Jeremiæ 23
1 Væ pastoribus, qui disperdunt et dilacerant gregem pascuæ meæ, dicit Dominus.
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
2 Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel ad pastores, qui pascunt populum meum: Vos dispersistis gregem meum, et eiecistis eos, et non visitastis eos: ecce ego visitabo super vos malitiam studiorum vestrorum, ait Dominus.
Therefore thus says the Lord against them that tend my people; You have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and you have not visited them: behold, I [will] take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
3 Et ego congregabo reliquias gregis mei de omnibus terris, ad quas eiecero eos illuc: et convertam eos ad rura sua: et crescent et multiplicabuntur.
And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.
4 Et suscitabo super eos pastores, et pascent eos: non formidabunt ultra, et non pavebunt: et nullus quæretur ex numero, dicit Dominus.
And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, says the Lord.
5 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus: et suscitabo David germen iustum: et regnabit rex, et sapiens erit: et faciet iudicium et iustitiam in terra.
Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgement and righteousness on the earth.
6 In diebus illis salvabitur Iuda, et Israel habitabit confidenter: et hoc est nomen, quod vocabunt eum, Dominus iustus noster.
In his days both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec amongst the prophets.
7 Propter hoc ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et non dicent ultra: Vivit Domnus, qui eduxit filios Israel de Terra Ægypti:
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 Sed: Vivit Dominus, qui eduxit et adduxit semen domus Israel de Terra Aquilonis, et de cunctis terris, ad quas eieceram eos illuc: et habitabunt in terra sua.
but The Lord lives, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he [had] driven them out, and has restored them into their own land.
9 Ad prophetas: Contritum est cor meum in medio mei, contremuerunt omnia ossa mea: factus sum quasi vir ebrius, et quasi homo madidus a vino a facie Domini, et a facie verborum sanctorum eius.
My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
10 Quia adulteris repleta est terra, quia a facie maledictionis luxit terra, arefacta sunt arva deserti: factus est cursus eorum malus, et fortitudo eorum dissimilis.
For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so [also] their strength.
11 Propheta namque et sacerdos polluti sunt: et in domo mea inveni malum eorum, ait Dominus.
For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
12 Idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris: impellentur enim, et corruent in ea: afferam enim super eos mala, annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.
Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.
13 Et in prophetis Samariæ vidi fatuitatem: prophetabunt in Baal, et decipiebant populum meum Israel.
And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.
14 Et in prophetis Ierusalem vidi similitudinem adulterantium, et iter mendacii: et confortaverunt manus pessimorum ut non converteretur unusquisque a malitia sua: facti sunt mihi omnes ut Sodoma, et habitatores eius quasi Gomorrha.
Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.
15 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ad prophetas: Ecce ego cibabo eos absinthio, et potabo eos felle: a prophetis enim Ierusalem egressa est pollutio super omnem terram.
Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all the land.
16 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Nolite audire verba prophetarum, qui prophetant vobis, et decipiunt vos: visionem cordis sui loquuntur, non de ore Domini.
Thus says the Lord Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 Dicunt his, qui blasphemant me: Locutus est Dominus: Pax erit vobis, et omni, qui ambulat in pravitate cordis sui, dixerunt: Non veniet super vos malum.
They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon you.
18 Quis enim affuit in consilio Domini, et vidit et audivit sermonem eius? Quis consideravit verbum illius et audivit?
For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has listened, and heard?
19 Ecce turbo Dominicæ indignationis egredietur, et tempestas erumpens: super caput impiorum veniet.
Behold, [there is] an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.
20 Non revertetur furor Domini usque dum faciat, et usque dum compleat cogitationem cordis sui: in novissimis diebus intelligetis consilium eius.
And the Lord's wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.
21 Non mittebam prophetas, et ipsi currebant: non loquebar ad eos, et ipsi prophetabant.
I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.
22 Si stetissent in consilio meo, et nota fecissent verba mea populo meo, avertissem utique eos a via sua mala, et a cogitationibus suis pessimis.
But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had listened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
23 Putasne Deus e vicino ego sum, dicit Dominus, et non Deus de longe?
I am a God near at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off.
24 Si occultabitur vir in absconditis: et ego non videbo eum, dicit Dominus? Numquid non cælum et terram ego impleo, dicit Dominus?
Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
25 Audivi quæ dixerunt prophetæ, prophetantes in nomine meo mendacium, atque dicentes: Somniavi, somniavi.
I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.
26 Usquequo istud est in corde prophetarum vaticinantium mendacium, et prophetantium seductiones cordis sui?
How long shall [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?
27 Qui volunt facere ut obliviscatur populus meus nominis mei propter somnia eorum, quæ narrat unusquisque ad proximum suum: sicut obliti sunt patres eorum nominis mei propter Baal.
who devise that [men] may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot my name in [the worship of] Baal.
28 Propheta, qui habet somnium, narret somnium: et qui habet sermonem meum, loquatur sermonem meum vere: Quid paleis ad triticum, dicit Dominus?
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is my word [spoken] to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, says the Lord.
29 Numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis, dicit Dominus: et quasi malleus conterens petram?
Behold, are not my words as fire? says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?
30 Propterea ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus: qui furantur verba mea unusquisque a proximo suo.
Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
31 Ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus: qui assumunt linguas suas, et aiunt: Dicit Dominus.
Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
32 Ecce ego ad prophetas somniantes mendacium, ait Dominus: qui narraverunt ea, et seduxerunt populum meum in mendacio suo, et in miraculis suis: cum ego non misissem eos, nec mandassem eis, qui nihil profuerunt populo huic, dicit Dominus.
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
33 Si igitur interrogaverit te populus iste, vel propheta, aut sacerdos, dicens: Quod est onus Domini? dices ad eos: Vos estis onus. Proiiciam quippe vos, dicit Dominus.
And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I will dash you down, says the Lord.
34 Et propheta, et sacerdos, et populus qui dicit: Onus Domini: visitabo super virum illum, et super domum eius.
[As for] the prophet, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on his house.
35 Hæc dicetis unusquisque ad proximum, et ad fratrem suum: Quid respondit Dominus? Et quid locutus est Dominus?
Thus shall you say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?
36 Et onus Domini ultra non memorabitur: quia onus erit unicuique sermo suus: et pervertistis verba Dei viventis, Domini exercituum Dei nostri.
And do you name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man's burden.
37 Hæc dices ad prophetam: Quid respondit tibi Dominus? Et quid locutus est Dominus?
But therefore, [say you], has the Lord our God spoken?
38 Si autem onus Domini dixeritis: propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus: Quia dixistis sermonem istum: Onus Domini: et misi ad vos, dicens: Nolite dicere: Onus Domini:
Therefore thus says the Lord our God; Because you have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, you shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
39 Propterea ecce ego tollam vos portans, et derelinquam vos, et civitatem, quam dedi vobis, et patribus vestris a facie mea.
therefore, behold, I [will] seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.
40 Et dabo vos in opprobrium sempiternum, et in ignominiam æternam, quæ numquam oblivione delebitur.
And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten.
