Liber Ieremiae, 25

1. verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam de omni populo Judæ in anno quarto Joachim filii Josiæ regis Juda ipse est annus primus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis

1. The word that came to Jeremias concerning all the people of Juda, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, (the same is the first year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,)

2. quæ locutus est Hieremias propheta ad omnem populum Juda et ad universos habitatores Hierusalem dicens

2. Which Jeremias the prophet spoke to all the people of Juda, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

3. a tertiodecimo anno Josiæ filii Amon regis Juda usque ad diem hanc iste est tertius et vicesimus annus factum est verbum Domini ad me et locutus sum ad vos de nocte consurgens et loquens et non audistis

3. From the thirteenth year of Josias the son of Ammon king of Juda until this day: this is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising before day, and speaking, and you have not hearkened.

4. et misit Dominus ad vos omnes servos suos prophetas consurgens diluculo mittensque et non audistis neque inclinastis aures vestras ut audiretis

4. And the Lord hath sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and you have not hearkened, nor inclined your ears to hear.

5. cum diceret revertimini unusquisque a via sua mala et a pessimis cogitationibus vestris et habitabitis in terram quam dedit Dominus vobis et patribus vestris a sæculo et usque in sæculum

5. When he said: Return ye, every one from his evil way, and from your wicked devices, and you shall dwell in the land which the Lord hath given to you, and your fathers for ever and ever.

6. et nolite ire post deos alienos ut serviatis eis adoretisque eos neque me ad iracundiam provocetis in operibus manuum vestrarum et non adfligam vos

6. And go not after strange gods to serve them, and adore them: nor provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands, and I will not afflict you.

7. et non audistis me dicit Dominus ut me ad iracundiam provocaretis in operibus manuum vestrarum in malum vestrum

7. And you have not heard me, saith the Lord, that you might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own hurt.

8. propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum pro eo quod non audistis verba mea

8. Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Because you have not heard my words:

9. ecce ego mittam et adsumam universas cognationes aquilonis ait Dominus et ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum et adducam eos super terram istam et super habitatores ejus et super omnes nationes quæ in circuitu illius sunt et interficiam eos et ponam eos in stuporem et in sibilum et in solitudines sempiternas

9. Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

10. perdamque ex eis vocem gaudii et vocem lætitiæ vocem sponsæ et vocem sponsi vocem molæ et lumen lucernæ

10. And I will take away from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill, and the light of the lamp.

11. et erit universa terra ejus in solitudinem et in stuporem et servient omnes gentes istæ regi Babylonis septuaginta annis

11. And all this land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment: and all these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12. cumque impleti fuerint anni septuaginta visitabo super regem Babylonis et super gentem illam dicit Dominus iniquitatem eorum et super terram Chaldeorum et ponam illam in solitudines sempiternas

12. And when the seventy years shall be expired, I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans: and I will make it perpetual desolations.

13. et adducam super terram illam omnia verba mea quæ locutus sum contra eam omne quod scriptum est in libro isto quæcumque prophetavit Hieremias adversum omnes gentes

13. And I will bring upon the land all my words, that I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book, all that Jeremias hath prophesied against all nations:

14. quia servierunt eis cum essent gentes multæ et reges magni et reddam eis secundum opera eorum et secundum facta manuum suarum

14. For they have served them, whereas they were many nations, and great kings: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their hands.

15. quia sic dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël sume calicem vini furoris hujus de manu mea et propinabis de illo cunctis gentibus ad quas ego mittam te

15. For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Take the cup of wine of this fury at my hand: and thou shalt make all nations to drink thereof, unto which I shall send thee.

16. et bibent et turbabuntur et insanient a facie gladii quem ego mittam inter eos

16. And they shall drink, and be troubled, and be mad because of the sword, which I shall send among them.

17. et accepi calicem de manu Domini et propinavi cunctis gentibus ad quas misit me Dominus

17. And I took the cup at the hand of the Lord, and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it, to which the Lord sent me:

18. Hierusalem et civitatibus Judæ et regibus ejus et principibus ejus ut darem eos in solitudinem et in stuporem in sibilum et in maledictionem sicut est dies ista

18. To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof: to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse, as it is at this day.

19. Pharaoni regi Ægypti et servis ejus et principibus ejus et omni populo ejus

19. Pharao the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people,

20. et universis generaliter cunctis regibus terræ Ausitidis et cunctis regibus terræ Philisthim et Ascaloni et Gazæ et Accaroni et reliquiis Azoti

20. And all in general: all the kings of the land of Ausitis, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus.

21. Idumeæ et Moab et filiis Ammon

21. And Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon.

22. et cunctis regibus Tyri et cunctis regibus Sidonis et regibus terræ insularum qui sunt trans mare

22. And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon: and the kings of the land of the islands that are beyond the sea.

23. et Dedan et Theman et Buz et universis qui adtonsi sunt in comam

23. And Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all that have their hair cut round.

24. et cunctis regibus Arabiæ et cunctis regibus occidentis qui habitant in deserto

24. And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the west, that dwell in the desert.

25. et cunctis regibus Zambri et cunctis regibus Ælam et cunctis regibus Medorum

25. And all the kings of Zambri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Medes:

26. et cunctis regibus aquilonis de prope et de longe unicuique contra fratrem suum et omnibus regnis terræ quæ super faciem ejus sunt et rex Sesach bibet post eos

26. And all the kings of the north far and near, every one against his brother: and all the kingdoms of the earth, which are upon the face thereof: and the king of Sesac shall drink after them.

27. et dices ad eos hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israël bibite et inebriamini et vomite et cadite neque surgatis a facie gladii quem ego mittam inter vos

27. And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Dring ye, and be drunken, and vomit: and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I shall send among you.

28. cumque noluerint accipere calicem de manu ut bibant dices ad eos hæc dicit Dominus exercituum bibentes bibetis

28. And if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Drinking you shall drink:

29. quia ecce in civitate in qua invocatum est nomen meum ego incipio adfligere et vos quasi innocentes inmunes eritis non eritis inmunes gladium enim ego voco super omnes habitatores terræ dicit Dominus exercituum

29. For behold I begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon: and shall you be as innocent and escape free? you shall not escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

30. et tu prophetabis ad eos omnia verba hæc et dices ad illos Dominus de excelso rugiet et de habitaculo sancto suo dabit vocem suam rugiens rugiet super decorem suum celeuma quasi calcantium concinetur adversus omnes habitatores terræ

30. And thou shalt prophesy unto them all these words, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord shall roar from on high, and shall utter his voice from his holy habitation: roaring he shall roar upon the place of his beauty: the shout as it were of them that tread grapes shall be given out against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31. pervenit sonitus usque ad extrema terræ quia judicium Domino cum gentibus judicatur ipse cum omni carne impios tradidit gladio dicit Dominus

31. The noise is come even to the ends of the earth: for the Lord entereth into judgement with the nations: he entereth into judgement with all flesh; the wicked I have delivered up to the sword, saith the Lord.

32. hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ecce adflictio egredietur de gente in gentem et turbo magnus egredietur a summitatibus terræ

32. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation: and a great whirlwind shall go forth from the ends of the earth.

33. et erunt interfecti Domini in die illa a summo terræ usque ad summum ejus non plangentur et non colligentur neque sepelientur in sterquilinium super faciem terræ jacebunt

33. And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end thereof: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be gathered up, nor buried: they shall lie as dung upon the face of the earth.

34. ululate pastores et clamate et aspergite vos cinere optimates gregis quia conpleti sunt dies vestri ut interficiamini et dissipationes vestræ et cadetis quasi vasa pretiosa

34. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

35. et peribit fuga a pastoribus et salvatio ab optimatibus gregis

35. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to save themselves.

36. vox clamoris pastorum et ululatus optimatium gregis quia vastavit Dominus pascuam eorum

36. A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock: because the Lord hath watsed their pastures.

37. et conticuerunt arva pacis a facie iræ furoris Domini

37. And the fields of peace have been silent, because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

38. dereliquit quasi leo umbraculum suum facta est terra eorum in desolationem a facie iræ columbæ et a facie iræ furoris Domini

38. He has forsaken his covert as the lion, for the land is laid waste because of the wrath of the dove, and because of the fierce anger of the Lord.