Jeremiæ 5
1 circuite vias Hierusalem et aspicite et considerate et quaerite in plateis eius an inveniatis virum facientem iudicium et quaerentem fidem et propitius ero eius
“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does justly, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her.
2 quod si etiam vivit Dominus dixerint et hoc falso iurabunt
Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
3 Domine oculi tui respiciunt fidem percussisti eos et non doluerunt adtrivisti eos et rennuerunt accipere disciplinam induraverunt facies suas super petram noluerunt reverti
O LORD, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
4 ego autem dixi forsitan pauperes sunt et stulti ignorantes viam Domini iudicium Dei sui
Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the LORD’s way, nor the law of their God.
5 ibo igitur ad optimates et loquar eis ipsi enim cognoverunt viam Domini iudicium Dei sui et ecce magis hii simul confregerunt iugum ruperunt vincula
I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of the LORD, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 idcirco percussit eos leo de silva lupus ad vesperam vastavit eos pardus vigilans super civitates eorum omnis qui egressus fuerit ex eis capietur quia multiplicatae sunt praevaricationes eorum confortatae sunt aversiones eorum
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.
7 super quo propitius tibi esse potero filii tui dereliquerunt me et iurant in his qui non sunt dii saturavi eos et moechati sunt et in domo meretricis luxuriabantur
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.
8 equi amatores et admissarii facti sunt unusquisque ad uxorem proximi sui hinniebat
They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
9 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus et in gente tali non ulciscetur anima mea
Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 ascendite muros eius et dissipate consummationem autem nolite facere auferte propagines eius quia non sunt Domini
“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s.
11 praevaricatione enim praevaricata est in me domus Israhel et domus Iuda ait Dominus
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says the LORD.
12 negaverunt Dominum et dixerunt non est ipse neque veniet super nos malum gladium et famem non videbimus
They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine.
13 prophetae fuerunt in ventum et responsum non fuit in eis haec ergo evenient illis
The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”
14 haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum quia locuti estis verbum istud ecce ego do verba mea in ore tuo in ignem et populum istum ligna et vorabit eos
Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them.
15 ecce ego adducam super vos gentem de longinquo domus Israhel ait Dominus gentem robustam gentem antiquam gentem cuius ignorabis linguam nec intelleges quid loquatur
Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,” says the LORD. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know and don’t understand what they say.
16 faretra eius quasi sepulchrum patens universi fortes
Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
17 et comedet segetes tuas et panem tuum devorabit filios tuos et filias tuas comedet gregem tuum et armenta tua comedet vineam tuam et ficum tuam et conteret urbes munitas tuas in quibus tu habes fiduciam gladio
They will eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They will eat up your flocks and your herds. They will eat up your vines and your fig trees. They will beat down your fortified cities in which you trust with the sword.
18 verumtamen et diebus illis ait Dominus non faciam vos in consummationem
“But even in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
19 quod si dixeritis quare fecit Dominus Deus noster nobis haec omnia dices ad eos sicut dereliquistis me et servistis deo alieno in terra vestra sic servietis alienis in terra non vestra
It will happen when you say, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
20 adnuntiate hoc domui Iacob et auditum facite in Iuda dicentes
“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 audi populus stulte qui non habes cor qui habentes oculos non videtis et aures et non auditis
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
22 me ergo non timebitis ait Dominus et a facie mea non dolebitis qui posui harenam terminum mari praeceptum sempiternum quod non praeteribit et commovebuntur et non poterunt et intumescent fluctus eius et non transibunt illud
Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
23 populo autem huic factum est cor incredulum et exasperans recesserunt et abierunt
“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone.
24 et non dixerunt in corde suo metuamus Dominum Deum nostrum qui dat nobis pluviam temporaneam et serotinam in tempore suo plenitudinem annuae messis custodientem nobis
They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
25 iniquitates nostrae declinaverunt haec et peccata nostra prohibuerunt bonum a nobis
“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
26 quia inventi sunt in populo meo impii insidiantes quasi aucupes laqueos ponentes et pedicas ad capiendos viros
For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
27 sicut decipula plena avibus sic domus eorum plenae dolo ideo magnificati sunt et ditati
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
28 incrassati sunt et inpinguati et praeterierunt sermones meos pessime causam non iudicaverunt causam pupilli non direxerunt et iudicium pauperum non iudicaverunt
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
29 numquid super his non visitabo dicit Dominus aut super gentem huiuscemodi non ulciscetur anima mea
“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 stupor et mirabilia facta sunt in terra
“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
31 prophetae prophetabant mendacium et sacerdotes adplaudebant manibus suis et populus meus dilexit talia quid igitur fiet in novissimo eius
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
