Jeremija 45

1 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:

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,

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

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

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

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.

4 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.

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.

5 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.«

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.