Geremia 9

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Quis dabit mihi in solitudine deversorium viatorum, et de relinquam populum meum et recedam ab eis? Quia omnes adulteri sunt, coetus praevaricatorum.	1 Who wil find me a wayfarer's shelter in the desert, for me to quit my people, and leave them far behind?For al of them are adulterers, a conspiracy of traitors.
2 “ Et tenderunt linguam suam quasi arcum; mendacium, et non veritas, invaluit in terra, quia de malo ad malum egressi sunt et me non cognoverunt, dicit Dominus.	2 They bend their tongues like a bow; not truth but falsehood holds sway in the land; yes, they go fromcrime to crime, but me they do not know, Yahweh declares.
3 Unusquisque se a proximo suo custodiat et in omni fratre suo non habeat fiduciam, quia omnis frater supplantat, et omnis amicus fraudulenter incedit,	3 Let each be on his guard against his friend; do not trust a brother, for every brother aims but to supplant,and every friend is a peddler of slander.
4 et vir fratrem suum decipit, et veritatem non loquuntur; docuerunt enim linguam suam loqui mendacium, inique egerunt, noluerunt converti.	4 Each one cheats his friend, never tel ing the truth; they have trained their tongues to lie and devote altheir energies to doing wrong.
5 Iniuria super iniuriam, dolus super dolum. Renuerunt scire me ”, dicit Dominus.	5 You live in a world of bad faith! Out of bad faith, they refuse to know me, Yahweh declares.
6 Propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum: “ Ecce ego conflabo et probabo eos; quid enim aliud faciam filiae populi mei?	6 And, so, Yahweh Sabaoth declares, now I shal purge them and test them, no other way to treat thedaughter of my people!
7 Sagitta vulnerans lingua eorum; dolum locuta est in ore suo: pacem cum amico suo loquitur et occulte ponit ei insidias.	7 Their tongue is a deadly arrow, their words are in bad faith; with his mouth each wishes his neighbourpeace, while in his heart plotting a trap for him.
8 Numquid super his non visitabo eos, dicit Dominus, aut in gente huiusmodi non ulciscetur anima mea? ”.	8 Shal I fail to punish them for this, Yahweh demands, or on such a nation fail to exact vengeance?
9 Super montes assumam fletum ac lamentum et super pascua deserti planctum, quoniam incensa sunt, eo quod non sit vir pertransiens, et non audiunt vocem gregis; a volucre caeli usque ad pecora transmigraverunt, recesserunt.	9 I raise the wail and lament for the mountains, the dirge for the desert pastures, for they have been burnt:no one passes there, the sound of flocks is heard no more. Birds of the sky and animals, al have fled, al aregone.
10 “ Et dabo Ierusalem in acervos arenae et cubilia thoum, et civitates Iudae dabo in desolationem, eo quod non sit habitator ”.	10 I shal make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair for jackals, and the towns of Judah an uninhabitedwasteland.
11 Quis est vir sapiens, qui intellegat hoc, et ad quem verbum oris Domini fiat, ut annuntiet istud: Quare perierit terra, exusta sit quasi desertum, eo quod non sit qui pertranseat?	11 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has Yahweh's mouth spoken to explain it? Why isthe country annihilated, burnt like the desert where no one passes?
12 Et dixit Dominus: “ Quia dereliquerunt legem meam, quam dedi eis, et nonaudierunt vocem meam et non ambulaverunt in ea;	12 Yahweh says, 'This is because they have forsaken my Law which I gave them and have not listened tomy voice or fol owed it,
13 et abierunt post pravitatemcordis sui et post Baalim, quos didicerunt a patribus suis ”.	13 but have followed their own stubborn hearts, have fol owed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.'
14 Idcirco haecdicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: “ Ecce ego cibabo populum istumabsinthio et potum dabo eis aquam fellis;	14 So Yahweh Sabaoth, the God of Israel, says this, 'Now I shal give this people wormwood to eat andpoisoned water to drink.
15 et dispergam eos in gentibus, quasnon noverunt ipsi et patres eorum, et mittam post eos gladium, donecconsumantur.	15 I shal scatter them among nations unknown to their ancestors or to them; and I shal pursue them withthe sword until I have annihilated them.'
16 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Attendite et vocate lamentatrices, et veniant; et ad eas, quae sapientes sunt, mittite, et properent! ”.	16 Yahweh Sabaoth says this, 'Prepare to cal for the mourning women! Send for those who are best at it!
17 Festinent et assumant super nos lamentum: deducant oculi nostri lacrimas, et palpebrae nostrae defluant aquis.	17 Let them lose no time in raising the lament over us! Let our eyes rain tears, our eyelids run withweeping!
18 Quia vox lamentationis audita est de Sion: “ Quomodo vastati sumus et confusi vehementer, quia dereliquimus terram, quoniam deiecta sunt tabernacula nostra ”.	18 A lament makes itself heard in Zion, "What ruin is ours, what utter shame! For we must leave thecountry, our homes have been knocked down!" '
19 Audite ergo, mulieres, verbum Domini; et assumant aures vestrae sermonem oris eius, et docete filias vestras lamentum, et unaquaeque proximam suam planctum.	19 Now listen, you women, to Yahweh's word, let your ears take in the word his own mouth speaks. Teachyour daughters how to wail and teach one another this dirge,
20 Quia ascendit mors per fenestras nostras, ingressa est domos nostras, disperdere parvulos deforis, iuvenes de plateis.	20 'Death has climbed in at our windows, and made its way into our palaces; it has cut down the childrenin the street, the young people in the squares-
21 Loquere. Haec dicit Dominus: “ Et cadet morticinum hominis quasi stercus super faciem regionis et quasi manipulus post tergum metentis, et non est qui colligat ”.	21 Speak! Yahweh declares this -- human corpses are strewn like dung in the open field, like sheaves leftby the reaper, with no one to gather them.'
22 Haec dicit Dominus: “ Non glorietur sapiens in sapientia sua, et non glorietur fortis in fortitudine sua, et non glorietur dives in divitiis suis;	22 Yahweh says this, 'Let the sage not boast of wisdom, nor the valiant of valour, nor the wealthy ofriches!
23 sed in hoc glorietur, qui gloriatur: scire et nosse me, quia ego sum Dominus, qui facio misericordiam et iudicium et iustitiam in terra; haec enim placent mihi, ait Dominus.	23 But let anyone who wants to boast, boast of this: of understanding and knowing me. For I am Yahweh,who acts with faithful love, justice, and uprightness on earth; yes, these are what please me,' Yahweh declares.
24 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et visitabo super omnem, qui circumcisumhabet praeputium,	24 'Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shal punish al who are circumcised only in theflesh:
25 super Aegyptum et super Iudam et super Edom et super filiosAmmon et super Moab et super omnes, qui attonsi sunt in comam, habitantes indeserto, quia omnes gentes habent praeputium, omnis autem domus Israelincircumcisi sunt corde ”.	25 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the men with shaven temples who live in thedesert. For al those nations, and the whole House of Israel too, are uncircumcised at heart.'