¹And it came to pass after these things, that I, Baruch, was standing upon Mount Zion, and lo! a voice came from the height and said unto me: 1a And it came to pass after these things that I, Baruch, was standing upon Mount Zion, and lo a voice came forth from the height and said unto me:

²'Stand upon thy feet, Baruch, and hear the word of the mighty God.' 2a 'Stand upon thy feet, Baruch, and hear the word of the mighty God.'

³Because thou hast been astonished at what has befallen Zion, thou shalt therefore be assuredly preserved to the consummation of the times, that you may be for a testimony.

⁴So that, if ever those prosperous cities say:

⁵'Why hath the mighty God brought upon us this retribution?' Say you to them, you and those like you who shall have seen this evil: '(This is the evil) and retribution which is coming upon thee and upon thy people in its (destined) time that the nations may be thoroughly smitten.

⁶And then they shall be in anguish.

⁷And if they say at that time:

⁸For how long? thou shalt say to them: "Ye who have drunk the strained wine, Drink you also of its dregs, The judgment of the Lofty One Who has no respect of persons."

⁹On this account he had aforetime no mercy on His own sons, But afflicted them as His enemies, for they sinned,

¹⁰Then therefore were they chastened That they might be sanctified. OXYRHYNCHUS GREEK FRAGMENT Recto

¹¹But now, you peoples and nations, thou art guilty Because thou hast always trodden down the earth, And used the creation unrighteously. 11a (Ye) have trodden down the earth And misused the created things in it.

¹²For I have always benefited you. And thou hast always been ungrateful for the beneficence. 12a For thou wast always being benefited But thou wast always ungrateful.