Liber Ieremiae, 49

1. ad filios Ammon hæc dicit Dominus numquid filii non sunt Israël aut heres non est ei cur igitur hereditate possedit Melchom Gad et populus ejus in urbibus ejus habitavit

1. Against the children of Ammon. Thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no sons? or hath he no heir? Why then hath Melchom inherited Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities ?

2. ideo ecce dies veniunt dicit Dominus et auditum faciam super Rabbath filiorum Ammon fremitum prœlii et erit in tumulum dissipata filiæque ejus igni succendentur et possidebit Israël possessores suos dicit Dominus

2. Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and it shall be destroyed into a heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess them that have possessed him, saith the Lord.

3. ulula Esebon quoniam vastata est Ahi clamate filiæ Rabbath accingite vos ciliciis plangite et circuite per sepes quia Melchom in transmigratione ducetur sacerdotes ejus et principes ejus simul

3. Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. Cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with haircloth: mourn and go about by the hedges: for Melchom shall be carried into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.

4. quid gloriaris in vallibus defluxit vallis tua filia delicata quæ confidebas in thesauris tuis et dicebas quis veniet ad me

4. Why gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?

5. ecce ego inducam super te terrorem ait Dominus Deus exercituum ab omnibus qui sunt in circuitu tuo et dispergemini singuli a conspectu vestro nec erit qui congreget fugientem

5. Behold I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all that are round about thee: and you shall be scattered every one out of one another's sight, neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee.

6. et post hæc reverti faciam captivos filiorum Ammon ait Dominus

6. And afterwards I will cause the captives of the children of Ammon to return, saith the Lord.

7. ad Idumeam hæc dicit Dominus exercituum numquid non est ultra sapientia in Theman periit consilium a filiis inutilis facta est sapientia eorum

7. Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable.

8. fugite terga vertite descendite in voragine habitatores Dedan quoniam perditionem Esau adduxi super eum tempus visitationis ejus

8. Flee and turn your backs, go down into the deep hole, ye inhabitants of Dedan: for I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time of his visitation.

9. si vindemiatores venissent super te non reliquissent racemum si fures in nocte rapuissent quod sufficeret sibi

9. If grapegatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a bunch? if thieves in the night, they would have taken what was enough for them.

10. ego vero discoperui Esau revelavi abscondita ejus et celari non poterit vastatum est semen ejus et fratres ejus et vicini ejus et non erit

10. But I have made Esau bare, I have revealed his secrets, and he cannot be hid: his seed is laid waste, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he shall not be.

11. relinque pupillos tuos ego eos faciam vivere et viduæ tuæ in me sperabunt

11. Leave thy fatherless children: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me.

12. quia hæc dicit Dominus ecce quibus non erat judicium ut biberent calicem bibentes bibent et tu quasi innocens relinqueris non eris innocens sed bibens bibes

12. For thus saith the Lord: Behold they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, shall certainly drink: and shalt thou come off as innocent? thou shalt not come off as innocent, but drinking thou shalt drink.

13. quia per memet ipsum juravi dicit Dominus quod in solitudinem et in obprobrium et in desertum et in maledictionem erit Bosra et omnes civitates ejus erunt in solitudines sempiternas

13. For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.

14. auditum audivi a Domino et legatus ad gentes missus est congregamini et venite contra eam et consurgamus in prœlium

14. I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle.

15. ecce enim parvulum dedi te in gentibus contemptibilem inter homines

15. For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.

16. arrogantia tua decepit te et superbia cordis tui qui habitas in cavernis petræ et adprehendere niteris altitudinem collis cum exaltaveris quasi aquila nidum tuum inde detraham te dicit Dominus

16. Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill : but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

17. et erit Idumea deserta omnis qui transibit per eam stupebit et sibilabit super omnes plagas ejus

17. And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

18. sicuti subversa est Sodoma et Gomorra et vicinæ ejus ait Dominus non habitabit ibi vir et non incolet eam filius hominis

18. As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha, and the neighbours thereof, saith the Lord: there shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son of man inhabit it.

19. ecce quasi leo ascendet de superbia Jordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam quia subito currere eum faciam ad illam et quis erit electus quem præponam ei quis enim similis mei et quis sustinebit me et quis est iste pastor qui resistat vultui meo

19. Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to m? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance?

20. propterea audite consilium Domini quod iniit de Edom et cogitationes ejus quas cogitavit de habitatoribus Theman si non dejecerint eos parvuli gregis nisi dissipaverint cum eis habitaculum eorum

20. Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.

21. a voce ruinæ eorum commota est terra clamor in mari Rubro auditus est vocis ejus

21. The earth is moved at the noise of their fall: the cry of their voice is heard in the Red Sea.

22. ecce quasi aquila ascendet et evolabit et expandet alas suas super Bosram et erit cor fortium Idumeæ in die illa quasi cor mulieris parturientis

22. Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.

23. ad Damascum confusa est Emath et Arfad quia auditum pessimum audierunt turbati sunt in mari sollicitudine quiescere non potuit

23. Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest.

24. dissoluta est Damascus versa in fugam tremor adprehendit eam angustia et dolores tenuerunt eam quasi parturientem

24. Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.

25. quomodo dereliquerunt civitatem laudabilem urbem lætitiæ

25. How have they forsaken the city of renown, the city of joy !

26. ideo cadent juvenes ejus in plateis ejus et omnes viri prœlii conticescent in die illa ait Dominus exercituum

26. Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets: and all the men of war shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.

27. et succendam ignem in muro Damasci et devorabit mœnia Benadad

27. And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, rind it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.

28. ad Cedar et ad regna Asor quæ percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis hæc dicit Dominus surgite ascendite ad Cedar et vastate filios orientis

28. Against Cedar and against the kingdoms of Asor, which Nabuchodonouor king of Babylon destroyed. Thus saith the Lord: Arise, and go ye up to Cedar, and waste the children of the east.

29. tabernacula eorum et greges eorum capient pelles eorum et omnia vasa eorum et camelos eorum tollent sibi et vocabunt super eos formidinem in circuitu

29. They shall take their tents, and their flocks: and shall carry off for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall call fear upon them round about.

30. fugite abite vehementer in voraginibus sedete qui habitatis Asor ait Dominus iniit enim contra vos Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis consilium et cogitavit adversum vos cogitationes

30. Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep holes, you that inhabit Asur, saith the Lord: for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived designs against you.

31. consurgite et ascendite ad gentem quietam et habitantem confidenter ait Dominus non ostia non vectes ei soli habitant

31. Arise, and so up to a nation that is at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord: they have neither gates, nor bars: they dwell alone.

32. et erunt cameli eorum in direptionem et multitudo jumentorum in prædam et dispergam eos in omnem ventum qui sunt adtonsi in comam et ex omni confinio eorum adducam interitum super eos ait Dominus

32. And their camels shall be for a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle for a booty, and I will scatter into every wind them that have their hair cut round, and I will bring destruction upon them from I all their confines, saith the Lord.

33. et erit Asor in habitaculum draconum deserta usque in æternum non manebit ibi vir nec incolet eam filius hominis

33. And Asor shall be a habitation for dragons, desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, nor son of man inhabit it.

34. quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam adversus Ælam in principio regni Sedeciæ regis Juda dicens

34. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Sedecias king of Juda, saying:

35. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ecce ego confringam arcum Ælam summam fortitudinem eorum

35. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

36. et inducam super Ælam quattuor ventos a quattuor plagis cæli et ventilabo eos in omnes ventos istos et non erit gens ad quam non perveniant profugi Ælam

36. And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the fear quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: and there shall be no nation, to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come.

37. et pavere faciam Ælam coram inimicis suis et in conspectu quærentium animam eorum et adducam super eos malum iram furoris mei dicit Dominus et emittam post eos gladium donec consumam eos

37. And I will cause Elam to be afraid before their enemies, and in the sight of them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce wrath, saith the Lord : and will send the sword after them, till I consume them.

38. et ponam solium meum in Ælam et perdam inde reges et principes ait Dominus

38. And I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy kings and princes from thence, saith the Lord.

39. in novissimis autem diebus reverti faciam captivos Ælam dicit Dominus

39. But in the latter days I will cause the captives of Elam, to return, saith the Lord.