And Baruch read the words of this book to the ears of Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim (or son of Joachim), king of Judah, and to the ears of all the people coming to (hear) the book;

and to the ears of the mighty [men], (and of the) sons of (the) kings, and to the ears of (the) priests, and to the ears of the people, from the most unto the least of them [or from the least unto the most of them], of all (those) dwelling in Babylon, and at the flood Sud (or by the Sud River).

and [they] sent (it) into Jerusalem to Jehoiakim, the (high) priest, the son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, and to the priests, and to all the people that were found with him in Jerusalem;

after that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken (away) Jeconiah, and (the) princes, and all (the) mighty men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and led them bound into Babylon [or and brought them gyved (or in fetters) into Babylon].

And ye shall say, Rightfulness is to our Lord God, but shame of our face is to us, as this day (it) is, to all Judah, and to (the) dwellers in Jerusalem, [And ye shall say, To the Lord our God rightwiseness, to us forsooth confusion of our face, as (it) is this day to all Judah, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem,]

And we heard not the voice of our Lord God, by all the words of (the) prophets, which he sent to us, and to our judges; [And we heard not the voice of the Lord our God, after all the words of prophets, that he sent to us, and to our judges;]

For which thing our Lord God setted steadfastly his word [or For which thing ordained the Lord our God his word], which he spake to us, and to our judges, that deemed in Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Judah;

And he gave them into the hand of all (the) kings, that be in our compass, into shame [or into reproof], and into desolation in all peoples, among which the Lord scattered us.

For the Lord spake on us all these evils, that came on us. [For the Lord spake upon us all these evils, that came upon us.]

And the Lord waked in evils (or watched for evils), and brought those on us; for the Lord is just in all his works, which he commanded to us. [And the Lord woke in evils, and brought them upon us; for rightwise is the Lord in all his works that he sent to us.]

we have sinned, we have done unfaithfully, we have done wickedly, our Lord God, in all thy rightfulnesses. [we have sinned, unpiously we have borne us, wickedly we have done, Lord our God, in all thy rightwisenesses.]

(so) that all (the) earth know, that thou art our Lord God, and that thy name is called to help on Israel, and on the kin of him (or that thy name is called on for help by Israel, and by his kin). [that all earth know, for thou art Lord our God, and for thy name is inwardly called upon Israel, and upon the kind of him.]

I shall make your failing from the cities of Judah, and from the gates of Jerusalem; and I shall take away from you the voice of gladness [or the voice of mirth], and the voice of joy, and the voice of (the) spouse, and the voice of (the) spousess; and all the land shall be without step of them that dwell therein [or from the dwellers in to it].

And thou, our Lord God, hast done in (or with) us by all thy goodness, and by all that great merciful doing of thee, [And thou hast done in (or with) us, Lord our God, after all thy goodness, and after all that thy great mercy doing,]

And lo! we be in our captivity today, whither thou scatteredest us, into shame, and into cursing, and into sin, by all the wickedness of our fathers, that went away from thee, thou our Lord God. [And lo! we in our captivity be today, that us thou hast scattered, into reproof, and into cursing, and into sin, after all the wickednesses of our fathers, that went away from thee, Lord our God.]

but he that have all things [or but he that knoweth all things], knew it, and found it by his prudence. Which made ready the earth in everlasting time, and filled it with two-footed beasts, and (with) four-footed beasts.

(He) This found each way of wisdom, and gave it to Jacob, his child (or his servant), and to Israel, his darling. [He this found all way of discipline, and betook to Jacob, his child, and to Israel, his dearworth.]

This (is the) book of God’s behests (or of God’s commandments), and the law which is without end. All that hold it, shall come to life. But they that have forsaken it, shall come into death. [This book of the commandments of God, and the law that is into without end. All men that hold it, shall perfectly come to life. Forsooth they that shall forsake it, into death.]