The ten tribes are particularly charged for oppressing the poor, 2. therefore threatened with calamities: 6. blamed for their obstinacy: 12. nevertheless all are admonished to expect Christ.The tenne tribes are particularly charged for oppressing the poore, 2. therfore threatned with calamities: 6. blamed for their obstinacie: 12. neuertheles al are admonished to expect Christ.✦
Hear this word ye fat kine, which are in the mountains of Samaria: which do calumniam: slander; wrongful oppression to the needy, and break the poor: which say to your lords: Bring, and we will drink.HEARE this word ye fatte kine, which are in the mountaines of Samaria : which doe calumnie to the needie, and breake the poore : which say to your lords : Bring, and we wil drinke.✦Audite verbum hoc, vaccæ pingues, quæ estis in monte Samariæ, quæ calumniam facitis egenis et confringitis pauperes ; quæ dicitis dominis vestris : Afferte, et bibemus.
2Our Lord God hath sworn by his holy, that lo the days shall come upon you, and they shall lift you up on poles, and your remnant in pots boiling hot.Our Lord God hath sworne by his holie, that loe the dayes shal come vpon you, and they shal lift you vp on poles, and your remnant in pottes boyling hotte.✦Juravit Dominus Deus in sancto suo, quia ecce dies venient super vos, et levabunt vos in contis, et reliquias vestras in ollis ferventibus.
3And by the breaches you shall go out one against another, and you shall be cast forth into Armon, saith our Lord.And by the breaches you shal goe out one against an other, & you shal be cast forth into * Armon, saith our Lord.✦Et per aperturas exibitis altera contra alteram, et projiciemini in Armon, dicit Dominus.
4Come ye to Bethel, and do impiously to Galgal, and multiply prævaricationem: evasive speech; transgression: and offer in the morning your victimas: persons harmed; sacrificial offerings, three days your tithes.Come ye to Bethel, and doe impiousely to Galgal, and multiplie preuarication : and offer in the morning your victimes, three dayes your tithes.✦Venite ad Bethel, et impie agite ; ad Galgalam, et multiplicate prævaricationem : et afferte mane victimas vestras, tribus diebus decimas vestras.
5And sacrifice ye praise of the leavened: and call voluntary oblations, and proclaim it: for so would you O children of Israel, saith our Lord God.And sacrifice ye prayse of the leauened : and cal voluntarie oblations, and proclaime it : for so would you ô children of Israel, sayth our Lord God.✦Et sacrificate de fermentato laudem, et vocate voluntarias oblationes, et annuntiate ; sic enim voluistis, filii Israël, dicit Dominus Deus.
6Whereupon I also have given you dullness of the teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: and you have not returned to me, saith our Lord.Wherupon I also haue geuen you dulnes of the teeth in al your cities, and lacke of bread in al your places : and you haue not returned to me, sayth our Lord.✦Unde et ego dedi vobis stuporem dentium in cunctis urbibus vestris, et indigentiam panum in omnibus locis vestris ; et non estis reversi ad me, dicit Dominus.
7I also have stayed the rain from you, when there remained yet three months unto harvest: and I rained upon one city, and upon another city I rained not: one part was rained upon; and the part whereupon I rained not, withered.I also haue stayed the rayne from you, when there remayned yet three monethes vnto haruest : and I rayned vpon one citie, and vpon an other citie I rayned not : one part was rayned vpon ; and the part whereupon I rayned not, withered.✦Ego quoque prohibui a vobis imbrem, cum adhuc tres menses superessent usque ad messem : et plui super unam civitatem, et super alteram civitatem non plui ; pars una compluta est, et pars super quam non plui, aruit.
8And two and three cities came to one city to drink water, and were not filled: and you returned not to me, saith our Lord.And two and three cities came to one citie to drinke water, & were not filled : & you returned not to me, saith our Lord.Et venerunt duæ et tres civitates ad unam civitatem ut biberent aquam, et non sunt satiatæ ; et non redistis ad me, dicit Dominus.
9I stroke you with a burning wind, and with blasting, the multitude of your gardens, and all your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves the eruca: caterpillar/canker-worm hath eaten: and you returned not to me, saith our Lord.I stroke you with a burning winde, & with blasting, the multitude of your gardens, and al your vineyards : your oliue groues, & figgroues the eruke hath eaten : and you returned not to me, sayth our Lord.✦Percussi vos in vento urente, et in aurugine : multitudinem hortorum vestrorum et vinearum vestrarum, oliveta vestra et ficeta vestra comedit eruca : et non redistis ad me, dicit Dominus.
10I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I stroke your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the putrefaction of your camp to come up into your nostrils: and you returned not to me, saith our Lord.I sent death vpon you in the way of Ægypt, I stroke your yongmen with the sword, euen to the captiuitie of your horses : and I made the putrefaction of your campe to come vp into your nostherels : and you returned not to me, sayth our Lord.✦Misi in vos mortem in via Ægypti ; percussi in gladio juvenes vestros, usque ad captivitatem equorum vestrorum, et ascendere feci putredinem castrorum vestrorum in nares vestras : et non redistis ad me, dicit Dominus.
11I subverted you, as God subverted Sodom and Gomorth, and you were made as a firebrand hastily caught from the burning: and you returned not to me, saith our Lord.I subuerted you, as God subuerted Sodom and Gomorth, and you were made as a fyrebrand hastely caught from the burning : and you returned not to me, sayth our Lord.✦Subverti vos sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorrham, et facti estis quasi torris raptus ab incendio : et non redistis ad me, dicit Dominus.
12Wherefore these things will I do to thee Israel: but after I shall do these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God O Israel.Wherfore these thinges wil I doe to thee Israel : but after I shal doe these thinges to thee, be prepared to meete thy God ô Israel.✦Quapropter hæc faciam tibi, Israël : postquam autem hæc fecero tibi, præparare in occursum Dei tui, Israël.
13Because lo he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: our Lord the God of exercituum: guest/entertainer; army is his name.Because loe he that formeth the mountaines and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, maketh the morning mist, and walketh vpon the high places of the earth : our Lord the God of host is his name.✦Quia ecce formans montes, et creans ventum, et annuntians homini eloquium suum, faciens matutinam nebulam, et gradiens super excelsa terræ : Dominus Deus exercituum nomen ejus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.