Liber Ieremiae, 10

1. audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos domus Israël

1. Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.

2. hæc dicit Dominus juxta vias gentium nolite discere et a signis cæli nolite metuere quæ timent gentes

2. Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear:

3. quia leges populorum vanæ sunt quia lignum de saltu præcidit opus manuum artificis in ascia

3. For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.

4. argento et auro decoravit illud clavis et malleis conpegit ut non dissolvatur

4. He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

5. in similitudinem palmæ fabricata sunt et non loquentur portata tollentur quia incedere non valent nolite ergo timere ea quia nec male possunt facere nec bene

5. They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

6. non est similis tui Domine magnus tu et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine

6. There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might.

7. quis non timebit te o rex gentium tuum est enim decus inter cunctos sapientes gentium et in universis regnis eorum nullus est similis tui

7. Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

8. pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est

8. They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.

9. argentum involutum de Tharsis adfertur et aurum de Ofaz opus artificis et manus ærarii hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum opus artificum universa hæc

9. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers.

10. Dominus autem Deus verus est ipse Deus vivens et rex sempiternus ab indignatione ejus commovebitur terra et non sustinebunt gentes comminationem ejus

10. But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

11. sic ergo dicetis eis dii qui cælos et terram non fecerunt pereant de terra et de his quæ sub cælis sunt

11. Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.

12. qui facit terram in fortitudine sua præparat orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit cælos

12. He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

13. ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in cælo et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terræ fulgura in pluviam facit et educit ventum de thesauris suis

13. At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures.

14. stultus factus est omnis homo ab scientia confusus est omnis artifex in sculptili quoniam falsum est quod conflavit et non est spiritus in eis

14. Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.

15. vana sunt et opus risu dignum in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt

15. They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

16. non est his similis pars Jacob qui enim formavit omnia ipse est et Israël virga hereditatis ejus Dominus exercituum nomen illi

16. The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.

17. congrega de terra confusionem tuam quæ habitas in obsidione

17. Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou that dwellest in a siege.

18. quia hæc dicit Dominus ecce ego longe proiciam habitatores terræ in hac vice et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur

18. For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: and I will afflict them, so that they may be found.

19. væ mihi super contritione mea pessima plaga mea ego autem dixi plane hæc infirmitas mea est et portabo illam

19. Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it.

20. tabernaculum meum vastatum est omnes funiculi mei disrupti sunt filii mei exierunt a me et non subsistunt non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum et erigat pelles meas

20. My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords are broken: my children are gone out from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21. quia stulte egerunt pastores et Dominum non quæsierunt propterea non intellexerunt et omnis grex eorum dispersus est

21. Because the pastors have done foolishly, and have not sought the Lord: therefore have they not understood, and all their flock is scattered.

22. vox auditionis ecce venit et commotio magna de terra aquilonis ut ponat civitates Juda solitudinem et habitaculum draconum

22. Behold the sound of a noise cometh, a great commotion out of the land of the north: to make the cities of Juda a desert, and a dwelling for dragons.

23. scio Domine quia non est hominis via ejus nec viri est ut ambulet et dirigat gressus suos

23. I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

24. corripe me Domine verumtamen in judicio et non in furore tuo ne forte ad nihilum redigas me

24. Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgement: and not in fury, lest thou bring me to nothing.

25. effunde indignationem tuam super gentes quæ non cognoverunt te et super provincias quæ nomen tuum non invocaverunt quia comederunt Jacob et devoraverunt eum et consumpserunt illum et decus ejus dissipaverunt

25. Pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name: because they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have destroyed his glory.