Jeremiæ 7
1 Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino, dicens:
The word that came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh saying: —
2 Sta in porta domus Domini, et praedica ibi verbum istud, et dic: Audite verbum Domini omnis Iuda, qui ingredimini per portas has, ut adoretis Dominum.
Stand thou in the gate of the house of Yahweh, and thou shalt proclaim there this word, —and shalt say—Hear ye the word of Yahweh all Judah ye who are entering in at these gates, to bow down unto Yahweh:
3 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Bonas facite vias vestras, et studia vestra: et habitabo vobiscum in loco isto.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, —That I may cause you to dwell in this place.
4 Nolite confidere in verbis mendacii, dicentes: Templum Domini, templum Domini, templum Domini est.
Do not, on your part trust in false words, saying, —The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh they are!
5 Quoniam si bene direxeritis vias vestras, et studia vestra: si feceritis iudicium inter virum et proximum eius,
But, if ye shall thoroughly amend, your ways, and your doings, —Shall thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
6 advenae, et pupillo, et viduae non feceritis calumniam, nec sanguinem innocentem effuderitis in loco hoc, et post deos alienos non ambulaveritis in malum vobismetipsis:
The sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, shall not oppress, And innocent blood, shall not shed in this place, —And after other gods, shall not walk to your own hurt,
7 habitabo vobiscum in loco isto: in terra, quam dedi patribus vestris a saeculo et usque in saeculum.
Then will I cause you to dwell In this place, In the land which I gave to your fathers, —From one age even unto another,
8 Ecce vos confiditis vobis in sermonibus mendacii, qui non proderunt vobis:
Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false words, —To no profit!
9 furari, occidere, adulterari, iurare mendaciter, libare Baalim, et ire post deos alienos, quos ignoratis.
Are ye to steal, commit murder and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, —and walk after other gods whom ye have not known;
10 Et venistis, et stetistis coram me in domo hac, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, et dixistis: Liberati sumus eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas.
And will ye then come in and stand before me in this house whereon my Name hath been called, and say, —We have set ourselves free, —for the purpose of committing all these abominations?
11 Numquid ergo spelunca latronum facta est domus ista, in qua invocatum est nomen meum in oculis vestris? ego, ego sum: ego vidi, dicit Dominus.
A den of robbers, hath this house on which my Name hath been called become in your own eyes? I, also, —lo! I have seen it Declareth Yahweh.
12 Ite ad locum meum in Silo, ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio: et videte quae fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israel:
For go I pray you, unto my place which was in Shiloh, Where I made my Name to dwell, at first, —And see what I did to it, because of the wickedness of my people Israel!
13 et nunc, quia fecistis omnia opera haec, dicit Dominus: et locutus sum ad vos mane consurgens, et loquens, et non audistis: et vocavi vos, et non respondistis:
Now, therefore—Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh, —And though I spake unto you betimes speaking, Yet ye hearkened not, And though I cried unto you Yet ye answered not,
14 Faciam domui huic, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, et in qua vos habetis fiduciam: et loco, quem dedi vobis et patribus vestris, sicut feci Silo.
Therefore will I do to the house Whereon my Name hath been called Wherein, ye, are trusting, Even to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, —Just as I did unto Shiloh;
15 Et proiiciam vos a facie mea, sicut proieci omnes fratres vestros, universum semen Ephraim.
And will cast you out from before me, —Just as I have cast out All your brethren, All the seed of Ephraim.
16 Tu ergo noli orare pro populo hoc, nec assumas pro eis laudem et orationem, et non obsistas mihi: quia non exaudiam te.
Thou, therefore—Do not pray for this people Neither lift up for them cry or prayer Neither intercede with me, —For I am not going to hear thee.
17 Nonne vides quid isti faciunt in civitatibus Iuda, et in plateis Ierusalem?
Dost thou not see what, they, are doing In the cities of Judah, —and In the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Filii colligunt ligna, et patres succendunt ignem, et mulieres conspergunt adipem, ut faciant placentas reginae caeli, et libent diis alienis, et me ad iracundiam provocent.
The children, gather wood, and The fathers, kindle the fire, and The women, knead dough, —To make sacrificial cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, Provoking me to anger!
19 Numquid me ad iracundiam provocant, dicit Dominus? nonne semetipsos in confusionem vultus sui?
Is it me, they are provoking? Enquireth Yahweh, —Is it not themselves, —unto the shame of their own faces?
20 Ideo haec dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce furor meus, et indignatio mea conflatur super locum istum, super viros, et super iumenta, et super lignum regionis, et super fruges terrae, et succendetur, et non extinguetur.
Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh—Lo! mine anger and mine indignation, are about to be poured out upon this place, On man and on beast, and On the tree of the field and On the fruit of the ground, —And it shall burn and shall not be quenched.
21 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Holocaustomata vestra addite victimis vestris, et comedite carnes.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, —Your ascending-offerings, add ye unto your peace-offerings and eat ye flesh.
22 Quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris, et non praecepi eis in die, qua eduxi eos de Terra Aegypti, de verbo holocaustomatum, et victimarum.
For I bade not your fathers Neither commanded I them, In the day I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, —Concerning the matter of ascending-offering and peace-offering;
23 Sed hoc verbum praecepi ei, dicens: Audite vocem meam, et ero vobis Deus, et vos eritis mihi populus: et ambulate in omni via, quam mandavi vobis, ut bene sit vobis.
But, this thing, I commanded them—saying, Hearken ye unto my voice, So will I become unto you—a God, And, ye, shall become unto me—a people, —Ye shall therefore walk in all the way that I may command you, To the end it may be well with you;
24 Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: sed abierunt in voluptatibus, et in pravitate cordis sui mali: factique sunt retrorsum, et non in ante,
Yet they hearkened not Neither inclined their ear, But walked, In the counsels—In the stubbornness of their own wicked heart; And went backward, and not forward.
25 a die qua egressi sunt patres eorum de terra Aegypti, usque ad diem hanc. Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas per diem, consurgens diluculo, et mittens.
Ever since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, until this day, Have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, Daily, betimes, sending them;
26 Et non audierunt me, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: sed induraverunt cervicem suam: et peius operati sunt, quam patres eorum.
Yet they hearkened not unto me, Neither inclined their ear, —But stiffened their neck, They did more wickedly than their fathers.
27 Et loqueris ad eos omnia verba haec, et non audient te: et vocabis eos, et non respondebunt tibi.
Therefore shalt thou speak unto them all these words, Though they do not hearken unto thee, —And thou shalt cry aloud unto them Though they do not answer thee; —
28 Et dices ad eos: Haec est gens, quae non audivit vocem Domini Dei sui, nec recepit disciplinam: periit fides, et ablata est de ore eorum.
But thou shalt say unto them, —This, is the nation that hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh its God, Neither accepted they correction, —Perished is fidelity, And is cut off out of their mouth.
29 Tonde capillum tuum, et proiice, et sume in directum planctum: quia proiecit Dominus, et reliquit generationem furoris sui,
Cut thou off thy crown of hair [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, And lift thou up on the bare heights, a dirge, —For Yahweh hath rejected and cast out the generation with which he was wroth.
30 quia fecerunt filii Iuda malum in oculis meis, dicit Dominus. Posuerunt offendicula sua in domo, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, ut polluerent eam:
For the sons of Judah, have done, that which was wicked in mine eyes, Declareth Yahweh, —They have set their abominations in the house whereon my Name hath been called to defile it;
31 et aedificaverunt excelsa Topheth, quae est in valle filii Ennom: ut incenderent filios suos, et filias suas igni: quae non praecepi, nec cogitavi in corde meo.
And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn up their sons and their daughters in the fire, —Which I commanded not, Neither came it up on my heart,
32 Ideo ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus, et non dicetur amplius, Topheth, et Vallis filii Ennom: sed Vallis interfectionis: et sepelient in Topheth, eo quod non sit locus.
Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When it shall not be called any more—The Topheth, nor The valley of Ben-hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter, —And they shall bury in Topheth, for want of place;
33 Et erit morticinum populi huius in cibos volucribus caeli, et bestiis terrae, et non erit qui abigat.
And the dead bodies of this people shall become food, For the bird of the heavens, and For the beast of the earth, —And there shall be none to drive them away.
34 Et quiescere faciam de urbibus Iuda, et de plateis Ierusalem vocem gaudii, et vocem laetitiae, vocem sponsi, et vocem sponsae: in desolatione enim erit terra.
So will I cause to cease, From the cities of Judah, and, From the streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and The voice of the bride, —For, a desolation, shall the land become.
