Liber Ieremiae, 8

1. “In illo tempore, ait Dominus, eicient ossa regum Iudae et ossa principum eius et ossa sacerdotum et ossa prophetarum et ossa eorum, qui habitaverunt Ierusalem de sepulcris suis;

1. "At that time, says the LORD, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs;

2. et expandent ea ad solem et lunam et omnem militiam caeli, quae dilexerunt et quibus servierunt et post quae ambulaverunt et quae quaesierunt et adoraverunt; non colligentur et non sepelientur: in sterquilinium super faciem terrae erunt.

2. and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped; and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.

3. Et eligent magis mortem quam vitam omnes, qui residui fuerint de cognatione hac pessima in universis locis, ad quae eiecero eos, dicit Dominus exercituum.

3. Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.

4. Et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus: Numquid, qui cadit, non resurget, et, qui aversus est, non revertetur?

4. "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?

5. Quare ergo aversus est populus iste, Ierusalem aversione perpetua? Apprehenderunt mendacium et noluerunt reverti.

5. Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return.

6. Attendi et auscultavi: nemo, quod bonum est, loquitur, nullus est, qui agat paenitentiam super malitia sua dicens: “Quid feci?”. Omnes conversi sunt ad cursum suum, quasi equus impetu vadens in proelio.

6. I have given heed and listened, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, `What have I done?' Every one turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle.

7. Etiam ciconia in caelo novit tempus suum; turtur et hirundo et turdus custodierunt tempus adventus sui; populus autem meus non novit iudicium Domini.

7. Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the LORD.

8. Quomodo dicitis: “Sapientes nos sumus, et lex Domini nobiscum est”? Vere mendacium operatus est stilus mendax scribarum.

8. "How can you say, `We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

9. Confusi sunt sapientes, perterriti et capti sunt; verbum enim Domini proiecerunt, et sapientia nulla est in eis.

9. The wise men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD, and what wisdom is in them?

10. Propterea dabo mulieres eorum exteris, agros eorum expugnatoribus, quia a minimo usque ad maximum omnes avaritiam sequuntur, a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt mendacium.

10. Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest every one is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest every one deals falsely.

11. Et sanant contritionem filiae populi mei in levitate dicentes “Pax, pax”, cum non sit pax.

11. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, `Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

12. Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt; quin immo confusione non sunt confusi et erubescere nescierunt, idcirco cadent inter corruentes, in tempore visitationis suae corruent, dicit Dominus.

12. Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the LORD.

13. Congregans congregabo eos, ait Dominus; non est uva in vitibus, et non sunt ficus in ficulnea, folium defluxit, et dabo eis gradientes super eos.

13. When I would gather them, says the LORD, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them."

14. “Quare sedemus? Convenite, et ingrediamur civitates munitas et pereamus ibi, quia Dominus Deus noster tradidit nos in interitum et potum dedit nobis aquam fellis; peccavimus enim Domino.

14. Why do we sit still? Gather together, let us go into the fortified cities and perish there; for the LORD our God has doomed us to perish, and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

15. Exspectavimus pacem, et non est bonum, tempus medelae, et ecce formido”.

15. We looked for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

16. A Dan auditus est fremitus equorum eius, a voce hinnituum fortium equorum eius commota est omnis terra; et venient et devorabunt terram et plenitudinem eius, urbem et habitatores eius.

16. "The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.

17. Quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos, quibus non est incantatio, et mordebunt vos”, ait Dominus.

17. For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you," says the LORD.

18. Hilaritas mea facta est dolor in me, cor meum maerens.

18. My grief is beyond healing, my heart is sick within me.

19. Ecce vox clamoris filiae populi mei de terra longinqua: “Numquid Dominus non est in Sion? Aut rex eius non est in ea?”. “Quare ergo me ad iracundiam concitaverunt in sculptilibus suis et in vanitatibus alienis?”.

19. Hark, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land: "Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King not in her?" "Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with their foreign idols?"

20. “Transiit messis, finita est aestas, et nos salvati non sumus”.

20. "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."

21. Super contritione filiae populi mei contritus sum et contristatus; stupor obtinuit me.

21. For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.

22. Numquid resina non est in Galaad? Aut medicus non est ibi? Quare enim non est obducta cicatrix filiae populi mei?

22. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

23. Quis dabit capiti meo aquam et oculis meis fontem lacrimarum, et plorabo die ac nocte interfectos filiae populi mei?

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