¹Et audivit Phassur filius Emmer,And Pashhur,sacerdos,the son of Immer,qui constitutus erat princeps in domo Domini,the priest who had been appointed leader in the house of the Lord,Jeremiam prophetantem sermones istos.heard Jeremiah prophesying these words.

¹Et audivit Phassur filius Emmer,And Pashhur,sacerdos,the son of Immer,qui constitutus erat princeps in domo Domini,the priest who had been appointed leader in the house of the Lord,Jeremiam prophetantem sermones istos.heard Jeremiah prophesying these words.

²Et percussit Phassur Jeremiam prophetam,And Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah,et misit eum in nervum quod erat in porta Benjamin superiori,and he sent him to the stocks,in domo Domini.which were at the upper gate of Benjamin at the house of the Lord.

²Et percussit Phassur Jeremiam prophetam,And Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah,et misit eum in nervum quod erat in porta Benjamin superiori,and he sent him to the stocks,in domo Domini.which were at the upper gate of Benjamin at the house of the Lord.

³Cumque illuxisset in crastinum,And when it had become light on the next day,eduxit Phassur Jeremiam de nervo,Pashhur led Jeremiah from the stocks.et dixit ad eum Jeremias:And Jeremiah said to him:Non Phassur vocavit Dominus nomen tuum,“The Lord has not called your name: ‘Pashhur,’sed Pavorem undique.but instead: ‘Fear all around.’”

³Cumque illuxisset in crastinum,And when it had become light on the next day,eduxit Phassur Jeremiam de nervo,Pashhur led Jeremiah from the stocks.et dixit ad eum Jeremias:And Jeremiah said to him:Non Phassur vocavit Dominus nomen tuum,“The Lord has not called your name: ‘Pashhur,’sed Pavorem undique.but instead: ‘Fear all around.’”

⁴Quia hæc dicit Dominus:For thus says the Lord:Ecce ego dabo te in pavorem,“Behold,teI will give you over to fear,et omnes amicos tuos:you and all your friends,et corruent gladio inimicorum suorum,and they will fall by the sword of their enemies,et oculi tui videbunt:and your eyes will see it.et omnem Judam dabo in manum regis Babylonis,And I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon.et traducet eos in Babylonem,And he will lead them away to Babylon,et percutiet eos gladio.and he will strike them with the sword.

⁴Quia hæc dicit Dominus:For thus says the Lord:Ecce ego dabo te in pavorem,“Behold,teI will give you over to fear,et omnes amicos tuos:you and all your friends,et corruent gladio inimicorum suorum,and they will fall by the sword of their enemies,et oculi tui videbunt:and your eyes will see it.et omnem Judam dabo in manum regis Babylonis,And I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon.et traducet eos in Babylonem,And he will lead them away to Babylon,et percutiet eos gladio.and he will strike them with the sword.

⁵Et dabo universam substantiam civitatis hujus,And I will give away the entire substance of this city,et omnem laborem ejus,and all its labor,omneque pretium,and every precious thing.et cunctos thesauros regum Juda dabo in manu inimicorum eorum:And I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hands of their enemies.et diripient eos,And they will plunder them,et tollent,and take them away,et ducent in Babylonem.and lead them into Babylon.

⁵Et dabo universam substantiam civitatis hujus,And I will give away the entire substance of this city,et omnem laborem ejus,and all its labor,omneque pretium,and every precious thing.et cunctos thesauros regum Juda dabo in manu inimicorum eorum:And I will give all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hands of their enemies.et diripient eos,And they will plunder them,et tollent,and take them away,et ducent in Babylonem.and lead them into Babylon.

⁶Tu autem,But you,Phassur,Pashhur,et omnes habitatores domus tuæ,and all the inhabitants of your house,ibitis in captivitatem:will go into captivity.et in Babylonem venies,And you will go to Babylon.et ibi morieris,And there you shall die.ibique sepelieris tu,And there you shall be buried,et omnes amici tui,you and all your friends,quibus prophetasti mendacium.to whom you have prophesied a lie.”

⁶Tu autem,But you,Phassur,Pashhur,et omnes habitatores domus tuæ,and all the inhabitants of your house,ibitis in captivitatem:will go into captivity.et in Babylonem venies,And you will go to Babylon.et ibi morieris,And there you shall die.ibique sepelieris tu,And there you shall be buried,et omnes amici tui,you and all your friends,quibus prophetasti mendacium.to whom you have prophesied a lie.”

⁷Seduxisti me,“You have led me away,Domine,O Lord,et seductus sum:and I have been led away.fortior me fuisti,You have been stronger than I,et invaluisti:and you have prevailed.factus sum in derisum tota die;I have become a derision all day long;omnes subsannant me.everyone mocks me.

⁷Seduxisti me,“You have led me away,Domine,O Lord,et seductus sum:and I have been led away.fortior me fuisti,You have been stronger than I,et invaluisti:and you have prevailed.factus sum in derisum tota die;I have become a derision all day long;omnes subsannant me.everyone mocks me.

⁸Quia jam olim loquor,For I speak now as I have long spoken:vociferans iniquitatem, et vastitatem clamito:crying out against iniquity and proclaiming devastation.et factus est mihi sermo Domini in opprobrium, et in derisum tota die.And the word of the Lord has been made into a reproach against me and a derision, all day long.

⁸Quia jam olim loquor,For I speak now as I have long spoken:vociferans iniquitatem, et vastitatem clamito:crying out against iniquity and proclaiming devastation.et factus est mihi sermo Domini in opprobrium, et in derisum tota die.And the word of the Lord has been made into a reproach against me and a derision, all day long.

⁹Et dixi:Then I said:Non recordabor ejus,I will not call him to mind,neque loquar ultra in nomine illius:nor will I speak any longer in his name.et factus est in corde meo quasi ignis exæstuans,And my heart became like a raging fire,claususque in ossibus meis,enclosed within my bones.et defeci, ferre non sustinens.And I became weary of continuing to bear it.

⁹Et dixi:Then I said:Non recordabor ejus,I will not call him to mind,neque loquar ultra in nomine illius:nor will I speak any longer in his name.et factus est in corde meo quasi ignis exæstuans,And my heart became like a raging fire,claususque in ossibus meis,enclosed within my bones.et defeci, ferre non sustinens.And I became weary of continuing to bear it.

¹⁰Audivi enim contumelias multorum,For I heard the insults of many,et terrorem in circuitu:and terror all around:Persequimini,‘Persecute him!’et persequamur eum,and, ‘Let us persecute him!’ab omnibus viris qui erant pacifici mei, et custodientes latus meum:from all the men who had been at peace with me and who had kept watch by my side.si quomodo decipiatur, et prævaleamus adversus eum,‘If only there were some way that he might be deceived,et consequamur ultionem ex eo.and we might prevail against him and obtain vengeance from him!’

¹⁰Audivi enim contumelias multorum,For I heard the insults of many,et terrorem in circuitu:and terror all around:Persequimini,‘Persecute him!’et persequamur eum,and, ‘Let us persecute him!’ab omnibus viris qui erant pacifici mei, et custodientes latus meum:from all the men who had been at peace with me and who had kept watch by my side.si quomodo decipiatur, et prævaleamus adversus eum,‘If only there were some way that he might be deceived,et consequamur ultionem ex eo.and we might prevail against him and obtain vengeance from him!’

¹¹Dominus autem mecum est,But the Lord is with me,quasi bellator fortis:like a strong warrior.idcirco qui persequuntur me cadent,For this reason,et infirmi erunt:those who persecute me will fall,confundentur vehementer,and they will be ineffective.quia non intellexerunt opprobrium sempiternum,They will be greatly confounded.quod numquam delebitur.For they have not understood the everlasting disgrace that will never be wiped away.

¹¹Dominus autem mecum est,But the Lord is with me,quasi bellator fortis:like a strong warrior.idcirco qui persequuntur me cadent,For this reason,et infirmi erunt:those who persecute me will fall,confundentur vehementer,and they will be ineffective.quia non intellexerunt opprobrium sempiternum,They will be greatly confounded.quod numquam delebitur.For they have not understood the everlasting disgrace that will never be wiped away.

¹²Et tu,And you,Domine exercituum, probator justi,O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just,qui vides renes et cor, videam,who sees the temperament and the heart:quæso, ultionem tuam ex eis:I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them.tibi enim revelavi causam meam.For I have revealed my case to you.

¹²Et tu,And you,Domine exercituum, probator justi,O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just,qui vides renes et cor, videam,who sees the temperament and the heart:quæso, ultionem tuam ex eis:I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them.tibi enim revelavi causam meam.For I have revealed my case to you.

¹³Cantate Domino,Sing to the Lord!laudate Dominum,Praise the Lord!quia liberavit animam pauperis de manu malorum.For he has freed the soul of the poor from the hand of the wicked.

¹³Cantate Domino,Sing to the Lord!laudate Dominum,Praise the Lord!quia liberavit animam pauperis de manu malorum.For he has freed the soul of the poor from the hand of the wicked.

¹⁴Maledicta dies in qua natus sum!Cursed is the day on which I was born!dies in qua peperit me mater mea non sit benedicta!The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!

¹⁴Maledicta dies in qua natus sum!Cursed is the day on which I was born!dies in qua peperit me mater mea non sit benedicta!The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!

¹⁵Maledictus vir qui annuntiavit patri meo,Cursed is the man who announced it to my father,dicens:saying,Natus est tibi puer masculus,‘A male child has been born to you,’et quasi gaudio lætificavit eum!causing him to rejoice with gladness.

¹⁵Maledictus vir qui annuntiavit patri meo,Cursed is the man who announced it to my father,dicens:saying,Natus est tibi puer masculus,‘A male child has been born to you,’et quasi gaudio lætificavit eum!causing him to rejoice with gladness.

¹⁶Sit homo ille ut sunt civitates quæ subvertit Dominus,Let that man be like the cities that the Lord has overthrown without regret.et non pœnituit eum: audiat clamorem mane,Let him hear an outcry in the morning,et ululatum in tempore meridiano,and wailing at the time of midday!

¹⁶Sit homo ille ut sunt civitates quæ subvertit Dominus,Let that man be like the cities that the Lord has overthrown without regret.et non pœnituit eum: audiat clamorem mane,Let him hear an outcry in the morning,et ululatum in tempore meridiano,and wailing at the time of midday!

¹⁷qui non me interfecit a vulva,So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb,ut fieret mihi mater mea sepulchrum,so that my mother would have been my sepulcher,et vulva ejus conceptus æternus!and her womb would have been my eternal resting place!

¹⁷qui non me interfecit a vulva,So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb,ut fieret mihi mater mea sepulchrum,so that my mother would have been my sepulcher,et vulva ejus conceptus æternus!and her womb would have been my eternal resting place!

¹⁸Quare de vulva egressus sum,Why did I depart from the womb,ut viderem laborem et dolorem,so that I would see hardship and sorrow,et consumerentur in confusione dies mei?and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?”

¹⁸Quare de vulva egressus sum,Why did I depart from the womb,ut viderem laborem et dolorem,so that I would see hardship and sorrow,et consumerentur in confusione dies mei?and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?”