Jeremiæ 14
1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam de sermonibus siccitatis.
The worde of the Lord that came vnto Ieremiah, concerning the dearth.
2 Luxit Iudaea, et portae eius corruerunt, et obscuratae sunt in terra, et clamor Ierusalem ascendit.
Iudah hath mourned, and the gates thereof are desolate, they haue bene brought to heauinesse vnto the grounde, and the cry of Ierusalem goeth vp.
3 Maiores miserunt minores suos ad aquam: venerunt ad hauriendum, non invenerunt aquam, reportaverunt vasa sua vacua: confusi sunt et afflicti, et operuerunt capita sua.
And their nobles haue sent their inferiours to the water, who came to the welles, and founde no water: they returned with their vessels empty: they were ashamed and confounded, and couered their heads.
4 Propter terrae vastitatem, quia non venit pluvia in terram, confusi sunt agricolae, operuerunt capita sua.
For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.
5 Nam et cerva in agro peperit, et reliquit: quia non erat herba.
Yea, the hinde also calued in the fielde, and forsooke it, because there was no grasse.
6 Et onagri steterunt in rupibus, traxerunt ventum quasi dracones, defecerunt oculi eorum, quia non erat herba.
And the wilde asses did stande in the hygh places, and drew in their winde like dragons their eyes did faile, because there was no grasse.
7 Si iniquitates nostrae responderint nobis: Domine fac propter nomen tuum, quoniam multae sunt aversiones nostrae, tibi peccavimus.
O Lord, though our iniquities testifie against vs, deale with vs according to thy name: for our rebellions are many, we sinned against thee.
8 Expectatio Israel, salvator eius in tempore tribulationis: quare quasi colonus futurus es in terra, et quasi viator declinans ad manendum?
O the hope of Israel, the sauiour thereof in the time of trouble, why art thou as a strager in ye land, as one that passeth by to tary for a night?
9 Quare futurus es velut vir vagus, ut fortis qui non potest salvare? tu autem in nobis es Domine, et nomen tuum invocatum est super nos, ne derelinquas nos.
Why art thou as a man astonied, and as a strong man that cannot helpe? yet thou, O Lord, art in the middes of vs, and thy Name is called vpon vs: forsake vs not.
10 Haec dicit Dominus populo huic, qui dilexit movere pedes suos, et non quievit, et Domino non placuit: Nunc recordabitur iniquitatum eorum, et visitabit peccata eorum.
Thus saith the Lord vnto this people, Thus haue they delited to wander: they haue not refrained their feete, therefore the Lord hath no delight in them: but he will now remember their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes.
11 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Noli orare pro populo isto in bonum.
Then sayd the Lord vnto me, Thou shalt not pray to do this people good.
12 Cum ieiunaverint, non exaudiam preces eorum: et si obtulerint holocaustomata, et victimas, non suscipiam ea: quoniam gladio, et fame, et peste consumam eos.
When they fast, I will not heare their cry, and when they offer burnt offering, and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sworde, and by the famine and by the pestilence.
13 Et dixi, A, a, a, Domine Deus: Prophetae dicunt eis: Non videbitis gladium, et fames non erit in vobis, sed pacem veram dabit vobis in loco isto.
Then answered I, Ah Lord God, beholde, the prophets say vnto them, Ye shall not see the sworde, neither shall famine come vpon you, but I wil giue you assured peace in this place.
14 Et dicit Dominus ad me: Falso prophetae vaticinantur in nomine meo: non misi eos, et non praecepi eis, neque locutus sum ad eos: visionem mendacem, et divinationem fraudulentam, et seductionem cordis sui prophetant vobis.
Then the Lord said vnto me, The prophets prophecie lyes in my Name: I haue not sent them, neither did I command them, neither spake I vnto them, but they prophecie vnto you a false vision, and diuination, and vanitie, and deceitfulnes of their owne heart.
15 Idcirco haec dicit Dominus de prophetis, qui prophetant in nomine meo, quos ego non misi, dicentes: Gladius, et fames non erit in terra hac: In gladio et fame consumentur prophetae illi.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Concerning the prophets that prophecie in my Name, whom I haue not sent, yet they say, Sworde and famine shall not be in this land, by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
16 Et populi, quibus prophetant, erunt proiecti in viis Ierusalem prae fame et gladio, et non erit qui sepeliat eos; ipsi et uxores eorum, filii et filiae eorum, et effundam super eos malum suum.
And the people to whome these prophets doe prophecie, shalbe cast out in the streetes of Ierusalem, because of the famine, and the sword, and there shall be none to bury them, both they, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters: for I wil powre their wickednes vpon them.
17 Et dices ad eos verbum istud: Deducant oculi mei lacrymam per noctem et diem, et non taceant: quoniam contritione magna contrita est virgo filia populi mei, plaga pessima vehementer.
Therefore thou shalt say this worde vnto them, Let mine eyes drop downe teares night and day without ceasing: for the virgine daughter of my people is destroyed with a great destruction, and with a sore grieuous plague.
18 Si egressus fuero ad agros, ecce occisi gladio: et si introiero in civitatem, ecce attenuati fame. Propheta quoque et sacerdos abierunt in terram, quam ignorabant.
For if I go into the field, behold the slaine with the sworde: and if I enter into the citie, behold them that are sicke for hunger also: moreouer the Prophet also and the Priest go a wandring into a land that they know not.
19 Numquid proiiciens abiecisti Iuda? aut Sion abominata est anima tua? quare ergo percussisti nos, ita ut nulla sit sanitas? expectavimus pacem, et non est bonum: et tempus curationis, et ecce turbatio.
Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah, or hath thy soule abhorred Zion? why hast thou smitten vs, that we cannot be healed? Wee looked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of health, and behold trouble.
20 Cognovimus Domine impietates nostras, iniquitates patrum nostrorum, quia peccavimus tibi.
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednesse and the iniquitie of our fathers: for we haue sinned against thee.
21 Ne des nos in opprobrium propter nomen tuum, neque facias nobis contumeliam solii gloriae tuae: recordare, ne irritum facias foedus tuum nobiscum.
Doe not abhorre vs: for thy Names sake cast not downe the throne of thy glory: remember and breake not thy couenant with vs.
22 Numquid sunt in sculptilibus Gentium qui pluant? aut caeli possunt dare imbres? nonne tu es Dominus Deus noster, quem expectavimus? tu enim fecisti omnia haec.
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showres? is it not thou, O Lord our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
