1 No quarto ano do reinado de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, o Senhor deu esta mensagem a Jeremias: 2 "Pegue um rolo e escreva nele todas as minhas mensagens contra Israel, Judá e as outras nações. Comece com a primeira mensagem, do tempo de Josias, e escreva todas, até hoje. 3 Talvez o povo de Judá se arrependa ao ouvir novamente todas as coisas terríveis que planejei para eles. Então perdoarei sua maldade e seus pecados".
4 Jeremias mandou chamar Baruque, filho de Nerias, e enquanto Jeremias ditava para ele todas as profecias que o Senhor lhe tinha dado, Baruque as escrevia no rolo. 5 Depois, Jeremias disse a Baruque: "Estou preso aqui e não posso ir ao templo. 6 Portanto, vá você ao templo no próximo dia de jejum e leia as mensagens do Senhor que ditei para que as escrevesse no rolo. Leia as mensagens para o povo de todas as cidades de Judá que estiver no templo. 7 Quem sabe eles abandonem seus maus caminhos e peçam perdão ao Senhor antes que seja tarde demais, pois o Senhor os ameaçou com sua ira ardente".
8 Baruque, filho de Nerias, fez tudo conforme Jeremias lhe ordenou e leu as mensagens do Senhor para o povo que estava no templo. 9 Fez isso num dia de jejum sagrado, no final do outono, no quinto ano do reinado de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias. Gente de todas as cidades de Judá tinha ido a Jerusalém para participar da adoração no templo naquele dia. 10 Baruque leu para todo o povo as palavras de Jeremias escritas no rolo. Estava diante da sala de Gemarias, filho do secretário Safã. A sala ficava no pátio superior do templo, perto do portão Novo.
11 Quando Micaías, filho de Gemarias e neto de Safã, ouviu as mensagens do Senhor escritas no rolo, 12 desceu à sala do secretário no palácio onde estavam reunidos os oficiais administrativos. Lá estavam o secretário Elisama, Delaías, filho de Semaías, Elnatã, filho de Acbor, Gemarias, filho de Safã, Zedequias, filho de Hananias, e todos os outros oficiais. 13 Quando Micaías lhes falou das mensagens que Baruque estava lendo para o povo, 14 os oficiais enviaram Jeudi, filho de Netanias, neto de Selemias e bisneto de Cusi, para dizer a Baruque: "Venha e leia as mensagens para nós também". Então Baruque, filho de Nerias, pegou o rolo e foi até eles. 15 "Sente-se e leia o rolo para nós", disseram os oficiais, e Baruque fez o que pediram.
16 Quando ouviram as mensagens, olharam uns para os outros assustados. "Precisamos relatar ao rei o que ouvimos", disseram a Baruque. 17 "Mas, primeiro, diga-nos como você recebeu essas mensagens. Vieram diretamente de Jeremias?"
18 Baruque explicou: "Jeremias as ditou e eu as escrevi com tinta neste rolo, palavra por palavra".
19 "Você e Jeremias devem se esconder!", os oficiais disseram a Baruque. "Não digam a ninguém onde estão." 20 Então os oficiais deixaram o rolo guardado na sala do secretário Elisama e foram contar ao rei o que tinham ouvido.
21 O rei mandou Jeudi buscar o rolo. Jeudi o levou da sala do secretário Elisama e o leu para o rei e para todos os oficiais presentes. 22 Era final do outono, e o rei estava numa parte do palácio usada durante o inverno, sentado diante de um braseiro para se aquecer. 23 Cada vez que Jeudi terminava de ler três ou quatro colunas, o rei pegava uma faca, cortava aquela parte do rolo e a jogava no fogo. Assim, pedaço por pedaço, o rolo inteiro foi queimado. 24 Nem o rei nem seus servos mostraram qualquer sinal de medo ou remorso diante do que tinham ouvido. 25 Mesmo quando Elnatã, Delaías e Gemarias imploraram ao rei que não queimasse o rolo, ele não lhes deu atenção.
26 Em seguida, o rei ordenou a seu filho Jerameel, a Seraías, filho de Azriel, e a Selemias, filho de Abdeel, que prendessem o profeta Jeremias e seu secretário, Baruque. O Senhor, porém, os tinha escondido.
27 Depois que o rei havia queimado o rolo no qual Baruque tinha escrito as palavras de Jeremias, o Senhor deu esta mensagem a Jeremias: 28 "Pegue outro rolo e escreva novamente tudo que estava no primeiro rolo, que o rei Jeoaquim queimou. 29 Depois, diga ao rei: ‘Assim diz o Senhor: Você queimou o rolo porque ele dizia que o rei da Babilônia destruiria esta terra e acabaria com as pessoas e os animais. 30 Agora, assim diz o Senhor a respeito de Jeoaquim, rei de Judá: Ele não terá herdeiros para se sentarem no trono de Davi. Seu corpo será lançado fora e não será enterrado; ficará exposto ao calor do dia e à geada da noite. 31 Castigarei o rei, sua família e seus servos por seus pecados. Derramarei sobre eles e sobre todos os habitantes de Jerusalém e de Judá todas as calamidades que prometi, pois não quiseram dar ouvidos às minhas advertências’".
32 Então Jeremias pegou outro rolo e ditou novamente a seu secretário, Baruque, filho de Nerias. Escreveu tudo que estava no rolo que o rei Jeoaquim havia queimado. Dessa vez, porém, acrescentou muitas outras coisas.
1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from LORD, saying,
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to thee, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them, that they may return every man from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah. And Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of LORD, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.
5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up. I cannot go into the house of LORD.
6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou have written from my mouth, the words of LORD in the ears of the people in LORD's house upon the fast-day. And also thou shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of t
7 It may be they will present their supplication before LORD, and will return each one from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that LORD has pronounced against this people.
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of LORD in LORD's house.
9 Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before
10 Then Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.
11 And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of LORD,
12 he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber. And, lo, all the rulers were sitting there: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Z
13 Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
14 Therefore all the rulers sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll from which thou have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Ner
15 And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did thou write all these words at his mouth?
18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
19 Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where ye are.
20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the rulers who stood beside the king.
22 Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and the brazier [was] burning before him.
23 And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
24 And they were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
25 Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll, but he would not hear them.
26 And the king commanded 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 LORD hid them.
27 Then the word of LORD came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shall say, Thus says LORD: Thou have burned this roll, saying, Why have thou written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to ceas
30 Therefore thus says LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David. And his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity. And I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they did no
32 Then Jeremiah took another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire, and there were added b