1 This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.

1 Hic liber mandatorum Dei,
et lex quæ est in æternum:
omnes qui tenent eam pervenient ad vitam:
qui autem dereliquerunt eam, in mortem.

2 Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.

2 Convertere, Jacob, et apprehende eam:
ambula per viam ad splendorem ejus contra lumen ejus.

3 Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

3 Ne tradas alteri gloriam tuam,
et dignitatem tuam genti alienæ.

4 O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.

4 Beati sumus, Israël,
quia quæ Deo placent manifesta sunt nobis.

5 Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.

5 ¶ Animæquior esto, populus Dei, memorabilis Israël:

6 Ye were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.

6 venundati estis gentibus non in perditionem:
sed propter quod in ira ad iracundiam provocastis Deum,
traditi estis adversariis.

7 For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.

7 Exacerbastis enim eum qui fecit vos, Deum æternum,
immolantes dæmoniis, et non Deo.

8 Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.

8 Obliti enim estis Deum qui nutrivit vos,
et contristastis nutricem vestram Jerusalem.

9 For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: God hath brought upon me great mourning;

9 Vidit enim iracundiam a Deo venientem vobis, et dixit:
Audite, confines Sion:
adduxit enim mihi Deus luctum magnum.

10 For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.

10 Vidi enim captivitatem populi mei,
filiorum meorum et filiarum,
quam superduxit illis Æternus.

11 With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.

11 Nutrivi enim illos cum jucunditate;
dimisi autem illos cum fletu et luctu.

12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.

12 Nemo gaudeat super me viduam et desolatam:
a multis derelicta sum propter peccata filiorum meorum,
quia declinaverunt a lege Dei.

13 They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.

13 Justitias autem ipsius nescierunt,
nec ambulaverunt per vias mandatorum Dei,
neque per semitas veritatis ejus cum justitia ingressi sunt.

14 Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.

14 Veniant confines Sion,
et memorentur captivitatem filiorum et filiarum mearum,
quam superduxit illis Æternus.

15 For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.

15 Adduxit enim super illos gentem de longinquo,
gentem improbam, et alterius linguæ,

16 These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.

16 qui non sunt reveriti senem,
neque puerorum miserti sunt,
et abduxerunt dilectos viduæ,
et a filiis unicam desolaverunt.

17 But what can I help you?

17 Ego autem, quid possum adjuvare vos?

18 For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.

18 qui enim adduxit super vos mala,
ipse vos eripiet de manibus inimicorum vestrorum.

19 Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.

19 Ambulate, filii, ambulate:
ego enim derelicta sum sola.

20 I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.

20 Exui me stola pacis,
indui autem me sacco obsecrationis,
et clamabo ad Altissimum in diebus meis.

21 Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.

21 Animæquiores estote, filii; clamate ad Dominum,
et eripiet vos de manu principum inimicorum.

22 For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.

22 Ego enim speravi in æternum salutem vestram,
et venit mihi gaudium a Sancto, super misericordia
quæ veniet vobis ab æterno salutari nostro.

23 For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.

23 Emisi enim vos cum luctu et ploratu:
reducet autem vos mihi Dominus
cum gaudio et jucunditate in sempiternum.

24 Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God, which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.

24 Sicut enim viderunt vicinæ Sion captivitatem vestram a Deo,
sic videbunt et in celeritate salutem vestram a Deo,
quæ superveniet vobis cum honore magno et splendore æterno.

25 My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.

25 Filii, patienter sustinete iram quæ supervenit vobis:
persecutus est enim te inimicus tuus:
sed cito videbis perditionem ipsius,
et super cervices ipsius ascendes.

26 My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.

26 Delicati mei ambulaverunt vias asperas:
ducti sunt enim ut grex direptus ab inimicis.

27 Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.

27 Animæquiores estote, filii, et proclamate ad Dominum:
erit enim memoria vestra ab eo qui duxit vos.

28 For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.

28 Sicut enim fuit sensus vester ut erraretis a Deo,
decies tantum iterum convertentes requiretis eum:

29 For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation.

29 qui enim induxit vobis mala,
ipse rursum adducet vobis sempiternam jucunditatem cum salute vestra.

30 Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.

30 ¶ Animæquior esto, Jerusalem:
exhortatur enim te, qui te nominavit.

31 Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.

31 Nocentes peribunt, qui te vexaverunt:
et qui gratulati sunt in tua ruina, punientur.

32 Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.

32 Civitates quibus servierunt filii tui, punientur,
et quæ accepit filios tuos.

33 For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.

33 Sicut enim gavisa est in tua ruina, et lætata est in casu tuo,
sic contristabitur in sua desolatione,

34 For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.

34 et amputabitur exsultatio multitudinis ejus,
et gaudimonium ejus erit in luctum.

35 For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.

35 Ignis enim superveniet ei ab Æterno in longiturnis diebus,
et habitabitur a dæmoniis in multitudine temporis.

36 O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God.

36 Circumspice, Jerusalem, ad orientem,
et vide jucunditatem a Deo tibi venientem.

37 Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.

37 Ecce enim veniunt filii tui, quos dimisisti dispersos:
veniunt collecti ab oriente usque ad occidentem, in verbo Sancti,
gaudentes in honorem Dei.