Jeremiæ 25

1 Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam de omni populo Iuda in anno quarto Ioakim filii Iosiae regis Iuda, (ipse est annus primus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis.)

The word that came to Jeremiah about all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah. The same is the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.

2 Quod locutus est Ieremias propheta ad omnem populum Iuda, et ad universos habitatores Ierusalem, dicens:

And the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

3 A tertiodecimo anno Iosiae filii Amon regis Iuda usque ad diem hanc; iste tertius et vigesimus annus, factum est verbum Domini ad me, et locutus sum ad vos de nocte consurgens, et loquens, et non audistis.

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, the king of Judah, even until this day, which is the twenty-third year, the word of the Lord has been given to me, and I have spoken to you, rising while it was still night, and speaking, and yet you have not listened.

4 Et misit Dominus ad vos omnes servos suos prophetas, consurgens diluculo, mittensque et non audistis, neque inclinastis aures vestras ut audiretis

And the Lord has sent to you all his servants, the prophets, rising at first light, and sending, and yet you have not listened, and you have not inclined your ears, so that you would hear,

5 cum diceret: Revertimini unusquisque a via sua mala, et a pessimis cogitationibus vestris: et habitabitis in terra, quam dedit Dominus vobis, et patribus vestris a saeculo et usque in saeculum.

when he said: Return, each one from his evil way, and from your wicked thoughts. And you shall dwell in the land, which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from ancient times and even forever.

6 Et nolite ire post deos alienos ut serviatis eis, adoretisque eos: neque me ad iracundiam provocetis in operibus manuum vestrarum, et non affligam vos.

And do not choose to go after strange gods, so that you would serve them and adore them. And do not provoke me to wrath by the works of your hands. And then I will not afflict you.

7 Et non audistis me, dicit Dominus, ut me ad iracundiam provocaretis in operibus manuum vestrarum in malum vestrum.

And yet you have not listened to me, says the Lord, and so you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.”

8 Propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Pro eo quod non audistis verba mea:

Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Since you have not listened to my words,

9 ecce ego mittam, et assumam universas cognationes Aquilonis, ait Dominus, et Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis servum meum: et adducam eos super terram istam, et super habitatores eius, et super omnes nationes, quae in circuitu illius sunt: et interficiam eos, et ponam eos in stuporem et in sibilum, et in solitudines sempiternas.

behold, I will send for and take all the associates of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will lead them over this land, and over its inhabitants, and over all the nations that are around it. And I will destroy them, and I will set them in the midst of stupor and hissing, and continual desolations.

10 Perdamque ex eis vocem gaudii et vocem laetitiae, vocem sponsi, et vocem sponsae, vocem molae, et lumen lucernae.

And I will perish from them the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstone and the light of the lamp.

11 Et erit universa terra haec in solitudinem, et in stuporem: et servient omnes gentes istae regi Babylonis septuaginta annis.

And this entire land will be in desolation and in stupor. And all these nations will serve the king of Babylon, for seventy years.

12 Cumque impleti fuerint septuaginta anni, visitabo super regem Babylonis, et super gentem illam, dicit Dominus, iniquitatem eorum, et super terram Chaldaeorum: et ponam illam in solitudines sempiternas.

And when the seventy years have been completed, I will visit their iniquity upon the king of Babylon, and upon that nation, and upon the land of the Chaldeans, says the Lord. And I will set it in continual desolations.

13 Et adducam super terram illam, omnia verba mea, quae locutus sum contra eam, omne quod scriptum est in libro isto, quaecumque prophetavit Ieremias adversum omnes gentes:

And I will lead over that land all my words, which I have spoken against it, all that has been written in this book, everything whatsoever that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

14 Quia servierunt eis cum essent gentes multae, et reges magni: et reddam eis secundum opera eorum, et secundum facta manuum suarum.

For they have served them, though these were populous nations and great kings. And I will repay them according to their works and according to the deeds of their hands.”

15 Quia sic dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Sume calicem vini furoris huius de manu mea: et propinabis de illo cunctis gentibus, ad quas ego mittam te.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take the chalice of the wine of this fury from my hand. And you shall cause all the nations, to which I will send you, to drink from it.

16 Et bibent, et turbabuntur, et insanient a facie gladii, quem ego mittam inter eos.

And they will drink, and be stirred up, and become maddened, before the face of the sword that I will send among them.”

17 Et accepi calicem de manu Domini, et propinavi cunctis gentibus, ad quas misit me Dominus:

And I received the chalice from the hand of the Lord, and I caused all the nations, to which the Lord has sent me, to drink from it:

18 Ierusalem, et civitatibus Iuda, et regibus eius, et principibus eius: ut darem eos in solitudinem, et in stuporem, et in sibilum, et in maledictionem, sicut est dies ista:

Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its leaders, so that I gave them over to desolation, and stupor, and hissing, and a curse, just as it is this day.

19 Pharaoni regi Aegypti, et servis eius, et principibus eius, et omni populo eius,

“But as for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his leaders, and all his people,

20 et universis generaliter: cunctis regibus terrae Ausitidis, et cunctis regibus terrae Philisthiim, et Ascalonis, et Gazae, et Accaron, et reliquiis Azoti,

and the entire populace in general: all the kings of the land of the south, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

21 et Idumaeae, et Moab, et filiis Ammon:

and Idumea, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon,

22 Et cunctis regibus Tyri, et universis regibus Sidonis: et regibus terrae insularum, qui sunt trans mare.

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the land of the islands that are across the sea,

23 Et Dedan, et Thema, et Buz, et universis qui attonsi sunt in comam.

and Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all those who have shaved off their hair,

24 Et cunctis regibus Arabiae, et cunctis regibus Occidentis, qui habitant in deserto.

and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the west, who live in the desert,

25 Et cunctis regibus Zambri, et cunctis regibus Elam, et cunctis regibus Medorum:

and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media,

26 cunctis quoque regibus Aquilonis de prope et de longe, unicuique contra fratrem suum: et omnibus regnis terrae, quae super faciem eius sunt: et rex Sesach bibet post eos.

and likewise, all the kings of the north from near to far, each one facing his brother, and all the kingdoms upon the face of the earth, and the king of Sesac: all these shall drink after them.

27 et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Bibite, et inebriamini, et vomite: et cadite, neque surgatis a facie gladii, quem ego mittam inter vos.

And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be inebriated, and vomit, and fall down. And you shall not rise up before the face of the sword that I will send among you.

28 Cumque noluerint accipere calicem de manu tua ut bibant, dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Bibentes bibetis:

And if they refuse to receive the cup from your hand and to drink, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Certainly, you shall drink!

29 quia ecce in civitate, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, ego incipiam affligere, et vos quasi innocentes et immunes eritis? non eritis immunes: gladium enim ego voco super omnes habitatores terrae, dicit Dominus exercituum.

For behold, I am beginning to afflict the city in which my name has been invoked, and will you be innocent and immune? You will not be immune! For I will call the sword over all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts.

30 Et tu prophetabis ad eos omnia verba haec, et dices ad illos: Dominus de excelso rugiet, et de habitaculo sancto suo dabit vocem suam: rugiens rugiet super decorem suum: celeuma quasi calcantium concinetur adversus omnes habitatores terrae.

And you shall prophesy to them all these words, and you shall say to them: The Lord will roar from on high, and he will utter his voice from his holy habitation. When roaring, he will roar over the place of his beauty. He will call out, like those who chant in rhythm as they trample the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31 Pervenit sonitus usque ad extrema terrae: quia iudicium Domino cum gentibus: iudicatur ipse cum omni carne, impios tradidi gladio, dicit Dominus.

The sound of it will penetrate even to the ends of the earth. For the Lord is entering into judgment with the nations. He himself is entering into judgment with all flesh. I have delivered the impious to the sword, says the Lord.”

32 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce afflictio egredietur de gente in gentem: et turbo magnus egredietur a summitatibus terrae.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, an affliction will go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind will go forth from the ends of the earth.

33 Et erunt interfecti Domini in die illa a summo terrae usque ad summum eius: non plangentur, et non colligentur, neque sepelientur: in sterquilinium super faciem terrae iacebunt.

And the slain of the Lord will be, on that day, from one end of the earth, even to the other end. They will not be mourned, and they will not be gathered, and they will not be buried. They will lie upon the face of the earth like dung.

34 Ululate pastores, et clamate: et aspergite vos cinere optimates gregis: quia completi sunt dies vestri ut interficiamini: et dissipationes vestrae, et cadetis quasi vasa pretiosa.

Wail, O shepherds, and cry out! And sprinkle yourselves with ashes, O nobles of the flock! For the days have been completed that lead to your slaughter and your destruction. And you will fall like precious vessels.

35 Et peribit fuga a pastoribus, et salvatio ab optimatibus gregis.

And escape will flee from the shepherds, and safety will flee from the nobility of the flock.”

36 Vox clamoris pastorum, et ululatus optimatum gregis: quia vastavit Dominus pascua eorum.

There is a voice of outcry from the shepherds, and a wailing among the nobles among the flock! For the Lord has laid waste to their pastures.

37 Et conticuerunt arva pacis a facie irae furoris Domini.

And the fields of peace have been silenced before the face of the fury of the Lord.

38 Dereliquit quasi leo umbraculum suum, quia facta est terra eorum in desolationem a facie irae columbae, et a facie irae furoris Domini.

He has abandoned those he sheltered like a lion. For the earth has become a desolation before the face of the anger of the dove, and before the face of the fury of the Lord.