4 Baruch
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1:1	It came to pass, when the children of Israel were taken captive by the king of the Chaldeans, that God spake unto Jeremiah: Jeremiah, my chosen one, arise and go forth from this city, thou and Baruch; for I will destroy it because of the multitude of the sins of them that dwell therein.
1:2	For your prayers are as a firm pillar in the midst of it, and as a wall of adamant compassing it about.
1:3	Now therefore arise and go forth, before the host of the Chaldeans compass it about.
1:4	And Jeremiah answered, saying: I beseech thee, Lord, suffer me thy servant to speak before thee.
1:5	And the Lord said unto him: Speak, my chosen one Jeremiah. And Jeremiah spake, saying: Lord Almighty, dost thou deliver the chosen city into the hands of the Chaldeans, that the king may boast with the multitude of his people and say, I have prevailed against the holy city of God?
1:6	Not so, my Lord; but if it be thy will, let it be destroyed by thine own hands.
1:7	And the Lord said unto Jeremiah: Since thou art my chosen one, arise and go forth from this city, thou and Baruch; for I will destroy it because of the multitude of the sins of them that dwell therein.
1:8	For neither the king nor his host shall be able to enter into it, unless I first open its gates.
1:9	Arise therefore and go unto Baruch, and tell him these words.
1:10	And at the sixth hour of the night arise and come upon the walls of the city, and I will shew you that, unless I first destroy the city, they cannot enter into it.
1:11	When the Lord had said these things, he departed from Jeremiah.
2:1	And Jeremiah rent his garments and put dust upon his head, and went into the sanctuary of God.
2:2	And when Baruch saw him with dust sprinkled upon his head and his garments rent, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Father Jeremiah, what aileth thee? Or what sin hath the people committed?
2:3	For whenever the people sinned, Jeremiah would sprinkle dust upon his head and pray for the people, until their sin was forgiven them.
2:4	And Baruch asked him, saying: Father, what aileth thee?
2:5	And Jeremiah said unto him: Beware of rending thy garments, but let us rend our hearts; and let us not draw water for the troughs, but let us weep and fill them with tears; for the Lord will not have mercy on this people.
2:6	And Baruch said: Father Jeremiah, what hath come to pass?
2:7	And Jeremiah said: God is delivering the city into the hands of the king of the Chaldeans, to carry the people away captive into Babylon.
2:8	And when Baruch heard these things, he also rent his garments, and said: Father Jeremiah, who hath made this known to thee?
2:9	And Jeremiah said unto him: Wait with me a little, until the sixth hour of the night, that thou mayest know that the word is true.
2:10	So they remained in the place of the altar, weeping.
3:1	And when the hour of the night was come, as the Lord had told Jeremiah, Jeremiah and Baruch went up together upon the walls of the city.
3:2	And there was a sound of a trumpet, and angels came forth out of heaven holding torches in their hands, and they stood upon the walls of the city.
3:3	And when Jeremiah and Baruch saw them, they wept, saying: Now we know that the word is true.
3:4	And Jeremiah besought the angels, saying: I beseech you, destroy not the city yet, until I speak a word unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto the angels: Destroy not the city until I speak with my chosen one Jeremiah. And Jeremiah said: I pray thee, Lord, bid me speak before thee.
3:5	And the Lord said: Speak, my chosen one Jeremiah.
3:6	And Jeremiah said: Behold now, Lord, we know that thou art delivering thy city into the hands of its enemies, and they shall carry the people away to Babylon.
3:7	What shall we do with thy holy things, and with the vessels of thy service? What wilt thou have us do with them?
3:8	And the Lord said unto him: Take them and deliver them to the earth and to the altar, saying: Hear, O earth, the voice of him that created thee in the abundance of the waters, who sealed thee with seven seals in seven seasons, and after these things thou shalt receive thy beauty: keep the vessels of the service until the gathering of the beloved.
3:9	And Jeremiah spake: I beseech thee, Lord, shew me what I shall do for Abimelech the Ethiopian; for he hath done many kindnesses to the people and to thy servant Jeremiah, for it was he that drew me up out of the pit of mire. And I would not have him see the destruction and the desolation of the city, but would have him spared that grief.
3:10	And the Lord said unto Jeremiah: Send him to the vineyard of Agrippa by the mountain road, and I will shelter him until I return the people to the city.
3:11	And the Lord said unto Jeremiah: Go with thy people unto Babylon, and abide with them, bringing them good tidings, until I return them to the city.
3:12	But leave Baruch here, until I speak with him.
3:13	When the Lord had said these things, he went up from Jeremiah into heaven.
3:14	And Jeremiah and Baruch went into the sanctuary, and delivered the vessels of the service to the earth, as the Lord had told them; and in that very hour the earth swallowed them up. And the two sat down and wept.
3:15	And when morning was come, Jeremiah sent Abimelech away, saying: Take the basket and go to the farm of Agrippa by the mountain road, and bring a few figs and give them to the sick among the people; for the favour of the Lord is upon thee, and the glory upon thy head.
3:16	And he went, as he had told him.
4:1	And when morning was come, behold, the host of the Chaldeans compassed the city about; and the great angel sounded the trumpet, saying: Enter into the city, ye host of the Chaldeans; for behold, the gate is opened unto you.
4:2	So the king entered with his multitude, and they carried away all the people captive.
4:3	And Jeremiah took the keys of the temple and went out of the city, and cast them before the sun, saying: I say unto thee, O sun, take the keys of the temple of God, and keep them until the day in which the Lord shall ask thee for them.
4:4	For we have not been found worthy to keep them, because we have become stewards of falsehood.
4:5	While Jeremiah was yet weeping for the people, they were dragged away to Babylon.
4:6	And Baruch put dust upon his head and sat down, and wept this lament, saying: Why is Jerusalem made desolate? Because of the sins of the beloved people it was delivered into the hands of enemies, because of our sins and the sins of the people.
4:7	But let not the lawless boast and say: We were strong enough to take the city of God by our own might. Ye did prevail against it; but it was for our sins that we were delivered up.
4:8	And our God will have pity on us, and will bring us back into our city; but ye shall not have life.
4:9	Blessed are our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for they went out of this world and did not see the destruction of this city.
4:10	When he had said these things, he went forth weeping and saying: Grieving for thee, O Jerusalem, I am gone out from thee.
4:11	And he remained sitting in a tomb, while the angels came and told him of all things.
5:1	And Abimelech carried the figs in the heat of the day, and coming to a tree he sat down under its shade to rest a little; and leaning his head upon the basket of figs he fell asleep, and slept sixty-six years, and did not wake from his sleep.
5:2	And afterward, rising from his sleep, he said: I would gladly have slept a little longer, and my head is heavy, for I have not had my fill of sleep.
5:3	And uncovering the basket of figs, he found them dripping with milk.
5:4	And he said: I would sleep a little, for my head is heavy.
5:5	But I fear lest I sleep and be slow to wake, and my father Jeremiah think little of me; for had he not been in haste, he would not have sent me out at dawn today.
5:6	I will rise therefore and go on in the heat, and go where there is no heat, nor toil every day.
5:7	So he rose and took up the basket of figs and laid it upon his shoulders, and went into Jerusalem; and he did not know it, neither the house, nor the place, nor his own kindred. And he said:
5:8	Blessed be the Lord, for a great bewilderment hath fallen upon me.
5:9	This is not the city; I have gone astray.
5:10	For I came by the mountain road when I rose from my sleep, and because my head was heavy, since I had not had my fill of sleep, I have lost the way.
5:11	It will be a wonder to tell this before Jeremiah, that I have lost my way.
5:12	And he went out from the city, and looking closely he saw the landmarks of the city, and said: This is indeed the city; yet I am astray.
5:13	And he went back again into the city and searched, and found none of his own.
5:14	And he said: Blessed be the Lord, for a great bewilderment hath fallen upon me.
5:15	And again he went out of the city, and stayed there grieving, not knowing where to go.
5:16	And he set down the basket, saying: I will sit here until the Lord take this bewilderment from me.
5:17	And as he sat, he saw an old man coming in from the field, and Abimelech said to him: I say unto thee, old man, what city is this? And he said to him: It is Jerusalem.
5:18	And Abimelech said to him: Where is Jeremiah the priest, and Baruch the reader, and all the people of this city? For I have not found them.
5:19	And the old man said to him: Art thou not of this city,
5:20	that thou rememberest Jeremiah today, and askest after him after so long a time?
5:21	For Jeremiah is in Babylon with the people; for they were carried away captive by Nebuchadnezzar the king, and Jeremiah is with them to bring them good tidings and to teach them the word.
5:22	And as soon as Abimelech heard this from the old man, he said:
5:23	Wert thou not an old man, and were it not unlawful for a man to insult his elder, I would laugh thee to scorn and say that thou art mad, because thou saidst: The people have been carried away captive into Babylon.
5:24	Even had the floodgates of heaven come down upon them, there has not yet been time to go to Babylon.
5:25	For how long is it since my father Jeremiah sent me to the farm of Agrippa for a few figs, that we might give them to the sick among the people?
5:26	And I went and fetched them, and coming to a tree in the heat I sat down to rest a little, and I leaned my head upon the basket and slept; and when I awoke I uncovered the basket of figs, thinking that I had been slow, and I found the figs dripping with milk, as when I gathered them.
5:27	And thou sayest that the people have been carried away captive into Babylon? But that thou mayest know,
5:28	take, see the figs. And he uncovered the basket of figs for the old man.
5:29	And he saw them dripping with milk. And when the old man saw them, he said: My son, thou art a righteous man, and God would not let thee see the desolation of the city.
5:30	For God brought this trance upon thee. For behold, it is sixty-six years today since the people were carried away captive into Babylon.
5:31	And that thou mayest learn, my child, that it is true, look up at the field and see that the growth of the crops is only now appearing; see also the figs, that it is not their season; and know.
5:32	Then Abimelech cried out with a loud voice, saying: I will bless thee, O Lord, God of heaven and earth, the rest of the souls of the righteous in every place.
5:33	And he said to the old man: What month is this? And he said: Nisan, and it is the twelfth day.
5:34	And taking some of the figs he gave them to the old man, and said to him: God will light thy way to the city above, Jerusalem.
6:1	After these things Abimelech went out of the city and prayed unto the Lord. And behold, an angel of the Lord came and set him down where Baruch was; and he found him sitting in a tomb.
6:2	And when they saw one another, they both wept and kissed one another. And Baruch looked up and saw the figs covered in the basket; and lifting up his eyes to heaven he prayed, saying: There is a God who gives reward to his holy ones.
6:3	Make thyself ready, my heart, and be glad and rejoice in thy tabernacle, I say, in thy house of flesh; for thy mourning is turned into joy. For the Mighty One is coming, and he shall take thee up out of thy tabernacle; for there hath been no sin in thee.
6:4	Revive, my virgin faith, and believe that thou shalt live.
6:5	Look upon this basket of figs; for behold, sixty-six years have they been so, and they have not withered nor grown rank, but they drip with milk.
6:6	So shall it be with thee, my flesh, if thou doest the things commanded thee by the angel of righteousness.
6:7	He who kept the basket of figs, he shall keep thee also by his power.
6:8	When Baruch had said these things, he said to Abimelech: Arise, and let us pray that the Lord may make known to us how we may send word to Jeremiah in Babylon of the shelter that was given thee.
6:9	And Baruch prayed, saying: Our strength, our God, O Lord, the chosen light that came forth from his mouth: I beseech and entreat thy goodness, thou great name which no one is able to know:
6:10	hear the voice of thy servant, and be knowledge in my heart. What wilt thou have us do? How shall I send to Jeremiah in Babylon?
6:11	And while Baruch was yet praying, behold, an angel of the Lord came and said to Baruch:
6:12	Baruch, counsellor of the light, be not anxious how thou shalt send to Jeremiah; for tomorrow at the hour of light an eagle is coming to thee, and thou shalt send it to Jeremiah.
6:13	Write therefore in the letter: Speak to the children of Israel: Let him who has become a stranger among you be set apart, and let them keep fifteen days; and after this I will bring you into your city, saith the Lord.
6:14	He that is not set apart from Babylon, O Jeremiah, shall not enter into the city; and I will rebuke them, that they be not received again by the Babylonians, saith the Lord.
6:15	And when the angel had said these things, he departed from Baruch.
6:16	And Baruch sent to the market of the Gentiles and got paper and ink, and wrote a letter, which ran thus:
6:17	Baruch the servant of God writes to Jeremiah. Thou that art in the captivity of Babylon, rejoice and be glad, for God has not let us depart out of this body grieving for the city that was laid waste and outraged.
6:18	Therefore the Lord has had compassion on our tears, and has remembered the covenant which he established with our fathers Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
6:19	For he has sent his angel to me, and he has told me these words, which I have sent to thee.
6:20	These then are the words which the Lord the God of Israel has spoken, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, out of the great furnace:
6:21	Because ye kept not my ordinances, but your heart was lifted up and ye stiffened your necks before me, I was angered, and in wrath I delivered you to the furnace in Babylon.
6:22	If then ye will hearken to my voice, saith the Lord, from the mouth of Jeremiah my servant, him that hearkens I will bring up out of Babylon; but he that hearkens not shall become a stranger both to Jerusalem and to Babylon.
6:23	And thou shalt test them by the water of the Jordan; he that hearkens not shall be made manifest. This is the sign of the great seal.
7:1	And Baruch arose and went out of the tomb.
7:2	And the eagle answered with a human voice and said: Hail, Baruch, steward of the faith.
7:3	And Baruch said to him: Thou that speakest art chosen out of all the birds of heaven; it is plain from the brightness of thine eyes.
7:4	Shew me then, what doest thou here?
7:5	And the eagle said to him: I was sent here, that thou mayest send by me whatever word thou wilt.
7:6	And Baruch said to him: Canst thou carry this word to Jeremiah in Babylon?
7:7	And the eagle said to him: For this very thing was I sent.
7:8	And Baruch took the letter, and fifteen figs from the basket of Abimelech, and tied them to the eagle's neck,
7:9	and said to him: I say unto thee, king of the birds, go in peace and in health, and bring me back word.
7:10	Be not like the raven which Noah sent forth, and which came back to him into the ark no more; but be like the dove, which the third time brought word to the righteous man.
7:11	So do thou also carry this good word to Jeremiah and to those with him, that it may be well with thee; carry this paper to the chosen people of God.
7:12	If all the birds of heaven surround thee, and all the enemies of the truth wish to make war with thee, strive; the Lord give thee strength. And turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but as an arrow goes straight, so go thou in the power of God.
7:13	Then the eagle flew away with the letter, and went to Babylon, and rested upon a tree outside the city in a desert place. And it kept silence until Jeremiah passed by, he and certain others of the people.
7:14	For they were going out to bury a dead man; for Jeremiah had asked of Nebuchadnezzar, saying: Give me a place where I may bury the dead of my people. And he gave it him.
7:15	And as they went weeping with the dead man, they came over against the eagle; and the eagle cried out, saying: I say unto thee, Jeremiah, chosen of God, go, gather all the people, and let them come here, that they may hear the good tidings which I have brought thee from Baruch and from Abimelech.
7:16	And when Jeremiah heard it, he glorified God; and he went and gathered the people, with the women and the children, and came where the eagle was.
7:17	And the eagle came down upon the dead man, and he came to life.
7:18	And this came to pass that they might believe. And all the people marvelled at what had happened, saying: Is not this the God who appeared to our fathers in the wilderness through Moses, and has made himself in the form of an eagle, and appeared to us through this great eagle?
7:19	And the eagle said to Jeremiah: Come, loose this letter and read it to the people.
7:20	So he loosed the letter and read it to the people. And when the people heard it, they wept, and put dust upon their heads, and said to Jeremiah:
7:21	Save us, and tell us what we must do, that we may enter again into our city.
7:22	And Jeremiah answered and said to them: Keep all that ye have heard from the letter, and he will bring us into our city.
7:23	And Jeremiah also wrote a letter to Baruch, saying thus: My beloved son, be not slack in thy prayers, entreating for us that he may prosper our way, until we come out from under the decrees of this lawless king. For thou wast found righteous before him, and he did not let thee come here with us, that thou mightest not see the affliction brought upon the people by the Babylonians.
7:24	For as when a father has an only son, and he is handed over to punishment, those who see his father and comfort him cover his face, that he may not see how his son is punished and be the more undone by grief: so God has had mercy on thee, and has not let thee come to Babylon, that thou mightest not see the affliction of the people. For since we came into this city, grief has not left us, sixty-six years to this day.
7:25	For often when I went out I found some of the people hanged by King Nebuchadnezzar, weeping and saying: Have mercy on us, O god Zar.
7:26	Hearing these things I grieved and wept a double weeping: not only because they were hanged, but because they called upon a strange god, saying: Have mercy on us. And I remembered the feast days which we kept in Jerusalem before we were carried away captive.
7:27	And remembering, I groaned, and returned to my house in pain and weeping.
7:28	Now therefore pray, in the place where thou art, thou and Abimelech, for this people, that they may hearken to my voice and to the judgements of my mouth, and that we may go out from here.
7:29	For I tell thee, all the time we have spent here they have kept us, saying: Sing us a song from the songs of Zion, the song of your God. And we answered them: How shall we sing to you, being in a strange land?
7:30	And after this he tied the letter to the eagle's neck, saying: Go in peace, and may the Lord watch over us both.
7:31	And the eagle flew and brought the letter and gave it to Baruch; and he loosed it and read it and kissed it, and wept when he heard of the griefs and afflictions of the people.
7:32	And Jeremiah took the figs and gave them out to the sick among the people. And he stayed, teaching them to keep themselves from the defilements of the Gentiles of Babylon.
8:1	And the day came on which God brought the people out of Babylon.
8:2	And the Lord said unto Jeremiah: Arise, thou and the people, and come to the Jordan, and thou shalt say to the people: Whoever desires the Lord, let him forsake the works of Babylon; and the men who took wives from among them, and the women who took husbands from among them.
8:3	And let those who hearken to thee cross over, and take them up to Jerusalem; but those who hearken not to thee, bring them not into it.
8:4	And Jeremiah spake these words to them; and they arose and came to the Jordan to cross over, he telling them the words which the Lord had spoken to him. And half of those who had married among them would not hearken to Jeremiah, but said to him: We will never forsake our wives; but we will bring them back with us into our city.
8:5	So they crossed the Jordan and came to Jerusalem. And Jeremiah and Baruch and Abimelech stood, saying: No man who has fellowship with the Babylonians shall enter into this city.
8:6	And they said to them: Let us arise and return to Babylon, to our own place. And they went.
8:7	And when they came to Babylon, the Babylonians came out to meet them, saying: Ye shall not enter our city, for ye hated us and went out from us in secret; therefore ye shall not come in to us. For we have sworn an oath one to another by the name of our god, to receive neither you nor your children, since ye went out from us in secret.
8:8	And when they understood, they turned back, and came to a desert place far from Jerusalem, and built themselves a city, and called its name Samaria.
8:9	And Jeremiah sent to them, saying: Repent; for an angel of righteousness is coming, and he will bring you into your high place.
9:1	And those who were with Jeremiah remained, rejoicing and offering sacrifice for the people nine days.
9:2	And on the tenth day Jeremiah alone offered sacrifice,
9:3	and he prayed a prayer, saying: Holy, holy, holy, the incense of the living trees, the true light that enlightens me until I am taken up to thee; for the sake of the sweet voice of the two seraphim,
9:4	I pray for another fragrance of incense;
9:5	and let my meditation be Michael the archangel of righteousness, until he bring in the righteous.
9:6	I beseech thee, Lord Almighty of all creation, the unbegotten and incomprehensible, in whom all judgement was hidden before these things came to be.
9:7	As Jeremiah was saying these things, standing at the altar with Baruch and Abimelech, he became as one of those who give up their soul.
9:8	And Baruch and Abimelech remained weeping and crying with a loud voice: Our father Jeremiah has left us, the priest of God, and is gone.
9:9	And all the people heard their weeping, and they all ran to them, and saw Jeremiah lying dead upon the ground; and they rent their garments, and put dust upon their heads, and wept bitterly.
9:10	And after this they made ready to bury him.
9:11	And behold, a voice came, saying: Bury not him who yet lives, for his soul is coming into his body again.
9:12	And hearing the voice they did not bury him, but stayed around his body three days, talking and wondering at what hour he would rise.
9:13	And after three days his soul came into his body, and he lifted up his voice in the midst of them all, and said: Glorify God, all of you glorify God, and the Son of God who awakens us, Jesus Christ, the light of all the ages, the lamp that is never quenched, the life of faith.
9:14	And after these times there shall be four hundred and seventy-seven years more, and he comes to the earth;
9:15	and the tree of life planted in the midst of paradise shall make all the unfruitful trees bear fruit, and they shall grow and sprout, and their fruit shall abide with the angels. And the trees that have sprouted and boast and say, We have given our top to the air, it shall make them wither, together with the height of their branches, and shall make them bend low, that firmly planted tree; and it shall make the scarlet become white as wool.
9:16	The snow shall be made black, the sweet waters shall become salt, in the great light of the gladness of God.
9:17	And he shall bless the islands, that they bear fruit by the word of the mouth of his Christ.
9:18	For he shall come and go forth, and shall choose for himself twelve apostles, that they may preach the gospel among the nations: he whom I have seen adorned by his Father, and coming into the world upon the Mount of Olives; and he shall fill the hungry souls.
9:19	As Jeremiah was saying these things concerning the Son of God, that he is coming into the world,
9:20	the people were angered and said: These are again the words spoken by Isaiah the son of Amoz, who said: I saw God and the Son of God.
9:21	Come then, let us not kill him by that man's death, but let us stone him with stones.
9:22	And Baruch and Abimelech were greatly grieved at this madness, and because they wished to hear in full the mysteries that he had seen.
9:23	And Jeremiah said to them: Be silent and weep not; for they shall not kill me until I have told you all that I have seen.
9:24	And he said to them: Bring me a stone.
9:25	And he set it up, and said: O light of the ages, make this stone to become in my likeness.
9:26	And the stone took on the likeness of Jeremiah.
9:27	And they stoned the stone, thinking that it was Jeremiah.
9:28	And Jeremiah delivered all the mysteries that he had seen to Baruch and to Abimelech.
9:29	And then he stood in the midst of the people, wishing to fulfil his ministry.
9:30	And the stone cried out, saying: O foolish children of Israel, why do ye stone me, thinking that I am Jeremiah? Behold, Jeremiah stands in the midst of you.
9:31	And when they saw him, they ran at him at once with many stones; and his ministry was fulfilled.
9:32	And Baruch and Abimelech came and buried him, and took the stone and set it upon his tomb, writing on it thus: This is the stone that was the helper of Jeremiah.

== Greek text, ed. J. Rendel Harris (1889) (HARRIS)
J. Rendel Harris, The Rest of the Words of Baruch (1889), public domain. Text from the Internet Archive's scan of Cornell University Library's copy, corrected by Drift Bible

1:1	Ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Χαλδαίων, ἐλάλησεν ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν· Ἱερεμία, ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου, ἀνάστα, ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, σὺ καὶ Βαρούχ, ἐπειδὴ ἀπολῶ αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ.
1:2	Αἱ γὰρ προσευχαὶ ὑμῶν ὡς στῦλος ἑδραῖός ἐστιν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς, καὶ ὡς τεῖχος ἀδαμάντινον περικυκλοῦν αὐτήν.
1:3	Νῦν ἀναστάντες ἐξέλθατε πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν Χαλδαίων κυκλῶσαι αὐτήν.
1:4	Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἱερεμίας λέγων· Παρακαλῶ σε, Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι τῷ δούλῳ σου λαλῆσαι ἐνώπιόν σου.
1:5	Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος· Λάλει, ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου Ἱερεμία. Καὶ ἐλάλησεν Ἱερεμίας λέγων· Κύριε παντοκράτωρ, παραδίδως τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἐκλεκτὴν εἰς χεῖρας τῶν Χαλδαίων, ἵνα καυχήσηται ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ τοῦ πλήθους τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἴπῃ ὅτι Ἴσχυσα ἐπὶ τὴν ἱερὰν πόλιν τοῦ Θεοῦ;
1:6	Μή, Κύριέ μου· ἀλλ᾽ εἰ θέλημά σού ἐστιν, ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν σου ἀφανισθήτω.
1:7	Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ· Ἐπειδὴ σὺ ἐκλεκτός μου εἶ, ἀνάστα καὶ ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, σὺ καὶ Βαρούχ, ἐπειδὴ ἀπολῶ αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ.
1:8	Οὔτε γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺς οὔτε ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ δυνήσεται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς αὐτήν, εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ πρῶτος ἀνοίξω τὰς πύλας αὐτῆς.
1:9	Ἀνάστηθι οὖν καὶ ἄπελθε πρὸς Βαρούχ, καὶ ἀπάγγειλον αὐτῷ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα.
1:10	Καὶ ἀναστάντες ἕκτην ὥραν τῆς νυκτὸς ἔλθετε ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη τῆς πόλεως, καὶ δείξω ὑμῖν ὅτι, ἐὰν μὴ ἐγὼ πρῶτος ἀφανίσω τὴν πόλιν, οὐ δύνανται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς αὐτήν.
1:11	Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ Κύριος ἀπῆλθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἱερεμίου.
2:1	Ἱερεμίας δὲ διέρρηξεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ ἁγιαστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ.
2:2	Καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ὁ Βαροὺχ χοῦν πεπασμένον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ διερρωγότα, ἔκραξε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγων· Πάτερ Ἱερεμία, τί ἐστί σοι, ἢ ποῖον ἁμάρτημα ἐποίησεν ὁ λαός;
2:3	Ἐπειδὴ ὅταν ἡμάρτανεν ὁ λαός, χοῦν ἔπασσεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἱερεμίας, καὶ ηὔχετο ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ, ἕως ἂν ἀφεθῇ αὐτῷ ἡ ἁμαρτία.
2:4	Ἠρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Βαροὺχ λέγων· Πάτερ, τί ἐστί σοι;
2:5	Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἱερεμίας· Φύλαξαι τοῦ σχίσαι τὰ ἱμάτιά σου, ἀλλὰ σχίσωμεν τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν· καὶ μὴ ἀντλήσωμεν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὰς ποτίστρας, ἀλλὰ κλαύσωμεν καὶ γεμίσωμεν αὐτὰς δακρύων· ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσῃ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ὁ Κύριος.
2:6	Καὶ εἶπε Βαρούχ· Πάτερ Ἱερεμία, τί γέγονε;
2:7	Καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας ὅτι Ὁ Θεὸς παραδίδωσι τὴν πόλιν εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Χαλδαίων, τοῦ αἰχμαλωτεῦσαι τὸν λαὸν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
2:8	Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα Βαροὺχ διέρρηξε καὶ αὐτὸς τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπε· Πάτερ Ἱερεμία, τίς σοι ἐδήλωσε τοῦτο;
2:9	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἱερεμίας· Ἔκδεξαι μικρὸν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἕως ὥρας ἕκτης τῆς νυκτός, ἵνα γνῷς ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστι τὸ ῥῆμα.
2:10	Ἔμειναν οὖν ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ κλαίοντες.
3:1	Ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο ἡ ὥρα τῆς νυκτός, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ, ἦλθον ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη τῆς πόλεως Ἱερεμίας καὶ Βαρούχ.
3:2	Καὶ ἐγένετο φωνὴ σάλπιγγος, καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἄγγελοι ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, κατέχοντες λαμπάδας ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη τῆς πόλεως.
3:3	Ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς Ἱερεμίας καὶ Βαροὺχ ἔκλαυσαν λέγοντες· Νῦν ἐγνώκαμεν ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστι τὸ ῥῆμα.
3:4	Παρεκάλεσε δὲ Ἱερεμίας τοὺς ἀγγέλους λέγων· Παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς μὴ ἀπολέσαι τὴν πόλιν ἄρτι, ἕως ἂν λαλήσω πρὸς Κύριον ῥῆμα. Καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος τοῖς ἀγγέλοις· Μὴ ἀπολέσητε τὴν πόλιν, ἕως ἂν λαλήσω πρὸς τὸν ἐκλεκτόν μου Ἱερεμίαν. Καὶ εἶπε· Δέομαι, Κύριε, κέλευσόν με λαλῆσαι ἐνώπιόν σου.
3:5	Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· Λάλει, ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου Ἱερεμία.
3:6	Καὶ εἶπεν Ἱερεμίας· Ἰδοὺ νῦν, Κύριε, ἐγνώκαμεν ὅτι παραδίδως τὴν πόλιν σου εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπαροῦσι τὸν λαὸν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
3:7	Τί ποιήσωμεν τὰ ἅγιά σου ἢ τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας σου; Τί θέλεις αὐτὰ ποιήσωμεν;
3:8	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος· Ἆρον αὐτὰ καὶ παράδος αὐτὰ τῇ γῇ καὶ τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ, λέγων· Ἄκουε, γῆ, τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ κτίσαντός σε ἐν τῇ περιουσίᾳ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὁ σφραγίσας σε ἐν ἑπτὰ σφραγῖσιν ἐν ἑπτὰ καιροῖς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα λήψῃ τὴν ὡραιότητά σου· φύλαξον τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας ἕως τῆς συνελεύσεως τοῦ ἠγαπημένου.
3:9	Καὶ ἐλάλησεν Ἱερεμίας· Παρακαλῶ σε, Κύριε, δεῖξόν μοι τί ποιήσω Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Αἰθίοπι· ὅτι πολλὰς εὐεργεσίας ἐποίησε τῷ λαῷ καὶ τῷ δούλῳ σου Ἱερεμίᾳ, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἀνέσπασέ με ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ βορβόρου· καὶ οὐ θέλω αὐτὸν ἵνα ἴδῃ τὸν ἀφανισμὸν τῆς πόλεως καὶ τὴν ἐρήμωσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μὴ λυπηθῇ.
3:10	Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ· Ἀπόστειλον αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα τοῦ Ἀγρίππα διὰ τοῦ ὄρους, καὶ ἐγὼ σκεπάσω αὐτὸν ἕως οὗ ἐπιστρέψω τὸν λαὸν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
3:11	Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ· Ἄπελθε μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ σου εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ μεῖνον μετ᾽ αὐτῶν εὐαγγελιζόμενος αὐτοῖς ἕως οὗ ἐπιστρέψω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
3:12	Κατάλειψον δὲ τὸν Βαροὺχ ὧδε ἕως οὗ λαλήσω αὐτῷ.
3:13	Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ Κύριος ἀνέβη ἀπὸ Ἱερεμίου εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
3:14	Ἱερεμίας δὲ καὶ Βαροὺχ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ ἁγιαστήριον, καὶ τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας παρέδωκαν τῇ γῇ, καθὼς ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Κύριος· καὶ αὐθωρὸν κατέπιεν αὐτὰ ἡ γῆ. Ἐκάθισαν δὲ οἱ δύο καὶ ἔκλαυσαν.
3:15	Πρωΐας δὲ γενομένης ἀπέστειλεν Ἱερεμίας τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ λέγων· Ἆρον τὸν κόφινον καὶ ἄπελθε εἰς τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ἀγρίππα διὰ τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ ὄρους, καὶ ἐνεγκὼν ὀλίγα σῦκα δίδου τοῖς νοσοῦσι τοῦ λαοῦ· ὅτι ἐπὶ σὲ ἡ εὐφρασία τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου ἡ δόξα.
3:16	Αὐτὸς δὲ ἀπελήλυθεν καθὼς εἶπεν αὐτῷ.
4:1	Πρωΐας δὲ γενομένης, ἰδοὺ ἡ δύναμις τῶν Χαλδαίων ἐκύκλωσε τὴν πόλιν· ἐσάλπισεν δὲ ὁ μέγας ἄγγελος λέγων· Εἰσέλθατε εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἡ δύναμις τῶν Χαλδαίων· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἠνεῴχθη ὑμῖν ἡ πύλη.
4:2	Εἰσῆλθεν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ τοῦ πλήθους αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν πάντα τὸν λαόν.
4:3	Ἱερεμίας δὲ ἄρας τὰς κλεῖδας τοῦ ναοῦ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἔρριψεν αὐτὰς ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἡλίου λέγων· Σοὶ λέγω, ἥλιε, λάβε τὰς κλεῖδας τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ φύλαξον αὐτὰς ἕως ἡμέρας ἐν ᾗ ἐξετάσει σε Κύριος περὶ αὐτῶν.
4:4	Διότι ἡμεῖς οὐχ εὑρέθημεν ἄξιοι τοῦ φυλάξαι αὐτάς, ὅτι ἐπίτροποι ψεύδους ἐγενήθημεν.
4:5	Ἔτι κλαίοντος Ἱερεμίου τὸν λαόν, εἵλκοντο εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
4:6	Ὁ δὲ Βαροὺχ ἐπέθηκε χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκάθισε, καὶ ἔκλαυσε τὸν θρῆνον τοῦτον λέγων· Διὰ τί ἠρημώθη Ἱερουσαλήμ; Διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ ἠγαπημένου λαοῦ παρεδόθη εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν, διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ.
4:7	Ἀλλὰ μὴ καυχάσθωσαν οἱ παράνομοι καὶ εἴπωσιν ὅτι Ἰσχύσαμεν λαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει ἡμῶν. Ἠδυνήθητε ἐν αὐτῇ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν παρεδόθημεν.
4:8	Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ἡμῶν οἰκτειρήσει ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπιστρέψει ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν· ὑμεῖς δὲ ζωὴν οὐχ ἕξετε.
4:9	Μακάριοί εἰσιν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, Ἀβραάμ, Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, ὅτι ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου καὶ οὐκ εἶδον τὸν ἀφανισμὸν τῆς πόλεως ταύτης.
4:10	Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἐξῆλθεν κλαίων καὶ λέγων ὅτι, Λυπούμενος διὰ σέ, Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐξῆλθον ἀπὸ σοῦ.
4:11	Καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐν μνημείῳ καθεζόμενος, τῶν ἀγγέλων ἐρχομένων καὶ ἐκδιηγουμένων αὐτῷ περὶ πάντων.
5:1	Ὁ δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἤνεγκε τὰ σῦκα τῷ καύματι, καὶ καταλαβὼν δένδρον ἐκάθισεν ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀναπαῆναι ὀλίγον· καὶ κλίνας τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν κόφινον τῶν σύκων ὕπνωσεν, κοιμώμενος ἔτη ἑξηκονταέξ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνίσθη ἐκ τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ.
5:2	Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐγερθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ εἶπεν ὅτι Ἡδέως ἐκοιμήθην ἂν ἄλλο ὀλίγον, καὶ βεβαρημένη ἐστὶν ἡ κεφαλή μου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐκορέσθην τοῦ ὕπνου μου.
5:3	Καὶ ἀνακαλύψας τὸν κόφινον τῶν σύκων εὗρεν αὐτὰ στάζοντα γάλα.
5:4	Καὶ εἶπεν· Ἤθελον κοιμηθῆναι ὀλίγον, ὅτι βεβαρημένη ἐστὶν ἡ κεφαλή μου.
5:5	Ἀλλὰ φοβοῦμαι μήπως κοιμηθῶ καὶ βραδύνω τοῦ ἐξυπνισθῆναι, καὶ ὀλιγωρήσῃ Ἱερεμίας ὁ πατήρ μου· εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐσπούδαζεν, οὐκ ἂν ἀπέστειλέ με ὄρθρου σήμερον.
5:6	Ἀναστὰς οὖν πορεύσομαι τῷ καύματι, καὶ ἀπέλθω ὅπου οὐ καῦμα, οὐ κόπος ἐστὶν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν.
5:7	Ἐγερθεὶς οὖν ἦρε τὸν κόφινον τῶν σύκων καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτήν, οὔτε τὴν οἰκίαν οὔτε τὸν τόπον οὔτε τὸ γένος ἑαυτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν·
5:8	Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὅτι μεγάλη ἔκστασις ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ.
5:9	Οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ πόλις· πεπλάνημαι.
5:10	Ὅτι διὰ τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ ὄρους ἦλθον, ἐγερθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου μου, καὶ βαρείας οὔσης τῆς κεφαλῆς μου διὰ τὸ μὴ κορεσθῆναί με τοῦ ὕπνου μου, πεπλάνημαι τὴν ὁδόν.
5:11	Θαυμαστὸν εἰπεῖν τοῦτο ἐναντίον Ἱερεμίου, ὅτι πεπλάνημαι.
5:12	Ἐξῆλθε δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ κατανοήσας εἶδε τὰ σημεῖα τῆς πόλεως, καὶ εἶπεν· Αὕτη μέν ἐστιν ἡ πόλις, πεπλάνημαι δέ.
5:13	Καὶ πάλιν ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἐζήτησε, καὶ οὐδένα εὗρε τῶν ἰδίων.
5:14	Καὶ εἶπεν· Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὅτι μεγάλη ἔκστασις ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ.
5:15	Καὶ πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἔμεινε λυπούμενος, μὴ εἰδὼς ποῦ ἀπέλθῃ.
5:16	Καὶ ἀπέθηκε τὸν κόφινον λέγων· Καθέζομαι ὧδε ἕως ὁ Κύριος ἄρῃ τὴν ἔκστασιν ταύτην ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ.
5:17	Καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ εἶδέ τινα γηραιὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐξ ἀγροῦ, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ· Σοὶ λέγω, πρεσβῦτα, ποία ἐστὶν ἡ πόλις αὕτη; Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐστι.
5:18	Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ· Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Ἱερεμίας ὁ ἱερεὺς, καὶ Βαροὺχ ὁ ἀναγνώστης, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς πόλεως ταύτης, ὅτι οὐχ εὗρον αὐτούς;
5:19	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ πρεσβύτης· Οὐκ εἶ σὺ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης,
5:20	σήμερον μνησθεὶς τοῦ Ἱερεμίου, ὅτι ἐπερωτᾷς περὶ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον;
5:21	Ἱερεμίας γὰρ ἐν Βαβυλῶνί ἐστι μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ· ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν γὰρ ὑπὸ Ναβουχοδονόσορ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐστιν Ἱερεμίας εὐαγγελίσασθαι αὐτοῖς καὶ κατηχῆσαι αὐτοὺς τὸν λόγον.
5:22	Εὐθὺς δὲ ἀκούσας Ἀβιμέλεχ παρὰ τοῦ γηραιοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἶπεν·
5:23	Εἰ μὴ ἦς πρεσβύτης, καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ ὑβρίσαι τὸν μείζονα αὐτοῦ, ἐπικατεγέλων ἄν σοι καὶ ἔλεγον ὅτι μαίνῃ, ὅτι εἶπας· Ἠχμαλωτεύθη ὁ λαὸς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
5:24	Εἰ ἦσαν οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατελθόντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, οὔπω ἐστὶ καιρὸς ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
5:25	Πόση γὰρ ὥρα ἐστὶν ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἀπέστειλέ με ὁ πατήρ μου Ἱερεμίας εἰς τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ἀγρίππα ἐπὶ ὀλίγα σῦκα, ἵνα δίδωμεν τοῖς νοσοῦσι τοῦ λαοῦ;
5:26	Καὶ ἀπελθὼν ἤνεγκον αὐτά, καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐπί τι δένδρον τῷ καύματι ἐκάθισα τοῦ ἀναπαῆναι ὀλίγον, καὶ ἔκλινα τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐπὶ τὸν κόφινον καὶ ἐκοιμήθην· καὶ ἐξυπνισθεὶς ἀπεκάλυψα τὸν κόφινον τῶν σύκων, νομίζων ὅτι ἐβράδυνα, καὶ εὗρον τὰ σῦκα στάζοντα γάλα, καθὼς συνέλεξα αὐτά.
5:27	Σὺ δὲ λέγεις ὅτι ᾐχμαλωτεύθη ὁ λαὸς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα; Ἵνα δὲ γνῷς,
5:28	λάβε, ἴδε τὰ σῦκα. Καὶ ἀνεκάλυψε τὸν κόφινον τῶν σύκων τῷ γέροντι.
5:29	Καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὰ στάζοντα γάλα. Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὰ ὁ γηραιὸς ἄνθρωπος εἶπεν· Υἱέ μου, δίκαιος ἄνθρωπος εἶ σύ, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ Θεὸς δεῖξαί σοι τὴν ἐρήμωσιν τῆς πόλεως.
5:30	Ἤνεγκε γὰρ ταύτην τὴν ἔκστασιν ἐπὶ σὲ ὁ Θεός. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτη σήμερόν εἰσιν ἀφ᾽ οὗ ᾐχμαλωτεύθη ὁ λαὸς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
5:31	Καὶ ἵνα μάθῃς, τέκνον, ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστιν, ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ ἴδε ὅτι ἐφάνη ἡ αὔξησις τῶν γενημάτων· ἴδε καὶ τὰ σῦκα, ὅτι καιρὸς αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔστι, καὶ γνῶθι.
5:32	Τότε ἔκραξε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Ἀβιμέλεχ λέγων· Εὐλογήσω σε, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ἡ ἀνάπαυσις τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν δικαίων ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ.
5:33	Καὶ λέγει τῷ γηραιῷ ἀνθρώπῳ· Ποῖός ἐστιν ὁ μὴν οὗτος; Ὁ δὲ εἶπε· Νισάν, καὶ ἔστιν ἡ δωδεκάτη.
5:34	Καὶ ἐπάρας ἐκ τῶν σύκων ἔδωκε τῷ γηραιῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Ὁ Θεὸς φωταγωγήσει σε εἰς τὴν ἄνω πόλιν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
6:1	Μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξῆλθεν Ἀβιμέλεχ ἔξω τῆς πόλεως καὶ προσηύξατο πρὸς Κύριον. Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἦλθε καὶ ἀποκατέστησεν αὐτὸν ὅπου ἦν Βαρούχ· εὗρε δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν μνημείῳ καθεζόμενον.
6:2	Καὶ ἐν τῷ θεωρῆσαι ἀλλήλους ἔκλαυσαν ἀμφότεροι καὶ κατεφίλησαν ἀλλήλους. Ἀναβλέψας δὲ Βαροὺχ εἶδε τὰ σῦκα ἐσκεπασμένα ἐν τῷ κοφίνῳ· καὶ ἄρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν προσηύξατο λέγων· Ἔστι Θεὸς ὁ παρέχων μισθαποδοσίαν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ.
6:3	Ἑτοίμασον σεαυτήν, ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ εὐφραίνου καὶ ἀγάλλου ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου, λέγω τῷ σαρκικῷ οἴκῳ σου· τὸ πένθος σου γὰρ μετεστράφη εἰς χαράν. Ἔρχεται γὰρ ὁ ἱκανὸς καὶ ἀρεῖ σε ἐκ τοῦ σκηνώματός σου· οὐ γὰρ γέγονέ σοι ἁμαρτία.
6:4	Ἀνάψυξον, ἡ παρθενική μου πίστις, καὶ πίστευσον ὅτι ζήσεις.
6:5	Ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τὸν κόφινον τοῦτον τῶν σύκων· ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἑξήκοντα ἓξ ἔτη ἐποίησαν, καὶ οὐκ ἐμαράνθησαν οὐδὲ ὤζεσαν, ἀλλὰ στάζουσι τοῦ γάλακτος.
6:6	Οὕτως γίνεταί σοι, ἡ σάρξ μου, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὰ προσταχθέντα σοι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῆς δικαιοσύνης.
6:7	Ὁ φυλάξας τὸν κόφινον τῶν σύκων, αὐτὸς πάλιν φυλάξει σε ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ.
6:8	Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ Βαροὺχ λέγει τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ· Ἀνάστηθι καὶ εὐξώμεθα, ἵνα γνωρίσῃ ἡμῖν ὁ Κύριος τό, πῶς δυνησόμεθα ἀποστεῖλαι τὴν φάσιν τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα διὰ τὴν γενομένην σοι σκέπην.
6:9	Καὶ ηὔξατο Βαροὺχ λέγων· Ἡ δύναμις ἡμῶν, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, Κύριε, τὸ ἐκλεκτὸν φῶς τὸ ἐξελθὸν ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ, παρακαλῶ καὶ δέομαί σου τῆς ἀγαθότητος, τὸ μέγα ὄνομα ὃ οὐδεὶς δύναται γνῶναι·
6:10	ἄκουσον τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ δούλου σου, καὶ γενοῦ γνῶσις ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου. Τί θέλεις ποιήσωμεν; Πῶς ἀποστείλω πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα;
6:11	Ἔτι δὲ προσευχομένου τοῦ Βαρούχ, ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἦλθε καὶ λέγει τῷ Βαρούχ·
6:12	Βαρούχ, ὁ σύμβουλος τοῦ φωτός, μὴ μεριμνήσῃς τό, πῶς ἀποστείλῃς πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν· ἔρχεται γὰρ πρός σε ὥρᾳ τοῦ φωτὸς αὔριον ἀετός, καὶ σὺ ἐπισκέψῃ πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν.
6:13	Γράψον οὖν ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ ὅτι· Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ· Ὁ γενόμενος ἐν ὑμῖν ξένος ἀφορισθήτω, καὶ ποιήσωσι ιεʹ ἡμέρας· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰσάξω ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὑμῶν, λέγει Κύριος.
6:14	Ὁ μὴ ἀφοριζόμενος ἐκ τῆς Βαβυλῶνος, ὦ Ἱερεμία, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τὴν πόλιν· καὶ ἐπιτιμῶ αὐτοῖς τοῦ μὴ ἀποδεχθῆναι αὐτοὺς αὖθις ὑπὸ τῶν Βαβυλωνιτῶν, λέγει Κύριος.
6:15	Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ ἄγγελος ἀπῆλθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Βαρούχ.
6:16	Ὁ δὲ Βαροὺχ ἀποστείλας εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἤνεγκε χάρτην καὶ μέλανα, καὶ ἔγραψεν ἐπιστολὴν περιέχουσαν οὕτως·
6:17	Βαροὺχ ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ γράφει τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ· Ὁ ἐν τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ τῆς Βαβυλῶνος, χαῖρε καὶ ἀγαλλιῶ, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἀφῆκεν ἡμᾶς ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τοῦ σώματος τούτου λυπουμένους διὰ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἐρημωθεῖσαν καὶ ὑβρισθεῖσαν.
6:18	Διὰ τοῦτο ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ὁ Κύριος ἐπὶ τῶν δακρύων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμνήσθη τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἔστησε μετὰ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ.
6:19	Ἀπέστειλε γὰρ πρός με τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπέ μοι τοὺς λόγους τούτους οὓς ἀπέστειλα πρός σε.
6:20	Οὗτοι οὖν εἰσὶν οἱ λόγοι οὓς εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ἡμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐκ τῆς μεγάλης καμίνου·
6:21	Ὅτι οὐκ ἐφυλάξατε τὰ δικαιώματά μου, ἀλλὰ ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν καὶ ἐτραχηλιάσατε ἐνώπιόν μου, ἐθυμώθην καὶ ἐν ὀργῇ παρέδωκα ὑμᾶς τῇ καμίνῳ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
6:22	Ἐὰν οὖν ἀκούσητε τῆς φωνῆς μου, λέγει Κύριος, ἐκ στόματος Ἱερεμίου τοῦ παιδός μου, ὁ ἀκούων ἀναφέρω αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς Βαβυλῶνος· ὁ δὲ μὴ ἀκούων ξένος γενήσεται τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τῆς Βαβυλῶνος.
6:23	Δοκιμάσεις δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου· ὁ μὴ ἀκούων φανερὸς γενήσεται. Τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ σημεῖον τῆς μεγάλης σφραγῖδος.
7:1	Καὶ ἀνέστη Βαροὺχ καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου.
7:2	Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ἀνθρωπίνῃ φωνῇ ὁ ἀετὸς εἶπε· Χαῖρε, Βαρούχ, ὁ οἰκονόμος τῆς πίστεως.
7:3	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαροὺχ ὅτι· Ἐκλεκτὸς εἶ σὺ ὁ λαλῶν ἐκ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· ἐκ τῆς γὰρ αὐγῆς τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν δῆλόν ἐστι.
7:4	Δεῖξόν μοι οὖν τί ποιεῖς ἐνταῦθα;
7:5	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀετός· Ἀπεστάλην ὧδε ὅπως πᾶσαν φάσιν ἣν θέλεις ἀποστείλῃς δι᾽ ἐμοῦ.
7:6	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαρούχ· Εἰ δύνασαι σὺ ἐπᾶραι τὴν φάσιν ταύτην τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα;
7:7	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀετός· Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἀπεστάλην.
7:8	Καὶ ἄρας Βαροὺχ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν καὶ δεκαπέντε σῦκα ἐκ τοῦ κοφίνου τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἔδησεν εἰς τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ ἀετοῦ,
7:9	καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Σοὶ λέγω, βασιλεῦ τῶν πετεινῶν, ἄπελθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ μεθ᾽ ὑγείας, καὶ τὴν φάσιν ἔνεγκόν μοι.
7:10	Μὴ ὁμοιωθῇς τῷ κόρακι ὃν ἐξαπέστειλε Νῶε, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ἔτι πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν· ἀλλὰ ὁμοιώθητι τῇ περιστερᾷ, ἥτις ἐκ τρίτου φάσιν ἤνεγκε τῷ δικαίῳ.
7:11	Οὕτω καὶ σὺ ἆρον τὴν καλὴν φάσιν ταύτην τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται· ἆρον τὸν χάρτην τοῦτον τῷ λαῷ τῷ ἐκλεκτῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ.
7:12	Ἐὰν κυκλώσωσί σε πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ τῆς ἀληθείας βουλόμενοι πολεμῆσαι μετὰ σοῦ, ἀγώνισαι· ὁ Κύριος δῴη σοι δύναμιν. Καὶ μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μήτε εἰς τὰ ἀριστερά, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς βέλος ὕπαγον ὀρθῶς, οὕτως ἄπελθε ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ Θεοῦ.
7:13	Τότε ὁ ἀετὸς ἐπετάσθη ἔχων τὴν ἐπιστολήν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἀνεπαύσατο ἐπί τι ξύλον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως εἰς τόπον ἔρημον. Ἐσιώπησε δὲ ἕως οὗ διῆλθεν Ἱερεμίας, αὐτὸς καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς τοῦ λαοῦ.
7:14	Ἐξήρχοντο γὰρ θάψαι νεκρόν· καὶ γὰρ ᾐτήσατο Ἱερεμίας παρὰ τοῦ Ναβουχοδονόσορ λέγων· Δός μοι τόπον ποῦ θάψω τοὺς νεκροὺς τοῦ λαοῦ μου. Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ.
7:15	Ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ κλαιόντων μετὰ τοῦ νεκροῦ, ἦλθον κατέναντι τοῦ ἀετοῦ· καὶ ἔκραξεν ὁ ἀετὸς λέγων· Σοὶ λέγω, Ἱερεμία ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἄπελθε, σύναξον τὸν λαὸν ἅπαντα, καὶ ἔλθωσιν ὧδε, ἵνα ἀκούσωσι τοῦ καλοῦ κηρύγματος ὃ ἤνεγκά σοι ἀπὸ τοῦ Βαροὺχ καὶ τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ.
7:16	Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἱερεμίας ἐδόξασε τὸν Θεόν· καὶ ἀπελθὼν συνῆξε τὸν λαὸν σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις, καὶ ἦλθεν ὅπου ὁ ἀετός.
7:17	Καὶ κατῆλθεν ὁ ἀετὸς ἐπὶ τὸν τεθνηκότα, καὶ ἀνέζησε.
7:18	Γέγονε δὲ τοῦτο ἵνα πιστεύσωσιν. Ἐθαύμασε δὲ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι, λέγοντες ὅτι· Μὴ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ὀφθεὶς τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ διὰ Μωϋσέως, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτὸν ἐν σχήματι ἀετοῦ, καὶ ἐφάνη ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ μεγάλου ἀετοῦ τούτου;
7:19	Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀετὸς τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ· Δεῦρο, λῦσον τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ταύτην καὶ ἀνάγνωθι αὐτὴν τῷ λαῷ.
7:20	Λύσας οὖν τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀνέγνω τῷ λαῷ. Ἀκούσας οὖν ὁ λαὸς ἔκλαυσαν, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλεγον τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ·
7:21	Σῶσον ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀπάγγειλον ἡμῖν τί ποιήσωμεν, ἵνα εἰσέλθωμεν πάλιν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν.
7:22	Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἱερεμίας εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πάντα ὅσα ἐκ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἠκούσατε φυλάξατε, καὶ εἰσάξει ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν.
7:23	Ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ ἐπιστολὴν ὁ Ἱερεμίας πρὸς Βαρούχ, οὕτως λέγων· Υἱέ μου ἀγαπητέ, μὴ ἀμελήσῃς ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς σου δεόμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ὅπως κατευοδώσῃ τὴν ὁδὸν ἡμῶν, ἄχρις ἂν ἐξέλθωμεν ἐκ τῶν προσταγμάτων τοῦ ἀνόμου βασιλέως τούτου. Δίκαιος γὰρ εὑρέθης ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ εἴασέν σε εἰσελθεῖν ἐνταῦθα μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν, ὅπως μὴ ἴδῃς τὴν κάκωσιν τὴν γενομένην τῷ λαῷ ὑπὸ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων.
7:24	Ὥσπερ γὰρ πατὴρ υἱὸν μονογενῆ ἔχων, τούτου δὲ παραδοθέντος εἰς τιμωρίαν, οἱ οὖν ἰδόντες τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ παραμυθούμενοι αὐτὸν σκέπουσιν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἴδῃ πῶς τιμωρεῖται αὐτοῦ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ πλείονα φθαρῇ ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης· οὕτως γάρ σε ἠλέησεν ὁ Θεός, καὶ οὐκ εἴασέν σε ἐλθεῖν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἵνα μὴ ἴδῃς τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ. Ἀφ᾽ ἧς γὰρ εἰσήλθομεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην, οὐκ ἐπαύσατο ἡ λύπη ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν, ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτη σήμερον.
7:25	Πολλάκις γὰρ ἐξερχόμενος ηὕρισκον ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ κρεμαμένους ὑπὸ Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως, κλαίοντας καὶ λέγοντας· Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ὁ θεὸς Ζάρ.
7:26	Ἀκούων ταῦτα ἐλυπούμην καὶ ἔκλαιον δισσὸν κλαυθμόν, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἐκρέμαντο, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ἐπεκαλοῦντο θεὸν ἀλλότριον, λέγοντες· Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἐμνημόνευον δὲ ἡμέρας ἑορτῆς ἃς ἐποιοῦμεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ πρὸ τοῦ ἡμᾶς αἰχμαλωτευθῆναι.
7:27	Καὶ μιμνησκόμενος ἐστέναζον, καὶ ἐπέστρεφον εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ὀδυνώμενος καὶ κλαίων.
7:28	Νῦν οὖν δεήθητι εἰς τὸν τόπον ὅπου εἶ, σὺ καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ, ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, ὅπως εἰσακούσωσιν τῆς φωνῆς μου καὶ τῶν κριμάτων τοῦ στόματός μου, καὶ ἐξέλθωμεν ἐντεῦθεν.
7:29	Λέγω γάρ σοι ὅτι ὅλον τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἐποιήσαμεν ἐνταῦθα κατέχουσιν ἡμᾶς λέγοντες ὅτι· Εἴπατε ἡμῖν ᾠδὴν ἐκ τῶν ᾠδῶν Σιών, καὶ τὴν ᾠδὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν. Καὶ ἀντελέγομεν αὐτοῖς· Πῶς ᾄσωμεν ὑμῖν ἐπὶ γῆς ἀλλοτρίας ὄντες;
7:30	Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἔδησε τὴν ἐπιστολὴν εἰς τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ ἀετοῦ λέγων· Ἄπελθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἐπισκέψηται Κύριος ἀμφοτέρους.
7:31	Καὶ ἐπετάσθη ὁ ἀετὸς καὶ ἤνεγκεν τὴν ἐπιστολὴν καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Βαρούχ· καὶ λύσας ἀνέγνω καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτήν, καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ἀκούσας διὰ τὰς λύπας καὶ τὰς κακώσεις τοῦ λαοῦ.
7:32	Ἱερεμίας δὲ ἄρας τὰ σῦκα διέδωκε τοῖς νοσοῦσι τοῦ λαοῦ. Καὶ ἔμεινε διδάσκων αὐτοὺς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι ἐκ τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς Βαβυλῶνος.
8:1	Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν ᾗ ἐξέφερεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος.
8:2	Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος πρὸς Ἱερεμίαν· Ἀνάστηθι, σὺ καὶ ὁ λαός, καὶ δεῦτε ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ ἐρεῖς τῷ λαῷ· Ὁ θέλων τὸν Κύριον καταλειψάτω τὰ ἔργα τῆς Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ τοὺς ἄρρενας τοὺς λαβόντας ἐξ αὐτῶν γυναῖκας, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας τὰς λαβούσας ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρας.
8:3	Καὶ διαπεράσωσιν οἱ ἀκούοντές σου, καὶ ἆρον αὐτοὺς εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ· τοὺς δὲ μὴ ἀκούοντάς σου μὴ εἰσαγάγῃς αὐτοὺς εἰς αὐτήν.
8:4	Ἱερεμίας δὲ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα· καὶ ἀναστάντες ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην τοῦ περᾶσαι, λέγων αὐτοῖς τὰ ῥήματα ἃ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν. Καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τῶν γαμησάντων ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἠθέλησαν ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ Ἱερεμίου, ἀλλ᾽ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· Οὐ μὴ καταλείψωμεν τὰς γυναῖκας ἡμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἀλλ᾽ ὑποστρέψωμεν αὐτὰς μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν.
8:5	Ἐπέρασαν οὖν τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ. Καὶ ἔστη Ἱερεμίας καὶ Βαροὺχ καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ, λέγοντες ὅτι· Πᾶς ἄνθρωπος κοινωνῶν Βαβυλωνίταις οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην.
8:6	Καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτούς· Ἀναστάντες ὑποστρέψωμεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, εἰς τὸν τόπον ἡμῶν. Καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν.
8:7	Ἐλθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἐξῆλθον οἱ Βαβυλωνῖται εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῶν λέγοντες· Οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐμισήσατε ἡμᾶς καὶ κρυφῇ ἐξήλθετε ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ εἰσελεύσεσθε πρὸς ἡμᾶς. Ὅρκῳ γὰρ ὡρκίσαμεν ἀλλήλους κατὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, μήτε ὑμᾶς μήτε τέκνα ὑμῶν δέξασθαι, ἐπειδὴ κρυφῇ ἐξήλθετε ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν.
8:8	Καὶ ἐπιγνόντες ὑπέστρεψαν, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τόπον ἔρημον μακρόθεν τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἑαυτοῖς πόλιν, καὶ ἐπωνόμασαν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Σαμάρειαν.
8:9	Ἀπέστειλε δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ἱερεμίας λέγων· Μετανοήσατε· ἔρχεται γὰρ ἄγγελος τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ εἰσάξει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν τόπον ὑμῶν τὸν ὑψηλόν.
9:1	Ἔμειναν δὲ οἱ τοῦ Ἱερεμίου χαίροντες καὶ ἀναφέροντες θυσίαν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐννέα ἡμέρας.
9:2	Τῇ δὲ δεκάτῃ ἀνήνεγκεν Ἱερεμίας μόνος θυσίαν,
9:3	καὶ ηὔξατο εὐχὴν λέγων· Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος, τὸ θυμίαμα τῶν δένδρων τῶν ζώντων, τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν τὸ φωτίζον με ἕως οὗ ἀναληφθῶ πρὸς σέ· περὶ τῆς φωνῆς τῆς γλυκείας τῶν δύο Σεραφίμ,
9:4	παρακαλῶ ὑπὲρ ἄλλης εὐωδίας θυμιάματος·
9:5	καὶ ἡ μελέτη μου Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἕως ἂν εἰσενέγκῃ τοὺς δικαίους.
9:6	Παρακαλῶ σε, Κύριε παντοκράτωρ πάσης κτίσεως, ὁ ἀγέννητος καὶ ἀπερινόητος, ᾧ πᾶσα κρίσις κέκρυπται ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ τοῦ ταῦτα γενέσθαι.
9:7	Ταῦτα λέγοντος τοῦ Ἱερεμίου, καὶ ἱσταμένου ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ μετὰ Βαροὺχ καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ, ἐγένετο ὡς εἷς τῶν παραδιδόντων τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.
9:8	Καὶ ἔμειναν Βαροὺχ καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ κλαίοντες καὶ κράζοντες μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ ὅτι· Ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἱερεμίας κατέλιπεν ἡμᾶς, ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν.
9:9	Ἤκουσε δὲ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τοῦ κλαυθμοῦ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔδραμον ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς πάντες, καὶ εἶδον Ἱερεμίαν ἀνακείμενον χαμαὶ τεθνηκότα· καὶ διέρρηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν χοῦν ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν κλαυθμὸν πικρόν.
9:10	Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἡτοίμασαν ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα κηδεύσωσιν αὐτόν.
9:11	Καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἦλθε λέγουσα· Μὴ κηδεύετε τὸν ἔτι ζῶντα, ὅτι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ πάλιν.
9:12	Καὶ ἀκούσαντες τῆς φωνῆς οὐκ ἐκήδευσαν αὐτόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔμειναν περικύκλῳ τοῦ σκηνώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας τρεῖς, λέγοντες καὶ ἀποροῦντες ποίᾳ ὥρᾳ μέλλει ἀναστῆναι.
9:13	Μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπῆρε τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν μέσῳ πάντων καὶ εἶπε· Δοξάσατε τὸν Θεόν, πάντες δοξάσατε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἐξυπνίζοντα ἡμᾶς, Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸ φῶς τῶν αἰώνων πάντων, ὁ ἄσβεστος λύχνος, ἡ ζωὴ τῆς πίστεως.
9:14	Γίνεται δὲ μετὰ τοὺς καιροὺς τούτους ἄλλα ἔτη τετρακόσια ἑβδομήκοντα ἑπτά, καὶ ἔρχεται εἰς τὴν γῆν·
9:15	καὶ τὸ δένδρον τῆς ζωῆς τὸ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου φυτευθὲν ποιήσει πάντα τὰ δένδρα τὰ ἄκαρπα ποιῆσαι καρπόν, καὶ αὐξηθήσονται καὶ βλαστήσουσι, καὶ ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων μενεῖ. Καὶ τὰ βεβλαστηκότα καὶ μεγαλαυχοῦντα καὶ λέγοντα· Ἐδώκαμεν τὸ τέλος ἡμῶν τῷ ἀέρι, ποιήσει αὐτὰ ξηρανθῆναι μετὰ τοῦ ὕψους τῶν κλάδων αὐτῶν, καὶ ποιήσει αὐτὰ κλιθῆναι τὸ δένδρον τὸ στηριχθέν· καὶ ποιήσει τὸ κόκκινον ὡς ἔριον λευκὸν γενέσθαι.
9:16	Ἡ χιὼν μελανθήσεται, τὰ γλυκέα ὕδατα ἁλμυρὰ γενήσονται ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ φωτὶ τῆς εὐφροσύνης τοῦ Θεοῦ.
9:17	Καὶ εὐλογήσει τὰς νήσους τοῦ ποιῆσαι καρπὸν ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ.
9:18	Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἐξελεύσεται, καὶ ἐπιλέξεται ἑαυτῷ δώδεκα ἀποστόλους, ἵνα εὐαγγελίζωνται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· ὃν ἐγὼ ἑώρακα κεκοσμημένον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν· καὶ ἐμπλήσει τὰς πεινώσας ψυχάς.
9:19	Ταῦτα λέγοντος τοῦ Ἱερεμίου περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅτι ἔρχεται εἰς τὸν κόσμον,
9:20	ὠργίσθη ὁ λαὸς καὶ εἶπε· Ταῦτα πάλιν ἐστὶ τὰ ῥήματα τὰ ὑπὸ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἀμὼς εἰρημένα, λέγοντος ὅτι· Εἶδον τὸν Θεὸν καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
9:21	Δεῦτε οὖν, καὶ μὴ ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν τῷ ἐκείνου θανάτῳ, ἀλλὰ λίθοις λιθοβολήσωμεν αὐτόν.
9:22	Ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπονοίᾳ ταύτῃ Βαροὺχ καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ ὅτι ἤθελον ἀκοῦσαι πλήρης τὰ μυστήρια ἃ εἶδε.
9:23	Λέγει δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἱερεμίας· Σιωπήσατε καὶ μὴ κλαίετε· οὐ μὴ γάρ με ἀποκτείνωσιν ἕως οὗ πάντα ὅσα εἶδον διηγήσωμαι ὑμῖν.
9:24	Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· Ἐνέγκατέ μοι λίθον.
9:25	Ὁ δὲ ἔστησεν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπε· Τὸ φῶς τῶν αἰώνων, ποίησον τὸν λίθον τοῦτον καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητά μου γενέσθαι.
9:26	Ὁ δὲ λίθος ἀνέλαβεν ὁμοιότητα τοῦ Ἱερεμίου.
9:27	Καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν λίθον, νομίζοντες ὅτι Ἱερεμίας ἐστίν.
9:28	Ὁ δὲ Ἱερεμίας πάντα παρέδωκε τὰ μυστήρια ἃ εἶδε τῷ Βαροὺχ καὶ τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ.
9:29	Καὶ εἶθ᾽ οὕτως ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ, ἐκτελέσαι βουλόμενος τὴν οἰκονομίαν αὐτοῦ.
9:30	Ἐβόησε δὲ ὁ λίθος λέγων· Ὦ μωροὶ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, διὰ τί λιθοβολεῖτέ με, νομίζοντες ὅτι ἐγὼ Ἱερεμίας; Ἰδοὺ Ἱερεμίας ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν ἵσταται.
9:31	Ὡς δὲ εἶδον αὐτόν, εὐθέως ἔδραμον πρὸς αὐτὸν μετὰ πολλῶν λίθων, καὶ ἐπληρώθη αὐτοῦ οἰκονομία.
9:32	Καὶ ἐλθόντες Βαροὺχ καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἔθαψαν αὐτόν, καὶ λαβόντες τὸν λίθον ἔθηκαν ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα αὐτοῦ, ἐπιγράψαντες οὕτως· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ λίθος ὁ βοηθὸς τοῦ Ἱερεμίου.