Jeremiah 34
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino, quando Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et omnis exercitus eius, universaque regna terræ, quæ erant sub potestate manus eius, et omnes populi bellabant contra Ierusalem, et contra omnes urbes eius, dicens:
2 The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Vade, et loquere ad Sedeciam regem Iuda: et dices ad eum: Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego tradam civitatem hanc in manus regis Babylonis, et succendet eam igni.
3 And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
Et tu non effugies de manu eius: sed comprehensione capieris, et in manu eius traderis: et oculi tui oculos regis Babylonis videbunt, et os eius cum ore tuo loquetur, et Babylonem introibis.
4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
Attamen audi verbum Domini Sedecia rex Iuda: Hæc dicit Dominus ad te: Non morieris in gladio,
5 you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
sed in pace morieris, et secundum combustiones patrum tuorum regum priorum qui fuerunt ante te, sic comburent te: et væ domine, plangent te: quia verbum ego locutus sum, dicit Dominus.
6 In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
Et locutus est Ieremias propheta ad Sedeciam regem Iuda universa verba hæc in Ierusalem.
7 as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
Et exercitus regis Babylonis pugnabat contra Ierusalem, et contra omnes civitates Iuda, quæ reliquæ erant contra Lachis, et contra Azecha: hæ enim supererant de civitatibus Iuda, urbes munitæ.
8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino, postquam percussit rex Sedecias fœdus cum omni populo in Ierusalem, prædicans:
9 that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
Ut dimitteret unusquisque servum suum, et unusquisque ancillam suam, Hebræum et Hebræam liberos: et nequaquam dominarentur eis, id est in Iudæo et fratre suo.
10 So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
Audierunt ergo omnes principes et universus populus, qui inierant pactum ut dimitteret unusquisque servum suum, et unusquisque ancillam suam liberos, et ultra non dominarentur eis: audierunt igitur, et dimiserunt.
11 but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
Et conversi sunt deinceps: et retraxerunt servos et ancillas suas, quos dimiserant liberos, et subiugaverunt in famulos et famulas.
12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam a Domino, dicens:
13 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Ego percussi fœdus cum patribus vestris in die, qua eduxi eos de Terra Ægypti de domo servitutis, dicens:
14 Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
Cum completi fuerint septem anni, dimittat unusquisque fratrem suum Hebræum, qui venditus est ei, et serviet tibi sex annis: et dimittes eum a te liberum: et non audierunt patres vestri me, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam.
15 Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
Et conversi estis vos hodie, et fecistis quod rectum est in oculis meis, ut prædicaretis libertatem unusquisque ad amicum suum: et inistis pactum in conspectu meo in domo, in qua invocatum est nomen meum super eam.
16 But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
Et reversi estis, et commaculastis nomen meum: et reduxistis unusquisque servum suum, et unusquisque ancillam suam, quos dimiseratis ut essent liberi et suæ potestatis: et subiugastis eos ut sint vobis servi et ancillæ.
17 Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Propterea hæc dicit Dominus: Vos non audistis me, ut prædicaretis libertatem unusquisque fratri suo, et unusquisque amico suo: ecce ego prædico vobis libertatem, ait Dominus ad gladium, ad pestem, et ad famem: et dabo vos in commotionem cunctis regnis terræ.
18 And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
Et dabo viros, qui prævaricantur fœdus meum, et non observaverunt verba fœderis, quibus assensi sunt in conspectu meo, vitulum quem conciderunt in duas partes, et transierunt inter divisiones eius:
19 The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
Principes Iuda et principes Ierusalem, eunuchi et sacerdotes, et omnis populus terræ, qui transierunt inter divisiones vituli:
20 I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Et dabo eos in manus inimicorum suorum, et in manus quærentium animam eorum: et erit morticinum eorum in escam volatilibus cæli, et bestiis terræ.
21 And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
Et Sedeciam regem Iuda, et principes eius dabo in manus inimicorum suorum, et in manus quærentium animas eorum, et in manus exercituum regis Babylonis, qui recesserunt a vobis.
22 Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Ecce ego præcipio, dicit Dominus, et reducam eos in civitatem hanc, et præliabuntur adversus eam, et capient eam, et incendent igni: et civitates Iuda dabo in solitudinem, eo quod non sit habitator.
