Jeremiæ 6
1 Confortamini filii Beniamin in medio Ierusalem, et in Thecua clangite buccina, et super Bethacarem levate vexillum: quia malum visum est ab Aquilone, et contritio magna.
Sones of Beniamyn, be ye coumfortid in the myddil of Jerusalem, and make ye noise with a clarioun in Thecua, and reise ye a baner on Bethecarem; for whi yuel and greet sorewe is seyn fro the north.
2 Speciosae et delicatae assimilavi filiam Sion.
Y haue licned the douytir of Sion to a fair womman and delicat.
3 Ad eam venient pastores, et greges eorum: fixerunt in ea tentoria in circuitu: pascet unusquisque eos, qui sub manu sua sunt.
Scheepherdis and her flockis schulen come to it; thei han piyt tentis in it in cumpas; ech man schal feede hem, that ben vndur his hond.
4 Sanctificate super eam bellum: consurgite, et ascendamus in meridie: vae nobis, quia declinavit dies, quia longiores factae sunt umbrae vesperi.
Halewe ye batel on it. Rise ye togidire, and stie we in myddai. Wo to vs, for the dai is bowid doun, for shadewis ben maad lengere in the euentid.
5 Surgite, et ascendamus in nocte, et dissipemus domus eius.
Rise ye, and stie we in the niyt, and distry we the housis therof.
6 Quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Caedite lignum eius, et fundite circa Ierusalem aggerem: haec est civitas visitationis, omnis calumnia in medio eius.
For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Kitte ye doun the tre therof, and schede ye erthe aboute Jerusalem; this is the citee of visitacioun; al fals caleng is in the myddis therof.
7 Sicut frigidam facit cisterna aquam suam, sic frigidam fecit malitiam suam: iniquitas et vastitas audietur in ea, coram me semper infirmitas et plaga.
As a cisterne makith his water coold, so it made his malice coold; wickidnesse and distriyng schal euer be herd ther ynne bifore me, sikenesse and wounde.
8 Erudire Ierusalem, ne forte recedat anima mea a te, ne forte ponam te desertam terram inhabitabilem.
Jerusalem, be thou tauyt, lest perauenture my soule go awei fro thee; lest perauenture Y sette thee forsakun, a loond vnhabitable.
9 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Usque ad racemum colligent quasi in vinea reliquias Israel: converte manum tuam quasi vindemiator ad cartallum.
The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Thei schulen gadere til to a racyn, thei schulen gadere the remenauntis of Israel as in a vyner; turne thin hond, as a gaderer of grapis to the bascat.
10 Cui loquar? et quem contestabor ut audiat? ecce incircumcisae aures eorum, et audire non possunt: ecce verbum Domini factum est eis in opprobrium: et non suscipient illud.
To whom schal Y speke, and to whom schal Y seie witnessing, that he here? Lo! the eeris of hem ben vncircumcidid, and thei moun not here; lo! the word of the Lord is maad to hem in to dispit, and thei schulen not resseiue it.
11 Idcirco furore Domini plenus sum, laboravi sustinens: effunde super parvulum foris, et super consilium iuvenum simul: vir enim cum muliere capietur, senex cum pleno dierum.
Therfor Y am ful of the strong veniaunce of the Lord, and Y trauelide suffrynge. Schede thou out on a litil child with outforth, and on the counsel of yonge men togidere; for a man with his wijf schal be takun, and an eeld man with him that is ful of daies.
12 Et transibunt domus eorum ad alteros, agri et uxores pariter: quia extendam manum meam super habitantes terram, dicit Dominus.
And the housis of hem, the feeldis and wyues togidere, schulen go to othere men; for Y schal stretche forth myn hond on the dwelleris of the lond, seith the Lord.
13 A minore quippe usque ad maiorem omnes avaritiae student: et a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt dolum.
For fro the lesse `til to the grettere, alle studien to auerise; and alle doon gile, fro the profete `til to the preest.
14 Et curabant contritionem filiae populi mei cum ignominia, dicentes: Pax, pax: et non erat pax.
And thei heeliden the sorewe of the douyter of my puple with yuel fame, seiynge, Pees, pees, and no pees was.
15 Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt: quin potius confusione non sunt confusi, et erubescere nescierunt. quam ob rem cadent inter ruentes: in tempore visitationis suae corruent, dicit Dominus.
Thei ben schent, that diden abhomynacioun; yhe, rathere thei weren not schent bi confusioun, and thei kouden not be aschamed. Wherfor thei schulen falle doun among hem that schulen falle doun; thei schulen falle doun in the tyme of her visitacioun, seith the Lord.
16 Haec dicit Dominus: State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de semitis antiquis, quae sit via bona, et ambulate in ea: et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris. Et dixerunt: Non ambulabimus.
The Lord seith these thingis, Stonde ye on weies, and se ye, and axe ye of elde pathis, which is the good weie; and go ye ther ynne, and ye schulen fynde refreischyng to youre soulis. And thei seiden, We schulen not go.
17 Et constitui super vos speculatores. Audite vocem tubae. Et dixerunt: Non audiemus.
And Y ordeynede aspieris on you, and Y seide, Here ye the vois of a trumpe. And thei seiden, We schulen not here.
18 Ideo audite Gentes, et cognosce congregatio, quanta ego faciam eis.
Therfor, hethene men, here ye, and, thou congregacioun, knowe, hou grete thingis Y schal do to hem.
19 Audi terra: Ecce ego adducam mala super populum istum, fructum cogitationum eius: quia verba mea non audierunt, et legem meam proiecerunt.
Thou erthe, here, lo! Y schal brynge yuels on this puple, the fruit of her thouytis; for thei herden not my wordis, and castiden awei my lawe.
20 Ut quid mihi thus de Saba affertis, et calamum suave olentem de terra longinqua? holocaustomata vestra non sunt accepta, et victimae vestrae non placuerunt mihi.
Wherto bryngen ye to me encense fro Saba, and a tre of spicerie smellynge swetli fro a fer lond? Youre brent sacrifices ben not acceptid, and youre slayn sacrifices plesiden not me.
21 Propterea haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego dabo in populum istum ruinas, et ruent in eis patres et filii simul, vicinus, et proximus peribunt.
Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal yyue fallyngis in to this puple, and fadris and sones togidere, a neiybore and kynesman, schulen falle in hem, and schulen perische.
22 Haec dicit Dominus: Ecce populus venit de terra Aquilonis, et gens magna consurget a finibus terrae.
The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! a puple cometh fro the lond of the north, and a greet folk schal rise togidere fro the endis of erthe.
23 Sagittam et scutum arripiet: crudelis est, et non miserebitur. vox eius quasi mare sonabit: et super equos ascendent, praeparati quasi vir ad praelium, adversum te filia Sion.
It schal take an arowe and scheld; it is cruel, and schal not haue merci; the vois therof schal sowne as the see, and thei maad redi as a man to batel schulen stie on horsis ayens thee, thou douyter of Sion.
24 Audivimus famam eius, dissolutae sunt manus nostrae: tribulatio apprehendit nos, dolores ut parturientem.
We herden the fame therof, oure hondis ben `a clumsid; tribulacioun hath take vs, sorewis han take vs as a womman trauelinge of child.
25 Nolite exire ad agros, et in via ne ambuletis: quoniam gladius inimici pavor in circuitu.
Nyle ye go out to the feeldis, and go ye not in the weie, for the swerd of the enemye, drede in cumpas.
26 Filia populi mei accingere cilicio, et conspergere cinere: luctum unigeniti fac tibi, planctum amarum, quia repente veniet vastator super vos.
The douytir of my puple, be thou gird with heire, and be thou spreynt togidere with aische; make to thee mourenyng of oon aloone gendrid sone, a bitter weilyng, for whi a wastere schal come sodenli on you.
27 Probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum: et scies, et probabis viam eorum.
I yaf thee a strong preuere in my puple, and thou schalt knowe, and preue the weie of hem.
28 Omnes isti principes declinantes, ambulantes fraudulenter, aes et ferrum: universi corrupti sunt.
Alle these princis bowynge awei, goynge gilefuli, ben metal and irun; alle ben corrupt.
29 Defecit sufflatorium, in igne consumptum est plumbum, frustra conflavit conflator: malitiae enim eorum non sunt consumptae.
The belu failide, leed is waastid in the fier, the wellere wellide in veyn; for the malices of hem ben not wastid.
30 Argentum reprobum vocate eos, quia Dominus proiecit illos.
Clepe ye hem repreuable siluer, for the Lord hath cast hem awei.
