Jeremiæ 22
1 Hæc dicit Dominus: Descende in domum regis Iuda, et loqueris ibi verbum hoc,
Thus saith the Lord; Go thou, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speak there this word,
2 et dices: Audi verbum Domini rex Iuda, qui sedes super solium David: tu et servi tui, et populus tuus, qui ingredimini per portas istas.
and thou shalt say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sittest on the throne of David, thou, and thy house, and thy people, and they that go in at these gates:
3 Hæc dicit Dominus: Facite iudicium et iustitiam, et liberate vi oppressum de manu calumniatoris: et advenam, et pupillum, et viduam nolite contristare, neque opprimatis inique: et sanguinem innocentem ne effundatis in loco isto.
thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
4 Si enim facientes feceritis verbum istud: ingredientur per portas domus huius reges sedentes de genere David super thronum eius, et ascendentes currus et equos, ipsi et servi, et populus eorum.
For if ye will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people.
5 Quod si non audieritis verba hæc: in memetipso iuravi, dicit Dominus, quia in solitudinem erit domus hæc.
But if ye will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that this house shall be [brought] to desolation.
6 Quia hæc dicit Dominus super domum regis Iuda: Galaad tu mihi caput Libani: si non posuero te solitudinem, urbes inhabitabiles.
For thus saith the Lord concerning the house of the king of Juda; Thou art Galaad to me, [and] the head of Libanus: [yet] surely I will make thee a desert, [even] cities that shall not be inhabited:
7 Et sanctificabo super te interficientem virum et arma eius: et succident electas cedros tuas, et præcipitabunt in ignem.
and I will bring upon thee a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
8 Et pertransibunt gentes multæ per civitatem hanc: et dicet unusquisque proximo suo: Quare fecit Dominus sic civitati huic grandi?
And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?
9 Et respondebunt: Eo quod dereliquerint pactum Domini Dei sui, et adoraverint deos alienos, et servierint eis.
And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.
10 Nolite flere mortuum, neque lugeatis super eum fletu: plangite eum, qui egreditur, quia non revertetur ultra, nec videbit terram nativitatis suæ.
Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land.
11 Quia hæc dicit Dominus ad Sellum filium Iosiæ regem Iuda, qui regnavit pro Iosia patre suo, qui egressus est de loco isto: Non revertetur huc amplius:
For thus saith the Lord concerning Sellem the son of Josias, who reigns in the place of Josias his father, who has gone forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
12 sed in loco, ad quem transtuli eum, ibi morietur, et terram istam non videbit amplius.
but in that place whither I have carried him captive, there shall he die, and shall see this land no more.
13 Væ qui ædificat domum suam in iniustitia, et cœnacula sua non in iudicio: amicum suum opprimet frustra, et mercedem eius non reddet ei.
He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbour for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.
14 Qui dicit: Ædificabo mihi domum latam, et cœnacula spatiosa: qui aperit sibi fenestras, et facit laquearia cedrina, pingitque sinopide.
Thou hast built for thyself a well-proportioned house, airy chambers, fitted with windows, and wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15 Numquid regnabis, quoniam confers te cedro? Pater tuus numquid non comedit et bibit, et fecit iudicium et iustitiam tunc cum bene erat ei?
Shalt thou reign, because thou art provoked with thy father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for thee to execute judgment and justice.
16 Iudicavit causam pauperis et egeni in bonum suum: numquid non ideo quia cognovit me, dicit Dominus?
They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.
17 Tui vero oculi et cor ad avaritiam, et ad sanguinem innocentem fundendum, et ad calumniam, et ad cursum mali operis.
Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thine heart, but [they go] after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
18 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus ad Ioakim filium Iosiæ regem Iuda: Non plangent eum: Væ frater et væ soror: non concrepabunt ei: Væ domine, et væ inclyte.
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man; they shall not bewail him, [saying], Ah brother! neither shall they at all weep for him, [saying], Alas Lord.
19 Sepultura asini sepelietur, putrefactus et proiectus extra portas Ierusalem.
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; he shall be dragged roughly along and cast outside the gate of Jerusalem.
20 Ascende Libanum, et clama: et in Basan da vocem tuam, et clama ad transeuntes, quia contriti sunt omnes amatores tui.
Go up to Libanus, and cry; and utter thy voice to Basan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 Locutus sum ad te in abundantia tua; et dixisti: Non audiam: hæc est via tua ab adolescentia tua, quia non audisti vocem meam:
I spoke to thee on [occasion of] thy trespass, but thou saidst, I will not hearken. This [has been] thy way from thy youth, thou hast not hearkened to my voice.
22 Omnes pastores tuos pascet ventus, et amatores tui in captivitatem ibunt: et tunc confunderis, et erubesces ab omni malitia tua.
The wind shall tend all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; for then shalt thou be ashamed and disgraced because of all thy lovers.
23 Quæ sedes in Libano, et nidificas in cedris, quomodo congemuisti cum venissent tibi dolores, quasi dolores parturientis?
O thou that dwellest in Libanus, making thy nest in the cedars, thou shalt groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon thee.
24 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus: quia si fuerit Iechonias filius Ioakim regis Iuda, annulus in manu dextera mea, inde evellam eum.
[As] I live, saith the Lord, though Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda were indeed the seal upon my right hand, thence would I pluck thee;
25 Et dabo te in manu quærentium animam tuam, et in manu quorum tu formidas faciem, et in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, et in manu Chaldæorum.
and I will deliver thee into the hands of them that seek thy life, before whom thou art afraid, into the hands of the Chaldeans.
26 Et mittam te, et matrem tuam, quæ genuit te, in terram alienam, in qua nati non estis, ibique moriemini:
And I will cast forth thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a land where thou wast not born; and there ye shall die.
27 et in terram, ad quam ipsi levant animam suam ut revertantur illuc: non revertentur.
But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls.
28 Numquid vas fictile atque contritum vir iste Iechonias? Numquid vas absque omni voluptate? Quare abiecti sunt ipse et semen eius, et proiecti in terram, quam ignoraverunt?
Jechonias is dishonoured as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.
29 Terra, terra, terra, audi sermonem Domini.
Land, land, hear the word of the Lord.
30 Hæc dicit Dominus: Scribe virum istum sterilem, virum, qui in diebus suis non prosperabitur: nec enim erit de semine eius vir, qui sedeat super solium David, et potestatem habeat ultra in Iuda.
Write ye this man an outcast: for there shall none of his seed at all grow up to sit on the throne of David, [or as] a prince yet in Juda.
