Jeremiæ 9

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Quis dabit mihi in solitudine deversorium viatorum, et de relinquam populum meum et recedam ab eis? Quia omnes adulteri sunt, coetus praevaricatorum.	1 O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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 O that I had in the desert a wayfarers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
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 They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.
4 et vir fratrem suum decipit, et veritatem non loquuntur; docuerunt enim linguam suam loqui mendacium, inique egerunt, noluerunt converti.	4 Let every one beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother; for every brother is a supplanter, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
5 Iniuria super iniuriam, dolus super dolum. Renuerunt scire me ”, dicit Dominus.	5 Every one deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.
6 Propterea haec dicit Dominus exercituum: “ Ecce ego conflabo et probabo eos; quid enim aliud faciam filiae populi mei?	6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, says the LORD.
7 Sagitta vulnerans lingua eorum; dolum locuta est in ore suo: pacem cum amico suo loquitur et occulte ponit ei insidias.	7 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?
8 Numquid super his non visitabo eos, dicit Dominus, aut in gente huiusmodi non ulciscetur anima mea? ”.	8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
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 Shall I not punish them for these things? says the LORD; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
10 “ Et dabo Ierusalem in acervos arenae et cubilia thoum, et civitates Iudae dabo in desolationem, eo quod non sit habitator ”.	10 "Take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
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 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."
12 Et dixit Dominus: “ Quia dereliquerunt legem meam, quam dedi eis, et nonaudierunt vocem meam et non ambulaverunt in ea;	12 Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13 et abierunt post pravitatemcordis sui et post Baalim, quos didicerunt a patribus suis ”.	13 And the LORD says: "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accord with it,
14 Idcirco haecdicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: “ Ecce ego cibabo populum istumabsinthio et potum dabo eis aquam fellis;	14 but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
15 et dispergam eos in gentibus, quasnon noverunt ipsi et patres eorum, et mittam post eos gladium, donecconsumantur.	15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them poisonous water to drink.
16 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Attendite et vocate lamentatrices, et veniant; et ad eas, quae sapientes sunt, mittite, et properent! ”.	16 I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them."
17 Festinent et assumant super nos lamentum: deducant oculi nostri lacrimas, et palpebrae nostrae defluant aquis.	17 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilful women to come;
18 Quia vox lamentationis audita est de Sion: “ Quomodo vastati sumus et confusi vehementer, quia dereliquimus terram, quoniam deiecta sunt tabernacula nostra ”.	18 let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush with water.
19 Audite ergo, mulieres, verbum Domini; et assumant aures vestrae sermonem oris eius, et docete filias vestras lamentum, et unaquaeque proximam suam planctum.	19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: 'How we are ruined! We are utterly shamed, because we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'"
20 Quia ascendit mors per fenestras nostras, ingressa est domos nostras, disperdere parvulos deforis, iuvenes de plateis.	20 Hear, O women, the word of the LORD, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbor a dirge.
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 For death has come up into our windows, it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.
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 Speak, "Thus says the LORD: 'The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.'"
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 Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24 Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et visitabo super omnem, qui circumcisumhabet praeputium,	24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the LORD."
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 "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised--
	26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert that cut the corners of their hair; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart."