Liber Ieremiae, 42

1. Et accesserunt omnes princi pes bellatorum, scilicet Iohanan filius Caree et Iezonias filius Osaiae et universum vulgus, a parvo usque ad magnum,

1. Then all the commanders of the forces, and Joha'nan the son of Kare'ah and Azari'ah the son of Hoshai'ah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near

2. dixeruntque ad Ieremiam prophetam: “Cadat oratio nostra in conspectu tuo, et ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum tuum pro universis reliquiis istis, quia derelicti sumus pauci de pluribus, sicut oculi tui nos intuentur;

2. and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let our supplication come before you, and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us),

3. et annuntiet nobis Dominus Deus tuus viam, per quam pergamus, et verbum, quod faciamus”.

3. that the LORD your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do."

4. Dixit autem ad eos Ieremias propheta: “Audivi. Ecce ego oro ad Dominum Deum vestrum secundum verba vestra; omne verbum, quodcumque responderit pro vobis, indicabo vobis nec celabo vos quidquam”.

4. Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you; behold, I will pray to the LORD your God according to your request, and whatever the LORD answers you I will tell you; I will keep nothing back from you."

5. Et illi dixerunt ad Ieremiam: “Sit Dominus inter nos testis verax et fidelis, si non iuxta omne verbum, in quo miserit te Dominus Deus tuus ad nos, sic faciemus.

5. Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all the word with which the LORD your God sends you to us.

6. Sive bonum est sive malum, voci Domini Dei nostri, ad quem mittimus te, oboediemus, ut bene sit nobis, cum audierimus vocem Domini Dei nostri”.

6. Whether it is good or evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God."

7. Cum autem completi essent decem dies, factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam;

7. At the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

8. vocavitque Iohanan filium Caree et omnes principes bellatorum, qui erant cum eo, et universum populum a minimo usque ad magnum

8. Then he summoned Joha'nan the son of Kare'ah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest,

9. et dixit ad eos: “Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel, ad quem misistis me, ut prosternerem preces vestras in conspectu eius:

9. and said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:

10. Si quiescentes manseritis in terra hac, aedificabo vos et non destruam, plantabo et non evellam; iam enim placatus sum super malo, quod feci vobis.

10. If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent of the evil which I did to you.

11. Nolite timere a facie regis Babylonis, quem vos pavidi formidatis; nolite metuere eum, dicit Dominus, quia vobiscum sum ego, ut salvos vos faciam et eruam de manu eius;

11. Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not fear him, says the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.

12. et dabo vobis, ut misericordiam inveniatis, et ipse miserebitur vestri et habitare vos faciet in terra vestra.

12. I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and let you remain in your own land.

13. Si autem dixeritis vos: “Non habitabimus in terra ista”, nec audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri

13. But if you say, `We will not remain in this land,' disobeying the voice of the LORD your God

14. dicentes: “Nequaquam, sed ad terram Aegypti pergemus, ubi non videbimus bellum et clangorem tubae non audiemus et famem non sustinebimus et ibi habitabimus”,

14. and saying, `No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war, or hear the sound of the trumpet, or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,'

15. propter hoc nunc audite verbum Domini, reliquiae Iudae: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Si posueritis faciem vestram, ut ingrediamini Aegyptum, et intraveritis, ut ibi peregrinemini,

15. then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces to enter Egypt and go to live there,

16. gladius, quem vos formidatis, ibi comprehendet vos in terra Aegypti, et fames, pro qua estis solliciti, adhaerebit vobis in Aegypto, et ibi moriemini.

16. then the sword which you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow hard after you to Egypt; and there you shall die.

17. Omnesque viri, qui posuerunt faciem suam, ut ingrediantur Aegyptum et peregrinentur ibi, morientur gladio et fame et peste: nullus de eis remanebit nec effugiet a facie mali, quod ego afferam super eos.

17. All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; they shall have no remnant or survivor from the evil which I will bring upon them.

18. Quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Sicut effusus est furor meus et indignatio mea super habitatores Ierusalem, sic effundetur indignatio mea super vos, cum ingressi fueritis Aegyptum, et eritis in exsecrationem et in stuporem et in maledictum et in opprobrium et nequaquam ultra videbitis locum istum”.

18. "For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

19. Verbum Domini super vos, reliquiae Iudae: “Nolite intrare Aegyptum; scientes scietis quia obtestatus sum vos hodie,

19. The LORD has said to you, O remnant of Judah, `Do not go to Egypt.' Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day

20. quia decepistis animas vestras. Vos enim misistis me ad Dominum Deum nostrum dicentes: “Ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum et iuxta omnia, quaecumque dixerit tibi Dominus Deus noster, sic annuntia nobis, et faciemus”.

20. that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. For you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, `Pray for us to the LORD our God, and whatever the LORD our God says declare to us and we will do it.'

21. Et annuntiavi vobis hodie, et non audistis vocem Domini Dei vestri super universis, pro quibus misit me ad vos.

21. And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in anything that he sent me to tell you.

22. Nunc ergo scientes scietis quia gladio et fame et peste moriemini in loco, ad quem voluistis intrare et ibi peregrinari”.

22. Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live."