Jeremiæ 32

1 Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino in anno decimo Sedeciæ regis Iuda: ipse est annus decimus octavus Nabuchodonosor.

2 Tunc exercitus regis Babylonis obsidebat Ierusalem: et Ieremias propheta erat clausus in atrio carceris, qui erat in domo regis Iuda.

3 Clauserat enim eum Sedecias rex Iuda, dicens: Quare vaticinaris, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego dabo civitatem istam in manus regis Babylonis, et capiet eam?

4 Et Sedecias rex Iuda non effugiet de manu Chaldæorum: sed tradetur in manus regis Babylonis: et loquetur os eius cum ore illius, et oculi eius oculos illius videbunt.

5 Et in Babylonem ducet Sedeciam: et ibi erit donec visitem eum, ait Dominus. Si autem dimicaveritis adversum Chaldæos, nihil prosperum habebitis.

6 Et dixit Ieremias: Factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:

7 Ecce Hanameel filius Sellum patruelis tuus veniet ad te, dicens: Eme tibi agrum meum, qui est in Anathoth: tibi enim competit ex propinquitate ut emas.

8 Et venit ad me Hanameel filius patrui mei secundum verbum Domini ad vestibulum carceris, et ait ad me: Posside agrum meum, qui est in Anathoth in terra Beniamin: quia tibi competit hereditas, et tu propinquus es ut possideas. Intellexi autem quod verbum Domini esset.

9 Et emi agrum ab Hanameel filio patrui mei, qui est in Anathoth: et appendi ei argentum septem stateres, et decem argenteos.

10 Et scripsi in libro, et signavi, et adhibui testes: et appendi argentum in statera.

11 Et accepi librum possessionis signatum, et stipulationes, et rata, et signa forinsecus.

12 Et dedi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri filii Maasiæ in oculis Hanameel patruelis mei, in oculis testium, qui scripti erant in libro emptionis, et in oculis omnium Iudæorum, qui sedebant in atrio carceris.

13 Et præcepi Baruch coram eis, dicens:

14 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Sume libros istos, librum emptionis hunc signatum, et librum hunc, qui apertus est: et pone illos in vase fictili, ut permanere possint diebus multis.

15 Hæc enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Adhuc possidebuntur domus, et agri, et vineæ in terra ista.

Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine from mine hand, and you shall cause all the nations to drink, to whom I send you.

16 Et oravi ad Dominum, postquam tradidi librum possessionis Baruch filio Neri, dicens:

And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them.

17 Heu, heu, heu, Domine Deus: ecce tu fecisti cælum et terram in fortitudine tua magna, et in brachio tuo extento: non erit tibi difficile omne verbum:

So I took the cup out of the Lord's hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:

18 Qui facis misericordiam in millibus, et reddis iniquitatem patrum in sinum filiorum eorum post eos: Fortissime, magne, et potens, Dominus exercituum nomen tibi.

Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings of Juda, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;

19 Magnus consilio, et incomprehensibilis cogitatu: cuius oculi aperti sunt super omnes vias filiorum Adam ut reddas unicuique secundum vias suas, et secundum fructum adinventionum eius.

and Pharao king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people;

20 Qui posuisti signa et portenta in Terra Ægypti usque ad diem hanc, et in Israel, et in hominibus, et fecisti tibi nomen sicut est dies hæc.

and all the mingled [people], and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus,

21 Et eduxisti populum tuum Israel de Terra Ægypti, in signis, et in portentis, et in manu robusta, et in brachio extento, et in terrore magno.

and Idumea, and the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon,

22 Et dedisti eis terram hanc, quam iurasti patribus eorum ut dares eis terram fluentem lacte et melle.

and the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the [country] beyond the sea,

23 Et ingressi sunt, et possederunt eam: et non obedierunt voci tuæ, et in lege tua non ambulaverunt: omnia quæ mandasti eis ut facerent, non fecerunt: et evenerunt eis omnia mala hæc.

and Daedan, and Thaeman, and Ros, and every one that is shaved round about the face,

24 Ecce munitiones extructæ sunt adversum civitatem ut capiatur: et urbs data est in manus Chaldæorum, qui præliantur adversus eam a facie gladii, et famis, et pestilentiæ: et quæcumque locutus es acciderunt, ut tu ipse cernis.

and all the mingled [people] lodging in the wilderness,

25 Et tu dicis mihi Domine Deus: Eme agrum argento, et adhibe testes: cum urbs data sit in manus Chaldæorum?

and all the kings of Aelam, and all the kings of the Persians,

26 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam, dicens:

and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with his brother, and all the kingdoms which are on the face of the earth.

27 Ecce ego Dominus Deus universæ carnis: numquid mihi difficile erit omne verbum?

And you shall say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty; Drink you, be you drunken; and you shall vomit, and shall fall, and shall in nowise rise, because of the sword which I send among you.

28 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego tradam civitatem istam in manus Chaldæorum, et in manus regis Babylonis, et capient eam.

And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of your hand, to drink it, that you shall say, Thus said the Lord; You shall surely drink.

29 Et venient Chaldæi præliantes adversum urbem hanc, et succendent eam igni, et comburent eam, et domos, in quarum domatibus sacrificabant Baal, et libabant diis alienis libamina ad irritandum me.

For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and you shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all that dwell upon the earth.

30 Erant enim filii Israel, et filii Iuda iugiter facientes malum in oculis meis ab adolescentia sua: filii Israel qui usque nunc exacerbant me in opere manuum suarum, dicit Dominus.

And you shall prophesy against them these words, and shall say, The Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice; he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the earth,

31 Quia in furore et in indignatione mea facta est mihi civitas hæc, a die qua ædificaverunt eam, usque ad diem istam, qua auferetur de conspectu meo.

[even] upon [the extreme] part of the earth; for the Lord [has] a controversy with the nations, he is pleading with all flesh, and the ungodly are given to the sword, says the Lord.

32 Propter malitiam filiorum Israel, et filiorum Iuda, quam fecerunt ad iracundiam me provocantes, ipsi et reges eorum, principes eorum, et sacerdotes eorum, et prophetæ eorum, viri Iuda et habitatores Ierusalem.

Thus said the Lord; Behold, evils are proceeding from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind goes forth from the end of the earth.

33 Et verterunt ad me terga et non facies: cum docerem eos diluculo, et erudirem, et nollent audire ut acciperent disciplinam.

And the slain of the Lord shall be in the day of the Lord from [one] end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be buried; they shall be as dung on the face of the earth.

34 Et posuerunt idola sua in domo, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, ut polluerent eam.

Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and lament, you rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and you shall fall as the choice rams.

35 Et ædificaverunt excelsa Baal, quæ sunt in valle filii Ennom ut initiarent filios suos et filias suas Moloch: quod non mandavi eis, nec ascendit in cor meum ut facerent abominationem hanc, et in peccatum deducerent Iudam.

And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.

36 Et nunc propter ista, hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel ad civitatem hanc, de qua vos dicitis quod tradetur in manus regis Babylonis in gladio, et in fame, et in peste.

A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and the rams: for the Lord has destroyed their pastures.

37 Ecce ego congregabo eos de universis terris, ad quas eieci eos in furore meo, et in ira mea, et indignatione grandi: et reducam eos ad locum istum, et habitare eos faciam confidenter.

And the peaceful abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the fierceness of my anger.

38 Et erunt mihi in populum, et ego ero eis in Deum.

He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword.

39 Et dabo eis cor unum, et viam unam, ut timeant me universis diebus: et bene sit eis, et filiis eorum post eos.

40 Et feriam eis pactum sempiternum, et non desinam eis benefacere: et timorem meum dabo in corde eorum ut non recedant a me.

41 Et lætabor super eis, cum bene eis fecero: et plantabo eos in terra ista in veritate in toto corde meo et in tota anima mea.

42 Quia hæc dicit Dominus: Sicut adduxi super populum istum omne malum hoc grande: sic adducam super eos omne bonum, quod ego loquor ad eos.

43 Et possidebuntur agri in terra ista: de qua vos dicitis quod deserta sit, eo quod non remanserit homo et iumentum, et data sit in manus Chaldæorum.

44 Agri ementur pecunia, et scribentur in libro, et imprimetur signum, et testis adhibebitur: in terra Beniamin, et in circuitu Ierusalem, in civitatibus Iuda, et in civitatibus montanis, et in civitatibus campestribus, et in civitatibus, quæ ad Austrum sunt: quia convertam captivitatem eorum, ait Dominus.