The prophet comforts Baruch in his affliction.

 1 The word that Jeremias the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerias, when he had written these words in a book, out of the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying:
Verbum quod locutus est Jeremias propheta ad Baruch filium Neriae, cum scripsisset verba haec in libro ex ore Jeremiae, anno quarto Joakim filii Josiae regis Juda, dicens :

 2 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to thee, Baruch:
Haec dicit Dominus Deus Israel ad te, Baruch :

 3 Thou hast said: Woe is me, wretch that I am, for the Lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow: I am wearied with my groans, and I find no rest.
Dixisti : Vae misero mihi! quoniam addidit Dominus dolorem dolori meo : laboravi in gemitu meo, et requiem non inveni.

 4 Thus saith the Lord: Thus shalt thou say to him: Behold, them whom I have built, I do destroy: and them whom I have planted, I do pluck up, and all this land.
Haec dicit Dominus : Sic dices ad eum : Ecce quos aedificavi, ego destruo : et quos plantavi, ego evello, et universam terram hanc :

 5 And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go.
et tu quaeris tibi grandia? Noli quaerere, quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem, ait Dominus, et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad quaecumque perrexeris.