Baruch 4

VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Hic liber mandatorum Dei, et lex quæ est in æternum : omnes qui tenent eam pervenient ad vitam : qui autem dereliquerunt eam, in mortem.	1 This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
2 Convertere, Jacob, et apprehende eam : ambula per viam ad splendorem ejus contra lumen ejus.	2 Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
3 Ne tradas alteri gloriam tuam, et dignitatem tuam genti alienæ.	3 Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
4 Beati sumus, Israël, quia quæ Deo placent manifesta sunt nobis.	4 O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.
5 Animæquior esto, populus Dei, memorabilis Israël :	5 Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
6 venundati estis gentibus non in perditionem : sed propter quod in ira ad iracundiam provocastis Deum, traditi estis adversariis.	6 Ye were sold to the nations, not for [your] destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.
7 Exacerbastis enim eum qui fecit vos, Deum æternum, immolantes dæmoniis, et non Deo.	7 For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.
8 Obliti enim estis Deum qui nutrivit vos, et contristastis nutricem vestram Jerusalem.	8 Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.
9 Vidit enim iracundiam a Deo venientem vobis, et dixit : Audite, confines Sion : adduxit enim mihi Deus luctum magnum.	9 For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: God hath brought upon me great mourning;
10 Vidi enim captivitatem populi mei, filiorum meorum et filiarum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.	10 For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
11 Nutrivi enim illos cum jucunditate ; dimisi autem illos cum fletu et luctu.	11 With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
12 Nemo gaudeat super me viduam et desolatam : a multis derelicta sum propter peccata filiorum meorum, quia declinaverunt a lege Dei.	12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.
13 Justitias autem ipsius nescierunt, nec ambulaverunt per vias mandatorum Dei, neque per semitas veritatis ejus cum justitia ingressi sunt.	13 They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
14 Veniant confines Sion, et memorentur captivitatem filiorum et filiarum mearum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.	14 Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.
15 Adduxit enim super illos gentem de longinquo, gentem improbam, et alterius linguæ,	15 For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.
16 qui non sunt reveriti senem, neque puerorum miserti sunt, et abduxerunt dilectos viduæ, et a filiis unicam desolaverunt.	16 These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
17 Ego autem, quid possum adjuvare vos ?	17 But what can I help you?
18 qui enim adduxit super vos mala, ipse vos eripiet de manibus inimicorum vestrorum.	18 For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
19 Ambulate, filii, ambulate : ego enim derelicta sum sola.	19 Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
20 Exui me stola pacis, indui autem me sacco obsecrationis, et clamabo ad Altissimum in diebus meis.	20 I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
21 Animæquiores estote, filii ; clamate ad Dominum, et eripiet vos de manu principum inimicorum.	21 Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
22 Ego enim speravi in æternum salutem vestram, et venit mihi gaudium a Sancto, super misericordia quæ veniet vobis ab æterno salutari nostro.	22 For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.
23 Emisi enim vos cum luctu et ploratu : reducet autem vos mihi Dominus cum gaudio et jucunditate in sempiternum.	23 For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.
24 Sicut enim viderunt vicinæ Sion captivitatem vestram a Deo, sic videbunt et in celeritate salutem vestram a Deo, quæ superveniet vobis cum honore magno et splendore æterno.	24 Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
25 Filii, patienter sustinete iram quæ supervenit vobis : persecutus est enim te inimicus tuus : sed cito videbis perditionem ipsius, et super cervices ipsius ascendes.	25 My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.
26 Delicati mei ambulaverunt vias asperas : ducti sunt enim ut grex direptus ab inimicis.	26 My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.
27 Animæquiores estote, filii, et proclamate ad Dominum : erit enim memoria vestra ab eo qui duxit vos.	27 Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.
28 Sicut enim fuit sensus vester ut erraretis a Deo, decies tantum iterum convertentes requiretis eum :	28 For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
29 qui enim induxit vobis mala, ipse rursum adducet vobis sempiternam jucunditatem cum salute vestra.	29 For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.
30 Animæquior esto, Jerusalem : exhortatur enim te, qui te nominavit.	30 Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.
31 Nocentes peribunt, qui te vexaverunt : et qui gratulati sunt in tua ruina, punientur.	31 Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.
32 Civitates quibus servierunt filii tui, punientur, et quæ accepit filios tuos.	32 Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.
33 Sicut enim gavisa est in tua ruina, et lætata est in casu tuo, sic contristabitur in sua desolatione,	33 For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
34 et amputabitur exsultatio multitudinis ejus, et gaudimonium ejus erit in luctum.	34 For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.
35 Ignis enim superveniet ei ab Æterno in longiturnis diebus, et habitabitur a dæmoniis in multitudine temporis.	35 For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.
36 Circumspice, Jerusalem, ad orientem, et vide jucunditatem a Deo tibi venientem.	36 O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God.
37 Ecce enim veniunt filii tui, quos dimisisti dispersos : veniunt collecti ab oriente usque ad occidentem, in verbo Sancti, gaudentes in honorem Dei.	37 Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.