Jeremiæ 29

1 Et hæc sunt verba libri, quem misit Ieremias propheta de Ierusalem ad reliquias seniorum transmigrationis, et ad sacerdotes, et ad prophetas, et ad omnem populum, quem traduxerat Nabuchodonosor de Ierusalem in Babylonem:

THUS SAITH THE LORD AGAINST THE PHILISTINES;

2 postquam egressus est Iechonias rex, et domina, et eunuchi, et principes Iuda, et Ierusalem, et faber, et inclusor de Ierusalem:

Behold, waters come up from the north, and shall become a sweeping torrent, and it shall sweep away the land, and its fulness; the city, and them that dwell in it: and men shall cry and all that dwell in the land shall howl,

3 in manu Elasa filii Saphan, et Gamariæ filii Helciæ, quos misit Sedecias rex Iuda ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Babylonem, dicens:

at the sound of his rushing, at [the sound of] his hoofs, and at the rattling of his chariots, at the noise of his wheels: the fathers turned not to their children because of the weakness of their hands,

4 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel omni transmigrationi, quam transtuli de Ierusalem in Babylonem:

in the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines: and I will utterly destroy Tyre and Sidon and all the rest of their allies: for the Lord will destroy the remaining [inhabitants] of the islands.

5 Ædificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructum eorum.

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.

6 Accipite uxores, et generate filios et filias: et date filiis vestris uxores, et filias vestras date viris, et pariant filios et filias: et multiplicamini ibi, et nolite esse pauci numero.

How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed.

7 Et quærite pacem civitatis, ad quam transmigrare vos feci: et orate pro ea ad Dominum: quia in pace illius erit pax vobis.

How shall it be quiet, whereas the Lord has given it a commission against Ascalon, and against the regions on the sea-coast, to awake against the remaining [countries]! CONCERNING IDUMEA, thus saith the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in Thaeman, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone,

8 Hæc enim dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Non vos seducant prophetæ vestri, qui sunt in medio vestrum, et divini vestri: et ne attendatis ad somnia vestra, quæ vos somniatis:

their place has been deceived. Dig deep for a dwelling, ye that inhabit Daedam, for he has wrought grievously: I brought trouble upon him in the time at which I visited him.

9 quia falso ipsi prophetant vobis in nomine meo: et non misi eos, dicit Dominus.

For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon [thy possessions].

10 Quia hæc dicit Dominus: Cum cœperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni, visitabo vos: et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum, ut reducam vos ad locum istum.

For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished [each] by the hand of his brother, my neighbour, and it is impossible

11 Ego enim scio cogitationes, quas ego cogito super vos, ait Dominus, cogitationes pacis, et non afflictionis, ut dem vobis finem et patientiam.

for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.

12 Et invocabitis me, et ibitis: et orabitis me, et ego exaudiam vos.

For thus saith the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk [it]; and thou shalt by no means be cleared:

13 Quæretis me, et invenietis: cum quæsieritis me in toto corde vestro.

for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the midst of her an impassable [land], and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert for ever.

14 Et inveniar a vobis, ait Dominus: et reducam captivitatem vestram, et congregabo vos de universis gentibus, et de cunctis locis, ad quæ expuli vos, dicit Dominus: et reverti vos faciam de loco, ad quem transmigrare vos feci.

I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations, [saying, ]Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise ye up to war.

15 Quia dixistis: Suscitavit nobis Dominus Prophetas in Babylone:

I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.

16 Quia hæc dicit Dominus ad regem, qui sedet super solium David, et ad omnem populum habitatorem urbis huius, ad fratres vestros, qui non sunt egressi vobiscum in transmigrationem.

Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down.

17 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce mittam in eos gladium, et famem, et pestem: et ponam eos quasi ficus malas, quæ comedi non possunt, eo quod pessimæ sint.

And Idumea shall be a desert: every one that passes by shall hiss at it.

18 Et persequar eos in gladio, et in fame, et in pestilentia: et dabo eos in vexationem universis regnis terræ: in maledictionem, et in stuporem, et in sibilum, et in opprobrium cunctis Gentibus, ad quas ego eieci eos:

As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.

19 eo quod non audierint verba mea, dicit Dominus: quæ misit ad eos per servos meos prophetas de nocte consurgens, et mittens: et non audistis, dicit Dominus.

Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of Aetham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do ye set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who [is] this shepherd, who shall confront me?

20 Vos ergo audite verbum Domini omnis transmigratio, quam emisi de Ierusalem in Babylonem.

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Idumea; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Thaeman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them.

21 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel ad Achab filium Coliæ, et ad Sedeciam filium Maasiæ, qui prophetant vobis in nomine meo mendaciter: Ecce ego tradam eos in manus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis: et percutiet eos in oculis vestris.

For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.

22 Et assumetur ex eis maledictio omni transmigrationi Iuda, quæ est in Babylone, dicentium: Ponat te Dominus sicut Sedeciam, et sicut Achab, quos frixit rex Babylonis in igne:

Behold, he shall look [upon her] as an eagle, and spread forth [his] wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

23 pro eo quod fecerint stultitiam in Israel, et mœchati sunt in uxores amicorum suorum, et locuti sunt verbum in nomine meo mendaciter, quod non mandavi eis: ego sum iudex et testis, dicit Dominus.

24 Et ad Semeiam Nehelamiten dices:

25 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Pro eo quod misisti in nomine tuo libros ad omnem populum, qui est in Ierusalem, et ad Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem, et ad universos sacerdotes, dicens:

26 Dominus dedit te sacerdotem pro Ioiade sacerdote, ut sis dux in domo Domini super omnem virum arreptitium et prophetantem, ut mittas eum in nervum et in carcerem.

27 Et nunc quare non increpasti Ieremiam Anathothiten, qui prophetat vobis?

28 Quia super hoc misit in Babylonem ad nos, dicens: Longum est: ædificate domos, et habitate: et plantate hortos, et comedite fructus eorum.

29 Legit ergo Sophonias sacerdos librum istum in auribus Ieremiæ prophetæ.

30 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam, dicens:

31 Mitte ad omnem transmigrationem, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus ad Semeiam Nehelamiten: Pro eo quod prophetavit vobis Semeias, et ego non misi eum: et fecit vos confidere in mendacio:

32 idcirco hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego visitabo super Semeiam Nehelamiten, et super semen eius: non erit ei vir sedens in medio populi huius, et non videbit bonum, quod ego faciam populo meo, ait Dominus: quia prævaricationem locutus est adversus Dominum.