1. This book was written by Baruch son of Neraiah, grandson of Mahseiah, and a descendant of Zedekiah, Hasadiah, and Hilkiah. It was written in Babylon
2. on the seventh day of the month in the fifth year after the Babylonians captured Jerusalem and burnt it down.
3-4. Baruch read the book aloud to Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and to all the people who lived in Babylon by the River Sud. Everyone came to hear it read — nobles, children of royal family, elders, in fact, all the people, no matter what their status.
5. When the book was read, everyone cried, fasted, and prayed to the Lord.
6. Then they all gave as much money as they could,
7. and the collection was sent to Jerusalem to Jehoiakim the High Priest, son of Hilkiah and grandson of Shallum, and to the other priests and to all the people who were with him in Jerusalem.
8. On the tenth day of the month of Sivan, Baruch took the sacred utensils which had been carried away from the Temple and returned them to Judah. These were the silver utensils which Zedekiah son of King Josiah of Judah had ordered to be made