18 — Jeremias

1The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:Parola detta a Geremia dal Signore, che disse:THE word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord, saying:Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens: 2Arise, and go down into the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.Sorgi, e va a casa del vasaio, ed ivi udirai le mie parole.Arise and goe downe into the potters house, and there thou shalt heare my wordes.Surge, et descende in domum figuli, et ibi audies verba mea. 3And I went down into the potter’s house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.Ed io andai a casa del vasaio, ed egli lavorava alla ruota.And I went downe into the potters house, and behold he made a worke vpon the wheele.Et descendi in domum figuli, et ecce ipse faciebat opus super rotam. 4And the vessel was broken which he was making of clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.E il vaso, ch'egli faceva di creta, si sciolse nelle sue mani: e subitamente fece di quello un altro vaso della forma, che a lui parve.And the vessel was broken which he made of clay with his handes: and turning he made it an other vessel, as it pleased in his eies to make it.Et dissipatum est vas quod ipse faciebat e luto manibus suis: conversusque fecit illud vas alterum, sicut placuerat in oculis ejus ut faceret. 5Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:E il Signore parlommi, dicendo:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 6Cannot I do with you, as this potter, O house of Israel, saith the Lord? behold as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.Non potrò io forse fare a voi, casa d'Israele, come ha fatto questo vasaio, dice il Signore? Siccome la terra è in mano del vasaio, così voi, casa d'Israele, nella mano mia.Why, shal I not be able to doe vnto you, as this potter, ô house of Israel? Behold, saith our Lord, as clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, ô house of Israel.Numquid sicut figulus iste, / non potero vobis facere, domus Israël ? ait Dominus: / ecce sicut lutum in manu figuli, / sic vos in manu mea, domus Israël. 7I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.Io repentinamente minaccerò una nazione, ed un regno di sradicarlo, distruggerlo, ed annichilarlo.I wil sodenly speake against nation, and against kingdom, to roote out, and destroy, and wast it.Repente loquar adversum gentem et adversus regnum, / ut eradicem, et destruam, et disperdam illud:

8If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.Se quella nazione farà penitenza del suo male, che io le rimproverai, mi ripentirò io pure del mal, che pensava di farle.If that nation shal repent them of their euil, against whom I haue spoken: I also wil repent me of the euil, that I haue thought to doe to it.si pœnitentiam egerit gens illa a malo suo / quod locutus sum adversus eam, / agam et ego pœnitentiam super malo / quod cogitavi ut facerem ei. 9And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.Repentinamente ancora parlerò io di felicitare, e fondare una nazione, od un regno.And I wil sodenly speake of nation and of kingdom, to build and plant it.Et subito loquar de gente et de regno, / ut ædificem et plantem illud. 10If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spoken to do unto it.Se questa farà il male sugli occhi miei, e non udirà la mia voce, io mi ripentirò del bene, che avea detto di farle.If it shal do euil in mine eies, that it heare not my voice: I wil repent me of the good that I haue spoken to do vnto it.Si fecerit malum in oculis meis, / ut non audiat vocem meam, / pœnitentiam agam super bono quod locutus sum ut facerem ei. 11Now therefore tell the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: let every man of you return from his evil way, and make ye your ways and your doings good.Tu dunque adesso dì agli uomini di Giuda, e agli abitatori di Gerusalemme: Queste cose dice il Signore: Ecco, che io vo formando per voi un male, ed ho de' pensieri contro di voi: si converta ognuno di voi dalla sua mala vita, raddirizzate le vostre vie, e le vostre inclinazioni.Now therefore tel the man of Iuda, and the inhabitantes of Ierusalem, saying: Thus saith our Lord: Behold I forge euil against you, and deuise a deuice against you: let euerie man returne from his euil way, and direct ye your waies and your studies.Nunc ergo dic viro Juda, et habitatoribus Jerusalem, dicens: / Hæc dicit Dominus: / Ecce ego fingo contra vos malum, / et cogito contra vos cogitationem: / revertatur unusquisque a via sua mala, / et dirigite vias vestras et studia vestra. 12And they said; We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.Quelli hanno detto: Non abbiam più speranza: perocché anderem seguendo i nostri pensieri, e farem ciascheduno quel, che gli suggerisce la depravazione del cattivo suo cuore.Who said: We are desperate: for we wil goe after our cogitations, and we wil do euerie one the peruersitie of his euil hart.Qui dixerunt: Desperavimus: / post cogitationes enim nostras ibimus, / et unusquisque pravitatem cordis sui mali faciemus.

13Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess?Quindi il Signore parla così: Domandate alle nazioni: chi mai udì cose tali, e sì orrende, quali purtroppo ha fatte la vergine d'Israele?Therefore thus saith our Lord: Aske the Nations: Who hath heard such horrible thinges, as the virgine of Israel hath done exceedingly?Ideo hæc dicit Dominus: / Interrogate gentes: / Quis audivit talia horribilia, / quæ fecit nimis virgo Israël ? 14Shall the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out and run down, be taken away?Può ella mancare la neve del Libano nei massi della pianura? o può ella esaurirsi la scaturigine di fresca acqua corrente?Why shal the snow of Libanus faile from the rocke of the field? or can the cold waters gushing forth and runing downe, be drawen out?Numquid deficiet de petra agri nix Libani ? / aut evelli possunt aquæ erumpentes frigidæ, et defluentes ? 15Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden:Ma il popolo mio si è scordato di me, facendo libagioni alla vanità, e trovando inciampo nelle sue vie, nelle vie antiche, facendo per esse non piano, né facil viaggio.Because my people hath forgotten me, sacrificing in vaine, and stumbling in their waies, in the pathes of the world, that they might walke by them in a way not trodden:Quia oblitus est mei populus meus, / frustra libantes, / et impingentes in viis suis, / in semitis sæculi, / ut ambularent per eas in itinere non trito, 16That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.Per ridurre la loro terra in desolazione, ed in ischerno sempiterno: il passaggiero, che la vedrà, rimarrà stupefatto, e scuoterà la sua testa.that their land might be made into desolation, and into an euerlasting hisse: euerie one that shal passe by it, shal be astonied, and wagge his head.ut fieret terra eorum in desolationem, / et in sibilum sempiternum: / omnis qui præterierit per eam obstupescet, / et movebit caput suum. 17As a burning wind will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.Qual vento ardente io gli spergerò davanti al nemico: volgerò loro le spalle, e non la faccia nel dì della lor perdizione.As the burning winde wil I disperse them before the enemie: the backe, and not the face wil I shew them in the day of their perdition.Sicut ventus urens dispergam eos coram inimico: / dorsum, et non faciem, ostendam eis in die perditionis eorum.

18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.Ma quegli dissero: Venite; pensiam seriamente contro Geremia: perocché non resterà senza legge il sacerdote, senza consiglio il sapiente, senza parola il profeta: venite, trafiggiamolo colla lingua, e non badiamo a tutti, i suoi sermoni.And they said: Come, and let vs finde deuises against Ieremie: for the law shal not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let vs strike him with the tongue, and let vs not attend to al his wordes.Et dixerunt: Venite, et cogitemus contra Jeremiam cogitationes: / non enim peribit lex a sacerdote, / neque consilium a sapiente, / nec sermo a propheta: / venite, et percutiamus eum lingua, / et non attendamus ad universos sermones ejus. 19Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.Volgi, o Signore, lo sguardo verbo di me, e ascolta le voci de' miei avversari.Attend ô Lord vnto me, and heare the voice of mine aduersaries.Attende, Domine, ad me, / et audi vocem adversariorum meorum. 20Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them.Così adunque rendesi mal per bene, dappoiché costoro hanno scavata una fossa per la mia vita? Ricordati com'io mi presentava al tuo cospetto per parlarti a loro favore, e per allontanare da essi il tuo sdegno.Why, is euil rendred for good, because they haue digged a pitte for my soule? Remember that I haue stood in the sight, to speake good for them, and to returne away their indignation from them.Numquid redditur pro bono malum, / quia foderunt foveam animæ meæ ? / Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo / ut loquerer pro eis bonum, / et averterem indignationem tuam ab eis. 21Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.Per questo abbandona tu i loro figli alla fame, e rimettili in balia della spada: le loro mogli si restino senza figli, e i loro mariti sian messi a morte: la gioventù sia trafitta dalla spada nella battaglia.Therefore geue their children into famine, and lead them into the handes of the sword: let their wiues be made without children, & widowes: and let the husbands be killed by death: let their youngmen be pearced through with the sword in battel.Propterea da filios eorum in famem, / et deduc eos in manus gladii: / fiant uxores eorum absque liberis, et viduæ: / et viri earum interficiantur morte: / juvenes eorum confodiantur gladio in prælio:

22Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet.Le case loro rimbombino di clamori. Imperocché tu manderai sopra di loro improvvisamente il ladrone, perchè eglino han cavata la fossa per prendermi, ed han teso lacciuoli a' miei piedi.Let a crie be heard out of their houses, for thou shalt bring the robber vpon them sodenly: because they haue digged a pitte to take me, and haue hid snares for my feete.audiatur clamor de domibus eorum: / adduces enim super eos latronem repente, / quia foderunt foveam ut caperent me, / et laqueos absconderunt pedibus meis. 23But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.Ma a te, o Signore, noti sono tutti i loro mortali disegni contro di me. Non perdonare alle loro iniquità, non si cancelli dinanzi a te il loro peccato; rovinino per terra al tuo cospetto, nel tempo del tuo furare consumali.But thou ô Lord knowest al their counsel against me vnto death: be not propicious to their iniquitie, & let not their sinne be cleane put out from thy face: let them be made falling in thy sight, in the time of thy furie deale with them.Tu autem, Domine, scis omne consilium eorum / adversum me in mortem: / ne propitieris iniquitati eorum, / et peccatum eorum a facie tua non deleatur: / fiant corruentes in conspectu tuo; / in tempore furoris tui abutere eis.