Jeremiæ 8

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In illo tempore, ait Dominus, ejicient ossa regum Juda, et ossa principum ejus, et ossa sacerdotum, et ossa prophetarum, et ossa eorum qui habitaverunt Jerusalem, de sepulchris suis :	1 'When that time comes, Yahweh declares, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its chief men,the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, wil be takenfrom their tombs.
2 et expandent ea ad solem, et lunam, et omnem militiam cæli, quæ dilexerunt, et quibus servierunt, et post quæ ambulaverunt, et quæ quæsierunt, et adoraverunt. Non colligentur, et non sepelientur : in sterquilinium super faciem terræ erunt.	2 They wil be spread out before the sun, the moon, the whole array of heaven, whom they have loved andserved, fol owed, consulted and worshipped. They wil not be gathered or reburied but will be left lying on thesurface like dung.
3 Et eligent magis mortem quam vitam, omnes qui residui fuerint de cognatione hac pessima, in universis locis quæ derelicta sunt, ad quæ ejeci eos, dicit Dominus exercituum.	3 And death will seem preferable to life to al the survivors of this wicked race, wherever I have driventhem, Yahweh Sabaoth declares.
4 Et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus : Numquid qui cadit non resurget ? et qui aversus est non revertetur ?	4 'You are to tel them, "Yahweh says this: If someone fal s, can he not stand up again? If people stray,can they not turn back?
5 Quare ergo aversus est populus iste in Jerusalem aversione contentiosa ? Apprehenderunt mendacium, et noluerunt reverti.	5 Why does this people persist in acts of infidelity, why does Jerusalem persist in continuous infidelity?They cling to il usion, they refuse to turn back.
6 Attendi, et auscultavi : nemo quod bonum est loquitur ; nullus est qui agat pœnitentiam super peccato suo, dicens : Quid feci ? Omnes conversi sunt ad cursum suum, quasi equus impetu vadens ad prælium.	6 I have listened attentively: they have never said anything like that. Not one repents of wickednesssaying: What have I done? Each one keeps returning to the course like a horse charging into battle.
7 Milvus in cælo cognovit tempus suum : turtur, et hirundo, et ciconia custodierunt tempus adventus sui : populus autem meus non cognovit judicium Domini.	7 Even the stork in the sky knows the appropriate season; turtledove, swal ow and crane observe theirtime of migration. But my people do not know Yahweh's laws!" '
8 Quomodo dicitis : Sapientes nos sumus, et lex Domini nobiscum est ? vere mendacium operatus est stylus mendax scribarum !	8 How can you say, 'We are wise, since we have Yahweh's Law?' Look how it has been falsified by thelying pen of the scribes!
9 Confusi sunt sapientes ; perterriti et capti sunt : verbum enim Domini projecerunt, et sapientia nulla est in eis.	9 The wise are put to shame, alarmed, caught out because they have rejected Yahweh's word. What pricetheir wisdom now?
10 Propterea dabo mulieres eorum exteris, agros eorum hæredibus, quia a minimo usque ad maximum omnes avaritiam sequuntur : a propheta usque ad sacerdotem cuncti faciunt mendacium.	10 So I shal give their wives to other men, their fields to new masters, for, from the least to greatest, theyare al greedy for gain; prophet no less than priest, al of them practise fraud.
11 Et sanabant contritionem filiæ populi mei ad ignominiam, dicentes : Pax, pax ! cum non esset pax.	11 Without concern they dress the wound of the daughter of my people, saying, 'Peace! Peace!' whereasthere is no peace.
12 Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt : quinimmo confusione non sunt confusi, et erubescere nescierunt. Idcirco cadent inter corruentes : in tempore visitationis suæ corruent, dicit Dominus.	12 They should be ashamed of their loathsome deeds. Not they! They feel no shame, they do not evenknow how to blush. And so as others fall, they too wil fal , will be thrown down when the time for punishing themcomes, Yahweh says.
13 Congregans congregabo eos, ait Dominus. Non est uva in vitibus, et non sunt ficus in ficulnea : folium defluxit, et dedi eis quæ prætergressa sunt.	13 I shal put an end to them, Yahweh declares, no more grapes on the vine, no more figs on the fig treeonly withered leaves: I have found them people to trample on them!
14 Quare sedemus ? convenite, et ingrediamur civitatem munitam, et sileamus ibi : quia Dominus Deus noster silere nos fecit, et potum dedit nobis aquam fellis : peccavimus enim Domino.	14 Why are we sitting still? Mobilise! Take to the fortified towns and there fall silent, since Yahweh ourGod means to silence us by giving us poisoned water to drink because we have sinned against him.
15 Exspectavimus pacem, et non erat bonum : tempus medelæ, et ecce formido.	15 We are hoping for peace -- no good came of it! For the time of healing -- nothing but terror!
16 A Dan auditus est fremitus equorum ejus ; a voce hinnituum pugnatorum ejus commota est omnis terra : et venerunt, et devoraverunt terram et plenitudinem ejus ; urbem et habitatores ejus.	16 From Dan you can hear the snorting of his horses; at the neighing of his stal ions the whole countryquakes; they are coming to devour the country and its contents, the town and those that live in it.
17 Quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos, quibus non est incantatio : et mordebunt vos, ait Dominus.	17 Yes, now I am sending you poisonous snakes against which no charm exists; and they wil bite you,Yahweh declares.
18 Dolor meus super dolorem, in me cor meum mœrens.	18 Incurable sorrow overtakes me, my heart fails me.
19 Ecce vox clamoris filiæ populi mei de terra longinqua : Numquid Dominus non est in Sion ? aut rex ejus non est in ea ? Quare ergo me ad iracundiam concitaverunt in sculptilibus suis, et in vanitatibus alienis ?	19 Hark, from the daughter of my people the cry for help, ringing far and wide throughout the land! 'IsYahweh no longer in Zion, her King no longer there?' (Why have they provoked me with their idols, with theirfutile foreign gods?)
20 Transiit messis, finita est æstas, et nos salvati non sumus.	20 'Harvest is over, summer at an end, and we have not been saved!'
21 Super contritione filiæ populi mei contritus sum, et contristatus : stupor obtinuit me.	21 The wound of the daughter of my people wounds me too, all looks dark to me, terror grips me.
22 Numquid resina non est in Galaad ? aut medicus non est ibi ? quare igitur non est obducta cicatrix filiæ populi mei ?	22 Is there no balm in Gilead any more? Is no doctor there? Then why is there no progress in the cure ofthe daughter of my people?
	23 Who wil turn my head into a fountain, and my eyes into a spring of tears, that I can weep day and nightover the slain of the daughter of my people?