3 — Geremia

1It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.Si dice comunemente: Se un uomo ripudia la propria moglie, e questa andatasene da lui prende un altro marito, ritornerà egli mai più a lei il primo? Non sarebb'ella colei immonda, e contaminata? Ma tu con molti amatori hai peccato, e con tutto questo il Signore dice: Ritorna a me, ed io ti riceverò.IT IS commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she departing from him, marie an other man wil he returne to her anie more? shal not that woman be polluted, and contaminated? but thou hast committed fornication with manie louers: neuertheles returne vnto me, saith our Lord, and I wil receiue thee.Vulgo dicitur: Si dimiserit vir uxorem suam, / et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum, / numquid revertetur ad eam ultra ? / numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa ? / Tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis: / tamen revertere ad me, dicit Dominus, / et ego suscipiam te. 2Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.Alza in alto i tuoi occhi, e mira in qual luogo tu non abbi peccato. Tu sedevi lungo le strade aspettando gli uomini, come fa un ladrone ne' luoghi disabitati: e colle tue fornicazioni, e colle tue malvagità contaminasti la terra.Lift vp thine eies direct: and see where thou hast not bene polluted: thou didest sitte in the waies, expecting them as a robber in the wildernes: and thou hast polluted the land in thy fornications, and in thy malices.Leva oculos tuos in directum, / et vide ubi non prostrata sis. / In viis sedebas, / exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine: / et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis, et in malitiis tuis. 3Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.Per la qual cosa fu proibito, che non istillasser acque dal ciclo, e mancò la piova serotina. Tu ti sei fatta una faccia di meretrice; non hai voluto arrossire.For which thing the droppes of rayne were kept back, and there was no lateward shower: thou haddest an harlots forehead, thou wouldest not blush.Quam ob rem prohibitæ sunt stillæ pluviarum, / et serotinus imber non fuit. / Frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi; / noluisti erubescere. 4Therefore at the least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:Almen ora adunque dimmi: Tu padre mio, custode di mia verginità se' tu:Therefore at the least from henceforth cal me: thou art my father, the guide of my virginitie.Ergo saltem amodo voca me: / Pater meus, dux virginitatis meæ tu es:

5Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue unto the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able.Ti adirerai tu per sempre, e persevererai (nell'ira) sino alla fine? Ecco che tu hai detto, e fatto ogni male, e se' stata potente.Why, wilt thou be angrie for euer, or wilt thou perseuere vnto the end? Loe, thou hast spoken, and hast done euils, and hast preuailed.numquid irasceris in perpetuum, / aut perseverabis in finem ? / ecce locuta es, et fecisti mala, et potuisti. 6And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.E il Signore dissemi ne' giorni di Josia re: Hai tu veduto quello, che ha fatto la ribelle figliuola d'Israele? Ella se n'è andata da se su tutti i monti elevati, e sotto ogni ombrosa pianta, ed ivi ha peccato.And our Lord said to me in the daies of Iosias the king: Hast thou seene what thinges the reuolter Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself vpon euerie high mountaine, and vnder euerie thicke greene tree, and hath fornicated there.Et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Josiæ regis: Numquid vidisti quæ fecerit aversatrix Israël ? / Abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum, / et sub omni ligno frondoso, / et fornicata est ibi. 7And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,E quand'ella tutte queste cose ebbe fatte, io le dissi: Ritorna a me: ed ella non ritornò. E la peccatrice sorella di lei, la figlia di Giuda vide,And I said, when she had done al these thinges: Returne to me, and she returned not. And Iuda her transgressing sister saw,Et dixi, cum fecisset hæc omnia: / Ad me revertere: / et non est reversa. / Et vidit prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda 8That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.Com'io avea rigettata la ribelle figliuola d'Israele, perchè era stata in fedele, e le avea dato il libello del ripudio; e la prevaricatrice sorella, Giuda, non ebbe timore, ma se n'andò, e di venne anch'essa infedele.because the rebel Israel had plaied the harlot, I had put her away, and geuen her a bil of diuorce: and Iuda her transgressing sister was not afrayd, but went and plaid the harlot also herself.quia pro eo quod mœchata esset aversatrix Israël, / dimisissem eam, / et dedissem ei libellum repudii: / et non timuit prævaricatrix Juda soror ejus, / sed abiit, et fornicata est etiam ipsa:

9And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.E colla frequenza di sue fornicazioni contaminò la terra, e amò la pietra, ed il legno.And with the facilitie of her fornication she contaminated the land, and plaid the harlot with stone and wood.et facilitate fornicationis suæ contaminavit terram, / et mœchata est cum lapide et ligno: 10And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.E dopo tutte queste cose la prevaricatrice figlia di Giuda sua sorella non ritornò a me con tutto il suo cuore, ma con finzione, dice il Signore.And in al these thinges Iuda her transgressing sister hath not returned to me in her whole hart, but in falsehood, saith our Lord.et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me / prævaricatrix soror ejus Juda / in toto corde suo, / sed in mendacio, ait Dominus. 11And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.E il Signore mi disse: La ribelle Israele ha un'anima giusta in comparazione della peccatrice figliuola di Giuda.And our Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath iustified her soule, in comparison of the transgressour Iuda.Et dixit Dominus ad me: Justificavit animam suam aversatrix Israël, comparatione prævaricatricis Judæ. 12Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.Va, e ad alta voce ripeti queste parole verso il settentrione, e dirai: Torna, Israele ribelle (dice il Signore), ed io non celerò a voi la mia faccia; perocché io son santo, dice il Signore, e non terrò per sempre lo sdegno.Goe, and crie these wordes against the North, and thou shalt say Returne ô rebellious Israel, saith our Lord, and I wil not returne away my face from you: because I am holie, saith our Lord, and I wil not be angrie for euer.Vade, et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem, et dices: Revertere, aversatrix Israël, ait Dominus, / et non avertam faciem meam a vobis, / quia sanctus ego sum, dicit Dominus, / et non irascar in perpetuum. 13But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord.Conosci però la tua iniquità; perocché contro il Signore Dio tuo tu hai peccato; e sotto ogni pianta ombrosa ti desti preda agli stranieri, e non ascoltasti la voce mia, dice il Signore.But yet know thou thine iniquitie, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast dispersed thy waies to strangers vnder euerie thicke greene tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith our Lord.Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam, / quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es, / et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso, / et vocem meam non audisti, ait Dominus.

14Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.Convertitevi a me figliuoli apostati, dice il Signore: perocché io sono il vostro sposo: e vi sceglierò, uno d'una città, e due di una famiglia, e vi condurrò dentro in Sionne.Returne ô ye reuolting children, saith our Lord: because I am your husband: and I wil take you one of a citie, and two of a kinred, and wil bring you into Sion.Convertimini, filii revertentes, dicit Dominus, / quia ego vir vester: / et assumam vos unum de civitate, / et duos de cognatione, / et introducam vos in Sion. 15And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.E darò a voi de' pastori secondo il cuor mio, e vi pasceranno colla scienza, e colla dottrina.And I wil geue you pastours according to my hart, and they shal feede you with knowlege and doctrine.Et dabo vobis pastores juxta cor meum, / et pascent vos scientia et doctrina. 16And when you shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come upon the heart, neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be visited, neither shall that be done any more.E quando sarete moltiplicati, e cresciuti sopra la terra in que' giorni (dice il Signore) non diranno più: L'arca del Testamento del Signore: né si penserà più a lei, nè di lei avrassi memoria, ne ella sarà visitata, né più si farà.And when you shal be multiplied, and increase in the land in those daies, saith our Lord, they shal say no more: The Arke of the testament of our Lord: neither shal it ascend vpon their hart, neither shal they be mindeful thereof, neither shal it be visited, neither shal that be done anie more.Cumque multiplicati fueritis, / et creveritis in terra in diebus illis, ait Dominus, / non dicent ultra: / Arca testamenti Domini: / neque ascendet super cor, neque recordabuntur illius, / nec visitabitur, nec fiet ultra. 17At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart.In quel tempo daranno a Gerusalemme il nome di Trono del Signore, e ei raduneranno presso di lei le genti tutte nel nome del Signore in Gerusalemme, e non anderanno dietro agli errori del pessimo loro cuore.In that time Ierusalem shal be called the throne of our Lord: and al Gentiles shal be gathered together to it, in the name of our Lord into Ierusalem, & they shal not walke after the peruersitie of their most wicked hart.In tempore illo vocabunt Jerusalem solium Domini: / et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes / in nomine Domini in Jerusalem, / et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi.

18In those days the house of Juda shall go to the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which I gave to your fathers.In quel tempo la famiglia di Giuda si riunirà alla famiglia d'Israele, e verranno insieme dalla terra di settentrione nella terra, ch'io diedi a' padri vostri.In those daies the house of Iuda shal goe to the house of Israel, and they shal come together from the land of the North to the land, which I gaue to your fathers.In diebus illis ibit domus Juda ad domum Israël, / et venient simul de terra aquilonis / ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris. 19But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt not cease to walk after me.Ma io ho detto: Quanti darò a te figliuoli? E ti darò una terra desiderabile, l'eredità illustre degli eserciti del le nazioni. E io ho detto: Tu mi chiamerai padre, e non cesserai di venir dietro a me.But I said: How shal I make thee as children, and geue thee a land worthie to be desired, the goodlie inheritance of the hostes of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt cal me father, & shalt not cease to walke after me.Ego autem dixi: / Quomodo ponam te in filios, / et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem, / hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium ? / Et dixi: Patrem vocabis me, / et post me ingredi non cessabis. 20But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord.Ma come una donna, che sprezza colui, che la ama, così la casa d'Israele ha disprezzato me, dice il Signore.But as if a woman should contemne her louer, so hath the house of Israel contemned me, saith our Lord.Sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum, / sic contempsit me domus Israël, / dicit Dominus. 21A voice was heard in the highways, weeping and howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord their God.Si è udito clamore per le strade, gemiti, e urla de' figliuoli d'Israele, perchè hanno renduta malvagia la loro vita, si sono scordati del Signore Dio loro.A voice was heard in the waies, weeping & howling of the children of Israel: because they haue made their way vniust, they haue forgotten our Lord their God.Vox in viis audita est, / ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israël: / quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam; / obliti sunt Domini Dei sui. 22Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.Convertitevi figliuoli apostati, e io guarirò il male delle vostre ribellioni. Ecco, che noi venghiamo a te: imperocché tu se' il Signore Dio nostro.Returne ye reuolting children, and I wil heale your reuoltinges. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.Convertimini, filii revertentes, / et sanabo aversiones vestras. / Ecce nos venimus ad te: / tu enim es Dominus Deus noster.

23In very deed the hills were liars, and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.Veramente erano menzogna i colli, e i tanti monti: veramente la salute d'Israele è stata nel Signore Dio nostro.In verie deede the litle hilles were lyars, and the multitude of the mountaines: verily in the Lord our God is the saluation of Israel.Vere mendaces erant colles, / et multitudo montium: / vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israël. 24Confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.Fin dalla nostra adolescenza la confusione divorò le fatiche de' padri nostri, le loro gregge, e i loro armenti, e i figliuoli loro, e le loro figlie.Confusion hath eaten the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flockes, and their heards, their sonnes, and their daughters.Confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adolescentia nostra: / greges eorum, et armenta eorum, / filios eorum, et filias eorum. 25We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.Noi dormiremo nella nostra confusione, e sarem ricoperti dalla nostra ignominia; perchè abbiamo peccato contro il Signore Dio nostro noi, e i padri nostri, dalla adolescenza nostra fino a questo giorno: e non ascoltammo la voce del Signore Dio nostro.We shal sleepe in our confusion, and our ignominie shal couer vs, because we haue sinned to the Lord our God, we, and our fathers from our youth euen to this day: and we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God.Dormiemus in confusione nostra, / et operiet nos ignominia nostra: / quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos, et patres nostri, / ab adolescentia nostra usque ad diem hanc: / et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri.