Jeremiah 45

1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

Beseda, ki jo je prerok Jeremija spregovoril Nerijájevemu sinu Baruhu, ko je zapisal te besede v knjigo pri Jeremijevih ustih, v četrtem letu Jojakíma, Jošíjevega sina, Judovega kralja, rekoč:

2 Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, to thee, O Baruch:

»Tako govori Gospod, Izraelov Bog, tebi, oh Baruh.

3 Thou said, Woe is me now! For Jehovah has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

Rekel si: ›Gorje mi sedaj! Kajti Gospod je dodal žalost k moji bridkosti; oslabel sem v svojem vzdihovanju in ne najdem počitka.‹

4 Thus thou shall say to him, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, and this in the whole land.

Tako mu boš rekel: › Gospod tako govori: ›Glej, to, kar sem zgradil, bom porušil in to, kar sem zasadil, bom izruval, celo to celotno deželo.

5 And do thou seek great things for thyself? Seek them not, for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says Jehovah, but thy life I will give to thee for a prey in all places where thou go.

In ti zase iščeš velike stvari? Ne išči jih, kajti glej, privedel bom zlo nad vse meso, ‹ govori Gospod, ›toda tvoje življenje ti bom dal za plen v vseh krajih, kamor greš.«