Baruch 3

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.	1 “ ‘And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cry out 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 Listen, O Lord, and be merciful, for you are a merciful God, and so be merciful to us, for we have sinned before you.
3 For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.	3 For you are enthroned in eternity, but we will pass away in time.
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 O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, listen now to the prayer of the dead of Israel and of their sons, who have sinned before you and have not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, and have joined themselves to evil.
5 Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.	5 Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your hand and your name at this time.
6 For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.	6 For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.
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 And for this reason, you have imparted your fear into our hearts, and also, so that we may call upon your name and may praise you in our captivity, for we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who sinned before 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 And, behold, we are still in our captivity on this day, where you have scattered us into disgrace, and into slander, and into sin, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who withdrew from you, O Lord our God.
9 Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.	9 Listen, O Israel, to the commandments of life! Pay attention, so that you may learn 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, O Israel, that you are in the land of your enemies,
11 That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?	11 that you have grown old in a foreign land, that you are defiled with the dead, that you are regarded as among those who are descending into hell?
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 For if you had walked in the way of God, you would certainly have lived in everlasting 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 virtue is, where understanding is, so that you may know at the same time where long life and prosperity are, where the light of the eyes and peace are.
15 Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures ?	15 Who has discovered its place? And who has entered its treasure chamber?
16 Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;	16 Where are the leaders of the peoples, and those who rule over the beasts that are upon 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 who play among the birds of the air,
18 For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,	18 who store up treasures of silver and gold, in which men trust, and with whom there is no end to their acquiring, who work with silver and are anxious about it, and whose works are inexplicable?
19 They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.	19 They have been banished and have descended to hell, and others are risen up in their place.
20 Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,	20 The youth have seen the light and have dwelt upon the earth, yet they are ignorant of the way of instruction.
21 Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.	21 They have neither understood the paths of it, nor have their sons accepted it. It is far from their face.
22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.	22 It has not been heard of in the land of Canaan, nor has it been 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 It is likewise with the sons of Hagar, who search for the practicality that is of the earth, the negotiators of Merran and Teman, and the storytellers, and the searchers of discretion and intelligence. Yet the way of wisdom they have not known, nor have they called to mind its paths.
24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!	24 O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!
25 Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.	25 It is great and has no end! It is exalted and immense!
26 There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.	26 There were those who were called giants, who existed from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.
27 Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:	27 The Lord did not choose them, nor did they discover the way of instruction; for this reason they perished,
28 But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.	28 and, because they did not have wisdom, they passed away as a result of their foolishness.
29 Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?	29 Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and 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, and brought her, chosen instead of gold?
31 No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.	31 There is no one who is able to know her ways, nor any who can search out 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 the universe is familiar with her, and in his foresight he invented her, he who prepared the earth for time without end, and filled it with cattle and four-footed beasts,
33 He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.	33 who sends out the light, and it goes, and who summoned it, and it obeyed him in fear.
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 Yet the stars have given light from their posts, and they rejoiced.
35 This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him	35 They were called, and so they said, “Here we are,” and they shined with cheerfulness to him who made them.
36 He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.	36 This is our God, and no other can compare to him.
37 Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.	37 He invented the way of all instruction, and delivered it to Jacob his child, and to Israel his beloved.
	38 After this, he was seen on earth, and he conversed with men.