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.

1 La Parole que Jérémie, le prophète, adressa à Baruc, fils de Nérija, quand il écrivait dans un livre ces paroles-là, sous la dictée de Jérémie, la quatrième année de Jéhojakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda.

2 Il dit: Ainsi a dit l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël, à ton sujet, Baruc!

4 Tu lui diras donc: Ainsi a dit l'Éternel: Voici, ce que j'ai bâti, je le renverse; ce que j'ai planté, je l'arrache, savoir, tout ce pays.

5 Et toi, te chercherais-tu de grandes choses? Ne les cherche pas; car voici, je vais faire venir le malheur sur toute chair, dit l'Éternel; mais je te donnerai ta vie pour butin, dans tous les lieux où tu iras.