¹Verbum quod locutus est Jeremias propheta ad Baruch filium Neriæ,The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch, the son of Neriah,cum scripsisset verba hæc in libro ex ore Jeremiæ,when he had written these words in a book, from the mouth of Jeremiah,anno quarto Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda,in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah,dicens:saying:

¹Verbum quod locutus est Jeremias propheta ad Baruch filium Neriæ,The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch, the son of Neriah,cum scripsisset verba hæc in libro ex ore Jeremiæ,when he had written these words in a book, from the mouth of Jeremiah,anno quarto Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda,in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah,dicens:saying:

²Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël ad te,“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you,Baruch:Baruch:

²Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël ad te,“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you,Baruch:Baruch:

³Dixisti: Væ misero mihi!You have said: ‘Woe to me,quoniam addidit Dominus dolorem dolori meo:a wretched man! For the Lord has added sorrow to my sorrow.laboravi in gemitu meo,I have labored in my groaning,et requiem non inveni.and I have not found rest.’

³Dixisti: Væ misero mihi!You have said: ‘Woe to me,quoniam addidit Dominus dolorem dolori meo:a wretched man! For the Lord has added sorrow to my sorrow.laboravi in gemitu meo,I have labored in my groaning,et requiem non inveni.and I have not found rest.’

⁴Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Sic dices ad eum:So shall you say to him:Ecce quos ædificavi, ego destruo,Behold, those whom I have built up,et quos plantavi, ego evello,I destroy, and those whom I have planted,et universam terram hanc:I uproot, even this entire land.

⁴Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Sic dices ad eum:So shall you say to him:Ecce quos ædificavi, ego destruo,Behold, those whom I have built up,et quos plantavi, ego evello,I destroy, and those whom I have planted,et universam terram hanc:I uproot, even this entire land.

⁵et tu quæris tibi grandia? noli quærere,And are you seeking great things for yourself?quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem,Do not choose to seek them. For behold, I will lead evil over all that is flesh,ait Dominus,says the Lord.et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad quæcumque perrexeris.But I will give your life to you unto salvation, in every place, wherever you may travel.”

⁵et tu quæris tibi grandia? noli quærere,And are you seeking great things for yourself?quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem,Do not choose to seek them. For behold, I will lead evil over all that is flesh,ait Dominus,says the Lord.et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad quæcumque perrexeris.But I will give your life to you unto salvation, in every place, wherever you may travel.”