Jeremiæ 17
1 Peccatum Iuda scriptum est stylo ferreo in ungue adamantino, exaratum super latitudinem cordis eorum, et in cornibus ararum eorum.
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
2 Cum recordati fuerint filii eorum ararum suarum, et lucorum suorum, lignorumque frondentium in montibus excelsis,
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
3 sacrificantes in agro: fortitudinem tuam, et omnes thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo, excelsa tua propter peccata in universis finibus tuis.
O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
4 Et relinqueris sola ab hereditate tua, quam dedi tibi: et servire te faciam inimicis tuis in terra, quam ignoras: quoniam ignem succendisti in furore meo, usque in aeternum ardebit.
And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
5 Haec dicit Dominus: Maledictus homo, qui confidit in homine, et ponit carnem brachium suum, et a Domino recedit cor eius.
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
6 Erit enim quasi myricae in deserto, et non videbit cum venerit bonum: sed habitabit in siccitate in deserto, in terra salsuginis, et inhabitabili.
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
7 Benedictus vir, qui confidit in Domino, et erit Dominus fiducia eius.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
8 Et erit quasi lignum quod transplantatur super aquas, quod ad humorem mittit radices suas: et non timebit cum venerit aestus. Et erit folium eius viride, et in tempore siccitatis non erit solicitum, nec aliquando desinet facere fructum.
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
9 Pravum est cor hominis, et inscrutabile: quis cognoscet illud?
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
10 Ego Dominus scrutans cor, et probans renes: qui do unicuique iuxta viam suam, et iuxta fructum adinventionum suarum.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
11 Perdix fovit quae non peperit: fecit divitias, et non in iudicio: in dimidio dierum suorum derelinquet eas, et in novissimo suo erit insipiens.
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
12 Solium gloriae altitudinis a principio, locus sanctificationis nostrae:
A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Expectatio Israel Domine: omnes, qui te derelinquunt, confundentur: recedentes a te, in terra scribentur: quoniam dereliquerunt venam aquarum viventium Dominum.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
14 Sana me Domine, et sanabor: salvum me fac, et salvus ero: quoniam laus mea tu es.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
15 Ecce ipsi dicunt ad me: Ubi est verbum Domini? veniat.
Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
16 Et ego non sum turbatus, te pastorem sequens: et diem hominis non desideravi, tu scis. Quod egressum est de labiis meis, rectum in conspectu tuo fuit.
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
17 Non sis tu mihi formidini, spes mea tu in die afflictionis.
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18 Confundantur qui me persequuntur, et non confundar ego: paveant illi, et non paveam ego: induc super eos diem afflictionis, et duplici contritione contere eos.
Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
19 Haec dicit Dominus ad me: Vade, et sta in porta filiorum populi, per quam ingrediuntur reges Iuda, et egrediuntur, et in cunctis portis Ierusalem:
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
20 et dices ad eos: Audite verbum Domini reges Iuda, et omnis Iuda, cunctique habitatores Ierusalem, qui ingredimini per portas istas.
Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
21 Haec dicit Dominus: Custodite animas vestras, et nolite portare pondera in die sabbati: nec inferatis per portas Ierusalem.
This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
22 Et nolite eiicere onera de domibus vestris in die sabbati, et omne opus non facietis: sanctificate diem sabbati, sicut praecepi patribus vestris.
You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
23 Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: sed induraverunt cervicem suam ne audirent me, et ne acciperent disciplinam.
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
24 Et erit: Si audieritis me, dicit Dominus, ut non inferatis onera per portas civitatis huius in die sabbati: et si sanctificaveritis diem sabbati, ne faciatis in eo omne opus:
If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
25 Ingredientur per portas civitatis huius reges et principes, sedentes super solium David, et ascendentes in curribus et equis, ipsi et principes eorum, viri Iuda, et habitatores Ierusalem: et habitabitur civitas haec in sempiternum.
then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
26 Et venient de civitatibus Iuda, et de circuitu Ierusalem, et de terra Beniamin, et de campestribus, et de montuosis, et ab Austro, portantes holocaustum, et victimam, et sacrificium, et thus, et inferent oblationem in domum Domini.
And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
27 Si autem non audieritis me ut sanctificetis diem sabbati, et ne portetis onus, et ne inferatis per portas Ierusalem in die sabbati: succendam ignem in portis eius, et devorabit domos Ierusalem, et non extinguetur.
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
