1 Eis a mensagem que o profeta Jeremias enviou a Baruc, filho de Néria, quando este escreveu todos estes oráculos, ditados pelo profeta, no quarto ano do reinado de Joaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá:

2 Eis o que diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel, a teu respeito, Baruc:

3 tu exclamas: desgraçado de mim, porque o Senhor acumula sobre mim tristezas e dores! Desfaço-me em gemidos e não encontro repouso.

4 Eis o que lhe dirás: oráculo do Senhor: vou destruir o que havia construído; arrancar o que havia plantado e isso em toda esta terra.

5 E tu reclamarias para ti grandes favores? Não os peças, porque sobre todas as criaturas vou fazer recair o flagelo _ oráculo do Senhor. Mas, conservar-te-ei a vida, como espólio, em todos os lugares para aonde fores.

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.