Jeremiah 6
1 Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.
Confortamini filii Beniamin in medio Ierusalem, et in Thecua clangite buccina, et super Bethacarem levate vexillum: quia malum visum est ab Aquilone, et contritio magna.
2 The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.
Speciosae et delicatae assimilavi filiam Sion.
3 Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch [their] tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
Ad eam venient pastores, et greges eorum: fixerunt in ea tentoria in circuitu: pascet unusquisque eos, qui sub manu sua sunt.
4 Prepare war against her. Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day hath declined, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening.
Sanctificate super eam bellum: consurgite, et ascendamus in meridie: vae nobis, quia declinavit dies, quia longiores factae sunt umbrae vesperi.
5 Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
Surgite, et ascendamus in nocte, et dissipemus domus eius.
6 For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Caedite lignum eius, et fundite circa Ierusalem aggerem: haec est civitas visitationis, omnis calumnia in medio eius.
7 As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.
Sicut frigidam facit cisterna aquam suam, sic frigidam fecit malitiam suam: iniquitas et vastitas audietur in ea, coram me semper infirmitas et plaga.
8 Be thou instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Erudire Ierusalem, ne forte recedat anima mea a te, ne forte ponam te desertam terram inhabitabilem.
9 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean like a vine the remnant of Israel: turn back thy hand, as a grape-gatherer unto the baskets.
Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Usque ad racemum colligent quasi in vinea reliquias Israel: converte manum tuam quasi vindemiator ad cartallum.
10 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Cui loquar? et quem contestabor ut audiat? ecce incircumcisae aures eorum, et audire non possunt: ecce verbum Domini factum est eis in opprobrium: et non suscipient illud.
11 And I am full of the fury of Jehovah, I am weary with holding in. Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken; the aged with him [that is] full of days.
Idcirco furore Domini plenus sum, laboravi sustinens: effunde super parvulum foris, et super consilium iuvenum simul: vir enim cum muliere capietur, senex cum pleno dierum.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, [their] fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.
Et transibunt domus eorum ad alteros, agri et uxores pariter: quia extendam manum meam super habitantes terram, dicit Dominus.
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
A minore quippe usque ad maiorem omnes avaritiae student: et a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt dolum.
14 And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
Et curabant contritionem filiae populi mei cum ignominia, dicentes: Pax, pax: et non erat pax.
15 Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.
Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt: quin potius confusione non sunt confusi, et erubescere nescierunt. quam ob rem cadent inter ruentes: in tempore visitationis suae corruent, dicit Dominus.
16 Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
Haec dicit Dominus: State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de semitis antiquis, quae sit via bona, et ambulate in ea: et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris. Et dixerunt: Non ambulabimus.
17 Also I have set watchmen over you: — Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Et constitui super vos speculatores. Audite vocem tubae. Et dixerunt: Non audiemus.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O assembly, what is among them.
Ideo audite Gentes, et cognosce congregatio, quanta ego faciam eis.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts; for they have not hearkened unto my words, and as to my law, they have rejected it.
Audi terra: Ecce ego adducam mala super populum istum, fructum cogitationum eius: quia verba mea non audierunt, et legem meam proiecerunt.
20 To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
Ut quid mihi thus de Saba affertis, et calamum suave olentem de terra longinqua? holocaustomata vestra non sunt accepta, et victimae vestrae non placuerunt mihi.
21 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall over them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Propterea haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego dabo in populum istum ruinas, et ruent in eis patres et filii simul, vicinus, et proximus peribunt.
22 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation is stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Haec dicit Dominus: Ecce populus venit de terra Aquilonis, et gens magna consurget a finibus terrae.
23 They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for the battle, against thee, daughter of Zion.
Sagittam et scutum arripiet: crudelis est, et non miserebitur. vox eius quasi mare sonabit: et super equos ascendent, praeparati quasi vir ad praelium, adversum te filia Sion.
24 We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.
Audivimus famam eius, dissolutae sunt manus nostrae: tribulatio apprehendit nos, dolores ut parturientem.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.
Nolite exire ad agros, et in via ne ambuletis: quoniam gladius inimici pavor in circuitu.
26 Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, [as] for an only son — bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.
Filia populi mei accingere cilicio, et conspergere cinere: luctum unigeniti fac tibi, planctum amarum, quia repente veniet vastator super vos.
27 I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum: et scies, et probabis viam eorum.
28 They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
Omnes isti principes declinantes, ambulantes fraudulenter, aes et ferrum: universi corrupti sunt.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
Defecit sufflatorium, in igne consumptum est plumbum, frustra conflavit conflator: malitiae enim eorum non sunt consumptae.
30 Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.
Argentum reprobum vocate eos, quia Dominus proiecit illos.
