16 — Geremia

1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:Il Signore parlommi, dicendo:AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens: 2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.Tu non prenderai moglie, e non avrai figliuoli, né figlie in questo luogo;Thou shalt not take a wife, and thou shalt not haue sonnes, and daughters in this place.Non accipies uxorem, / et non erunt tibi filii et filiæ in loco isto. 3For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land:Imperocché queste cose dice il Signore sopra i figliuoli, e le figliuole, che verranno alla luce in questo luogo, e sopra le madri, che gli avran partoriti, e sopra i padri, da' quali saranno nati in questa terra,Because thus saith our Lord concerning sonnes and daughters, that are begotten in this place, and concerning their mothers, which beare them: and concerning their fathers, of whose stocke they were borne in this land:Quia hæc dicit Dominus / super filios et filias qui generantur in loco isto, / et super matres eorum, quæ genuerunt eos, / et super patres eorum, de quorum stirpe sunt nati in terra hac: 4They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.Morranno di varj mali; e non saranno pianti, né seppelliti, saran come sterco sopra la terra, e saran consunti dalla spada, e dalla fame; e i loro cadaveri saran pasto degli uccelli dell'aria, e delle bestie della terra.by the deathes of diseases they shal die: they shal not be mourned, and they shal not be buried, they shal be as a dunghil vpon the face of the earth: they shal be consumed, both with sword, and famine: and their carcasse shal be meate for the foules of the ayre, and beastes of the earth.Mortibus ægrotationum morientur: / non plangentur, et non sepelientur: / in sterquilinium super faciem terræ erunt, / et gladio et fame consumentur: / et erit cadaver eorum in escam volatilibus cæli et bestiis terræ. 5For thus saith the Lord: Enter not into the house of feasting, neither go thou to mourn, nor to comfort them: because I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, my mercy and commiserations.Imperocché queste cose dice il Signore: Tu non entrerai nella casa, dov'è convito, né anderai a piangere, e a far l'ufficio di consolazione: perocché io ho, tolta da questo popolo la mia pace, (dice il Signore) la misericordia, e la clemenza.For thus saith our Lord: Enter not into the house of feasting, neither goe thou to mourne, nor comfort them: because I haue taken away my peace from this people, saith our Lord, mercie and commiserations.Hæc enim dicit Dominus: / Ne ingrediaris domum convivii, / neque vadas ad plangendum, / neque consoleris eos, / quia abstuli pacem meam a populo isto, dicit Dominus, / misericordiam et miserationes.

6Both the great and the little shall die in this land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.E moranno i grandi, e i piccoli in questa terra: non saranno seppelliti, né pianti, e niuno si farà incisioni, né si toserà i capelli per loro.And great and litle shal die in this land: they shal not be buried nor mourned, and they shal not cut them selues, neither shal baldnes be made for them.Et morientur grandes et parvi in terra ista: / non sepelientur, neque plangentur, / et non se incident, / neque calvitium fiet pro eis. 7And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them to drink of the cup, to comfort them for their father and mother.Né alcuno tra loro spezzerà il pane per consolare colui, che piange un morto, e non gli daranno da bere per consolarlo della perdita del padre suo, e della madre.And they shal not breake bread among them to him that mourneth to comfort him vpon the dead: and they shal not geue them drinke of the cuppe to comfort them vpon their father and mother.Et non frangent inter eos lugenti panem / ad consolandum super mortuo, / et non dabunt eis potum calicis / ad consolandum super patre suo et matre. 8And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink:E non entrerai nella casa, dove si banchetta per sedere in compagnia, e mangiare, e bere;And enter not into the house of feasting, to sitte with them, and to eate and drinke:Et domum convivii non ingrediaris, / ut sedeas cum eis, et comedas, et bibas. 9For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will take away out of this place in your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.Imperocché queste cose dice il Signore degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele: Ecco che io da questo luogo, veggenti voi, e ne' vostri giorni torrò la voce di gaudio, la voce di letizia, i canti dello sposo, e i canti della sposa.because thus saith our Lord of hostes the God of Israel: Behold I wil take away out of this place in your eies, and in your daies the voice of ioy, and the voice of gladnes, the voice of the bridegrome, and the voice of the bride.Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: / Ecce ego auferam de loco isto, / in oculis vestris, et in diebus vestris, / vocem gaudii et vocem lætitiæ, / vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ.

10And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God?E quando tu avrai annunziate a questo popolo tutte queste parole, ed ei ti diranno: Per qual motivo il Signore annunzia a noi tutto questo gran male? qual è mai la nostra iniquità? e qual è il nostro peccato, che abbiam commesso contro il Signore Dio nostro?And when thou shalt tel this people al these wordes, and they shal say to thee: Wherefore hath our Lord spoken vpon vs al this greate euil? what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne, that we haue sinned to the Lord our God?Et cum annuntiaveris populo huic omnia verba hæc, / et dixerint tibi: / Quare locutus est Dominus super nos omne malum grande istud ? / quæ iniquitas nostra, / et quod peccatum nostrum, / quod peccavimus Domino Deo nostro ? 11Thou shalt say to them: Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord: and went after strange gods, and served them, and adored them: and they forsook me, and kept not my law.Tu dirai loro: Perchè i padri vostri mi abbandonarono: dice il Signore; e andaron dietro a dei stranieri, e li servirono, e gli adorarono abbandonaron me, e non osservarono la mia legge.Thou shalt say to them: Because your fathers haue forsaken me, saith our Lord: and gone after strange goddes, and serued them, and adored them: and me they haue forsaken, & my law they haue not kept.dices ad eos: / Quia dereliquerunt me patres vestri, ait Dominus, / et abierunt post deos alienos, / et servierunt eis, et adoraverunt eos, / et me dereliquerunt, et legem meam non custodierunt. 12And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me.Ma voi ancora avete fatto peggio, che i padri vostri: imperocché ecco, che ognun di voi va dietro alla corruzione del cattivo suo cuore, per non dar retta a me.But you also haue wrought worse then your fathers: for behold euerie one walketh after the peruersitie of his euil hart, that he heare me not.Sed et vos pejus operati estis quam patres vestri: / ecce enim ambulat unusquisque post pravitatem cordis sui mali, / ut me non audiat. 13So I will cast you forth out of this land, into a land which you know not, nor your fathers: and there you shall serve strange gods day and night, which shall not give you any rest.Ed io vi caccerò da questa terra ad un'altra non conosciuta da voi, né da' padri vostri: ed ivi servirete dì, e notte a' dei stranieri, i quali non vi daranno requie.And I wil cast you forth out of this land, into a land, which you and your fathers knew not: and there you shal serue strange goddes day and night, which shal not geue you anie rest.Et ejiciam vos de terra hac / in terram quam ignoratis, / vos et patres vestri: / et servietis ibi diis alienis, die ac nocte, / qui non dabunt vobis requiem.

14Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, when it shall be said no more: The Lord liveth, that brought forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.Per questo ecco, che viene il tempo, dice il Signore, quando non si dirà più: Vive il Signore, che trasse i figliuoli d'Israele dalla terra d'Egitto,Therefore behold the daies come, saith our Lord, & it shal be said no more: The Lord liueth, that brought forth the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt,Propterea ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, / et non dicetur ultra: / Vivit Dominus qui eduxit filios Israël de terra Ægypti, 15But, The Lord liveth, that brought the children of Israel out of the land of the north, and out of all the lands to which I cast them out: and I will bring them again into their land, which I gave to their fathers.Ma: Vive il Signore, che ha tratti i figliuoli d'Israele dalla terra di settentrione, e da tutti i paesi, pe' quali io gli avrò dispersi, e li ricondurrò nella loro terra data da me a' loro padri.But, The Lord liueth, that brought the children of Israel out of the Land of the North, and out of al the landes to the which I did cast them out: and I wil bring them againe into their land, which I gaue to their fathers.sed: Vivit Dominus qui eduxit filios Israël de terra aquilonis, / et de universis terris ad quas ejeci eos: / et reducam eos in terram suam, / quam dedi patribus eorum. 16Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill and out of the holes of the rocks.Ecco, che io manderò molti pescatori, dice il Signore, i quali li pescheranno; e dipoi manderò loro molti cacciatori, i quali anderanno a caccia di essi per tutti i monti, e per tutti i colli, e nelle tane de' massi;Behold I wil send manie fishers saith our Lord, & they shal fishe them: and after this I wil send them manie hunters, & they shal hunt them from euerie mountaine, and from euerie litle hil, and out of the caues of rockes.Ecce ego mittam piscatores multos, dicit Dominus, / et piscabuntur eos: / et post hæc mittam eis multos venatores, / et venabuntur eos de omni monte, / et de omni colle, et de cavernis petrarum. 17For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.Imperocché gli occhi miei osservano tutti i loro passi; e nulla n'è ascoso a' miei sguardi, come non fu ascosa agli occhi miei la loro iniquità.Because mine eies are vpon al their waies: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquitie hath not bene hid from mine eies.Quia oculi mei super omnes vias eorum: / non sunt absconditæ a facie mea, / et non fuit occultata iniquitas eorum ab oculis meis.

18And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.E prima io renderò il contraccambio alle duplicate iniquità, e peccati loro: perocché hanno contaminato la mia terra co' corpi de' morti sagrificati a' loro idoli, e han ripiena delle loro abbominazioni la mia eredità.And I wil repay first their duble iniquities, and their sinnes: because they haue contaminated my land with the carcasses of their idols, and with their abominations they haue filled mine inheritance.Et reddam primum duplices iniquitates et peccata eorum, / quia contaminaverunt terram meam in morticinis idolorum suorum, / et abominationibus suis impleverunt hæreditatem meam. 19O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.Signore mia fortezza, mio sostegno, e mio rifugio nel giorno della tribolazione: a te verranno le genti da' confini ultimi della terra, e diranno: Veramente i padri nostri ereditarono la menzogna, e la vanità, che nulla ad essi giovò.O Lord my force, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shal come from the endes of the earth, and shal say: In very deede our fathers haue possessed lying, vanitie which hath not profited them.Domine, fortitudo mea, et robur meum, / et refugium meum in die tribulationis, / ad te gentes venient ab extremis terræ, et dicent: / Vere mendacium possederunt patres nostri, / vanitatem quæ eis non profuit. 20Shall a man make gods unto himself and they are no gods?Forse l'uomo potrà fare i suoi dei? Ed egli stesso non è un dio.Why, shal a man make goddes vnto himself, and they are not goddes?Numquid faciet sibi homo deos, / et ipsi non sunt dii ? 21Therefore behold I will this once cause them to know, I will shew them my hand and my power: and they shall know that my name is the Lord.Per questo ecco, che io mostrerò loro questa volta, mostrerò loro la mia possanza, e la mia virtù, e conosceranno, che io ho nome il Signore.Therefore behold I wil shew them at this time, I wil shew them my hand, and my powre: and they shal know that my name is the Lord.Idcirco ecce ego ostendam eis per vicem hanc, / ostendam eis manum meam, et virtutem meam, / et scient quia nomen mihi Dominus.