Liber Ieremiae, 46

1. quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam contra gentes

1. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against the Gentiles,

2. ad Ægyptum adversum exercitum Pharaonis Nechao regis Ægypti qui erat juxta flumen Eufraten in Charchamis quem percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in quarto anno Joachim filii Josiæ regis Juda

2. Against Egypt, against the army of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Charcamis, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon defeated, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda.

3. præparate scutum et clypeum et procedite ad bellum

3. Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.

4. jungite equos et ascendite equites state in galeis polite lanceas induite vos loricis

4. Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.

5. quid igitur vidi ipsos pavidos et terga vertentes fortes eorum cæsos fugerunt conciti nec respexerunt terror undique ait Dominus

5. What then? I have seen them dismayed, and turning their backs, their valiant ones slain: they fled apace, and they looked not back: terror was round about, saith the Lord.

6. non fugiat velox nec salvari se putet fortis ad aquilonem juxta flumen Eufraten victi sunt et ruerunt

6. Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.

7. quis est iste qui quasi flumen ascendit et veluti fluviorum intumescunt gurgites ejus

7. Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers ?

8. Ægyptus fluminis instar ascendet et velut flumina movebuntur fluctus ejus et dicet ascendens operiam terram perdam civitatem et habitatores ejus

8. Egypt riseth up like a hood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

9. ascendite equos et exultate in curribus et procedant fortes Æthiopia et Lybies tenentes scutum et Lydii arripientes et jacientes sagittas

9. Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows.

10. dies autem ille Domini Dei exercituum dies ultionis ut sumat vindictam de inimicis suis devorabit gladius et saturabitur et inebriabitur sanguine eorum victima enim Domini exercituum in terra aquilonis juxta flumen Eufraten

10. For this is the day of the Lord the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may revenge himself of his enemies: the sword shall devour, and shall be filled, and shall be drunk with their blood: for there is a sacrifice of the Lord God of hosts in the north country, by the river Euphrates.

11. ascende in Galaad et tolle resinam virgo filia Ægypti frustra multiplicas medicamina sanitas non erit tibi

11. Go up into Galaad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou multiply medicines, there shall be no cure for thee.

12. audierunt gentes ignominiam tuam et ululatus tuus replevit terram quia fortis inpegit in fortem ambo pariter conciderunt

12. The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.

13. verbum quod locutus est Dominus ad Hieremiam prophetam super eo quod venturus esset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et percussurus terram Ægypti

13. The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremias the prophet, how Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt:

14. adnuntiate Ægypto et auditum facite Magdolo et resonet in Memphis et in Tafnis dicite sta et præpara te quia devoravit gladius ea quæ per circuitum tuum sunt

14. Declare ye to Egypt, and publish it in Magdal, and let it be known in Memphis, and in Taphnis: say ye: Stand up, and prepare thyself: for the sword shall devour all round about thee.

15. quare conputruit fortis tuus non stetit quoniam Dominus subvertit eum

15. Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? they stood not: because the Lord hath overthrown them.

16. multiplicavit ruentes ceciditque vir ad proximum suum et dicent surge et revertamur ad populum nostrum et ad terram nativitatis nostræ a facie gladii columbæ

16. He hath multiplied them that fall, and one hath fallen upon another, and they shall say: Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land our nativity, from the sword of the dove.

17. vocate nomen Pharao regis Ægypti Tumultum adduxit tempus

17. Call ye the name of Pharao king Egypt, a tumult time hath brought.

18. vivo ego inquit Rex Dominus exercituum nomen ejus quoniam sicut Thabor in montibus et sicut Carmelus in mari veniet

18. As I live, (saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts,) as Thabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

19. vasa transmigrationis fac tibi habitatrix filia Ægypti quia Memphis in solitudinem erit et deseretur inhabitabilis

19. Furnish thyself to go into captivity, thou daughter inhabitant of Egypt: for Memphis shall be made desolate, and shall be forsaken and uninhabited.

20. vitula eligans atque formonsa Ægyptus stimulator ab aquilone veniet ei

20. Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

21. mercennarii quoque ejus qui versabantur in medio ejus quasi vituli saginati versi sunt et fugerunt simul nec stare potuerunt quia dies interfectionis eorum venit super eos tempus visitationis eorum

21. Her hirelings also that lived in the midst of her, like fatted calves are turned back, and are fled away together, and they could not stand, for the day of their slaughter is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

22. vox ejus quasi æris sonabit quoniam cum exercitu properabunt et cum securibus venient ei quasi ligna cædentes

22. Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.

23. succiderunt saltum ejus ait Dominus qui supputari non potest multiplicati sunt super lucustas et non est eis numerus

23. They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts, and are without number.

24. confusa est filia Ægypti et tradita in manu populi aquilonis

24. The daughter of Egypt is confounded, and delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

25. dixit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël ecce ego visitabo super tumultum Alexandriæ et super Pharao et super Ægyptum et super deos ejus et super reges ejus et super Pharao et super eos qui confidunt in eo

25. The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said: Behold I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings, and upon Pharao, upon them that trust in him.

26. et dabo eos in manu quærentium animam eorum et in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et in manu servorum ejus et post hæc habitabitur sicut diebus pristinis ait Dominus

26. And I will deliver them into the hand of them that seek their lives, into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

27. et tu ne timeas serve meus Jacob et ne paveas Israël quia ecce ego salvum te faciam de longinquo et semen tuum de terra captivitatis suæ et revertetur Jacob et quiescet et prosperabitur et non erit qui exterreat eum

27. And thou my servant Jacob, fear not and be not thou dismayed, O Israel: for behold I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed out of the land of thy captivity: and Jacob shall return and be at rest, and prosper: and there shall be none to terrify him.

28. et tu noli timere serve meus Jacob ait Dominus quia tecum ego sum quia consumam ego cunctas gentes ad quas ejeci te te vero non consumam sed castigabo te in judicio nec quasi innocenti parcam tibi

28. And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, saith the Lord: because I am with thee, for I will consume all the nations to which I have cast thee out: but thee I will not consume, but I will correct thee in judgment, neither will I spare thee as if thou wert innocent.