Liber Ieremiae, 20

1. Et audivit Phassur filius Em mer sacerdos, qui constitutus erat princeps in domo Domini, Ieremiam prophetantem sermones istos;

1. Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

2. et percussit Phassur Ieremiam prophetam et misit eum in nervum, quod erat in porta Beniamin superiore in domo Domini.

2. Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.

3. Cumque illuxisset in crastinum, eduxit Phassur Ieremiam de nervo; et dixit ad eum Ieremias: “Non Phassur vocavit Dominus nomen tuum sed Pavorem undique.

3. On the morrow, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on every side.

4. Quia haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego dabo te in pavorem, te et omnes amicos tuos, et corruent gladio inimicorum suorum, et oculi tui videbunt; et omnem Iudam dabo in manu regis Babylonis, et traducet eos in Babylonem et percutiet eos gladio.

4. For thus says the LORD: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

5. Et dabo universam substantiam civitatis huius et omnem laborem eius omneque pretium et cunctos thesauros regum Iudae dabo in manu inimicorum eorum; et diripient eos et tollent et ducent in Babylonem.

5. Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them, and seize them, and carry them to Babylon.

6. Tu autem, Phassur et omnes habitatores domus tuae, ibitis in captivitatem; et in Babylonem venies et ibi morieris ibique sepelieris, tu et omnes amici tui, quibus prophetasti mendacium”.

6. And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity; to Babylon you shall go; and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely."

7. Seduxisti me, Domine, et seductus sum; fortior me fuisti et invaluisti. Factus sum in derisum tota die, omnes subsannant me.

7. O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me.

8. Quia quotiescumque loquor, vociferor, iniquitatem et vastitatem clamito; et factus est mihi sermo Domini in opprobrium et in derisum tota die.

8. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!" For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.

9. Et dixi: “Non recordabor eius neque loquar ultra in nomine illius”. Et factus est in corde meo quasi ignis exaestuans claususque in ossibus meis: et defeci, ferre non sustinens.

9. If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

10. Audivi enim contumelias multorum et terrorem in circuitu: “Denuntiate, et denuntiemus eum”. Omnes pacifici mei observabant lapsum meum: “Forte decipietur, et praevalebimus adversus eum et consequemur ultionem ex eo”.

10. For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him."

11. Dominus autem mecum est quasi bellator fortis; idcirco, qui persequuntur me, cadent et infirmi erunt. Confundentur vehementer, quia non prosperati sunt; opprobrium sempiternum, quod numquam delebitur.

11. But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.

12. Et tu, Domine exercituum, probator iusti, qui vides renes et cor, videam, quaeso, ultionem tuam ex eis; tibi enim revelavi causam meam.

12. O LORD of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause.

13. Cantate Domino, laudate Dominum, quia liberavit animam pauperis de manu malorum.

13. Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

14. Maledicta dies, in qua natus sum; dies, in qua peperit me mater mea, non sit benedicta.

14. Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!

15. Maledictus vir, qui annuntiavit patri meo dicens: “Natus est tibi puer masculus” et gaudio laetificavit eum;

15. Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, "A son is born to you," making him very glad.

16. sit homo ille, ut sunt civitates, quas subvertit Dominus et non paenituit eum: audiat clamorem mane et ululatum in tempore meridiano,

16. Let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon,

17. qui non me interfecit a vulva, ut fieret mihi mater mea sepulcrum, et vulva eius conceptus aeternus.

17. because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb for ever great.

18. Quare de vulva egressus sum, ut viderem laborem et dolorem, et consumerentur in confusione dies mei?

18. Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?