Liber Ieremiae, 36

1. et factum est in anno quarto Joachim filii Josiæ regis Juda factum est verbum hoc ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, that this word came to Jeremias by the Lord, saying:

2. tolle volumen libri et scribes in eo omnia verba quæ locutus sum tibi adversum Israël et Judam et adversum omnes gentes a die qua locutus sum ad te ex diebus Josiæ usque ad diem hanc

2. Take thee a roll of a book, and thou shalt write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel and Juda, and against all the nations from the day that I spoke to thee, from the days of Josias even to this day.

3. si forte audiente domo Juda universa mala quæ ego cogito facere eis revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima et propitius ero iniquitati et peccato eorum

3. If so be, when the house of Juda shall hear all the evils that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his wicked way: and I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.

4. vocavit ergo Hieremias Baruch filium Neriæ et scripsit Baruch ex ore Hieremiæ omnes sermones Domini quos locutus est ad eum in volumine libri

4. So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the roll of a book.

5. et præcepit Hieremias Baruch dicens ego clausus sum nec valeo ingredi domum Domini

5. And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying: I am shut up, and cannot go into 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 jejunii insuper et audiente universo Juda qui veniunt de civitatibus suis leges eis

6. Go thou in therefore, and read out of the volume, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people in the house of the Lord on the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the hearing of all Juda that come out of their cities:

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 so be they may present their supplication before the Lord, and may return every one from his wicked way: for great is the wrath and indignation which the Lord hath pronounced against this people.

8. et fecit Baruch filius Neriæ juxta omnia quæ præceperat ei Hieremias propheta legens ex volumine sermones Domini in domo Domini

8. And Baruch the son of Nerias did according to all that Jeremias the prophet had commanded him, reading out of the volume the words of the Lord in the house of the Lord.

9. factum est autem in anno quinto Joachim filii Josiæ regis Juda in mense nono prædicaverunt jejunium in conspectu Domini omni populo in Hierusalem et universæ multitudini quæ confluxerat de civitatibus Juda in Hierusalem

9. And it came to pass in the fifth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that were come together out of the cities of Juda to Jerusalem.

10. legitque Baruch ex volumine sermones Hieremiæ in domo Domini in gazofilacio Gamariæ filii Saphan scribæ in vestibulo superiori in introitu portæ novæ domus Domini audiente omni populo

10. And Baruch read out of the volume the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the treasury of Gamarias the son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entry of the new gate of the house of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people.

11. cumque audisset Micheas filius Gamariæ filii Saphan omnes sermones Domini ex libro

11. And when Micheas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord,

12. descendit in domum regis ad gazofilacium scribæ et ecce ibi omnes principes sedebant Elisama scriba et Dalajas filius Semejæ et Elnathan filius Achobor et Gamarias filius Saphan et Sedecias filius Ananiæ et universi principes

12. He went down into the king's house to the secretary's chamber: and behold all the princes sat there, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaias the son of Semeias, and Elnathan the son of Achobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedecias the son of Hananias, and all the princes.

13. et nuntiavit eis Micheas omnia verba quæ audivit legente Baruch ex volumine in auribus populi

13. And Micheas told them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read out of the volume in the hearing of the people.

14. miserunt itaque omnes principes ad Baruch Judi filium Nathaniæ filii Selemiæ filii Chusi dicentes volumen ex quo legisti audiente populo sume in manu tua et veni tulit ergo Baruch filius Neriæ volumen in manu sua et venit ad eos

14. Therefore all the princes sent Judi the son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, to Baruch, saying: Take in thy hand the volume in which thou hast read in the hearing of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Nerias took the volume in his hand, and came to them.

15. et dixerunt ad eum sede et lege hæc in auribus nostris et legit Baruch in auribus eorum

15. And they said to him: Sit down and read these things in our hearing. And Baruch read in their hearing.

16. igitur cum audissent omnia verba obstipuerunt unusquisque ad proximum suum et dixerunt ad Baruch nuntiare debemus regi omnes sermones istos

16. And when they had heard all the words, they looked upon one another with astonishment, and they said to Baruch: We must tell the king all these words.

17. et interrogaverunt eum dicentes indica nobis quomodo scripsisti omnes sermones istos ex ore ejus

17. And they asked him, saying: Tell us how didst thou write 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. And Baruch said to them: With his mouth he pronounced all these words as if he were reading to me: and I wrote in a 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 thee, both thou and Jeremias, and let no man know where you are.

20. et ingressi sunt ad regem in atrium porro volumen commendaverunt in gazofilacio Elisamæ scribæ et nuntiaverunt audiente rege omnes sermones

20. And they went in to the king into the court: but they laid up the volume in the chamber of Elisama the scribe: and they told all the words in the hearing of the king.

21. misitque rex Judi ut sumeret volumen qui tollens illud de gazofilacio Elisamæ scribæ legit audiente rege et universis principibus qui stabant circa regem

21. And the king sent Judi that he should take the volume: who bringing it out of the chamber of Elisama the scribe, read it in the hearing of the king, and of all the princes that stood about the king.

22. rex autem sedebat in domo hiemali in mense nono et posita erat arula coram eo plena prunis

22. Now the king sat in the winter house, In the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals.

23. cumque legisset Judi tres pagellas vel quattuor scidit illud scalpello scribæ et projecit in igne qui erat super arulam donec consumeretur omne volumen igni qui erat in arula

23. And when Judi had read three or four pages, he cut it with the penknife, and he cast it into the Are, that was upon the hearth, till all the volume was consumed with the fire that was on the hearth.

24. et non timuerunt neque sciderunt vestimenta sua rex et omnes servi ejus qui audierunt universos sermones istos

24. And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

25. verumtamen Elnathan et Dalajas et Gamarias contradixerunt regi ne conbureret librum et non audivit eos

25. But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn. the book: and he heard them not.

26. et præcepit rex Hieremaël filio Ammelech et Sarajæ filio Ezrihel et Selemiæ filio Abdehel ut conprehenderent Baruch scribam et Hieremiam prophetam abscondit autem eos Dominus

26. And the king commanded Jeremiel the son of Amelech, and Saraias the son of Ezriel, and Selemias the son of Abdeel, to take up Baruch the scribe, and Jeremias 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 Hieremiæ dicens

27. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, after that the king had burnt the volume, and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremias, saying:

28. rursum tolle volumen aliud et scribe in eo omnes sermones priores qui erant in volumine primo quod conbusit Joachim rex Juda

28. Take thee again another volume: and write in it all the former words that were in the first volume which Joakim the king of Juda hath burnt.

29. et ad Joachim regem Juda dices hæc 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 jumentum

29. And thou shalt say to Joakim the king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast burnt that volume, saying: Why hast thou written therein, and said: The king of Babylon shall come speedily, and shall lay waste this land: and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

30. propterea hæc dicit Dominus contra Joachim regem Juda non erit ex eo qui sedeat super solium David et cadaver ejus proicietur ad æstum per diem et ad gelu per noctem

30. Therefore thus saith the Lord against Joakim the king of Juda: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night.

31. et visitabo contra eum et contra semen ejus et contra servos ejus iniquitates suas et adducam super eos et super habitatores Hierusalem et super viros Juda omne malum quod locutus sum ad eos et non audierunt

31. And I will punish him, and his seed and his servants, for their iniquities, and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Juda all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they have not heard.

32. Hieremias autem tulit volumen aliud et dedit illud Baruch filio Neriæ scribæ qui scripsit in eo ex ore Hieremiæ omnes sermones libri quem conbuserat Joachim rex Juda igni et insuper additi sunt sermones multo plures quam ante fuerant

32. And Jeremias took another volume, and gave it to Baruch the son of Nerias the scribe: who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim the king of Juda had burnt with fire: and there were added besides many more words than had been before.