Geremia 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens:	1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 “ Vade et clama in auribus Ierusalem dicens: Haec dicit Dominus: Recordatus sum tui, caritatis adulescentiae tuae et amoris desponsationis tuae, quando secuta es me in deserto, in terra, quae non seminatur.	2 'Go and shout this in Jerusalem's ears: 'Yahweh says this: "I remember your faithful love, the affection ofyour bridal days, when you fol owed me through the desert, through a land unsown.
3 Sanctus Domino Israel, primitiae frugum eius; omnes, qui devorabant eum, delinquebant; mala veniebant super eos, dicit Dominus.	3 Israel was sacred to Yahweh; the first-fruits of his harvest; al who ate this incurred guilt, disaster befelthem, Yahweh declares." '
4 Audite verbum Domini, domus Iacob et omnes cognationes domus Israel.	4 Listen to Yahweh's word, House of Jacob and al the families of the House of Israel.
5 Haec dicit Dominus: Quid invenerunt patres vestri in me iniquitatis, quia elongaverunt a me et ambulaverunt post vanitatem et vani facti sunt?	5 Yahweh says this, 'What did your ancestors find wrong in me for them to have deserted me so far as tofol ow Futility and become futile themselves?
6 Et non dixerunt: “Ubi est Dominus, qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Aegypti, qui traduxit nos per desertum, per terram inhabitabilem et inviam, per terram sitis et caliginis, per terram, in qua non ambulavit vir, neque habitavit homo?”.	6 They never said, "Where is Yahweh, who brought us out of Egypt and led us through the desert, througha land of plains and ravines, through a land of drought, of shadow dark as death, a land through which no onepasses and where no human being lives?"
7 Et induxi vos in terram hortorum, ut comederetis fructum eius et optima illius; et ingressi contaminastis terram meam et hereditatem meam posuistis in abominationem.	7 I brought you to a country of plenty, to enjoy its produce and good things; but when you entered youdefiled my country and made my heritage loathsome.
8 Sacerdotes non dixerunt: “Ubi est Dominus?”. Et tractantes legem nescierunt me, et pastores praevaricati sunt in me, et prophetae prophetaverunt in Baal et, quae nihil prosunt, secuti sunt.	8 The priests never asked, "Where is Yahweh?" Those skilled in the Law did not know me, the shepherdstoo rebel ed against me and the prophets prophesied by Baal and fol owed the Useless Ones.
9 Propterea adhuc iudicio contendam vobiscum, ait Dominus, et cum filiis filiorum vestrorum disceptabo.	9 So I must state my case against you once more, Yahweh declares, and state my case against yourchildren's children:
10 En transite ad insulas Cetthim et videte et in Cedar mittite et considerate vehementer et videte, si factum est huiuscemodi:	10 Cross to the isles of the Kittim and look, send to Kedar and careful y observe, see if anything like thishas happened before!
11 si mutavit gens deos, et certe ipsi non sunt dii; populus vero meus mutavit gloriam suam in id, quod nihil prodest.	11 Does a nation change its gods? - and these are not gods at al ! Yet my people have exchanged theirGlory for the Useless One!
12 Obstupescite, caeli, super hoc et inhorrescite supra modum, dicit Dominus.	12 You heavens, stand aghast at this, horrified, utterly appalled, Yahweh declares.
13 Duo enim mala fecit populus meus: me dereliquerunt fontem aquae vivae, ut foderent sibi cisternas, cisternas dissipatas, quae continere non valent aquas.	13 For my people have committed two crimes: they have abandoned me, the fountain of living water, anddug water-tanks for themselves, cracked water-tanks that hold no water.
14 Numquid servus est Israel aut vernaculus? Quare ergo factus est in praedam? Super eum rugierunt leones	14 'Is Israel a slave? Was he born into serfdom, for him to be preyed on like this?
15 et dederunt vocem suam; posuerunt terram eius in solitudinem: civitates eius exustae sunt, et non est qui habitet in eis.	15 Lions have roared at him, they have made their voices heard. They have left this country a desert, histowns lie burnt and uninhabited.
16 Filii quoque Mempheos et Taphnes decalvabunt tibi verticem.	16 The people of Noph and Tahpanhes have shaved your skul !
17 Numquid non istud factum est tibi, quia dereliquisti Dominum Deum tuum eo tempore, quo ducebat te per viam?	17 Have you not brought this on yourself, by abandoning Yahweh your God, when he was guiding you onyour way?
18 Et nunc quid tibi vis in via Aegypti, ut bibas aquam Nili? Et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum, ut bibas aquam Fluminis?	18 What is the good of going to Egypt now to drink the water of the Nile? What is the good of going toAssyria to drink the water of the River?
19 Arguet te malitia tua, et aversio tua increpabit te; scito et vide quia malum et amarum est reliquisse te Dominum Deum tuum et non esse timorem mei apud te, dicit Dominus, Deus exercituum.	19 Your wickedness wil bring its own punishment, your infidelities wil bring you to book, so give thoughtand see how evil and bitter it is to abandon Yahweh your God and not to stand in awe of me, the Lord YahwehSabaoth declares.
20 A saeculo confregisti iugum tuum, rupisti vincula tua et dixisti: “Non serviam”. In omni enim colle sublimi et sub omni ligno frondoso tu prosternebaris meretrix.	20 'It is long ago now since you broke your yoke, burst your bonds and said, "I wil not serve!" Yet on every high hil and under every green tree you have sprawled and played the whore.
21 Ego autem plantavi te vineam electam, omne semen verum; quomodo ergo conversa es in palmites vineae alienae?	21 Yet I had planted you, a red vine of completely sound stock. How is it you have turned into seedlings of a vine that is alien to me?
22 Si laveris te nitro et multiplicaveris tibi herbam fullonum, maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me, dicit Dominus Deus.	22 Even though you scrub yourself with soda and put in quantities of soap, the stain of your guilt would stilbe visible to me, the Lord Yahweh declares.
23 Quomodo dicis: “Non sum polluta, post Baalim non ambulavi”? Vide viam tuam in convalle, scito quid feceris: camelus levis contorquens vias suas.	23 How dare you say, "I am not defiled, I have not run after the Baals?" Look at your behaviour in theVal ey, realise what you have done.
24 Onager assuetus in solitudine in desiderio animae suae attrahit aerem; libidinem eius quis avertet? Omnes, qui quaerunt eam, non deficient, in menstruis eius invenient eam.	24 A wild she-donkey, at home in the desert, snuffing the breeze in desire; who can control her when sheis on heat? Males need not trouble to look for her, they wil find her in her month.
25 Prohibe pedem tuum a nuditate et guttur tuum a siti. Et dixisti: “Vanum est, nequaquam; adamavi quippe alienos et post eos ambulabo”.	25 Beware! Your own foot will go unshod, your own throat grow dry! But you said, "It is no use! No! For Ilove the Strangers and they are the ones I shal fol ow."
26 Quomodo confunditur fur, quando deprehenditur, sic confusi sunt domus Israel, ipsi et reges eorum, principes et sacerdotes et prophetae eorum	26 'Like a thief ashamed at being caught, so wil the House of Israel be: they, their kings, their chief men,their priests and their prophets,
27 dicentes ligno: “Pater meus es tu” et lapidi: “Tu me genuisti”. Verterunt ad me tergum et non faciem, sed in tempore afflictionis suae dicent: “Surge et libera nos!”.	27 who say to a piece of wood, "You are my father," and to a stone, "You gave birth to me." For they turn to me their backs, never their faces; yet when trouble comes they shout, "Get up! Save us!"
28 Ubi sunt dii tui, quos fecisti tibi? Surgant et liberent te in tempore afflictionis tuae; secundum numerum quippe civitatum tuarum facti sunt dii tui, Iuda.	28 Where are your gods you made for yourself? Let them get up if they can save you when trouble comes!For you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah!
29 Quid vultis mecum iudicio contendere? Omnes praevaricati estis in me, dicit Dominus.	29 Why make out a case against me? You have al rebel ed against me, Yahweh declares.
30 Frustra percussi filios vestros: disciplinam non receperunt. Devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros: quasi leo vastator.	30 In vain I have struck your children, they have not accepted correction; your own sword has devouredyour prophets like a marauding lion.
31 O generatio, vos videte verbum Domini: numquid solitudo factus sum Israeli aut terra tenebrarum? Quare ergo dixit populus meus: “Recessimus, non veniemus ultra ad te”?	31 Now you of this generation, listen to what Yahweh says: Have I been a desert for Israel, or a land ofgloom? Why do my people say, "We are our own masters, we wil come to you no more"?
32 Numquid obliviscitur virgo ornamenti sui, sponsa fasciae pectoralis suae? Populus vero meus oblitus est mei diebus innumeris.	32 Does a girl forget her ornaments, a bride her sash? And yet my people have forgotten me, daysbeyond number.
33 Quam bene paras viam tuam ad quaerendum amorem! Et insuper in malum docuisti vias tuas,	33 'How wel you set your course in pursuit of love! And so you have schooled your ways to wicked deeds.
34 et in fimbriis tuis inventus est sanguis animarum pauperum innocentium: non effringentes invenisti eos; sed in omnibus his	34 The very skirts of your robe are stained with the blood of the poor, of innocent men you never caughtbreaking and entering! And in spite of al this,
35 dixisti: “Innocens ego sum, propterea aversus est furor eius a me”. Ecce ego iudicio contendam tecum, eo quod dixeris: “Non peccavi”.	35 you say, "I am innocent, let his anger turn from me!" Now I pass sentence on you for saying, "I have not sinned."
36 Quam leviter mutas vias tuas! Et ab Aegypto confunderis, sicut confusa es ab Assyria.	36 'How frivolously you undertake a change of course! But you will be disappointed by Egypt just as youwere by Assyria.
37 Nam et ab ista egredieris, et manus tuae erunt super caput tuum, quoniam obtrivit Dominus illos, quibus confisus es, et nihil habebis prosperum in eis.	37 You wil have to leave there too with your hands on your head, for Yahweh has rejected those that yourely on, you will come to no good with them.'