Jeremiæ 10
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos domus Israel.
Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh to you, O house of Israel!
2 Hæc dicit Dominus: Iuxta vias Gentium nolite discere: et a signis cæli nolite metuere, quæ timent Gentes:
Thus saith Jehovah: Conform ye not to the way of the heathen, And be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, Because the heathen are dismayed at them!
3 quia leges populorum vanæ sunt: quia lignum de saltu præcidit opus manus artificis in ascia.
The customs of the nations are vanity. For a tree of the wood is cut down, It is wrought by the hands of the artificer with the axe,
4 Argento, et auro decoravit illud: clavis et malleis compegit, ut non dissolvatur.
It is decked with silver and gold, And with nails and with hammers is it fastened, That it may not totter.
5 In similitudinem palmæ fabricata sunt, et non loquentur: portata tollentur, quia incedere non valent. Nolite ergo timere ea, quia nec male possunt facere, nec bene.
They are like a turned palm-tree pillar, and cannot speak; They must be borne by men, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot hurt, Nor is it in their power to do good.
6 Non est similis tui Domine: magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine.
There is none like thee, O Jehovah! Thou art great, And great is thy name by mighty deeds.
7 Quis non timebit te, O Rex gentium? Tuum est enim decus: inter cunctos sapientes Gentium, et in universis regnis eorum nullus est similis tui.
Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations, For to thee doth it belong! For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, there is none like thee.
8 Pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur: doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est.
They are all brutish and without understanding; A doctrine of vanities is the stock.
9 Argentum involutum de Tharsis affertur, et aurum de Ophaz: opus artificis, et manus ærarii, hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum. Opus artificum universa hæc.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of the artificer and the founder; Blue and purple is their clothing; The work of the skilful is it all.
10 Dominus autem Deus verus est: ipse Deus vivens, et Rex sempiternus. Ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra: et non sustinebunt Gentes comminationem eius.
But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and an everlasting king; At his wrath the earth trembleth, And the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
11 Sic ergo dicetis eis: dii, qui cælos et terram non fecerunt, pereant de terra, et de his, quæ sub cælo sunt.
[[Thus shall ye say to them: The gods, that have not made the heavens and the earth, Shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.]]
12 Qui facit terram in fortitudine sua, præparat orbem in sapientia sua, et prudentia sua extendit cælos.
He made the earth by his power; He established the world by his wisdom, And by his understanding he spread out the heavens.
13 Ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in cælo, et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terræ: fulgura in pluviam facit, et educit ventum de thesauris suis.
When he uttereth his voice there is an abundance of water in the heavens; He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings with rain; He bringeth the wind from his storehouses.
14 Stultus factus est omnis homo a scientia, confusus est artifex omnis in sculptili: quoniam falsum est quod conflavit, et non est spiritus in eis.
Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge; By his image is every founder put to shame, For his molten-work is deceit; There is no breath in it.
15 Vana sunt, et opus risu dignum: in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt.
They are vanity, deceptive work; In the time of their punishment shall they perish.
16 Non est his similis pars Iacob: qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est: et Israel virga hereditatis eius: Dominus exercituum nomen illi.
Not like them is He who is the portion of Jacob; He is the former of all things, And Israel is his allotted inheritance; Jehovah of hosts is his name.
17 Congrega de terra confusionem tuam, quæ habitas in obsidione:
Gather up thy goods out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!
18 Quia hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego longe proiiciam habitatores terræ in hac vice: et tribulabo eos ita ut inveniantur.
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will sling forth the inhabitants of the land at this time; I will distress them, so that they shall be taken.
19 Væ mihi super contritione mea, pessima plaga mea. Ego autem dixi: Plane hæc infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam.
“Ah me! my wound!” [[saith the daughter of Zion; ]] “My bruise is deadly; Yet I say, This is my affliction, and I must bear it!
20 Tabernaculum meum vastatum est, omnes funiculi mei dirupti sunt, filii mei exierunt a me, et non subsistunt: non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum, et erigat pelles meas.
My tent is torn down, And all my cords broken. My children are gone forth from me, and are no more; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more, Or to set up my curtains.
21 Quia stulte egerunt pastores, et Dominum non quæsierunt: propterea non intellexerunt, et omnis grex eorum dispersus est.
For the shepherds have become brutish; They have not sought Jehovah; Therefore have they not prospered, And all their flock is dispersed.”
22 Vox auditionis ecce venit, et commotio magna de terra Aquilonis: ut ponat civitates Iuda solitudinem, et habitaculum draconum.
[[Hark!]] the sound of tiding! Behold it cometh, And a great tumult from the land of the North, To make the cities of Judah desolate, A dwelling-place for jackals.
23 Scio Domine quia non est hominis via eius: nec viri est ut ambulet, et dirigat gressus suos.
“I know, O Jehovah, that the way of a man is not within his power, That it is not within the power of a man that walketh to establish his steps.
24 Corripe me Domine, verumtamen in iudicio: et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me.
Chasten me, O Jehovah, but in measure; Not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing!
25 Effunde indignationem tuam super Gentes, quæ non cognoverunt te, et super provincias, quæ nomen tuum non invocaverunt: quia comederunt Iacob, et devoraverunt eum, et consumpserunt illum, et decus eius dissipaverunt.
Pour out thy wrath on the nations which acknowledge thee not, And on the kingdoms which call not on thy name! For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured and consumed him, And laid waste his dwelling-place.”
