23 — Jeremias

1Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.Guai contro i pastori, che dispergono, e lacerano il gregge del mio ovile, dice il Signore.VVOE to the pastors, that destroy and teare the flocke of my pasture, saith our Lord.Væ pastoribus qui disperdunt et dilacerant / gregem pascuæ meæ ! dicit Dominus. 2Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you for the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.Per questo così parla il Signore Dio d'Israele ai pastori, che pascono il mio popolo: Voi avete disperso il mio gregge, e avete cacciato fuora, e non lo avete visitato: ecco, che io visiterò voi a motivo della malvagità delle vostre inclinazioni, dice il Signore.Therefore thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to the pastours, that feede my people: You haue scattered my flocke, and cast them out, and haue not visited them: Behold I wil visite vpon you the malice of your studies, saith our Lord.Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël / ad pastores qui pascunt populum meum: / Vos dispersistis gregem meum, / et ejecistis eos, et non visitastis eos: / ecce ego visitabo super vos / malitiam studiorum vestrorum, ait Dominus. 3And I will gather together the remnant of my flock, out of all the lands into which I have cast them out: and I will make them return to their own fields, and they shall increase and be multiplied.Ed io raunerò gli avanzi del gregge mio da tutte le terre, dov'io gli avrò cacciati, e farolli tornare alle loro possessioni; e cresceranno, e moltiplicherannoAnd I wil gather together the remnant of my flocke out of al landes, into which I shal haue cast them out: and I wil make them returne to their fieldes, and they shal increase and be multiplied.Et ego congregabo reliquias gregis mei / de omnibus terris ad quas ejecero eos illuc: / et convertam eos ad rura sua, / et crescent et multiplicabuntur. 4And I will set up pastors over them, and they shall feed them: they shall fear no more, and they shall not be dismayed: and none shall be wanting of their number, saith the Lord.E farò sorgere per essi dei pastori, o che li pasceranno: Non avranno più umori, né paure: e del loro numero, non mancherà veruno, dice il SignoreAnd I wil raise vp pastors ouer them, and they shal feede them: they shal feare no more, and they shal not dread: and none shal be to seeke of the number, saith our Lord.Et suscitabo super eos pastores, et pascent eos: / non formidabunt ultra, et non pavebunt, / et nullus quæretur ex numero, dicit Dominus.

5Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.Ecco, che vengono i giorni, dice il Signore, ed io susciterò a Davidde un Germe giusto, e regnerà come re, e sarà sapiente, e renderà ragione, e farà giustizia in terra.Behold the daies come, saith our Lord: & I wil rayse vp to Dauid a iust branch: and he shal reigne a king, and shal be wise: and he shal doe iudgement and iustice in the earth.Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, / et suscitabo David germen justum: / et regnabit rex, et sapiens erit, / et faciet judicium et justitiam in terra. 6In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: The Lord our just one.In que' giorni Giuda avrà salute; e Israele viverà tranquillo: e questo è il nome, col quale egli sarà chiamato: Il Giusto Signore nostro.In those daies shal Iuda be saued, and Israel shal dwel confidently: and this is the name that they shal cal him: The Lord our iust one.In diebus illis salvabitur Juda, / et Israël habitabit confidenter: / et hoc est nomen quod vocabunt eum: / Dominus justus noster. 7Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and they shall say no more: The Lord liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt:Per questo verrà tempo, dice il Signore, quando non diran più: Vive il Signore, che trasse i figliuoli d'Israele dalla terra d'Egitto,For this cause behold the daies come, saith our Lord, and they shal say no more: Our Lord liueth, that brought forth the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt:Propter hoc ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, / et non dicent ultra: Vivit Dominus, / qui eduxit filios Israël de terra Ægypti, 8But, The Lord liveth, who hath brought out, and brought hither the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north, and out of all the lands, to which I had cast them forth: and they shall dwell in their own land.Ma (diranno): Vive il Signore, il quale ha tratto, ed ha condotto il seme ella casa d'Israele dalla terra di settentrione, e da tutte le terre, pelle quali io lo avea disperso, e abiteranno la loro terra.but: Our Lord liueth, that hath brought forth, and brought hither the seede of the house of Israel from the Land of the North, and out of al the landes, to which I had cast them out: & they shal dwel in their owne land.sed: Vivit Dominus, / qui eduxit et adduxit semen domus Israël de terra aquilonis, / et de cunctis terris ad quas ejeceram eos illuc, / et habitabunt in terra sua.

9To the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble: I am become as a drunken man, and as a man full of wine, at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his holy words.Quanto ai profeti: Il mio cuore è spezzato dentro di me, tutte le mie ossa sono in fremito: son diventato come un ubbriaco, e come uomo zuppo di vino alla considerazione del Signore, e alla considerazione delle sue sante parole.To the prophets: My hart is broken in the middes of me, al my bones haue trembled: I am become as a drunken man, and as a man wette with wine, at the presence of our Lord, and at the presence of his holie wordes.Ad prophetas: Contritum est cor meum in medio mei; / contremuerunt omnia ossa mea: / factus sum quasi vir ebrius, / et quasi homo madidus a vino, / a facie Domini, / et a facie verborum sanctorum ejus. 10Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike.Perchè piena è la terra di adulteri, perchè a motivo delle bestemmie la terra è in lutto; sono arsi i campi del deserto: il corso loro è cattivo, e sono forti non per la giustizia;Because the land is replenished with aduouterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of malediction, the fieldes of the desert are withered: and their course is become euil, & their strength vnlike.Quia adulteris repleta est terra, / quia a facie maledictionis luxit terra, / arefacta sunt arva deserti: / factus est cursus eorum malus, / et fortitudo eorum dissimilis. 11For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the Lord.Imperocché e il profeta, e il sacerdote sono immondi: e nella casa mia ho trovata la loro malvagità, dice il Signore.For the prophet and the priest are polluted: and in my house I haue found their euil, saith our Lord.Propheta namque et sacerdos polluti sunt, / et in domo mea inveni malum eorum, ait Dominus. 12Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evils upon them, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.Per questo il loro cammino sarà quasi per istrada sdrucciola al buio perocché inciamperanno, e vi caderanno: dappoiché io farò venire sciagure sopra di essi, il tempo di lor punizione, dice il Signore.Therefore their way shal be as slipper ground in the darke: for they shal be driuen forth, and fal therein: for I wil bring euils vpon them, the yeare of their visitation, saith our Lord.Idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris: / impellentur enim, et corruent in ea: / afferam enim super eos mala, / annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.

13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal and deceived my people Israel.Come io vidi ne' profeti di Samaria l'insensataggine: profetavano nel nome di Baal, e ingannavano il mio popolo d'Israele;And in the prophetes of Samaria I haue seene foolishnes: They prophecied in Baal, and deceiued my people Israel.Et in prophetis Samariæ vidi fatuitatem: / prophetabant in Baal, / et decipiebant populum meum Israël. 14And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem: and they strengthened the hands of the wicked, that no man should return from his evil doings, they are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.Così i profeti di Gerusalemme gli ho veduti imitare gli adulteri, e seguir la menzogna: ed eglino han fatto coraggio alla turba de' malvagi, affinchè non si convertisse ciascheduno di essi dalla loro malvagità: son diventati per me come Sodoma, e gli abitatori di lei come Gomorra.And in the prophetes of Ierusalem I saw the similitude of adulterers, and the way of lying: and they strengthned the handes of the most wicked, that no man would returne from his malice: they are al become vnto me as Sodoma, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.Et in prophetis Jerusalem vidi similitudinem adulterantium, / et iter mendacii: / et confortaverunt manus pessimorum, / ut non converteretur unusquisque a malitia sua: / facti sunt mihi omnes ut Sodoma, / et habitatores ejus quasi Gomorrha. 15Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts to the prophets: Behold I will feed them with wormwood, and will give them gall to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem corruption is gone forth into all the land.Per questo così parla il Signore degli eserciti ai profeti: Io li ciberò di assenzio, e gli abbevererò col fiele: imperocché da' profeti di Gerusalemme si e sparsa l'immondezza per tutta la terra.Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes to the prophets: Behold I wil feede them with wormewood, and wil geue them galle to drinke, for from the prophetes of Ierusalem is pollution gone forth vpon al the land.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum ad prophetas: / Ecce ego cibabo eos absinthio, / et potabo eos felle: / a prophetis enim Jerusalem egressa est pollutio / super omnem terram. 16Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, and deceive you: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.Queste cose dice il Signor degli eserciti: Non ascoltate le parole de' profeti, i quali profetizzano a voi, e vi gabbano: pronunziano le visioni del loro cuore, e non parole della bocca del Signore.Thus saith the Lord of hostes: He are not the wordes of the prophets, that prophecie vnto you, and deceiue you: they speake the vision of their owne hart, not from the mouth of the Lord.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: / Nolite audire verba prophetarum / qui prophetant vobis, et decipiunt vos: / visionem cordis sui loquuntur, / non de ore Domini.

17They say to them that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come upon you.Essi dicono a coloro, che mi bestemmiano: Il Signore ha parlato: Voi avrete pace: e tutti coloro, che seguono il depravato lor cuore, han detto: Non verrà sciagura sopra di voi.They say to them that blaspheme me: Our Lord hath spoken: Peace shal be to you, and to euerie one that walketh in the peruersitie of his owne hart, they haue said: There shal no euil come vpon you.Dicunt his qui blasphemant me: / Locutus est Dominus: Pax erit vobis: / et omni qui ambulat in pravitate cordis sui dixerunt: / Non veniet super vos malum. 18For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?Ma, e chi assistè al consiglio del Signore, e lo vide, e udì il suo parlare? chi penetrò la Parola di lui, e la comprese?For who hath bene present in the counsel of our Lord, and hath seene and heard his word? Who hath considered his word, and heard it?Quis enim affuit in consilio Domini, / et vidit, et audivit sermonem ejus ? / quis consideravit verbum illius, et audivit ? 19Behold the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked.Ecco, che il turbine dello sdegno del Signore scapperà fuora, e la tempesta, rotto ogni argine, verrà sulla testa degli empj.Behold the whirlewind of the Lords indignation shal come forth, and a tempest breaking out: it shal come vpon the head of the impious.Ecce turbo Dominicæ indignationis egredietur, / et tempestas erumpens super caput impiorum veniet. 20The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel.Non cesserà il furor del Signore, fino a tanto che abbia eseguiti, e adempiuti i disegni della mente di lui. Il consiglio di lui lo comprenderete voi negli ultimi giorni.The furie of the Lord shal not returne til he doe it, and vntil he accomplish the cogitation of his hart: in the later daies you shal vnderstand his counsel.Non revertetur furor Domini, / usque dum faciat et usque dum compleat cogitationem cordis sui: / in novissimis diebus intelligetis consilium ejus. 21I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.Io non mandava questi profeti, ed ei correvano: io non parlava ad essi, ed eglino profetavano.I sent not the prophetes, and they ranne: I spake not to them, and they prophecied.Non mittebam prophetas, / et ipsi currebant: / non loquebar ad eos, / et ipsi prophetabant.

22If they had stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way, and from their wicked doings.Se fossero intervenuti al mio consiglio, e avessero intimate al mio popolo le mie parole, gli avrei certamente convertiti dalla mala lor vita, e dalle pessime loro inclinazioni.If they had stood in my counsel, and made my wordes knowen to my people, I had verely turned them from their euil way, and from their most wicked cogitations.Si stetissent in consilio meo, / et nota fecissent verba mea populo meo, / avertissem utique eos a via sua mala, / et a cogitationibus suis pessimis. 23Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?Credi tu, ch'io sia Dio da vicino (dice il Signore), e non Dio da lontano?Am I God neere hand thinkest thou, saith our Lord? and not God farre of?Putasne Deus e vicino ego sum, dicit Dominus, / et non Deus de longe ? 24Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?Potrà forse occultarsi un uomo ne' suoi nascondigli, sicché io non lo vegga, dice il Signore? Non empio forse io il cielo, e la terra, dice il Signore?Shal a man be hid in secretes: and shal not I see him, saith our Lord? Why, doe not I fil heauen and earth, saith our Lord?Si occultabitur vir in absconditis, / et ego non videbo eum ? dicit Dominus. / Numquid non cælum et terram ego impleo ? dicit Dominus. 25I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have dreamed.Ho udito quello, che dicono i profeti, che profetizzano nel nome mio la menzogna, e dicono: Ho sognato: ho sognato.I haue heard what the prophets haue said, prophecying in my name lies, and saying: I haue dreamed, I haue dreamed.Audivi quæ dixerunt prophetæ / prophetantes in nomine meo mendacium, / atque dicentes: Somniavi, somniavi. 26How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and that prophesy the delusions of their own heart?E fino a quando avranno ciò in cuore i profeti, che profetizzano menzogne, e annunziano le seduzioni del loro cuore?How long is this in the hart of the prophetes prophecying lies, and prophecying the seductions of their owne hart?Usquequo istud est in corde prophetarum vaticinantium mendacium, / et prophetantium seductiones cordis sui ? 27Who seek to make my people forget my name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbour: as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.I quali voglion far sì, che si scordi del nome mio il mio popolo, per dar retta a' sogni, che ognuno di essi racconta al suo prossimo: come del nome mio si scordarono i padri loro per amore di Baal.Who wil make my people to forget my name through their dreames, which euerie one telleth to his neighbour: as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.Qui volunt facere ut obliviscatur populus meus nominis mei, / propter somnia eorum quæ narrat unusquisque ad proximum suum, / sicut obliti sunt patres eorum nominis mei propter Baal ?

28The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my word, let him speak my word with truth: what hath the chaff to do with the wheat, saith the Lord?Il profeta, che sogna, racconti il sogno: e chi è depositario di mia parola, annunzi la Parola mia con verità: che han da fare col grano le paglie, dice il Signore?The prophet that hath a dreame, let him tel the dreame: and he that hath my word, let him speake my word truly: what hath the chafe to doe with the wheate, saith our Lord?Propheta qui habet somnium, / narret somnium: / et qui habet sermonem meum, / loquatur sermonem meum vere. / Quid paleis ad triticum ? dicit Dominus. 29Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?Non son'elleno le mie parole come il fuoco, dice il Signore, e come martello, che stritola il sasso?Why, are not my wordes as fire, saith our Lord: and as a hammer breaking a rocke?Numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis, dicit Dominus, / et quasi malleus conterens petram ? 30Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his neighbour.Per questo eccomi ai profeti, dice il Signore, i quali rubano le mie parole, ciascheduno al suo fratello.Therefore behold I to the prophetes, saith our Lord: which steale my wordes euerie one from his neighbour.Propterea ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus, / qui furantur verba mea unusquisque a proximo suo. 31Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.Eccomi ai profeti (dice il Signore), i quali si formano il proprio linguaggio, e dicono: Dice il Signore.Behold I to the prophetes, saith our Lord: which take their tongues, and say: Our Lord saith it.Ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus, / qui assumunt linguas suas, et aiunt: Dicit Dominus. 32Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord.Eccomi ai profeti, che sognano menzogne, dice il Signore, e le raccontano, e seducono il popol mio colle loro menzogne, e co' loro prodigi; quand'io non gli avea mandati, né data commissione a costoro, che non han fatto bene alcuno a questo popolo, dice il Signore.Behold, I to the prophets dreaming lies, saith our Lord: which haue told those thinges, and haue seduced my people in their lying, and in their miracles: when I had not sent them, nor commanded them, who haue not profited this people, saith our Lord.Ecce ego ad prophetas somniantes mendacium, ait Dominus, / qui narraverunt ea, et seduxerunt populum meum / in mendacio suo et in miraculis suis, / cum ego non misissem eos, nec mandassem eis: / qui nihil profuerunt populo huic, dicit Dominus.

33If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying: What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt say to them: You are the burden: for I will cast you away, saith the Lord.Se adunque ti interrogherà questo popolo, od un profeta, od un sacerdote, e dirà: Quale il peso del Signore? tu dirai loro: Voi siete il peso: perocché io vi getterò via, dice il Signore.If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shal aske thee, saying: What is the burden of our Lord? thou shalt say to them: We are the burden. for I wil cast you forth, saith our Lord.Si igitur interrogaverit te populus iste, / vel propheta, aut sacerdos, dicens: / Quod est onus Domini ? / dices ad eos: Vos estis onus: / projiciam quippe vos, dicit Dominus. 34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I will visit upon that man, and upon his house.E se un profeta, un sacerdote, o alcuno del popolo dirà: Peso del Signore: visiterò io un tal uomo, e la casa di lui.And the prophet, and the priest, and the people that saith: The burden of our Lord wil I visite vpon that man, and vpon his house.Et propheta, et sacerdos, et populus / qui dicit: Onus Domini: / visitabo super virum illum et super domum ejus. 35Thus shall you say every one to his neighbour, and to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and what hath the Lord spoken?Ognun di voi dirà al suo prossimo, e al suo fratello: Che è quello, che ha risposto il Signore? e che ha egli detto il Signore?Thus shal you say euerie one to his brother, & neighbour: What hath our Lord answered? and what hath our Lord spoken?Hæc dicetis unusquisque ad proximum, / et ad fratrem suum: / Quid respondit Dominus ? / et quid locutus est Dominus ? 36And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more, for every man’s word shall be his burden: for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.E non si nominerà più il peso del Signore; perchè a ciascheduno sarà suo peso la sua parola; perchè voi avete pervertite le parole di Dio vivo, del Signor degli eserciti Dio nostro.And the burden of our Lord shal no more be mentioned: because euerie mans burden shal be his owne word: & you haue peruerted the wordes of the liuing God, the Lord of hostes our God.Et onus Domini ultra non memorabitur: / quia onus erit unicuique sermo suus, / et pervertistis verba Dei viventis, / Domini exercituum, Dei nostri. 37Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken?Tu dirai al profeta: Che t'ha egli risposto il Signore? e che ha egli detto il Signore?Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath our Lord answered thee? and what hath our Lord spoken?Hæc dices ad prophetam: / Quid respondit tibi Dominus ? / et quid locutus est Dominus ?

38But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said this word: The burden of the Lord: and I have sent to you, saying: Say not, The burden of the Lord:Che se voi direte: Peso del Signore, per questo così dice il Signore: Perchè avete detta questa parola: Peso del Signore; quand'io mandai a dirvi: Non istate a dire: Peso del Signore;But if thou shalt say the burden of our Lord: for this, thus saith our Lord: Because you haue said this word: The burden of our Lord: and I haue sent to you, saying: Say not: The burden of our Lord:Si autem onus Domini dixeritis, / propter hoc hæc dicit Dominus: / Quia dixistis sermonem istum: Onus Domini, / et misi ad vos dicens: Nolite dicere: Onus Domini: 39Therefore behold I will take you away carrying you, and will forsake you, and the city which I gave to you, and to your fathers, out of my presence.Per questo ecco, che io vi piglierò, e vi porterò, e vi abbandonerò lungi dalla mia faccia, e voi, e la città, ch'io diedi a voi, e ai padri vostri.Therefore behold I wil take you away carying you, and wil forsake you, & the citie which I haue geuen to you, and to your fathers, from before my face.propterea ecce ego tollam vos portans, / et derelinquam vos, / et civitatem quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris, / a facie mea: 40And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgotten.E farovvi argomento di obbrobrio sempiterno, e di eterna ignominia, di cui non si cancellerà mai la memoria.And I wil geue you into euerlasting reproch, and into eternal ignominie, which shal neuer be put away by obliuion.et dabo vos in opprobrium sempiternum, / et in ignominiam æternam, / quæ numquam oblivione delebitur.