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Baruch 3

1O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cries to you.
1O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
2Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God. Yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.
2Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
3For you are enthroned forever, and we keep perishing.
3For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.
4O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of those who were sinners before you, who didn’t listen to the voice of you their God; because of this, these plagues cling to us.
4O 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.
5Don’t remember the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your power and your name at this time.
5Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
6For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.
6For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.
7For this cause, you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name. We will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers who sinned before you.
7And 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.
8Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty according to all the iniquities of our fathers who departed from the Lord our God.
8Behold, 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.
9Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life! Give ear to understand wisdom!
9Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
10How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
10How 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,
11that you are counted with those who are in Hades?
11That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
12You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
12Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
13If you had walked in the way of God, you would have dwelled in peace forever.
13For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
14Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, and where there is understanding, that you may also know where there is length of days and life, where there is the light of the eyes and peace.
14Learn 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.
15Who has found out her place? Who has come into her treasuries?
15Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures?
16Where are the princes of the heathen, and those who ruled the beasts that are on the earth,
16Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;
17those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, in which people trust, and of their getting there is no end?
17They 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?
18For those who diligently sought silver, and were so anxious, and whose works are past finding out,
18For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
19they have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have come up in their place.
19They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
20Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge,
20Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
21nor understood its paths. Their children haven’t embraced it. They are far off from their way.
21Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
22It has not been heard of in Canaan, neither has it been seen in Teman.
22It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
23The sons also of Agar who seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding—none of these have known the way of wisdom or remembered her paths.
23The 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.
24O Israel, how great is the house of God! How large is the place of his possession!
24O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
25It is great and has no end. It is high and unmeasurable.
25Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
26Giants were born that were famous of old, great of stature, and expert in war.
26There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
27God didn’t choose these, nor did he give the way of knowledge to them,
27Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
28so they perished, because they had no wisdom. They perished through their own foolishness.
28But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.
29Who has gone up into heaven, taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
29Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
30Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold?
30Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
31There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path.
31No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
32But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time has filled it with four-footed beasts.
32But 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:
33It is he who sends forth the light, and it goes. He called it, and it obeyed him with fear.
33He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
34The stars shone in their watches, and were glad. When he called them, they said, “Here we are.” They shone with gladness to him who made them.
34The 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.
35This is our God. No other can be compared to him.
35This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
36He has found out all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant and to Israel who is loved by him.
36He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
37Afterward she appeared upon earth, and lived with men.
37Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.