Esdras is sent to expostulate with the ungrateful Jews for neglecting God's many great benefits.Esdras is sent to expostulate with the ungratful Iewes for neglecting Gods manie great benefites.
The second book of Esdras the prophet, the son of Sarei, the son of Azarei, the son of Helcias, the son of Sadanias, the son of Sadoch, the son of Achitob,THE second booke of Esdras the prophet, the sonne of Sarei, the sonne of Azarei, the sonne of Helcias, the sonne of Sadanias, the sonne of Sadoch, the sonne of Achitob,Liber Esdræ prophetæ secundus, filii Sarei, filii Azarei, filii Helciæ, filii Sadaniæ, filii Sadoch, filii Achitob,
2the son of Achias, the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the son of Amerias, the son of Asiel, the son of Marimoth, the son of Arna, the son of Ozias, the son of Borith, the son of Abisei, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar,the sonne of Achias, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Heli, the sonne of Amerias, the sonne of Asiel, the sonne of Marimoth, the sonne of Arna, the sonne of Ozias, the sonne of Borith, the sonne of Abisei, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Eleazar,filii Achiæ, filii Phinees, filii Heli, filii Ameriæ, filii Asiel, filii Marimoth, filii Arna, filii Oziæ, filii Borith, filii Abisei, filii Phinees, filii Eleazar,
3the son of Aaron of the tribe of Levi; who was captive in the country of the Medes, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians.the sonne of Aaron of the tribe of Leui; who was captiue in the countrie of the Medes, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of the Persians.filii Aaron, ex tribu Levi, qui fuit captivus in regione Medorum, in regno Artaxerxis regis Persarum.
4And the word of our Lord came to me, saying:And the word of our Lord came to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens,
5Go, and tell my people their wicked deeds, and their children the iniquities, that they have done against me, that they may tell their children's children:Goe, and tel my people their wicked deedes, and their children the iniquities, that they haue done against me, that they may tel their childrens children:Vade, et nuncia populo meo facinora ipsorum, et filiis eorum iniquitates, quas in me admiserunt, ut nuntient filiis filiorum :
6because the sins of their parents are increased in them, for they being forgetful of me have sacrificed to strange gods.because the sinnes of their parentes are increased in them, for they being forgetful of me haue sacrified to strange goddes.quia peccata parentum ipsorum in illis creverunt. Obliti enim ei sacrificaverunt diis alienis.
7Did not I bring them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage? But they have provoked me, and have despised my counsels.Did not I bring them out of the land of Ægypt from the house of bondange? But they haue prouoked me, & haue despised my counsels.Nonne ego eduxi eos de terra Ægypti de domo servitutis ? Ipsi autem irritaverunt me, et consilia mea spreverunt.
8But do thou shake off the hair of thy head, and throw all evils upon them: because they have not obeyed my law. And it is a people without discipline.But doe thou shake of the heare of thy head, and throw al euils vpon them: because they haue not obeyed my law. And it is a people without discipline.Tu autem excute comam capitis tui, et projice omnia mala super illos : quoniam non obedierunt legi meæ. Populus autem est indisciplinatus.
9How long shall I bear with them, on whom I have bestowed so great benefits?How long shal I beare with them, on whom I haue bestowed so great benefites?Usquequo eos sustinebo, quibus tanta beneficia contuli ?
10I have overthrown many kings from them. I have percussi: struck (past tense of strike) Pharao with his servants, and all his exercitum: an army: not a guest.I haue ouerthrowen manie kinges from them. I haue stroke Pharao with his seruantes, and al his hoste.Reges multos propter eos subverti. Pharaonem cum pueris suis, et omnem exercitum ejus percussi.
11All nations did I destroy before their face, and in the East I dissipated the peoples of two provinces Tyre and Sidon, and I slew all their adversaries.Al nations did I destroy before their face, & in the East I dissipated the peoples of two prouinces Tyre and Sidon, and I slew al their aduersaries.Omnes gentes a facie eorum perdidi, et in Oriente provinciarum duarum populos Tyri et Sidonis dissipavi, et omnes adversarios eorum interfeci.
12But speak thou to them, saying: Thus saith our Lord:But speake thou to them, saying: Thus sayth our Lord:Tu vero loquere ad eos, dicens : Hæc dicit Dominus.
13I made you pass through the sea, and gave you fenced streets from the beginning. I gave you Moyses for your governor, and Aaron for the Priest:I made you passe through the sea, and gaue you fensed streates from the beginning. I gaue you Moyses for your gouernour, and Aaron for the Priest:Nempe ego vos per mare transmeavi, et plateas vobis initio munitas exhibui. Ducem vobis dedi Moysen, et Aaron sacerdotem :
14I gave you light by the pillar of fire, and did many marvellous things among you: but you have forgotten me, saith our Lord.I gaue you light by the piller of fire, & did manie meruelous things among you: but you haue forgotten me, sayth our Lord.lucem vobis per columnam ignis præstiti, et magna mirabilia feci in vobis : vos autem mei obliti estis, dicit Dominus.
15Thus saith our Lord omnipotent: The quail was a sign to you, I gave you a camp for defence, and there you murmured:Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent: The quayle was a signe to you, I gaue you a campe for defense, and there you murmured:Hæc dicit Dominus omnipotens : Coturnix vobis in signo fuit, castra vobis ad tutelam dedi, et illic murmurastis :
16And you triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but yet until now you have murmured.And you triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but yet vntil now you haue murmured.et non triumphastis in nomine meo de perditione inimicorum vestrorum, sed adhuc nunc usque murmurastis.
17Where are the benefits, that I have given you? Did you not cry out to me when you were hungry in the desert,Where are the benefites, that I haue geuen you? Did you not crie out to me when you were hungrie in the desert,Ubi sunt beneficia, quæ præstiti vobis ? Nonne in deserto cum esuriretis, proclamastis ad me,
18saying: Why hast thou brought us into this desert to kill us? it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, then to die in this desert.saying: Why hast thou brought vs into this desert to kil vs? it had bene better for vs to serue the Ægyptians, then to dye in this desert.dicentes, Ut quid nos in desertum istud adduxisti interficere nos ? melius nobis fuerat servire Ægyptiis, quam mori in deserto hoc.
19I was sorry for your mournings, and gave you manna to eat. You did eat bread of Angels.I was sorie for your mournings, & gaue you manna to eate. You did eate bread of Angels.Ego dolui gemitus vestros, et dedi vobis manna in escam. Panem angelorum manducastis.
20When you thirsted did not I cleave the rock, and waters flowed in abundance? for the heats I covered you with the leaves of trees.When you thirsted did not I cleaue the rocke, & waters flowed in abundance? for the heates I couered you with the leaues of trees.Nonne cum sitiretis, petram excidi, et fluxerunt aquæ in saturitate ? propter æstus foliis arborum vos texi.
21I delivered unto you pingues: rich, fertile: not greasy or stout lands: The Chananeites, and Pherezeites, and Philistheans I threw out from your face: what shall I yet do to you, saith our Lord?I deliuered vnto you fatte landes: The Chananeites, and Pherezeites, and Philistheans I threw out from your face: what shal I yet doe to you, sayth our Lord?Divisi vobis terras pingues : Chananæos, et Pherezæos, et Philisthæos, a facie vestra projeci : quid faciam vobis adhuc : dicit Dominus ?
22Thus saith our Lord omnipotent: In the desert when you were thirsty in the river of the Amorrheites, and blaspheming my name,Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent: In the desert when you were thirstie in the riuer of the Amorrheites, and blaspheming my name,Hæc dicit Dominus omnipotens. In deserto cum essetis in flumine Amorrhæo sitientes, et blasphemantes nomen meum,
23I gave you not fire for blasphemies, but casting wood into the water, I made the river sweet.I gaue you not fire for blasphemies, but casting wood into the water, I made the riuer swete.non ignem vobis pro blasphemiis dedi, sed mittens lignum in aquam, dulce feci flumen.
24What shall I do to thee Jacob? Thou wouldest not obey O Juda. I will transfer my self to other nations, and will give them my name, that they may keep my ordinances.What shal I doe to thee Iacob? Thou wouldest not obey ô Iuda. I wil transferre my self to other nations, and wil geue them my name, that they may keepe my ordinances.Quid tibi faciam Jacob ? Noluisti obedire Juda. Transferam me ad alias gentes, et dabo eis nomen meum, ut custodiant legitima mea.
25Because you have forsaken me, I also forsake you: when you ask mercy of me, I will not have mercy.Because you haue forsaken me, I also forsake you: when you aske mercie of me, I wil not haue mercie.Quoniam me dereliquistis, et ego vos derelinquam. Petentibus vobis a me misericordiam, non miserebor.
26When you shall invocabitis: call upon, invoke me, I will not hear you. For you have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are quick to commit murders.When you shal inuocate me, I wil not heare you. For you haue defiled your handes with bloud, and your fete are quicke to commit murders.Quando invocabitis me, ego non exaudiam vos. Maculastis enim manus vestras sanguine, et pedes vestri impigri sunt ad committenda homicidia.
27Not as though you have forsaken me, but yourselves, saith our Lord.Not as though you haue forsaken me, but yourselues, sayth our Lord.Non quasi me dereliquistis, sed vosipsos, dicit Dominus.
28Thus saith our Lord omnipotent, have not I desired you, as a father his sons, and a mother her daughters, and as a nurse her little ones,Thus saith our Lord omnipotent, haue not I desired you, as a father his sonnes, and a mother her daughters, and as a nurce her litle ones,Hæc dicit Dominus omnipotens, Nonne ego vos rogavi, ut pater filios, et ut mater filias, et ut nutrix parvulos suos,
29that you would be my people, and I your God, and to me for children, and I to you for a father?that you would be my people, and I your God, and to me for children, and I to you for a father?ut essetis mihi in populum, et ego vobis in Deum, et vos mihi in filios, et ego vobis in patrem ?
30So have I gathered you, as the hen her chickens under her wings. But now what shall I do to you? I will throw you from my face.So haue I gathered you, as the henne her chickenes vnder her winges. But now what shal I doe to you? I wil throw you from my face.Ita vos collegi, ut gallina pullos suos sub alas suas. Modo autem quid faciam vobis ? Projiciam vos a facie mea.
31When you shall bring me oblation, I will turn away my face from you. For I have refused your festival days, and new moons, and circumcisions.When you shal bring me oblation, I wil turne away my face from you. For I haue refused your festiual dayes, & newmoones, and circumcisions.Oblationem cum mihi attuleritis, avertam faciem meam a vobis. Dies enim festos vestros, et neomenias et circumcisiones repudiavi.
32I sent my servants the prophets to you, whom being taken you slew, and mangled their bodies, whose blood I will require, saith our Lord.I sent my seruantes the prophetes to you, whom being taken you slew, and mangled their bodies, whose bloud I wil require, sayth our Lord.Ego misi pueros meos, prophetas ad vos, quos acceptos interfecistis, et laniastis corpora eorum, quorum sanguinem exquiram, dicit Dominus.
33Thus saith our Lord omnipotent, your house is made desolate, I will throw you away, as the wind doth stubble,Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent, your house is made desolate, I wil throw you away, as the winde doth stubble,Hæc dicit Dominus omnipotens, Domus vestra deserta est : Projiciam vos sicut ventus stipulam,
34and your children shall not have procreationem: offspring, descendants: because they have neglected my commandment, and have done that which is evil before me.and your children shal not haue issue: because they haue neglected my commandment, and haue done that which is euil before me.et filii procreationem non facient : quoniam mandatum meum neglexerunt, et quod malum est coram me, fecerunt.
35I will deliver your houses to a people coming, who not hearing me do believe: to whom I have not showed signs, they will do the things that I have commanded.I wil deliuer your houses to a people comming, who not hearing me do beleue: to whom I haue not shewed signes, they wil do the thinges that I haue commanded.Tradam domos vestras populo venienti, qui me non audientes credunt : quibus signa non ostendi, facient quæ præcepi.
36The prophets they have not seen, and they will be mindful of their iniquities.The prophetes they haue not sene, and they wil be mindful of their iniquities.Prophetas non viderunt, et memorabuntur iniquitatum eorum.
37I call to witness the grace of the people coming, whose little ones rejoice with joy, not seeing me with their carnal eyes, but in spirit believing the things that I have said.I cal to witnes the grace of the people comming, whose litle ones reioyce with ioy, not seing me with their carnal eyes, but in spirit beleuing the thinges that I haue sayd.Testor populi venientis gratiam, cujus parvuli exultant cum lætitia, me non videntes oculis carnalibus, sed spiritu credentes quæ dixi.
38And now brother behold what glory: and see people coming from the east,And now brother behold what glorie: and see people comming from the east,Et nunc frater aspice, quæ gloria : et vide populum venientem ab oriente,
39to whom I will give the ducatum: leadership, guidance: not physical conduction of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of Osee, and Amos, and of Joel, and Abdias, and Jonas, and Micheas,to whom I wil geue the conduction of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, and of Osee, and Amos, and of Ioel, and Abdias, and Ionas, and Michæas,quibus dabo ducatum Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob, et Osee, et Amos, et Michææ, et Joël, et Abdiæ, et Jonæ,
40and Naum and Habacuc, of Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, and Malachias, who also is called the Angel of our Lord.and Naum and Habacuc, of Sophonias, Aggæus, Zacharias, and Malachias, who also is called the Angel of our Lord.et Nahum, et Habacuc, Sophoniæ, Aggæi, Zachariæ, et Malachiæ, qui et angelus Domini vocatus est.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.