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| 1 | 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 Helcias, wrote in Babylonia. | et haec verba libri quae scripsit Baruch filius Neeri filius Maasei filii Sedechiae filii Sedei filii Helchiae in Babylonia |
| 1 | 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. | in anno quinto in septima die mensis in tempore quo ceperunt Chaldei Hierusalem et succenderunt eam igni |
| 1 | 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. | et legit Baruch verba libri huius ad aures Iechoniae filii Ioachim regis Iuda et ad aures universi populi venientis ad librum |
| 1 | 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. | et ad aures potentium filiorum regum et ad aures presbyterorum et ad aures populi a minimo usque ad magnum eorum omnium habitantium in Babylonia ad flumen Sudi |
| 1 | 5 | And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord. | qui audientes plorabant et ieiunabant et orabant in conspectu Domini |
| 1 | 6 | And they made a collection of money according to every man's power. | et collegerunt pecuniam secundum quod potuit uniuscuiusque manus |
| 1 | 7 | And they sent it to Jerusalem 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: | et miserunt in Hierusalem ad Ioachim filium Helchiae filii Salom sacerdotem et ad sacerdotes et ad omnem populum qui inventi sunt cum eo in Hierusalem |
| 1 | 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, | cum acciperet vasa templi Domini quae ablata fuerant de templo revocare in terram Iuda decima die illius sivan vasa argentea quae fecit Sedechias filius Iosiae rex Iuda |
| 1 | 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. | posteaquam cepisset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonum Iechoniam et principes et vinctos et potentes et populum terrae ab Hierusalem et duxit eos in Babyloniam |
| 1 | 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: | et dixerunt ecce misimus ad vos pecunias de quibus emite holocaustomata et tus et facite manna et offerte pro peccato ad aram Domini Dei nostri |
| 1 | 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: | et orate pro vita Nabuchodonosor regis Babyloniae et pro vita Balthasar filii eius ut sint dies ipsorum sicut dies caeli super terram |
| 1 | 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. | et det Dominus virtutem nobis et inluminet oculos nostros ut vivamus sub umbra Nabuchodonosor regis Babyloniae et sub umbra Balthasar filii eius et serviamus eis multis diebus et inveniamus gratiam in conspectu eorum |
| 1 | 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. | et pro nobis ipsis orate ad Dominum Deum nostrum quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro et non est aversus furor eius a nobis usque in hunc diem |
| 1 | 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. | et legite librum istum quem misimus ad vos recitari in templo Domini in die sollemni et in die oportuno |
| 1 | 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, | et dicetis Domino Deo nostro iustitia nobis autem confusio faciei nostrae sicut dies haec omni Iuda et habitantibus in Hierusalem |
| 1 | 16 | To our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers. | regibus nostris et principibus nostris sacerdotibus nostris et prophetis nostris et patribus nostris |
| 1 | 17 | We have sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him, nor put our trust in him: | peccavimus ante Dominum nostrum et non credidimus diffidentes in eum |
| 1 | 18 | And we were not obedient to him, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments which he hath given us. | et non fuimus subiectibiles illi et non obaudivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri ut ambularemus in mandatis eius quibus dedit nobis |
| 1 | 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. | a die qua eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti usque in hunc diem eramus incredibiles ad Dominum Deum nostrum et dissipati recessimus ne audiremus vocem ipsius |
| 1 | 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. | et adheserunt nobis mala multa et maledictiones quae constituit Dominus Moysi servo suo qui eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti dare nobis terram fluentem lac et mel sicut hodierna die |
| 1 | 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: | et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri secundum omnia verba prophetarum quos misit ad nos |
| 1 | 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. | et abivimus unusquisque in sensum cordis nostri maligni operari diis alienis facientes mala ante oculos Domini Dei nostri |