4 Baruch (Rest of Baruch) 7 — 2 originals side by side
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And Baruch said to him: You are chosen, you who speak, out of all the birds of heaven; for it is evident from the brightness of your eyes. Show me then, what are you doing here?
And Baruch took the letter and fifteen figs from the basket of Abimelech, and tied them upon the neck of the eagle, and said to him: To you I speak, O king of the birds, depart in peace and in health, and bring me back the message.
Do not be like the raven, which Noah sent out and which did not return again to him into the ark; but be like the dove, which the third time brought a message to the righteous one.
So you also, carry this good message to Jeremiah and to those who are bound with him, that it may be well with you; carry this writing to the people and to the chosen one of God.
And do not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, but go straight like an arrow; depart in the power of God, and the glory of the Lord shall be with you in all the way that you go.
And the eagle cried out with a loud voice, saying: To you I speak, Jeremiah, the chosen one of God: go, gather the people, and come here, that they may hear the letter which I have brought you from Baruch and Abimelech.
And when Jeremiah heard it, he glorified God; and going away, he gathered the people together with the women and children, and came to where the eagle was.
And all the people marveled at what had happened, saying: Is not this the God who appeared to our fathers in the wilderness through Moses, and now has appeared to us through this eagle?
And when the people heard it, they wept and put dust upon their heads, and said to Jeremiah: Save us, and tell us what we shall do, that we may enter again into our city.
And Jeremiah also wrote a letter to Baruch, saying thus: My beloved son, do not neglect in your prayers to entreat God on our behalf, that he may prosper our way until we come out from the commands of this lawless king.
For you were found righteous before God, and he did not allow you to enter here, so that you would not see the affliction which has come upon the people from the Babylonians.
For just as a father, having an only son, and this son being delivered up to punishment, those who see his father and console him cover his face, that he may not see how his own son is punished and be more consumed by grief;
Hearing these things, I grieved and wept a double weeping, not only because they were hanged, but because they called upon a foreign god, saying: Have mercy on us.
And I remembered the days of the feast which we used to keep in Jerusalem before we were taken captive; and remembering, I groaned, and returned to my house in anguish and weeping.
Now therefore make supplication in the place where you are, you and Abimelech, on behalf of this people, that they may hearken to my voice and to the judgments of my mouth, and we may come out from here.
And the eagle flew up, and came to Jerusalem, and gave the letter to Baruch; and loosing it he read it, and kissed it, and wept when he heard of the sorrows and afflictions of the people.
And Jeremiah took up the figs and distributed them to the sick of the people, and remained teaching them to abstain from the pollutions of the nations of Babylon.