Baruch 4

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 “ ‘This is the book of the commandments of God and of the law, which exists in eternity. All those who keep it will attain to life, but those who have forsaken it, to death.	1 Hic liber mandatorum Dei, et lex quæ est in æternum : omnes qui tenent eam pervenient ad vitam : qui autem dereliquerunt eam, in mortem.
2 Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light.	2 Convertere, Jacob, et apprehende eam : ambula per viam ad splendorem ejus contra lumen ejus.
3 Do not surrender your glory to another, nor your value to a foreign people.	3 Ne tradas alteri gloriam tuam, et dignitatem tuam genti alienæ.
4 We have been happy, O Israel, because the things that are pleasing to God have been made clear to us.	4 Beati sumus, Israël, quia quæ Deo placent manifesta sunt nobis.
5 Be ever more peaceful in soul, O people of God, the memorial of Israel.	5 Animæquior esto, populus Dei, memorabilis Israël :
6 You have been sold to the nations, not into destruction, but because of this, in resentment, you provoked God to wrath, and so you have been delivered to adversity.	6 venundati estis gentibus non in perditionem : sed propter quod in ira ad iracundiam provocastis Deum, traditi estis adversariis.
7 For you have exasperated him who made you, the eternal God, by sacrificing to evil spirits, and not to God.	7 Exacerbastis enim eum qui fecit vos, Deum æternum, immolantes dæmoniis, et non Deo.
8 For you have forgotten God, who nurtured you, and you have saddened Jerusalem, your nurse.	8 Obliti enim estis Deum qui nutrivit vos, et contristastis nutricem vestram Jerusalem.
9 For she saw the wrath of God approaching you, and she said, “Listen, region of Zion, for God has brought upon me great sorrow.	9 Vidit enim iracundiam a Deo venientem vobis, et dixit : Audite, confines Sion : adduxit enim mihi Deus luctum magnum.
10 For I have seen the captivity of my people, my sons and daughters, which the Eternal has led over them.	10 Vidi enim captivitatem populi mei, filiorum meorum et filiarum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.
11 For I nurtured them with joy, but I sent them away with weeping and sorrow.	11 Nutrivi enim illos cum jucunditate ; dimisi autem illos cum fletu et luctu.
12 Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and a desolation, for I am forsaken by many because of the sins of my sons, because they strayed from the law of God.	12 Nemo gaudeat super me viduam et desolatam : a multis derelicta sum propter peccata filiorum meorum, quia declinaverunt a lege Dei.
13 And they have not known his righteousness, nor walked in the ways of the commandments of God, nor have they advanced with justice along the paths of his truth.	13 Justitias autem ipsius nescierunt, nec ambulaverunt per vias mandatorum Dei, neque per semitas veritatis ejus cum justitia ingressi sunt.
14 Let the region of Zion approach, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal led over them.	14 Veniant confines Sion, et memorentur captivitatem filiorum et filiarum mearum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.
15 For he has brought a far away people upon them, a guilty people, and of another language,	15 Adduxit enim super illos gentem de longinquo, gentem improbam, et alterius linguæ,
16 who have not reverenced the aged, nor had mercy on the children, and who have led away the beloved of the widow, leaving me deserted and alone, without sons.	16 qui non sunt reveriti senem, neque puerorum miserti sunt, et abduxerunt dilectos viduæ, et a filiis unicam desolaverunt.
17 But as for me, how am I able to help you?	17 Ego autem, quid possum adjuvare vos ?
18 For he who has brought these evils upon you, will rescue you from the hands of your enemies.	18 qui enim adduxit super vos mala, ipse vos eripiet de manibus inimicorum vestrorum.
19 Walk on, sons, walk on, for I have been abandoned and I am alone.	19 Ambulate, filii, ambulate : ego enim derelicta sum sola.
20 I have taken off the garment of peace and have put on the sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry out to the most High in my days.	20 Exui me stola pacis, indui autem me sacco obsecrationis, et clamabo ad Altissimum in diebus meis.
21 Be ever more peaceful, sons. Cry out to the Lord, and he will rescue you from the hand of the hostile leaders.	21 Animæquiores estote, filii ; clamate ad Dominum, et eripiet vos de manu principum inimicorum.
22 For I have placed my hope in your eternal salvation, and joy approaches me from the Holy One, over the mercy which will come to you by our eternal salvation.	22 Ego enim speravi in æternum salutem vestram, et venit mihi gaudium a Sancto, super misericordia quæ veniet vobis ab æterno salutari nostro.
23 For I sent you forth with sorrow and weeping, but the Lord will restore you to me with joy and gladness for eternity.	23 Emisi enim vos cum luctu et ploratu : reducet autem vos mihi Dominus cum gaudio et jucunditate in sempiternum.
24 For just as the neighbors of Zion have seen your captivity from God, so also will they soon see your salvation from God, which will overcome you with great honor and eternal splendor.	24 Sicut enim viderunt vicinæ Sion captivitatem vestram a Deo, sic videbunt et in celeritate salutem vestram a Deo, quæ superveniet vobis cum honore magno et splendore æterno.
25 Sons, endure patiently the wrath that has come upon you, for your enemy has persecuted you, but you will quickly see his destruction and you will climb over his neck.	25 Filii, patienter sustinete iram quæ supervenit vobis : persecutus est enim te inimicus tuus : sed cito videbis perditionem ipsius, et super cervices ipsius ascendes.
26 My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were regarded as a flock torn apart by enemies.	26 Delicati mei ambulaverunt vias asperas : ducti sunt enim ut grex direptus ab inimicis.
27 Be ever more peaceful in soul, sons, and call out to the Lord, for you will be remembered by him who led you away.	27 Animæquiores estote, filii, et proclamate ad Dominum : erit enim memoria vestra ab eo qui duxit vos.
28 For as much as you thought to go astray from God, ten times as much again he will require of you when converting.	28 Sicut enim fuit sensus vester ut erraretis a Deo, decies tantum iterum convertentes requiretis eum :
29 For he who led you into evil, he himself will again lead you to eternal happiness with your salvation.”	29 qui enim induxit vobis mala, ipse rursum adducet vobis sempiternam jucunditatem cum salute vestra.
30 Be ever more peaceful in soul, Jerusalem, for he who has named you, has been affected by you.	30 Animæquior esto, Jerusalem : exhortatur enim te, qui te nominavit.
31 The criminals who have troubled you, will perish, and those who rejoiced in your ruin, will be punished.	31 Nocentes peribunt, qui te vexaverunt : et qui gratulati sunt in tua ruina, punientur.
32 The cities that your sons have served, will be punished, and also, she who received your sons.	32 Civitates quibus servierunt filii tui, punientur, et quæ accepit filios tuos.
33 For just as she was glad at your ruin, and she rejoiced in your fall, so also will she be grieved in her own desolation,	33 Sicut enim gavisa est in tua ruina, et lætata est in casu tuo, sic contristabitur in sua desolatione,
34 and the exaltation of her multitude will be cut off, and her gladness will be turned to sorrow.	34 et amputabitur exsultatio multitudinis ejus, et gaudimonium ejus erit in luctum.
35 For fire will overcome her from the Eternal for many days, and she will be inhabited by evil spirits for a long time.	35 Ignis enim superveniet ei ab Æterno in longiturnis diebus, et habitabitur a dæmoniis in multitudine temporis.
36 Look around, Jerusalem, towards the east, and see the happiness that comes to you from God.	36 Circumspice, Jerusalem, ad orientem, et vide jucunditatem a Deo tibi venientem.
37 For behold, your sons approach, whom you sent away scattered. They approach, gathering together, from the east all the way to the west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the honor of God.	37 Ecce enim veniunt filii tui, quos dimisisti dispersos : veniunt collecti ab oriente usque ad occidentem, in verbo Sancti, gaudentes in honorem Dei.