बारूक 2

1Wherefore the Lord our God hath made good his word, that he spoke to us, and to our judges that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:

2That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses:

3That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.

4And he hath delivered them up to be under the hand of all the kings that are round about us, to be a reproach, and desolation among all the people, among whom the Lord hath scattered us.

5And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.

6To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.

7For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:

8And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we might return every one of us from our most wicked ways.

9And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded us:

10And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord which he hath set before us.

11And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a name as at this day,

12We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all thy justices.

13Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among the nations where thou hast scattered us.

14Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions, and deliver us for thy own sake: and grant that we may find favour in the sight of them that have led us away:

15That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.

16Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.

17Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:

18But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.

19For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:

20But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:

21Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.

22But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.

23And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.

24And they hearkened not to thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: and thou hast made good thy words, which thou spokest by the hands of thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers should be removed out of their place:

25And behold they are cast out to the heat of the sun, and to the frost of the night: and they have died in grievous pains, by famine, and by the sword, and in banishment.

26And thou hast made the temple, in which thy name was called upon, as it is at this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and the house of Juda.

27And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, according to all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine:

28As thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, in the day when thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,

29Saying: If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall be turned into a very small number among the nations, where I will scatter them:

30For I know that the people will not hear me, for they are a people of a stiff neck: but they shall turn to their heart in the land of their captivity:

31And they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear.

32And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.

33And they shall turn away themselves from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.

34And I will bring them back again into the land which I promised with an oath to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be masters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished.

35And I will make with them another covenant that shall be everlasting, to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people, the children of Israel, out of the land that I have given them.

1[Propter quod statuit Dominus Deus noster verbum suum, quod locutus est ad nos, et ad judices nostros qui judicaverunt Israël, et ad reges nostros, et ad principes nostros, et ad omnem Israël et Juda:

2ut adduceret Dominus super nos mala magna, quæ non sunt facta sub cælo quemadmodum facta sunt in Jerusalem, secundum quæ scripta sunt in lege Moysi,

3et manducaret homo carnes filii sui et carnes filiæ suæ.

4Et dedit eos sub manu regum omnium qui sunt in circuitu nostro, in improperium et in desolationem in omnibus populis in quibus nos dispersit Dominus:

5et facti sumus subtus, et non supra, quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro, non obaudiendo voci ipsius.

6Domino Deo nostro justitia, nobis autem et patribus nostris confusio faciei, sicut est dies hæc:

7quia locutus est Dominus super nos omnia mala hæc quæ venerunt super nos:

8et non sumus deprecati faciem Domini Dei nostri, ut reverteremur unusquisque nostrum a viis nostris pessimis.

9Et vigilavit Dominus in malis, et adduxit ea super nos: quia justus est Dominus in omnibus operibus suis quæ mandavit nobis,

10et non audivimus vocem ipsius ut iremus in præceptis Domini, quæ dedit ante faciem nostram.]

11[Et nunc, Domine Deus Israël, qui eduxisti populum tuum de terra Ægypti in manu valida, et in signis, et in prodigiis, et in virtute tua magna, et in brachio excelso, et fecisti tibi nomen sicut est dies iste:

12peccavimus, impie egimus, inique gessimus, Domine Deus noster, in omnibus justitiis tuis.

13Avertatur ira tua a nobis, quia derelicti sumus pauci inter gentes ubi dispersisti nos.

14Exaudi, Domine, preces nostras et orationes nostras, et educ nos propter te, et da nobis invenire gratiam ante faciem eorum qui nos abduxerunt:

15ut sciat omnis terra quia tu es Dominus Deus noster, et quia nomen tuum invocatum est super Israël, et super genus ipsius.

16Respice, Domine, de domo sancta tua in nos, et inclina aurem tuam, et exaudi nos.

17Aperi oculos tuos et vide: quia non mortui qui sunt in inferno, quorum spiritus acceptus est a visceribus suis, dabunt honorem et justificationem Domino:

18sed anima quæ tristis est super magnitudine mali, et incedit curva et infirma, et oculi deficientes, et anima esuriens, dat tibi gloriam et justitiam Domino.

19Quia non secundum justitias patrum nostrorum nos fundimus preces et petimus misericordiam ante conspectum tuum, Domine Deus noster:

20sed quia misisti iram tuam et furorem tuum super nos, sicut locutus es in manu puerorum tuorum prophetarum, dicens:

21Sic dicit Dominus: Inclinate humerum vestrum et cervicem vestram, et opera facite regi Babylonis, et sedebitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris.

22Quod si non audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri, operari regi Babyloniæ, defectionem vestram faciam de civitatibus Juda, et a foris Jerusalem,

23et auferam a vobis vocem jucunditatis et vocem gaudii, et vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ, et erit omnis terra sine vestigio ab inhabitantibus eam.

24Et non audierunt vocem tuam, ut operarentur regi Babylonis: et statuisti verba tua, quæ locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorum prophetarum, ut transferrentur ossa regum nostrorum et ossa patrum nostrorum de loco suo:

25et ecce projecta sunt in calore solis et in gelu noctis, et mortui sunt in doloribus pessimis, in fame et in gladio, et in emissione.

26Et posuisti templum in quo invocatum est nomen tuum in ipso sicut hæc dies, propter iniquitatem domus Israël et domus Juda.

27Et fecisti in nobis, Domine Deus noster, secundum omnem bonitatem tuam et secundum omnem miserationem tuam illam magnam:

28sicut locutus es in manu pueri tui Moysi, in die qua præcepisti ei scribere legem tuam coram filiis Israël,

29dicens: Si non audieritis vocem meam, multitudo hæc magna convertetur in minimam inter gentes, quo ego eos dispergam:

30quia scio quod me non audiet populus: populus est enim dura cervice. Et convertetur ad cor suum in terra captivitatis suæ,

31et scient quia ego sum Dominus Deus eorum: et dabo eis cor, et intelligent; aures, et audient:

32et laudabunt me in terra captivitatis suæ, et memores erunt nominis mei,

33et avertent se a dorso suo duro, et a malignitatibus suis: quia reminiscentur viam patrum suorum, qui peccaverunt in me.

34Et revocabo illos in terram quam juravi patribus eorum, Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob: et dominabuntur ejus, et multiplicabo eos, et non minorabuntur:

35et statuam illis testamentum alterum sempiternum, ut sim illis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum: et non movebo amplius populum meum, filios Israël, a terra quam dedi illis.]

1“ ‘For this reason, the Lord our God has fulfilled his word, which he has spoken to us, and to our judges, who have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our leaders, and to all Israel and Judah.

2And so the Lord has brought upon us great evils, such as never before happened under heaven, (but which have come to pass in Jerusalem according to what was written in the law of Moses)

3even that a man would eat the flesh of his son and the flesh of his daughter.

4And so he placed them under the hand of all the kings who surround us, in disgrace and desolation among all the people where the Lord has scattered us.

5And we were brought down low and were not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.

6To the Lord our God is justice, but to us and to our fathers is confusion of face, just as on this day.

7For the Lord has pronounced against us all these evils, which have overcome us.

8And we have not beseeched the face of the Lord our God, so that we might return, each one of us from our most sinful ways.

9And the Lord has watched over us for evil and has brought it upon us, because the Lord is just in all his works that he has commanded us,

10and we have not listened to his own voice, so as to walk according to the teachings of the Lord, which he has set before our face.

11And now, O Lord God of Israel, who has led your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with your great power, and with an exalted arm, and has made a name for yourself, just as on this day,

12we have sinned, we have become impious, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all your principles.

13May your wrath be turned away from us because, having been forsaken, we are few among the irreligious where you have scattered us.

14Heed, O Lord, our petitions and our prayers, and deliver us for your own sake, and grant that we may find favor before the face of those who have led us away,

15so that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, and because your name has been invoked over Israel and over his posterity.

16Gaze upon us, O Lord, from your holy home, and incline your ear, and heed us.

17Open your eyes and see, because the dead, who are in the underworld, whose spirit has been taken away from their vital organs, will not give honor and justification to the Lord.

18But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil, approaches bowed down and weak, and the failing eyes and the hungering soul give glory and justice to you, the Lord.

19For it is not according to the righteousness of our fathers that we pour out our petitions and beg mercy in your sight, O Lord our God,

20but because you have sent your wrath and your fury upon us, just as you have spoken by the hand of your children the prophets, saying:

21“Thus says the Lord, ‘Bow down your shoulder and your neck, and do work for the king of Babylon, and settle in the land which I gave to your fathers,

22because, if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon, I will cause you to depart from the cities of Judah and from the gates of Jerusalem.

23And I will take away from you the voice of cheerfulness and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, and all the land will be without any trace of its inhabitants.’ ”

24And they did not listen to your voice, that they should serve the king of Babylon, and so you have fulfilled your words, which you spoke by the hands of your children the prophets, so that the bones of our kings and the bones of our fathers would be carried away from their place.

25And, behold, they have been cast out into the heat of the sun and the frost of the night, and they have died by means of grievous evils, by famine, and by the sword, and by banishment.

26And you have set up the temple, in which your name itself was called upon, just as it is on this day, because of the iniquity of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

27And you have accomplished in us, O Lord our God, according to all your goodness and according to all your great mercy,

28just as you spoke by the hand of your child Moses, in the day when you commanded him to write your law before the sons of Israel,

29saying: “If you will not listen to my voice, this great multitude will be changed into the least among the peoples, where I will scatter them.

30For I know that the people will not listen to me, for the people are stiff necked. But they will have a change of their heart in the land of their captivity,

31and they will know that I am the Lord their God. And I will give them a heart, and they will understand, ears, and they will hear.

32And they will praise me in the land of their captivity, and will remember my name.

33And they will turn themselves away from their stiff back, and from their wicked deeds, for they will call to mind the way of their fathers, who sinned against me.

34And I will restore them to the land which I pledged to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they will rule over it, and I will multiply them, and they will not be diminished.

35And I will establish for them a new and everlasting covenant, so that I will be their God and they will be my people. And I will no longer move my people, the sons of Israel, out of the land which I have given them.”