Jeremiæ 10
1 Audite verbum, quod locutus est Dominus super vos domus Israel.
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel;
2 Haec dicit Dominus: Iuxta vias Gentium nolite discere: et a signis caeli nolite metuere, quae timent Gentes:
thus saith the LORD: Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
3 quia leges populorum vanae sunt: quia lignum de saltu praecidit opus manus artificis in ascia.
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
4 Argento, et auro decoravit illud: clavis et malleis compegit, ut non dissolvatur.
They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5 In similitudinem palmae fabricata sunt, et non loquentur: portata tollentur, quia incedere non valent. nolite ergo timere ea, quia nec male possunt facere, nec bene.
They are like a pillar in a garden of cucumbers, and speak not; they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
6 Non est similis tui Domine: magnus es tu, et magnum nomen tuum in fortitudine.
There is none like unto Thee, O LORD; Thou art great, and Thy name is great in might.
7 Quis non timebit te o rex Gentium? tuum est enim decus: inter cunctos sapientes Gentium, et in universis regnis eorum nullus est similis tui.
Who would not fear Thee, O king of the nations? For it befitteth Thee; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royalty, there is none like unto Thee.
8 Pariter insipientes et fatui probabuntur: doctrina vanitatis eorum lignum est.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock;
9 Argentum involutum de Tharsis affertur, et aurum de Ophaz: opus artificis, et manus aerarii, hyacinthus et purpura indumentum eorum. opus artificum universa haec.
Silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.
10 Dominus autem Deus verus est: ipse Deus vivens, et rex sempiternus. ab indignatione eius commovebitur terra: et non sustinebunt Gentes comminationem eius.
But the LORD God is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting King; at His wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide His indignation.
11 Sic ergo dicetis eis: Dii, qui caelos et terram non fecerunt, pereant de terra, et de his, quae sub caelo sunt.
Thus shall ye say unto them: 'The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.'
12 Qui facit terram in fortitudine sua, praeparat orbem in sapientia sua, et prudentia sua extendit caelos.
He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding;
13 Ad vocem suam dat multitudinem aquarum in caelo, et elevat nebulas ab extremitatibus terrae: fulgura in pluviam facit, et educit ventum de thesauris suis.
At the sound of His giving a multitude of waters in the heavens, when He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; when He maketh lightnings with the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries;
14 Stultus factus est omnis homo a scientia, confusus est artifex omnis in sculptili: quoniam falsum est quod conflavit, et non est spiritus in eis.
Every man is proved to be brutish, without knowledge, every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image, his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15 Vana sunt, et opus risu dignum: in tempore visitationis suae peribunt.
They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 Non est his similis pars Iacob: qui enim formavit omnia, ipse est: et Israel virga hereditatis eius: Dominus exercituum nomen illi.
Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for He is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; the LORD of hosts is His name.
17 Congrega de terra confusionem tuam, quae habitas in obsidione:
Gather up thy wares from the ground, O thou that abidest in the siege.
18 quia haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego longe proiiciam habitatores terrae in hac vice: et tribulabo eos ita ut non inveniantur.
For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.
19 Vae mihi super contritione mea, pessima plaga mea. Ego autem dixi: Plane haec infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam.
Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is grievous; but I said: 'This is but a sickness, and I must bear it.'
20 Tabernaculum meum vastatum est, omnes funiculi mei dirupti sunt, filii mei exierunt a me, et non subsistunt: non est qui extendat ultra tentorium meum, et erigat pelles meas.
My tent is spoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth of me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
21 Quia stulte egerunt pastores, et Dominum non quaesierunt: propterea non intellexerunt, et omnis grex eorum dispersus est.
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
22 Vox auditionis ecce venit, et commotio magna de terra Aquilonis: ut ponat civitates Iuda solitudinem, et habitaculum draconum.
Hark! a report, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, a dwelling-place of jackals.
23 Scio Domine quia non est hominis via eius: nec viri est ut ambulet, et dirigat gressus suos.
O LORD, I know that man's way is not his own; it is not in man to direct his steps as he walketh.
24 Corripe me Domine, verumtamen in iudicio: et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me.
O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.
25 Effunde indignationem tuam super Gentes, quae non cognoverunt te, et super provincias, quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt: quia comederunt Iacob, et devoraverunt eum, et consumpserunt illum, et decus eius dissipaverunt.
Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, and upon the families that call not on Thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
