Jeremiæ 48
1 Ad Moab haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Vae super Nabo, quoniam vastata est, et confusa: capta est Cariathaim: confusa est fortis, et tremuit.
Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste; Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.
2 Non est ultra exultatio in Moab contra Hesebon: cogitaverunt malum. Venite, et disperdamus eam de gente. ergo silens conticesces, sequeturque te gladius.
The praise of Moab has come to an end; as for Heshbon, evil has been designed against her; come, let us put an end to her as a nation. But your mouth will be shut, O Madmen; the sword will go after you.
3 Vox clamoris de Oronaim: vastitas, et contritio magna.
There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction;
4 Contrita est Moab: annunciate clamorem parvulis eius.
Moab is broken; her cry has gone out to Zoar.
5 Per ascensum enim Luith plorans ascendet in fletu: quoniam in descensu Oronaim hostes ululatum contritionis audierunt:
For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.
6 Fugite, salvate animas vestras: et eritis quasi myricae in deserto.
Go in flight, get away with your lives, and let your faces be turned to Aroer in the Arabah.
7 Pro eo enim quod habuisti fiduciam in munitionibus tuis, et in thesauris tuis, tu quoque capieris: et ibit Chamos in transmigrationem, sacerdotes eius, et principes eius simul.
For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.
8 Et veniet praedo ad omnem urbem, et urbs nulla salvabitur: et peribunt valles, et dissipabuntur campestria: quoniam dixit Dominus:
And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made waste, and destruction will come to the lowland, as the Lord has said.
9 Date florem Moab, quia florens egredietur: et civitates eius desertae erunt, et inhabitabiles.
Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.
10 Maledictus, qui facit opus Domini fraudulenter: et maledictus, qui prohibet gladium suum a sanguine.
Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.
11 Fertilis fuit Moab ab adolescentia sua, et requievit in foecibus suis: nec transfusus est de vase in vas, et in transmigrationem non abiit: idcirco permansit gustus eius in eo, et odor eius non est immutatus.
From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.
12 Propterea ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus: et mittam ei ordinatores, et stratores laguncularum, et sternent eum, et vasa eius exhaurient, et lagunculas eorum collident.
So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken.
13 Et confundetur Moab a Chamos, sicut confusa est domus Israel a Bethel, in qua habebat fiduciam.
And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.
14 Quomodo dicitis: Fortes sumus, et viri robusti ad praeliandum?
How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?
15 Vastata est Moab, et civitates illius succenderunt: et electi iuvenes eius descenderunt in occisionem: ait rex, Dominus exercituum nomen eius.
He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
16 Prope est interitus Moab ut veniat: et malum eius velociter accurret nimis.
The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.
17 Consolamini eum omnes, qui estis in circuitu eius, et universi, qui scitis nomen eius, dicite: Quomodo confracta est virga fortis, baculus gloriosus?
All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!
18 Descende de gloria, et sede in siti habitatio filiae Dibon: quoniam vastator Moab ascendet ad te, dissipabit munitiones tuas.
Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.
19 In via sta, et prospice habitatio Aroer: interroga fugientem: et ei, qui evasit, dic: Quid accidit?
O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?
20 Confusus est Moab, quoniam victus est: ululate, et clamate, annunciate in Arnon, quoniam vastata est Moab.
Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.
21 Et iudicium venit ad terram campestrem: super Helon, et super Iasa, et super Mephaath,
And punishment has come on the lowlands; on Holon and Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
22 et super Dibon, et super Nabo, et super domum Deblathaim,
And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,
23 et super Cariathaim, et super Bethgamul, et super Bethmaon,
And on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,
24 et super Carioth, et super Bosra: et super omnes civitates terrae Moab, quae longe, et quae prope sunt.
And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.
25 Abscissum est cornu Moab, et brachium eius contritum est, ait Dominus.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.
26 Inebriate eum, quoniam contra Dominum erectus est: et allidet manum Moab in vomitu suo, et erit in derisum etiam ipse:
Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.
27 fuit enim in derisum tibi Israel: quasi inter fures reperisses eum: propter verba ergo tua, quae adversum illum locutus es, captivus duceris.
For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.
28 Relinquite civitates, et habitate in petra habitatores Moab: et estote quasi columba nidificans in summo ore foraminis.
O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.
29 Audivimus superbiam Moab, superbus est valde: sublimitatem eius, et arrogantiam, et superbiam, et altitudinem cordis eius.
We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.
30 Ego scio, ait Dominus, iactantiam eius: eo quod non sit iuxta eam virtus eius, nec iuxta quod poterat conata sit facere.
I have knowledge of his wrath, says the Lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done nothing.
31 Ideo super Moab eiulabo, et ad Moab universam clamabo, ad viros muri fictilis lamentantes.
For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.
32 De planctu Iazer plorabo tibi vinea Sabama: propagines tuae transierunt mare, usque ad mare Iazer pervenerunt: super messem tuam, et vindemiam tuam praedo irruit.
My weeping for you, O vine of Sibmah, will be more than the weeping of Jazer: your branches have gone over the sea, stretching even to Jazer: destruction has come down on your summer fruits and your cut grapes.
33 Ablata est laetitia et exultatio de Carmelo, et de Terra Moab, et vinum de torcularibus sustuli: nequaquam calcator uvae solitum celeuma cantabit.
All joy is gone; no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab; I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.
34 De clamore Hesebon usque Eleale, et Iasa, dederunt vocem suam: a Segor usque ad Oronaim vitulam conternante: aquae quoque Nemrim pessimae erunt.
The cry of Heshbon comes even to Elealeh; to Jahaz their voice is sounding; from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim will become dry.
35 Et auferam de Moab, ait Dominus, offerentem in excelsis, et sacrificantem diis eius.
And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.
36 Propterea cor meum ad Moab quasi tibia aeris resonabit: et cor meum ad viros muri fictilis dabit sonitum tibiarum: quia plus fecit quam potuit, idcirco perierunt.
So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.
37 Omne enim caput calvitium, et omnis barba rasa erit: in cunctis manibus colligatio, et super omne dorsum cilicium.
For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.
38 Super omnia tecta Moab, et in plateis eius omnis planctus: quoniam contrivi Moab sicut vas inutile, ait Dominus.
On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.
39 Quomodo victa est, et ululaverunt? quomodo deiecit cervicem Moab, et confusus est? eritque Moab in derisum, et in exemplum omnibus in circuitu suo.
How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.
40 Haec dicit Dominus: Ecce quasi aquila volabit, et extendet alas suas ad Moab.
For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.
41 Capta est Carioth, et munitiones comprehensae sunt: et erit cor fortium Moab in die illa, sicut cor mulieris parturientis.
Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab's men of war in that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.
42 Et cessabit Moab esse populus: quoniam contra Dominum gloriatus est.
And Moab will come to an end as a people, because he has been lifting himself up against the Lord.
43 Pavor, et fovea, et laqueus super te o habitator Moab, dicit Dominus.
Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.
44 Qui fugerit a facie pavoris, cadet in foveam: et qui conscenderit de fovea, capietur laqueo: adducam enim super Moab annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.
He who goes in flight from the fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for I will make this come on Moab, even the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
45 In umbra Hesebon steterunt de laqueo fugientes: quia ignis egressus est de Hesebon, et flamma de medio Sion, et devorabit partem Moab, et verticem filiorum tumultus.
Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.
46 Vae tibi Moab, periisti popule Chamos: quia comprehensi sunt filii tui, et filiae tuae in captivitatem.
Sorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as prisoners, and your daughters made servants.
47 Et convertam captivitatem Moab in novissimis diebus, ait Dominus. Hucusque iudicia Moab.
But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.
