Jeremiæ 37

1 Et regnavit rex Sedecias filius Iosiæ pro Iechonia filio Ioakim: quem constituit regem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Terra Iuda:

And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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 hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

3 Et misit rex Sedecias Iuchal filium Selemiæ, et Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem ad Ieremiam prophetam, dicens: Ora pro nobis Dominum Deum nostrum.

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

4 Ieremias autem libere ambulabat in medio populi: non enim miserant eum in custodiam carceris.

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

5 Igitur exercitus Pharaonis egressus est de Ægypto: et audientes Chaldæi, qui obsidebant Ierusalem, huiuscemodi nuntium, recesserunt ab Ierusalem.

Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

6 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam prophetam, dicens:

Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, 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 ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

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 yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

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.

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained [but] wounded men among them, [yet] should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

11 Ergo cum recessisset exercitus Chaldæorum ab Ierusalem propter exercitum Pharaonis,

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

12 egressus est Ieremias de Ierusalem ut iret in Terram Beniamin, et divideret ibi possessionem in conspectu civium.

Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

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 in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward [was] there, whose name [was] Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away 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.

Then said Jeremiah, [It is] false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, 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 wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16 Itaque ingressus est Ieremias in domum laci et in ergastulum: et sedit ibi Ieremias diebus multis.

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had 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 Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there [any] word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand 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?

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

19 Ubi sunt prophetæ vestri, qui prophetabant vobis, et dicebant: Non veniet rex Babylonis super vos, et super terram hanc?

Where [are] now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor 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.

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to 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 Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.