Jeremiæ 37
1 Et regnavit rex Sedecias filius Iosiæ pro Iechonia filio Ioakim: quem constituit regem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Terra Iuda:
Now king Sedecias the son of Josias reigned instead of Jechonias the son of Joakim: whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon made king in the land of Juda.
2 Et non obedivit ipse, et servi eius, et populus terræ verbis Domini, quæ locutus est in manu Ieremiæ prophetæ.
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land did obey the words of the Lord, that he spoke in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.
3 Et misit rex Sedecias Iuchal filium Selemiæ, et Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem ad Ieremiam prophetam, dicens: Ora pro nobis Dominum Deum nostrum.
And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Selemias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest to Jeremias the prophet, saying: Pray to the Lord our God for us.
4 Ieremias autem libere ambulabat in medio populi: non enim miserant eum in custodiam carceris.
Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people: for they had not as yet cast him into prison.
5 Igitur exercitus Pharaonis egressus est de Ægypto: et audientes Chaldæi, qui obsidebant Ierusalem, huiuscemodi nuntium, recesserunt ab Ierusalem.
And the army of Pharao was come out of Egypt: and the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem, hearing these tidings, departed from Jerusalem.
6 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam prophetam, dicens:
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, saying:
7 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Sic dicetis regi Iuda, qui misit vos ad me interrogandum: Ecce exercitus Pharaonis, qui egressus est vobis in auxilium, revertetur in terram suam in Ægyptum.
Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Juda, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold the army of Pharao, which is come forth to help you, shall return into their own land, into Egypt.
8 et redient Chaldæi, et bellabunt contra civitatem hanc: et capient eam, et succendent eam igni.
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
9 Hæc dicit Dominus: Nolite decipere animas vestras, dicentes: Euntes abibunt, et recedent a nobis Chaldæi, quia non abibunt.
Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not your souls, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart and go away from us: for they shall not go away;
10 Sed et si percusseritis omnem exercitum Chaldæorum, qui præliantur adversum vos, et derelicti fuerint ex eis aliqui vulnerati: singuli de tentorio suo consurgent, et incendent civitatem hanc igni.
But if you should even beat all the army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be left of them some wounded men: they shall rise up, every man from his tent, and burn this city with Are.
11 Ergo cum recessisset exercitus Chaldæorum ab Ierusalem propter exercitum Pharaonis,
Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao’s army,
12 egressus est Ieremias de Ierusalem ut iret in Terram Beniamin, et divideret ibi possessionem in conspectu civium.
Jeremias went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin: and to divide a possession there in the presence of the citizens.
13 Cumque pervenisset ad portam Beniamin, erat ibi custos portæ per vices, nomine Ierias, filius Selemiæ filii Hananiæ, et apprehendit Ieremiam prophetam, dicens: Ad Chaldæos profugis.
And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who I was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremias the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.
14 Et respondit Ieremias: Falsum est, non fugio ad Chaldæos. Et non audivit eum: sed comprehendit Ierias Ieremiam, et adduxit eum ad principes.
And Jeremias answered: It is not so, I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Jerias took Jeremias and brought him to the princes.
15 Quam ob rem irati principes contra Ieremiam, cæsum eum miserunt in carcerem, qui erat in domo Ionathan scribæ: ipse enim præpositus erat super carcerem.
Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremias, and they beat him, and cast him into the prison that was in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for he was chief over the prison.
16 Itaque ingressus est Ieremias in domum laci et in ergastulum: et sedit ibi Ieremias diebus multis.
So Jeremias went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremias remained there many days.
17 Mittens autem Sedecias rex tulit eum: et interrogavit eum in domo sua abscondite, et dixit: Putasne est sermo a Domino? Et dixit Ieremias: Est. Et ait: In manus regis Babylonis traderis.
Then Sedecias the king, sending, took him: and asked him secretly in his house, and said: Is there, thinkest thou, any word from the Lord? And Jeremias said: There is. And he said: Thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.
18 Et dixit Ieremias ad regem Sedeciam: Quid peccavi tibi, et servis tuis, et populo tuo, quia misisti me in domum carceris?
And Jeremias said to king Sedecias: In what have I offended against thee, or thy servants, or thy people, that thou hast cast me into prison?
19 Ubi sunt prophetæ vestri, qui prophetabant vobis, et dicebant: Non veniet rex Babylonis super vos, et super terram hanc?
Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, and against this land?
20 Nunc ergo audi obsecro domine mi rex: Valeat deprecatio mea in conspectu tuo: et ne me remittas in domum Ionathan scribæ, ne moriar ibi.
Now therefore hear, I beseech thee, my lord the king: let my petition be accepted in thy sight: and send me not back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21 Præcepit ergo rex Sedecias ut traderetur Ieremias in vestibulo carceris: et daretur ei torta panis quotidie, excepto pulmento, donec consumerentur omnes panes de civitate: et mansit Ieremias in vestibulo carceris.
Then king Sedecias commanded that Jeremias should be committed into the entry of the prison: and that they should give him daily a piece of bread, beside broth, till all the bread in the city were spent: and Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison.
