Jeremiæ 37
1 Et regnavit rex Sedecias filius Iosiæ pro Iechonia filio Ioakim: quem constituit regem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Terra Iuda:
THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS FROM THE LORD, SAYING,
2 Et non obedivit ipse, et servi eius, et populus terræ verbis Domini, quæ locutus est in manu Ieremiæ prophetæ.
Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.
3 Et misit rex Sedecias Iuchal filium Selemiæ, et Sophoniam filium Maasiæ sacerdotem ad Ieremiam prophetam, dicens: Ora pro nobis Dominum Deum nostrum.
For, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, said the Lord: and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall be lords of it.
4 Ieremias autem libere ambulabat in medio populi: non enim miserant eum in custodiam carceris.
AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA;
5 Igitur exercitus Pharaonis egressus est de Ægypto: et audientes Chaldæi, qui obsidebant Ierusalem, huiuscemodi nuntium, recesserunt ab Ierusalem.
Thus said the Lord: You shall hear a sound of fear, [there is] fear, and there is not peace.
6 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam prophetam, dicens:
Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and [ask] concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and [look for] safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; [their] faces are turned to paleness.
7 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Sic dicetis regi Iuda, qui misit vos ad me interrogandum: Ecce exercitus Pharaonis, qui egressus est vobis in auxilium, revertetur in terram suam in Ægyptum.
For that day is great, and there is not such [another]; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.
8 Et redient Chaldæi, et bellabunt contra civitatem hanc: et capient eam, et succendent eam igni.
In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers:
9 Hæc dicit Dominus: Nolite decipere animas vestras, dicentes: Euntes abibunt, et recedent a nobis Chaldæi, quia non abibunt.
but they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king.
10 Sed et si percusseritis omnem exercitum Chaldæorum, qui præliantur adversum vos, et derelicti fuerint ex eis aliqui vulnerati: singuli de tentorio suo consurgent, et incendent civitatem hanc igni.
11 Ergo cum recessisset exercitus Chaldæorum ab Ierusalem propter exercitum Pharaonis,
12 egressus est Ieremias de Ierusalem ut iret in Terram Beniamin, et divideret ibi possessionem in conspectu civium.
Thus says the Lord; I have brought on [you] destruction; your stroke is painful.
13 Cumque pervenisset ad portam Beniamin, erat ibi custos portæ per vices, nomine Ierias, filius Selemiæ filii Hananiæ, et apprehendit Ieremiam prophetam, dicens: Ad Chaldæos profugis.
There is none to judge your cause: you have been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for you.
14 Et respondit Ieremias: Falsum est, non fugio ad Chaldæos. Et non audivit eum: sed comprehendit Ierias Ieremiam, et adduxit eum ad principes.
All your friends have forgotten you; they shall not ask [about you] at all, for I have struck you with he stroke of an enemy, [even] severe correction: your sins have abounded above all your iniquity.
15 Quam ob rem irati principes contra Ieremiam, cæsum eum miserunt in carcerem, qui erat in domo Ionathan scribæ: ipse enim præpositus erat super carcerem.
Your sins have abounded beyond the multitude of your iniquities, [therefore] they have done these things to you. Therefore all that devour you shall be eaten, and all your enemies shall eat all their [own] flesh.
16 Itaque ingressus est Ieremias in domum laci et in ergastulum: et sedit ibi Ieremias diebus multis.
And they that spoil you shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered you.
17 Mittens autem Sedecias rex tulit eum: et interrogavit eum in domo sua abscondite, et dixit: Putasne est sermo a Domino? Et dixit Ieremias: Est. Et ait: In manus regis Babylonis traderis.
For I will bring about your healing, I will heal you of your grievous wound, says the Lord; for you are called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her.
18 Et dixit Ieremias ad regem Sedeciam: Quid peccavi tibi, et servis tuis, et populo tuo, quia misisti me in domum carceris?
Thus said the Lord; Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.
19 Ubi sunt prophetæ vestri, qui prophetabant vobis, et dicebant: Non veniet rex Babylonis super vos, et super terram hanc?
And there shall go forth from them singers, [even] the sound of men making merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not at all be diminished.
20 Nunc ergo audi obsecro domine mi rex: Valeat deprecatio mea in conspectu tuo: et ne me remittas in domum Ionathan scribæ, ne moriar ibi.
And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before me, and I will visit them that afflict them.
21 Præcepit ergo rex Sedecias ut traderetur Ieremias in vestibulo carceris: et daretur ei torta panis quotidie, excepto pulmento, donec consumerentur omnes panes de civitate: et mansit Ieremias in vestibulo carceris.
And their mighty ones shall be over them, and their prince shall proceed of themselves; and I will gather them, and they shall return to me: for who is this that has set his heart to return to me? says the Lord.
For the wrathful anger of the lord has gone forth, [even] a whirlwind of anger has gone forth: it shall come upon the ungodly.
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he shall execute [it], and until he shall establish the purpose of his heart: in the latter days you shall know these things.
