8 — Jeremias

1At that time, saith the Lord, they shall cast out the bones of the kings of Juda, and the bones of the princes thereof, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.In quel tempo, dice il Signore, saran gettate fuora de' lor sepolcri le ossa dei re di Giuda, e le ossa de' suoi principi, e le ossa de' sacerdoti, e le ossa de' profeti, e le ossa di quegli, che abitaron Gerusalemme:AT THAT time, saith our Lord, they wil cast out the bones of the kinges of Iuda, and the bones of the princes thereof; and the bones of priests, and the bones of the Prophets, and the bones of them that inhabite Ierusalem; out of their sepulchers.In illo tempore, ait Dominus, / ejicient ossa regum Juda, et ossa principum ejus, / et ossa sacerdotum, et ossa prophetarum, / et ossa eorum qui habitaverunt Jerusalem, / de sepulchris suis: 2And they shall spread them abroad to the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and adored: they shall not be gathered, and they shall not be buried: they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth.E le esporranno al sole, e alla luna, e a tutta la milizia del cielo, che son le cose, ch'essi hanno amato, e alle quali hanno servito, e dietro alle quali andavano, e le quali cercavano, e adoravano. Le ossa non saranno raccolte, né seppellite: saran come sterco sulla faccia della terra.And they shal spread them abrode in the sunne, and the moone, and al the host of heauen, which they haue loued, and which they haue serued, and after which they haue walked, and which they haue sought, and adored: they shal not be gathered, and they shal not be buried: they shal be as a dunghil vpon the face of the earth.et expandent ea ad solem, et lunam, / et omnem militiam cæli, / quæ dilexerunt, et quibus servierunt, / et post quæ ambulaverunt, / et quæ quæsierunt, et adoraverunt. / Non colligentur, et non sepelientur: / in sterquilinium super faciem terræ erunt. 3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all that shall remain of this wicked kindred in all places, which are left, to which I have cast them out, saith the Lord of hosts.E ameranno la morte più che la vita tutti quelli, che di questa stirpe pessima resteranno in tutti i luoghi abbandonati, dov' io gli ho cacciati, dice il Signore degli eserciti.And they shal choose rather death then life, al that shal be remaining of this wicked kinred in al places, which are leaft, to the which I haue cast them out, saith the Lord of hostes.Et eligent magis mortem quam vitam, / omnes qui residui fuerint de cognatione hac pessima, / in universis locis quæ derelicta sunt, / ad quæ ejeci eos, dicit Dominus exercituum. 4And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and he that is turned away, shall he not turn again?Ma tu dirai loro: Queste cose dice il Signore: Forse colui, che cade, non si rialza? E chi è uscito di strada non la ripiglia?And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith our Lord: Shal not he that falleth rise againe? and he that is turned away, shal he not turne againe?Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus: / Numquid qui cadit non resurget ? / et qui aversus est non revertetur ?

5Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? they have laid hold on lying, and have refused to return.E perchè adunque questo popolo di Gerusalemme si è ribellato con ribellione pertinace? Hanno stretta la menzogna, e non han voluto ricredersi.Why then is this people in Ierusalem turned away with a contentious reuolting? they haue apprehended lying, and would not returne.Quare ergo aversus est populus iste in Jerusalem / aversione contentiosa ? / Apprehenderunt mendacium, / et noluerunt reverti. 6I attended, and hearkened; no man speaketh what is good, there is none that doth penance for his sin, saying: What have I done? They are all turned to their own course, as a horse rushing to the battle.Io li considerai, e gli ascoltai: nissuno parla di quel, che è bene, nissuno è, che faccia penitenza del suo peccato, e dica: Che ho fatt'io? Si sono tutti rivolti alla loro carriera come cavallo, che impetuosamente va alla battaglia.I attended, and harkned: no man speaketh that which is good, there is none that doth penance for his sinne, saying: What haue I done? They are al turned to their owne course, as an horse going with violence to battel.Attendi, et auscultavi: / nemo quod bonum est loquitur; / nullus est qui agat pœnitentiam super peccato suo, / dicens: Quid feci ? / Omnes conversi sunt ad cursum suum, / quasi equus impetu vadens ad prælium. 7The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.Il nibbio nell'aria conosce il suo tempo; la tortorella, e la rondine, e la cicogna osservan costantemente il tempo del lor passaggio; ma il mio popolo non ha conosciuto il giudizio del Signore.The kite in the heauen hath knowen her time: the turtle, and the swalow, and the storke haue obserued the time of their coming: but my people haue not knowen the iudgement of the Lord.Milvus in cælo cognovit tempus suum: / turtur, et hirundo, et ciconia custodierunt tempus adventus sui: / populus autem meus non cognovit judicium Domini. 8How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.Come mai dite: Noi siamo saggi, la legge del Signore è nelle nostre mani? veramente lo stile bugiardo degli scribi ha vergato menzogne.How say you: We are wise, and the law of our Lord is with vs? In very deede the lying penne of the Scribes hath wrought lying.Quomodo dicitis: Sapientes nos sumus, / et lex Domini nobiscum est ? / vere mendacium operatus est stylus mendax scribarum ! 9The wise men are confounded, they are dismayed, and taken: for they have cast away the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.I saggi sono confusi, atterriti, e presi; perocché rigettarono la Parola del Signore, e non è in essi nissuna saggezza.The wise are confounded, they are terrified & taken: for they haue cast away the word of our Lord, and there is no wisedom in them.Confusi sunt sapientes; / perterriti et capti sunt: / verbum enim Domini projecerunt, / et sapientia nulla est in eis.

10Therefore will I give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.Per questo io darò a' forestieri le mogli loro, e i loro poderi ad altri eredi: perchè dal più piccolo fino al più grande tutti van dietro all'avarizia: dal profeta fino al sacerdote tutti sono bugiardi.Therefore wil I geue their wemen to strangers, their fildes to inheritours: because from the least euen to the greatest al folow auarice: from the prophet euen to the priest al make lies.Propterea dabo mulieres eorum exteris, / agros eorum hæredibus, / quia a minimo usque ad maximum / omnes avaritiam sequuntur: / a propheta usque ad sacerdotem / cuncti faciunt mendacium. 11And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace.E sanavano la piaga della figlia del popol mio con burlarsi di lei, dicendo: Pace, pace, quando non era pace,And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people to ignominie, saying: Peace, peace, when there was not peace.Et sanabant contritionem filiæ populi mei ad ignominiam, / dicentes: Pax, pax ! / cum non esset pax. 12They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.Sono confusi, perchè hanno fatto cose abbominevoli: anzi non son veramente confusi, e non han saputo arrossire; per questo cadranno tra que', che periscono, nel tempo, in cui saran visitati, periranno, dice il Signore.They are confounded, because they haue done abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they haue not knowen how to blush: therefore shal they fal among them that fal, in the time of their visitation they shal fal, saith our Lord.Confusi sunt, quia abominationem fecerunt: / quinimmo confusione non sunt confusi, / et erubescere nescierunt. / Idcirco cadent inter corruentes: / in tempore visitationis suæ corruent, dicit Dominus. 13Gathering I will gather them together, saith the Lord, there is no grape on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig tree, the leaf is fallen: and I have given them the things that are passed away.Io li raunerò tutti, dice il Signore: Le viti son senza uve, e la ficaia è senza fichi, le foglie stesse sono cadute, e le cose, ch'io diedi loro, se ne son' ite.Gathering I wil gather them together, saith our Lord, there is no grape in the vines, and there are no figges on the figtree, the leafe is fallen downe: and I haue geuen them the thinges that are passed.Congregans congregabo eos, ait Dominus. / Non est uva in vitibus, et non sunt ficus in ficulnea: / folium defluxit, / et dedi eis quæ prætergressa sunt.

14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced city, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and hath given us water of gall to drink: for we have sinned against the Lord.Perchè stiamo a sedere? Raunatevi, e andiamo nella città forte, ed ivi stiam in silenzio; perocché il Signore Dio nostro ci ha condannati al silenzio, e ci ha dato a bere acqua di fiele: perchè contro il Signore abbiam peccato.Why doe we sitte? come together and let vs enter into the fenced citie, and let vs be silent there: because the Lord our God hath made vs to be silent, and hath geuen vs water of gaule for drinke: for we haue sinned to our Lord.Quare sedemus ? / convenite, et ingrediamur civitatem munitam, / et sileamus ibi: / quia Dominus Deus noster silere nos fecit, / et potum dedit nobis aquam fellis: / peccavimus enim Domino. 15We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.Aspettavamo la pace, e questo bene non venne: il tempo di guarigione, ed ecco terrori.We expected peace and there was no good: a time of medicine and behold feare.Exspectavimus pacem, et non erat bonum: / tempus medelæ, et ecce formido. 16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land, and all that was in it: the city and its inhabitants.Da Dan si è udito il nitrire de' suoi cavalli, al romore strepitoso de' suoi combattenti è stata scommossa tutta la terra. E son venuti, e han divorata la terra, e le sue ricchezze; le città, e i loro abitatori.From Dan was the snoring noyse of his horses heard, with the voice of the neyinges of his fighting horses al the land was moued: and they came and deuoured the land, and the fulnes thereof: the citie and the inhabitants thereof.A Dan auditus est fremitus equorum ejus; / a voce hinnituum pugnatorum ejus commota est omnis terra: / et venerunt, et devoraverunt terram et plenitudinem ejus; / urbem et habitatores ejus. 17For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.Imperocché ecco che io manderò contro di voi de' serpenti, e de' basilischi, che non s'incantano; e vi morderanno, dice il Signore:For behold I wil send you serpents basaliskes, for which there is no inchantment: and they shal bite you, saith our Lord.Quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos, / quibus non est incantatio: / et mordebunt vos, ait Dominus. 18My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.Il mio dolore passa ogni dolore: io porto un cuore angustiato.My sorow is aboue sorow, my hart mourning within me.Dolor meus super dolorem, / in me cor meum mœrens.

19Behold the voice of the daughter of my people from a far country: Is not the Lord in Sion, or is not her king in her? why then have they provoked me to wrath with their idols, and strange vanities?Odo la voce della figlia del popol mio: Non è egli più il Signore in Sionne? O il suo Re non è egli più dentro di lei? E perchè adunque mi provocarono a sdegno co' loro simolacri, e con vanità forestiere?Behold the voice of the daughter of my people from a farre countrie: Is not our Lord in Sion: or is not her king in her? Why then haue they prouoked me to wrath in their sculptils, and in strange vanities?Ecce vox clamoris filiæ populi mei de terra longinqua: / Numquid Dominus non est in Sion ? / aut rex ejus non est in ea ? / Quare ergo me ad iracundiam concitaverunt in sculptilibus suis, / et in vanitatibus alienis ? 20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.La mietitura è passata, l'estate è finita, e noi non siam liberati.The haruest is past, sommer is ended: and we are not saued.Transiit messis, finita est æstas, / et nos salvati non sumus. 21For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.L'afflizione della figlia del popol mio mi affligge, e mi contrista; l'orrore si è impossessato di me.For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorowful, astonishment hath taken me.Super contritione filiæ populi mei contritus sum, et contristatus: / stupor obtinuit me. 22Is there no balm in Galaad? or is there no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?Non vi è egli resina in Galaad? O non hai tu verun medico? Perché adunque non è ella rammarginata la ferita della figliuola del popol mio?Is there noe rosen in Galaad? or is there no phisition there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?Numquid resina non est in Galaad ? / aut medicus non est ibi ? / quare igitur non est obducta cicatrix filiæ populi mei ?