S. John measuring the Temple, 3 heareth of two witnesses that shall preach: 7 whom the beast coming up from the sea shall kill. 11 but they rising again ascend into heaven, 13 and seven thousand persons are slain with an earthquake: 15 and at the sound of the seventh Angel, the four and twenty seniors give praise and thanks to God.S. Iohn measuring the Temple, 3 heareth of two witnesses that shal preach: 7 whom the beast coming vp from the sea shal kil. 11 but they rising againe ascend into heauen, 13 and seuen thousand persons are slaine with an earthquake: 15 and at the sound of the seuenth Angel, the foure and twentie seniors giue praise and thankes to God.✦
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and it was said to me, Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that adore in it.AND there vvas giuen me a reede like vnto a rodde: and it vvas said to me, Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that adore in it.✦Et datus est mihi calamus similis virgæ, et dictum est mihi : Surge, et metire templum Dei, et altare, et adorantes in eo :
2but the court which is without the temple, cast forth, & measure not that: because it is given to the Gentiles, & they shall tread under foot the holy city two and forty months:but the court vvhich is vvithout the temple, cast forth, & measure not that: because it is giuen to the Gentiles, & they shal treade vnder foote the holy citie two and fourtie monethes:✦atrium autem, quod est foris templum, ejice foras, et ne metiaris illud : quoniam datum est gentibus, et civitatem sanctam calcabunt mensibus quadraginta duobus :
3and I will give to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed with sackcloths.and I vvil giue to my tvvo vvitnesses, and they shal prophecie a thousand tvvo hundred sixtie daies, clothed vvith sacke-clothes.¶✦et dabo duobus testibus meis, et prophetabunt diebus mille ducentis sexaginta, amicti saccis.
4These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks that stand in the sight of the Lord of the earth.These are the tvvo oliue trees and the tvvo candlestickes that stand in the sight of the Lord of the earth.✦Hi sunt duæ olivæ et duo candelabra in conspectu Domini terræ stantes.
5And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come forth out of their mouths, and shall devour their enemies. and if any man will hurt them: so must he be slain.And if any man vvil hurt them, fire shal come forth out of their mouthes, and shal deuoure their enemies. and if any man vvil hurt them: so must he be slaine.✦Et si quis voluerit eos nocere, ignis exiet de ore eorum, et devorabit inimicos eorum : et si quis voluerit eos lædere, sic oportet eum occidi.
6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with all plague as often as they will.These haue povver to shut heauen, that it raine not in the daies of their prophecie: and they haue povver ouer the vvaters to turne them into bloud, and to strike the earth vvith al plague as often as they vvil.✦Hi habent potestatem claudendi cælum, ne pluat diebus prophetiæ ipsorum : et potestatem habent super aquas convertendi eas in sanguinem, et percutere terram omni plaga quotiescumque voluerint.
7And when they shall have finished their testimony: the beast which ascended from the depth, shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.And vvhen they shal haue finished their testimonie: the beast vvhich ascended from the depth, shal make vvarre against them, and shal ouercome them, and kil them.✦Et cum finierint testimonium suum, bestia, quæ ascendit de abysso, faciet adversum eos bellum, et vincet illos, et occidet eos.
8And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified.And their bodies shal lie in the streates of the great citie, vvhich is c called spiritually Sodom and Ægypt, vvhere their Lord also vvas crucified.✦Et corpora eorum jacebunt in plateis civitatis magnæ, quæ vocatur spiritualiter Sodoma, et Ægyptus, ubi et Dominus eorum crucifixus est.
9And they shall of tribes, and peoples, and tongues, and Gentiles, see their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer their bodies to be laid in monumentis: memorial structures; tombs, sepulchres.And they shal of tribes, and peoples, and tonges, and Gentiles, see their bodies for three daies and a halfe: and they shal not suffer their bodies to be laid in monumentes.Et videbunt de tribubus, et populis, et linguis, et gentibus corpora eorum per tres dies et dimidium : et corpora eorum non sinent poni in monumentis :
10and the inhabitants of the earth shall be glad upon them, and make merry: and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth.and the inhabitants of the earth shal be glad vpon them, and make merie: and shal send giftes one to an other, because these tvvo prophets tormented them that dvvelt vpon the earth.✦et inhabitantes terram gaudebunt super illos, et jucundabuntur : et munera mittent invicem, quoniam hi duo prophetæ cruciaverunt eos, qui habitabant super terram.
11And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon them that saw them.And after three daies and a halfe, the spirit of life from God entred into them. And they stoode vpon their feete, and great feare fel vpon them that savv them.✦Et post dies tres et dimidium, spiritus vitæ a Deo intravit in eos. Et steterunt super pedes suos, et timor magnus cecidit super eos qui viderunt eos.
12And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw them.And they heard a loud voice from heauen saying to them, Come vp hither. And they vvent vp into heauen in a cloude: and their enemies savv them.✦Et audierunt vocem magnam de cælo, dicentem eis : Ascendite huc. Et ascenderunt in cælum in nube : et viderunt illos inimici eorum.
13And in that hour there was made a great earthquake: and the tenth part of the city fell: and there were slain in the earthquake names of men seven thousand: and the rest were cast into a fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.And in that houre there vvas made a great earthquake: and the tenth part of the citie fel: and there vvere slaine in the earthquake names of men seuen thousand: and the rest vvere cast into a feare, and gaue glorie to the God of heauen.✦Et in illa hora factus est terræmotus magnus, et decima pars civitatis cecidit : et occisa sunt in terræmotu nomina hominum septem millia : et reliqui in timorem sunt missi, et dederunt gloriam Deo cæli.
14The second woe is gone: and behold the third woe will come quickly.The second vvoe is gone: and behold the third vvoe vvil come quickly.✦Væ secundum abiit : et ecce væ tertium veniet cito.
15And the seventh Angel sounded with a trumpet: and there were made loud voices in heaven saying, The kingdom of this world is made our Lord's & his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.And the seuenth Angel sounded vvith a trompet: and there vvere made loude voices in heauen saying, The kingdom of this vvorld is made our Lords & his Christs, and he shal reigne for euer and euer. Amen.✦Et septimus angelus tuba cecinit : et factæ sunt voces magnæ in cælo dicentes : Factum est regnum hujus mundi, Domini nostri et Christi ejus, et regnabit in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.
16And the four and twenty seniors which sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces, and adored God,And the foure and tvventie seniors vvhich sitte on their seates in the sight of God, fel on their faces, and adored God,✦Et viginti quatuor seniores, qui in conspectu Dei sedent in sedibus suis, ceciderunt in facies suas, et adoraverunt Deum, dicentes :
17saying: We thank thee Lord God omnipotent, which art, and which wast, and which shalt come: because thou hast received thy great power, and hast reigned.saying: Vve thanke thee Lord God omnipotent, vvhich art, and vvhich vvast, and vvhich shalt come: because thou hast receiued thy great povver, and hast reigned.✦Gratias agimus tibi, Domine Deus omnipotens, qui es, et qui eras, et qui venturus es : quia accepisti virtutem tuam magnam, et regnasti.
18And the Gentiles were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to render reward to thy servants the prophets and saints, and to them that fear thy name, little and great, and to destroy them that have corrupted the earth.And the Gentiles vvere angrie, and thy vvrath is come, and the time of the dead, to be iudged, and to render revvard to thy seruants the prophets and sainctes, and to them that feare thy name, litle and great, and to destroy them that haue corrupted the earth.✦Et iratæ sunt gentes, et advenit ira tua et tempus mortuorum judicari, et reddere mercedem servis tuis prophetis, et sanctis, et timentibus nomen tuum pusillis et magnis, et exterminandi eos qui corruperunt terram.
19And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple, and there were made lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake and great hail.And the temple of God vvas opened in heauen : and the arke of his testament vvas seen in his temple, and there vvere made lighteninges, and voices, and an earthquake and great haile.✦Et apertum est templum Dei in cælo : et visa est arca testamenti ejus in templo ejus, et facta sunt fulgura, et voces, et terræmotus, et grando magna.
Annotationsfrom the original 1582 Rheims New Testament
3My two witnesses. Enoch and Elias, as it is commonly expounded. for, that Elias shall come again before the latter day, it is a most notorious known thing (to use S. Augustine's words) in the mouths and hearts of faithful men. See li. 10 de Civit. Dei c. 29. Tract. 4 in Ioan. and both of Enoch and Elias, Lib. 1 de pœ. merit. c. 3. So the rest of the Latin Doctors. as, S. Jerome ad Pámach. ep. 61 c. 11. & in Psal. 20. S. Ambrose in Psal. 45. S. Hilary 20 can. in Mat. Prosper li. ultimo de Promissionibus c. 13. S. Gregory li. 14 Moral. c. 11. & ho. 12 in Ezech. Bede in 9 Marci. The Greek fathers also, as S. Chrysostom ho. 58 in Mat. & ho. 4 in 2 Thessal. & ho. 21 in Genes. & ho. 22 in ep. ad Hebr. Theophylact and Œcumenius in 17 Matthæi. S. Damascene li. 4 de Orthodoxa fide c. 27. Furthermore, that they live also in Paradise, it is partly gathered out of the Scripture Ecclesi. 44, 16. where it is plainly said of Enoch, that he was translated into Paradise, as all our Latin exemplars do read: and of Elias, that he was taken up alive, it is evident 4 Reg. 2. And S. Irenæus saith, it is the tradition of the Apostles, that they be both there. li. 5 in initio. Dicunt Presbyteri (saith he) qui sunt Apostolorum Discipuli. So say the Priests or Ancients that are the scholars of the Apostles. See S. Justin q. 85 ad orthodoxos. Finally, that they shall return into the company of men in the end of the world, to preach against Antichrist, and to invite both Jews and Gentiles to penance, and so be martyred: as this place of the Apocalypse seemeth plain, so we have in part other testimonies hereof. Malac. 4. Eccli 44, 16, 48, 10. Mat. 17, 11. See also Hyppolytus' book of Antichrist and the end of the world. All which being well considered, the Heretics are so contentious and incredulous, to discredit the same, as they commonly do.My two witnesses. Enoch and Elias, as it is commonly expounded. for, that Elias shall come again before the latter day, it is a most notorious known thing (to use S. Augustine's words) in the mouths and hearts of faithful men. See li. 10 de Civit. Dei c. 29. Tract. 4 in Ioan. and both of Enoch and Elias, Lib. 1 de pœ. merit. c. 3. So the rest of the Latin Doctors. as, S. Jerome ad Pámach. ep. 61 c. 11. & in Psal. 20. S. Ambrose in Psal. 45. S. Hilary 20 can. in Mat. Prosper li. ultimo de Promissionibus c. 13. S. Gregory li. 14 Moral. c. 11. & ho. 12 in Ezech. Bede in 9 Marci. The Greek fathers also, as S. Chrysostom ho. 58 in Mat. & ho. 4 in 2 Thessal. & ho. 21 in Genes. & ho. 22 in ep. ad Hebr. Theophylact and Œcumenius in 17 Matthæi. S. Damascene li. 4 de Orthodoxa fide c. 27. Furthermore, that they live also in Paradise, it is partly gathered out of the Scripture Ecclesi. 44, 16. where it is plainly said of Enoch, that he was translated into Paradise, as all our Latin exemplars do read: and of Elias, that he was taken up alive, it is evident 4 Reg. 2. And S. Irenæus saith, it is the tradition of the Apostles, that they be both there. li. 5 in initio. Dicunt Presbyteri (saith he) qui sunt Apostolorum Discipuli. So say the Priests or Ancients that are the scholars of the Apostles. See S. Justin q. 85 ad orthodoxos. Finally, that they shall return into the company of men in the end of the world, to preach against Antichrist, and to invite both Jews and Gentiles to penance, and so be martyred: as this place of the Apocalypse seemeth plain, so we have in part other testimonies hereof. Malac. 4. Eccli 44, 16, 48, 10. Mat. 17, 11. See also Hyppolytus' book of Antichrist and the end of the world. All which being well considered, the Heretics are so contentious and incredulous, to discredit the same, as they commonly do.
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