Liber Baruch, 1

1. Et haec verba, quae scripsit Baruch filius Neriae filii Maasiae filii Sedeciae filii Asadei filii Helciae in Babylone,

1. These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Neraiah, son of Mahseiah, son of Zedekiah, son of Hasadiah, son of Hilkiah, wrote in Babylon,

2. in anno quinto, in septima die mensis, in tempore quo ceperunt Chaldaei Ierusalem et incenderunt eam igni.

2. in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire.

3. Et legit Baruch verba libri huius in aures Iechoniae filii Ioachim regis Iudae et in aures omnis populi venientis ad librum

3. And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people who came to hear the book,

4. et in aures potentium et filiorum regum et in aures seniorum et in aures omnis populi a minimo usque ad maximum universorum habitantium in Babylonia, ad flumen Sud.

4. and in the hearing of the mighty men and the princes, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, small and great, all who dwelt in Babylon by the river Sud.

5. Et flebant et ieiunabant et orabant in conspectu Domini.

5. Then they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord;

6. Et collegerunt argentum, prout poterant manus singulorum,

6. and they collected money, each giving what he could;

7. et miserunt in Ierusalem ad Ioachim filium Helciae filii Salom sacerdotem et ad sacerdotes et ad omnem populum, qui inventi sunt cum illo in Ierusalem,

7. and they sent it to Jerusalem to Jehoiakim the high priest, the son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, and to the priests, and to all the people who were present with him in Jerusalem.

8. cum acciperet vasa domus Domini, quae ablata fuerant de templo, ut referret ea in terram Iudae, decima die mensis Sivan: vasa argentea, quae fecit Sedecias filius Iosiae rex Iudae,

8. At the same time, on the tenth day of Sivan, Baruch took the vessels of the house of the Lord, which had been carried away from the temple, to return them to the land of Judah -- the silver vessels which Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, had made,

9. postquam adduxit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Iechoniam et principes et inclusores et potentes et populum terrae ex Ierusalem et induxit eos in Babylonem.

9. after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem Jeconiah and the princes and the prisoners and the mighty men and the people of the land, and brought them to Babylon.

10. Et dixerunt: “Ecce misimus ad vos pecuniam; emite ex ea pecunia holocausta et pro peccato et tus et facite oblationem et afferte super altare Domini Dei nostri;

10. And they said: "Herewith we send you money; so buy with the money burnt offerings and sin offerings and incense, and prepare a cereal offering, and offer them upon the altar of the Lord our God;

11. et orate pro vita Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et pro vita Balthasar filii eius, ut sint dies eorum, sicuti sunt dies caeli super terram;

11. and pray for the life of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and for the life of Belshazzar his son, that their days on earth may be like the days of heaven.

12. et dabit Dominus virtutem nobis et illuminabit oculos nostros, et vivemus sub umbra Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis et sub umbra Balthasar filii eius et serviemus eis multis diebus et inveniemus gratiam in conspectu eorum.

12. And the Lord will give us strength, and he will give light to our eyes, and we shall live under the protection of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and under the protection of Belshazzar his son, and we shall serve them many days and find favor in their sight.

13. Et orate pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum, quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro, et non avertit se indignatio Domini et ira eius a nobis usque in hunc diem.

13. And pray for us to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God, and to this day the anger of the Lord and his wrath have not turned away from us.

14. Et legetis librum hunc, quem misimus ad vos recitari in domo Domini, in die sollemni et in diebus constitutis,

14. And you shall read this book which we are sending you, to make your confession in the house of the Lord on the days of the feasts and at appointed seasons.

15. et dicetis: Domino Deo nostro iustitia, nobis autem confusio faciei, sicut hodiernus dies homini Iudae et habitatoribus Ierusalem

15. "And you shall say: `Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face, as at this day, to us, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

16. et regibus nostris et principibus nostris et sacerdotibus nostris et prophetis nostris et patribus nostris:

16. and to our kings and our princes and our priests and our prophets and our fathers,

17. peccavimus enim ante Dominum et non credidimus ei

17. because we have sinned before the Lord,

18. et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri, ut ambularemus in mandatis Domini, quae dedit ante faciem nostram.

18. and have disobeyed him, and have not heeded the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the statutes of the Lord which he set before us.

19. A die qua Dominus eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti et usque ad hanc diem eramus contumaces in Dominum Deum nostrum et temere egimus, ne audiremus vocem eius,

19. From the day when the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have been negligent, in not heeding his voice.

20. et adhaeserunt nobis mala et maledictio, quam constituit Dominus Moysi servo suo in die, qua eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti dare nobis terram fluentem lac et mel, sicut hic dies.

20. So to this day there have clung to us the calamities and the curse which the Lord declared through Moses his servant at the time when he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.

21. Et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri secundum omnia verba prophetarum, quos misit ad nos,

21. We did not heed the voice of the Lord our God in all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us, but we each followed the intent of his own wicked heart by serving other gods and doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God.

22. et abivimus unusquisque in sensu cordis nostri mali ad serviendum diis alienis, facientes mala sub oculis Dei nostri.

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