1 For the which thing the Lord our God hath established his word, that he spake to us, and to our judges, that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:
1 Wherefore the Lord our God hath made good his word, that he spoke to us, and to our judges that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:
2 that our Lord might bring upon us great evils, which were not done under the heaven, as have been done in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moyses:
2 That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, ¹according to the things that are written in the law of Moses:
3 that a man should eat the flesh of his son, and the flesh of his daughter.
3 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
4 And he hath given them under the hand of all the kings, that are round about us into reproach, and into desolation among all peoples, into which our Lord hath dispersed us.
4 And he hath delivered them up to be under the hand of all the kings that are round about us, to be a reproach, and desolation among all the people, among whom the Lord hath scattered us.
5 And we are made underneath, and not above: because we have sinned to the Lord our God, in not obeying his voice.
5 And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.
6 To the Lord our God justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as is this day.
6 To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
7 Because our Lord hath spoken upon us all these evils, that are come upon us:
7 For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
8 and we have not besought the face of the Lord our God, to return every one of us from our most wicked ways.
8 And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we might return everyone of us from our most wicked ways.
9 And our Lord hath watched in evils, and hath brought them upon us: because our Lord is just in all his works, which he hath commanded us:
9 And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded us:
10 and we have not heard his voice to walk in the precepts of our Lord, which he hath given before our face.
10 And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord which he hath set before us.
11 And now o Lord God of Israel, which brought out thy people out of the Land of Ægypt in a strong hand, and in signs, and in wonders, and in thy great strength, and in a mighty arm, and madest thee a name as is this day:
11 ³And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a name as at this day,
12 we have sinned, we have done impiously, we have dealt unjustly o Lord our God, in all thy justices.
12 We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all thy justices.
13 Let thy wrath be turned away from us: because we are left a few among the nations, where thou hast dispersed us.
13 Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among the nations where thou hast scattered us.
14 Hear o Lord our prayers, and our petitions, and bring us out for thine own sake: and grant us to find grace before their face, that have led us away:
14 Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions, and deliver us for thy own sake: and grant that we may find favor in the sight of them that have led us away:
15 that all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is invocated upon Israel, and upon his stock.
15 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.
16 Look o Lord from thy holy house upon us, and incline thine ear, and hear us.
16 ⁴Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.
17 Open thine eyes, & see: because the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken from their bowels, shall not give honour and justification to our Lord:
17 ⁵Open thy eyes, and behold: ⁶for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:
18 but the soul, that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil, and goeth crooked, and weak, and the eyes failing, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee their Lord.
18 But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.
19 For not according to the justices of our fathers do we pour out prayers, and ask mercy before thy sight o Lord our God:
19 For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:
20 but because thou hast sent thy wrath, and thy fury upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:
20 But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:
21 Thus saith our Lord: Bow down your shoulder, & your neck, and do works for the king of Babylon: and you shall sit in the land, which I have given to your fathers.
21 Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.
22 But if you will not hear the voice of the Lord your God, to work for the king of Babylon: I will make you to fail out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem,
22 But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.
23 and I will take from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without foot step that inhabit it.
23 And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.
24 And they heard not thy voice, to work for the king of Babylon: and thou hast established thy words, which thou spakest by the hands of thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and of our fathers should be transported out of their place:
24 And they hearkened not to thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: and thou hast made good thy words, which thou spokest by the hands of thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers should be removed out of their place:
25 and behold they are cast forth in the heat of the sun, and in the frost of the night: and they are dead in very sore pains, in famine, and by sword, and by casting forth.
25 And behold they are cast out to the heat of the sun, and to the frost of the night: and they have died in grievous pains, by famine, and by the sword, and in banishment.
26 And hast made the temple, in which thy name was there invocated, as it is this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and of the house of Juda.
26 And thou hast made the temple, in which thy name was called upon, as it is at this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and the house of Juda.
27 And thou hast done in us o Lord our God according to all thy goodness, and according to all that thy great compassion:
27 And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, according to all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine:
28 as thou spakest by the hand of thy servant Moyses, in the day, that thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,
28 As thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, in the day when thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,
29 saying: If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall be turned into a very little one among the Gentiles, whither I will disperse them:
29 Saying: ⁷If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall be turned into a very small number among the nations, where I will scatter them:
30 because I know that the people will not hear me. for it is a people of a stiff neck: and they shall be converted to their heart in the land of their captivity:
30 For I know that the people will not hear me, for they are a people of a stiff neck: but they shall turn to their heart in the land of their captivity:
31 and they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear.
31 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear.
32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.
32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.
33 And they shall turn away themselves from their hard back, and from their malignant works: because they shall remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.
33 And they shall turn away themselves from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.
34 And I will recall them back into the land, which I sware to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall have dominion thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be lessened.
34 And I will bring them back again into the land which I promised with an oath to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be masters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished.
35 And I will establish unto them another testament everlasting, that I be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more move my people, the children of Israel from the land, that I have given them.
35 And I will make with them another covenant that shall be everlasting, to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people, the children of Israel, out of the land that I have given them.