Jeremiæ 14
1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam de sermonibus siccitatis.
This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 Luxit Iudaea, et portae eius corruerunt, et obscuratae sunt in terra, et clamor Ierusalem ascendit.
“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
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.
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
4 Propter terrae vastitatem, quia non venit pluvia in terram, confusi sunt agricolae, operuerunt capita sua.
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the ploughmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.
5 Nam et cerva in agro peperit, et reliquit: quia non erat herba.
Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
6 Et onagri steterunt in rupibus, traxerunt ventum quasi dracones, defecerunt oculi eorum, quia non erat herba.
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
7 Si iniquitates nostrae responderint nobis: Domine fac propter nomen tuum, quoniam multae sunt aversiones nostrae, tibi peccavimus.
Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.
8 Expectatio Israel, salvator eius in tempore tribulationis: quare quasi colonus futurus es in terra, et quasi viator declinans ad manendum?
You hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay 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 should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
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.
The LORD says to this people: “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”
11 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Noli orare pro populo isto in bonum.
The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their 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 hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by 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 I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give 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 to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own 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 the LORD says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ Those prophets will be consumed by sword and famine.
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.
The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters, for I will pour their wickedness on 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.
“You shall say this word to them: “‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
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.
If I go out into the field, then behold, the slain with the sword! If I enter into the city, then behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.’”
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.
Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
20 Cognovimus Domine impietates nostras, iniquitates patrum nostrorum, quia peccavimus tibi.
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
21 Ne des nos in opprobrium propter nomen tuum, neque facias nobis contumeliam solii gloriae tuae: recordare, ne irritum facias foedus tuum nobiscum.
Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
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 amongst the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, the LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
