< Yeremia 45 >
1 Pada tahun keempat pemerintahan Yoyakim anak Yosia atas Yehuda, Barukh menuliskan apa yang kudiktekan kepadanya. Lalu aku menyampaikan kepadanya
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet told Baruch son of Neriah. This happened when he wrote in a scroll these words at Jeremiah's dictation—this was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, and he said,
2 perkataan TUHAN, Allah Israel. TUHAN berkata, "Barukh,
“Yahweh, God of Israel, says this to you, Baruch:
3 engkau mengeluh begini, 'Ah, sungguh sial aku ini! Kesukaranku amat banyak, dan TUHAN menambahnya lagi dengan penderitaan. Aku sudah capek mengeluh, tidak ada ketenangan sama sekali!'
You have said, 'Woe is me, for Yahweh has added agony to my pain. My groaning has wearied me; I find no rest.'
4 Hai Barukh! Aku, TUHAN, sedang meruntuhkan yang telah Kubangun, dan sedang mencabut yang telah Kutanam. Seluruh dunia Kuperlakukan demikian.
This is what you must say to him: 'Yahweh says this: See, what I built, I am now tearing down. What I planted, I am now pulling up—I will do this throughout all the earth.
5 Mengapa engkau ingin diistimewakan? Jangan begitu, Barukh! Seluruh umat manusia Kuhukum dengan bencana, tapi mengenai engkau, setidak-tidaknya engkau akan selamat. Ke mana pun engkau pergi, engkau akan tetap hidup. Aku, TUHAN telah berbicara."
But are you hoping for great things for yourself? Do not hope for that. For see, disaster is coming on all humanity—this is Yahweh's declaration—but I am giving you your life as your plunder everywhere you will go.'”