Jeremiæ 9
1 Quis dabit capiti meo aquam, et oculis meis fontem lacrymarum? Et plorabo die ac nocte interfectos filiæ populi mei.
O that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Quis dabit me in solitudine diversorium viatorum? Et derelinquam populum meum, et recedam ab eis. Quia omnes adulteri sunt, cœtus prævaricatorum.
O that I had a traveller's lodge in the wilderness, That I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers; An assembly of revolters.
3 Et extenderunt linguam suam quasi arcum mendacii et non veritatis: confortati sunt in terra, quia de malo ad malum egressi sunt, et me non cognoverunt, dicit Dominus.
They bend their tongues, like their bows, for lies, And not by truth do they grow mighty in the earth; They proceed from wickedness to wickedness, And have no regard to me, saith Jehovah.
4 Unusquisque se a proximo suo custodiat, et in omni fratre suo non habeat fiduciam: quia omnis frater supplantans supplantabit, et omnis amicus fraudulenter incedet.
Be on your guard each one against his neighbor, And trust ye not in any brother; For every brother will supplant, And every neighbor will slander.
5 Et vir fratrem suum deridebit, et veritatem non loquentur: docuerunt enim linguam suam loqui mendacium: ut inique agerent, laboraverunt.
They deceive every one his neighbor, And do not speak the truth; They have accustomed their tongues to speak lies; They weary themselves in doing iniquity.
6 Habitatio tua in medio doli: in dolo renuerunt scire me, dicit Dominus.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit, [[O prophet!]] Through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
7 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce ego conflabo, et probabo eos: quid enim aliud faciam a facie filiæ populi mei?
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold I will melt them and try them; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people?
8 Sagitta vulnerans lingua eorum, dolum locuta est: in ore suo pacem cum amico suo loquitur, et occulte ponit ei insidias.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; Every one of them speaketh treachery; With their mouth they speak peace to their neighbor, But in their heart they lay snares for him.
9 Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus? Aut in gente huiusmodi non ulciscetur anima mea?
Shall I not punish them for these things? saith Jehovah; Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Super montes assumam fletum ac lamentum, et super speciosa deserti planctum: quoniam incensa sunt, eo quod non sit vir pertransiens: et non audierunt vocem possidentis: a volucre cæli usque ad pecora transmigraverunt et recesserunt.
For the mountains will I lift up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the plains a lamentation, For they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; No more is heard the voice of the cattle; Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled, and are gone.
11 Et dabo Ierusalem in acervos arenæ, et cubilia draconum: et civitates Iuda dabo in desolationem, eo quod non sit habitator.
I will make Jerusalem heaps of stones, The dwelling-place of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Quis est vir sapiens, qui intelligat hoc, et ad quem verbum oris Domini fiat ut annunciet istud, quare perierit terra, et exusta sit quasi desertum, eo quod non sit qui pertranseat?
Who is the wise man, that he may understand this, And he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is it that the land perisheth, That it is burned up like a desert, which none passeth through?
13 Et dixit Dominus: Quia dereliquerunt legem meam, quam dedi eis, et non audierunt vocem meam, et non ambulaverunt in ea:
Jehovah himself hath said: It is because they have forsaken my law, Which I set before them, And have not hearkened to my voice, Nor walked according to it;
14 et abierunt post pravitatem cordis sui, et post Baalim: quod didicerunt a patribus suis.
But have walked after the obstinacy of their own heart, And after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
15 Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego cibabo populum istum absinthio, et potum dabo eis aquam fellis.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, And give them water of hemlock to drink.
16 Et dispergam eos in gentibus, quas non noverunt ipsi et patres eorum: et mittam post eos gladium, donec consumantur.
I will also scatter them among nations Which neither they nor their fathers have known, And I will send after them the sword, Till I have made an end of them.
17 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Contemplamini, et vocate lamentatrices et veniant: et ad eas, quæ sapientes sunt, mittite, et properent:
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, And send to the skilful ones, that they may come;
18 festinent, et assumant super nos lamentum: deducant oculi nostri lacrymas, et palpebræ nostræ defluant aquis.
Let them make haste, and lift up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush forth with waters.
19 Quia vox lamentationis audita est de Sion: Quomodo vastati sumus et confusi vehementer? Quia dereliquimus terram, quoniam deiecta sunt tabernacula nostra.
Behold, a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How are we spoiled! How are we put to shame! We must leave our native land; They have cast down our habitations.”
20 Audite ergo mulieres verbum Domini: et assumant aures vestræ sermonem oris eius: et docete filias vestras lamentum: et unaquæque proximam suam planctum.
Hear, O ye women, the word of Jehovah! Let your ear receive the word of his mouth! Teach your daughters a lamentation, And every one her companion a mournful dirge!
21 Quia ascendit mors per fenestras nostras, ingressa est domos nostras, disperdere parvulos deforis, iuvenes de plateis.
For death cometh in through our windows, It entereth our palaces; It cutteth off the children from the street, And the young men from the public places.
22 Loquere: Hæc dicit Dominus: Et cadet morticinum hominis quasi stercus super faciem regionis, et quasi fœnum post tergum metentis, et non est qui colligat.
Declare it, saith Jehovah! The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, And as the handful behind the reaper, Which none gathereth up.
23 Hæc dicit Dominus: Non glorietur sapiens in sapientia sua, et non glorietur fortis in fortitudine sua, et non glorietur dives in divitiis suis:
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty glory in his might, Nor let the rich glory in his riches!
24 sed in hoc glorietur, qui gloriatur, scire et nosse me, quia ego sum Dominus, qui facio misericordiam, et iudicium, et iustitiam in terra: hæc enim placent mihi, ait Dominus.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he hath regard to me, and knoweth me, That I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, Justice, and righteousness upon the earth; For in these do I delight, saith Jehovah.
25 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus: et visitabo super omnem, qui circumcisum habet præputium,
Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will punish all the circumcised with the uncircumcised,
26 super Ægyptum, et super Iuda, et super Edom, et super filios Ammon, et super Moab, et super omnes qui attonsi sunt in comam, habitantes in deserto: quia omnes gentes habent præputium, omnis autem domus Israel incircumcisi sunt corde.
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, And the sons of Ammon and Moab, And all with shaven cheeks, that dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.
