1 Sucedeu, pois, no ano quarto de Jeoiaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, que veio esta palavra do SENHOR a Jeremias, dizendo:

2 Toma o rolo de um livro, e escreve nele todas as palavras que te tenho falado de Israel, e de Judá, e de todas as nações, desde o dia em que eu te falei, desde os dias de Josias até ao dia de hoje.

3 Porventura ouvirão os da casa de Judá todo o mal que eu intento fazer-lhes; para que cada qual se converta do seu mau caminho, e eu perdoe a sua maldade e o seu pecado.

4 Então Jeremias chamou a Baruque, filho de Nerias; e escreveu Baruque da boca de Jeremias no rolo de um livro todas as palavras do Senhor, que ele lhe tinha falado.

5 E Jeremias deu ordem a Baruque, dizendo: Eu estou encarcerado; não posso entrar na casa do Senhor.

6 Entra, pois, tu, e pelo rolo que escreveste da minha boca, lê as palavras do Senhor aos ouvidos do povo, na casa do Senhor, no dia de jejum; e também, aos ouvidos de todos os de Judá, que vêm das suas cidades, as lerás.

7 Pode ser que caia a sua súplica diante do Senhor, e se converta cada um do seu mau caminho; porque grande é a ira e o furor que o Senhor tem expressado contra este povo.

8 E fez Baruque, filho de Nerias, conforme tudo quanto lhe havia ordenado Jeremias, o profeta, lendo naquele livro as palavras do Senhor, na casa do Senhor.

9 E aconteceu, no quinto ano de Jeoiaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, no mês nono, que apregoaram jejum diante do Senhor a todo o povo em Jerusalém, como também a todo o povo que vinha das cidades de Judá a Jerusalém.

10 Leu, pois, Baruque naquele livro as palavras de Jeremias, na casa do Senhor, na câmara de Gemarias, filho de Safã, o escriba, no átrio superior, à entrada da porta nova da casa do Senhor, aos ouvidos de todo o povo.

11 E, ouvindo Micaías, filho de Gemarias, filho de Safã, todas as palavras do Senhor, daquele livro,

12 Desceu à casa do rei, à câmara do escriba. E eis que todos os príncipes estavam ali assentados, a saber: Elisama, o escriba, e Delaías, filho de Semaías, e Elnatã, filho de Acbor, e Gemarias, filho de Safã, e Zedequias, filho de Hananias, e todos os outros príncipes.

13 E Micaías anunciou-lhes todas as palavras que ouvira, quando Baruque leu o livro, aos ouvidos do povo.

14 Então todos os príncipes mandaram Jeudi, filho de Netanias, filho de Selemias, filho de Cusi, a Baruque, para lhe dizer: O rolo que leste aos ouvidos do povo, toma-o na tua mão, e vem. E Baruque, filho de Nerias, tomou o rolo na sua mão, e foi ter com eles.

15 E disseram-lhe: Assenta-te agora, e lê-o aos nossos ouvidos. E leu Baruque aos ouvidos deles.

16 E sucedeu que, ouvindo eles todas aquelas palavras, voltaram-se temerosos uns para os outros, e disseram a Baruque: Sem dúvida alguma anunciaremos ao rei todas estas palavras.

17 E perguntaram a Baruque, dizendo: Declara-nos agora como escreveste da sua boca todas estas palavras.

18 E disse-lhes Baruque: Da sua boca ele me ditava todas estas palavras, e eu com tinta as escrevia no livro.

19 Então disseram os príncipes a Baruque: Vai, esconde-te, tu e Jeremias, e ninguém saiba onde estais.

20 E foram ter com o rei ao átrio: mas depositaram o rolo na câmara de Elisama, o escriba, e anunciaram aos ouvidos do rei todas aquelas palavras.

21 Então enviou o rei a Jeudi, para que tomasse o rolo; e Jeudi tomou-o da câmara de Elisama, o escriba, e leu-o aos ouvidos do rei e aos ouvidos de todos os príncipes que estavam em torno do rei.

22 Ora, o rei estava assentado na casa de inverno, pelo nono mês; e diante dele estava um braseiro aceso.

23 E sucedeu que, tendo Jeudi lido três ou quatro folhas, cortou-as com um canivete de escrivão, e lançou-as no fogo que havia no braseiro, até que todo o rolo se consumiu no fogo que estava sobre o braseiro.

24 E não temeram, nem rasgaram as suas vestes, nem o rei, nem nenhum dos seus servos que ouviram todas aquelas palavras.

25 E, posto que Elnatã, e Delaías, e Gemarias tivessem rogado ao rei que não queimasse o rolo, ele não lhes deu ouvidos.

26 Antes deu ordem o rei a Jerameel, filho de Hamaleque, e a Seraías, filho de Azriel, e a Selemias, filho de Abdeel, que prendessem a Baruque, o escrivão, e a Jeremias, o profeta; mas o Senhor os escondera.

27 Então veio a Jeremias a palavra do Senhor, depois que o rei queimara o rolo, com as palavras que Baruque escrevera da boca de Jeremias, dizendo:

28 Toma ainda outro rolo, e escreve nele todas aquelas palavras que estavam no primeiro rolo, que queimou Jeoiaquim, rei de Judá.

29 E a Jeoiaquim, rei de Judá, dirás: Assim diz o SENHOR: Tu queimaste este rolo, dizendo: Por que escreveste nele, dizendo: Certamente virá o rei de babilônia, e destruirá esta terra e fará cessar nela homens e animais?

30 Portanto assim diz o Senhor, acerca de Jeoiaquim, rei de Judá: Não terá quem se assente sobre o trono de Davi, e será lançado o seu cadáver ao calor do dia, e à geada da noite.

31 E castigarei a sua iniqüidade nele, e na sua descendência, e nos seus servos; e trarei sobre ele e sobre os moradores de Jerusalém, e sobre os homens de Judá, todo aquele mal que lhes tenho falado, e não ouviram.

32 Tomou, pois, Jeremias outro rolo, e deu-o a Baruque, filho de Nerias, o escrivão, o qual escreveu nele, da boca de Jeremias, todas as palavras do livro que Jeoiaquim, rei de Judá, tinha queimado no fogo; e ainda se lhes acrescentaram muitas palavras semelhantes.

1 Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

2 Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.

3 It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.

4 Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.

5 And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:

6 So you are to go, reading there from the book, which you have taken down from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the Lord's house, on a day when they go without food, and in the hearing of all the men of Judah who have come out from their towns.

7 It may be that their prayer for grace will go up to the Lord, and that every man will be turned from his evil ways: for great is the wrath and the passion made clear by the Lord against this people.

8 And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did as Jeremiah the prophet gave him orders to do, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.

9 Now it came about in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that it was given out publicly that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem, were to keep from food before the Lord.

10 Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.

11 And Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, after hearing all the words of the Lord from the book,

12 Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, Elishama the scribe and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all the rulers.

13 Then Micaiah gave them an account of all the words which had come to his ears when Baruch was reading the book to the people.

14 So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.

15 Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.

16 Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.

17 And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?

18 Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.

19 Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.

20 Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.

21 So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.

22 Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.

23 And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

24 But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

25 And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.

26 And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.

27 Then after the book, in which Baruch had put down the words of Jeremiah, had been burned by the king, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

28 Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, put into the fire.

29 And about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: You have put this book into the fire, saying, Why have you put in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come, causing the destruction of this land and putting an end to every man and beast in it?

30 For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

31 And I will send punishment on him and on his seed and on his servants for their evil-doing; I will send on them and on the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah, all the evil which I said against them, but they did not give ear.

32 Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who put down in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book which had been burned in the fire by Jehoiakim, king of Judah: and in addition a number of other words of the same sort.