15 — Jeremias

1And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.E il Signore mi disse: Quando Mosè, e Samuelle si presentasser dinanzi a me, non si piegherebbe l'anima mia verso di questo popolo: discacciali dal mio cospetto, e se ne vadanoAND our Lord said to me: If Moyses and Samuel shal stand before me, my soule is not toward this people: cast them out from my face, and let them goe forth.Et dixit Dominus ad me: Si steterit Moyses et Samuel coram me, / non est anima mea ad populum istum: / ejice illos a facie mea, et egrediantur. 2And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are for the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are for captivity, to captivity.Che se ti diranno: Dove anderemo noi? tu dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore: Chi alla morte, alla morte; chi alla spada, alla spada; e chi alla fame, alla fame; chi alla schiavitù, (vada) alla schiavitù.And if they shal say vnto thee: Whither shal we goe forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord: They that to death, to death, and they that to sword, to sword: and they that to famine, to famine: and they that to captiuitie, to captiuitie.Quod si dixerint ad te: Quo egrediemur ? / dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus: / Qui ad mortem, ad mortem, / et qui ad gladium, ad gladium, / et qui ad famem, ad famem, / et qui ad captivitatem, ad captivitatem. 3And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.Ed io darò potestà sopra di loro a queste quattro cose (dice il Signore); alla spada, perchè gli uccida; ai cani, perché gli sbranino; agli uccelli dell'aria, e alle bestie della terra, perchè li divorino, e li dispergano.And I wil visite vpon them foure kindes, saith our Lord: The sword to kil, and dogges to teare, & the foules of the ayre, and beasts of the earth to deuoure and to destroy.Et visitabo super eos quatuor species, dicit Dominus: / gladium ad occisionem, / et canes ad lacerandum, / et volatilia cæli et bestias terræ / ad devorandum et dissipandum. 4And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.E farò che siano perseguitati in tutti i regni della terra a cagion di Manasse figliuolo di Ezechia, re di Giuda, me per tutte le cose, ch'ei fece in Gerusalemme;And I wil geue them into rage to al the kingdomes of the earth: because of Manasses the sonne of Ezechias the king of Iuda, for al thinges that he did in Ierusalem.Et dabo eos in fervorem universis regnis terræ, / propter Manassen filium Ezechiæ regis Juda, / super omnibus quæ fecit in Jerusalem.

5For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?Imperocché chi avrà misericordia di te, o Gerusalemme? O chi ti compatirà? O chi anderà a pregare per la tua pace?For who shal haue pitie on thee Ierusalem? or who shal be sorie for thee? or who shal goe to pray for thy peace?Quis enim miserebitur tui, Jerusalem, / aut quis contristabitur pro te ? / aut quis ibit ad rogandum pro pace tua ? 6Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee.Tu abbandonasti me, dice il Signore, tu ti tirasti indietro; ed io stenderò sopra di te la mia mano, e ti sterminerò: mi stancai a pregarti.Thou hast forsaken me, saith our Lord, thou hast gone backward: and I wil stretch forth my hand vpon thee, and wil kil thee: I am wearie in praying thee.Tu reliquisti me, dicit Dominus; / retrorsum abiisti: / et extendam manum meam super te, et interficiam te: / laboravi rogans. 7And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned from their ways.Or io li dispergerò, come colla pala le paglie, per le porte della terra: ho messo a morte, ed ho disperso il mio popolo; né per tutto questo dalle vie loro si son ritirati.And I wil scatter them with a fanne in the gates of the land: I haue slayne and destroyed my people, & yet they are not returned from their waies.Et dispergam eos ventilabro in portis terræ: / interfeci et disperdidi populum meum, / et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi. 8Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.Io ho moltiplicate le vedove più della sabbia del mare: ho mandato contro di loro chi sul bel mezzogiorno uccida alla madre il fanciullo: ho sparso sopra le città un repentino terrore.Their widowes are multiplied vnto me aboue the sand of the sea: I haue brought into them vpon the mother of the youngman a waster at noone day: I haue cast terrour sudenly vpon the cities.Multiplicatæ sunt mihi viduæ ejus super arenam maris: / induxi eis super matrem adolescentis vastatorem meridie: / misi super civitates repente terrorem. 9She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.È avvilita colei, che avea sette figliuoli; l'anima sua vien meno: è tramontato il sole per lei quand'era ancor giorno. Ella è confusa, e vergognosa, perchè i suoi avanzi consegnerò alla spada in faccia de' suoi nemici, dice il Signore.She is weakned that bare seuen, her soule hath fainted: the sunne went downe to her, when it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I wil geue vnto the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith our Lord.Infirmata est quæ peperit septem; / defecit anima ejus: / occidit ei sol cum adhuc esset dies: / confusa est, et erubuit: / et residuos ejus in gladium dabo / in conspectu inimicorum eorum, ait Dominus.

10Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.Ah, madre mia, infelice me! per chè generasti tu me uomo di rissa, uomo di discordia in tutta questa terra? Io non ho dato denaro a interesse, né alcuno ne ha dato a me, e tutti mi maledicono.Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of brawling, a man of discord in al the earth? I haue not lent to vsurie, neither hath anie man lent vnto me to vsurie: al curse me.Væ mihi, mater mea ! quare genuisti me, / virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra ? / Non fœneravi, nec fœneravit mihi quisquam: / omnes maledicunt mihi. 11The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it shall be well with thy remnant, assuredly I shall help thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.Il Signore disse: io giuro, che il tuo fine sarà felice, che io ti verrò incontro nel tempo di afflizione, e nel tempo della tribolazione contro il nemico.Our Lord saith: If thy remnant shal not be to good, if I haue not holpen thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemie.Dicit Dominus: Si non reliquiæ tuæ in bonum, / si non occurri tibi in tempore afflictionis, / et in tempore tribulationis adversus inimicum. 12Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?Farà egli il ferro lega col ferro di settentrione, e il bronzo col bronzo?Why, shal yron be confederate with the yron from the North, and also brasse?Numquid fœderabitur ferrum ferro ab aquilone, et æs ? 13Thy riches and thy treasures I will give unto spoil for nothing, because of all thy sins, even in all thy borders.Io darò gratis in preda le tue ricchezze, e i tuoi tesori, a cagione di tutti i peccati fatti da te, e di tutti i tuoi termini.Thy riches and thy treasures I wil geue into spoile for naught for al thy sinnes, and in al thy borders.Divitias tuas et thesauros tuos in direptionem dabo gratis, / in omnibus peccatis tuis, et in omnibus terminis tuis. 14And I will bring thy enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my rage, it shall burn upon you.E i nemici tuoi farò venir da una terra ignota a te; perocché il fuoco dell'ira mia è acceso, e arderà in vostro danno.And I wil bring thine enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: because a fire is kindled in my furie, it shal burne vpon you.Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra quam nescis, / quia ignis succensus est in furore meo: / super vos ardebit.

15O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.Tu conosci, o Signore, ricorditi di me, e vieni a me, e difendimi da coloro, che mi perseguitano: non prendere la difesa mia colla tua longanimità: sappi, che io ho per amor tuo sofferti obbrobrj.Thou knowest ô Lord, be mindful of me, and visite me, and defend me from them, that persecute me: doe not receiue me in thy patience, know that I haue sustayned reproch for thee.Tu scis, Domine: recordare mei, et visita me, / et tuere me ab his qui persequuntur me. / Noli in patientia tua suscipere me: / scito quoniam sustinui propter te opprobrium. 16Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.Io trovai la tua parola, e me ne cibai, e la tua parola fu il gaudio, e la letizia del cuor mio; perchè io ho nome da te, Signore Dio degli eserciti.Thy wordes were found, and I did eate them, and thy word was made to me a ioy & gladnes of my hart: because thy name is inuocated vpon me ô Lord God of hostes.Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos: / et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium / et in lætitiam cordis mei, / quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me, / Domine Deus exercituum. 17I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.Io non sono stato a sedere nelle adunanze degli uomini di bel tempo, e non mi gloriai di quello, che fe' la tua mano: solo io mi sedeva, perchè tu di minacce mi riempisti.I sate not in the councel of iesters, and I haue gloried at the face of thy hand: I sate alone, because thou hast filled me with threaning.Non sedi in concilio ludentium, / et gloriatus sum a facie manus tuæ: / solus sedebam, quoniam comminatione replesti me. 18Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.Per qual motivo è diventato perpetuo il mio dolore, e non ammette rimedio la piaga mia disperata? Ella è divenuta per me come quelle acque infide, che gabbano.Why is my sorow made perpetual, and my desperate plague refuseth to be cured? it is become vnto me as a lie of vnfaythful waters.Quare factus est dolor meus perpetuus, / et plaga mea desperabilis renuit curari ? / facta est mihi quasi mendacium aquarum infidelium. 19Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face; and if thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.Per questo così parla il Signore: Se ti convertirai, io ti convertirò, e starai davanti alla mia faccia: e se separerai il prezioso dal vile, tu sarai quasi la mia bocca: ei si volgeranno verso di te, e non tu ad essi ti volgerai.For this cause thus saith our Lord: If thou wilt be conuerted, I wil conuert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face: and if thou wilt seperate the pretious thing from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shal be turned to thee, & thou shalt not be turned to them.Propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus: / Si converteris, convertam te, / et ante faciem meam stabis: / et si separaveris pretiosum a vili, / quasi os meum eris: / convertentur ipsi ad te, / et tu non converteris ad eos.

20And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.E io farò, che riguardo a questo popolo tu sii un muro di bronzo, forte: eglino ti faran guerra, e non ne potranno più di te, perch'io son teco, affin di salvarti, e liberarti, dice il Signore.And I wil geue thee vnto this people as a brasen wal, strong: and they shal fight against thee, and shal not preuaile: because I am with thee to saue thee, and to deliuer thee, saith our Lord.Et dabo te populo huic in murum æreum fortem: / et bellabunt adversum te, et non prævalebunt, / quia ego tecum sum ut salvem te, et eruam te, dicit Dominus: 21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.E ti libererò dal poter dei malvagi, e ti salverò dalla possanza dei forti.And I wil deliuer thee out of the hand of the most wicked, and I wil redeeme thee out of the hand of strong.et liberabo te de manu pessimorum, / et redimam te de manu fortium.