Jeremiæ 15
1 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.
Then the LORD said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 Quod si dixerint ad te: Quo egrediemur? Dices ad eos: Hæc 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.
It shall happen, when they tell you, 'Where shall we go forth?' Then you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: "Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 Et visitabo super eos quattuor species, dicit Dominus: Gladium ad occisionem, et canes ad lacerandum, et volatilia cæli et bestias terræ ad devorandum et dissipandum.
I will appoint over them four kinds, says the LORD: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 Et dabo eos in fervorem universis regnis terræ: propter Manassen filium Ezechiæ regis Iuda, super omnibus quæ fecit in Ierusalem.
I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 Quis enim miserebitur tui, Ierusalem? Aut quis contristabitur pro te? Aut quis ibit ad rogandum pro pace tua?
For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
6 Tu reliquisti me, dicit Dominus, retrorsum abiisti: et extendam manum meam super te, et interficiam te: laboravi rogans.
'You have rejected me,' says the LORD, 'you have gone backward:' therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
7 Et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terræ: interfeci et disperdidi populum meum, et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi.
I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they did not return from their ways.
8 Multiplicatæ sunt mihi viduæ eius super arenam maris: induxi eis super matrem adolescentis vastatorem meridie: misi super civitates repente terrorem.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly.
9 Infirmata est quæ 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.
She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and their residue will I deliver to the sword before their enemies," says the LORD.
10 Væ mihi mater mea: quare genuisti me virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra? Non fœneravi, nec fœneravit mihi quisquam: omnes maledicunt mihi.
"Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth. I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me."
11 Dicit Dominus: Si non reliquiæ tuæ in bonum, si non occurri tibi in tempore afflictionis, et in tempore tribulationis adversus inimicum.
The LORD said, "Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make petition to you in the time of evil and in the time of distress.
12 Numquid fœderabitur ferrum ferro ab Aquilone, et æs?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
13 Divitias tuas et thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo gratis in omnibus peccatis tuis, et in omnibus terminis tuis.
Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
14 Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra, quam nescis: quia ignis succensus est in furore meo, super vos ardebit.
I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you."
15 Tu scis Domine, recordare mei, et visita me, et tuere me ab his, qui persequuntur me, noli in patientia tua suscipere me: scito quoniam sustinui propter te opprobrium.
"LORD, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; do not take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
16 Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos, et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in lætitiam cordis mei: quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me Domine Deus exercituum.
Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, LORD, God of hosts.
17 Non sedi in concilio ludentium, et gloriatus sum a facie manus tuæ: solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me.
I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
18 Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus, et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari? Facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?"
19 Propter hoc hæc 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.
Therefore thus says the LORD, "If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
20 Et dabo te populo huic in murum æreum, fortem: et bellabunt adversum te, et non prævalebunt: quia ego tecum sum ut salvem te, et eruam te, dicit Dominus.
I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you," says the LORD.
21 Et liberabo te de manu pessimorum, et redimam te de manu fortium.
"I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."
