was it without our husbands' approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out libations to her?"

20. Et dixit Ieremias ad omnem populum, adversum viros et adversum mulieres et adversum universam plebem, qui responderant ei verbum, dicens:

20. Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer:

21. “Numquid non sacrificium, quod sacrificastis in civitatibus Iudae et in plateis Ierusalem, vos et patres vestri, reges vestri et principes vestri et populus terrae, horum recordatus est Dominus, et ascendit super cor eius?

21. "As for the incense that you burned 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, did not the LORD remember it? Did it not come into his mind?

22. Et non poterat Dominus ultra portare propter malitiam operum 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. The LORD could no longer bear your evil doings and the abominations which you committed; therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

23. Propterea quod sacrificaveritis 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. It is because you burned incense, and because you sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies, that this evil has befallen you, as at this day."

24. Dixit autem Ieremias ad omnem populum et ad universas mulieres: “Audite verbum Domini, omnis Iuda, qui estis in terra Aegypti.

24. Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt,

25. Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel, 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”. Implete vota vestra et opere perpetrate ea.

25. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, `We will surely perform our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her.' Then confirm your vows and perform your vows!

26. Ideo audite verbum Domini, omnis Iuda, qui habitatis in terra Aegypti: Ecce ego iuravi in nomine meo magno, ait Dominus, quia nequaquam ultra vocabitur nomen meum ex ore omnis viri Iudae dicentis: “Vivit Dominus Deus”, in omni terra Aegypti.

26. Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, `As the Lord GOD lives.'

27. Ecce ego vigilabo super eos in malum et non in bonum, et consumentur omnes viri Iudae, qui sunt in terra Aegypti, gladio et fame, donec penitus consumantur.

27. Behold, I am watching over them for evil and not for good; all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.

28. Et, qui fugerint gladium, revertentur de terra Aegypti in terram Iudae, viri pauci, et scient omnes reliquiae Iudae, quae ingressae sunt terram Aegypti, ut peregrinarentur ibi, cuius sermo compleatur, meus an illorum.

28. And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.

29. Et hoc vobis signum, ait Dominus, quod visitem ego super vos in loco isto, ut sciatis quia vere complebuntur sermones mei contra vos in malum.

29. This shall be the sign to you, says the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil:

30. Haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego tradam pharaonem Ophree, regem Aegypti, in manu inimicorum eius et in manu quaerentium animam illius, sicut tradidi Sedeciam regem Iudae in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis inimici sui et quaerentis animam eius”.

30. Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedeki'ah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life."