Liber Ieremiae, 43

1. Factum est autem, cum complesset Ieremias loquens ad populum universos sermones Domini Dei eorum, pro quibus miserat eum Dominus Deus eorum ad illos omnia verba haec,

1. When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the LORD their God, with which the LORD their God had sent him to them,

2. dixit Azarias filius Osaiae et Iohanan filius Caree et omnes viri superbi dicentes ad Ieremiam: “Mendacium tu loqueris; non misit te Dominus Deus noster dicens: “Ne ingrediamini Aegyptum, ut illic peregrinemini”,

2. Azari'ah the son of Hoshai'ah and Joha'nan the son of Kare'ah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie. The LORD our God did not send you to say, `Do not go to Egypt to live there';

3. sed Baruch filius Neriae incitat te adversum nos, ut tradat nos in manu Chaldaeorum, ut interficiant nos et traducant in Babylonem”.

3. but Baruch the son of Neri'ah has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chalde'ans, that they may kill us or take us into exile in Babylon."

4. Et non audivit Iohanan filius Caree et omnes principes bellatorum et universus populus vocem Domini, ut manerent in terra Iudae.

4. So Joha'nan the son of Kare'ah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the LORD, to remain in the land of Judah.

5. Sed tollens Iohanan filius Caree et universi principes bellatorum universos reliquiarum Iudae, qui reversi fuerant de cunctis gentibus, ad quas fuerant ante dispersi, ut peregrinarentur in terra Iudae,

5. But Joha'nan the son of Kare'ah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven --

6. viros et mulieres et parvulos et filias regis et omnem animam, quam reliquerat Nabuzardan princeps satellitum cum Godolia filio Ahicam filii Saphan, et Ieremiam prophetam et Baruch filium Neriae,

6. the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebu'zarad'an the captain of the guard had left with Gedali'ah the son of Ahi'kam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neri'ah.

7. et ingressi sunt terram Aegypti, quia non oboedierunt voci Domini; et venerunt usque ad Taphnas.

7. And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the LORD. And they arrived at Tah'panhes.

8. Et factus est sermo Domini ad Ieremiam in Taphnis dicens:

8. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tah'panhes:

9. “Sume lapides grandes in manu tua et absconde eos in caemento, sub pavimento, quod est ad portam domus pharaonis in Taphnis, cernentibus viris Iudaeis;

9. "Take in your hands large stones, and hide them in the mortar in the pavement which is at the entrance to Pharaoh's palace in Tah'panhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,

10. et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Ecce ego mittam et assumam Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum et ponam thronum eius super lapides istos, quos abscondi, et statuet solium suum super eos;

10. and say to them, `Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrez'zar the king of Babylon, my servant, and he will set his throne above these stones which I have hid, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.

11. veniensque percutiet terram Aegypti, quos in mortem, in mortem et, quos in captivitatem, in captivitatem et, quos in gladium, in gladium;

11. He shall come and smite the land of Egypt, giving to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.

12. et succendet ignem in delubris deorum Aegypti et comburet ea et captivos ducet illos et excutiet terram Aegypti, sicut pastor pediculis excutit pallium suum, et egredietur inde in pace;

12. He shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them and carry them away captive; and he shall clean the land of Egypt, as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin; and he shall go away from there in peace.

13. et conteret statuas domus Solis, quae sunt in terra Aegypti, et delubra deorum Aegypti comburet igni”.

13. He shall break the obelisks of Heliop'olis which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.'"