Jeremiæ 23
1 Væ pastoribus, qui disperdunt et dilacerant gregem pascuæ meæ, dicit Dominus.
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.
2 Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel ad pastores, qui pascunt populum meum: Vos dispersistis gregem meum, et eiecistis eos, et non visitastis eos: ecce ego visitabo super vos malitiam studiorum vestrorum, ait Dominus.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed My people: Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not taken care of them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
3 Et ego congregabo reliquias gregis mei de omnibus terris, ad quas eiecero eos illuc: et convertam eos ad rura sua: et crescent et multiplicabuntur.
And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
4 Et suscitabo super eos pastores, et pascent eos: non formidabunt ultra, et non pavebunt: et nullus quæretur ex numero, dicit Dominus.
And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith the LORD.
5 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus: et suscitabo David germen iustum: et regnabit rex, et sapiens erit: et faciet iudicium et iustitiam in terra.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous shoot, and he shall reign as king and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
6 In diebus illis salvabitur Iuda, et Israel habitabit confidenter: et hoc est nomen, quod vocabunt eum, Dominus iustus noster.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The LORD is our righteousness.
7 Propter hoc ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et non dicent ultra: Vivit Domnus, qui eduxit filios Israel de Terra Ægypti:
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';
8 Sed: Vivit Dominus, qui eduxit et adduxit semen domus Israel de Terra Aquilonis, et de cunctis terris, ad quas eieceram eos illuc: et habitabunt in terra sua.
but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up and that led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them'; and they shall dwell in their own land.
9 Ad prophetas: Contritum est cor meum in medio mei, contremuerunt omnia ossa mea: factus sum quasi vir ebrius, et quasi homo madidus a vino a facie Domini, et a facie verborum sanctorum eius.
Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of the LORD, and because of His holy words.
10 Quia adulteris repleta est terra, quia a facie maledictionis luxit terra, arefacta sunt arva deserti: factus est cursus eorum malus, et fortitudo eorum dissimilis.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 Propheta namque et sacerdos polluti sunt: et in domo mea inveni malum eorum, ait Dominus.
For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yea, in My house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
12 Idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris: impellentur enim, et corruent in ea: afferam enim super eos mala, annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness, they shall be thrust, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
13 Et in prophetis Samariæ vidi fatuitatem: prophetabunt in Baal, et decipiebant populum meum Israel.
And I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused My people Israel to err.
14 Et in prophetis Ierusalem vidi similitudinem adulterantium, et iter mendacii: et confortaverunt manus pessimorum ut non converteretur unusquisque a malitia sua: facti sunt mihi omnes ut Sodoma, et habitatores eius quasi Gomorrha.
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies, and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them become unto Me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ad prophetas: Ecce ego cibabo eos absinthio, et potabo eos felle: a prophetis enim Ierusalem egressa est pollutio super omnem terram.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
16 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Nolite audire verba prophetarum, qui prophetant vobis, et decipiunt vos: visionem cordis sui loquuntur, non de ore Domini.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, they lead you unto vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17 Dicunt his, qui blasphemant me: Locutus est Dominus: Pax erit vobis, et omni, qui ambulat in pravitate cordis sui, dixerunt: Non veniet super vos malum.
They say continually unto them that despise Me: 'The LORD hath said: Ye shall have peace'; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: 'No evil shall come upon you';
18 Quis enim affuit in consilio Domini, et vidit et audivit sermonem eius? quis consideravit verbum illius et audivit?
For who hath stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?
19 Ecce turbo Dominicæ indignationis egredietur, et tempestas erumpens: super caput impiorum veniet.
Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, yea, a whirling storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked.
20 Non revertetur furor Domini usque dum faciat, et usque dum compleat cogitationem cordis sui: in novissimis diebus intelligetis consilium eius.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until He have executed, and till He have performed the purposes of His heart; in the end of days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 Non mittebam prophetas, et ipsi currebant: non loquebar ad eos, et ipsi prophetabant.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 Si stetissent in consilio meo, et nota fecissent verba mea populo meo, avertissem utique eos a via sua mala, et a cogitationibus suis pessimis.
But if they have stood in My council, then let them cause My people to hear My words, and turn them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Putasne Deus e vicino ego sum, dicit Dominus? et non Deus de longe?
Am I a God near at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
24 Si occultabitur vir in absconditis: et ego non videbo eum, dicit Dominus? numquid non cælum et terram ego impleo, dicit Dominus?
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
25 Audivi quæ dixerunt prophetæ, prophetantes in nomine meo mendacium, atque dicentes: Somniavi, somniavi.
I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
26 Usquequo istud est in corde prophetarum vaticinantium mendacium, et prophetantium seductiones cordis sui?
How long shall this be? Is it in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
27 Qui volunt facere ut obliviscatur populus meus nominis mei propter somnia eorum, quæ narrat unusquisque ad proximum suum: sicut obliti sunt patres eorum nominis mei propter Baal.
That think to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
28 Propheta, qui habet somnium, narret somnium: et qui habet sermonem meum, loquatur sermonem meum vere: quid paleis ad triticum, dicit Dominus?
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully. What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD.
29 Numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis, dicit Dominus: et quasi malleus conterens petram?
Is not My word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30 Propterea ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus: qui furantur verba mea unusquisque a proximo suo.
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal My words every one from his neighbour.
31 Ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus: qui assumunt linguas suas, et aiunt: Dicit Dominus.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues and say: 'He saith.'
32 Ecce ego ad prophetas somniantes mendacium, ait Dominus: qui narraverunt ea, et seduxerunt populum meum in mendacio suo, et in miraculis suis: cum ego non misissem eos, nec mandassem eis, qui nihil profuerunt populo huic, dicit Dominus.
Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their wantonness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither can they profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
33 Si igitur interrogaverit te populus iste, vel propheta, aut sacerdos, dicens: Quod est onus Domini? dices ad eos: Vos estis onus. proiiciam quippe vos, dicit Dominus.
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden! I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'
34 Et propheta, et sacerdos, et populus qui dicit: Onus Domini: visitabo super virum illum, et super domum eius.
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say: 'The burden of the LORD', I will even punish that man and his house.
35 Hæc dicetis unusquisque ad proximum, et ad fratrem suum: Quid respondit Dominus? et quid locutus est Dominus?
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: 'What hath the LORD answered?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
36 Et onus Domini ultra non memorabitur: quia onus erit unicuique sermo suus: et pervertistis verba Dei viventis, Domini exercituum Dei nostri.
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden; and would ye pervert the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God?
37 Hæc dices ad prophetam: Quid respondit tibi Dominus? et quid locutus est Dominus?
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: 'What hath the LORD answered thee?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
38 Si autem onus Domini dixeritis: propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus: Quia dixistis sermonem istum: Onus Domini: et misi ad vos, dicens: Nolite dicere: Onus Domini:
But if ye say: 'The burden of the LORD'; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word: 'The burden of the LORD', and I have sent unto you, saying: 'Ye shall not say: The burden of the LORD';
39 Propterea ecce ego tollam vos portans, et derelinquam vos, et civitatem, quam dedi vobis, et patribus vestris a facie mea.
therefore, behold, I will utterly tear you out, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from My presence;
40 Et dabo vos in opprobrium sempiternum, et in ignominiam æternam, quæ numquam oblivione delebitur.
and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
