51 — Jeremias

1Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me.Queste cose dice il Signore: Ecco, che io farò levarsi come un vento pestilenziale contro Babilonia, e contro i suoi abitatori, i quali hanno insolentito contro di me.THVS saith our Lord: Behold I wil raise vpon Babylon and vpon the inhabitants thereof, which haue lifted vp their hart against me, as it were a pestilent winde.Hæc dicit Dominus: / Ecce ego suscitabo super Babylonem et super habitatores ejus, / qui cor suum levaverunt contra me, / quasi ventum pestilentem: 2And I will send to Babylon fanners, and they shall fan her, and shall destroy her land: for they are come upon her on every side in the day of her affliction.E manderò a Babilonia dei battitori, e getteranno sua paglia al vento, e desoleranno la sua terra; perocché da tutte parti verran contro di lei nel giorno di sua afflizione.And I wil send vpon Babylon manners, and they shal fanne it, and shal destroy her land: because they are come vpon her on euerie side in the day of her affliction.et mittam in Babylonem ventilatores, / et ventilabunt eam et demolientur terram ejus, / quoniam venerunt super eam undique in die afflictionis ejus. 3Let not him that bendeth, bend his bow, and let not him go up that is armed with a coat of mail: spare not her young men, destroy all her army.Chi tende l'arco, nol tenda, e nissuno vada coperto di corazza. Non perdonate alla sua gioventù, uccidete tutte le sue milizie.Let not him that bendeth bend his bow, and let not him goe vp that is in a brigandin, spare not her young men, kil al her host.Non tendat qui tendit arcum suum, / et non ascendat loricatus: / nolite parcere juvenibus ejus; / interficite omnem militiam ejus. 4And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.E i morti cederanno nella terra de' Caldei, e i feriti nelle sue regioni.And the slaine shal fal in the land of the Chaldees, and the wounded in the countries thereof.Et cadent interfecti in terra Chaldæorum, / et vulnerati in regionibus ejus. 5For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken by their God the Lord of hosts: but their land hath been filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.Perocché Israele, e Giuda non è rimaso senza il suo Dio, senza il Signor degli eserciti: ma la loro terra fu ripiena di delitti contro il Santo d'Israele.Because Israel and Iuda haue not bene left as a widow of their God the Lord of hostes: but their land hath bene replenished with sinne from the holie one of Israel.Quoniam non fuit viduatus Israël et Juda / a Deo suo, Domino exercituum, / terra autem eorum repleta est delicto / a Sancto Israël.

6Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniquity: for it is the time of revenge from the Lord, he will render unto her what she hath deserved.Fuggite di mezzo a Babilonia, e metta in salvo ciascuno la propria vita: non siate indolenti sopra le sue iniquità; perocchè viene il tempo della vendetta del Signore, ei le renderà il contraccambio:Flee ye out of the middes of Babylon, and let euerie one saue his owne life, hold not your peace vpon her iniquitie: because it is the time of reuenge from our Lord, he wil requite her the like.Fugite de medio Babylonis, / et salvet unusquisque animam suam: / nolite tacere super iniquitatem ejus, / quoniam tempus ultionis est a Domino: / vicissitudinem ipse retribuet ei. 7Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine, and therefore they have staggered.Babilonia nella man del Signore fu un calice d'oro da inebriare tutta la terra. Di quel suo vino tutte bevver le genti, e ne furono alterate.Babylon is a golden cuppe in the hand of our Lord, inebriating al the earth: of her wine haue the Nations drunke, and therefore they are in commotion.Calix aureus Babylon in manu Domini, / inebrians omnem terram: / de vino ejus biberunt gentes, / et ideo commotæ sunt. 8Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.Babilonia è caduta repentinamente, e si è fracassata: gettate urla sopra di lei, prendete della resina pe' suoi dolori, se a sorte ella guarisse.Babylon is fallen sodenly, and is destroyed: howle ye vpon her, take resine for her sorow, if perhaps she may be healed.Subito cecidit Babylon, et contrita est. / Ululate super eam: / tollite resinam ad dolorem ejus, / si forte sanetur. 9We would have cured Babylon, but she is not healed: let us forsake her, and let us go every man to his own land: because her judgment hath reached even to the heavens, and is lifted up to the clouds.Abbiam medicata Babilonia, e non è guarita, abbandoniamla, e andiancene ognuno al suo paese; perocché i suoi delitti arrivarono fino al cielo, e si alzavan fino alle nuvole.We haue cured Babylon, and she is not healed: let vs forsake her, & let vs goe euerie man to his owne land: because her iudgement hath reached euen to the heauens, & is lifted vp vnto the clowdes.Curavimus Babylonem, et non est sanata: / derelinquamus eam, et eamus unusquisque in terram suam: / quoniam pervenit usque ad cælos judicium ejus, / et elevatum est usque ad nubes.

10The Lord hath brought forth our justices: Come, and let us declare in Sion the work of the Lord our God.Il Signore ha fatta apparire la nostra giustizia: venite, e annunziamo in Sion l'opera del Signore Dio nostro.Our Lord hath brought forth our iustices: come, and let vs tel in Sion the worke of the Lord our God.Protulit Dominus justitias nostras: / venite, et narremus in Sion opus Domini Dei nostri. 11Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: and his mind is against Babylon to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.Appuntate le vostre frecce, empite turcassi. Il Signore ha suscitato lo spirito dei re di Media, ed egli ha presa la sua risoluzione contro Babilonia per isterminarla; perchè dee essere vendicato il Signore, vendicato il suo tempio.Make sharpe the arrowes, fil the quiuers: our Lord hath raysed vp the spirite of the kinges of the Medes: and against Babylon his minde is to destroy it, because it is the reuenge of our Lord, the reuenge of his temple.Acuite sagittas, implete pharetras: / suscitavit Dominus spiritum regum Medorum: / et contra Babylonem mens ejus est ut perdat eam, / quoniam ultio Domini est, / ultio templi sui. 12Upon the walls of Babylon set up the standard, strengthen the watch: set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both purposed, and done all that he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.Sulle mura di Babilonia alzate lo stendardo, aumentate le guardie, ponete le ascolte, preparate stratagemmi; perocché il Signore ha risoluto, ed ha eseguito tutto quello, che egli predisse contro gli abitatori di Babilonia.Vpon the walles of Babylon lift vp the ensigne, increase the watch set vp watchemen, prepare embushments: because our Lord hath meant, and hath done what soeuer he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.Super muros Babylonis levate signum, / augete custodiam, levate custodes, / præparate insidias: / quia cogitavit Dominus, / et fecit quæcumque locutus est contra habitatores Babylonis. 13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction.O tu, che siedi sopra le molte acque, ricca de' tuoi tesori, è venuto il tuo fine, il punto fisso del tuo eccidio.Thou that dwellest vpon manie waters, rich in treasures: thine end is come with in a foote of thy cutting of.Quæ habitas super aquas multas, / locuples in thesauris: / venit finis tuus, pedalis præcisionis tuæ. 14The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying: I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee.Il Signore degli eserciti ha giurato per se medesimo: Io t'inonderò di turbe di uomini come le locuste, e sopra di te sarà cantata la canzone della, vendemmia.The Lord of hostes hath sworne by his soule: that I wil replenish thee with men as it were with the locust, and vpon thee shal the merie shoute be song.Juravit Dominus exercituum per animam suam: / Quoniam replebo te hominibus quasi brucho, / et super te celeuma cantabitur.

15He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.Egli è che fece con sua possanza o la terra, e il mondo dispose colla sua sapienza, e colla intelligenza sua ordinò i cieli.He that made the earth in his strength, hath prepared the world in his wisedom, and with his prudence stretched out the heauens.Qui fecit terram in fortitudine sua, / præparavit orbem in sapientia sua, / et prudentia sua extendit cælos. 16When he uttereth his voice the waters are multiplied in heaven: he lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth, he hath turned lightning into rain: and hath brought forth the wind out of his treasures.A una sua voce si adunano le acque nel cielo; egli alza dalle estremità della terra le nuvole: scioglie i folgori in pioggia, e da' suoi tesori ne tragge il vento.He geuing a voice, the waters are multiplied in heauen: who lifteth vp the clowdes from the extreme part of the earth, lightenings he hath turned into rayne: and he hath brought forth the winde out of his treasures.Dante eo vocem, multiplicantur aquæ in cælo: / qui levat nubes ab extremo terræ, / fulgura in pluviam fecit, / et produxit ventum de thesauris suis. 17Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them.Stolto diventò l'uomo del suo sapere. La statua stessa confonde e ogni artefice: perchè cosa falsa è quella, che egli ha fatto, e spirito in lei non è.Euerie man is become a foole by knowlege: euerie mettal caster is confounded in his sculptil, because his casting is counterfet, neither is there spirite in them.Stultus factus est omnis homo a scientia; / confusus est omnis conflator in sculptili: / quia mendax est conflatio eorum, / nec est spiritus in eis. 18They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Sono opere vane, e degne di riso: è al tempo della visita periran queste cose.They are vaine workes, and worthie to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shal perish.Vana sunt opera, et risu digna: / in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt. 19The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.Non è come questi colui, che è la porzion di Giacobbe: imperocché egli è, che ha fatte tutte le cose, e Israele è il remo suo ereditario. Il suo nome egli è, Signor degli eserciti.The portion of Iacob is not as these thinges: because he that made al thinges he it is, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his name.Non sicut hæc, pars Jacob, / quia qui fecit omnia ipse est: / et Israël sceptrum hæreditatis ejus: / Dominus exercituum nomen ejus.

20Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:Tu se' stata per me il martello, che hai stritolate le armi, e gli armati, e per mezzo di te io conquasserò le genti, e desolerò i reami:Thou doest knocke together the vessels of warre for me, and I wil knock together in thee the Gentiles, and I wil destroy in thee kingdomes:Collidis tu mihi vasa belli: / et ego collidam in te gentes, / et disperdam in te regna: 21And with thee I will break in pieces the horse, and his rider, and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot, and him that getteth up into it:E per mezzo di te sperderò i cavalli, e i cavalieri, e per mezzo di te sperderò i cocchi, e que', che li guidano:And I wil breake in thee the horse, and his rider: and I wil knock together in thee the chariot, and the rider thereof.et collidam in te equum et equitem ejus: / et collidam in te currum et ascensorem ejus: 22And with thee I will break in pieces man and woman, and with thee I will break in pieces the old man and the child, and with thee I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin:E per mezzo di te sperderò uomini, e donne, e per te sperderò vecchj, e fanciulli, e sperderò per te giovani, e fanciulle:And I wil knocke together in thee man and woman, and I wil knocke together in thee the old man and the child, and I wil knock together in thee the young man and the virgin:et collidam in te virum et mulierem: / et collidam in te senem et puerum: / et collidam in te juvenem et virginem: 23And with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee I will break in pieces captains and rulers.E per mezzo di te sperderò il pastore, e il suo gregge, e per te sperderò il bifolco, e i buoi, che van sotto il giogo; e per te sperderò i condottieri, e i magistrati.and I wil knocke together in thee the pastour and his flocke, and I wil knocke together in thee the husbandman and his draweing cattle, and I wil knocke together in thee dukes and magistrates.et collidam in te pastorem et gregem ejus: / et collidam in te agricolam et jugales ejus: / et collidam in te duces et magistratus:

24And I will render to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil, that they have done in Sion, before your eyes, saith the Lord.Ed io poi renderò sotto gli occhi vostri a Babilonia, e a tutti gli abitatori della Caldea tutto il male, che fecero contro Sionne, dice il Signore.And I wil render to Babylon, and to al the inhabitants of Chaldee al their euil, that they haue done in Sion, before your eyes, saith our Lord.et reddam Babyloni, et cunctis habitatoribus Chaldææ, / omne malum suum quod fecerunt in Sion, / in oculis vestris, ait Dominus. 25Behold I come against thee, thou destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.Eccomi a te, o pestifero monte (dice il Signore), che infetti tutta quanta la terra: ed io stenderò la mano mia contro di te, e ti precipiterò dalle tue rupi, e farotti un monte di incendio.Behold I to thee thou pestiferous mountaine, saith our Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I wil streatch out my hand vpon thee, and wil roll thee out of the rockes, and wil geue thee to be a mountayne of burning.Ecce ego ad te, mons pestifer, ait Dominus, / qui corrumpis universam terram: / et extendam manum meam super te, / et evolvam te de petris, / et dabo te in montem combustionis: 26And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord.Non si trarrà da te pietra da mettere all'angolo, né pietra da gettare ne' fondamenti: ma sarai distrutto in eterno, dice il Signore.And they shal not take of thee a stone for the corner, and a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for euer, saith our Lord.et non tollent de te lapidem in angulum, / et lapidem in fundamenta: / sed perditus in æternum eris, ait Dominus. 27Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust.Alzate lo stendardo: suonate la tromba tralle nazioni: preparate alla guerra sacra contro di lei i popoli: convocate contro di lei i regi di Ararat, di Menni, e di Ascenez: numerate i soldati di Taphsar contro di lei: mettete in campo cavalli come un esercito di cavallette armate di pungiglioni.Lift ye vp an ensigne in the land: sound with the trumpet among the Gentiles: sanctifie the Gentiles vpon her: declare against her to the kinges of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust.Levate signum in terra, / clangite buccina in gentibus, / sanctificate super eam gentes, / annuntiate contra illam regibus Ararat, Menni, et Ascenez: / numerate contra eam Taphsar, / adducite equum quasi bruchum aculeatum.

28Prepare the nations against her, the kings of Media, their captains, and all their rulers, and all the land of their dominion.Preparate alla guerra sacra contro di lei i regi di Media, e i suoi capitani, e tutti i suoi grandi, e tutte le provincie, che ad essi sono soggette.Sanctifie the Gentiles against her, the kings of Media, the dukes thereof, and al the Magistrates thereof, & al the land of his dominion.Sanctificate contra eam gentes, / reges Mediæ, duces ejus, et universos magistratus ejus, / cunctamque terram potestatis ejus. 29And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.E la terra sarà scommossa, e sconturbata; perchè tosto avrà effetto la risoluzion del Signore, da cui la terra di Babilonia sarà renduta deserta, e inabitabile.And the land shal be in a commotion, and shal be trubled: because the cogitation of our Lord shal awake against Babylon, to lay the Land of Babylon desert and inhabitable.Et commovebitur terra et conturbabitur, / quia evigilabit contra Babylonem cogitatio Domini, / ut ponat terram Babylonis desertam et inhabitabilem. 30The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed, and they are become as women: her dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken.I forti di Babilonia han lasciata la pugna, se ne stanno ne' luoghi fortificati: il lor valore se n'è andato, son diventati come femmine: le loro tende sono state abbruciate, e i contrafforti delle porte sono spezzati.The valiants of Babylon haue ceased from battel, they haue dwelt in holdes: their strength is deuoured, and they are become as wemen: her tabernacles are burnt, her barres are broken.Cessaverunt fortes Babylonis a prælio; / habitaverunt in præsidiis: / devoratum est robur eorum, / et facti sunt quasi mulieres: / incensa sunt tabernacula ejus, / contriti sunt vectes ejus. 31One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:Il corridore incontrerà il corridore, e il messaggiere s'imbatterà nel messaggiere: ei vanno a far sapere al re di Babilonia, che la città è presa da un'estremità all'altra:A runner shal come to meete the runner, and messenger to meete messenger: to tel the king of Babylon that his citie is taken from one end to the other:Currens obviam currenti veniet, / et nuntius obvius nuntianti, / ut annuntiet regi Babylonis / quia capta est civitas ejus a summo usque ad summum. 32And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.Che i passaggi sono occupati, e che è stato messo il fuoco ai canneti della palude, e tutti i guerrieri sono sbigottiti;and the fordes are taken before hand, and the fennes be burnt with fire, and the men of warre be trubled.Et vada præoccupata sunt, / et paludes incensæ sunt igni, / et viri bellatores conturbati sunt.

33For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thrashingfloor, this is the time of her thrashing: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.Imperocché queste cose dice il Signor degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele: La figliuola di Babilonia è come un'aia, quest'è il tempo di sua battitura: ancora un po' di tempo, e la mietitura e di lei verrà.Because thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is as a barne floore, the time of her threshing: yet a litle, and the time of her reaping shal come.Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: / Filia Babylonis quasi area, / tempus trituræ ejus: / adhuc modicum, et veniet tempus messionis ejus. 34Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten me up, he hath devoured me: he hath made me as an empty vessel: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicate meats, and he hath cast me out.Mi ha consunta, mi ha divorata Nabucodonosor re di Babilonia; mi ha ridotta come un vaso vuoto: egli, qual dragone mi ha assorbita: ha empiuto il suo ventre di tutto quello, che io aveva di meglio, e mi ha mandata in dispersione.Nabuchodosor the king of Babylon hath eaten me, he hath deuoured me: he hath made me as an emptie vessel: he hath swallowed me vp as a dragon, he hath filled his bellie with my tendernes, and hath cast me out.Comedit me, devoravit me Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis: / reddidit me quasi vas inane, / absorbuit me quasi draco, / replevit ventrem suum teneritudine mea, et ejecit me. 35The wrong done to me, and my flesh be upon Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion: and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, saith Jerusalem.L'iniquità commessa contro di me, e il macello della mia carne sta sopra Babilonia, dice la figliuola di Sion, e il sangue mio sopra gli abitatori della Caldea, dice Gerusalemme.Iniquitie against me, and my flesh vpon Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion: and my bloud vpon the inhabitantes of Chaldee, saith Ierusalem.Iniquitas adversum me / et caro mea super Babylonem, / dicit habitatio Sion: / et sanguis meus super habitatores Chaldææ, dicit Jerusalem. 36Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, and will dry up her spring.Per questo così dice il Signore: Ecco, che io giudicherò la tua causa, e farò tue vendette, e asciugherò il mare di Babilonia, e seccherò le sue sorgenti.Therefore thus saith our Lord: Behold I wil iudge thy cause, and wil reuenge thy vengeance, and I wil make her sea desolate, and wil drie vp her vayne.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus: / Ecce ego judicabo causam tuam, / et ulciscar ultionem tuam: / et desertum faciam mare ejus, / et siccabo venam ejus.

37And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.E Babilonia sarà una massa di rovine, abitazion di dragoni, oggetto di spavento, e di scherno, perchè non avrà abitatore.And Babylon shal be into heapes, the habitation of dragons, astonishment, and hissing, because there is not an inhabiter.Et erit Babylon in tumulos, / habitatio draconum, stupor et sibilus, / eo quod non sit habitator. 38They shall roar together like lions, they shall shake their manes like young lions.Ruggiranno insieme come lioni, e come giovani lioncelli scuoteranno i lor crini.They shal roare together as lions, they shal shake the manes as the whelpes of lions.Simul ut leones rugient; / excutient comas veluti catuli leonum. 39In their heat I will set them drink: and I will make them drunk, that they may slumber, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and awake no more, saith the Lord.Li farò riscaldale nelle lor gozzoviglie, e gl'inebrierò, affinchè si addormentino, e dormano un sonno sempiterno, e più non si alzino, dice il Signore.In their heate I wil set their drinke: and I wil make them drunke, that they may be drousie, and sleepe an euerlasting sleepe, & not arise, saith our Lord.In calore eorum ponam potus eorum, / et inebriabo eos ut sopiantur, / et dormiant somnum sempiternum, / et non consurgant, dicit Dominus. 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids.Li condurrò come agnelli al macello, e come arieti coi capretti.I wil leade them as lambes to be a victime, and as rammes with kiddes.Deducam eos quasi agnos ad victimam, / et quasi arietes cum hædis. 41How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?Come mai è stata presa Sesach, e vinta la gloria di tutta la terra? Come mai Babilonia è diventata l'orrore di tutti i popoli?How is Sesach taken, and the noble one of al the earth apprehended? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the Gentiles?Quomodo capta est Sesach, / et comprehensa est inclyta universæ terræ ! / quomodo facta est in stuporem Babylon inter gentes ! 42The sea is come up over Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.Un mare ha inondato Babilonia, e la massa de' suoi flutti la ha affogata.The sea is come vp ouer Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.Ascendit super Babylonem mare: / multitudine fluctuum ejus operta est.

43Her cities are become an astonishment, a land uninhabited and desolate, a land wherein none can dwell, nor son of man pass through it.Le sue città son divenute spettacolo di terrore, terra inabitabile, e deserta, nella quale niuno possa abitare, né figliuolo nell'uomo passarvi.Her cities are become an astonishment: a land inhabitable and desolate, a land wherein none can dwel, nor sonne of man may passe by it.Factæ sunt civitates ejus in stuporem, / terra inhabitabilis et deserta, / terra in qua nullus habitet, / nec transeat per eam filius hominis. 44And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he had swallowed down: and the nations shall no more flow together to him, for the wall also of Babylon shall fall.E visiterò Bel in Babilonia, e farogli vomitare quel, che ha ingoiato, e non accorreranno più a lui i popoli; perocché anche le mura di Babilonia anderanno in rovina.And I wil visite vpon Bel in Babylon, and I wil cast out of his mouth that which he had swallowed: and the Gentiles shal no more runne together vnto him, for the wall also of Babylon shal fal.Et visitabo super Bel in Babylone, / et ejiciam quod absorbuerat de ore ejus: / et non confluent ad eum ultra gentes, / siquidem et murus Babylonis corruet. 45Go out of the midst of her, my people: that every man may save his life from the fierce wrath of the Lord.Uscite da lei, popol mio, affinchè ognuno salvar possa la propria vita dall'ira furibonda del Signore.Goe out of the middes of her my people: that euerie one may saue his life from the wrath of the furie of our Lord.Egredimini de medio ejus, populus meus, / ut salvet unusquisque animam suam ab ira furoris Domini, 46And lest your hearts faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land: and a rumour shall come in one year, and after this year another rumour: and iniquity in the land, and ruler upon ruler.E badate, che il vostro cuore non si sbigottisca, e non vi faccian paura le nuove, che si sentiran pel paese; un anno verrà una nuova; e dopo quest'anno altra nuova; e la tirannide nel paese, e un dominatore dopo l'altro dominatore;And lest perhaps your hartes faint, and ye feare the bruite, that shal be heard in the land: and there shal come a bruite in the yeare, and after this yeare a bruite: and iniquitie in the land, and ruler vpon ruler.et ne forte mollescat cor vestrum, / et timeatis auditum qui audietur in terra: / et veniet in anno auditio, / et post hunc annum auditio, / et iniquitas in terra, / et dominator super dominatorem.

47Therefore behold the days come, and I will visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.Perocché allora verrà il tempo, in cui visiterò i simulacri di Babilonia, e tutta la sua terra sarà in confusione, e tutti i suoi (cittadini) cadranno uccisi in mezzo a lei.Therefore behold the daies come, and I wil visite vpon the sculptiles of Babylon: and al her land shal be confounded and al her slaine shal fal in the middes of her.Propterea ecce dies veniunt, / et visitabo super sculptilia Babylonis, / et omnis terra ejus confundetur, / et universi interfecti ejus cadent in medio ejus. 48And the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them shall give praise for Babylon: for spoilers shall come to her from the north, saith the Lord.I cieli, e la terra, e quanto in essi contiensi, canteranno laude a cagione di Babilonia, perchè da settentrione verranno i suoi distruttori, dice il Signore.And the heauens and the earth shal prayse vpon Babylon, and al thinges that are in them: because spoylers shal come to her from the North, saith our Lord.Et laudabunt super Babylonem cæli et terra, / et omnia quæ in eis sunt: / quia ab aquilone venient ei prædones, ait Dominus. 49And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth.E come Babilonia fece, che tanti cadesser uccisi in Israele, così molti de' Babilonesi cadranno uccisi per tutto il paese.And as Babylon caused that there should fal slaine in Israel: so of Babylon there shal fal slaine in the whole land.Et quomodo fecit Babylon, / ut caderent occisi in Israël, / sic de Babylone / cadent occisi in universa terra. 50You that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.Voi, che avete fuggita la spada, venite, non vi fermate: da lungi ricordatevi del Signore, e ritornivi in cuore Gerusalemme.You that haue escaped the sword, come, stand not: remember our Lord a farre of, and let Ierusalem ascend vpon your hart.Qui fugistis gladium, venite, / nolite stare: / recordamini procul Domini, / et Jerusalem ascendat super cor vestrum. 51We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.Noi siam confusi degli obbrobri, che abbiamo uditi: i nostri volti sono coperti d'ignominia; perocché gli stranieri entrarono nella casa santa del Signore.We are confounded, because we haue heard reproch: ignominie hath couered our faces: because strangers are come vpon the sanctification of the house of our Lord.Confusi sumus, quoniam audivimus opprobrium: / operuit ignominia facies nostras, / quia venerunt alieni super sanctificationem domus Domini.

52Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all her land the wounded shall groan:Per questo ecco, che viene il tempo, dice il Signore, e farò mie vendette sopra i suoi simulacri: e muggiranno i feriti per tutto il suo territori.Therefore behold the daies come, saith our Lord: and I wil visite vpon her sculptiles, and in al her land the wounded shal roare.Propterea ecce dies veniunt, ait Dominus, / et visitabo super sculptilia ejus, / et in omni terra ejus mugiet vulneratus. 53If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.Se Babilonia s'innalzerà fino al cielo, e nell'alto fisserà sua possanza, da me saranno mandati i suoi distruttori, dice il Signore.If Babylon shal ascend vp into heauen, and stablish her strength on high: from me there shal come wasters of her, saith our Lord.Si ascenderit Babylon in cælum, / et firmaverit in excelso robur suum, / a me venient vastatores ejus, ait Dominus. 54The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:Strida grandi da Babilonia, e fracasso grande dalla terra de' Caldei.A voice of crving from Babylon, and great destruction from the Land of the Chaldees:Vox clamoris de Babylone, / et contritio magna de terra Chaldæorum: 55Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste, and destroyed out of her the great voice: and their wave shall roar like many waters: their voice hath made a noise:Perocché il Signore ha devastata Babilonia, ed ha fatte cessare in lei le voci superbe: sarà il romore di que' flutti simile ad una gran massa di acque: tal sarà il suono delle lor voci:because our Lord hath wasted Babylon and destroyed out of it the great voice: and their waues shal sound as manie waters: their voice hath geuen a sound.quoniam vastavit Dominus Babylonem, / et perdidit ex ea vocem magnam: / et sonabunt fluctus eorum quasi aquæ multæ; / dedit sonitum vox eorum: 56Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.Imperocché è venuto sopra di Babilonia il ladrone, e i suoi guerrieri sono stati sorpresi, e il loro arco è stato senza forza; perchè forte vendicatore è il Signore, che rende il contraccambio.Because the spoyler is come vpon her, that is, vpon Babylon, and her valiants are apprehended, and their bow is weakened: because the strong reuenger our Lord rendring wil repay.quia venit super eam, id est super Babylonem, prædo, / et apprehensi sunt fortes ejus, / et emarcuit arcus eorum, / quia fortis ultor Dominus reddens retribuet.

57And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts.Ed io inebrierò i suoi principi, e i suoi sapienti, e i suoi capitani, e i suoi magistrati, e i suoi campioni; e dormiranno un sonno eterno, e non si risveglieranno, dice il Re, che ha nome il Signore degli eserciti.And I wil inebriate her princes, and her wise men, and her dukes, and her magistrates, and her valiants: and they shal sleepe an euerlasting sleepe, and shal not awake, saith the king, the Lord of hostes is his name.Et inebriabo principes ejus, et sapientes ejus, / et duces ejus, et magistratus ejus, et fortes ejus: / et dormient somnum sempiternum, / et non expergiscentur, ait Rex / (Dominus exercituum nomen ejus). 58Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the labours of the people shall come to nothing, and of the nations shall go to the fire, and shall perish.Queste cose dice il Signor degli eserciti: Quella muraglia larghissima di Babilonia sarà rovinata da sommo a imo, e le sue altissime porte saranno arse dalla fiamme, e le fatiche de' popoli, e delle nazioni saranno annichilate, e distrutte dal fuoco, e periranno.Thus saith the Lord of hostes: That most brode wal of Babylon by vndermyning shal be vndermined, and her high gates shal be burnt with fire, and the labours of the peoples shal come to nothing, and of the nations shal be into the fire, and shal perish.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: / Murus Babylonis ille latissimus suffossione suffodietur, / et portæ ejus excelsæ igni comburentur, / et labores populorum ad nihilum, / et gentium in ignem erunt, et disperibunt. 59The word that Jeremias the prophet commanded Saraias the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, when he went with king Sedecias to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign: now Saraias was chief over the prophecy.Comandamento dato da Geremia profeta a Saraia figliuolo di Neria, figliuolo di Maasia, quando andava con Sedecia re a Babilonia l'anno quarto del regno di lui. Or Saraia era capo dell'imbasciata.The word that Ieremie the prophete commanded Saraias the sonne of Nerias, the sonne of Maasias, when he went with Sedecias the king into Babylon, in the fourth yeare of his kingdome: and Saraias was the prince of prophecie.Verbum quod præcepit Jeremias propheta Saraiæ filio Neriæ filii Maasiæ, cum pergeret cum Sedecia rege in Babylonem, in anno quarto regni ejus: Saraias autem erat princeps prophetiæ. 60And Jeremias wrote in one book all the evil that was to come upon Babylon: all these words that are written against Babylon.Descrisse Geremia tutte le sciagure, che dovean cadere sopra Babilonia in un libro, e tutte queste parole, che sono scritte contro Babilonia.And Ieremie wrote al the euil, that was to come vpon Babylon in one booke: al these wordes, that are written against Babylon.Et scripsit Jeremias omne malum quod venturum erat super Babylonem, in libro uno: omnia verba hæc quæ scripta sunt contra Babylonem.

61And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,E Geremia disse a Saraia: Quando tu sarai arrivato a Babilonia, e avrai vedute, e lette tutte queste parole,And Ieremie said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt reade al these wordes,Et dixit Jeremias ad Saraiam: Cum veneris in Babylonem, et videris, et legeris omnia verba hæc, 62Thou shalt say: O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it: so that there should be neither man nor beast to dwell therein, and that it should be desolate for ever.Dirai: Tu, Signore, hai minacciato di distruggere questo luogo a segno, che non ci rimanga chi lo abiti né uomo, né bestia, e sia qui solitudine eterna.thou shalt say: Lord thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it: that there be none to inhabite it from man euen vnto beast, and that it be a perpetual wildernesse.dices: Domine, tu locutus es contra locum istum, ut disperderes eum, ne sit qui in eo habitet, ab homine usque ad pecus, et ut sit perpetua solitudo. 63And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:E quando avrai finito di leggere questo libro, lo legherai a una pietra, e lo getterai in mezzo all'Eufrate:And when thou shalt haue finished reading this booke, thou shalt tye a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the middes of Euphrates:Cumque compleveris legere librum istum, ligabis ad eum lapidem, et projicies illum in medium Euphraten, 64And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I will bring upon her, and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus far are the words of Jeremias.E dirai: In tal guisa sarà sommersa Babilonia, e non risorgerà dall'eccidio, che io mando sopra di lei, e verrà meno. Fin qui le parole di Geremia.and thou shalt say: So shal Babylon be drowned, & she shal not rise vp from the face of the affliction, that I wil bring vpon her, and she shal be dissolued. Hitherto the wordes of Ieremie.et dices: Sic submergetur Babylon, et non consurget a facie afflictionis quam ego adduco super eam, et dissolvetur. Hucusque verba Jeremiæ.