The prophet is commanded to write the same which he preacheth: 4. first pensive things, 8. Then joyful. 9. Especially in the new Testament, when God will raise David (to wit Christ) 16. Who shall destroy all enemies. 19. And whose Church shall be great, glorious, and perpetual.The prophet is commanded to write the same which he preacheth : 4. first pensiue thinges, 8. Then ioyful. 9. Especially in the new Testament, when God wil raise Dauid (to witte Christ) 16. Who shal destroy al enemies. 19. And whose Church shal be great, glorious, and perpetual.✦
This is the word, that was made to Jeremie from our Lord, saying:THIS is the word, that was made to Ieremie from our Lord, saying:Hoc verbum quod factum est ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens :
2Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel, saying: Write unto thee all the words that I have spoken to thee, in a book.Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel, saying: Write vnto thee al the wordes that I haue spoken to thee, in a booke.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël, dicens : Scribe tibi omnia verba quæ locutus sum ad te, in libro.
3For behold the days come, saith our Lord: and I will convertam: turn back, restore the conversionem: the turning-back, the restoration of my people Israel and Juda, saith our Lord: and I will make them return to the land, which I gave their fathers, and they shall possess it.For behold the daies come, saith our Lord: and I wil conuert the conuersion of my people Israel and Iuda, saith our Lord: and I wil make them returne to the land, which I gaue their fathers, and they shal possesse it.✦Ecce enim dies veniunt, dicit Dominus, et convertam conversionem populi mei Israël et Juda, ait Dominus : et convertam eos ad terram quam dedi patribus eorum, et possidebunt eam.
4And these are the words, that our Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Juda:And these are the wordes, that our Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Iuda:Et hæc verba quæ locutus est Dominus ad Israël et ad Judam :
5Because thus saith our Lord: We have heard a voice of terror: there is fear and no peace.Because thus saith our Lord: We haue heard a voice of terrour: there is feare and no peace.✦Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus : Vocem terroris audivimus : formido, et non est pax.
6Demand, and see if a man bear child? wherefore then have I seen every man's hand upon his loin, as a woman that is in parturientis: the labour of childbirth, and all faces are turned into the auruginem: a sickly paleness?Demand, and see if a man beare childe? wherefore then haue I seene euerie mans hand vpon his loyne, as a woman that is in trauel, and al faces are turned into the iaundice?Interrogate, et videte si generat masculus : quare ergo vidi omnis viri manum super lumbum suum, quasi parturientis, et conversæ sunt universæ facies in auruginem ?
7Alas, because that is a great day, neither is there the like to it: and it is the time of tribulation to Jacob, and he shall be saved out of it.Alas, because that is a great day, neither is there the like to it: and it is the time of tribulation to Iacob, and he shal be saued out of it.✦Væ ! quia magna dies illa, nec est similis ejus : tempusque tribulationis est Jacob, et ex ipso salvabitur.
8And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord of hosts: I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will break his vincula: bonds, fetters: and strangers shall no more rule over him:And it shal be in that day, saith the Lord of hostes: I wil breake his yoke from of thy necke, and wil breake his bandes: and strangers shal no more rule-ouer him:Et erit in die illa, ait Dominus exercituum : conteram jugum ejus de collo tuo, et vincula ejus dirumpam, et non dominabuntur ei amplius alieni :
9but they shall serve our Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.but they shal serue our Lord their God, and Dauid their king, whom I wil raise vp to them.sed servient Domino Deo suo, et David regi suo, quem suscitabo eis.
10Thou therefore my servant Jacob fear not, saith our Lord; neither be thou afraid Israel: because lo I will save thee out of a far country, and thy seed out of the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, & flow with all good things, and there shall be none whom he may fear:Thou therefore my seruant Iacob feare not, saith our Lord; neither be thou afrayd Israel: because loe I wil saue thee out of a farre countrie, and thy seede out of the land of their captiuitie: and Iacob shal returne, and be at rest, & flow with al good thinges, and there shal be none whom he may feare:✦Tu ergo ne timeas, serve meus Jacob, ait Dominus, neque paveas, Israël : quia ecce ego salvabo te de terra longinqua, et semen tuum de terra captivitatis eorum : et revertetur Jacob, et quiescet, et cunctis affluet bonis, et non erit quem formidet :
11because I am with thee, saith our Lord, to save thee: for I will make a consummationem: a full end, utter destruction in all the Nations, in which I have dispersed thee: but thee I will not make into consummation: but I will chastise thee in judgement, that thou mayest not seem to thyself innocent.because I am with thee, saith our Lord, to saue thee: for I wil make a consumation in al the Nations, in which I haue dispersed thee: but thee I wil not make into consummation: but I wil chastice thee in iudgement, that thou maist not seme to thy selfe innocent.✦quoniam tecum ego sum, ait Dominus, ut salvem te. Faciam enim consummationem in cunctis gentibus in quibus dispersi te : te autem non faciam in consummationem : sed castigabo te in judicio, ut non videaris tibi innoxius.
12Because thus saith our Lord: Thy wound is uncurable, thy stripe is very sore.Because thus saith our Lord: Thy wound is vncurable, thy stripe is very sore.✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus : Insanabilis fractura tua ; pessima plaga tua :
13There is none to judge thy judgement to bind it up: there is no profit of medicines for thee.There is none to iudge thy iudgement to binde it vp: there is no profite of medicines for thee.✦non est qui judicet judicium tuum ad alligandum : curationum utilitas non est tibi.
14All thy amatores: those that love or ally themselves with her have forgotten thee, and will not seek thee: for with the stroke of an enemy I have stricken thee with cruel chastisement: for the multitude of thine iniquity, thy sins are hardened.Al thy louers haue forgoten thee, and wil not seeke thee: for with the stroke of an enemie I haue striken thee with cruel chastisment: for the multitude of thine iniquitie, thy sinnes are hardened.✦Omnes amatores tui obliti sunt tui, teque non quærent : plaga enim inimici percussi te castigatione crudeli : propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ dura facta sunt peccata tua.
15What criest thou upon thine affliction? thy sorrow is uncurable: for the multitude of thine iniquity, and for thine hardened sins I have done these things to thee.What criest thou vpon thine affliction? thy sorow is vncurable: for the multitude of thine iniquitie, and for thine hardned sinnes I haue done these thinges to thee.Quid clamas super contritione tua ? insanabilis est dolor tuus : propter multitudinem iniquitatis tuæ, et propter dura peccata tua, feci hæc tibi.
16Therefore all that eat thee, shall be devoured: and all thine enemies shall be led into captivity: and they that waste thee, shall be wasted, and all thy spoilers will I give to the spoil.Therefore al that eate thee, shal be deuoured: and al thine enemies shal be led into captiuitie: and they that waste thee, shal be wasted, and al thy spoilers wil I geue to the spoile.✦Propterea omnes qui comedunt te devorabuntur, et universi hostes tui in captivitatem ducentur : et qui te vastant vastabuntur, cunctosque prædatores tuos dabo in prædam.
17For I will close up thy wound, and will heal thee of thy wounds, saith our Lord. Because they have called thee, O Sion, an outcast: This is she, that had none to seek after her.For I wil close vp thy wound, and wil heale thee of thy woundes, saith our Lord. Because they haue called thee, ô Sion, an out cast: This is she, that had none to seeke after her.✦Obducam enim cicatricem tibi, et a vulneribus tuis sanabo te, dicit Dominus. Quia ejectam vocaverunt te, Sion : hæc est, quæ non habebat requirentem.
18Thus saith our Lord: Behold I will convert the conversion of the tabernacles of Jacob, and will have pity on his houses, and the city shall be built in her high place, and the temple shall be founded according to the order thereof.Thus saith our Lord: Behold I wil conuert the conuersion of the tabernacles of Iacob, and wil haue pitie on his houses, and the citie shal be built in her high place, and the temple shal be founded according to the order thereof.✦Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego convertam conversionem tabernaculorum Jacob, et tectis ejus miserebor : et ædificabitur civitas in excelso suo, et templum juxta ordinem suum fundabitur :
19And out of them shall come forth praise, and the voice of them that play: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished: and I will glorify them, & they shall not be lessened.And out of them shal come forth praise, and the voice of them that play: and I wil multiplie them, and they shal not be diminished: and I wil glorifie them, & they shal not be lessened.✦et egredietur de eis laus, voxque ludentium. Et multiplicabo eos, et non minuentur : et glorificabo eos, et non attenuabuntur.
20And his children shall be as from the beginning, and his assembly shall be permanent before me: and I will visitabo: come against to punish, not to call upon against all that afflict him.And his children shal be as from the beginning, and his assemblie shal be permanent before me: and I wil visite against al that afflict him.Et erunt filii ejus sicut a principio, et cœtus ejus coram me permanebit, et visitabo adversum omnes qui tribulant eum.
21And his dux: a leader, ruler: not the noble rank shall be of himself: and the prince shall be brought forth from the midst of him: and I will bring him near, and he shall come to me. For who is this, that applieth his heart to approach unto me, saith our Lord?And his duke shal be of himself: and the prince shal be brought forth from the middes of him: and I wil bring him nere, and he shal come to me. For who is this, that applieth his hart to approch vnto me, saith our Lord?✦Et erit dux ejus ex eo, et princeps de medio ejus producetur : et applicabo eum, et accedet ad me. Quis enim iste est qui applicet cor suum ut appropinquet mihi ? ait Dominus :
22And you shall be my people: and I will be your God.And you shal be my people: and I wil be your God.et eritis mihi in populum, et ego ero vobis in Deum.
23Behold, the whirlwind of our Lord, the fury going forth, the storm violently falling, it shall light upon the head of the impious.Behold, the whirlewind of our Lord, the furie going forth, the storme violently falling, it shal light vpon the head of the impious.✦Ecce turbo Domini, furor egrediens, procella ruens : in capite impiorum conquiescet.
24Our Lord will not turn away the wrath of indignation, till he have done and accomplished the cogitationem: thought, purpose of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand these things.Our Lord wil not turne away the wrath of indignation, til he haue done and accomplished the cogitation of his hart: in the latter daies you shal vnderstand these thinges.✦Non avertet iram indignationis Dominus, donec faciat et compleat cogitationem cordis sui : in novissimo dierum intelligetis ea.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.