9 — Jeremias

1Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.Chi darà acqua alla mia testa, e agli occhi miei una fontana di lagrime, e piangerò di, e notte gli uccisi della figlia del popol mio?VVHO wil geue water to my head, and to mine eies a fountaine of teares? and I wil weepe day & night for the slaine of the daughter of my people.Quis dabit capiti meo aquam, / et oculis meis fontem lacrimarum, / et plorabo die ac nocte interfectos filiæ populi mei ? 2Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors.Chi mi darà nella solitudine una capanna da viaggiatore, affinchè io lasci il mio popolo, e mi ritiri da costoro? perchè ei son tutti adulteri, turba di prevaricatori.Who wil geue me in the wildernes an inne of wayfaring men, and I wil forsake my people, and depart from them? because they are al adulterers, an assemblie of transgressors.Quis dabit me in solitudine diversorium viatorum, / et derelinquam populum meum, / et recedam ab eis ? / quia omnes adulteri sunt, / cœtus prævaricatorum. 3And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.E hanno stesa la loro lingua qual arco di menzogna, e non di verità. Ei si son fatti possenti sopra la terra, perchè da una malvagità son passati all'altra malvagità, e non han conosciuto me, dice il Signore.And they haue bent their tongue, as a bowe of lying and not of truth: they haue taken courege in the land, because they haue proceeded from euil to euil, and me they haue not knowen, saith our Lord.Et extenderunt linguam suam / quasi arcum mendacii et non veritatis: / confortati sunt in terra, / quia de malo ad malum egressi sunt, / et me non cognoverunt, dicit Dominus. 4Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.Si guardi ognuno dal suo prossimo, e nissuno si fidi de' suoi fratelli, perchè ogni fratello farà il mestiero di traditore, e ogni amico ordirà frodi.Let euerie man take heede to himself of his neighbour, and in euerie brother of his, let him not haue affiance: because euerie brother supplanting wil supplant, and euerie freind wil walke deceitfully.Unusquisque se a proximo suo custodiat, / et in omni fratre suo non habeat fiduciam: / quia omnis frater supplantans supplantabit, / et omnis amicus fraudulenter incedet.

5And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity.E ogni uomo si burlerà del proprio fratello, e non diranno mai verità; perocché hanno avvezzata la loro lingua alla bugia: si sono stancati a mal fare.And man shal scorne his brother, and they wil not speake truth: for they haue taught their tongue to speake lies: they haue laboured to doe vniustly.Et vir fratrem suum deridebit, / et veritatem non loquentur: / docuerunt enim linguam suam loqui mendacium; / ut inique agerent laboraverunt. 6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.Tu abiti in mezzo agli inganni; perchè aman gl'inganni; ricusano di conoscermi, dice il Signore.Thine inhabitation is in the middes of deceipt: in deceipte they haue refused to know me, saith our Lord.Habitatio tua in medio doli: / in dolo renuerunt scire me, dicit Dominus. 7Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?Per questo tali cose dice il Signore degli eserciti: Io li metterò al fuoco, e farò saggio di essi: imperocché qual altra cosa farò io per la figlia del popol mio?Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes: Behold I wil melt, and wil trie them: for what els shal I doe at the face of the daughter of my people?Propterea hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: / Ecce ego conflabo, et probabo eos: / quid enim aliud faciam a facie filiæ populi mei ? 8Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.Saetta feritrice è la loro lingua, ella parla per ingannare: colla bocca annunzia pace al suo amico, e segretamente gli tende insidie.Their tongue is a wandring arrow, it hath spoken guile: in his mouth he hath spoken peace with his freind, and secretly he layeth waite for him.Sagitta vulnerans lingua eorum, / dolum locuta est. / In ore suo pacem cum amico suo loquitur, / et occulte ponit ei insidias. 9Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation?Forse che io non punirò tali cose, dice il Signore? O non farà vendetta l'anima mia di un popol tale?Shal I not visite vpon these thinges, saith our Lord? or vpon such a nation shal not my soule be reuenged?Numquid super his non visitabo, dicit Dominus, / aut in gente hujusmodi non ulciscetur anima mea ? 10For the mountains I will take up weeping and lamentation, and for the beautiful places of the desert, mourning: because they are burnt up, for that there is not a man that passeth through them: and they have not heard the voice of the owner: from the fowl of the air to the beasts they are gone away and departed.Spargerò lagrime, e lamenti a causa dei monti, e piangerò deserto l'ameno paese; perché tutto è stato incendiato, e perchè nissuno è, che vi passi, e non vi si ode la voce de' padroni: dagli uccelli dell'aria sino ai giumenti tutto se n'è ito, e si è ritirato.Vpon the mountaines I wil take vp weeping and lamentation, & vpon the beautiful places of the desert, mourning: because they are burnt, for that there is not a man that passeth through: & they haue not heard the voice of the owner: from the foule of the ayre vnto the beastes they are gone away and departed.Super montes assumam fletum ac lamentum, / et super speciosa deserti planctum, / quoniam incensa sunt, eo quod non sit vir pertransiens, / et non audierunt vocem possidentis: / a volucre cæli usque ad pecora transmigraverunt et recesserunt.

11And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant.Ed io farò di Gerusalemme mucchi d'arena, e tane di dragoni: e le città di Giuda cangerò in deserti, né vi sarà chi le abiti.And I wil make Ierusalem to be heapes of sand, and dennes of dragons: and I wil geue the cities of Iuda into desolation, because there is not an inhabiter.Et dabo Jerusalem in acervos arenæ, / et cubilia draconum: / et civitates Juda dabo in desolationem, / eo quod non sit habitator. 12Who is the wise man, that may understand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord may come that he may declare this, why the land hath perished, and is burnt up like a wilderness, which none passeth through?Qual è l'uomo sapiente, che in tenda questo, e a cui faccia udire il Signore la Parola della sua bocca, affinchè annunzi il perchè sia andata in perdizione questa terra, e sia arsa come un deserto, talché nissuno vi passi?Who is a wise man, that can vnderstand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of our Lord may be made, that he may declare this, why the earth hath perished, and is burnt as a desert, because there is none that passeth through?Quis est vir sapiens qui intelligat hoc, / et ad quem verbum oris Domini fiat, ut annuntiet istud, / quare perierit terra, et exusta sit quasi desertum, / eo quod non sit qui pertranseat ? 13And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law, which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it.E il Signore disse: Perchè hanno abbandonata la mia legge, ch'io diedi loro, e non hanno udita la mia voce, e secondo questa non han camminato,And our Lord said: Because they haue forsaken my law, which I gaue them, and haue not heard my voice, and haue not walked in it.Et dixit Dominus: / Quia dereliquerunt legem meam quam dedi eis, / et non audierunt vocem meam, / et non ambulaverunt in ea, 14But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them.E han seguitato il pravo lor cuore, e han seguitato Baalim, come insegnaron ad essi i padri loro;And they haue gone after the peruersitie of their owne hart, and after Baalim, which they learned of their fathers.et abierunt post pravitatem cordis sui, / et post Baalim, quod didicerunt a patribus suis: 15Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.Per questo tali cose dice il Signore degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele: Ecco che io ciberò questo popolo di assenzio, e darò loro a bere acqua di fiele.Therfore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel: Behold I wil feede this people with worme wood, and geue them water of gaule to drinke.idcirco hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: / Ecce ego cibabo populum istum absinthio, / et potum dabo eis aquam fellis.

16And I will scatter them among the nations, which they and their fathers have not known: and I will send the sword after them till they be consumed.E li dispergerò tralle nazioni, che erano ignote ad essi, e a' loro padri: e manderò dietro ad essi la spada fino a tanto che siano consunti.And I wil disperse them in the Nations, which they and their fathers haue not knowen: and I wil send the sword after them, til they be consumed.Et dispergam eos in gentibus / quas non noverunt ipsi et patres eorum, / et mittam post eos gladium, / donec consumantur. 17Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, and let them come: and send to them that are wise women, and let them make haste:Queste cose dice il Signor degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele: Cercatevi, e chiamate delle piagnone, e vengano e mandate a invitare le più dotte, e si affrettino:Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Consider and cal ye lamenting wemen, and let them come: & send to them that are wise, and let them make haste;Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: / Contemplamini, et vocate lamentatrices, et veniant: / et ad eas quæ sapientes sunt mittite, et properent: 18Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters.E presto intuonino lamentazioni sopra di noi, e spargano lagrime gli occhi nostri, e stillino acqua le nostre pupille.let them hasten & take vp a lamentation vpon vs: let our eies shede teares, & our eieliddes rune downe with waters.festinent, et assumant super nos lamentum: / deducant oculi nostri lacrimas, / et palpebræ nostræ defluant aquis. 19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Sion: How are we wasted and greatly confounded? because we have left the land, because our dwellings are cast down.Imperocché voce di lamentazione si ode da Sion: Fino a qual segno siam noi disertati, e confusi altamente? Imperocché abbiam lasciata la nostra terra, le nostre abitazioni son diroccate.Because a voice of lamentation is heard from Sion; How are we wasted and confounded exceedingly? because we haue left the land, because our tabernacles are cast downe.Quia vox lamentationis audita est de Sion: / Quomodo vastati sumus, / et confusi vehementer ? / quia dereliquimus terram; / quoniam dejecta sunt tabernacula nostra. 20Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the Lord: and let your ears receive the word of his mouth: and teach your daughters wailing: and every one her neighbour mourning.Udite adunque, o donne, la Parola del Signore, e le orecchie vostre ricevano ciò, che egli di sua bocca vi dice; e insegnate alle vostre figliuole; e ognuna alla sua vicina il carme lugubre, e dolente:Heare therefore ye wemen the word of our Lord: and let your eares take the word of his mouth: and teach your daughters lamentation: and euerie one her neighbour mourning:Audite ergo, mulieres, verbum Domini, / et assumant aures vestræ sermonem oris ejus, / et docete filias vestras lamentum, / et unaquæque proximam suam planctum:

21For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.La morte è salita per le nostre finestre, e entrata nelle nostre case, stermina dalle strade i fanciulli, e la gioventù dalle piazze.because death is come vp through our windowes, it is entred into our houses, to destroy the children from without, the young men our of the streetes.quia ascendit mors per fenestras nostras; / ingressa est domos nostras, / disperdere parvulos deforis, / juvenes de plateis. 22Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Even the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the country, and as grass behind the back of the mower, and there is none to gather it.Tu dirai: Queste cose dice il Signore: I cadaveri degli uomini giaceranno pel paese sul suolo come lo sterco, e come le fila del fieno dietro le spalle di chi lo taglia, e nissun le raccoglie.Speake: Thus saith our Lord: and the carcasse of man shal fal as dung vpon the face of the countrie, and as a grasse behind the backe of the mower, and there is none to gather it.Loquere: Hæc dicit Dominus: / Et cadet morticinum hominis / quasi stercus super faciem regionis, / et quasi fœnum post tergum metentis, / et non est qui colligat. 23Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:Queste cose dice il Signore: Non si glori il saggio della sua saggezza, e non si glori il valoroso del suo valore, e non si glori il ricco delle sue ricchezze.Thus saith our Lord: Let not the wiseman glorie in his wisedom, and let not the strong man glorie in his strength, & let not the rich man glorie in his riches:Hæc dicit Dominus: / Non glorietur sapiens in sapientia sua, / et non glorietur fortis in fortitudine sua, / et non glorietur dives in divitiis suis: 24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and justice in the earth: for these things please me, saith the Lord.Ma di questo si glori chiunque si gloria, di sapere, e conoscer me, perchè io sono il Signore, che fo misericordia, e giudico, e fo giustizia sulla terra. Imperocché queste cose piacciono a me dice il Signore.but he that glorieth, let him glorie in this, to vnderstand & know me, because I am the Lord that do mercie and iudgement, and iustice in the earth: for these thinges please me, saith our Lord.sed in hoc glorietur, qui gloriatur, / scire et nosse me, / quia ego sum Dominus qui facio misericordiam, / et judicium, et justitiam in terra: / hæc enim placent mihi, ait Dominus.

25Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit upon every one that hath the foreskin circumcised.Ecco che vengono i giorni, dice il Signore, quand'io visiterò tutti i circoncisi,Behold, the daies come, saith our Lord; and I wil visite vpon euerie one, that hath the prepuce circumcised,Ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, / et visitabo super omnem qui circumcisum habet præputium, 26Upon Egypt, and upon Juda, and upon Edom, and upon the children of Ammon, and upon Moab, and upon all that have their hair polled round, that dwell in the desert: for all the nations are uncircumcised in the flesh, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.L'Egitto, e Giuda, ed Edom, e i figliuoli di Ammon, e Moab, e tutti quelli, che portano i capelli tosati a modo di corona, abitanti del deserto: perocché tutte le genti sono incirconcise nel corpo, ma tutta la casa d'Israele sono incirconcisi di cuore.vpon Aegypt, and vpon Iuda, and vpon Edom, and vpon the children of Ammon, and vpon Moab, and vpon al that haue their heare powled, dwelling in the desert: because al nations haue the prepuce, but al the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the hart.super Ægyptum, et super Juda, et super Edom, / et super filios Ammon, et super Moab; / et super omnes qui attonsi sunt in comam, / habitantes in deserto: / quia omnes gentes habent præputium, / omnis autem domus Israël incircumcisi sunt corde.