那时巴比伦王的军队围困耶路撒冷，先知耶利米囚在护卫兵的院内，在犹大王的宫中。
For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
因为犹大王西底家已将他囚禁，说，你为什么预言说，耶和华如此说，我必将这城交在巴比伦王的手中，他必攻取这城。
For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
巴比伦王必将西底家带到巴比伦。西底家必住在那里，直到我眷顾他的时候。你们虽与迦勒底人争战，却不顺利。这是耶和华说的。
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
你叔叔沙龙的儿子哈拿篾必来见你，说，我在亚拿突的那块地，求你买来。因你买这地是合乎赎回之理。
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
我便将照例按规所立的买契，就是封缄的那一张和敞着的那一张，
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
当着我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾和画押作见证的人，并坐在护卫兵院内的一切犹大人眼前，交给玛西雅的孙子尼利亚的儿子巴录。
And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说，要将这封缄的和敞着的两张契放在瓦器里，可以存留多日。
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.