Jeremiæ 29
1 Et haec sunt verba libri, quae misit Ieremias propheta de Ierusalem ad reliquias seniorum transmigrationis, et ad sacerdotes, et ad prophetas, et ad omnem populum, quem traduxerat Nabuchodonosor de Ierusalem in Babylonem:
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
2 postquam egressus est Iechonias rex, et domina, et eunuchi, et principes Iuda, et Ierusalem, et faber, et inclusor de Ierusalem:
after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the officers, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;
3 in manu Elasa filii Saphan, et Gamariae filii Helchiae, quos misit Sedechias rex Iuda ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Babylonem, dicens:
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying:
4 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel omni transmigrationi, quam transtuli de Ierusalem in Babylonem:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:
5 Aedificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructum eorum.
Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
6 Accipite uxores, et generate filios et filias: et date filiis vestris uxores, et filias vestras date viris, et pariant filios et filias: et multiplicamini ibi, et nolite esse pauci numero.
take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.
7 Et quaerite pacem civitatis, ad quam transmigrare vos feci: et orate pro ea ad Dominum: quia in pace illius erit pax vobis.
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the LORD for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8 Haec enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Non vos seducant prophetae vestri, qui sunt in medio vestrum, et divini vestri: et ne attendatis ad somnia vestra, quae vos somniatis:
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, beguile you, neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
9 quia falso ipsi prophetant vobis in nomine meo: et non misi eos, dicit Dominus.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in My name; I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
10 Quia haec dicit Dominus: Cum coeperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni, visitabo vos: et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum, ut reducam vos ad locum istum.
For thus saith the LORD: After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will remember you, and perform My good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 Ego enim scio cogitationes, quas ego cogito super vos, ait Dominus, cogitationes pacis, et non afflictionis, ut dem vobis finem et patientiam.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
12 Et invocabitis me, et ibitis: et orabitis me, et ego exaudiam vos.
And ye shall call upon Me, and go, and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 Quaeretis me, et invenietis: cum quaesieritis me in toto corde vestro.
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
14 Et inveniar a vobis, ait Dominus: et reducam captivitatem vestram, et congregabo vos de universis gentibus, et de cunctis locis, ad quae expuli vos, dicit Dominus: et reverti vos faciam de loco, ad quem transmigrare vos feci.
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD, and I will turn your captivity, and gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you back unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Quia dixistis: Suscitabit nobis Dominus Prophetas in Babylone:
For ye have said: 'The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.'
16 Quia haec dicit Dominus ad regem, qui sedet super solium David, et ad omnem populum habitatorem urbis huius, ad fratres vestros, qui non sunt egressi vobiscum in transmigrationem.
For thus saith the LORD concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce mittam in eos gladium, et famem, et pestem: et ponam eos quasi ficus malas, quae comedi non possunt, eo quod pessimae sint.
thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
18 Et persequar eos in gladio, et in fame, et in pestilentia: et dabo eos in vexationem universis regnis terrae: in maledictionem, et in stuporem, et in sibilum, et in opprobrium cunctis Gentibus, ad quas ego eieci eos:
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;
19 eo quod non audierint verba mea, dicit Dominus: quae misit ad eos per servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens, et mittens: et non audistis, dicit Dominus.
because they have not hearkened to My words, saith the LORD, wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
20 Vos ergo audite verbum Domini omnis transmigratio, quam emisi de Ierusalem in Babylonem.
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel ad Achab filium Coliae, et ad Sedechiam filium Maasiae, qui prophetant vobis in nomine meo mendaciter: Ecce ego tradam eos in manus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis: et percutiet eos in oculis vestris.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
22 Et assumetur ex eis maledictio omni transmigrationi Iuda, quae est in Babylone, dicentium: Ponat te Dominus sicut Sedechiam, et sicut Achab, quos frixit rex Babylonis in igne:
and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying: 'The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire';
23 pro eo quod fecerint stultitiam in Israel, et moechati sunt in uxores amicorum suorum, et locuti sunt verbum in nomine meo mendaciter, quod non mandavi eis: ego sum iudex et testis, dicit Dominus.
because they have wrought vile deeds in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I commanded them not; but I am He that knoweth, and am witness, saith the LORD.
24 Et ad Semeiam Nehelamiten dices:
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying:
25 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros ad omnem populum, qui est in Ierusalem, et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiae sacerdotem, et ad universos sacerdotes, dicens:
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying:
26 Dominus dedit te sacerdotem pro Ioiade sacerdote, ut sis dux in domo Domini super omnem virum arreptitium et prophetantem, ut mittas eum in nervum et in carcerem.
'The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of the LORD for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the collar.
27 Et nunc quare non increpasti Ieremiam Anathothiten, qui prophetat vobis?
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
28 Quia super hoc misit in Babylonem ad nos, dicens: Longum est: aedificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructus eorum.
forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying: The captivity is long; build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?'
29 Legit ergo Sophonias sacerdos librum istum in auribus Ieremiae prophetae.
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam, dicens:
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying:
31 Mitte ad omnem transmigrationem, dicens: Haec dicit Dominus ad Semeiam Nehelamiten: Pro eo quod prophetavit vobis Semeias, et ego non misi eum: et fecit vos confidere in mendacio:
Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;
32 idcirco haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego visitabo super Semeiam Nehelamiten, et super semen eius: non erit ei vir sedens in medio populi huius, et non videbit bonum, quod ego faciam populo meo, ait Dominus: quia praevaricationem locutus est adversus Dominum.
therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto My people, saith the LORD; because he hath spoken perversion against the LORD.
