1. 申言者耶利米对巴录所说的话，是在犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年，由尼利亚的儿子巴录将耶利米口中所说以下这些话写在书上，说， The word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,
2. 巴录阿，论到你，耶和华以色列的神如此说， Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, concerning you, O Baruch:
3. 你曾说，我有祸了！耶和华将忧愁加在我的痛苦上；我因唉哼而困乏，不得安歇。 You said, Woe is me! For Jehovah has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have not found rest.
4. 你要这样告诉他，耶和华如此说，我要拆毁我所建造的；我要拔出我所栽植的，在这全地我都要如此行。 Thus you shall say to him, Thus says Jehovah, What I have built I am about to tear down; and what I have planted I am about to pluck up, even this whole land.
5. 你为自己图谋大事么？不要图谋，因我必使灾祸临到凡有血肉的；但你无论往那里去，我必将你的性命赐给你为掠物；这是耶和华说的。 And are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for I am about to bring evil upon all flesh, declares Jehovah, but I will give your own life to you as spoil in all places where you may go.