¹Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino,The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,dicens:saying:

¹Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino,The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,dicens:saying:

²Sta in porta domus Domini, et prædica ibi verbum istud,“Stand at the gate to the house of the Lord, and preach this word there,et dic:and say:Audite verbum Domini, omnis Juda,Listen to the word of the Lord,qui ingredimini per portas has ut adoretis Dominum.all you of Judah who enter through these gates to adore the Lord.

²Sta in porta domus Domini, et prædica ibi verbum istud,“Stand at the gate to the house of the Lord, and preach this word there,et dic:and say:Audite verbum Domini, omnis Juda,Listen to the word of the Lord,qui ingredimini per portas has ut adoretis Dominum.all you of Judah who enter through these gates to adore the Lord.

³Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Bonas facite vias vestras,Make your wayset studia vestra,and your intentions good,et habitabo vobiscum in loco isto.and I will live with you in this place.

³Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Bonas facite vias vestras,Make your wayset studia vestra,and your intentions good,et habitabo vobiscum in loco isto.and I will live with you in this place.

⁴Nolite confidere in verbis mendacii,Do not choose to trust in lying words,dicentes:saying:Templum Domini,‘This is the temple of the Lord!templum Domini,The temple of the Lord!templum Domini est!The temple of the Lord!’

⁴Nolite confidere in verbis mendacii,Do not choose to trust in lying words,dicentes:saying:Templum Domini,‘This is the temple of the Lord!templum Domini,The temple of the Lord!templum Domini est!The temple of the Lord!’

⁵Quoniam si bene direxeritis vias vestras, et studia vestra;For if you direct your ways and your intentions well,si feceritis judicium inter virum et proximum ejus;if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,

⁵Quoniam si bene direxeritis vias vestras, et studia vestra;For if you direct your ways and your intentions well,si feceritis judicium inter virum et proximum ejus;if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,

⁶advenæ, et pupillo, et viduæ non feceritis calumniam,if you do not act with deceit toward the new arrival,nec sanguinem innocentem effuderitis in loco hoc,the orphan, and the widow, and if you do not pour out innocent blood in this place,et post deos alienos non ambulaveritis in malum vobismetipsis:and if you do not walk after strange gods, which is to your own harm,

⁶advenæ, et pupillo, et viduæ non feceritis calumniam,if you do not act with deceit toward the new arrival,nec sanguinem innocentem effuderitis in loco hoc,the orphan, and the widow, and if you do not pour out innocent blood in this place,et post deos alienos non ambulaveritis in malum vobismetipsis:and if you do not walk after strange gods, which is to your own harm,

⁷habitabo vobiscum in loco isto,then I will live with you in this place,in terra quam dedi patribus vestris a sæculo et usque in sæculum.in the land that I gave to your fathers from the beginning and even forever.

⁷habitabo vobiscum in loco isto,then I will live with you in this place,in terra quam dedi patribus vestris a sæculo et usque in sæculum.in the land that I gave to your fathers from the beginning and even forever.

⁸Ecce vos confiditis vobis in sermonibus mendacii,Behold, you trust in false words,qui non proderunt vobis:which will not benefit you,

⁸Ecce vos confiditis vobis in sermonibus mendacii,Behold, you trust in false words,qui non proderunt vobis:which will not benefit you,

⁹furari, occidere,so as to steal, to murder,adulterari,to commit adultery,jurare mendaciter, libare Baalim,to swear falsely, to offer libations to Baal,et ire post deos alienos quos ignoratis:and to go after strange gods, which you do not know.

⁹furari, occidere,so as to steal, to murder,adulterari,to commit adultery,jurare mendaciter, libare Baalim,to swear falsely, to offer libations to Baal,et ire post deos alienos quos ignoratis:and to go after strange gods, which you do not know.

¹⁰et venistis, et stetistis coram me in domo hac,And you arrived and stood before me in this house,in qua invocatum est nomen meum,where my name is invoked,et dixistis:and you said:Liberati sumus, eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas.‘We have been freed because we carried out all these abominations.’

¹⁰et venistis, et stetistis coram me in domo hac,And you arrived and stood before me in this house,in qua invocatum est nomen meum,where my name is invoked,et dixistis:and you said:Liberati sumus, eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas.‘We have been freed because we carried out all these abominations.’

¹¹Numquid ergo spelunca latronum facta est domus ista,So then, has this house, where my name has been invoked,in qua invocatum est nomen meum in oculis vestris? Ego,become a den of robbers in your eyes? It is I,ego sum: ego vidi,I am, I have seen,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹¹Numquid ergo spelunca latronum facta est domus ista,So then, has this house, where my name has been invoked,in qua invocatum est nomen meum in oculis vestris? Ego,become a den of robbers in your eyes? It is I,ego sum: ego vidi,I am, I have seen,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹²Ite ad locum meum in Silo,Go to my place in Shiloh,ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio,where my name has lived from the beginning,et videte quæ fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israël.and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

¹²Ite ad locum meum in Silo,Go to my place in Shiloh,ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio,where my name has lived from the beginning,et videte quæ fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israël.and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

¹³Et nunc,And now,quia fecistis omnia opera hæc,because you have done all these works,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et locutus sum ad vos mane consurgens,and because I have spoken to you from your morning rising,et loquens,and because I was speaking,et non audistis:but you were not listening,et vocavi vos,and because I have called you,et non respondistis:but you have not responded:

¹³Et nunc,And now,quia fecistis omnia opera hæc,because you have done all these works,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et locutus sum ad vos mane consurgens,and because I have spoken to you from your morning rising,et loquens,and because I was speaking,et non audistis:but you were not listening,et vocavi vos,and because I have called you,et non respondistis:but you have not responded:

¹⁴faciam domui huic,I will do to this house,in qua invocatum est nomen meum,in which my name is invoked,et in qua vos habetis fiduciam,and in which you have confidence,et loco quem dedi vobis et patribus vestris,even to this place which I gave to you and to your fathers,sicut feci Silo:just as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁴faciam domui huic,I will do to this house,in qua invocatum est nomen meum,in which my name is invoked,et in qua vos habetis fiduciam,and in which you have confidence,et loco quem dedi vobis et patribus vestris,even to this place which I gave to you and to your fathers,sicut feci Silo:just as I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵et projiciam vos a facie mea sicut projeci omnes fratres vestros,And I will cast you away from my face, just as I have cast away all your brothers,universum semen Ephraim.the entire offspring of Ephraim.

¹⁵et projiciam vos a facie mea sicut projeci omnes fratres vestros,And I will cast you away from my face, just as I have cast away all your brothers,universum semen Ephraim.the entire offspring of Ephraim.

¹⁶Tu ergo,Therefore,noli orare pro populo hoc,you should not pray for this people,nec assumas pro eis laudem et orationem:nor take up praise and supplication on their behalf.et non obsistas mihi,And you should not stand in opposition to me.quia non exaudiam te.For then I will not heed you.

¹⁶Tu ergo,Therefore,noli orare pro populo hoc,you should not pray for this people,nec assumas pro eis laudem et orationem:nor take up praise and supplication on their behalf.et non obsistas mihi,And you should not stand in opposition to me.quia non exaudiam te.For then I will not heed you.

¹⁷Nonne vides quid isti faciunt in civitatibus Juda,Have you not seen what they are doing in the cities of Judahet in plateis Jerusalem?and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁷Nonne vides quid isti faciunt in civitatibus Juda,Have you not seen what they are doing in the cities of Judahet in plateis Jerusalem?and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸Filii colligunt ligna,The sons gather the wood,et patres succendunt ignem,and the fathers kindle the fire,et mulieres conspergunt adipem,and the wives spread the grease,ut faciant placentas reginæ cæli,so as to make cakes to the queen of heavenet libent diis alienis,and to offer libations to strange gods,et me ad iracundiam provocent.and so as to provoke me to anger.

¹⁸Filii colligunt ligna,The sons gather the wood,et patres succendunt ignem,and the fathers kindle the fire,et mulieres conspergunt adipem,and the wives spread the grease,ut faciant placentas reginæ cæli,so as to make cakes to the queen of heavenet libent diis alienis,and to offer libations to strange gods,et me ad iracundiam provocent.and so as to provoke me to anger.

¹⁹Numquid me ad iracundiam provocant?But are they provoking me to anger, says the Lord?dicit Dominus; nonne semetipsos in confusionem vultus sui?Are they not provoking themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”

¹⁹Numquid me ad iracundiam provocant?But are they provoking me to anger, says the Lord?dicit Dominus; nonne semetipsos in confusionem vultus sui?Are they not provoking themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?”

²⁰Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Therefore, thus says the Lord God:Ecce furor meus et indignatio mea conflatur super locum istum,“Behold, my fury and my indignation is kindled against this place,super viros, et super jumenta,over men and over beasts,et super lignum regionis, et super fruges terræ:and over the trees of the countryside and over the fruits of the land,et succendetur, et non extinguetur.and it will burn and not be extinguished.”

²⁰Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Therefore, thus says the Lord God:Ecce furor meus et indignatio mea conflatur super locum istum,“Behold, my fury and my indignation is kindled against this place,super viros, et super jumenta,over men and over beasts,et super lignum regionis, et super fruges terræ:and over the trees of the countryside and over the fruits of the land,et succendetur, et non extinguetur.and it will burn and not be extinguished.”

²¹Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Holocautomata vestra addite victimis vestris,“Add your holocausts to your sacrifices,et comedite carnes:and eat the flesh.

²¹Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum,Thus says the Lord of hosts,Deus Israël:the God of Israel:Holocautomata vestra addite victimis vestris,“Add your holocausts to your sacrifices,et comedite carnes:and eat the flesh.

²²quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris,For concerning the matter of holocausts and sacrifices,et non præcepi eis,I did not speak with your fathers,in die qua eduxi eos de terra Ægypti,and I did not instruct them,de verbo holocautomatum et victimarum:in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt.

²²quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris,For concerning the matter of holocausts and sacrifices,et non præcepi eis,I did not speak with your fathers,in die qua eduxi eos de terra Ægypti,and I did not instruct them,de verbo holocautomatum et victimarum:in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt.

²³sed hoc verbum præcepi eis,But on this matter I did instruct them,dicens:saying:Audite vocem meam,Listen to my voice,et ero vobis Deus,and I will be your God,et vos eritis mihi populus:and you will be my people.et ambulate in omni via quam mandavi vobis,And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you,ut bene sit vobis.so that it may be well with you.

²³sed hoc verbum præcepi eis,But on this matter I did instruct them,dicens:saying:Audite vocem meam,Listen to my voice,et ero vobis Deus,and I will be your God,et vos eritis mihi populus:and you will be my people.et ambulate in omni via quam mandavi vobis,And walk in the entire way that I have commanded you,ut bene sit vobis.so that it may be well with you.

²⁴Et non audierunt,But they did not listen,nec inclinaverunt aurem suam:nor did they incline their ear. Instead,sed abierunt in voluntatibus et in pravitate cordis sui mali:they walked by their own will and in the depravity of their own wicked heart.factique sunt retrorsum,And so, they went backward,et non in ante,and not forward,

²⁴Et non audierunt,But they did not listen,nec inclinaverunt aurem suam:nor did they incline their ear. Instead,sed abierunt in voluntatibus et in pravitate cordis sui mali:they walked by their own will and in the depravity of their own wicked heart.factique sunt retrorsum,And so, they went backward,et non in ante,and not forward,

²⁵a die qua egressi sunt patres eorum de terra Ægypti usque ad diem hanc.from the day when their fathers went forth from the land of Egypt, even to this day.Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas per diem,And I have sent all my servants, the prophets, to you,consurgens diluculo, et mittens:throughout the day, rising at first light and sending them.

²⁵a die qua egressi sunt patres eorum de terra Ægypti usque ad diem hanc.from the day when their fathers went forth from the land of Egypt, even to this day.Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas per diem,And I have sent all my servants, the prophets, to you,consurgens diluculo, et mittens:throughout the day, rising at first light and sending them.

²⁶et non audierunt me,But they have not listened to me,nec inclinaverunt aurem suam:nor have they inclined their ear.sed induraverunt cervicem suam,Instead, they have stiffened their neck,et pejus operati sunt quam patres eorum.and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.

²⁶et non audierunt me,But they have not listened to me,nec inclinaverunt aurem suam:nor have they inclined their ear.sed induraverunt cervicem suam,Instead, they have stiffened their neck,et pejus operati sunt quam patres eorum.and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.

²⁷Et loqueris ad eos omnia verba hæc,And so, you will speak to them all these words,et non audient te:but they will not listen to you.et vocabis eos,And you will call to them,et non respondebunt tibi.but they will not respond to you.

²⁷Et loqueris ad eos omnia verba hæc,And so, you will speak to them all these words,et non audient te:but they will not listen to you.et vocabis eos,And you will call to them,et non respondebunt tibi.but they will not respond to you.

²⁸Et dices ad eos:And you will say to them:Hæc est gens quæ non audivit vocem Domini Dei sui,This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God,nec recepit disciplinam;nor accepted discipline.periit fides,Faith has perishedet ablata est de ore eorum.and been taken away from their mouth.

²⁸Et dices ad eos:And you will say to them:Hæc est gens quæ non audivit vocem Domini Dei sui,This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God,nec recepit disciplinam;nor accepted discipline.periit fides,Faith has perishedet ablata est de ore eorum.and been taken away from their mouth.

²⁹Tonde capillum tuum,Cut off your hair,et projice,and cast it away.et sume in directum planctum:And take up a lamentation on high.quia projecit Dominus et reliquit generationem furoris sui;For the Lord has cast aside and abandoned this generation of his fury.

²⁹Tonde capillum tuum,Cut off your hair,et projice,and cast it away.et sume in directum planctum:And take up a lamentation on high.quia projecit Dominus et reliquit generationem furoris sui;For the Lord has cast aside and abandoned this generation of his fury.

³⁰quia fecerunt filii Juda malum in oculis meis,For the sons of Judah have done evil in my eyes,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.Posuerunt offendicula sua in domo in qua invocatum est nomen meum,They have stationed their abominations in the house where my name is invoked,ut polluerent eam:so that they may defile it.

³⁰quia fecerunt filii Juda malum in oculis meis,For the sons of Judah have done evil in my eyes,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.Posuerunt offendicula sua in domo in qua invocatum est nomen meum,They have stationed their abominations in the house where my name is invoked,ut polluerent eam:so that they may defile it.

³¹et ædificaverunt excelsa Topheth,And they have built the exalted places of Topheth,quæ est in valle filii Ennom,which is in the Valley of the son of Hinnom,ut incenderent filios suos et filias suas igni,so that they may burn their sons and their daughters with fire,quæ non præcepi,something I neither instructed,nec cogitavi in corde meo.nor thought in my heart.

³¹et ædificaverunt excelsa Topheth,And they have built the exalted places of Topheth,quæ est in valle filii Ennom,which is in the Valley of the son of Hinnom,ut incenderent filios suos et filias suas igni,so that they may burn their sons and their daughters with fire,quæ non præcepi,something I neither instructed,nec cogitavi in corde meo.nor thought in my heart.

³²Ideo ecce dies venient,For this reason, behold,dicit Dominus,the days will arrive,et non dicetur amplius Topheth,says the Lord, when it will no longer be called Topheth,et vallis filii Ennom,nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom,sed vallis interfectionis:but instead the Valley of Slaughter.et sepelient in Topheth,Yet they will bury in Topheth,eo quod non sit locus.because there will be no other place.

³²Ideo ecce dies venient,For this reason, behold,dicit Dominus,the days will arrive,et non dicetur amplius Topheth,says the Lord, when it will no longer be called Topheth,et vallis filii Ennom,nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom,sed vallis interfectionis:but instead the Valley of Slaughter.et sepelient in Topheth,Yet they will bury in Topheth,eo quod non sit locus.because there will be no other place.

³³Et erit morticinum populi hujus in cibos volucribus cæli et bestiis terræ,And the corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the wild beasts of the land,et non erit qui abigat.and there will be no one to drive them away.

³³Et erit morticinum populi hujus in cibos volucribus cæli et bestiis terræ,And the corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the wild beasts of the land,et non erit qui abigat.and there will be no one to drive them away.

³⁴Et quiescere faciam de urbibus Juda,And from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,et de plateis Jerusalem, vocem gaudii et vocem lætitiæ,I will cause the cessation of the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing,vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ:the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.in desolationem enim erit terra.For the land will be in utter desolation.”

³⁴Et quiescere faciam de urbibus Juda,And from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,et de plateis Jerusalem, vocem gaudii et vocem lætitiæ,I will cause the cessation of the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing,vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ:the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.in desolationem enim erit terra.For the land will be in utter desolation.”