The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 "Remember, God, all we've been through. Study our plight, the black mark we've made in history.
1
recordare Domine quid acciderit nobis intuere et respice obprobrium nostrum
2 Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers.
2
hereditas nostra versa est ad alienos domus nostrae ad extraneos
3 Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows.
3
pupilli facti sumus absque patre matres nostrae quasi viduae
4 We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price.
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aquam nostram pecunia bibimus ligna nostra pretio conparavimus
5 We're nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest.
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cervicibus minabamur lassis non dabatur requies
6 We sold ourselves to Assyria and Egypt just to get something to eat.
6
Aegypto dedimus manum et Assyriis ut saturaremur pane
7 Our parents sinned and are no more, and now we're paying for the wrongs they did.
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patres nostri peccaverunt et non sunt et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus
8 Slaves rule over us; there's no escape from their grip.
8
servi dominati sunt nostri non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum
9 We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert.
9
in animabus nostris adferebamus panem nobis a facie gladii in deserto
10 Our skin has turned black as an oven, dried out like old leather from the famine.
10
pellis nostra quasi clibanus exusta est a facie tempestatum famis
11 Our wives were raped in the streets in Zion, and our virgins in the cities of Judah.
11
mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt virgines in civitatibus Iuda
12 They hanged our princes by their hands, dishonored our elders.
12
principes manu suspensi sunt facies senum non erubuerunt
13 Strapping young men were put to women's work, mere boys forced to do men's work.
13
adulescentibus inpudice abusi sunt et pueri in ligno corruerunt
14 The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more.
14
senes de portis defecerunt iuvenes de choro psallentium
15 All the joy is gone from our hearts. Our dances have turned into dirges.
15
defecit gaudium cordis nostri versus est in luctu chorus noster
16 The crown of glory has toppled from our head. Woe! Woe! Would that we'd never sinned!
16
cecidit corona capitis nostri vae nobis quia peccavimus
17 Because of all this we're heartsick; we can't see through the tears.
17
propterea maestum factum est cor nostrum ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri
18 On Mount Zion, wrecked and ruined, jackals pace and prowl.
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propter montem Sion quia disperiit vulpes ambulaverunt in eo
19 And yet, God, you're sovereign still, your throne intact and eternal.
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tu autem Domine in aeternum permanebis solium tuum in generatione et generatione
20 So why do you keep forgetting us? Why dump us and leave us like this?
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quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri derelinques nos in longitudinem dierum
21 Bring us back to you, God - we're ready to come back. Give us a fresh start.
21
converte nos Domine ad te et convertemur innova dies nostros sicut a principio
22 As it is, you've cruelly disowned us. You've been so very angry with us."
22
sed proiciens reppulisti nos iratus es contra nos vehementer
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The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.