1 Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,

1 Propter quod statuit Dominus Deus noster verbum suum,
quod locutus est ad nos,
et ad judices nostros qui judicaverunt Israël,
et ad reges nostros, et ad principes nostros,
et ad omnem Israël et Juda:

2 To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;

2 ut adduceret Dominus super nos mala magna,
quæ non sunt facta sub cælo
quemadmodum facta sunt in Jerusalem,
secundum quæ scripta sunt in lege Moysi,

3 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.

3 ut manducaret homo carnes filii sui et carnes filiæ suæ.

4 Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.

4 Et dedit eos sub manu regum omnium qui sunt in circuitu nostro,
in improperium et in desolationem in omnibus populis
in quibus nos dispersit Dominus:

5 Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.

5 et facti sumus subtus, et non supra,
quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro,
non obaudiendo voci ipsius.

6 To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.

6 Domino Deo nostro justitia,
nobis autem et patribus nostris confusio faciei,
sicut est dies hæc:

7 For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us.

7 quia locutus est Dominus super nos omnia mala hæc
quæ venerunt super nos:

8 Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.

8 et non sumus deprecati faciem Domini Dei nostri,
ut reverteremur unusquisque nostrum a viis nostris pessimis.

9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.

9 Et vigilavit Dominus in malis,
et adduxit ea super nos:
quia justus est Dominus in omnibus operibus suis
quæ mandavit nobis,

10 Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.

10 et non audivimus vocem ipsius
ut iremus in præceptis Domini,
quæ dedit ante faciem nostram.

11 And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:

11 ¶ Et nunc, Domine Deus Israël,
qui eduxisti populum tuum de terra Ægypti
in manu valida, et in signis, et in prodigiis,
et in virtute tua magna, et in brachio excelso,
et fecisti tibi nomen sicut est dies iste:

12 O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.

12 peccavimus, impie egimus,
inique gessimus, Domine Deus noster,
in omnibus justitiis tuis.

13 Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.

13 Avertatur ira tua a nobis,
quia derelicti sumus pauci inter gentes ubi dispersisti nos.

14 Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:

14 Exaudi, Domine, preces nostras et orationes nostras,
et educ nos propter te,
et da nobis invenire gratiam ante faciem eorum qui nos abduxerunt:

15 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.

15 ut sciat omnis terra quia tu es Dominus Deus noster,
et quia nomen tuum invocatum est super Israël,
et super genus ipsius.

16 O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.

16 Respice, Domine, de domo sancta tua in nos,
et inclina aurem tuam, et exaudi nos.

17 Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:

17 Aperi oculos tuos et vide:
quia non mortui qui sunt in inferno,
quorum spiritus acceptus est a visceribus suis,
dabunt honorem et justificationem Domino:

18 But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.

18 sed anima quæ tristis est super magnitudine mali,
et incedit curva et infirma,
et oculi deficientes, et anima esuriens,
dat tibi gloriam et justitiam Domino.

19 Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.

19 Quia non secundum justitias patrum nostrorum
nos fundimus preces et petimus misericordiam
ante conspectum tuum, Domine Deus noster:

20 For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,

20 sed quia misisti iram tuam et furorem tuum super nos,
sicut locutus es in manu puerorum tuorum prophetarum,
dicens:

21 Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.

21 Sic dicit Dominus:
Inclinate humerum vestrum et cervicem vestram,
et opera facite regi Babylonis,
et sedebitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris.

22 But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,

22 Quod si non audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri,
operari regi Babyloniæ,
defectionem vestram faciam de civitatibus Juda,
et a foris Jerusalem,

23 I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants.

23 et auferam a vobis vocem jucunditatis et vocem gaudii,
et vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ,
et erit omnis terra sine vestigio ab inhabitantibus eam.

24 But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their places.

24 Et non audierunt vocem tuam,
ut operarentur regi Babylonis:
et statuisti verba tua,
quæ locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorum prophetarum,
ut transferrentur ossa regum nostrorum
et ossa patrum nostrorum de loco suo:

25 And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.

25 et ecce projecta sunt in calore solis et in gelu noctis,
et mortui sunt in doloribus pessimis,
in fame et in gladio, et in emissione.

26 And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.

26 Et posuisti templum in quo invocatum est nomen tuum in ipso
sicut hæc dies,
propter iniquitatem domus Israël et domus Juda.

27 O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,

27 Et fecisti in nobis, Domine Deus noster,
secundum omnem bonitatem tuam
et secundum omnem miserationem tuam illam magnam:

28 As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel, saying,

28 sicut locutus es in manu pueri tui Moysi,
in die qua præcepisti ei scribere legem tuam coram filiis Israël,

29 If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.

29 dicens: Si non audieritis vocem meam,
multitudo hæc magna convertetur in minimam inter gentes,
quo ego eos dispergam:

30 For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves,

30 quia scio quod me non audiet populus:
populus est enim dura cervice.
Et convertetur ad cor suum in terra captivitatis suæ,

31 And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:

31 et scient quia ego sum Dominus Deus eorum:
et dabo eis cor, et intelligent;
aures, et audient:

32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,

32 et laudabunt me in terra captivitatis suæ,
et memores erunt nominis mei,

33 And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.

33 et avertent se a dorso suo duro,
et a malignitatibus suis:
quia reminiscentur viam patrum suorum,
qui peccaverunt in me.

34 And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.

34 Et revocabo illos in terram quam juravi patribus eorum,
Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob:
et dominabuntur ejus, et multiplicabo eos,
et non minorabuntur:

35 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.

35 et statuam illis testamentum alterum sempiternum,
ut sim illis in Deum,
et ipsi erunt mihi in populum:
et non movebo amplius populum meum, filios Israël,
a terra quam dedi illis.