Abdias born in Sichem, of the tribe of Ephraim, prophesied the same time with Amos; so briefly that his prophecy is not parted into chapters: 1. against the Idumeans; foreshowing their destruction; 10. for their perpetual enmity against the Jews, and confederacy with the Chaldees. 17. The captivity and relaxation of the Jews. 19. And redemption of the whole world by Christ.ABDIAS borne in Sichem, of the tribe of Ephraim, prophecied the same time with Amos; so briefly that his prophecie is not parted into chapters: 1. against the Idumeans; foreshewing their destruction; 10. for their perpetual emnitie against the Iewes, and confederacie with the Chaldees. 17. The captiuitie and relaxation of the Iewes. 19. And redemption of the whole world by Christ.✦
The vision of Abdias. Thus saith our Lord God to Edom: We have heard a auditum: a report, a rumour, common talk, not a brute beast nor a loud noise from our Lord, and he hath sent a legatum: an ambassador, an envoy, not a bequest to the Gentiles. Rise ye, and let us arise against him into battle.THE vision of Abdias. Thus sayth our Lord God to Edom : We haue heard a bruit from our Lord, and he hath sent a legate to the Gentils. Rise ye, and let vs arise against him into battel.✦Visio Abdiæ. Hæc dicit Dominus Deus ad Edom : Auditum audivimus a Domino, et legatum ad gentes misit : surgite, et consurgamus adversus eum in prælium.
2Behold I have given thee a little one in the Gentiles: thou art contemptible exceedingly.Behold I haue geuen thee a litle one in the Gentils : thou art contéptible exceedingly.✦Ecce parvulum dedi te in gentibus : contemptibilis tu es valde.
3The pride of thy heart hath extolled thee, dwelling in the clefts of rocks, exalting thy throne: which sayest in thy heart: Who shall pluck me down to the earth?The pride of thy hart hath extolled thee, dwelling in the clefts of rockes, exalting thy throne : which sayst in thy hart : Who shal plucke me downe to the earth?✦Superbia cordis tui extulit te, habitantem in scissuris petrarum, exaltantem solium tuum ; qui dicis in corde tuo : Quis detrahet me in terram ?
4If thou shalt be exalted as an eagle, and if thou shalt set thy nest among the stars: thence will I pluck thee down, saith our Lord.If thou shalt be exalted as an eagle, and if thou shalt set thy nest among the starres : thence wil I plucke thee downe, sayth our Lord.✦Si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, et si inter sidera posueris nidum tuum, inde detraham te, dicit Dominus.
5If thieves had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how hadst thou held thy peace? would not they have stolen things sufficient for themselves? if the grape gatherers had entered in to thee, would they not have left thee at the least a cluster?If theues had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how hadst thou held thy peace? would not they haue stolen thinges sufficent for themselues? if the grape gatherers had entered in to thee, would they not haue left thee at the least a cluster?✦Si fures introissent ad te, si latrones per noctem, quomodo conticuisses ? nonne furati essent sufficientia sibi ? Si vindemiatores introissent ad te, numquid saltem racemum reliquissent tibi ?
6How have they searched Esau, have they sought out his hidden things?How haue they searched Esau, haue they sought out his hidden thinges?✦Quomodo scrutati sunt Esau ; investigaverunt abscondita ejus ?
7Even to the border have they cast thee out: all the men of thy league have mocked thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee, shall lay insidias: ambushes, snares laid in wait under thee: there is no wisdom in him.Euen to the border haue they cast thee out : al the men of thy league haue mocked thee : the men of thy peace haue preuailed against thee : they that eate with thee, shal lay embushments vnder thee : there is no wisdom in him.✦Usque ad terminum emiserunt te : omnes viri fœderis tui illuserunt tibi : invaluerunt adversum te viri pacis tuæ, qui comedunt tecum, ponent insidias subter te ; non est prudentia in eo.
8Why, shall not I in that day, saith our Lord, destroy the wise out of Idumea, and prudence from the mount of Esau,Why, shal not I in that day, sayth our Lord, destroy the wise out of Idumea, and prudence from the mount of Esau,✦Numquid non in die illa, dicit Dominus, perdam sapientes de Idumæa, et prudentiam de monte Esau ?
9And thy fortes: valiant men, warriors, the adjective used as a noun of the South shall fear, that man may perish from the mount of Esau.And thy valients of the South shal feare, that man may perish from the mount of Esau.✦Et timebunt fortes tui a meridie, ut intereat vir de monte Esau.
10For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against thy brother Jacob, confusion shall cover thee, and thou shalt perish for ever.For the slaughter, and for the iniquitie against thy brother Iacob, confusion shal couer thee, and thou shalt perish for euer.✦Propter interfectionem, et propter iniquitatem in fratrem tuum Jacob, operiet te confusio, et peribis in æternum.
11In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers took his army, and foreigners entered his gates, and upon Jerusalem cast lot: thou also wast as one of them.In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers tooke his armie, and foreners entered his gates, and vpon Ierusalem cast lotte : thou also wast as one of them.✦In die cum stares adversus eum, quando capiebant alieni exercitum ejus, et extranei ingrediebantur portas ejus, et super Jerusalem mittebant sortem, tu quoque eras quasi unus ex eis.
12And thou shalt not despise in the day of thy brother, in the day of his peregrinatio: a wandering into exile, a sojourning in a strange land: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children of Juda, in the day of their perdition: and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of distress.And thou shalt not dispise in the day of thy brother, in the day of his peregrination : and thou shalt not reioyce ouer the children of Iuda, in the day of their perdition : & thou shalt not magnifie thy mouth in the day of distresse.✦Et non despicies in die fratris tui, in die peregrinationis ejus : et non lætaberis super filios Juda in die perditionis eorum : et non magnificabis os tuum in die angustiæ.
13Neither shalt thou enter the gate of my people in the day of their ruin: neither shalt thou also despise in his evils in the day of his destruction: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day of his destruction.Neither shalt thou enter the gate of my people in the day of their ruine : neither shalt thou also dispise in his euils in the day of his destruction : and thou shalt not be sent out against his armie in the day of his destruction.✦Neque ingredieris portam populi mei in die ruinæ eorum ; neque despicies et tu in malis ejus in die vastitatis illius. Et non emitteris adversus exercitum ejus in die vastitatis illius,
14Neither shalt thou stand in the outgoings to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up his remnant in the day of tribulation.Neither shalt thou stand in the outgoings to kil them that flee : and thou shalt not shut vp his remnant in the day of tribulation.✦neque stabis in exitibus ut interficias eos qui fugerint, et non concludes reliquos ejus in die tribulationis.
15Because the day of our Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: thy retribution he will return upon thine own head.Because the day of our Lord is at hand vpon al nations : as thou hast done, so shal it be done to thee : thy retribution he wil returne vpon thine owne head.✦Quoniam juxta est dies Domini super omnes gentes : sicut fecisti, fiet tibi ; retributionem tuam convertet in caput tuum.
16For as you have drunk upon my holy mount, shall all Gentiles drink continually: and they shall drink, and swallow up, and they shall be as though they were not.For as you haue drunke vpon my holie mount, shal al Gentils drinke continually : & they shal drinke, and swallow vp, and they shal be as though they were not.✦Quomodo enim bibistis super montem sanctum meum, bibent omnes gentes jugiter : et bibent, et absorbebunt, et erunt quasi non sint.
17And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy: and the house of Jacob shall possess those that had possessed them.And in mount Sion shal be saluation, and it shal be holie : and the house of Iacob shal possesse those that had possessed them.✦Et in monte Sion erit salvatio, et erit sanctus ; et possidebit domus Jacob eos qui se possederant.
18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shall be kindled in them, and shall devour them: and there shall be no remains of the house of Esau, because our Lord hath spoken.And the house of Iacob shal be a fyre, and the house of Ioseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble : and they shal be kindled in them, and shal deuoure them : and there shal be no remaynes of the house of Esau, because our Lord hath spoken.✦Et erit domus Jacob ignis, et domus Joseph flamma, et domus Esau stipula : et succendentur in eis, et devorabunt eos, et non erunt reliquiæ domus Esau, quia Dominus locutus est.
19And they that are toward the South, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they in the campestribus: open, level, flat country, the lowland plains, not a champion or contender countries, Philisthiims: and they shall possess the region of Ephraim, and the region of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.And they that are toward the South, shal inherite the mount of Esau, and they in the champaine countries, Philisthiims : and they shal possesse the region of Ephraim, and the region of Samaria : and Beniamin shal possesse Galaad.✦Et hæreditabunt hi, qui ad austrum sunt, montem Esau, et qui in campestribus, Philisthiim : et possidebunt regionem Ephraim et regionem Samariæ, et Benjamin possidebit Galaad.
20And the transmigratio: the carrying-away into captivity, the deportation, not the transmigration of souls of this exercitus: an army, a multitude drawn up in array, not a guest nor the Eucharistic Host of the children of Israel, all places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the transmigration of Jerusalem, that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the South.And the transmigration of this host of the children of Israel, al places of the Chananeits euen to Sarepta : and the transmigration of Ierusalem, that is in Bosphorus, shal possesse the cities of the South.✦Et transmigratio exercitus hujus filiorum Israël, omnia loca Chananæorum usque ad Sareptam : et transmigratio Jerusalem, quæ in Bosphoro est, possidebit civitates austri.
21And salvatores: deliverers, rescuers raised up as types of Christ, not the one Saviour shall ascend into mount Sion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be to our Lord.And sauiours shal ascend into mount Sion to iudge the mount of Esau : and the kingdom shal be to our Lord.✦Et ascendent salvatores in montem Sion judicare montem Esau, et erit Domino regnum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.