Jeremiæ 51
1 Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego suscitabo super Babylonem et super habitatores eius, qui cor suum levaverunt contra me, quasi ventum pestilentem.
Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.
2 Et mittam in Babylonem ventilatores, et ventilabunt eam et demolientur terram eius: quoniam venerunt super eam undique in die afflictionis eius.
And I will send strangers to Babylon, who shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land. For in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 Non tendat qui tendit arcum suum, et non ascendat loricatus, nolite parcere iuvenibus eius, interficite omnem militiam eius.
Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. And spare ye not her young men. Destroy ye utterly all her host.
4 Et cadent interfecti in terra Chaldæorum, et vulnerati in regionibus eius.
And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
5 Quoniam non fuit viduatus Israel et Iuda a Deo suo Domino exercituum: terra autem eorum repleta est delicto a sancto Israel.
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Fugite de medio Babylonis, et salvet unusquisque animam suam: nolite tacere super iniquitatem eius: quoniam tempus ultionis est a Domino, vicissitudinem ipse retribuet ei.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life. Be not cut off in her iniquity, for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
7 Calix aureus Babylon in manu Domini, inebrians omnem terram: de vino eius biberunt Gentes, et ideo commotæ sunt.
Babylon has been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken. The nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.
8 Subito cecidit Babylon, et contrita est: ululate super eam, tollite resinam ad dolorem eius, si forte sanetur.
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed. Wail for her. Take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
9 Curavimus Babylonem, et non est sanata: derelinquamus eam, et eamus unusquisque in terram suam: quoniam pervenit usque ad cælos iudicium eius, et elevatum est usque ad nubes.
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each one into his own country. For her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
10 Protulit Dominus iustitias nostras: venite, et narremus in Sion opus Domini Dei nostri.
Jehovah has brought forth our righteousness. Come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
11 Acuite sagittas, implete pharetras: suscitavit Dominus spiritum regum Medorum: et contra Babylonem mens eius est ut perdat eam, quoniam ultio Domini est, ultio templi sui.
Make sharp the arrows. Hold firm the shields. Jehovah has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it. For it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Super muros Babylonis levate signum, augete custodiam: levate custodes, præparate insidias: quia cogitavit Dominus, et fecit quæcumque locutus est contra habitatores Babylonis.
Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon. Make the watch strong. Set the watchmen. Prepare the ambushes. For Jehovah has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Quæ habitas super aquas multas, locuples in thesauris: venit finis tuus pedalis præcisionis tuæ.
O thou who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end has come, the measure of thy covetousness.
14 Iuravit Dominus exercituum per animam suam: Quoniam replebo te hominibus quasi brucho, et super te celeuma cantabitur.
Jehovah of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men as with the canker-worm, and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
15 Qui fecit terram in fortitudine sua, præparavit orbem in sapientia sua, et prudentia sua extendit cælos.
He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
16 Dante eo vocem, multiplicantur aquæ in cælo: qui levat nubes ab extremo terræ, fulgura in pluviam fecit: et produxit ventum de thesauris suis.
When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
17 Stultus factus est omnis homo a scientia: confusus est omnis conflator in sculptili. quia mendax est conflatio eorum, nec est spiritus in eis.
Every man has become brutish, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18 Vana sunt opera, et risu digna, in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt.
They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19 Non sicut hæc pars Iacob: quia qui fecit omnia ipse est, et Israel sceptrum hereditatis eius: Dominus exercituum nomen eius.
The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Jehovah of hosts is his name.
20 Collidis tu mihi vasa belli, et ego collidam in te Gentes, et disperdam in te regna:
Thou are my battle-axe and weapons of war. And with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms,
21 et collidam in te equum, et equitem eius: et collidam in te currum, et ascensorem eius:
and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider,
22 et collidam in te virum et mulierem: et collidam in te senem et puerum: et collidam in te iuvenem et virginem:
and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot and him who rides in it, and with thee I will break in pieces man and woman, and with thee I will break in pieces the old man and the youth, and with thee I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin,
23 et collidam in te pastorem et gregem eius: et collidam in te agricolam et iugales eius: et collidam in te duces et magistratus.
and with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee I will break in pieces governors and deputies.
24 Et reddam Babyloni, et cunctis habitatoribus Chaldææ omne malum suum, quod fecerunt in Sion, in oculis vestris, ait Dominus.
And I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Jehovah.
25 Ecce ego ad te mons pestifer, ait Dominus, qui corrumpis universam terram: et extendam manum meam super te, et evolvam te de petris, et dabo te in montem combustionis.
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, says Jehovah, which destroys all the earth. And I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26 Et non tollent de te lapidem in angulum, et lapidem in fundamenta, sed perditus in æternum eris, ait Dominus.
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shall be desolate forever, says Jehovah.
27 Levate signum in terra: clangite buccina in Gentibus, sanctificate super eam Gentes: annunciate contra illam regibus Ararat, Menni, et Ascenez: numerate contra eam Taphsar, adducite equum quasi bruchum aculeatum.
Set ye up a standard in the land. Blow the trumpet among the nations. Prepare the nations against her. Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her. Cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
28 Sanctificate contra eam Gentes, reges Mediæ, duces eius, et universos magistratus eius, cunctamque terram potestatis eius.
Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors of it, and all the deputies of it, and all the land of their dominion.
29 Et commovebitur terra, et conturbabitur: quia evigilabit contra Babylonem cogitatio Domini ut ponat Terram Babylonis desertam et inhabitabilem.
And the land trembles and is in pain, for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
30 Cessaverunt fortes Babylonis a prælio, habitaverunt in præsidiis: devoratum est robur eorum, et facti sunt quasi mulieres: incensa sunt tabernacula eius, contriti sunt vectes eius.
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their might has failed. They have become as women. Her dwelling-places are set on fire. Her bars are broken.
31 Currens obviam currenti veniet: et nuncius obvius nuncianti: ut annunciet regi Babylonis quia capta est civitas eius a summo usque ad summum:
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
32 et vada præoccupata sunt, et paludes incensæ sunt igni, et viri bellatores conturbati sunt.
And the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
33 Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Filia Babylonis quasi area, tempus trituræ eius: adhuc modicum, et veniet tempus messionis eius.
For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
34 Comedit me, devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis: reddidit me quasi vas inane, absorbuit me quasi draco, replevit ventrem suum teneritudine mea, et eiecit me.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
35 Iniquitas adversum me, et caro mea super Babylonem, dicit habitatio Sion: et sanguis meus super habitatores Chaldææ, dicit Ierusalem.
The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, the inhabitant of Zion shall say. And, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, Jerusalem shall say.
36 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego iudicabo causam tuam, et ulciscar ultionem tuam, et desertum faciam mare eius, et siccabo venam eius.
Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee. And I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
37 Et erit Babylon in tumulos, habitatio draconum, stupor, et sibilus, eo quod non sit habitator.
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
38 Simul ut leones rugient, excutient comas veluti catuli leonum.
They shall roar together like young lions. They shall growl as lions' whelps.
39 In calore eorum ponam potus eorum, et inebriabo eos, ut sopiantur, et dormiant somnum sempiternum, et non consurgant, dicit Dominus.
When they are heated, I will make their feast. And I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Jehovah.
40 Deducam eos quasi agnos ad victimam, et quasi arietes cum hœdis.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
41 Quomodo capta est Sesach, et comprehensa est inclyta universæ terræ? quomodo facta est in stuporem Babylon inter gentes?
How Sheshach is taken, and the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
42 Ascendit super Babylonem mare, multitudine fluctuum eius operta est.
The sea has come up upon Babylon. She is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Factæ sunt civitates eius in stuporem, terra inhabitabilis et deserta, terra in qua nullus habitet, nec transeat per eam filius hominis.
Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, nor does any son of man pass thereby.
44 Et visitabo super Bel in Babylone, et eiiciam quod absorbuerat de ore eius, et non confluent ad eum ultra Gentes, siquidem et murus Babylonis corruet.
And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up. And the nations shall not flow any more to him. Yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
45 Egredimini de medio eius populus meus: ut salvet unusquisque animam suam ab ira furoris Domini.
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves each man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.
46 Et ne forte mollescat cor vestrum, et timeatis auditum, qui audietur in terra: et veniet in anno auditio, et post hunc annum auditio: et iniquitas in terra, et dominator super dominatorem.
And let not your heart faint. Neither fear ye for the news that shall be heard in the land. For news shall come one year, and after that in another year, news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
47 Propterea ecce dies veniunt, et visitabo super sculptilia Babylonis: et omnis terra eius confundetur, et universi interfecti eius cadent in medio eius.
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon. And her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
48 Et laudabunt super Babylonem cæli et terra, et omnia quæ in eis sunt: quia ab Aquilone venient ei prædones, ait Dominus.
Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon. For the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Jehovah.
49 Et quomodo fecit Babylon ut caderent occisi in Israel: sic de Babylone cadent occisi in universa terra.
As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
50 Qui fugistis gladium, venite, nolite stare: recordamini procul Domini, et Ierusalem ascendat super cor vestrum.
Ye who have escaped the sword, go ye; do not stand still. Remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 Confusi sumus, quoniam audivimus opprobrium: operuit ignominia facies nostras: quia venerunt alieni super sanctificationem domus Domini.
We are confounded, because we have heard reproach. Confusion has covered our faces. For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.
52 Propterea ecce dies veniunt, ait Dominus: et visitabo super sculptilia eius, et in omni terra eius mugiet vulneratus.
Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 Si ascenderit Babylon in cælum, et firmaverit in excelso robur suum: a me venient vastatores eius, ait Dominus.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me destroyers shall come to her, says Jehovah.
54 Vox clamoris de Babylone, et contritio magna de Terra Chaldæorum:
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 quoniam vastavit Dominus Babylonem, et perdidit ex ea vocem magnam: et sonabunt fluctus eorum quasi aquæ multæ: dedit sonitum vox eorum:
For Jehovah lays Babylon waste, and destroys the great voice out of her, and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered.
56 Quia venit super eam, id est super Babylonem prædo, et apprehensi sunt fortes eius, et emarcuit arcus eorum, quia fortis ultor Dominus reddens retribuet.
For the destroyer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces. For Jehovah is a God of recompenses; he will surely requite.
57 Et inebriabo principes eius, et sapientes eius, et duces eius, et magistratus eius, et fortes eius: et dormient somnum sempiternum, et non expergiscentur, ait rex, Dominus exercituum nomen eius.
And I will make drunk her rulers and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
58 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Murus Babylonis ille latissimus suffossione suffodietur, et portæ eius excelsæ igni comburentur, et labores populorum ad nihilum, et gentium in ignem erunt, et disperibunt.
Thus says Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. And the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire, and they shall be weary.
59 Verbum, quod præcepit Ieremias propheta, Saraiæ filio Neriæ filii Maasiæ cum pergeret cum Sedecia rege in Babylonem, in anno quarto regni eius: Saraias autem erat princeps prophetiæ.
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
60 Et scripsit Ieremias omne malum, quod venturum erat super Babylonem in libro uno: omnia verba hæc, quæ scripta sunt contra Babylonem.
And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
61 Et dixit Ieremias ad Saraiam: Cum veneris in Babylonem, et videris, et legeris omnia verba hæc,
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou come to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words.
62 dices: Domine tu locutus es contra locum istum ut disperderes eum: ne sit qui in eo habitet ab homine usque ad pecus, et ut sit perpetua solitudo.
And say, O Jehovah, thou have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.
63 Cumque compleveris legere librum istum, ligabis ad eum lapidem, et proiicies illum in medium Euphraten:
And it shall be, when thou have made an end of reading this book, that thou shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
64 et dices: Sic submergetur Babylon, et non consurget a facie afflictionis, quam ego adduco super eam, et dissolvetur. Hucusque verba Ieremiæ.
And thou shall say, Thus Babylon shall sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her, and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
