¹Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Vade,“Go,et accipe lagunculam figuli testeam a senioribus populi et a senioribus sacerdotum,and take a potter’s earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests.

¹Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Vade,“Go,et accipe lagunculam figuli testeam a senioribus populi et a senioribus sacerdotum,and take a potter’s earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests.

²et egredere ad vallem filii Ennom,And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom,quæ est juxta introitum portæ fictilis:which is near the entrance to the earthen gate,et prædicabis ibi verba quæ ego loquar ad te.and there you shall proclaim the words that I will speak to you.

²et egredere ad vallem filii Ennom,And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom,quæ est juxta introitum portæ fictilis:which is near the entrance to the earthen gate,et prædicabis ibi verba quæ ego loquar ad te.and there you shall proclaim the words that I will speak to you.

³Et dices:And you shall say:Audite verbum Domini,Listen to the word of the Lord,reges Juda,O kings of Judah,et habitatores Jerusalem.and you inhabitants of Jerusalem.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Ecce ego inducam afflictionem super locum istum,Behold,ita ut omnis qui audierit illam,I will lead an affliction over this place,tinniant aures ejus,so much so that it will ring in the ears of all who hear about it.

³Et dices:And you shall say:Audite verbum Domini,Listen to the word of the Lord,reges Juda,O kings of Judah,et habitatores Jerusalem.and you inhabitants of Jerusalem.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Ecce ego inducam afflictionem super locum istum,Behold,ita ut omnis qui audierit illam,I will lead an affliction over this place,tinniant aures ejus,so much so that it will ring in the ears of all who hear about it.

⁴eo quod dereliquerint me,For they have abandoned me,et alienum fecerint locum istum,and they have made this place foreign,et libaverunt in eo diis alienis quos nescierunt,and they have offered libations in it to foreign gods,ipsiwhom neither they,et patres eorum,nor their fathers,et reges Juda:nor the kings of Judah have known.et repleverunt locum istum sanguine innocentum,And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

⁴eo quod dereliquerint me,For they have abandoned me,et alienum fecerint locum istum,and they have made this place foreign,et libaverunt in eo diis alienis quos nescierunt,and they have offered libations in it to foreign gods,ipsiwhom neither they,et patres eorum,nor their fathers,et reges Juda:nor the kings of Judah have known.et repleverunt locum istum sanguine innocentum,And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

⁵et ædificaverunt excelsa Baalim,And they have built the exalted places of Baal,ad comburendos filios suos igni in holocaustum Baalim:in order to burn their children with fire as a holocaust to Baal,quæ non præcepi,something that I did not instructnec locutus sum,or speak of,nec ascenderunt in cor meum.nor did it enter into my heart.

⁵et ædificaverunt excelsa Baalim,And they have built the exalted places of Baal,ad comburendos filios suos igni in holocaustum Baalim:in order to burn their children with fire as a holocaust to Baal,quæ non præcepi,something that I did not instructnec locutus sum,or speak of,nec ascenderunt in cor meum.nor did it enter into my heart.

⁶Propterea ecce dies veniunt,Because of this, behold, the days are approaching,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et non vocabitur amplius locus iste Topheth,when this place will no longer be called Topheth,et vallis filii Ennom,or the valley of the son of Hinnom,sed vallis occisionis.but the Valley of Slaughter.

⁶Propterea ecce dies veniunt,Because of this, behold, the days are approaching,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et non vocabitur amplius locus iste Topheth,when this place will no longer be called Topheth,et vallis filii Ennom,or the valley of the son of Hinnom,sed vallis occisionis.but the Valley of Slaughter.

⁷Et dissipabo consilium Juda et Jerusalem in loco isto,And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and of Jerusalem in this place.et subvertam eos gladio in conspectu inimicorum suorum,And I will overthrow them with the sword,et in manu quærentium animas eorum:in the sight of their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives.et dabo cadavera eorum escam volatilibus cæli et bestiis terræ.And I will give their carcasses to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the land as food.

⁷Et dissipabo consilium Juda et Jerusalem in loco isto,And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and of Jerusalem in this place.et subvertam eos gladio in conspectu inimicorum suorum,And I will overthrow them with the sword,et in manu quærentium animas eorum:in the sight of their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives.et dabo cadavera eorum escam volatilibus cæli et bestiis terræ.And I will give their carcasses to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the land as food.

⁸Et ponam civitatem hanc in stuporem,And I will set this city amid stuporet in sibilum:and hissing.omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet,Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied,et sibilabit super universa plaga ejus.and they will hiss over all its wounds.

⁸Et ponam civitatem hanc in stuporem,And I will set this city amid stuporet in sibilum:and hissing.omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet,Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied,et sibilabit super universa plaga ejus.and they will hiss over all its wounds.

⁹Et cibabo eos carnibus filiorum suorum et carnibus filiarum suarum:And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters.et unusquisque carnem amici sui comedet in obsidione,And each one of them will eat the flesh of his friend during the blockade and the embargo by which their enemies,et in angustia in qua concludent eos inimici eorum,and those who seek their lives,et qui quærunt animas eorum.will enclose them.

⁹Et cibabo eos carnibus filiorum suorum et carnibus filiarum suarum:And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters.et unusquisque carnem amici sui comedet in obsidione,And each one of them will eat the flesh of his friend during the blockade and the embargo by which their enemies,et in angustia in qua concludent eos inimici eorum,and those who seek their lives,et qui quærunt animas eorum.will enclose them.

¹⁰Et conteres lagunculam in oculis virorum qui ibunt tecum,And you shall crush the bottle in the sight of the men who will go with you.

¹⁰Et conteres lagunculam in oculis virorum qui ibunt tecum,And you shall crush the bottle in the sight of the men who will go with you.

¹¹et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum:And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts:Sic conteram populum istum, et civitatem istam,In the same way, I will crush this people and this city,sicut conteritur vas figuli, quod non potest ultra instaurari:just as the potter’s vessel was crushed and cannot be made whole again.et in Topheth sepelientur,And they will be buried at Topheth,eo quod non sit alius locus ad sepeliendum.because there will be no other place for burial.

¹¹et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum:And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts:Sic conteram populum istum, et civitatem istam,In the same way, I will crush this people and this city,sicut conteritur vas figuli, quod non potest ultra instaurari:just as the potter’s vessel was crushed and cannot be made whole again.et in Topheth sepelientur,And they will be buried at Topheth,eo quod non sit alius locus ad sepeliendum.because there will be no other place for burial.

¹²Sic faciam loco huic,So will I do to this placeait Dominus,and to its inhabitants,et habitatoribus ejus,says the Lord.et ponam civitatem istam sicut Topheth.And I will make this city to be like Topheth.

¹²Sic faciam loco huic,So will I do to this placeait Dominus,and to its inhabitants,et habitatoribus ejus,says the Lord.et ponam civitatem istam sicut Topheth.And I will make this city to be like Topheth.

¹³Et erunt domus Jerusalem, et domus regum Juda,And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be unclean,sicut locus Topheth, immundæ,just like the place of Topheth:omnes domus in quarum domatibus sacrificaverunt omni militiæ cæli, et libaverunt libamina diis alienis.all the houses on whose roofs they sacrificed to all the armies of heaven and poured out libations to strange gods.”

¹³Et erunt domus Jerusalem, et domus regum Juda,And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be unclean,sicut locus Topheth, immundæ,just like the place of Topheth:omnes domus in quarum domatibus sacrificaverunt omni militiæ cæli, et libaverunt libamina diis alienis.all the houses on whose roofs they sacrificed to all the armies of heaven and poured out libations to strange gods.”

¹⁴Venit autem Jeremias de Topheth,Then Jeremiah arrived from Topheth,quo miserat eum Dominus ad prophetandum,where the Lord had sent him to prophesy,et stetit in atrio domus Domini,and he stood in the atrium of the house of the Lord,et dixit ad omnem populum:and he said to all the people:

¹⁴Venit autem Jeremias de Topheth,Then Jeremiah arrived from Topheth,quo miserat eum Dominus ad prophetandum,where the Lord had sent him to prophesy,et stetit in atrio domus Domini,and he stood in the atrium of the house of the Lord,et dixit ad omnem populum:and he said to all the people:

¹⁵Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,“Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Ecce ego inducam super civitatem hanc,Behold, I will lead over this community,et super omnes urbes ejus,and over all its cities,universa mala quæ locutus sum adversum eam,all the evils that I have spoken against it.quoniam induraverunt cervicem suam ut non audirent sermones meos.For they have hardened their necks, so that they would not heed my words.”

¹⁵Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,“Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Ecce ego inducam super civitatem hanc,Behold, I will lead over this community,et super omnes urbes ejus,and over all its cities,universa mala quæ locutus sum adversum eam,all the evils that I have spoken against it.quoniam induraverunt cervicem suam ut non audirent sermones meos.For they have hardened their necks, so that they would not heed my words.”