Baruch 3

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.	1 "LORD Almighty, God of Israel, afflicted souls and dismayed spirits call to you.
2 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.	2 Hear, O LORD, for you are a God of mercy; and have mercy on us, who have sinned against you:
3 For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.	3 for you are enthroned forever, while we are perishing forever.
4 O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.	4 LORD Almighty, God of Israel, hear the prayer of Israel's few, the sons of those who sinned against you; they did not heed the voice of the LORD, their God, and the evils cling to us.
5 Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.	5 Remember at this time not the misdeeds of our fathers, but your own hand and name:
6 For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.	6 for you are the LORD our God; and you, O LORD, we will praise!
7 And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.	7 For this, you put into our hearts the fear of you: that we may call upon your name, and praise you in our captivity, when we have removed from our hearts all the wickedness of our fathers who sinned against you.
8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.	8 Behold us today in our captivity, where you scattered us, a reproach, a curse, and a requital for all the misdeeds of our fathers, who withdrew from the LORD, our God."
9 Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.	9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: listen, and know prudence!
10 How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,	10 How is it, Israel, that you are in the land of your foes, grown old in a foreign land, Defiled with the dead,
11 That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?	11 accounted with those destined for the nether world?
12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.	12 You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
13 For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.	13 Had you walked in the way of God, you would have dwelt in enduring peace.
14 Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.	14 Learn where prudence is, where strength, where understanding; That you may know also where are length of days, and life, where light of the eyes, and peace.
15 Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures ?	15 Who has found the place of wisdom, who has entered into her treasuries?
16 Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;	16 Where are the rulers of the nations, they who lorded it over the wild beasts of the earth,
17 They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?	17 and made sport of the birds of the heavens: They who heaped up the silver and the gold in which men trust; of whose possessions there was no end?
18 For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,	18 They schemed anxiously for money, but there is no trace of their work:
19 They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.	19 They have vanished down into the nether world, and others have risen up in their stead.
20 Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,	20 Later generations have seen the light, have dwelt in the land, But the way to understanding they have not known,
21 Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.	21 they have not perceived her paths, or reached her; their offspring were far from the way to her.
22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.	22 She has not been heard of in Canaan, nor seen in Teman.
23 The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.	23 The sons of Hagar who seek knowledge on earth, the merchants of Midian and Teman, the phrasemakers seeking knowledge, These have not known the way to wisdom, nor have they her paths in mind.
24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!	24 O Israel, how vast is the house of God, how broad the scope of his dominion:
25 Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.	25 Vast and endless, high and immeasurable!
26 There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.	26 In it were born the giants, renowned at the first, stalwarts, skilled in war.
27 Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:	27 Not these did God choose, nor did he give them the way of understanding;
28 But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.	28 They perished for lack of prudence, perished through their folly.
29 Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?	29 Who has gone up to the heavens and taken her, or brought her down from the clouds?
30 Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?	30 Who has crossed the sea and found her, bearing her away rather than choice gold?
31 No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.	31 None knows the way to her, nor has any understood her paths.
32 But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:	32 Yet he who knows all things knows her; he has probed her by his knowledge-- He who established the earth for all time, and filled it with four-footed beasts;
33 He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.	33 He who dismisses the light, and it departs, calls it, and it obeys him trembling;
34 The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.	34 Before whom the stars at their posts shine and rejoice;
35 This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him	35 When he calls them, they answer, "Here we are!" shining with joy for their Maker.
36 He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.	36 Such is our God; no other is to be compared to him:
37 Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.	37 He has traced out all the way of understanding, and has given her to Jacob, his servant, to Israel, his beloved son.
	38 Since then she has appeared on earth, and moved among men.