Jeremiah 45

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

Ty enta’ Iirmeà mpitoky natao’e amy Baroke ana’ i Nerià, ie sinoki’e am-boke ao o tsara boak’ am-palie’ Iirmeà retoa, an-taom-paha-efa’ Iehoiakime ana’ Iosià, mpanjaka’ Iehodà, manao ty hoe:

2 “The LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

Hoe t’Iehovà, Andrianañahare’ Israele ama’o ry Baroke: fa nanao ty hoe irehe:

3 ‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’

Feh’ohatse amako henane zao! fa nitovoña’ Iehovà fioremeñañe ty fangirifiriako; mahamamak’ ahy ty fiñeoñeoko, le tsy mahatrea fitofàñe.

4 “You shall tell him, the LORD says: ‘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.

Ty hoe ty ho saontsie’o ama’e, Hoe t’Iehovà: Inao! fa ho rotsaheko i niranjiekoy, vaho hombotako o nambolekoo, i hene taney ‘nio.

5 Do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

Aa le mipay raha ra’ elahy ho am-bata’o v’ iheo? Ko tsoehe’o fa ingo, hametsahako hankàñe iaby ze atao nofotse, hoe t’Iehovà; fe hatoloko azo ho tamben’ali’o ty fiai’o amy ze hene toetse hañaveloa’o.