1And I, Baruch, went from thence, and came to my people, and I called my first-born son and the Gedaliahs my friends, and seven of the elders of the people, and I said unto them:
2'Behold, I go unto my fathers according to the way of all the earth.
3But withdraw ye not from the way of the law, but guard and admonish the people which remain; Lest they withdraw from the commandments of the Mighty One.
4For ye see that He whom we serve is just, and our Creator is no respecter of persons.
5And see ye what hath befallen Zion, and what hath happened to Jerusalem.
6For the judgement of the Mighty One will (thereby) be made known, and His ways, which, though past finding out, are right.
7For if ye endure and persevere in His fear, and do not forget His law, the times will change over you for good, and ye will see the consolation of Zion.
8Because whatever is now is nothing, but that which shall be is very great.
9For everything that is corruptible will pass away, and everything that dies will depart, and all the present time shall be forgotten, nor shall there be any remembrance of the present time, which is defiled with evils.
10For that which runs now runs unto vanity, and that which prospers shall quickly fall and be humiliated.
11For that which is to be shall be the object of desire, and on that which comes afterwards do we place hope; for it is a time that passes not away.
12And the hour comes which abides for ever, and the new world which does not turn to corruption those who depart to its blessedness, and has no mercy on those who depart to torment, and will not lead to perdition those who live in it.
13For these are they who shall inherit that time which has been spoken of, and theirs is the inheritance of the promised time.
14These are they who have acquired for themselves treasures of wisdom, and with them are found stores of understanding, and from mercy have they not withdrawn, and the truth of the law have they preserved.
15For to them shall be given the world to come, but the dwelling of the rest who are many shall be in the fire.'