Léctio libri Ieremíæ prophétæ (31,1-7)
In témpore illo, dicit Dóminus, ero Deus univérsis cognatiónibus Israel, et ipsi erunt mihi in pópulum. Hæc dicit Dóminus: Invénit grátiam in desérto pópulus, qui remánserat a gládio; vadet ad réquiem suam Israel.” De longe Dóminus appáruit mihi: “In caritáte perpétua diléxi te; ídeo attráxi te in misericórdia. Rursúmque ædificábo te, et ædificáberis, virgo Israel; adhuc ornáberis týmpanis tuis et egrediéris in choro ludéntium. Adhuc plantábis víneas in móntibus Samaríæ; plantábunt plantántes et vindemiábunt. Quia erit dies, in qua clamábunt custódes in monte Éphraim: “Súrgite, et ascendámus in Sion ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.” Quia hæc dicit Dóminus: Exsultáte in lætítia propter Iácob et hínnite cápiti géntium; personáte, cánite et dícite: “Sálva, Dómine, pópulum tuum, relíquias Israel.”
At that time, saith our Lord: I will be the God of all the kindreds of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith our Lord: The people that remained from the sword, found grace in the desert: Israel shall go to his rest. Our Lord hath appeared to me of long time. And in everlasting charity have I loved thee, therefore have I drawn thee taking compassion. And I will build thee again, and thou shalt be builded o virgin Israel: thou shalt yet be adorned with thy timbrels, & shall go forth in the choir of them that play. Thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, & till the time come they shall not make vintage: because there shall be a day, wherein the watchmen on mount Ephraim shall cry: Arise, and let us go up unto Sion to the Lord our God. Because thus saith our Lord: Rejoice in gladness o Jacob, and neigh against the head of the Gentiles: sound ye, and sing, and say: Save o Lord thy people the remnant of Israel.
