Jeremiæ 5
1 Circuite vias Ierusalem, et aspicite, et considerate, et quærite in plateis eius, an inveniatis virum facientem iudicium, et quærentem fidem: et propitius ero ei.
“Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see now and know, And seek in her broad places, If you find a man, If there is one doing judgment, Seeking steadfastness—Then I am propitious to her.
2 Quod si etiam Vivit Dominus, dixerint: et hoc falso iurabunt.
And if they say, YHWH lives, Surely they swear to a falsehood.”
3 Domine oculi tui respiciunt fidem: percussisti eos, et non doluerunt: attrivisti eos, et renuerunt accipere disciplinam: induraverunt facies suas supra petram, et noluerunt reverti.
YHWH, Your eyes, are they not on steadfastness? You have struck them, and they have not grieved, You have consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
4 Ego autem dixi: Forsitan pauperes sunt et stulti, ignorantes viam Domini, iudicium Dei sui.
And I said, “Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of YHWH, The judgment of their God.
5 Ibo igitur ad optimates, et loquar eis: ipsi enim cognoverunt viam Domini, iudicium Dei sui. Et ecce magis hi simul confregerunt iugum, ruperunt vincula.
I go to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of YHWH, The judgment of their God.” Surely they have broken the yoke together, They have drawn away the bands.
6 Idcirco percussit eos leo de silva, lupus ad vesperam vastavit eos, pardus vigilans super civitates eorum: omnis, qui egressus fuerit ex eis, capietur: quia multiplicatæ sunt prævaricationes eorum, confortatæ sunt aversiones eorum.
Therefore a lion out of the forest has struck them, A wolf of the deserts spoils them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Everyone who is going out of them is torn, For their transgressions have been many, Their backslidings have been mighty.
7 Super quo propitius tibi esse potero? Filii tui dereliquerunt me, et iurant in his, qui non sunt dii: saturavi eos, et mœchati sunt, et in domo meretricis luxuriabantur.
“I am not propitious to you for this, Your sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by [those who are] not gods, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
8 Equi amatores, et emissarii facti sunt: Unusquisque ad uxorem proximi sui hinniebat.
Fed horses—they have been early risers, They each neigh to the wife of his neighbor.
9 Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus? Et in gente tali non ulciscetur anima mea?
Do I not lay a charge for these?” A declaration of YHWH, “And on a nation such as this, Does My soul not avenge itself?
10 Ascendite muros eius, et dissipate, consummationem autem nolite facere: auferte propagines eius, quia non sunt Domini.
Go up on her walls, and destroy, And I do not make a completion, Turn her branches aside, For they [are] not YHWH’s,
11 Prævaricatione enim prævaricata est in me domus Israel, et domus Iuda, ait Dominus.
For the house of Israel has dealt treacherously against Me, And the house of Judah,” A declaration of YHWH.
12 Negaverunt Dominum, et dixerunt: Non est ipse: neque veniet super nos malum: gladium et famem non videbimus.
They have lied against YHWH, And they say, “[It is] not He, Nor does evil come in against us, Indeed, we do not see sword and famine.
13 Prophetæ fuerunt in ventum locuti, et responsum non fuit in eis: Hæc ergo evenient illis.
And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them, Thus it is done to them.”
14 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Quia locuti estis verbum istud: ecce ego do verba mea in ore tuo in ignem, et populum istum in ligna, et vorabit eos.
Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts: “Because of your speaking this word, Behold, I am making My words become fire in your mouth, And this people wood, And it has devoured them.
15 Ecce ego adducam super vos gentem de longinquo domus Israel, ait Dominus: gentem robustam, gentem antiquam, gentem cuius ignorabis linguam, nec intelliges quid loquatur.
Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel,” A declaration of YHWH, “It [is] a strong nation, It [is] an ancient nation, A nation whose tongue you do not know, Nor understand what it speaks.
16 Pharetra eius quasi sepulchrum patens, universi fortes.
Its quiver [is] as an open tomb, All of them—mighty ones.
17 Et comedet segetes tuas, et panem tuum: devorabit filios tuos, et filias tuas: comedet gregem tuum, et armenta tua: comedet vineam tuam et ficum tuam: et conteret urbes munitas tuas, in quibus tu habes fiduciam, gladio.
And it has consumed your harvest and your bread, They consume your sons, and your daughters, It consumes your flock, and your herd, It consumes your vine and your fig tree, It makes your fortified cities poor, In which you are trusting—by the sword.
18 Verumtamen in diebus illis, ait Dominus, non faciam vos in consummationem.
And even in those days,” A declaration of YHWH, “I do not make you a completion.
19 Quod si dixeritis: Quare fecit nobis Dominus Deus noster hæc omnia? Dices ad eos: Sicut dereliquistis me, et servistis deo alieno in terra vestra, sic servietis alienis in terra non vestra.
And it has come to pass, when you say, Why has our God YHWH done all these [things] to us? That you have said to them, As you have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So you serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.
20 Annunciate hoc domui Iacob, et auditum facite in Iuda, dicentes:
Declare this in the house of Jacob, And sound it in Judah, saying,
21 Audi popule stulte, qui non habes cor: qui habentes oculos non videtis: et aures, et non auditis.
Now hear this, O people, foolish and without heart, They have eyes, and they do not see, They have ears, and they do not hear.
22 Me ergo non timebitis, ait Dominus: et a facie mea non dolebitis? Qui posui arenam terminum mari, præceptum sempiternum, quod non præteribit: et commovebuntur, et non poterunt: et intumescent fluctus eius, et non transibunt illud:
Do you not fear Me?” A declaration of YHWH; “Are you not pained from My presence? Who has made sand the border of the sea, A perpetual limit, and it does not pass over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Indeed, its billows have sounded, and they do not pass over.
23 Populo autem huic factum est cor incredulum et exasperans, recesserunt et abierunt.
And this people has an apostatizing and rebelling heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.
24 Et non dixerunt in corde suo: Metuamus Dominum Deum nostrum, qui dat nobis pluviam temporaneam et serotinam in tempore suo: plenitudinem annuæ messis custodientem nobis.
And they have not said in their heart, Now let us fear our God YHWH, who is giving rain, The autumn rain and the spring rain, in its season, He keeps the appointed weeks of harvest for us.
25 Iniquitates vestræ declinaverunt hæc: et peccata vestra prohibuerunt bonum a vobis:
Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
26 Quia inventi sunt in populo meo impii insidiantes quasi aucupes, laqueos ponentes, et pedicas ad capiendos viros.
For the wicked have been found among My people. He watches like one who sets snares, They have set up a trap—they capture men.
27 Sicut decipula plena avibus, sic domus eorum plenæ dolo: ideo magnificati sunt et ditati.
As a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
28 Incrassati sunt et impinguati: et præterierunt sermones meos pessime. Causam viduæ non iudicaverunt, causam pupilli non direxerunt, et iudicium pauperum non iudicaverunt.
They have been fat, they have shone, Indeed, they have surpassed the acts of the evil, They have not judged judgment, The judgment of the fatherless—and they prosper, And they have not judged the judgment of the needy.
29 Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus? Aut super gentem huiuscemodi non ulciscetur anima mea?
Do I not inspect for these,” A declaration of YHWH, “On a nation such as this, Does My soul not avenge itself?
30 Stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra:
An astonishing and horrible thing has been in the land:
31 Prophetæ prophetabant mendacium, et sacerdotes applaudebant manibus suis: et populus meus dilexit talia: quid igitur fiet in novissimo eius?
The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they do at its latter end?”
