Jeremiæ 50
1 Verbum, quod locutus est Dominus de Babylone, et de terra Chaldaeorum in manu Ieremiae prophetae.
This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
2 Annunciate in Gentibus, et auditum facite: levate signum, praedicate, et nolite celare: dicite: Capta est Babylon, confusus est Bel, victus est Merodach, confusa sunt sculptilia eorum, superata sunt idola eorum.
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
3 Quoniam ascendit contra eam gens ab Aquilone, quae ponet terram eius in solitudinem: et non erit qui habitet in ea ab homine usque ad pecus: et moti sunt, et abierunt.
For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
4 In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, ait Dominus: venient filii Israel, ipsi et filii Iuda simul: ambulantes et flentes properabunt, et Dominum Deum suum quaerent.
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
5 In Sion interrogabunt viam, huc facies eorum. Venient, et apponentur ad Dominum foedere sempiterno, quod nulla oblivione delebitur.
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
6 Grex perditus factus est populus meus: pastores eorum seduxerunt eos, feceruntque vagari in montibus: de monte in collem transierunt, obliti sunt cubilis sui.
My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
7 Omnes, qui invenerunt, comederunt eos: et hostes eorum dixerunt: Non peccavimus: pro eo quod peccaverunt Domino decori iustitiae, et expectationi patrum eorum Domino.
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
8 Recedite de medio Babylonis, et de terra Chaldaeorum egredimini: et estote quasi hoedi ante gregem.
Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
9 Quoniam ecce ego suscito, et adducam in Babylonem congregationem Gentium magnarum de terra Aquilonis: et praeparabuntur adversus eam, et inde capietur: sagitta eius quasi viri fortis interfectoris, non revertetur vacua.
For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
10 Et erit Chaldaea in praedam: omnes vastantes eam replebuntur, ait Dominus.
Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,”
11 Quoniam exultatis, et magna loquimini, diripientes hereditatem meam: quoniam effusi estis sicut vituli super herbam, et mugistis sicut tauri.
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
12 Confusa est mater vestra nimis, et adaequata pulveri, quae genuit vos: ecce novissima erit in Gentibus, deserta, invia, et arens.
your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 Ab ira Domini non habitabitur, sed redigetur tota in solitudinem: omnis, qui transibit per Babylonem, stupebit, et sibilabit super universis plagis eius.
Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
14 Praeparamini contra Babylonem per circuitum omnes qui tenditis arcum; debellate eam, non parcatis iaculis: quia Domino peccavit.
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
15 Clamate adversus eam, ubique dedit manum, ceciderunt fundamenta eius, destructi sunt muri eius, quoniam ultio Domini est: ultionem accipite de ea, sicut fecit, facite ei.
Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
16 Disperdite satorem de Babylone, et tenentem falcem in tempore messis: a facie gladii columbae unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
17 Grex dispersus Israel, leones eiecerunt eum: primus comedit eum rex Assur: iste novissimus exossavit eum Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis.
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
18 Propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego visitabo regem Babylonis, et terram eius, sicut visitavi regem Assur:
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
19 et reducam Israel ad habitaculum suum: et pascetur Carmelus, et Basan, et in monte Ephraim, et Galaad saturabitur anima eius.
I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, ait Dominus: quaeretur iniquitas Israel, et non erit: et peccatum Iuda, et non invenietur: quoniam propitius ero eis, quos reliquero.
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
21 Super terram dominantium ascende, et super habitatores eius visita, dissipa, et interfice quae post eos sunt, ait Dominus: et fac iuxta omnia quae praecepi tibi.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,”
22 Vox belli in terra, et contritio magna.
“The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.
23 Quomodo confractus est, et contritus malleus universae terrae? quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in Gentibus?
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
24 Illaqueavi te, et capta es Babylon, et nesciebas: inventa es et apprehensa: quoniam Dominum provocasti.
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
25 Aperuit Dominus thesaurum suum, et protulit vasa irae suae: quoniam opus est Domino Deo exercituum in terra Chaldaeorum.
The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Venite ad eam ab extremis finibus, aperite ut exeant qui conculcent eam: tollite de via lapides, et redigite in acervos, et interficite eam: nec sit quidquam reliquum.
Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
27 Dissipate universos fortes eius, descendant in occisionem: vae eis, quia venit dies eorum, tempus visitationis eorum.
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
28 Vox fugientium, et eorum, qui evaserunt de terra Babylonis, ut annuncient in Sion ultionem Domini Dei nostri, ultionem templi eius.
Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
29 Annunciate in Babylonem plurimis omnibus, qui tendunt arcum: consistite adversus eam per gyrum, et nullus evadat: reddite ei secundum opus suum: iuxta omnia quae fecit, facite illi: quia contra Dominum erecta est, adversum sanctum Israel.
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
30 Idcirco cadent iuvenes eius in plateis eius: et omnes viri bellatores eius conticescent in die illa, ait Dominus.
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,”
31 Ecce ego ad te superbe, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: quia venit dies tuus, tempus visitationis tuae.
“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
32 Et cadet superbus, et corruet, et non erit qui suscitet eum: et succendam ignem in urbibus eius, et devorabit omnia in circuitu eius.
The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
33 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Calumniam sustinent filii Israel, et filii Iuda simul: omnes, qui ceperunt eos, tenent, nolunt dimittere eos.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
34 Redemptor eorum fortis, Dominus exercituum nomen eius, iudicio defendet causam eorum, ut exterreat terram, et commoveat habitatores Babylonis.
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
35 Gladius ad Chaldaeos, ait Dominus, et ad habitatores Babylonis, et ad principes, et ad sapientes eius.
A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
36 Gladius ad divinos eius, qui stulti erunt: gladius ad fortes illius, qui timebunt.
A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
37 Gladius ad equos eius, et ad currus eius, et ad omne vulgus, quod est in medio eius: et erunt quasi mulieres: gladius ad thesauros eius, qui diripientur.
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
38 Siccitas super aquas eius erit, et arescent: quia terra sculptilium est, et in portentis gloriantur.
A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
39 propterea habitabunt dracones cum faunis sicariis: et habitabunt in ea struthiones: et non inhabitabitur ultra usque in sempiternum, nec extruetur usque ad generationem, et generationem.
So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
40 Sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham, et vicinas eius, ait Dominus: non habitabit ibi vir, et non incolet eam filius hominis.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
41 Ecce populus venit ab Aquilone, et gens magna, et reges multi consurgent a finibus terrae.
Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
42 Arcum et scutum apprehendent: crudeles sunt et immisericordes: vox eorum quasi mare sonabit, et super equos ascendent: sicut vir paratus ad praelium contra te filia Babylon.
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
43 Audivit rex Babylonis famam eorum, et dissolutae sunt manus eius: angustia apprehendit eum, dolor quasi parturientem.
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
44 Ecce quasi leo ascendet de superbia Iordanis ad pulchritudinem robustam: quia subito currere faciam eum ad illam: et quis erit electus, quem praeponam ei? quis est enim similis mei? et quis sustinebit me? et quis est iste pastor, qui resistat vultui meo?
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
45 Propterea audite consilium Domini, quod mente concepit adversum Babylonem: et cogitationes eius, quas cogitavit super terram Chaldaeorum: Nisi detraxerint eos parvuli gregum, nisi dissipatum fuerit cum ipsis habitaculum eorum.
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
46 A voce captivitatis Babylonis commota est terra, et clamor inter Gentes auditus est.
At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
