Jeremiæ 46
1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam prophetam contra Gentes
The LORD’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2 ad Aegyptum adversum exercitum Pharaonis Nechao regis Aegypti, qui erat iuxta fluvium Euphraten in Charcamis, quem percussit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, in quarto anno Ioakim filii Iosiae regis Iuda.
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3 Praeparate scutum, et clypeum, et procedite ad bellum.
“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
4 Iungite equos, et ascendite equites: state in galeis, polite lanceas, induite vos loricis.
Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets. Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
5 Quid igitur? vidi ipsos pavidos, et terga vertentes, fortes eorum caesos: fugerunt conciti, nec respexerunt: terror undique, ait Dominus.
Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says the LORD.
6 Non fugiat velox, nec salvari se putet fortis: Ad Aquilonem iuxta flumen Euphraten victi sunt, et ruerunt.
“Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
7 Quis est iste, qui quasi flumen ascendit: et veluti fluviorum, intumescunt gurgites eius?
“Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
8 Aegyptus, fluminis instar ascendit, et velut flumina movebuntur fluctus eius, et dicet: Ascendens operiam terram: perdam civitatem, et habitatores eius.
Egypt rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.’
9 Ascendite equos, et exultate in curribus, et procedant fortes, Aethiopia, et Libyes tenentes scutum, et Lydii arripientes, et iacientes sagittas.
Go up, you horses! Rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
10 Dies autem ille Domini Dei exercituum dies ultionis, ut sumat vindictam de inimicis suis: devorabit gladius, et saturabitur, et inebriabitur sanguine eorum: victima enim Domini Dei exercituum in Terra Aquilonis iuxta flumen Euphraten.
For that day is of the Lord, GOD of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satiated, and will drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, GOD of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11 Ascende in Galaad, et tolle resinam virgo filia Aegypti: frustra multiplicas medicamina, sanitas non erit tibi.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You use many medicines in vain. There is no healing for you.
12 Audierunt Gentes ignominiam tuam, et ululatus tuus replevit terram: quia fortis impegit in fortem, et ambo pariter conciderunt.
The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they both fall together.”
13 Verbum quod locutus est Dominus ad Ieremiam prophetam, super eo quod venturus esset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et percussurus Terram Aegypti:
The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt:
14 Annunciate Aegypto, et auditum facite in Magdalo, et resonet in Memphis, et in Taphnis, dicite: Sta, et praepara te: quia devorabit gladius ea, quae per circuitum tuum sunt.
“Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, for the sword has devoured around you.’
15 Quare computruit fortis tuus? non stetit: quoniam Dominus subvertit eum.
Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because the LORD pushed them.
16 Multiplicavit ruentes, ceciditque vir ad proximum suum: et dicent: Surge, et revertamur ad populum nostrum, et ad terram nativitatis nostrae, a facie gladii columbae.
He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’
17 Vocate nomen Pharaonis regis Aegypti, tumultum adduxit tempus.
They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
18 Vivo ego (inquit rex, Dominus exercituum nomen eius) quoniam sicut Thabor in montibus, et sicut Carmelus in mari, veniet.
“As I live,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.
19 Vasa transmigrationis fac tibi habitatrix filia Aegypti: quia Memphis in solitudinem erit, et deseretur, et inhabitabilis erit.
You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant.
20 Vitula elegans atque formosa Aegyptus: stimulator ab Aquilone veniet ei.
“Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come.
21 Mercenarii quoque eius, qui versabantur in medio eius, quasi vituli saginati versi sunt, et fugerunt simul, nec stare potuerunt: quia dies interfectionis eorum venit super eos, tempus visitationis eorum.
Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They didn’t stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.
22 Vox eius quasi aeris sonabit: quoniam cum exercitu properabunt, et cum securibus venient ei, quasi caedentes ligna.
Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
23 Succiderunt saltum eius, ait Dominus, qui supputari non potest: multiplicati sunt super locustas, et non est eis numerus.
They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
24 Confusa est filia Aegypti, et tradita in manu populi Aquilonis.
The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed; she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
25 Dixit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego visitabo super tumultum Alexandriae, et super Pharaonem, et super Aegyptum, et super deos eius, et super reges eius, et super Pharaonem, et super eos, qui confidunt in eo.
The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.
26 Et dabo eos in manu quaerentium animam eorum, et in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, et in manu servorum eius: et post haec habitabitur sicut diebus pristinis, ait Dominus.
I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says the LORD.
27 Et tu ne timeas serve meus Iacob, et ne paveas Israel: quia ecce ego salvum te faciam de longinquo, et semen tuum de terra captivitatis tuae: et revertetur Iacob, et requiescet, et prosperabitur: et non erit qui exterreat eum.
“But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant. Don’t be dismayed, Israel; for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.
28 Et tu noli timere serve meus Iacob, ait Dominus: quia tecum ego sum, quia ego consumam cunctas gentes, ad quas eieci te: te vero non consumam, sed castigabo te in iudicio, nec quasi innocenti parcam tibi.
Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says the LORD, “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
