1 And these are the words of the
book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias,
the son of Sedei, the son of Helcias,
wrote in Babylonia.
2 In the
fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans
took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.
3 And
Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias
the son of Joakim king of Juda,
and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.
4 And in the
hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the
ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the
greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi.
5 And when
they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
6 And they
made a collection of money, according to every man's power.
7 And they
sent it to Jerusulem to Joakim
the priest, the son of Helcias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people, that
were found with him in Jerusalem:
8 At the
time when he received the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which had been
taken away out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda the tenth day of the month Sivan, the silver
vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made,
9 After that
Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away
Jechonias, and the princes, and all the powerful
men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and brought them bound to
Babylon.
10 And they
said: Behold we have sent you money, buy with it holocausts, and
frankincense, and make meat offerings, and offerings for sin at the altar of
the Lord our God:
11 And pray
ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of
Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son,
that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
12 And that
the Lord may give us strength, and enlighten our eyes, that we may live under
the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and
under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and may
serve them many days, and may find favour in their
sight.
13 And pray
ye for us to the Lord our God: for we have sinned against the Lord our God,
and his wrath is not turned away from us even to this day.
14 And read
ye this book, which we have sent to you to be read in the temple of the Lord,
on feasts, and proper days.
15 And you
shall say: To the Lord our God belongeth justice,
but to us confusion of our face: as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
16 To our
kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to
our fathers.
17 We have
sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him, nor put our trust
in him:
18 And we
were not obedient to him, and we have not harkened to the voice of the Lord
our God, to walk in his commandments, which he hath given us.
19 From the
day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, even to this day,
we were disobedient to the Lord our God: and going astray we turned away from
hearing his voice.
20 And many
evils have cleaved to us, and the curses which the Lord foretold by Moses his
servant: who brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land
flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.
21 And we
have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God according to all the
words of the prophets whom he sent to us:
22 And we
have gone away every man after the inclinations of his own wicked heart, to
serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God
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1- هذا كلام الكتاب الذي كتبه
باروك بن نيريا بن معسيا بن صدقيا بن حسديا ابن حلقيا في بابل.
2- في السنة الخامسة في السابع
من الشهر حين اخذ الكلدانيون اورشليم و احرقوها بالنار.
3- و تلا باروك كلام هذا الكتاب
على مسمعي يكنيا بن يوياقيم ملك يهوذا و على مسامع جميع الشعب الذين جاءوا
لاستماع الكتاب.
4- و على مسامع المقتدرين و بني
الملوك و مسامع الشيوخ و مسامع جميع الشعب من الصغار الى الكبار جميع الساكنين
في بابل على نهر سود.
5- فبكوا و صاموا و صلوا امام
الرب.
6- و جمعوا من الفضة قدر ما
استطاعت يد كل واحد.
7- و بعثوا الى اورشليم الى
يوياقيم بن حلقيا بن شلوم الكاهن و الى الكهنة و الى جميع الشعب الذين معه في
اورشليم.
8- عندما اخذ انية بيت الرب
المسلوبة من الهيكل ليردها الى ارض يهوذا في العاشر من سيوان و هي انية الفضة
التي صنعها صدقيا ابن يوشيا ملك يهوذا.
9- بعدما اجلى نبوكد نصر ملك
بابل يكنيا و الرؤساء و المحصنين و المقتدرين و شعب الارض من اورشليم و ذهب بهم
الى بابل.
10- و قالوا انا قد ارسلنا اليكم
فضة فابتاعوا بالفضة محرقات و ذبائح للخطية و لبانا و اصنعوا تقادم و قدموها على
مذبح الرب الهنا.
11- و صلوا من اجل حياة نبوكد
نصر ملك بابل و حياة بلشصر ابنه لكي تكون ايامهما كايام السماء على الارض.
12- فيؤتينا الرب قوة و ينير
عيوننا و نحيا تحت ظل نبوكد نصر ملك بابل و ظل بلشصر ابنه و نتعبد لهما اياما
كثيرة و نحن نائلون لديهما حظوة.
13- و صلوا من اجلنا الى الرب
الهنا فانا قد خطئنا الى الرب الهنا و لم يرتد سخط الرب و غضبه عنا الى هذا
اليوم.
14- و اتلوا هذا الكتاب الذي
ارسلناه اليكم لينادى به في بيت الرب في يوم العيد و في ايام المحفل.
15- و قولوا للرب الهنا العدل و لنا خزي الوجوه كما في هذا اليوم لرجال
يهوذا و سكان اورشليم.
16- و لملوكنا و رؤسائنا و
كهنتنا و انبيائنا و ابائنا.
17- لانا خطئنا امام الرب و
عصيناه.
18- و لم نسمع لصوت الرب الهنا
لنسلك في اوامر الرب التي جعلها امام وجوهنا.
19- من يوم اخرج الرب اباءنا من
ارض مصر الى هذا اليوم ما زلنا نعاصي الرب الهنا و نعرض عن استماع صوته.
20- فلحق بنا الشر و اللعنة
اللذان امر الرب موسى عبده ان يوعد بهما يوم اخرج اباءنا من ارض مصر ليعطينا
ارضا تدر لبنا و عسلا كما في هذا اليوم.
21- فلم نسمع لصوت الرب الهنا و لا لجميع كلام
الانبياء الذين ارسلهم الينا.
22- و مضينا كل واحد على اصرار
قلبه الشرير عابدين الهة اخر صانعين الشر امام عيني الرب الهنا
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