Jeremiæ 6

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Confortamini, filii Benjamin, in medio Jerusalem : et in Thecua clangite buccina, et super Bethacarem levate vexillum, quia malum visum est ab aquilone, et contritio magna.	1 “O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction.
2 Speciosæ et delicatæ assimilavi filiam Sion.	2 I have compared the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman.
3 Ad eam venient pastores et greges eorum ; fixerunt in ea tentoria in circuitu : pascet unusquisque eos qui sub manu sua sunt.	3 The pastors will come to her with their flocks. They have pitched their tents against her all around. Each one will feed those who are under his hand.
4 Sanctificate super eam bellum : consurgite, et ascendamus in meridie : væ nobis, quia declinavit dies ; quia longiores factæ sunt umbræ vesperi !	4 ‘Sanctify a war against her! Rise up together, and let us ascend at midday.’ ‘Woe to us! For the day has declined; for the shadows of the evening have grown longer.’
5 Surgite, et ascendamus in nocte, et dissipemus domus ejus.	5 ‘Rise up, and let us ascend in the night, and let us destroy her houses.’ ”
6 Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Cædite lignum ejus, et fundite circa Jerusalem aggerem. Hæc est civitas visitationis : omnis calumnia in medio ejus.	6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “Cut down her trees, and build a rampart around Jerusalem. This is the city of visitation! Every kind of false claim is in her midst.
7 Sicut frigidam fecit cisterna aquam suam, sic frigidam fecit malitiam suam. Iniquitas et vastitas audietur in ea, coram me semper infirmitas et plaga.	7 Just as a cistern makes its water cold, so has she made her wickedness cold. Iniquity and devastation will be heard in her; sickness and wounds will be ever before me.
8 Erudire, Jerusalem, ne forte recedat anima mea a te ; ne forte ponam te desertam, terram inhabitabilem.	8 O Jerusalem, accept instruction, lest perhaps my soul may withdraw from you; lest perhaps I may set you in a desert, in an uninhabitable land.”
9 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Usque ad racemum colligent quasi in vinea reliquias Israël. Converte manum tuam quasi vindemiator ad cartallum.	9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “They will gather the remnant of Israel, even as a single cluster of grapes is gathered from a vine. Direct your hand, as a grape-gatherer directs his hand to the basket.
10 Cui loquar, et quem contestabor ut audiat ? ecce incircumcisæ aures eorum, et audire non possunt : ecce verbum Domini factum est eis in opprobrium, et non suscipient illud.	10 To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it.
11 Idcirco furore Domini plenus sum ; laboravi sustinens. Effunde super parvulum foris, et super consilium juvenum simul : vir enim cum muliere capietur ; senex cum pleno dierum.	11 For this reason, I have been filled with the fury of the Lord. I labor to bear it. Let it be poured out upon the child outside, or upon a group of young men meeting together. For a man will be taken captive with a woman, an elder will be taken captive with one who is full of days.
12 Et transibunt domus eorum ad alteros, agri et uxores pariter, quia extendam manum meam super habitantes terram, dicit Dominus :	12 And their houses will be given over to others, with both their lands and their wives. For I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord.
13 a minore quippe usque ad majorem omnes avaritiæ student, et a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt dolum.	13 Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.
14 Et curabant contritionem filiæ populi mei cum ignominia, dicentes : Pax, pax ! et non erat pax.	14 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace.
15 Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt : quin potius confusione non sunt confusi, et erubescere nescierunt. Quam ob rem cadent inter ruentes : in tempore visitationis suæ corruent, dicit Dominus.	15 They were confounded, because they committed an abomination. Or rather, they were not confounded with shame, because they did not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among those who are being destroyed. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.”
16 Hæc dicit Dominus : State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de semitis antiquis quæ sit via bona, et ambulate in ea : et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris. Et dixerunt : Non ambulabimus.	16 Thus says the Lord: “Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: ‘We will not walk.’
17 Et constitui super vos speculatores : Audite vocem tubæ. Et dixerunt : Non audiemus.	17 And I appointed watchers over you, saying: ‘Listen for the sound of the trumpet.’ And they said: ‘We will not listen.’
18 Ideo audite, gentes, et cognosce, congregatio, quanta ego faciam eis.	18 For this reason, hear, O Gentiles, and know, O congregation, how much I will do to them.
19 Audi, terra : ecce ego adducam mala super populum istum, fructum cogitationum ejus : quia verba mea non audierunt, et legem meam projecerunt.	19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will lead evils over this people, as the fruits of their own thoughts. For they have not listened to my words, and they have cast aside my law.
20 Ut quid mihi thus de Saba affertis, et calamum suave olentem de terra longinqua ? Holocautomata vestra non sunt accepta, et victimæ vestræ non placuerunt mihi.	20 For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
21 Propterea hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego dabo in populum istum ruinas : et ruent in eis patres et filii simul ; vicinus et proximus peribunt.	21 Therefore, thus says the Lord: “Behold I will bring this people to utter ruin, and they will fall, with their fathers and sons; neighbor and relative will perish together.”
22 Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce populus venit de terra aquilonis, et gens magna consurget a finibus terræ.	22 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth.
23 Sagittam et scutum arripiet : crudelis est et non miserebitur. Vox ejus quasi mare sonabit : et super equos ascendent, præparati quasi vir ad prælium adversum te, filia Sion.	23 They will take hold of arrow and shield. They are cruel, and they will not take pity. Their voice will roar like the ocean. And they will climb upon horses, for they have been prepared like men for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion.
24 Audivimus famam ejus ; dissolutæ sunt manus nostræ : tribulatio apprehendit nos, dolores ut parturientem.	24 ‘We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.’
25 Nolite exire ad agros, et in via ne ambuletis, quoniam gladius inimici, pavor in circuitu.	25 Do not choose to go out into the fields, and you should not walk along the roadway. For the sword and the terror of the enemy is on every side.
26 Filia populi mei, accingere cilicio, et conspergere cinere : luctum unigeniti fac tibi, planctum amarum, quia repente veniet vastator super nos.	26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’
27 Probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum : et scies, et probabis viam eorum.	27 I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way.
28 Omnes isti principes declinantes, ambulantes fraudulenter, æs et ferrum : universi corrupti sunt.	28 All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.
29 Defecit sufflatorium ; in igne consumptum est plumbum : frustra conflavit conflator, malitiæ enim eorum non sunt consumptæ.	29 The bellows has failed; the lead has been consumed by fire; the molten metal was melted to no purpose. For their wickedness has not been consumed.
30 Argentum reprobum vocate eos, quia Dominus projecit illos.	30 Call them: ‘Rejected silver.’ For the Lord has cast them aside.”