Jeremiæ 40
1 Sermo, qui factus est ad Ieremiam a Domino, postquam dimissus est a Nabuzardan magistro militiæ de Rama, quando tulit eum vinctum catenis in medio omnium, qui migrabant de Ierusalem et Iuda, et ducebantur in Babylonem.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Tollens ergo princeps militiæ Ieremiam, dixit ad eum: Dominus Deus tuus locutus est malum hoc super locum istum,
Thus says the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
3 et adduxit: et fecit Dominus sicut locutus est, quia peccastis Domino, et non audistis vocem eius, et factus est vobis sermo hic.
Cry to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not.
4 Nunc ergo ecce solvi te hodie de catenis, quæ sunt in manibus tuis: si placet tibi ut venias mecum in Babylonem, veni: et ponam oculos meos super te: si autem displicet tibi venire mecum in Babylonem, reside: ecce omnis terra in conspectu tuo est: quod elegeris, et quo placuerit tibi ut vadas, illuc perge.
For thus says the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Juda, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications,
5 Et mecum noli venire: sed habita apud Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan, quem præposuit rex Babylonis civitatibus Iuda: habita ergo cum eo in medio populi: vel quocumque placuerit tibi ut vadas, vade. Dedit quoque ei magister militiæ cibaria, et munuscula, et dimisit eum.
to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I struck in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness:
6 Venit autem Ieremias ad Godoliam filium Ahicam in Masphath, et habitavit cum eo in medio populi, qui relictus fuerat in terra.
Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show [myself] to them, and will heal her, and make both peace and security.
7 Cumque audissent omnes principes exercitus, qui dispersi fuerant per regiones, ipsi et socii eorum, quod præfecisset rex Babylonis Godoliam filium Ahicam terræ, et quod commendasset ei viros, et mulieres, et parvulos, et de pauperibus terræ, qui non fuerant translati in Babylonem,
And I will turn the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, even as before.
8 venerunt ad Godoliam in Masphath: et Ismahel filius Nathaniæ, et Iohanan et Ionathan filii Caree, et Sareas filius Thanehumeth, et filii Ophi, qui erant de Netophathi, et Iezonias filius Maachathi, ipse et viri eorum.
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and will not remember their sins, whereby they have sinned against me, and revolted from me.
9 Et iuravit eis Godolias filius Ahicam filii Saphan, et comitibus eorum, dicens: Nolite timere servire Chaldæis, habitate in terra, et servite regi Babylonis, et bene erit vobis.
And it shall be for joy and praise, and for glory to all the people of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I will do: and they shall fear and be provoked for all the good things and for all the peace which I will bring upon them.
10 Ecce ego habito in Masphath ut respondeam præcepto Chaldæorum, qui mittuntur ad nos: vos autem colligite vindemiam, et messem, et oleum, et condite in vasis vestris, et manete in urbibus vestris, quas tenetis.
Thus says the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which you say, it is destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, [the places] that have been made desolate for lack of men and cattle,
11 Sed et omnes Iudæi, qui erant in Moab, et in filiis Ammon, et in Idumæa, et in universis regionibus, audito quod dedisset rex Babylonis reliquias in Iudæa, et quod præposuisset super eos Godoliam filium Ahicam filii Saphan:
the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for the Lord is good; for his mercy [endures] fore ever: and they shall bring gifts into the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said the Lord.
12 reversi sunt, inquam, omnes Iudæi de universis locis, ad quæ profugerant, et venerunt in Terram Iuda ad Godoliam in Masphath: et collegerunt vinum, et messam multam nimis.
Thus says the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for lack of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 Iohanan autem filius Caree, et omnes principes exercitus, qui dispersi fuerant in regionibus, venerunt ad Godoliam in Masphath.
In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the [cities] round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him that numbers [them], says the Lord.
14 Et dixerunt ei: Scito quod Baalis rex filiorum Ammon misit Ismahel filium Nathaniæ percutere animam tuam. Et non credidit eis Godolias filius Ahicam.
15 Iohanan autem filius Caree dixit ad Godoliam seorsum in Masphath, loquens: Ibo, et percutiam Ismahel filium Nathaniæ nullo sciente, ne interficiat animam tuam, et dissipentur omnes Iudæi, qui congregati sunt ad te, et peribunt reliquiæ Iuda.
16 Et ait Godolias filius Ahicam ad Iohanan filium Caree: Noli facere verbum hoc: falsum enim tu loqueris de Ismahel.
