1[This] [is] the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book at Jeremiah's dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
1猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年，尼利亞的兒子巴錄將先知耶利米口中所說的話寫在書上。耶利米說：
2'Thus says the LORD the God of Israel to you, O Baruch:
2巴錄啊，耶和華─以色列的神說：
3'You said, 'Ah, woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest.''
3巴錄（原文是你）曾說：哀哉！耶和華將憂愁加在我的痛苦上，我因唉哼而困乏，不得安歇。
4'Thus you are to say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.'
4你要這樣告訴他，耶和華如此說：我所建立的，我必拆毀；我所栽植的，我必拔出；在全地我都如此行。
5'But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek [them]; for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,' declares the LORD, 'but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.''
5你為自己圖謀大事麼？不要圖謀！我必使災禍臨到凡有血氣的。但你無論往哪裡去，我必使你以自己的命為掠物。這是耶和華說的。