Jeremiæ 44

1 Verbum, quod factum est per Ieremiam ad omnes Iudaeos, qui habitabant in Terra Aegypti, habitantes in Magdalo, et in Taphnis, et in Memphis, et in Terra Phatures, dicens:

And Sedekias the son of Josias reigned instead of Joakim, whom Nabuchodonosor appointed to reign over Juda.

2 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Vos vidistis omne malum istud, quod adduxi super Ierusalem, et super omnes urbes Iuda: et ecce desertae sunt hodie, et non est in eis habitator:

And he and his servants and the people of the land hearkened not to the words of the Lord, which he spoke by Jeremias.

3 Propter malitiam, quam fecerunt ut me ad iracundiam provocarent, et irent ut sacrificarent, et colerent deos alienos, quos nesciebant et illi, et vos, et patres vestri.

And king Sedekias sent Joachal son of Selemias and Sophonias the priest son of Maasaeas to Jeremias, saying, Pray now for us to the Lord.

4 Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens, mittensque et dicens: Nolite facere verbum abominationis huiuscemodi, quam odivi.

Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they [had] not put him into the house of the prison.

5 Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam ut converterentur a malis suis, et non sacrificarent diis alienis.

And the host of Pharao was come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldeans heard the report of them, and they went up from Jerusalem.

6 Et conflata est indignatio mea et furor meus, et succensa est in civitatibus Iuda, et in plateis Ierusalem: et versae sunt in solitudinem et vastitatem secundum diem hanc.

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,

7 Et nunc haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Quare vos facitis malum grande hoc contra animas vestras, ut intereat ex vobis vir et mulier, parvulus et lactens de medio Iuda, nec relinquatur vobis quidquam residuum:

Thus said the Lord; Thus shalt thou say to the king of Juda who sent to thee, to seek me; Behold, the army of Pharao which is come forth to help you: they shall return to the land of Egypt:

8 Provocantes me in operibus manuum vestrarum, sacrificando diis alienis in Terra Aegypti, in quam ingressi estis ut habitetis ibi: et dispereatis, et sitis in maledictionem, et in opprobrium cunctis gentibus terrae?

and the Chaldeans themselves shall turn again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

9 Numquid obliti estis mala patrum vestrorum, et mala regum Iuda, et mala uxorum eius, et mala vestra, et mala uxorum vestrarum, quae fecerunt in Terra Iuda, et in regionibus Ierusalem?

For thus saith the Lord; Suppose not in your hearts, saying, The Chaldeans will certainly depart from us: for they shall not depart.

10 Non sunt mundati usque ad diem hanc: et non timuerunt, et non ambulaverunt in lege Domini, et in praeceptis meis, quae dedi coram vobis et coram patribus vestris.

And though ye should smite the whole host of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be left a few wounded [men], these should rise up each in his place, and burn this city with fire.

11 Ideo haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego ponam faciem meam in vobis in malum: et disperdam omnem Iuda.

And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for fear of the host of Pharao,

12 Et assumam reliquias Iuda, qui posuerunt facies suas ut ingrederentur Terram Aegypti, et habitarent ibi: et consumentur omnes in Terra Aegypti: cadent in gladio et in fame: et consumentur a minimo usque ad maximum in gladio, et in fame morientur: et erunt in iusiurandum, et in miraculum, et in maledictionem, et in opprobrium.

that Jeremias went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to buy thence [a property] in the midst of the people.

13 Et visitabo super habitatores Terrae Aegypti, sicut visitavi super Ierusalem in gladio, et fame, et peste.

And he was in the gate of Benjamin, and [there was] there a man with whom he lodged, Saruia the son of Selemias, the son of Ananias; and he caught Jeremias, saying, Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.

14 Et non erit qui effugiat, et sit residuus de reliquiis Iudaeorum, qui vadunt ut peregrinentur in Terra Aegypti: et revertantur in Terram Iuda, ad quam ipsi elevant animas suas ut revertantur, et habitent ibi: non revertentur nisi qui fugerint.

And he said, [It is] false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Saruia caught Jeremias, and brought him to the princes.

15 Responderunt autem Ieremiae omnes viri scientes quod sacrificarent uxores eorum diis alienis: et universae mulieres, quarum stabat multitudo grandis, et omnis populus habitantium in Terra Aegypti in Phatures, dicentes:

And the princes were very angry with Jeremias, and smote him, and sent him into the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made this a prison.

16 Sermonem, quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Domini, non audiemus ex te:

So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days.

17 sed facientes faciemus omne verbum, quod egredietur de ore nostro ut sacrificemus reginae caeli, et libemus ei libamina, sicut fecimus nos, et patres nostri, reges nostri, et principes nostri in urbibus Iuda, et in plateis Ierusalem: et saturati sumus panibus, et bene nobis erat, malumque non vidimus.

Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.

18 Ex eo autem tempore, quo cessavimus sacrificare reginae caeli, et libare ei libamina, indigemus omnibus, et gladio, et fame consumpti sumus.

And Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I wronged thee, or thy servants, or this people, that thou puttest me in prison?

19 Quod si nos sacrificamus reginae caeli, et libamus ei libamina: numquid sine viris nostris fecimus ei placentas ad colendum eam, et libandum ei libamina?

And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?

20 Et dixit Ieremias ad omnem populum adversum viros, et adversum mulieres, et adversum universam plebem, qui responderant ei verbum, dicens:

Now therefore, my lord the king, let my supplication come before thy face: and why dost thou send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe? and let me not on any account die there.

21 Numquid non sacrificium, quod sacrificastis in civitatibus Iuda, et in plateis Ierusalem vos et patres vestri, reges vestri, et principes vestri, et populus terrae, horum recordatus est Dominus, et ascendit super cor eius?

Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed out of the city. So Jeremias continued in the court of the prison.

22 Et non poterat Dominus ultra portare propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, et propter abominationes, quas fecistis, et facta est terra vestra in desolationem, et in stuporem, et in maledictum, eo quod non sit habitator, sicut est dies haec.

23 Propterea quod sacrificaveritis idolis, et peccaveritis Domino: et non audieritis vocem Domini, et in lege, et in praeceptis, et in testimoniis eius non ambulaveritis: idcirco evenerunt vobis mala haec, sicut est dies haec.

24 Dixit autem Ieremias ad omnem populum, et ad universas mulieres: Audite verbum Domini omnis Iuda, qui estis in Terra Aegypti:

25 Haec inquit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel, dicens: Vos, et uxores vestrae locuti estis ore vestro, et manibus vestris implestis, dicentes: Faciamus vota nostra, quae vovimus, ut sacrificemus reginae caeli, et libemus ei libamina. implestis vota vestra, et opere perpetrastis ea.

26 Ideo audite verbum Domini omnis Iuda, qui habitatis in Terra Aegypti: Ecce ego iuravi in nomine meo magno, ait Dominus: quia nequaquam ultra vocabitur nomen meum ex ore omnis viri Iudaei, dicentis: Vivit Dominus Deus in omni Terra Aegypti.

27 Ecce ego vigilabo super eos in malum, et non in bonum: et consumentur omnes viri Iuda, qui sunt in Terra Aegypti, gladio, et fame donec penitus consumantur.

28 Et qui fugerint gladium, revertentur de Terra Aegypti in Terram Iuda viri pauci: et scient omnes reliquiae Iuda ingredientium Terram Aegypti, ut habitent ibi, cuius sermo compleatur, meus, an illorum.

29 Et hoc vobis signum, ait Dominus, quod visitem ego super vos in loco isto: ut sciatis quia vere complebuntur sermones mei contra vos in malum.

30 Haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego tradam Pharaonem Ephree regem Aegypti in manu inimicorum eius, et in manu quaerentium animam illius: sicut tradidi Sedechiam regem Iuda in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis inimici sui, et quaerentis animam eius.