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 a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Engraved on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,
2 Cum recordati fuerint filii eorum ararum suarum, et lucorum suorum, lignorumque frondentium in montibus excelsis,
As their sons remember their altars and their Asherim, By the green tree, by 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 field—your strength, All your treasures—I give for a prey, Your high places for sin in 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 have let go—even through yourself, Of your inheritance that I gave to you, And I have caused you to serve your enemies, In a land that you have not known, For you have kindled a fire in My anger, It burns for all time.”
5 Haec dicit Dominus: Maledictus homo, qui confidit in homine, et ponit carnem brachium suum, et a Domino recedit cor eius.
Thus said YHWH: “Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, And has made flesh his arm, And whose heart turns from YHWH.
6 Erit enim quasi myricae in deserto, et non videbit cum venerit bonum: sed habitabit in siccitate in deserto, in terra salsuginis, et inhabitabili.
And he has been as a naked thing in a desert, And does not see when good comes, And has inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.
7 Benedictus vir, qui confidit in Domino, et erit Dominus fiducia eius.
Blessed [is] the man who trusts in YHWH, And whose confidence has been YHWH.
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.
And has been as a tree planted by waters, And he sends forth his roots by a stream, And he does not see when heat comes, And his leaf has been green, And he is not sorrowful in a year of scarcity, Nor does he cease from making fruit.
9 Pravum est cor hominis, et inscrutabile: quis cognoscet illud?
The heart [is] deceitful above all things, And it [is] incurable—who knows it?
10 Ego Dominus scrutans cor, et probans renes: qui do unicuique iuxta viam suam, et iuxta fructum adinventionum suarum.
I, YHWH, search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
11 Perdix fovit quae non peperit: fecit divitias, et non in iudicio: in dimidio dierum suorum derelinquet eas, et in novissimo suo erit insipiens.
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he forsakes it, And in his latter end—he is a fool.”
12 Solium gloriae altitudinis a principio, locus sanctificationis nostrae:
A throne of glory on high from the beginning, 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.
The hope of Israel [is] YHWH, All forsaking You are ashamed. “And My apostates are written in the earth, For they have forsaken YHWH, A fountain of living waters.”
14 Sana me Domine, et sanabor: salvum me fac, et salvus ero: quoniam laus mea tu es.
Heal me, O YHWH, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, For You [are] my praise.
15 Ecce ipsi dicunt ad me: Ubi est verbum Domini? veniat.
Behold, they are saying to me: “Where [is] the word of YHWH? Pray, let it come.”
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.
And I did not hurry from feeding after You, And I have not desired the desperate day, You have known the produce of my lips, It has been before Your face,
17 Non sis tu mihi formidini, spes mea tu in die afflictionis.
Do not be to me for a terror, You [are] my hope in a day of calamity.
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 pursuers be ashamed, And do not let me be ashamed—me! Let them be frightened, And do not let me be frightened—me! Bring in on them a day of calamity, And destroy them a second time [with] 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:
Thus said YHWH to me: “Go, and you have stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem,
20 et dices ad eos: Audite verbum Domini reges Iuda, et omnis Iuda, cunctique habitatores Ierusalem, qui ingredimini per portas istas.
and you have said to them: Hear a word of YHWH, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,”
21 Haec dicit Dominus: Custodite animas vestras, et nolite portare pondera in die sabbati: nec inferatis per portas Ierusalem.
Thus said YHWH: “Take heed to yourselves, And you do not bear a burden on the day of rest, Nor have you brought [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Et nolite eiicere onera de domibus vestris in die sabbati, et omne opus non facietis: sanctificate diem sabbati, sicut praecepi patribus vestris.
Nor do you take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Indeed, you do not do any work, And you have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.
23 Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: sed induraverunt cervicem suam ne audirent me, et ne acciperent disciplinam.
And they have not listened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.
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:
And it has been, if you certainly listen to Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “So as not to bring in a burden by the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do any work in 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 have entered by the gates of this city, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city has remained for all time.
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 they have come in from cities of Judah, And from outskirts of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, And from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise [to] the house of YHWH.
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.
And if you do not listen to Me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it has consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!”
