Baruch 1

JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Voici les paroles du livre qu'écrivit à Babylone Baruch, fils de Nérias, fils de Maasias, fils de Sédécias, filsd'Asadias, fils d'Helcias,	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 la cinquième année, le septième jour du mois, à l'époque où les Chaldéens s'étaient emparés deJérusalem et l'avaient incendiée.	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 Or Baruch lut les paroles de ce livre devant Jékonias, fils de Joiaqim, roi de Juda, et devant tout lepeuple venu pour cette lecture,
4 devant les dignitaires et les fils de roi, devant les anciens, bref devant le peuple entier, petits etgrands, devant tous ceux qui habitaient à Babylone, aux bords de la rivière Soud.	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 On pleurait, on jeûnait et on priait en présence du Seigneur;	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 on collecta aussi de l'argent, selon les possibilités de chacun,
7 et on l'envoya à Jérusalem au prêtre Joaqim, fils d'Helcias, fils de Salom, ainsi qu'aux autres prêtreset à tout le peuple qui se trouvait avec lui à Jérusalem.	7 That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
8 C'était déjà Baruch qui avait récupéré, le dixième jour de Sivân, les ustensiles de la maison duSeigneur, enlevés au Temple, pour les rapporter au pays de Juda, ustensiles d'argent qu'avait fait fabriquerSédécias, fils de Josias, roi de Juda,	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 après que Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, eut déporté de Jérusalem et mené à Babylone Jékonias,avec les princes, les serruriers, les notables et le commun peuple.
10 On écrivit: Voici, nous vous envoyons de l'argent; avec cet argent, achetez holocaustes, oblationspour le péché et encens; préparez des offrandes et portez-les sur l'autel du Seigneur notre Dieu.	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 Priez pour la vie de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, et pour la vie de Balthazar son fils, queleurs jours soient sur terre comme les jours du ciel;	11 And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
12 que le Seigneur nous donne force et illumine nos yeux, pour que nous vivions à l'ombre deNabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, et à l'ombre de Balthazar son fils, les servions longtemps et trouvions grâceen leur présence.
13 Priez aussi pour nous le Seigneur notre Dieu, car nous l'avons offensé et jusqu'aujourd'hui la fureuret la colère du Seigneur ne se sont pas détournées de nous.	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 Lisez enfin ce livre que nous vous adressons pour que vous en fassiez la lecture publique, dans lamaison du Seigneur, au jour de la Fête et aux jours qui conviennent.	14 And they made a collection of money, according to every man's power.
15 Vous direz: Au Seigneur notre Dieu la justice, mais pour nous, la honte au visage, comme il en estaujourd'hui, pour l'homme de Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem,
16 pour nos rois et nos princes, pour nos prêtres et nos prophètes, pour nos pères,	16 To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
17 parce que nous avons péché devant le Seigneur,	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 nous lui avons désobéi et n'avons point écouté la voix du Seigneur notre Dieu, pour marcher selonles ordres que le Seigneur avait mis devant nous.
19 Dès le jour où le Seigneur tira nos pères du pays d'Egypte jusqu'aujourd'hui, nous avons étéindociles au Seigneur notre Dieu et nous nous sommes rebellés en n'écoutant pas sa voix.	19 For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
20 Alors se sont attachés à nous les malheurs et la malédiction que le Seigneur dicta à son serviteurMoïse, le jour où il tira nos pères d'Egypte pour nous donner une terre qui ruisselle de lait et de miel, commeaujourd'hui encore.	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 Nous n'avons pas écouté la voix du Seigneur notre Dieu, selon toutes les paroles des prophètes qu'ilnous envoya;
22 nous sommes allés, chacun suivant l'inclination de son coeur mauvais, servir d'autres dieux, faire cequi déplaît au Seigneur notre Dieu.	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.