Baruc 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et statuit Dominus verbum suum, quod locutus est super nos et superiudices nostros, qui iudicabant Israel, et super reges nostros et superprincipes nostros et super omnem hominem Israel et Iudae,	1 "And the LORD fulfilled the warning he had uttered against us: against our judges, who governed Israel, against our kings and princes, and against the men of Israel and Judah.
2 ut induceret supernos mala magna, quae non sunt facta sub omni caelo, secundum quae fecit inIerusalem, secundum ea quae scripta sunt in lege Moysi,	2 He brought down upon us evils so great that there has not been done anywhere under heaven what has been done in Jerusalem, as was written in the law of Moses:
3 comedere nosunumquemque carnes filii sui et unumquemque carnes filiae suae.	3 that one after another of us should eat the flesh of his son or of his daughter.
4 Et dedit illossubditos omnibus regnis, quae in circuitu nostro sunt, in opprobrium et indesolationem in omnibus populis, qui in circuitu nostro sunt, quo dispersitillos Dominus,	4 He has made us subject to all the kingdoms round about us, a reproach and a horror among all the nations round about to which the LORD has scattered us.
5 et facti sunt subtus et non supra, quia peccavimus Deo nostronon oboediendo voci eius.	5 We are brought low, not raised up, because we sinned against the LORD, our God, not heeding his voice.
6 Domino Deo nostro iustitia, nobis autem et patribusnostris confusio faciei, sicut hic dies;	6 "Justice is with the LORD, our God; and we, like our fathers, are flushed with shame even today.
7 quae locutus est Dominus super nos,omnia mala haec venerunt super nos,	7 All the evils of which the LORD had warned us have come upon us:
8 et non sumus deprecati faciem Domini, utaverteremur unusquisque a cogitationibus cordis nostri pessimi.	8 and we did not plead before the LORD, or turn, each from the figments of his evil heart.
9 Et vigilavitDominus super mala et induxit ea super nos, quia iustus est Dominus in omnibusoperibus suis, quae mandavit nobis.	9 And the LORD kept watch over the evils, and brought them home to us; for the LORD is just in all the works he commanded us to do,
10 Et non oboedivimus voci eius, utambularemus in praeceptis Domini, quae dedit ante faciem nostram.	10 but we did not heed his voice, or follow the precepts of the LORD which he set before us.
11 Et nunc, Domine, Deus Israel, qui eduxisti populum tuum de terra Aegypti inmanu valida, in signis et portentis et in virtute magna et in brachio excelso etfecisti tibi nomen, sicut hic dies,	11 "And now, LORD, God of Israel, you who led your people out of the land of Egypt with your mighty hand, with signs and wonders and great might, and with your upraised arm, so that you have made for yourself a name till the present day:
12 peccavimus, impie fecimus, inique egimus,Domine Deus noster, in omnibus iustificationibus tuis.	12 we have sinned, been impious, and violated, O LORD, our God, all your statutes.
13 Avertatur ira tua anobis, quia derelicti sumus pauci in gentibus, quo dispersisti nos.	13 Let your anger be withdrawn from us, for we are left few in number among the nations to which you scattered us.
14 Exaudi,Domine, orationem nostram et deprecationem nostram et eripe nos propter te et danobis gratiam ante faciem eorum, qui nos abduxerunt,	14 Hear, O LORD, our prayer of supplication, and deliver us for your own sake: grant us favor in the presence of our captors,
15 ut sciat omnis terraquia tu es Dominus Deus noster, et quia nomen tuum invocatum est super Israel etsuper genus eius.	15 that the whole earth may know that you are the LORD, our God, and that Israel and his descendants bear your name.
16 Domine, prospice de domo sancta tua et attende in nos;inclina, Domine, aurem tuam et audi.	16 O LORD, look down from your holy dwelling and take thought of us; turn, O LORD, your ear to hear us.
17 Aperi, Domine, oculos tuos et vide, quianon mortui, qui in inferno sunt, quorum spiritus ablatus est a visceribus eorum,dabunt gloriam et iustificationem Domino,	17 Look directly at us, and behold: it is not the dead in the nether world, whose spirits have been taken from within them, who will give glory and vindication to the LORD.
18 sed anima, quae tristis est supermagnitudinem, quae incedit curva et infirma, et oculi deficientes et animaesuriens dabunt tibi gloriam et iustitiam, Domine.	18 He whose soul is deeply grieved, who walks bowed and feeble, with failing eyes and famished soul, will declare your glory and justice, LORD!
19 Quia non iniustificationibus patrum nostrorum et regum nostrorum nos prosternimus precesnostras ante faciem tuam, Domine Deus noster;	19 "Not on the just deeds of our fathers and our kings do we base our plea for mercy in your sight, O LORD, our God.
20 quia immisisti indignationemtuam et iram tuam super nos, sicut locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorumprophetarum dicens:	20 You have brought your wrath and anger down upon us, as you had warned us through your servants the prophets:
21 “Sic dicit Dominus: Inclinate umerum vestrum et serviteregi Babylonis et sedebitis super terram, quam dedi patribus vestris.	21 'Thus says the LORD: Bend your shoulders to the service of the king of Babylon, that you may continue in the land I gave your fathers:
22 Et sinon audieritis vocem Domini, ut serviatis regi Babylonis, deficere faciam acivitatibus Iudae et a plateis Ierusalem	22 for if you do not hear the LORD'S voice so as to serve the king of Babylon,
23 vocem laetitiae et vocemiucunditatis et vocem sponsi et vocem sponsae, et erit omnis terra sine vestigioab inhabitantibus”.	23 I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem The sounds of joy and the sounds of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; And all the land shall be deserted, without inhabitants.'
24 Et non audivimus vocem tuam, ut serviremus regiBabylonis; et statuisti verba tua, quae locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorumprophetarum, ut eicerentur ossa regum nostrorum et ossa patrum nostrorum de locosuo;	24 But we did not heed your voice, or serve the king of Babylon, and you fulfilled the threats you had made through your servants the prophets, to have the bones of our kings and the bones of our fathers brought out from their burial places.
25 et ecce sunt proiecta in calore diei et in gelu noctis, et mortui suntin doloribus malis, in fame et in gladio et in peste.	25 And indeed, they lie exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night. They died in dire anguish, by hunger and the sword and plague.
26 Et posuisti domum,super quam invocatum est nomen tuum, sicut hic dies propter malitiam domusIsrael et domus Iudae.	26 And you reduced the house which bears your name to what it is today, for the wickedness of the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah.
27 Et fecisti in nos, Domine Deus noster, secundum omnemmoderationem tuam et secundum omnem miserationem tuam magnam,	27 "But with us, O Lord, our God, you have dealt in all your clemency and in all your great mercy.
28 sicut locutuses in manu pueri tui Moysi in die, quo mandasti ei scribere legem tuam coramfiliis Israel	28 This was your warning through your servant Moses, the day you ordered him to write down your law in the presence of the Israelites:
29 dicens: “Si non audieritis vocem meam, profecto turba haecmagna et multa convertetur in parvam inter gentes, quo eos dispergam;	29 If you do not heed my voice, surely this great and numerous throng will dwindle away among the nations to which I will scatter them.
30 quiascivi quod me non audient, quia populus est dura cervice. Et convertentur ad corsuum in terra captivitatis suae	30 For I know they will not heed me, because they are a stiff-necked people. But in the land of their captivity they shall have a change of heart;
31 et scient quia ego Dominus Deus illorum, etdabo illis cor intellegens et aures audientes,	31 they shall know that I, the LORD, am their God. I will give them hearts, and heedful ears;
32 et laudabunt me in terracaptivitatis suae et memores erunt nominis mei;	32 and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall invoke my name.
33 et avertent se a dorso suoduro et a nequissimis adinventionibus suis, quia memores erunt viae patrumsuorum, qui peccaverunt coram Domino.	33 Then they shall turn back from their stiff-necked stubbornness, and from their evil deeds, because they shall remember the fate of their fathers who sinned against the LORD.
34 Et convertam eos in terram, quam iuravipatribus eorum, Abraham, Isaac et Iacob; et possidebunt eam et multiplicabo eos,et non minorabuntur;	34 And I will bring them back to the land which with my oath I promised to their fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and they shall rule it. I will make them increase; they shall not then diminish.
35 et statuam illis testamentum aeternum, ut sim illis inDeum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum, et ultra iam non movebo populum meum Israela terra, quam dedi illis”. 35 And I will establish for them, as an eternal covenant, that I will be their God, and they shall be my people; and I will not again remove my people Israel from the land I gave them.