Liber Ieremiae, 51

1. Haec dicit Dominus: “Ecce ego suscitabo super Babylonem et super habitatores Chaldaeae quasi ventum pestilentem;

1. Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Chalde'a;

2. et mittam in Babylonem ventilatores, et ventilabunt eam et demolientur terram eius, quoniam venerunt super eam undique in die afflictionis.

2. and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.

3. Non tendat, qui tendit arcum suum, et non ascendat loricatus; nolite parcere iuvenibus eius, interficite omnem militiam eius”.

3. Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his coat of mail. Spare not her young men; utterly destroy all her host.

4. Et cadent interfecti in terra Chaldaeorum et vulnerati in plateis eius,

4. They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chalde'ans, and wounded in her streets.

5. quoniam non est viduatus Israel et Iuda a Deo suo, Domino exercituum; terra autem eorum repleta est delicto in conspectu Sancti Israel.

5. For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD of hosts; but the land of the Chalde'ans is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

6. Fugite de medio Babylonis, et salvet unusquisque animam suam; nolite perire in poena eius, quoniam tempus ultionis est Domino: vicissitudinem ipse retribuet ei.

6. "Flee from the midst of Babylon, let every man save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance, the requital he is rendering her.

7. Calix aureus Babylon in manu Domini inebrians omnem terram; de vino eius biberunt gentes et ideo insaniunt.

7. Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine, therefore the nations went mad.

8. Subito cecidit Babylon et contrita est. Ululate super eam; tollite resinam ad dolorem eius, si forte sanetur.

8. Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.

9. “Curavimus Babylonem, et non est sanata. Derelinquite eam, et eamus unusquisque in terram suam, quoniam pervenit usque ad caelos iudicium eius et elevatum est usque ad nubes.

9. We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country; for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.

10. Protulit Dominus iustitias nostras; venite, et narremus in Sion opus Domini Dei nostri”.

10. The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

11. Acuite sagittas, implete pharetras; suscitavit Dominus spiritum regum Medorum, et contra Babylonem mens eius est, ut perdat eam, quoniam ultio Domini est ultio templi sui.

11. "Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.

12. Super muros Babylonis levate signum, augete custodiam, ponite custodes, praeparate insidias, quia cogitavit Dominus, et facit quaecumque locutus est contra habitatores Babylonis.

12. Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

13. Quae habitas super aquas multas, locuples in thesauris, venit finis tuus, pedalis praecisionis tuae.

13. O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the thread of your life is cut.

14. Iuravit Dominus exercituum per animam suam: “Quoniam, etsi replevero te hominibus quasi brucho, super te celeuma cantabitur”.

14. The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts, and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.

15. Qui fecit terram in fortitudine sua, praeparavit orbem in sapientia sua et prudentia sua extendit caelos;

15. "It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

16. dante eo vocem, multiplicantur aquae in caelo; qui levat nubes ab extremo terrae, fulgura in pluviam facit et producit ventum de thesauris suis.

16. When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

17. Stultus factus est omnis homo, absque scientia; confusus est omnis conflator in sculptili, quia mendax conflatio eius, nec est spiritus in eis.

17. Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

18. Vana sunt opera et risu digna, in tempore visitationis suae peribunt.

18. They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.

19. Non sicut haec pars Iacob, quia, qui fecit omnia, ipse est, et Israel tribus hereditatis eius: Dominus exercituum nomen eius.

19. Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD of hosts is his name.

20. “Malleus tu mihi, vas belli: et ego collisi in te gentes et dispersi in te regna

20. "You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;

21. et collisi in te equum et equitem eius et collisi in te currum et ascensorem eius

21. with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider; with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;

22. et collisi in te virum et mulierem et collisi in te senem et puerum et collisi in te iuvenem et virginem

22. with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the maiden;

23. et collisi in te pastorem et gregem eius et collisi in te agricolam et iugales eius et collisi in te duces et magistratus.

23. with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

24. Et reddam Babyloni et cunctis habitatoribus Chaldaeae omne malum suum, quod fecerunt in Sion in oculis vestris, ait Dominus.

24. "I will requite Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chalde'a before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, says the LORD.

25. Ecce ego ad te, mons pestifer, ait Dominus, qui corrumpis universam terram; et extendam manum meam super te et evolvam te de petris et dabo te in montem combustionis.

25. "Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the LORD, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.

26. Et non tollent de te lapidem in angulum et lapidem in fundamenta, sed perditus in aeternum eris”, ait Dominus.

26. No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, says the LORD.

27. Levate signum in terra, clangite bucina in gentibus, sanctificate super eam gentes, vocate contra illam regna Ararat, Menni et Aschenez. Constituite super eam scribas, adducite equos quasi bruchum aculeatum.

27. "Set up a standard on the earth, blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her, summon against her the kingdoms, Ar'arat, Minni, and Ash'kenaz; appoint a marshal against her, bring up horses like bristling locusts.

28. Sanctificate contra eam gentes, reges Mediae, duces eius et universos magistratus eius cunctamque terram potestatis eius.

28. Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.

29. Et commovebitur terra et conturbabitur, quia impletur contra Babylonem cogitatio Domini, ut ponat terram Babylonis desertam et inhabitabilem.

29. The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the LORD's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

30. Cessaverunt fortes Babylonis a proelio, habitaverunt in praesidiis; devoratum est robur eorum, et facti sunt quasi mulieres; incensa sunt tabernacula eius, contriti sunt vectes eius.

30. The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting, they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed, they have become women; her dwellings are on fire, her bars are broken.

31. Currens obviam currenti veniet, et nuntius obvius nuntianti, ut annuntiet regi Babylonis quia capta est civitas eius a summo usque ad summum.

31. One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side;

32. Et vada praeoccupata sunt, et paludes incensae sunt igni; et viri bellatores conturbati sunt.

32. the fords have been seized, the bulwarks are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.

33. Quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: “Filia Babylonis quasi area tempore triturae eius; adhuc modicum, et veniet tempus messionis eius”.

33. For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come."

34. “Comedit me, devoravit me Nabuchodonosor; rex Babylonis reddidit me quasi vas inane, absorbuit me quasi draco, replevit ventrem suum deliciis meis et eiecit me”.

34. "Nebuchadrez'zar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has rinsed me out.

35. “Iniquitas adversum me et caro mea super Babylonem!”, dicit habitatio Sion. “Et sanguis meus super habitatores Chaldaeae!”, dicit Ierusalem.

35. The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon," let the inhabitant of Zion say. "My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chalde'a," let Jerusalem say.

36. Propterea haec dicit Dominus: “Ecce ego iudicabo causam tuam et ulciscar ultionem tuam et desertum faciam mare eius et siccabo venam eius;

36. Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry;

37. et erit Babylon in tumulos, habitatio thoum, stupor et sibilus, eo quod non sit habitator.

37. and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.

38. Simul ut leones rugient, frement veluti catuli leonum.

38. "They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' whelps.

39. In calore eorum ponam potus eorum et inebriabo eos, ut sopiantur et dormiant somnum sempiternum et non consurgant, dicit Dominus.

39. While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, till they swoon away and sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, says the LORD.

40. Deducam eos quasi agnos ad victimam, quasi arietes cum haedis”.

40. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and he-goats.

41. Quomodo capta est Babel, et comprehensa est gloria universae terrae? Quomodo facta est in stuporem Babylon inter gentes?

41. "How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

42. Ascendit super Babylonem mare, multitudine fluctuum eius operta est.

42. The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.

43. Factae sunt civitates eius in stuporem, terra inhabitabilis et deserta, terra, in qua nullus habitet, nec transeat per eam filius hominis.

43. Her cities have become a horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.

44. “Et visitabo super Bel in Babylone et eiciam, quod absorbuerat, de ore eius; et non confluent ad eum ultra gentes, siquidem et murus Babylonis corruet.

44. And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.

45. Egredimini de medio eius, populus meus, ut salvet unusquisque animam suam ab ira furoris Domini.

45. "Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every man save his life from the fierce anger of the LORD!

46. Et ne forte mollescat cor vestrum, et timeatis auditum, qui audietur in terra; et veniet in anno auditio, et post hunc annum auditio, et iniquitas in terra, et dominator super dominatorem.

46. Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.

47. Propterea ecce dies veniunt, et visitabo super sculptilia Babylonis, et omnis terra eius confundetur, et universi interfecti eius cadent in medio eius.

47. "Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

48. Et laudabunt super Babylonem caeli et terra et omnia, quae in eis sunt, quia ab aquilone venient ei praedones, ait Dominus.

48. Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north, says the LORD.

49. Et Babylon cadet, occisi in Israel, sicut pro Babylone ceciderunt occisi universae terrae.

49. Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.

50. Qui fugistis gladium, ite, nolite stare; recordamini procul Domini, et Ierusalem ascendat super cor vestrum.

50. "You that have escaped from the sword, go, stand not still! Remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:

51. “Confusi sumus, quoniam audivimus opprobrium; operuit ignominia facies nostras, quia venerunt alieni super sanctificationem domus Domini”.

51. `We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for aliens have come into the holy places of the LORD's house.'

52. Propterea ecce dies veniunt, ait Dominus, et visitabo super sculptilia eius, et in omni terra eius gemet vulneratus.

52. "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

53. Si ascenderit Babylon in caelum et firmaverit in excelso robur suum, a me venient vastatores eius”, ait Dominus.

53. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me upon her, says the LORD.

54. Vox clamoris de Babylone et contritio magna de terra Chaldaeorum, 55 quoniam vastavit Dominus Babylonem et perdidit ex ea vocem magnam; et sonabunt fluctus eorum quasi aquae multae, dedit sonitum vox eorum.

54. "Hark! a cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chalde'ans!

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55. For the LORD is laying Babylon waste, and stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is raised;

56. Quia venit super eam, id est super Babylonem, praedo; et apprehensi sunt fortes eius, et fractus est arcus eorum, quia Deus ultor Dominus reddens retribuet.

56. for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the LORD is a God of recompense, he will surely requite.

57. “Et inebriabo principes eius et sapientes eius et duces eius et magistratus eius et fortes eius; et dormient somnum sempiternum et non expergiscentur”, ait rex, Dominus exercituum nomen eius.

57. I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

58. Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: “Murus Babylonis ille latissimus funditus suffodietur, et portae eius excelsae igni comburentur; et laboraverunt populi pro nihilo, et gentes pro igni lassatae sunt”.

58. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nought, and the nations weary themselves only for fire."

59. Verbum, quod praecepit Ieremias propheta Saraiae filio Neriae filii Maasiae, cum pergeret cum Sedecia rege Iudae in Babylonem in anno quarto regni eius; Saraias autem erat princeps, qui mansionibus praeerat.

59. The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Serai'ah the son of Neri'ah, son of Mahsei'ah, when he went with Zedeki'ah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Serai'ah was the quartermaster.

60. Et scripsit Ieremias omne malum, quod venturum erat super Babylonem, in libro uno, omnia verba haec, quae scripta sunt contra Babylonem.

60. Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

61. Et dixit Ieremias ad Saraiam: “Cum veneris in Babylonem et videris et legeris omnia verba haec,

61. And Jeremiah said to Serai'ah: "When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,

62. dices: “Domine, tu locutus es contra locum istum, ut disperderes eum, ne sit qui in eo habitet ab homine usque ad pecus, et ut sit perpetua solitudo”.

62. and say, `O LORD, thou hast said concerning this place that thou wilt cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate for ever.'

63. Cumque compleveris legere librum istum, ligabis ad eum lapidem et proicies illum in medium Euphraten

63. When you finish reading this book, bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphra'tes,

64. et dices: “Sic submergetur Babylon et non consurget a facie afflictionis, quam ego adduco super eam, et dissolvetur””. Hucusque verba Ieremiae.

64. and say, `Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the evil that I am bringing upon her.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.