Liber Ieremiae

Ieremiae, chapter 42, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 42 Vulgate

   1 Et accesserunt omnes princi pes bellatorum, scilicet Iohanan filius Caree et Iezonias filius Osaiae et universum vulgus, a parvo usque ad magnum,
   2 dixeruntque ad Ieremiam prophetam: "Cadat oratio nostra in conspectu tuo, et ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum tuum pro universis reliquiis istis, quia derelicti sumus pauci de pluribus, sicut oculi tui nos intuentur;
   3 et annuntiet nobis Dominus Deus tuus viam, per quam pergamus, et verbum, quod faciamus".
   4 Dixit autem ad eos Ieremias propheta: "Audivi. Ecce ego oro ad Dominum Deum vestrum secundum verba vestra; omne verbum, quodcumque responderit pro vobis, indicabo vobis nec celabo vos quidquam".
   5 Et illi dixerunt ad Ieremiam: "Sit Dominus inter nos testis verax et fidelis, si non iuxta omne verbum, in quo miserit te Dominus Deus tuus ad nos, sic faciemus.
   6 Sive bonum est sive malum, voci Domini Dei nostri, ad quem mittimus te, oboediemus, ut bene sit nobis, cum audierimus vocem Domini Dei nostri".
   7 Cum autem completi essent decem dies, factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam;
   8 vocavitque Iohanan filium Caree et omnes principes bellatorum, qui erant cum eo, et universum populum a minimo usque ad magnum
   9 et dixit ad eos: "Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel, ad quem misistis me, ut prosternerem preces vestras in conspectu eius:
   10 Si quiescentes manseritis in terra hac, aedificabo vos et non destruam, plantabo et non evellam; iam enim placatus sum super malo, quod feci vobis.
   11 Nolite timere a facie regis Babylonis, quem vos pavidi formidatis; nolite metuere eum, dicit Dominus, quia vobiscum sum ego, ut salvos vos faciam et eruam de manu eius;
   12 et dabo vobis, ut misericordiam inveniatis, et ipse miserebitur vestri et habitare vos faciet in terra vestra.
   13 Si autem dixeritis vos: "Non habitabimus in terra ista", nec audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri
   14 dicentes: "Nequaquam, sed ad terram Aegypti pergemus, ubi non videbimus bellum et clangorem tubae non audiemus et famem non sustinebimus et ibi habitabimus",
   15 propter hoc nunc audite verbum Domini, reliquiae Iudae: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Si posueritis faciem vestram, ut ingrediamini Aegyptum, et intraveritis, ut ibi peregrinemini,
   16 gladius, quem vos formidatis, ibi comprehendet vos in terra Aegypti, et fames, pro qua estis solliciti, adhaerebit vobis in Aegypto, et ibi moriemini.
   17 Omnesque viri, qui posuerunt faciem suam, ut ingrediantur Aegyptum et peregrinentur ibi, morientur gladio et fame et peste: nullus de eis remanebit nec effugiet a facie mali, quod ego afferam super eos.
   18 Quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israel: Sicut effusus est furor meus et indignatio mea super habitatores Ierusalem, sic effundetur indignatio mea super vos, cum ingressi fueritis Aegyptum, et eritis in exsecrationem et in stuporem et in maledictum et in opprobrium et nequaquam ultra videbitis locum istum".
   19 Verbum Domini super vos, reliquiae Iudae: "Nolite intrare Aegyptum; scientes scietis quia obtestatus sum vos hodie,
   20 quia decepistis animas vestras. Vos enim misistis me ad Dominum Deum nostrum dicentes: "Ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum et iuxta omnia, quaecumque dixerit tibi Dominus Deus noster, sic annuntia nobis, et faciemus".
   21 Et annuntiavi vobis hodie, et non audistis vocem Domini Dei vestri super universis, pro quibus misit me ad vos.
   22 Nunc ergo scientes scietis quia gladio et fame et peste moriemini in loco, ad quem voluistis intrare et ibi peregrinari".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
   2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
   3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
   4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
   5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
   6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
   7 ¶ And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
   8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
   9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
   10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
   11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
   12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
   13 ¶ But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
   14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
   15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
   16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
   17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
   18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
   19 ¶ The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
   20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
   21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
   22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.