Baruch 1

EINHEITSUBERSETZUNG BIBEL	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Das ist der Wortlaut des Buches, das Baruch, der Sohn Nerijas, des Sohnes Machsejas, des Sohnes Zidkijas, des Sohnes Hasadjas, des Sohnes Hilkijas, in Babel geschrieben hat.	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 Es war im fünften Jahr, am siebten Tag des fünften Monats, zur selben Zeit, als die Chaldäer Jerusalem eingenommen und in Brand gesteckt hatten.	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 Baruch verlas den Wortlaut dieses Buches vor König Jojachin von Juda, dem Sohn Jojakims, und vor dem ganzen Volk, das zusammengekommen war, um die Schrift zu hören.
4 Er las vor den königlichen Beamten und Prinzen, vor den Ältesten und dem ganzen Volk, vom Kleinsten bis zum Größten, vor allen, die in Babel am Fluss Sud angesiedelt waren.	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 Da weinten, fasteten und flehten sie vor dem Herrn.	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 Dann legten sie Geld zusammen, so viel ein jeder vermochte,
7 und sandten es nach Jerusalem an den Priester Jojakim, den Sohn Hilkijas, des Sohnes Schallums, an die übrigen Priester und an das ganze Volk, das sich mit ihm in Jerusalem befand.	7 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
8 Baruch selbst hatte bereits am zehnten Siwan die Geräte des Hauses des Herrn, die aus dem Tempel verschleppt worden waren, erhalten, um sie in das Land Juda zurückzubringen. Es waren jene silbernen Geräte, die König Zidkija von Juda, der Sohn Joschijas, hatte anfertigen lassen,	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 nachdem Nebukadnezzar, der König von Babel, Jojachin aus Jerusalem verschleppt und nach Babel gebracht hatte, samt den Beamten, den Schmieden, der Oberschicht und den Bürgern des Landes.
10 Dazu ließen (die Spender) sagen: Hier senden wir euch Geld. Kauft dafür Brandopfer, Sündopfer und Weihrauch und bereitet Speiseopfer; bringt sie dar auf dem Altar des Herrn, unseres Gottes,	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 und betet für das Leben des Königs Nebukadnezzar von Babel und für das Leben seines Sohnes Belschazzar, dass ihre Tage so zahlreich seien wie die Tage des Himmels über der Erde.	11 And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
12 Uns aber verleihe der Herr Kraft und lasse unsere Augen leuchten. So werden wir leben unter dem Schutz des Königs Nebukadnezzar von Babel und unter dem Schutz seines Sohnes Belschazzar, wir werden ihnen lange Zeit dienen und Gunst vor ihnen finden.
13 Betet auch für uns zum Herrn, unserem Gott; denn wir haben gesündigt gegen den Herrn, unseren Gott, und bis heute hat der Herr seinen Grimm und Zorn noch nicht von uns abgewendet.	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 Lest dann dieses Buch vor, das wir euch senden; es soll am Tag des Festes, und zwar an den Versammlungstagen, im Haus des Herrn vorgetragen werden.	14 And they made a collection of money, according to every man's power.
15 Sprecht: Der Herr, unser Gott, ist im Recht; uns aber treibt es bis heute die Schamröte ins Gesicht, den Leuten von Juda und den Bewohnern Jerusalems,
16 unseren Königen und Beamten, unseren Priestern und Propheten und unseren Vätern;	16 To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
17 denn wir haben gegen den Herrn gesündigt	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 und ihm nicht gehorcht. Wir haben auf die Stimme des Herrn, unseres Gottes, nicht gehört und die Gebote nicht befolgt, die der Herr uns vorgelegt hat.
19 Von dem Tag an, als der Herr unsere Väter aus Ägypten herausführte, bis auf den heutigen Tag waren wir ungehorsam gegen den Herrn, unseren Gott. Wir hörten sehr bald nicht mehr auf seine Stimme.	19 For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
20 So hefteten sich an uns das Unheil und der Fluch, den der Herr durch seinen Diener Mose androhen ließ am Tag, als er unsere Väter aus Ägypten herausführte, um uns ein Land zu geben, in dem Milch und Honig fließen, und so ist es noch heute.	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 Wir haben nicht auf die Stimme des Herrn, unseres Gottes, gehört und auf alle Reden der Propheten, die er zu uns gesandt hat.
22 Jeder von uns folgte der Neigung seines bösen Herzens; wir dienten anderen Göttern und taten, was dem Herrn, unserem Gott, missfällt.	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.