Liber Ieremiae, 29

1. et hæc sunt verba libri quæ 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. Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremias, the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

2. postquam egressus est Jechonias rex et domina et eunuchi et principes Juda et Hierusalem et faber et inclusor de Hierusalem

2. After that Jechonias the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Juda, and of Jerusalem, and the craftsman, and the engravers were departed out of Jerusalem :

3. in manu Ellasa filii Saphan et Gamaliæ filii Helciæ quos misit Sedecias rex Juda ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Babylonem dicens

3. By the hand of Elasa the son of Saphan, and Gamarias the son of Helcias, whom Sedecias king of Juda sent to Babylon to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, saying:

4. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël omni transmigrationi quam transtuli de Hierusalem in Babylonem

4. Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5. ædificate domos et habitate et plantate hortos et comedite fructum eorum

5. Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.

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 ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.

7. et quærite 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 be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

8. hæc enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël non vos inducant prophetæ vestri qui sunt in medio vestrum et divini vestri et ne adtendatis ad somnia vestra quæ vos somniatis

8. For thus saith the Lord of hoses the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:

9. quia falso ipsi prophetant vobis in nomine meo et non misi eos dicit Dominus

9. For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

10. quia hæc dicit Dominus cum cœperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni visitabo vos et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum ut reducam vos ad locum istum

10. For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again 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 thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.

12. et invocabitis me et ibitis et orabitis me et exaudiam vos

12. And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.

13. quæretis me et invenietis cum quæsieritis me in toto corde vestro

13. You shall seek me, and shall And me: when you shall 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 quæ expuli vos dicit Dominus et reverti vos faciam de loco ad quem transmigrare vos feci

14. And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you out of all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to which I caused you to be carried away captive.

15. quia dixistis suscitavit nobis Dominus prophetas in Babylone

15. Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:

16. quia hæc dicit Dominus ad regem qui sedet super solium David et ad omnem populum habitatorem urbis hujus ad fratres vestros qui non sunt egressi vobiscum in transmigrationem

16. For thus saith the Lord to the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and to all the people that dwell in this city, to your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity.

17. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ecce mittam in eis gladium et famem et pestem et ponam eos quasi ficus malas quæ comedi non possunt eo quod pessimæ sint

17. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them like bad figs that 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 terræ in maledictionem et in stuporem et in sibilum et in obprobrium cunctis gentibus ad quas ego ejeci eos

18. And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and pith the pestilence: and I will give them up unto affliction to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations to which I have driven them out:

19. eo quod non audierint verba mea dicit Dominus quæ misi ad eos per servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens et mittens et non audistis dicit Dominus

19. Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising by night, and sending: and you have not heard, saith the Lord.

20. vos ergo audite verbum Domini omnis transmigratio quam emisi de Hierusalem in Babylonem

20. Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël ad Ahab filium Culia et ad Sedeciam filium Maasiæ qui prophetant vobis in nomine meo mendaciter ecce ego tradam eos in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et percutiet eos in oculis vestris

21. Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them up into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: and he shall kill them before your eyes.

22. et adsumetur ex eis maledictio omni transmigrationi Juda quæ est in Babylone dicentium ponat te Dominus sicut Sedeciam et sicut Ahab quos frixit rex Babylonis in igne

22. And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Juda, that are in Babylon, saying: The Lord make thee like Sedecias, and like Achab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire :

23. pro eo quod fecerint stultitiam in Israël et mœchati sunt in uxores amicorum suorum et locuti sunt verbum in nomine meo mendaciter quod non mandavi eis ego sum judex et testis dicit Dominus

23. Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.

24. et ad Semejam Neelamiten dices

24. And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:

25. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros ad omnem populum qui est in Hierusalem et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem et ad universos sacerdotes dicens

25. Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, saying:

26. Dominus dedit te sacerdotem pro Jojadæ sacerdote ut sis dux in domo Domini super omnem virum arrepticium et prophetantem ut mittas eum in nervum et in carcerem

26. The Lord hath made thee priest in- stead of Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the Lord, over every man that raveth and prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, and into prison.

27. et nunc quare non increpasti Hieremiam Anathothiten qui prophetat vobis

27. And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?

28. quia super hoc misit ad nos in Babylonem dicens longum est ædificate domos et habitate et plantate hortos et comedite fructum eorum

28. For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time: build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.

29. legit ergo Sophonias sacerdos librum istum in auribus Hieremiæ prophetæ

29. So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.

30. et factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam dicens

30. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:

31. mitte ad omnem transmigrationem dicens hæc dicit Dominus ad Semejam Neelamiten pro eo quod prophetavit vobis Semejas et ego non misi eum et fecit vos confidere in mendacio

31. Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite: Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not: and hath caused you to trust in a lie :

32. idcirco hæc dicit Dominus ecce ego visitabo super Semejam Neelamiten et super semen ejus non erit ei vir sedens in medio populi hujus et non videbit bonum quod ego faciam populo meo ait Dominus quia prævaricationem locutus est adversum Dominum

32. Therefore thus saith the Lord: behold I will visit upon Semeias the Nehelamite, and upon his seed: he shall not have a man to sit in the midst of this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, saith the Lord: because he hath spoken treason against the Lord.