Jeremiah · Chapter 36

[ edit] And don it is, in þe ferþe ȝer of Joachym, ſone of Joſie, king of Juda, don is þis wrd to Jeremye fro þe Lord, ſeiende, Tac þe volum of þe boc, and þou ſhalt write in it alle þe wrdus, þat Y ſpac to þee aȝen Irael and Judam, and aȝen alle Jentilis, fro þe day þat Y ſpac to þee, of þe daȝes of Joſie vnto þis day. If par auenture herende þe hous of Juda alle þe eueles þat Y þenke to do to þem, ben turned eche fro his werſt weie, and mercyful Y ſhal be to þe wickeneſſe and to þe ſynne of þem. Clepede þerfore Jeremye Baruch, þe ſone of Nery; and Baruch wrot of þe mouþ of Jeremye alle þe wrdus of þe Lord, þat he ſpac to hym, in þe volume of þe boc.

And Jeremye comaundide to Baruch, ſeiende, I am cloſid, and mai not gon in to þe hous of þe Lord. Go in þerfore þou, and rede of þe volum, in whiche þou haſt write of my mouþ þe wrdus of þe Lord, herende þe puple, in þe hous of þe Lord, in þe dai of faſting; ferþermor and herende al Juda, þat comen fro þer cites, þou ſhalt rede to þem; if par auenture falle þe oriſoun of þem in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord, and be turned eche fro his werſte weie; for grete is þe wodneſſe, and þe indignacioun, þat þe Lord ſpac aȝen þis puple. And Baruch, þe ſone of Nery, dide aftyr alle þingus, þat hadde comaundid to hym Jeremye, þe profete; redende of þe volume þe wrdus of þe Lord, in þe hous of þe Lord.

Don is forſoþe, in þe fifte ȝer of Joachym, ſone of Joſie, king of Juda, in þe nynþe moneþ, þei precheden faſting in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord, to al þe puple in Jeruſalem, and to al þe multitude, þat hadde come togidere fro þe cites of Juda in to Jeruſalem. And Baruch radde of þe volume þe wrdus of Jeremye, in þe hous of þe Lord, in þe treſorie place of Gamarie, ſone of Safan, ſcribe, in þe ouere veſtiarie, in þe entre of þe newe ȝate of þe hous of þe Lord, herende al þe puple. And whan herd had Michie, þe ſone of Gamarie, ſone of Safan, alle þe ſermownus of þe Lord, of þe boc, he wente doun in to þe hous of þe king, to þe treſorie place of þe ſcribe.

And lo! alle þe princes ſeeten þere, Eliſama, ſcribe, and Dalaias, ſone of Semye, and Elnaþan, ſone of Achabor, and Gamarie, ſone of Safan, and Sedechie, ſone of Ananye, and alle þe princes. And tolde to þem Mychie alle þe wrdus, þat he herde Baruch redende of þe volume, in þe eres of þe puple. And ſo alle þe princes ſenten to Baruch Judy, ſone of Naþatie, ſone of Selemye, ſone of Cuſy, ſeiende, Þe volume, of þe whiche þou reddeſt herende þe puple, tac in þin hond, and cum. Toc þanne Baruch, þe ſone of Neri, þe volum in his hond, and cam to þem. And þei ſeiden to hym, Sit, and red þeſe þingus in oure eres; and Baruch radde in þe eres of hem.

Þanne whan þei hadden herd alle þe wrdus, þei ſtoneieden eche to his neȝhebore, and ſeiden to Baruch, Owe wee to telle to þe king alle þeſe wrdus? And þei aſkeden hym, ſeiende, Shew to vs, hou þou haſt write alle þeſe wrdus of his mouþ. Baruch forſoþe ſeide to þem, Of his mouþ he ſpac, as redende to me, alle þeſe wrdus; and Y wrot in þe volum wiþ enke. And alle þe princes ſeiden to Baruch, Go, and be hid, þou and Jeremye; and no man wite wher ȝee be. And þei wenten in to þe king, in to þe porche; but þe volume þei leiden vp in to þe treſorie hous of Eliſame, ſcribe. And þei tolden, herende þe king, alle þe wrdus. And ſo þe king ſente to Judi, þat he ſhulde take þe volum.

Þe whiche takende it fro þe treſorie place of Eliſame, ſcribe, radde, herende þe king and alle þe princes, þat ſtoden aboute þe king. Þe king forſoþe ſat in þe winter hous, in þe nynþe moneþ; and put was þe herþ, or chymney, biforn hym ful of colys. And whan Judi hadde rad þre litle pagens, or foure, he kutte it wiþ a ſcraping knyf of þe ſcribe, and þreȝ it in to þe fyr, þat was vpon þe herþ, to þe tyme þat were waſtid al þe volum wiþ fyr, þat was in þe herþ. And þei dradde not, ne kutte þer cloþis, þe king and alle his ſeruauns, þat herden alle þeſe wrdus. Nerþelater Elnaþan, and Alaias, and Gamarie wiþſeiden to þe king, leſt he ſhulde brenne þe boc; and he herde not hem.

And þe king comaundide to Jeremyel, ſone of Amalech, and to Saraie, ſone of Eſreel, and to Selemye, ſone of Abdehel, þat þei ſchulden take Baruch, ſcribe, and Jeremye, þe profete; forſoþe þe Lord hidde þem. And don is þe wrd of þe Lord to Jeremye, þe profete, after þat þe king hadde brent þe volum and þe wrdus, þat Baruch hadde write of þe mouþ of Jeremye, ſeiende, Eft tac an oþer volum, and writ in it alle þe raþere wrdus, þat weren in þe firſt volum, þe whiche brende Joachym, king of Juda.

And to Joachym, king of Juda, þou ſhalt ſey, Þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord, Þou haſt brend þis volum, ſeynde, Whi haſt þou writen in it, tellende, Haſtif ſhal come þe king of Babiloyne, and waſte þis lond, and to ceſen ſhal make of it man and beſte? Þerfor þeſe þingus ſeiþ þe Lord aȝen Joachym, king of Juda, Þer ſhal not be of hym, þat ſitte vpon þe ſee of Dauid; and his careyn ſhal be caſt forþ at þe hete bi þe dai, and at þe froſt bi þe nyȝt. And Y ſhal viſite aȝen hym, and aȝen his ſed, and aȝen his ſeruauns, þer wickedneſſes. And Y ſhal bringe vpon hem, and vpon þe dwelleres of Jeruſalem, and vp on þe men of Juda, al þe yuel þat Y ſpac to þem, and þei herden not.

Jeremye forſoþe toc an oþer volum, and ȝaf it to Baruch, ſone of Neri, ſcribe, þat wrot in it of þe mouþ of Jeremye alle þe wrdus of þe boc, whiche Joachym, king of Juda, hadde brent wiþ fyr; and ferþermor added ben wrdus many mo þan befor weren.