Liber Ieremiae, 44

1. verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam ad omnes Judæos qui habitant in terra Ægypti habitantes in Magdolo et in Tafnis et in Memphis et in terra Fatures dicens

1. The word that came to Jeremias, concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, dwelling in Magdal, and in Taphnis, and in Memphis, and in the land of Phatures, saying:

2. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël vos vidistis omne malum istud quod adduxi super Hierusalem et super omnes urbes Juda et ecce sunt desertæ hodie et non est in eis habitator

2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Juda: and behold they are desolate this day, and there is not an 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 wickedness which they have committed, to provoke me to wrath, and to go and offer sacrifice, and worship other gods, which neither they, nor you, nor your fathers knew.

4. et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens mittensque et dicens nolite facere verbum abominationis hujus quam odi

4. And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit 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. But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods.

6. et conflata est indignatio mea et furor meus et succensa est in civitatibus Juda et in plateis Hierusalem et versæ sunt in solitudinem et vastitatem secundum diem hanc

6. Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and they are turned to desolation and waste, as at this day.

7. et nunc hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël quare vos facitis malum grande contra animas vestras ut intereat ex vobis vir et mulier parvulus et lactans de medio Judæ nec relinquatur vobis quicquam residuum

7. And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls, that there should die of you man and woman, child and suckling out of the midst of Juda, and no remnant should be left you:

8. provocantes me in operibus manuum vestrarum sacrificando diis alienis in terra Ægypti in quam ingressi estis ut habitetis ibi et dispereatis et sitis in maledictionem et in obprobrium cunctis gentibus terræ

8. In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, by sacrificing to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you are come to dwell there: and that you should perish, and be a curse, and a reproach to all the nations of the earth?

9. numquid obliti estis mala patrum vestrorum et mala regum Juda et mala uxorum ejus et mala vestra et mala uxorum vestrarum quæ fecerunt in terra Juda et in regionibus Hierusalem

9. Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Juda, and the evils of their wives, and your evils, and the evils of your wives, that they have done in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10. non sunt mundati usque ad diem hanc et non timuerunt et non ambulaverunt in lege et in præceptis meis quæ dedi coram vobis et coram patribus vestris

10. They are not cleansed even to this day: neither have they feared, nor walked in the law of the Lord, nor in my commandments, which I set before you and your fathers.

11. ideo hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël ecce ego pono faciem meam in vobis in malum et disperdam omnem Judam

11. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will set my face upon you for evil: and I will destroy all Juda.

12. et adsumam reliquias Judæ qui posuerunt facies suas ut ingrederentur terram Ægypti et habitarent ibi et consumentur omnes in terra Ægypti cadent in gladio et in fame consumentur a minimo usque ad maximum in gladio et in fame morientur et erunt in jusiurandum et in miraculum et in maledictionem et in obprobrium

12. And I will take the remnant of Juda that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt, and to dwell there: and they shall be all consumed in the land of Egypt: they shall fall by the sword, and by the famine: and they shall be consumed from the least even to the greatest, by the sword, and by the famine shall they die: and they shall be for an execration, and for a wonder, and for a curse, and for a reproach.

13. et visitabo habitatores terræ Ægypti sicut visitavi super Hierusalem in gladio et in fame et in peste

13. And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.

14. et non erit qui effugiat et sit residuus de reliquiis Judæorum qui vadunt ut peregrinentur in terra Ægypti et revertantur in terram Juda ad quam ipsi elevant animas suas ut revertantur et habitent ibi non revertentur nisi qui fugerint

14. And there shall be none that shall escape, and remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt: and that shall return into the land of Juda, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: there shall none return but they that shall flee.

15. responderunt autem Hieremiæ omnes viri scientes quod sacrificarent uxores eorum diis alienis et universæ mulieres quarum stabat multitudo grandis et omnis populus habitantium in terra Ægypti in Fatures dicens

15. Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods: and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremias, saying:

16. sermonem quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Domini non audiemus ex te

16. As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

17. sed facientes faciemus omne verbum quod egreditur de ore nostro ut sacrificemus Reginæ cæli et libemus ei libamina sicut fecimus nos et patres nostri reges nostri et principes nostri in urbibus Juda et in plateis Hierusalem et saturati sumus panibus et bene nobis erat malumque non vidimus

17. But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

18. ex eo autem quo cessavimus sacrificare Reginæ cæli et libare ei libamina indigemus omnibus et gladio et fame consumpti sumus

18. But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by famine.

19. quod si nos sacrificamus Reginæ cæli et libamus ei libamina numquid sine viris nostris fecimus ei placentas ad colendum eam et liba libandi

19. And if we offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink offerings to her: did we make cakes to worship her, to pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?

20. et dixit Hieremias ad omnem populum adversum viros et adversum mulieres et adversum universam plebem qui responderant ei verbum dicens

20. And Jeremias spoke to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying:

21. numquid non sacrificium quod sacrificastis in civitatibus Juda et in plateis Hierusalem vos et patres vestri reges vestri et principes vestri et populus terræ horum recordatus est Dominus et ascendit super cor ejus

21. Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and Sour fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, which the Lord hath remembered, and hath it not entered into 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 hæc

22. So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed: therefore your land is become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

23. propterea quod sacrificaveritis idolis et peccaveritis Domino et non audieritis vocem Domini et in lege et in præceptis et in testimoniis ejus non ambulaveritis idcirco evenerunt vobis mala hæc sicut est dies hæc

23. Because you have sacrificed to idols, and have sinned against the Lord: and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his law, and in his commandments, and in his testimonies: therefore are these evils come upon you, as at this day.

24. dixit autem Hieremias ad omnem populum et ad universas mulieres audite verbum Domini omnis Juda qui estis in terra Ægypti

24. And Jeremias said to all the people, and to all the women : Hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt:

25. hæc inquit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël dicens vos et uxores vestræ locuti estis ore vestro et manibus vestris implestis dicentes faciamus vota nostra quæ vovimus ut sacrificemus Reginæ cæli et libemus ei libamina implestis vota vestra et opere perpetrastis ea

25. Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, saying: You and your wives have spoken with your mouth, and fulfilled with your hands, saying: Let us perform our vows which we have made, to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you have fulfilled your vows, and have performed them indeed.

26. ideo audite verbum Domini omnis Juda qui habitatis in terra Ægypti ecce ego juravi in nomine meo magno ait Dominus quia nequaquam ultra nomen meum vocabitur ex ore omnis viri judæi dicentis vivit Dominus Deus in omni terra Ægypti

26. Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord: that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Juda, in the land of Egypt, saying: The Lord God liveth.

27. ecce ego vigilabo super eos in malum et non in bonum et consumentur omnes viri Juda qui sunt in terra Ægypti gladio et fame donec penitus consumantur

27. Behold I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Juda that are in the land of Egypt, shall be consumed, by the sword, and by famine, till there be an end of them.

28. et qui fugerint gladium revertentur de terra Ægypti in terram Juda viri pauci et scient omnes reliquiæ Juda ingredientium terram Ægypti ut habitent ibi cujus sermo conpleatur meus an illorum

28. And a few men that shall flee from the sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Juda: and all the remnant of Juda that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand, 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 shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.

30. hæc dicit Dominus ecce ego tradam Pharaonem Efree regem Ægypti in manu inimicorum ejus et in manu quærentium animam illius sicut tradidi Sedeciam regem Juda in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis inimici sui et quærentis animam ejus

30. Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Ephree king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.