Jeremiah 23
1 "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture." says Jehovah.
Væ pastoribus qui disperdunt et dilacerant gregem pascuæ meæ! dicit Dominus.
2 Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: "You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; look, I will visit on you the evil of your doings," says Jehovah.
Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël ad pastores qui pascunt populum meum: Vos dispersistis gregem meum, et ejecistis eos, et non visitastis eos: ecce ego visitabo super vos malitiam studiorum vestrorum, ait Dominus.
3 "I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
Et ego congregabo reliquias gregis mei de omnibus terris ad quas ejecero eos illuc: et convertam eos ad rura sua, et crescent et multiplicabuntur.
4 I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking," says Jehovah.
Et suscitabo super eos pastores, et pascent eos: non formidabunt ultra, et non pavebunt, et nullus quæretur ex numero, dicit Dominus.
5 "Look, the days come," says Jehovah, "that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et suscitabo David germen justum: et regnabit rex, et sapiens erit, et faciet judicium et justitiam in terra.
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: 'Jehovah our righteousness.'
In diebus illis salvabitur Juda, et Israël habitabit confidenter: et hoc est nomen quod vocabunt eum: Dominus justus noster.
7 Therefore look, the days come," says Jehovah, "that they shall no more say, 'As Jehovah lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';
Propter hoc ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et non dicent ultra: Vivit Dominus, qui eduxit filios Israël de terra Ægypti,
8 but, 'As Jehovah lives, who brought up and who led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' They shall dwell in their own land."'
sed: Vivit Dominus, qui eduxit et adduxit semen domus Israël de terra aquilonis, et de cunctis terris ad quas ejeceram eos illuc, et habitabunt in terra sua.
9 Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
Ad prophetas: Contritum est cor meum in medio mei; contremuerunt omnia ossa mea: factus sum quasi vir ebrius, et quasi homo madidus a vino, a facie Domini, et a facie verborum sanctorum ejus.
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. "Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
Quia adulteris repleta est terra, quia a facie maledictionis luxit terra, arefacta sunt arva deserti: factus est cursus eorum malus, et fortitudo eorum dissimilis.
11 for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness," says Jehovah.
Propheta namque et sacerdos polluti sunt, et in domo mea inveni malum eorum, ait Dominus.
12 "Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation," says Jehovah.
Idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris: impellentur enim, et corruent in ea: afferam enim super eos mala, annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.
13 "I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Et in prophetis Samariæ vidi fatuitatem: prophetabant in Baal, et decipiebant populum meum Israël.
14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
Et in prophetis Jerusalem vidi similitudinem adulterantium, et iter mendacii: et confortaverunt manus pessimorum, ut non converteretur unusquisque a malitia sua: facti sunt mihi omnes ut Sodoma, et habitatores ejus quasi Gomorrha.
15 Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Look, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.'
Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ad prophetas: Ecce ego cibabo eos absinthio, et potabo eos felle: a prophetis enim Jerusalem egressa est pollutio super omnem terram.
16 Thus says Jehovah of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Nolite audire verba prophetarum qui prophetant vobis, et decipiunt vos: visionem cordis sui loquuntur, non de ore Domini.
17 They say continually to those who despise me, "Jehovah has said, 'You shall have peace'"; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, "No evil shall come on you."
Dicunt his qui blasphemant me: Locutus est Dominus: Pax erit vobis: et omni qui ambulat in pravitate cordis sui dixerunt: Non veniet super vos malum.
18 For who has stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?
Quis enim affuit in consilio Domini, et vidit, et audivit sermonem ejus? quis consideravit verbum illius, et audivit?
19 Look, the storm of Jehovah, his wrath, has gone forth. Yes, a whirling storm. It shall burst on the head of the wicked.
Ecce turbo Dominicæ indignationis egredietur, et tempestas erumpens super caput impiorum veniet.
20 The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
Non revertetur furor Domini, usque dum faciat et usque dum compleat cogitationem cordis sui: in novissimis diebus intelligetis consilium ejus.
21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
Non mittebam prophetas, et ipsi currebant: non loquebar ad eos, et ipsi prophetabant.
22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Si stetissent in consilio meo, et nota fecissent verba mea populo meo, avertissem utique eos a via sua mala, et a cogitationibus suis pessimis.
23 Am I a God at hand,' says Jehovah, 'and not a God afar off?
Putasne Deus e vicino ego sum, dicit Dominus, et non Deus de longe?
24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him?' says Jehovah. 'Do I not fill heaven and earth?' says Jehovah.
Si occultabitur vir in absconditis, et ego non videbo eum? dicit Dominus. Numquid non cælum et terram ego impleo? dicit Dominus.
25 'I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed."
Audivi quæ dixerunt prophetæ prophetantes in nomine meo mendacium, atque dicentes: Somniavi, somniavi.
26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
Usquequo istud est in corde prophetarum vaticinantium mendacium, et prophetantium seductiones cordis sui?
27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
Qui volunt facere ut obliviscatur populus meus nominis mei, propter somnia eorum quæ narrat unusquisque ad proximum suum, sicut obliti sunt patres eorum nominis mei propter Baal?
28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?' says Jehovah.
Propheta qui habet somnium, narret somnium: et qui habet sermonem meum, loquatur sermonem meum vere. Quid paleis ad triticum? dicit Dominus.
29 'Isn't my word like fire?' says Jehovah; 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis, dicit Dominus, et quasi malleus conterens petram?
30 Therefore look, I am against the prophets,' says Jehovah, 'who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
Propterea ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus, qui furantur verba mea unusquisque a proximo suo.
31 Look, I am against the prophets,' says Jehovah, 'who use their tongues, and say, "He says."
Ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus, qui assumunt linguas suas, et aiunt: Dicit Dominus.
32 Look, I am against the prophets who prophesy lying dreams,' says Jehovah, 'and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all,' says Jehovah.
Ecce ego ad prophetas somniantes mendacium, ait Dominus, qui narraverunt ea, et seduxerunt populum meum in mendacio suo et in miraculis suis, cum ego non misissem eos, nec mandassem eis: qui nihil profuerunt populo huic, dicit Dominus.
33 'When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, "What is the burden of Jehovah?" Then you shall tell them, "You are the burden, and I will cast you off," says Jehovah.
Si igitur interrogaverit te populus iste, vel propheta, aut sacerdos, dicens: Quod est onus Domini? dices ad eos: Vos estis onus: projiciam quippe vos, dicit Dominus.
34 As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, "The burden of Jehovah," I will even punish that man and his house.
Et propheta, et sacerdos, et populus qui dicit: Onus Domini: visitabo super virum illum et super domum ejus.
35 You shall say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, "What has Jehovah answered?" and, "What has Jehovah spoken?"
Hæc dicetis unusquisque ad proximum, et ad fratrem suum: Quid respondit Dominus? et quid locutus est Dominus?
36 You shall mention the burden of Jehovah no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.
Et onus Domini ultra non memorabitur: quia onus erit unicuique sermo suus, et pervertistis verba Dei viventis, Domini exercituum, Dei nostri.
37 You shall say to the prophet, "What has Jehovah answered you?" and, "What has Jehovah spoken?"
Hæc dices ad prophetam: Quid respondit tibi Dominus? et quid locutus est Dominus?
38 But if you say, "The burden of Jehovah"; therefore thus says Jehovah: Because you say this word, "The burden of Jehovah," and I have sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The burden of Jehovah'";
Si autem onus Domini dixeritis, propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus: Quia dixistis sermonem istum: Onus Domini, et misi ad vos dicens: Nolite dicere: Onus Domini:
39 therefore, look, I will surely lift you up and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
propterea ecce ego tollam vos portans, et derelinquam vos, et civitatem quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris, a facie mea:
40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
et dabo vos in opprobrium sempiternum, et in ignominiam æternam, quæ numquam oblivione delebitur.
