1 — Baruc

1And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son of Helcias, wrote in Babylonia.E queste son le parole del libro scritto da Baruch figliuolo di Neria, figliuolo di Maasia, figliuolo di Sedecia, figliuolo di Sedei, figliuolo di Helcia in Babilonia,AND these be the wordes of the booke, that Baruch the sonne of Nerias, the sonne of Maasias, the sonne of Sedecias, the sonne of Sedei, the sonne of Helcias wrote in Babylon,Et hæc verba libri quæ scripsit Baruch filius Neriæ, filii Maasiæ, filii Sedeciæ, filii Sedei, filii Helciæ, in Babylonia, 2In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.L'anno quinto ai sette del mese dal tempo, che i Caldei preser Gerusalemme, e la incendiarono.in the fifth yeare, in the seuenth day of the moneth, at the time that the Chaldees tooke Ierusalem, and burnt it with fyre.in anno quinto, in septimo die mensis, in tempore quo ceperunt Chaldæi Jerusalem, et succenderunt eam igni. 3And 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.E lesse Baruch le parole di questo libro dinanzi a Jechonia figliuolo di Joachim re di Giuda, e davanti a tutto il popolo, che andava a sentirle,And Baruch redde the wordes of this booke vnto the eares of Iechonias the sonne of Ioakim king of Iuda, and to the eares of al the people comming to the booke,Et legit Baruch verba libri hujus ad aures Jechoniæ filii Joakim regis Juda, et ad aures universi populi venientis ad librum, 4And 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.E davanti a tutti i grandi, e figliuoli de' regi, e davanti a' seniori, e davanti al popolo dal più piccolo fino al più grande di tutti coloro, che abitavano in Babilonia presso al fiume Sodi.and to the eares of the mightie, the sonnes of the kinges, and to the eares of the ancients, and to the eares of the people, from the least euen to the greatest of them, that dwelt in Babylon, by the riuer Sodi.et ad aures potentium, filiorum regum, et ad aures presbyterorum, et ad aures populi, a minimo usque ad maximum eorum, omnium habitantium in Babylonia, ad flumen Sodi.

5And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.I quali in ascoltando piangevano, e digiunavano, e facean orazione nel cospetto del Signore.Who hearing it wept, and fasted, and prayed in the sight of our Lord.Qui audientes plorabant, et jejunabant, et orabant in conspectu Domini. 6And they made a collection of money according to every man’s power.E fecer colletta di denaro secondo la possibilità di ciascheduno:And they gathered money, according as euerie mans hand was able,Et collegerunt pecuniam, secundum quod potuit uniuscujusque manus, 7And they sent it to Jerusalem 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:E lo mandarono a Gerusalemme a Joachim figliuolo di Helcia, figliuolo di Salom sacerdote, ed ai sacerdoti, e a tutto il popolo, che si trovava con lui in Gerusalemme,and they sent into Ierusalem to Ioakim the sonne of Helcias, the sonne of Salom, priest, and to the priests, and to al the people, that were found with him in Ierusalem.et miserunt in Jerusalem ad Joakim filium Helciæ filii Salom sacerdotem, et ad sacerdotes, et ad omnem populum qui inventi sunt cum eo in Jerusalem: 8At 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,Dopoché egli ebbe ricevuto i vasi del tempio del Signore, che erano stati portati via dal tempio per rimandarli nella terra di Giuda a' dieci del mese Sivan, i quali erano i vasi di argento fatti da Sedecia figliuolo di Josia re di Giuda.When he tooke the vessels of the temple of our Lord, which had bene taken away out of the temple, to returne them into the Land of Iuda the tenth day of the moneth Siuan, the siluer vessels, which Sedecias the sonne of Iosias the king of Iuda made,cum acciperet vasa templi Domini, quæ ablata fuerant de templo, revocare in terram Juda, decima die mensis Sivan, vasa argentea quæ fecit Sedecias filius Josiæ rex Juda, 9After 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.Dopo che Nabuchodonosor re di Babilonia ebbe fatto prigione Jechonia, e i principi, e tutti i grandi, e il popolo del paese, e legati li condusse da Gerusalemme a Babilonia.after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had taken Iechonias, and the princes, and al the mightie, and the people of the land from Ierusalem, and brought them bound into Babylon.posteaquam cepisset Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Jechoniam, et principes, et cunctos potentes, et populum terræ, ab Jerusalem, et duxit eos vinctos in Babylonem.

10And 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:E scrissero: Ecco che noi vi abbiam mandato del denaro, col quale comperate gli olocausti, e l'incenso, e fatene obblazione, e offerite ostie per lo peccato all'altare del Signore Dio nostro,And they said: Behold we haue sent you money, with the which bye ye holocausts, and frankincense, and make manna, and offer for sinne at the altar of the Lord our GodEt dixerunt: Ecce misimus ad vos pecunias, de quibus emite holocautomata et thus: et facite manna, et offerte pro peccato, ad aram Domini Dei nostri: 11And 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:E pregate per la conservazione di Nabuchodonosor re di Babilonia, e per la conservazione di Balthasar suo figliuolo, affinchè i loro giorni sopra la terra siano come i giorni del cielo,and pray ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his sonne, that their dayes may be as the dayes of heauen vpon the earth:et orate pro vita Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, et pro vita Baltassar filii ejus, ut sint dies eorum sicut dies cæli super terram: 12And 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.E affinchè il Signore dia a noi fortezza, e dia luce agli occhi nostri, onde all'ombra viviamo di Nabuchodonosor re di Babilonia e all'ombra di Balthasar suo figliuolo, e ad essi serviamo lungamente, e troviamo grazia davanti ad essi.and that our Lord geue vs strength, and illuminate our eyes, that we may liue vnder the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and vnder the shadow of Balthasar his sonne, and may serue them manie dayes, and may find grace in their sight.et ut det Dominus virtutem nobis, et illuminet oculos nostros, ut vivamus sub umbra Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, et sub umbra Baltassar filii ejus, et serviamus eis multis diebus, et inveniamus gratiam in conspectu eorum. 13And 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.E per noi pure pregate il Signore Dio nostro; perché noi abbiamo peccato contro il Signore Dio nostro, e non si è allontanato il suo furore da noi uno a' questo giorno.And for our selues pray ye to the Lord our God: because we haue sinned to the Lord our God, and his furie is not turned away from vs euen to this day.Et pro nobis ipsis orate ad Dominum Deum nostrum, quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro, et non est aversus furor ejus a nobis usque in hunc diem.

14And read ye this book, which we have sent to you to be read in the temple of the Lord, on feasts, and proper days.E leggete questo libro, che abbiamo mandato a voi, perché sia recitato nel tempio del Signore in giorno solenne, e in giorno opportuno,And read ye this booke, which we haue sent to you to be recited in the temple of our Lord, in a solemne day, and in a day couenient.Et legite librum istum quem misimus ad vos recitari in templo Domini, in die solemni et in die opportuno: 15And 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,E voi direte: Al Signore Dio nostro la giustizia, e a noi la confusione del nostro volto, come avviene in questo dì a tutto Giuda, e agli abitanti di Gerusalemme,And you shal say: To the Lord our God iustice: but to vs confusion of our face: as is this day to al Iuda, and them that dwel in Ierusalem,et dicetis: Domino Deo nostro justitia, / nobis autem confusio faciei nostræ, / sicut est dies hæc omni Juda, / et habitantibus in Jerusalem: 16To our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers.A' nostri regi, e a' nostri principi, e a' nostri sacerdoti, e a' nostri profeti, e a' padri nostri:to our kinges, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophetes, and to our fathers.regibus nostris, et principibus nostris, / et sacerdotibus nostris, et prophetis nostris, / et patribus nostris. 17We have sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him, nor put our trust in him:Abbiam peccato dinanzi al Signore Dio nostro, e non abbiamo creduto, non avendo fidanza in lui:We haue sinned before the Lord our God, and beleued him not, hauing diffidence in him:Peccavimus ante Dominum Deum nostrum, / et non credidimus, diffidentes in eum: 18And we were not obedient to him, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments which he hath given us.E non siamo stati soggetti a lui, e non abbiamo ascoltata la voce del Signore Dio nostro per camminare secondò li suoi precetti, ch'ei diede a noi,and we would not be made subiect to him, and we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God, to walke in his commandments, which he hath geuen vs.et non fuimus subjectibiles illi, / et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri, / ut ambularemus in mandatis ejus, quæ dedit nobis. 19From 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.Dal giorno, in cui trasse i padri nostri dalla terra di Egitto fino a questa di, noi eravamo increduli al Signore Dio nostro, e imprudentemente ci ritirammo dall'udir la sua voce.From the day, that he brought our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt, euen to this day, we would not be brought to beleue the Lord our God: and dissipated we reuolted, that we might not heare his voice.A die qua eduxit patres nostros de terra Ægypti, / usque ad diem hanc, / eramus incredibiles ad Dominum Deum nostrum: / et dissipati recessimus, ne audiremus vocem ipsius:

20And 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.E ci si attaccarono molti mali, e maledizioni predetti dal Signore a Mosè suo servo, il quale condusse dalla terra d'Egitto i padri nostri per dare a noi una terra, che scorrea latte, e miele come oggi apparisce.And manie euils and maledictions haue clouen to vs, which our Lord appoynted to Moyses his seruant: who brought our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt, to geue vs a land flowing with milke and honie, as at this present day.et adhæserunt nobis multa mala et maledictiones / quæ constituit Dominus Moysi servo suo, / qui eduxit patres nostros de terra Ægypti, / dare nobis terram fluentem lac et mel, sicut hodierna die. 21And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God according to all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us:Mai noi non ascoltammo la voce del Signor Dio nostro, secondo quel, che dicevano i profeti, ch'ei ci mandò:And we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God according to al the wordes of the prophets, which he hath sent to vs:Et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri, / secundum omnia verba prophetarum quos misit ad nos: 22And we have gone away every man after the inclinations of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.E andammo dietro ognuno di noi alle inclinazioni del cuore nostro malvagio, a servire agli dei stranieri, malecose facendo davanti agli occhi del Signore Dio nostro.and we haue gone away euerie man into the sense of our malignant hart, to serue strange goddes, doing euils before the eyes of the Lord our God.et abivimus unusquisque in sensum cordis nostri maligni, / operari diis alienis, / facientes mala ante oculos Domini Dei nostri.