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EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Texto del escrito que Baruc, hijo de Nerías, hijo de Maasías, hijo de Sedecías, hijo de Asadías, hijo de Jilquías, escribió en Babilonia,	1 Wherefore 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:
2 en el año quinto, el séptimo día del mes, en la época en que los caldeos habían tomado Jerusalén y la habían incendiado.	2 In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.
3 Baruc leyó el texto de este escrito en presencia de Jeconías, hijo de Joaquím, rey de Judá, y de todo el pueblo que había venido para escuchar esta lectura;
4 en presencia de las autoridades y de los príncipes reales, de los ancianos y de todo el pueblo –desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande– de todos los que habitaban en Babilonia junto al río Sud.	4 That 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:
5 Se derramaron lágrimas, se ayunó y se oró delante del Señor .	5 And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.
6 También se recogió dinero según las posibilidades de cada uno,
7 y se lo envió a Jerusalén, al sacerdote Joaquím, hijo de Jilquías, hijo de Salóm, y a los otros sacerdotes y a todo el pueblo que se encontraba con él en Jerusalén.	7 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
8 Baruc ya había recuperado, el décimo día del mes de Siván, los vasos de la Casa del Señor sacados del Templo, a fin de devolverlos a la tierra de Judá. Eran objetos de plata que había hecho Sedecías, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá,	8 And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi.
9 después que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, deportó desde Jerusalén y llevó a Babilonia a Jeconías, a los príncipes, a los rehenes, a los nobles y a la gente del país.
10 Les escribieron lo siguiente: Aquí les enviamos dinero; compren con él víctimas para los holocaustos y los sacrificios por el pecado, y también incienso; hagan ofrendas y preséntenlas sobre el altar del Señor, nuestro Dios.	10 And 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.
11 Rueguen por la vida de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y por la de su hijo Baltasar, para que sus días sean sobre la tierra como los días del cielo.	11 And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
12 Que el Señor nos dé fuerza e ilumine nuestros ojos, para que vivamos a la sombra de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y a la sombra de su hijo Baltasar, y lo sirvamos mucho tiempo, gozando de su favor.
13 Rueguen también por nosotros al Señor, nuestro Dios, porque hemos pecado contra él, y la ira del Señor y su indignación no se han alejado de nosotros hasta el día de hoy.	13 And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.
14 Lean este libro, que nosotros les enviamos para que se haga confesión de los pecados en la Casa del Señor, en el día de la Fiesta y en los días de la Asamblea.	14 And they made a collection of money, according to every man's power.
15 Ustedes dirán: Al Señor, nuestro Dios, pertenece la justicia; a nosotros, en cambio, la vergüenza reflejada en el rostro, como sucede en el día de hoy; vergüenza para los hombres de Judá y los habitantes de Jerusalén,
16 para nuestros reyes y nuestros jefes, para nuestros sacerdotes, nuestros profetas y nuestros padres.	16 To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
17 Porque hemos pecado contra el Señor,	17 And they sent it to Jerusulem to Joakim the priest, the son of Helcias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people, that were found with him in Jerusalem:
18 le hemos sido infieles y no hemos escuchado la voz del Señor, nuestro Dios, que nos mandaba seguir los preceptos que él puso delante de nosotros.
19 Desde el día en que el Señor hizo salir a nuestros padres del país de Egipto, hasta el día de hoy, hemos sido infieles al Señor, nuestro Dios, y no nos hemos preocupado por escuchar su voz.	19 For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
20 Por eso han caído sobre nosotros tantas calamidades, así como también la maldición que el Señor profirió por medio de Moisés, tu servidor, el día en que hizo salir a nuestros padres del país de Egipto, para darnos una tierra que mana leche y miel. Esto es lo que nos sucede en el día de hoy.	20 At the time when he received the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which had been taken away out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda the tenth day of the month Sivan, the silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made,
21 Nosotros no hemos escuchado la voz del Señor, nuestro Dios, conforme a todas las palabras de los profetas que él nos envió.
22 Cada uno se dejó llevar por los caprichos de su corazón perverso, sirviendo a otros dioses y haciendo el mal a los ojos del Señor, nuestro Dios.	22 And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we might return every one of us from our most wicked ways.
	23 After that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and all the powerful men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and brought them bound to Babylon.
	25 And 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:
	26 And they said: Behold we have sent you money, buy with it holocausts, and frankincense, and make meat offerings, and offerings for sin at the altar of the Lord our God:
	28 And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord which he hath set before us.
	29 And pray ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
	31 And 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,
	32 And that the Lord may give us strength, and enlighten our eyes, that we may live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and may serve them many days, and may find favour in their sight.
	34 We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all thy justices.
	35 And pray ye for us to the Lord our God: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, and his wrath is not turned away from us even to this day.
	37 Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among the nations where thou hast scattered us.
	38 And read ye this book, which we have sent to you to be read in the temple of the Lord, on feasts, and proper days.
	40 Hear, 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:
	41 And you shall say: To the Lord our God belongeth justice, but to us confusion of our face: as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
	43 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.
	44 To our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers.
	46 Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.
	47 We have sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him, nor put our trust in him:
	49 Open 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:
	50 And we were not obedient to him, and we have not harkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments, which he hath given us.
	52 But 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.
	53 From the day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, we were disobedient to the Lord our God: and going astray we turned away from hearing his voice.
	55 For 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:
	56 And many evils have cleaved to us, and the curses which the Lord foretold by Moses his servant: who brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.