The same captives further confess, that their calamities are justly come upon them for their iniquities, 11. and therefore lamentably pray for God's mercy, as he promised by Moyses to penitents.The same captiues further confesse, that their calamities are iustly comen vpon them for their iniquities, 11. and therfore lamentably pray for Gods mercie, as he promised by Moyses to penitents.✦
For the which thing the Lord our God hath established his word, that he spake to us, and to our judges, that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:FOR the which thing the Lord our God hath established his word, that he spake to vs, and to our iudges, that haue iudged Israel, and to our kinges, and to our princes, and to al Israel and Iuda :✦Propter quod statuit Dominus Deus noster verbum suum, quod locutus est ad nos, et ad judices nostros qui judicaverunt Israël, et ad reges nostros, et ad principes nostros, et ad omnem Israël et Juda :
2that our Lord might bring upon us great evils, which were not done under the heaven, as have been done in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moyses:that our Lord might bring vpon vs great euils, which were not done vnder the heauen, as haue bene done in Ierusalem, according to the thinges that are written in the law of Moyses :✦ut adduceret Dominus super nos mala magna, quæ non sunt facta sub cælo quemadmodum facta sunt in Jerusalem, secundum quæ scripta sunt in lege Moysi,
3that a man should eat the flesh of his son, and the flesh of his daughter.that a man ⟦right-margin (at 2:3)⟧ should eate the flesh of his sonne, and the flesh of his daughter.✦ut manducaret homo carnes filii sui et carnes filiæ suæ.
4And he hath given them under the hand of all the kings, that are round about us into reproach, and into desolation among all peoples, into which our Lord hath dispersed us.And he hath geuen them vnder the hand of al the kinges, that are round about vs into reproch, and into desolation among al peoples, into which our Lord hath dispersed vs.✦Et dedit eos sub manu regum omnium qui sunt in circuitu nostro, in improperium et in desolationem in omnibus populis in quibus nos dispersit Dominus :
5And we are made underneath, and not above: because we have sinned to the Lord our God, in not obeying his voice.And ⟦right-margin (at 2:5)⟧ we are made vnderneath, and not aboue: because we haue sinned to the Lord our God, in not obeying his voice.✦et facti sumus subtus, et non supra, quia peccavimus Domino Deo nostro, non obaudiendo voci ipsius.
6To the Lord our God justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusio faciei: shame, disgrace of face, as is this day.To the Lord our God iustice: but to vs, and to our fathers confusion of face, as is this day.✦Domino Deo nostro justitia, nobis autem et patribus nostris confusio faciei, sicut est dies hæc :
7Because our Lord hath spoken upon us all these evils, that are come upon us:Because our Lord hath spoken vpon vs al these euils, that are come vpon vs :✦quia locutus est Dominus super nos omnia mala hæc quæ venerunt super nos :
8and we have not besought the face of the Lord our God, to return every one of us from our most wicked ways.and we haue not besought the face of the Lord our God, to returne euerie one of vs from our most wicked waies.✦et non sumus deprecati faciem Domini Dei nostri, ut reverteremur unusquisque nostrum a viis nostris pessimis.
9And our Lord hath watched in evils, and hath brought them upon us: because our Lord is just in all his works, which he hath commanded us:And our Lord hath watched in euils, and hath brought them vpon vs: because our Lord is iust in al his workes, which he hath commanded vs :✦Et vigilavit Dominus in malis, et adduxit ea super nos : quia justus est Dominus in omnibus operibus suis quæ mandavit nobis,
10and we have not heard his voice to walk in the precepts of our Lord, which he hath given before our face.and we haue not heard his voice to walke in the precepts of our Lord, which he hath geuen before our face.✦et non audivimus vocem ipsius ut iremus in præceptis Domini, quæ dedit ante faciem nostram.
11And now O Lord God of Israel, which brought out thy people out of the Land of Egypt in a strong hand, and in signs, and in wonders, and in thy great strength, and in a mighty arm, and madest thee a name as is this day:And now ô Lord God of Israel, which brought out thy people out of the Land of Ægypt in a strong hand, and in signes, and in wonders, and in thy great strength, and in a mightie arme, and madest thee a name as is this day :✦Et nunc, Domine Deus Israël, qui eduxisti populum tuum de terra Ægypti in manu valida, et in signis, et in prodigiis, et in virtute tua magna, et in brachio excelso, et fecisti tibi nomen sicut est dies iste :
12we have sinned, we have done impiously, we have dealt unjustly O Lord our God, in all thy justitiis: God's just decrees, his commandments.we haue sinned, we haue done impiously, we haue dealt vniustly ô Lord our God, in al thy ⟦left-margin (at 2:12)⟧ iustices.✦peccavimus, impie egimus, inique gessimus, Domine Deus noster, in omnibus justitiis tuis.
13Let thy wrath be turned away from us: because we are left a few among the nations, where thou hast dispersed us.Let thy wrath be turned away from vs: because we are left a few among the nations, where thou hast dispersed vs.Avertatur ira tua a nobis, quia derelicti sumus pauci inter gentes ubi dispersisti nos.
14Hear O Lord our prayers, and our petitions, and bring us out for thine own sake: and grant us to find grace before their face, that have led us away:Heare ô Lord our prayers, and our petitions, and bring vs out for thine owne sake: and grant vs to fynde grace before their face, that haue led vs away :Exaudi, Domine, preces nostras et orationes nostras, et educ nos propter te, et da nobis invenire gratiam ante faciem eorum qui nos abduxerunt :
15that all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is invocatum: called upon, named upon Israel, and upon his genus: race, lineage.that al the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is invocated vpon Israel, and vpon his stocke.✦ut sciat omnis terra quia tu es Dominus Deus noster, et quia nomen tuum invocatum est super Israël, et super genus ipsius.
16Look O Lord from thy holy house upon us, and incline thine ear, and hear us.Looke ô Lord from thy holie house vpon vs, and incline thine eare, and heare vs.✦Respice, Domine, de domo sancta tua in nos, et inclina aurem tuam, et exaudi nos.
17Open thine eyes, and see: because the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken from their bowels, shall not give honour and justification to our Lord:Open thine eies, & see: because the dead that are in hel, whose spirite is taken from their bowels, shal not geue honour and iustification to our Lord :✦Aperi oculos tuos et vide : quia non mortui qui sunt in inferno, quorum spiritus acceptus est a visceribus suis, dabunt honorem et justificationem Domino :
18but the soul, that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil, and goeth crooked, and weak, and the eyes failing, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee their Lord.but the soule, that is sorowful for the greatnes of euil, and goeth crooked, and weake, and the eyes fayling, and the hungrie soule geueth glorie and iustice to thee their Lord.✦sed anima quæ tristis est super magnitudine mali, et incedit curva et infirma, et oculi deficientes, et anima esuriens, dat tibi gloriam et justitiam Domino.
19For not according to the justices of our fathers do we pour out prayers, and ask mercy before thy sight O Lord our God:For not according to the iustices of our fathers doe we powre out prayers, and aske mercie before thy sight ô Lord our God :✦Quia non secundum justitias patrum nostrorum nos fundimus preces et petimus misericordiam ante conspectum tuum, Domine Deus noster :
20but because thou hast sent thy wrath, and thy fury upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:but ⟦right-margin (at 2:20)⟧ because thou hast sent thy wrath, and thy furie vpon vs, as thou hast spoken by the hande of thy seruants the prophets, saying :✦sed quia misisti iram tuam et furorem tuum super nos, sicut locutus es in manu puerorum tuorum prophetarum, dicens :
21Thus saith our Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and do works for the king of Babylon: and you shall sit in the land, which I have given to your fathers.Thus sayth our Lord: Bowe downe your shoulder, & your necke, and doe workes for the king of Babylon: and you shal sitte in the land, which I haue geuen to your fathers.✦Sic dicit Dominus : Inclinate humerum vestrum et cervicem vestram, et opera facite regi Babylonis, et sedebitis in terra quam dedi patribus vestris.
22But if you will not hear the voice of the Lord your God, to work for the king of Babylon: I will make you to fail out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem,But if you wil not heare the voice of the Lord your God, to worke for the king of Babylon: I wil make you to faile out of the cities of Iuda, and from without Ierusalem,✦Quod si non audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri, operari regi Babyloniæ, defectionem vestram faciam de civitatibus Juda, et a foris Jerusalem,
23and I will take from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without vestigio: trace, track that inhabit it.and I wil take from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of ioy, and the voice of the bridegrome, and the voice of the bride, and al the land shal be without foote steppe that inhabite it.et auferam a vobis vocem jucunditatis et vocem gaudii, et vocem sponsi et vocem sponsæ, et erit omnis terra sine vestigio ab inhabitantibus eam.
24And they heard not thy voice, to work for the king of Babylon: and thou hast established thy words, which thou spakest by the hands of thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and of our fathers should be transported out of their place:And they heard not thy voice, to worke for the king of Babylon: and thou hast established thy wordes, which thou spakest by the handes of thy seruants the prophets, that the bones of our kinges, and of our fathers should be transported out of their place :✦Et non audierunt vocem tuam, ut operarentur regi Babylonis : et statuisti verba tua, quæ locutus es in manibus puerorum tuorum prophetarum, ut transferrentur ossa regum nostrorum et ossa patrum nostrorum de loco suo :
25and behold they are cast forth in the heat of the sun, and in the frost of the night: and they are dead in very sore pains, in famine, and by sword, and by casting forth.and behold they are cast forth in the heate of the sunne, and in the frost of the night: and they are dead in verie sore paines, in famine, and by sword, and by casting forth.✦et ecce projecta sunt in calore solis et in gelu noctis, et mortui sunt in doloribus pessimis, in fame et in gladio, et in emissione.
26And hast made the temple, in which thy name was there invocated, as it is this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and of the house of Juda.And hast made the ⟦right-margin (at 2:26)⟧ temple, in which thy name was there invocated, as it is this day, for the iniquitie of the house of Israel, and of the house of Iuda.✦Et posuisti templum in quo invocatum est nomen tuum in ipso sicut hæc dies, propter iniquitatem domus Israël et domus Juda.
27And thou hast done in us O Lord our God according to all thy goodness, and according to all that thy great compassion:And thou hast done in vs ô Lord our God according to al thy goodnes, and according to al that thy great compassion :✦Et fecisti in nobis, Domine Deus noster, secundum omnem bonitatem tuam et secundum omnem miserationem tuam illam magnam :
28as thou spakest by the hand of thy servant Moyses, in the day, that thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,as thou spakest by the hand of thy seruant Moyses, in the day, that thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,✦sicut locutus es in manu pueri tui Moysi, in die qua præcepisti ei scribere legem tuam coram filiis Israël,
29saying: If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall be turned into a very little one among the Gentiles, whither I will disperse them:saying: If ⟦left-margin (at 2:29)⟧ you wil not heare my voice, this great multitude shal be turned into a verie litle one among the Gentiles, whither I wil disperse them :✦dicens : Si non audieritis vocem meam, multitudo hæc magna convertetur in minimam inter gentes, quo ego eos dispergam :
30because I know that the people will not hear me. for it is a people of a stiff neck: and they shall be converted to their heart in the land of their captivity:because ⟦left-margin (at 2:30)⟧ I know that the people wil not heare me. for it is a people of a stiffe necke: and they shal be conuerted to their hart in the land of their captiuitie :✦quia scio quod me non audiet populus : populus est enim dura cervice. Et convertetur ad cor suum in terra captivitatis suæ,
31and they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear.and they shal knowe that I am the Lord their God: and I wil geue them a hart, and they shal vnderstand: and eares, and they shal heare.✦et scient quia ego sum Dominus Deus eorum : et dabo eis cor, et intelligent ; aures, et audient :
32And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.And they shal praise me in the land of their captiuitie, and shal be mindful of my name.et laudabunt me in terra captivitatis suæ, et memores erunt nominis mei,
33And they shall turn away themselves from their hard back, and from their malignant works: because they shall remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.And they shal turne away them selues from their hard backe, and from their malignant workes: because they shal remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.✦et avertent se a dorso suo duro, et a malignitatibus suis : quia reminiscentur viam patrum suorum, qui peccaverunt in me.
34And I will recall them back into the land, which I sware to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall have the dominion thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be lessened.And I wil recal them backe into the land, which I sware to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, and they shal haue the dominion therof: and I wil multiplie them, and they shal not be lesned.Et revocabo illos in terram quam juravi patribus eorum, Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob : et dominabuntur ejus, et multiplicabo eos, et non minorabuntur :
35And I will establish unto them another testament everlasting, that I be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more move my people, the children of Israel from the land, that I have given them.And I wil establish vnto them ⟦right-margin (at 2:35)⟧ an ⟦left-margin (at 2:35)⟧ other testament euerlasting, that I be their God, and they shal be my people: and I wil no more moue my people, the children of Israel from the land, that I haue geuen them.✦et statuam illis testamentum alterum sempiternum, ut sim illis in Deum, et ipsi erunt mihi in populum : et non movebo amplius populum meum, filios Israël, a terra quam dedi illis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.