Baruc · Revised Version (con apócrifos)
Baruc 5 Revised Version (con apócrifos)
1 Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that [cometh ] from God for ever.
1 Take off the garment of your mourning and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.
2 Cast about thee the robe of the righteousness which [cometh ] from God; set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.
2 Put on the robe of the righteousness from God. Set on your head a diadem of the glory of the Everlasting.
3 For God will shew thy brightness unto every [region ] under heaven.
3 For God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven.
4 For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of godliness.
4 For your name will be called by God forever “Righteous Peace, Godly Glory”.
5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand upon the height, and look about thee toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the going down of the sun unto the rising thereof at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God hath remembered them.
5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand upon the height. Look around you toward the east and see your children gathered from the going down of the sun to its rising at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.
6 For they went from thee on foot, being led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them in unto thee borne on high with glory, as [on ] a royal throne.
6 For they went from you on foot, being led away by their enemies, but God brings them in to you carried on high with glory, on a royal throne.
7 For God hath appointed that every high mountain, and the everlasting hills, should be made low, and the valleys filled up, to make plain the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.
7 For God has appointed that every high mountain and the everlasting hills should be made low, and the valleys filled up to make the ground level, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.
8 Moreover the woods and every sweet-smelling tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment of God.
8 Moreover the woods and every sweet smelling tree have shaded Israel by the commandment of God.
9 For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
9 For God will lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.