Jeremiah 15
1 And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!
Et dixit Dominus ad me: Si steterit Moyses, et Samuel coram me, non est anima mea ad populum istum: eiice illos a facie mea, et egrediantur.
2 And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.
Quod si dixerint ad te: Quo egrediemur? dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus: Qui ad mortem, ad mortem: et qui ad gladium, ad gladium: et qui ad famem, ad famem: et qui ad captivitatem, ad captivitatem.
3 And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.
Et visitabo super eos quattuor species, dicit Dominus: Gladium ad occisionem, et canes ad lacerandum, et volatilia caeli et bestias terrae ad devorandum et dissipandum.
4 And I will give them over to the fervor of all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of all that he did in Jerusalem.
et dabo eos in fervorem universis regnis terrae: propter Manassen filium Ezechiae regis Iuda, super omnibus quae fecit in Ierusalem.
5 For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?
Quis enim miserebitur tui, Ierusalem? aut quis contristabitur pro te? aut quis ibit ad rogandum pro pace tua?
6 You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you.
Tu reliquisti me, dicit Dominus, retrorsum abiisti: et extendam manum meam super te, et interficiam te: laboravi rogans.
7 And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.
Et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terrae: interfeci et disperdidi populum meum, et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi.
8 Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.
Multiplicatae sunt mihi viduae eius super arenam maris: induxi eis super matrem adolescentis vastatorem meridie: misi super civitates repente terrorem.
9 She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.”
Infirmata est quae peperit septem, defecit anima eius: occidit ei sol, cum adhuc esset dies: confusa est, et erubuit: et residuos eius in gladium dabo in conspectu inimicorum eorum, ait Dominus.
10 “O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”
Vae mihi mater mea: quare genuisti me virum rixae, virum discordiae in universa terra? non foeneravi, nec foeneravit mihi quisquam: omnes maledicunt mihi.
11 The Lord says: “Certainly, it will be well with your remnant. Certainly, I will run to meet you, in the time of affliction and in the time of tribulation, against the enemy.
Dicit Dominus: Si non reliquiae tuae in bonum, si non occurri tibi in tempore afflictionis, et in tempore tribulationis adversus inimicum.
12 But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?
Numquid foederabitur ferrum ferro ab Aquilone, et aes?
13 Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your borders.
Divitias tuas et thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo gratis in omnibus peccatis tuis, et in omnibus terminis tuis.
14 And I will lead in your enemies from a land that you do not know. For a fire has been kindled in my fury; it will burn upon you.”
Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra, quam nescis: quia ignis succensus est in furore meo, super vos ardebit.
15 “You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.
Tu scis Domine, recordare mei, et visita me, et tuere me ab his, qui persequuntur me, noli in patientia furoris tui suscipere me: scito quoniam sustinui propter te opprobrium.
16 I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.
Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos, et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in laetitiam cordis mei: quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me Domine Deus exercituum.
17 I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
Non sedi in concilio ludentium, et gloriatus sum a facie manus tuae: solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me.
18 Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus, et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari? facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium.
19 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.
Propter hoc haec dicit Dominus: Si converteris, convertam te, et ante faciem meam stabis: et si separaveris pretiosum a vili, quasi os meum eris: convertentur ipsi ad te, et tu non converteris ad eos.
20 And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.
Et dabo te populo huic in murum aereum, fortem: et bellabunt adversum te, et non praevalebunt: quia ego tecum sum ut salvem te, et eruam te, dicit Dominus.
21 And I will free you from hand of those who are most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the powerful.”
Et liberabo te de manu pessimorum, et redimam te de manu fortium.
