7 — Geremia

1The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:Parola detta a Geremia dal Signore, che disse:THE word, that was made to Ieremie from our Lord, saying:Verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens: 2Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.Sta sulla porta della casa del Signore, ed ivi predica questa parola, dicendo: Udite la Parola del Signore voi tutti figli di Giuda, che entrate per queste porte ad adorare il Signore.Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and preach there this word, and say: Heare ye the word of our Lord al Iuda, which goe in by these gates, to adore our Lord.Sta in porta domus Domini, et prædica ibi verbum istud, et dic: Audite verbum Domini, omnis Juda, / qui ingredimini per portas has ut adoretis Dominum. 3Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.Queste cose dice il Signore degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele: Emendate i vostri costumi, e i vostri affetti: ed io abiterò con voi in questo luogo.Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel: Make your wayes good, and your studies: and I wil dwel with you in this place.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: / Bonas facite vias vestras, et studia vestra, / et habitabo vobiscum in loco isto. 4Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.Non ponete fidanza in quelle false parole: Il tempio del Signore, il tempio del Signore, il tempio e del Signore;Trust not in wordes of lying, saying: The temple of our Lord, the temple of our Lord, it is the temple of our Lord.Nolite confidere in verbis mendacii, dicentes: / Templum Domini, templum Domini, templum Domini est ! 5For if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgment between a man and his neighbour,Perocché se voi rivolgerete al bene i vostri costumi, e i vostri affetti: se renderete giustizia tra uomo, e uomo;For if you shal wel direct your waies, & your studies: if you shal doe iudgement between a man and his neighbour,Quoniam si bene direxeritis vias vestras, et studia vestra; / si feceritis judicium inter virum et proximum ejus; 6If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,Se non farete torto al forestiero, e al pupillo, e alla vedova, e non spargerete in questo luogo il sangue innocente, e non anderete dietro agli dei stranieri per vostra sciagura;to the stranger, & to the pupil, & to the widow shal do no oppression, nor shede innocent bloud in this place, & walke not after strange godds to your owne euil:advenæ, et pupillo, et viduæ non feceritis calumniam, / nec sanguinem innocentem effuderitis in loco hoc, / et post deos alienos non ambulaveritis in malum vobismetipsis: 7I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.Io abiterò con voi in questo luogo, nella terra, ch'io diedi a padri vostri per secoli, e secoli.I wil dwel with you in this place: in the land, which I gaue to your fathers from the beginning and for euer.habitabo vobiscum in loco isto, / in terra quam dedi patribus vestris a sæculo et usque in sæculum.

8Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:Ma voi ponete fidanza sopra bugiarde parole, che a voi non gioveranno.Behold you trust to your selues in wordes of lying: which shal not profite you:Ecce vos confiditis vobis in sermonibus mendacii, / qui non proderunt vobis: 9To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.Voi rubate, uccidete, fate adulteri, giurate il falso, fate libagioni a Baal, e andate dietro a dei stranieri, che voi non conoscevate.to steale, to murder, to committe aduouterie, to sweare falsely, to offer to Baalim, & to go after strange godds, which you know not.furari, occidere, adulterari, / jurare mendaciter, libare Baalim, / et ire post deos alienos quos ignoratis: 10And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.E siete venuti, e vi siete presentati dinanzi a me in questa casa, la quale ha nome da me, e avete detto: Noi siam salvi, perchè abbiam fatte tutte queste abbominazioni.And you haue come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is inuocated, and haue said: We are deliuered because we haue done al these abominations.et venistis, et stetistis coram me / in domo hac, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, / et dixistis: Liberati sumus, / eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas. 11Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.E ella adunque la casa mia, la quale ha nome da me, diventata negli occhi vostri una caverna di ladroni? Io, io sono, io ho veduto, dice il Signore.Why, is this house then wherein my name is inuocated, in your eies become a denne of theeues? I, euen I am: I haue seene, saith our Lord.Numquid ergo spelunca latronum facta est domus ista, / in qua invocatum est nomen meum in oculis vestris ? / Ego, ego sum: ego vidi, dicit Dominus. 12Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:Andate al luogo del mio soggiorno, a Silo, dove la maestà mia abitò da principio: e considerate quel, ch'io feci a quel luogo a cagione della malizia del popol mio d'Israele:Goe ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I haue done to it for the malice of my people Israel:Ite ad locum meum in Silo, / ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio, / et videte quæ fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israël. 13And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:E adesso, dopoché voi avete fatte tutte queste cose, dice il Signore; e dopoché io ho parlato a voi, e assai per tempo ho parlato, e voi non mi avete ascoltato; e vi ho chiamati, e non avete risposto,and now, because you haue done al these workes, saith our Lord: and I haue spoken to you early rising, and speaking, and you haue not heard: and I haue called you, and you haue not answered:Et nunc, quia fecistis omnia opera hæc, dicit Dominus, / et locutus sum ad vos mane consurgens, et loquens, et non audistis: / et vocavi vos, et non respondistis:

14I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the place which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.Io farò a questa casa, che porta il mio nome, e nella quale voi avete fidanza; e al luogo, ch'io assegnai a voi, e ai padri vostri, farò quello, che feci a Silo.I wil doe to this house, wherein my name is inuocated, and wherein you haue confidence: and to the place which I haue geuen you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.faciam domui huic, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, / et in qua vos habetis fiduciam, / et loco quem dedi vobis et patribus vestris, / sicut feci Silo: 15And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.E vi caccerò lungi dalla mia faccia, come cacciai tutti i vostri fratelli, tutta la stirpe di Ephraim.And I wil cast you away from my face, as I haue cast away al your bretheren, the whole seede of Ephraim.et projiciam vos a facie mea / sicut projeci omnes fratres vestros, / universum semen Ephraim. 16Therefore do not thou pray for this people, nor take to thee praise and supplication for them: and do not withstand me: for I will not hear thee.Tu adunque non pregare per questo popolo, e non alzarle tue laude, e la tua orazione per essi, e non opporti a me: perocché io non ti esaudirò.Thou therefore pray not for this people, neither take vnto thee praise and prayer for them, and resist me not: because I wil not heare thee.Tu ergo, noli orare pro populo hoc, / nec assumas pro eis laudem et orationem: / et non obsistas mihi, / quia non exaudiam te. 17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?Non vedi tu quel, che fanno costoro nelle città di Giuda, e per le piazze di Gerusalemme?Seest thou not what these doe in the cities of Iuda, and in the streete of Ierusalem?Nonne vides quid isti faciunt in civitatibus Juda, / et in plateis Jerusalem ? 18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.I figliuoli raccoltoli legna, e i padri accendono il fuoco, e le donne aspergono di grasso la pasta, per fare delle schiacciate alla regina del cielo, e far libagioni agli dei stranieri, e provocar me ad ira.The children gather the stickes, & the fathers kindle the fire, and the wemen temper the dough to make cakes vnto the queene of heauen, & to offer libaments vnto strange goddes, and to prouoke me to wrath.Filii colligunt ligna, / et patres succendunt ignem, / et mulieres conspergunt adipem, / ut faciant placentas reginæ cæli, / et libent diis alienis, / et me ad iracundiam provocent.

19Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? is it not themselves, to the confusion of their own countenance?Forse, che ei mi provocano ad ira, dice il Signore? E non fann'eglino male a loro stessi per lor confusione?Why doe they prouoke me to wrath, saith our Lord? and not themselues to the confusion of their owne countenance?Numquid me ad iracundiam provocant ? / dicit Dominus; / nonne semetipsos in confusionem vultus sui ? 20Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.Per questo così dice il Signore Dio: Ecco, che il mio furore, e la mia indegnazione si accende contro questo luogo, contro gli uomini, e contro i giumenti, e contro le piante della campagna, e contro i frutti della terra, e arderà, e non si spegnerà.Therefore this saith our Lord God: Behold my furie, and my indignation is powred vpon this place, vpon men, and vpon beastes, and vpon the wood of the countrie, and vpon the fruites of the land, and it shal be kindled, and shal not be quenched.Ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus: / Ecce furor meus et indignatio mea conflatur super locum istum, / super viros, et super jumenta, / et super lignum regionis, et super fruges terræ: / et succendetur, et non extinguetur. 21Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh.Queste cose dice il Signore degli eserciti, il Dio d'Israele: Aggiungete alle vostre vittime i vostri olocausti, e mangiate le carni.Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel; Adde your holocaustes to your victims, and eate ye the flesh.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: / Holocautomata vestra addite victimis vestris, / et comedite carnes: 22For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices.Imperocché io non parlai a' padri vostri nel dì, in cui gli trassi dalla terra d'Egitto, e non ordinai loro cosa alcuna intorno agli olocausti, e alle vittime.Because I spake not with your fathers, & I commanded them not in the day, that I brought them out of the land of Aegypt, touching the word of holocaustes and victims.quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris, et non præcepi eis, / in die qua eduxi eos de terra Ægypti, / de verbo holocautomatum et victimarum: 23But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.Ma questo è il comandamento, ch'io feci loro, dicendo: Ascoltate la mia voce e io sarò vostro Dio, e voi sarete mio popolo, e camminate costantemente nella strada, ch'io vi ho prescritta, affinchè siate felici:But this word I commanded them, saying: Heare ye my voice, and I wil be your God, and you shal be my people: and walke ye in al the way, that I haue commanded you, that it may be wel with you.sed hoc verbum præcepi eis, dicens: / Audite vocem meam, / et ero vobis Deus, / et vos eritis mihi populus: / et ambulate in omni via quam mandavi vobis, / ut bene sit vobis.

24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,Ed ei non mi ascoltarono, né mi diedero retta, ma andaron dietro ai loro piaceri, e alla depravazione del loro cattivo cuore, e camminarono all'indietro, e non per innanzj,And they heard not, nor inclined their eare: but haue gone in their pleasures, and in the peruersitie of their wicked hart: and haue bene made backward and not foreward,Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: / sed abierunt in voluntatibus et in pravitate cordis sui mali: / factique sunt retrorsum, et non in ante, 25From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, from day to day, rising up early and sending.Dai dì, che uscirono i padri loro dalla terra d'Egitto, fino a questo giorno. E mandai a voi tutti i miei servi, i profeti, ogni dì per tempo io li mandai.from the day that their fathers came out of the land of Aegypt, euen to this day. And I haue sent to you al my seruants the prophetes by day, rising early, and sending.a die qua egressi sunt patres eorum de terra Ægypti / usque ad diem hanc. / Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas per diem, / consurgens diluculo, et mittens: 26And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.Ed eglino non mi ascoltarono, né mi diedero retta: ma indurarono la loro cervice, e fecer peggio, che i padri loro.And they haue not heard me, nor inclined their eare: but they haue hardened their necke, and haue wrought worse, then their fathers.et non audierunt me, / nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: / sed induraverunt cervicem suam, / et pejus operati sunt quam patres eorum. 27And thou shalt speak to them all these words, but they will not hearken to thee: and thou shalt call them, but they will not answer thee.Or tu dirai loro tutte queste parole, ed eglino non ti ascolteranno; e li chiamerai, e non ti risponderanno.And thou shalt speake vnto them al these wordes, & they wil not heare thee: & thou shalt cal them, and they wil not answere thee.Et loqueris ad eos omnia verba hæc, et non audient te: et vocabis eos, et non respondebunt tibi. 28And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: faith is lost, and is taken away out of their mouth.E dirai loro: Questa è quella nazione, che non ha ascoltata la voce del Signore Dio suo, e non ha ammessa disciplina: la fede è morta, e dalle loro bocche se n'è andata.And thou shalt say to them: This is the nation which hath not heard the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiued discipline: faith is perished, and is taken away out of their mouth.Et dices ad eos: Hæc est gens quæ non audivit vocem Domini Dei sui, / nec recepit disciplinam; / periit fides, / et ablata est de ore eorum.

29Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected, and forsaken the generation of his wrath,Tosa i tuoi capelli, e gettali via, ed alza all'alto i tuoi gemiti; perocché il Signore ha rigettata, e abbandonata la stirpe degna del suo furore.Powle thy heare, & cast it away, and take lamentation on hiegh: because our Lord hath cast of, and hath left the generation of his furie,Tonde capillum tuum, et projice, / et sume in directum planctum: / quia projecit Dominus et reliquit generationem furoris sui; 30Because the children of Juda have done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon, to pollute it;Perché i figliuoli di Giuda sugli occhi miei han fatto il male, dice il Signore. Hanno posti i loro scandali nella casa, che ha nome da me, per contaminarla,because the children of Iuda haue done euil in mine eies, saith our Lord. They haue put their stumbling blockes in the house, wherin my name is inuocated, that they might pollute it:quia fecerunt filii Juda malum in oculis meis, dicit Dominus. / Posuerunt offendicula sua in domo / in qua invocatum est nomen meum, ut polluerent eam: 31And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.Ed hanno edificati i luoghi eccelsi di Topheth, che è nella valle del figliuolo di Ennom: per abbruciare nel fuoco i loro figliuoli, e le loro figlie: cosa, che io non comandai, né ebbi mai in pensiero.and they haue built the excelses of Topheth, which is in the valley of the sonne of Ennom, that they might burne their sonnes, and their daughters with fire: which thinges I commanded not, nor thought in my hart.et ædificaverunt excelsa Topheth, / quæ est in valle filii Ennom, / ut incenderent filios suos et filias suas igni, / quæ non præcepi, nec cogitavi in corde meo. 32Therefore behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom: but the valley of slaughter: and they shall bury in Topheth, because there is no place.Per questo ecco, che viene il tempo, dice il Signore, e non si dirà più Topheth, e Valle del figliuolo di Ennom; ma Valle di uccisione: e seppelliranno a Topheth, per non esservi altro luogo.Therfore loe the daies shal come, saith our Lord, & it shal no more be said: Topheth, and the valley of the sonne of Ennom: but the valley of slaughter: and They shal burie in Topheth, because there is no place.Ideo ecce dies venient, dicit Dominus, / et non dicetur amplius Topheth, et vallis filii Ennom, / sed vallis interfectionis: / et sepelient in Topheth, eo quod non sit locus.

33And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to drive them away.E i cadaveri di questo popolo saran pasto degli uccelli dell'aria, delle bestie della terra, né vi sarà chi le discacci.And the carcasse of this people shal be for meats to the foules of the ayre, and to the beastes of the land, and there shal be none to driue them away.Et erit morticinum populi hujus in cibos volucribus cæli et bestiis terræ, / et non erit qui abigat. 34And I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.E farò, che non si oda nelle città di Giuda, e nelle piazze di Gerusalemme voce di gaudio, e di allegrezza, voce di sposo, e di sposa; perocché sarà in desolazione tutta la terra.And I wil make to cease out of the cities of Iuda, and out of the streetes of Ierusalem, the voice of ioy, and the voice of gladnes, the voice of the bridegroome, and the voice of the bride: for the land shal be in desolation.Et quiescere faciam de urbibus Juda, / et de plateis Jerusalem, / vocem gaudii et vocem lætitiæ, / vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ: / in desolationem enim erit terra.