1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
4 ¶ Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Omakwizikiro wa Ndjambi ku Baruk
1 Mombura oitjaine youhona wa Jojakim, omuzandu wa Josija, ombara ya Juda, Baruk wa tjanga omambo ngu mbe mu tjangisire. Moruveze ndo ami mbe mu raera 2 kutja Muhona, Ndjambi wa Israel, wa tja nai: “Baruk, 3 ove motja: ‘Owee ku ami! Muhona wa weza oruhoze komaumba wandje. Ami mba urisiwa i ondjemeno, nu hi nokumuna orusuvo!’ ”
4 “Nungwari, tara, ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona, me haṋa mbi mba tunga, nu me zukura mbi mba kuna. Ami me tjiti nao mouye auhe. 5 Mo rivangere ondjito yapeke kove omuini are? O tjiti nao! Ami me eta oumba kovandu avehe, nungwari ove mo taurisa omuinyo woye, ngamwa ku mo i. Ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona, owami ngu mba hungire.”
