Liber Ieremiae, 30

1. hoc verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

1. This is the word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

2. hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël dicens scribe tibi omnia verba quæ locutus sum ad te in libro

2. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee, in a book.

3. ecce enim dies veniunt dicit Dominus et convertam conversionem populi mei Israël et Juda ait Dominus et convertam eos ad terram quam dedi patribus eorum et possidebunt eam

3. For behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

4. et hæc verba quæ locutus est Dominus ad Israël et ad Judam

4. And these are the words that the Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Juda:

5. quoniam hæc dicit Dominus vocem terroris audivimus formido et non est pax

5. For thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of terror : there is fear and no peace.

6. interrogate et videte si generat masculus quare ergo vidi omnis viri manum super lumbum suum quasi parientis et conversæ sunt universæ facies in auruginem

6. Ask ye, and see if a man bear children ? why then have I seen every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman in labour, and all faces are turned yellow?

7. væ quia magna dies illa nec est similis ejus tempusque tribulationis est Jacob et ex ipso salvabitur

7. Alas, for that day is great, neither is there the like to it; and it Is the time of tribulation to Jacob, but he shall be saved out of it.

8. et erit in die illa ait Dominus exercituum conteram jugum ejus de collo tuo et vincula illius disrumpam et non dominabuntur ei amplius alieni

8. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst his bands: and strangers shall no more rule over 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 to them.

10. tu ergo ne timeas serve meus Jacob ait Dominus neque paveas Israël quia ecce ego salvo te de terra longinqua et semen tuum de terra captivitatis eorum et revertetur Jacob et quiescet et cunctis affluet et non erit quem formidet

10. Therefore fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save thee from a country afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, and abound with all good things, and there shall be none whom he may fear:

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 judicio ut non tibi videaris innoxius

11. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: for I will utterly consume all the nations, among which I have scattered thee: but I will not utterly consume thee: but I will chastise thee in judgment, that thou mayst not seem to thyself innocent.

12. quia hæc dicit Dominus insanabilis fractura tua pessima plaga tua

12. For thus saith the Lord: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is very grievous.

13. non est qui judicet judicium tuum ad alligandum curationum utilitas non est tibi

13. There is none to judge thy judgment to bind it up : thou hast no healing medicines.

14. omnes amatores tui obliti sunt tui te non quærent plaga enim inimici percussi te castigatione crudeli propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ dura facta sunt peccata tua

14. All thy lovers have forgotten thee, and will not seek after thee: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with a cruel chastisement: by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities, thy sins are hardened.

15. quid clamas super contritione tua insanabilis est dolor tuus propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ et dura peccata tua feci hæc tibi

15. Why criest thou for thy affliction? thy sorrow is incurable: for the multitude of thy iniquity, and for thy hardened sins I have done these things to thee.

16. propterea omnes qui comedunt te devorabuntur et universi hostes tui in captivitatem ducentur et qui te vastant vastabuntur cunctosque prædatores tuos dabo in prædam

16. Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured: and all thy enemies shall be carried into captivity : and they that waste thee shall be wasted, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

17. obducam enim cicatricem tibi et a vulneribus tuis sanabo te dicit Dominus quia Ejectam vocaverunt te Sion hæc est quæ non habebat requirentem

17. For I will close up thy scar, and will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord. Because they have called thee, O Sion, an outcast: This is she that hath none to seek after her.

18. hæc dicit Dominus ecce ego convertam conversionem tabernaculorum Jacob et tectis ejus miserebor et ædificabitur civitas in excelso suo et templum juxta ordinem suum fundabitur

18. Thus saith the Lord: Behold I bring back the captivity of the pavilions of Jacob, and will have pity on his houses, and the city shall be built in her place, and the temple shall be found according to the order thereof.

19. et egredietur de eis laus voxque ludentium et multiplicabo eos et non inminuentur et glorificabo eos et non adtenuabuntur

19. And out of them shall come forth praise, and the voice of them that play: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be made few : and I will glorify them, and they shall not be lessened.

20. et erunt filii ejus sicut a principio et cœtus ejus coram me permanebit et visitabo adversum omnes qui tribulant eum

20. And their children shall be as from the beginning, and their assembly be permanent before me : and I will against all that afflict them.

21. et erit dux ejus ex eo et princeps de medio ejus producetur et adplicabo eum et accedet ad me quis enim iste est qui adplicet cor suum ut adpropinquet mihi ait Dominus

21. And their leader shall be of themselves: and their prince shall come forth from the midst of them : and I will bring him near, and he shall come to me: for who is this that setteth his heart to approach to me, saith the Lord?

22. et eritis mihi in populum et ego ero vobis in Deum

22. And you shall be my people: and I will be your God.

23. ecce turbo Domini furor egrediens procella ruens in capite impiorum conquiescet

23. Behold the whirlwind of the Lord, his fury going forth, a violent storm, it shall rest upon the head of the wicked.

24. non avertet iram indignationis Dominus donec faciat et conpleat cogitationem cordis sui in novissimo dierum intellegetis ea

24. The Lord will not turn away the wrath of his indignation, till he have executed and performed the thought o his heart: in the latter days you shall understand these things.