1 Tässä ovat sanat, jotka profeetta Jeremia puhui Barukille, Nerian pojalle, Juudan kuninkaan Jojakimin, Josian pojan, neljäntenä hallitusvuotena. Baruk kirjoitti ne kirjaan Jeremian sanelun mukaan.

3 Sinä valitat: 'Voi minua! Herra antaa kipua kivun lisäksi! Olen valittanut uuvuksiin saakka, en löydä rauhaa.'

4 Mutta minä, Herra, käsken Jeremian sanoa sinulle näin: 'Minkä olen rakentanut, sen minä hajotan, minkä olen istuttanut, sen minä revin pois -- tämä koskee koko maata.

1 The words which Jeremiah the prophet said to Baruch, the son of Neriah, when he put these words down in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; he said,

2 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of you, O Baruch:

3 You said, Sorrow is mine! for the Lord has given me sorrow in addition to my pain; I am tired with the sound of my sorrow, and I get no rest.

4 This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will be uprooted, and this through all the land;

5 And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.