Jeremiæ 24

1 Ostendit mihi Dominus: et ecce duo calathi pleni ficis, positi ante templum Domini, postquam transtulit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Iechoniam filium Ioakim regem Iuda, et principes eius, et fabrum, et inclusorem, de Ierusalem, et adduxit eos in Babylonem.

Yahweh showed me something. Behold, two baskets of figs were placed before Yahweh's temple. (This vision happened after Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took into exile Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, the officials of Judah, the craftsmen and the metalworkers from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon.)

2 Calathus unus ficus bonas habebat nimis, ut solent ficus esse primi temporis: et calathus unus ficus habebat malas nimis, quæ comedi non poterant eo quod essent malæ.

One basket of figs was very good, like first ripe figs, but the other basket of figs was so very bad that they could not be eaten.

3 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Quid tu vides Ieremia? Et dixi: Ficus, ficus bonas, bonas valde: et malas, malas valde: quæ comedi non possunt, eo quod sint malæ.

Yahweh said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. Figs that are very good and figs that are so very bad they cannot be eaten.”

4 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

5 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Sicut ficus hæ bonæ: sic cognoscam transmigrationem Iuda, quam emisi de loco isto in Terram Chaldæorum, in bonum.

“Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: I will look on the exiles of Judah for their benefit, just like these good figs, the exiles whom I have sent out from this place to the land of Chaldea.

6 Et ponam oculos meos super eos ad placandum, et reducam eos in terram hanc: et ædificabo eos, et non destruam: et plantabo eos, et non evellam.

I will set my eyes on them for good and restore them to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down. I will plant them, and not uproot them.

7 Et dabo eis cor ut sciant me, quia ego sum Dominus: et erunt mihi in populum, et ego ero eis in Deum: quia revertentur ad me in toto corde suo.

Then I will give them a heart to know me, for I am Yahweh. They will be my people and I will be their God, so they will turn to me with all their heart.

8 Et sicut ficus pessimæ, quæ comedi non possunt, eo quod sint malæ: hæc dicit Dominus, sic dabo Sedeciam regem Iuda, et principes eius, et reliquos de Ierusalem, qui remanserunt in urbe hac, et qui habitant in Terra Ægypti.

But like the bad figs that are too bad to be eaten—this is what Yahweh says—I will act in this way with Zedekiah, king of Judah, with his officials, and with the rest of Jerusalem who remain in this land or go to stay in the land of Egypt.

9 Et dabo eos in vexationem, afflictionemque omnibus regnis terræ: in opprobrium, et in parabolam, et in proverbium, et in maledictionem in universis locis, ad quæ eieci eos.

I will turn them into a frightening thing, a disaster, in the sight of all the kingdoms on earth, a disgrace and a subject for proverbs, taunts, and curses in every place where I will have driven them.

10 Et mittam in eis gladium, et famem, et pestem: donec consumantur de terra, quam dedi eis, et patribus eorum.

I will send out sword, famine, and plague against them, until they are destroyed from the land that I gave them and their ancestors.”