Jeremiæ 47

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Quod factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam prophe tam contra Philisthim,antequam percuteret pharao Gazam.	1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
2 Haec dicit Dominus: “ Ecce, aquae ascendunt ab aquilone et erunt quasi torrens inundans et operient terram et plenitudinem eius, urbem et habitatores eius. Clamabunt homines, et ululabunt omnes habitatores terrae	2 'Yahweh says this: Look, the waters are rising from the north to become an overwhelming flood,overwhelming the country and all in it, the town and its inhabitants! People cry for help, and there is wailing fromal the country's inhabitants
3 a strepitu ungularum fortium equorum eius, a commotione quadrigarum eius et tumultu rotarum illius; non respexerunt patres filios, manibus dissolutis,	3 at the thunder of his chargers' hoofs, the crash of his chariots, the grinding of his wheels. Fathers forgetabout their children, their hands fal limp
4 pro adventu diei, in quo vastabuntur omnes Philisthim, et dissipabitur Tyro et Sidoni omnis superstes auxiliator: depopulatus est enim Dominus Philisthim, reliquias insulae Caphtor.	4 because the day has come for all the Philistines to be destroyed, for Tyre and Sidon to be stripped tothe last of their al ies. Yes, Yahweh is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the Isle of Caphtor.
5 Venit calvitium super Gazam, conticuit Ascalon; reliquiae Enacim, usquequo incidetis vos?	5 Baldness has befallen Gaza, Ashkelon has been reduced to silence. You who remain in the val ey, howlong wil you gash yourselves?
6 O mucro Domini, usquequo non quiesces? Ingredere in vaginam tuam, refrigerare et sile.	6 Oh, sword of Yahweh, how long before you rest? Back into your scabbard, stop, keep stil !
7 Quomodo quiescet, cum Dominus praeceperit ei adversus Ascalonem et adversus maritimas regiones ibique condixerit illi? ”.	7 Yet how can it rest when Yahweh has given it an order, Ashkelon and the sea coast, the targetsassigned to it?