Jeremiæ 14
1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam de sermonibus siccitatis.
That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities:
2 Luxit Iudæa, et portæ eius corruerunt, et obscuratæ sunt in terra, et clamor Ierusalem ascendit.
“Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 Maiores miserunt minores suos ad aquam: venerunt ad hauriendum, non invenerunt aquam, reportaverunt vasa sua vacua: confusi sunt et afflicti, et operuerunt capita sua.
And their majestic ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come to ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.
4 Propter terræ vastitatem, quia non venit pluvia in terram, confusi sunt agricolæ, operuerunt capita sua.
Because the ground has been broken, For there has been no rain in the land, Farmers have been ashamed, They have covered their head.
5 Nam et cerva in agro peperit, et reliquit: quia non erat herba.
For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake [it!] For there has been no grass.
6 Et onagri steterunt in rupibus, traxerunt ventum quasi dracones, defecerunt oculi eorum, quia non erat herba.
And wild donkeys have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Their eyes have been consumed, for there is no herb.”
7 Si iniquitates nostræ responderint nobis: Domine fac propter nomen tuum, quoniam multæ sunt aversiones nostræ, tibi peccavimus.
Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, For our backslidings have been many, We have sinned against You.
8 Expectatio Israel, salvator eius in tempore tribulationis: quare quasi colonus futurus es in terra, et quasi viator declinans ad manendum?
O Hope of Israel—its Savior in time of trouble, Why are You as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveler turned aside to lodge?
9 Quare futurus es velut vir vagus, ut fortis qui non potest salvare? Tu autem in nobis es Domine, et nomen tuum invocatum est super nos, ne derelinquas nos.
Why are You as one mute? As a mighty one not able to save? And You [are] in our midst, O YHWH, And Your Name is called over us, Do not leave us.
10 Hæc dicit Dominus populo huic, qui dilexit movere pedes suos, et non quievit, et Domino non placuit: Nunc recordabitur iniquitatum eorum, et visitabit peccata eorum.
Thus said YHWH concerning this people: “They have loved to wander well, They have not restrained their feet, And YHWH has not accepted them, Now He remembers their iniquity, And inspects their sin.”
11 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Noli orare pro populo isto in bonum.
And YHWH says to me: “You do not pray for this people for good.
12 Cum ieiunaverint, non exaudiam preces eorum: et si obtulerint holocautomata, et victimas, non suscipiam ea: quoniam gladio, et fame, et peste consumam eos.
When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 Et dixi: A, a, a, Domine Deus: Prophetæ dicunt eis: Non videbitis gladium, et fames non erit in vobis, sed pacem veram dabit vobis in loco isto.
And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed, famine is not [on] you, for I give true peace to you in this place.”
14 Et dicit Dominus ad me: Falso prophetæ vaticinantur in nomine meo: non misi eos, et non præcepi eis, neque locutus sum ad eos: visionem mendacem, et divinationem, et fraudulentiam, et seductionem cordis sui prophetant vobis.
And YHWH says to me: “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My Name. I did not send them, nor command them, nor have I spoken to them. A false vision, and divination, and vanity—indeed, they are prophesying the deceit of their own heart to you.
15 Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus de prophetis, qui prophetant in nomine meo, quos ego non misi, dicentes: Gladius, et fames non erit in terra hac: In gladio et fame consumentur prophetæ illi.
Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.
16 Et populi, quibus prophetant, erunt proiecti in viis Ierusalem præ fame et gladio, et non erit qui sepeliat eos; ipsi et uxores eorum, filii et filiæ eorum, et effundam super eos malum suum.
And the people to whom they are prophesying are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword, and they have none burying them—them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters—and I have poured out their evil on them.
17 Et dices ad eos verbum istud: Deducant oculi mei lacrymam per noctem et diem, et non taceant: quoniam contritione magna contrita est virgo filia populi mei, plaga pessima vehementer.
And you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For [with] a great breach, The virgin daughter of my people has been broken, A very grievous stroke.
18 Si egressus fuero ad agros, ecce occisi gladio: et si introiero in civitatem, ecce attenuati fame. Propheta quoque et sacerdos abierunt in terram, quam ignorabant.
If I have gone forth to the field, Then, behold, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, behold, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down To a land that they did not know.”
19 Numquid proiiciens abiecisti Iudam? Aut Sion abominata est anima tua? Quare ergo percussisti nos, ita ut nulla sit sanitas? Expectavimus pacem, et non est bonum: et tempus curationis, et ecce turbatio.
Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and behold, terror.
20 Cognovimus Domine impietates nostras, iniquitates patrum nostrorum, quia peccavimus tibi.
We have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.
21 Ne des nos in opprobrium propter nomen tuum, neque facias nobis contumeliam solii gloriæ tuæ: recordare, ne irritum facias fœdus tuum nobiscum.
Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 Numquid sunt in sculptilibus Gentium qui pluant? Aut cæli possunt dare imbres? Nonne tu es Dominus Deus noster, quem expectavimus? Tu enim fecisti omnia hæc.
Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!
