With further confession of their sins, 8. they acknowledge their just captivity: 12. because they have left true wisdom: 16. which was given to their fathers: 23. not to rich men, or mighty giants, 29. but to those that serve God. 34. whom the stars obey. 36. with a clear prophecy of Christ.With further confession of their sinnes, 8. they acknowlege their iust captiuitie: 12. because they haue left true wisdome: 16. which was geuen to their fathers: 23. not to rich men, or mightie giants, 29. but to those that serue God. 34. whom the starres obey. 36. with a cleare prophecie of Christ.✦
And now O Lord omnipotent, God of Israel, the soul in distresses, and the anxius: sorrowfully thoughtful, wistful; anxious, troubled in spirit spirit crieth to thee:AND now ô Lord omnipotent, God of Israel, the soule in distresses, & the pensiue spirite cryeth to thee :✦Et nunc, Domine omnipotens, Deus Israël, anima in angustiis, et spiritus anxius clamat ad te.
2Hear Lord, and have mercy, because thou art a merciful God, and have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before thee.heare Lord, and haue mercie, because thou art a merciful God, and haue mercie vpon vs, because we haue sinned before thee.Audi, Domine, et miserere, quia Deus es misericors : et miserere nostri, quia peccavimus ante te :
3Because thou sittest for ever, and shall we perish everlastingly?Because thou sittest for euer, and shal we perish euerlastingly ?✦quia tu sedes in sempiternum, et nos, peribimus in ævum ?
4O Lord omnipotent, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead of Israel, and of their children, that have sinned before thee, and have not heard the voice of the Lord their God, and evils have stuck fast to us.O Lord omnipotent, God of Israel, heare now the prayer of ⟦left-margin (at 3:4)⟧ the dead of Israel, and of their children, that haue sinned before thee, and haue not heard the voice of the Lord their God, and euils haue stoocke fast to vs.✦Domine omnipotens, Deus Israël, audi nunc orationem mortuorum Israël, et filiorum ipsorum qui peccaverunt ante te, et non audierunt vocem Domini Dei sui, et agglutinata sunt nobis mala.
5Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but remember thy hand, and thy name in this time:Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but remember thy hand, and thy name in this time :✦Noli meminisse iniquitatum patrum nostrorum, sed memento manus tuæ et nominis tui in tempore isto :
6because thou art the Lord our God, and we will praise thee O Lord:because thou art the Lord our God, and we wil praise thee ô Lord :quia tu es Dominus Deus noster, et laudabimus te, Domine :
7because for this end thou hast given thy fear in our hearts, and that we may invocemus: call upon, invoke thy name, and may praise thee in our captivity, because we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, which have sinned before thee.because for this end thou hast geuen thy feare in our hartes, and that we may inuocate thy name, and may praise thee in our captiuitie, because we are conuerted from the iniquitie of our fathers, which haue sinned before thee.✦quia propter hoc dedisti timorem tuum in cordibus nostris, et ut invocemus nomen tuum, et laudemus te in captivitate nostra, quia convertimur ab iniquitate patrum nostrorum, qui peccaverunt ante te.
8And behold we are in our captivity, this day, whereby thou hast dispersed us into reproach, and into malediction, and into sin, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which have revolted from thee O Lord our God.And behold we are in our captiuitie, this day, wherby thou hast dispersed vs into reproch, and into malediction, and into sinne, according to al the iniquities of our fathers, which haue reuolted from thee ô Lord our God.✦Et ecce nos in captivitate nostra sumus hodie, qua nos dispersisti in improperium, et in maledictum, et in peccatum, secundum omnes iniquitates patrum nostrorum, qui recesserunt a te, Domine Deus noster.
9Hear Israel the commandments of life: hearken with your ears, that you may know prudence.⟦left-margin (at 3:9)⟧ Heare Israel the commandments of life : harken with your eares, that you may know prudence.✦Audi, Israël, mandata vitæ : auribus percipe, ut scias prudentiam.
10What is the matter Israel that thou art in the land of the enemies?What is the matter Israel that thou art in the land of the enemies ?Quid est, Israël, quod in terra inimicorum es,
11Thou art waxen old in a strange land, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art deputatus: supposed, thought to be; reckoned, counted with with them that go down into hell.Thou art waxen old in a strange land, thou art defiled with the dead : thou art reputed with them that goe downe into hel.inveterasti in terra aliena, coinquinatus es cum mortuis, deputatus es cum descendentibus in infernum ?
12Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom:Thou hast forsaken the fountaine of wisdom :✦Dereliquisti fontem sapientiæ :
13for if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou hadst verily dwelt in peace everlasting.for if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou hadst verely dwelt in peace euerlasting.✦nam si in via Dei ambulasses, habitasses utique in pace sempiterna.
14Learn where wisdom is, where strength is, where understanding is: that thou mayst know withal where is the long continuance of life and living, where the light of the eyes, and peace is.Learne where wisedom is, where strength is, where vnderstanding is : that thou mayst know withal where is the long continuance of life and liuing, where the light of the eyes, and peace is.✦Disce ubi sit prudentia, ubi sit virtus, ubi sit intellectus, ut scias simul ubi sit longiturnitas vitæ et victus, ubi sit lumen oculorum, et pax.
15Who hath found the place thereof? and who hath entered into the treasures thereof?Who hath found the place therof ? and who hath entered into the treasures therof ?✦Quis invenit locum ejus ? et quis intravit in thesauros ejus ?
16Where are the princes of the Gentiles, and they that rule over the beasts, that are upon the earth?Where are the princes of the Gentiles, and they that rule ouer the beasts, that are vpon the earth ?✦Ubi sunt principes gentium, et qui dominantur super bestias quæ sunt super terram ?
17that play with the birds of the heaven,that play with the birdes of the heauen,✦qui in avibus cæli ludunt,
18that treasure up silver, and gold, wherein men have confidence, and is there no end of their getting? which fashion silver and are careful, neither is there invention of their works?that treasure vp siluer, and gold, wherin men haue confidence, and is there no end of their getting ? which fashion siluer & are careful, ⟦left-margin (at 3:18)⟧ neither is there inuention of their workes ?✦qui argentum thesaurizant, et aurum, in quo confidunt homines, et non est finis acquisitionis eorum ? qui argentum fabricant, et solliciti sunt, nec est inventio operum illorum ?
19They are destroyed, and are gone down to hell, and others are risen up in their place.They are destroyed, and are gone downe to hel, and others are risen vp in their place.✦Exterminati sunt, et ad inferos descenderunt, et alii loco eorum surrexerunt.
20Young men saw the light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of discipline they knew not,Yong men saw the light, and dwelt vpon the earth : but the way of discipline they knew not,✦Juvenes viderunt lumen, et habitaverunt super terram, viam autem disciplinæ ignoraverunt,
21neither understood they the paths thereof, neither have their children received it, it is made far from their face.neither vnderstood they the pathes therof, neither haue their children recciued it, it is made farre from their face.neque intellexerunt semitas ejus, neque filii eorum susceperunt eam : a facie ipsorum longe facta est ;
22It hath not been heard in the Land of Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.It hath not bene heard in the Land of Chanaan, neither hath it bene seene in Theman.✦non est audita in terra Chanaan, neque visa est in Theman.
23The children of Agar also, that seek out the prudence, that is of the earth, merchants of Merrhe, and of Theman, and fabulatores: tellers of moral fables, framers of instructive tales, and searchers of prudence and understanding: but the way of wisdom they have not known, neither have they remembered the paths thereof.The children of Agar also, that seke out the prudence, that is of the earth, marchants of Merrhe, and of Theman, and ⟦right-margin (at 3:23)⟧ fablers, and searchers of prudence and vnderstanding : but the way of wisedom they haue not knowne, neither haue they remembred the pathes therof.✦Filii quoque Agar, qui exquirunt prudentiam quæ de terra est, negotiatores Merrhæ et Theman, et fabulatores, et exquisitores prudentiæ et intelligentiæ : viam autem sapientiæ nescierunt, neque commemorati sunt semitas ejus.
24O Israel how great is the house of God, and how great is the place of his possession!O Israel how great is the house of God, and how great is the place of his possession !✦O Israël, quam magna est domus Dei, et ingens locus possessionis ejus !
25It is great, and hath no end: high and unmeasurable.It is great, and hath no end : high and vnmesurable.✦magnus est, et non habet finem : excelsus, et immensus.
26There were the Giants those renowned, that were from the beginning, of big stature, expert in war?There were the Giants those renowned, that were from the beginning, of big stature, expert in warre ?Ibi fuerunt gigantes nominati illi, qui ab initio fuerunt, statura magna, scientes bellum.
27These did not our Lord choose, neither found they the way of discipline: therefore did they perish.These did not our Lord choose, neither found they the way of discipline : therfore did they perish.✦Non hos elegit Dominus, neque viam disciplinæ invenerunt : propterea perierunt,
28And because they had not wisdom, they perished through their folly.And because they had not wisedom, they perished through their follie.et quoniam non habuerunt sapientiam, interierunt propter suam insipientiam.
29Who hath ascended into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?⟦right-margin (at 3:29)⟧ Who hath ascended into heauen, and taken her, and brought her downe from the clowdes ?✦Quis ascendit in cælum, et accepit eam, et eduxit eam de nubibus ?
30Who hath passed over the sea, and found her, and brought her above chosen gold?Who hath passed ouer the sea, and found her, and brought her aboue chosen gold ?✦Quis transfretavit mare, et invenit illam, et attulit illam super aurum electum ?
31There is none that can know her ways, nor that can search out her paths:There is none that can know her waies, nor that can search out her pathes :✦Non est qui possit scire vias ejus, neque qui exquirat semitas ejus :
32but he that knoweth all things, knoweth her, and hath found her out by his prudence: he that prepared the earth in time everlasting, and replevit: refilled, restocked; filled full, stocked it with cattle, and four footed beasts:but he that knoweth al ⟦right-margin (at 3:32)⟧ thinges, knoweth her, & hath found her out by his prudence : he that prepared the earth in time euerlasting, and replenished it with cattel, and foure footed beastes :✦sed qui scit universa novit eam, et adinvenit eam prudentia sua qui præparavit terram in æterno tempore : et replevit eam pecudibus et quadrupedibus
33he that sendeth forth light, and it goeth: and hath called it, and it obeyeth him with trembling.he that sendeth forth light, and it goeth : and hath called it, and it obeyeth him with trembling.✦qui emittit lumen, et vadit, et vocavit illud, et obedit illi in tremore.
34And the stars have given light in their custodiis: appointed stations, guard posts, and rejoiced:And the starres haue geuen light in their watches, and reioyced :✦Stellæ autem dederunt lumen in custodiis suis, et lætatæ sunt :
35they were called, and they said: here we are: and they have shined to him with cheerfulness, that made them.they were called, and they said : here we are : and they haue shined to him with cheerfulnes, that made them.✦vocatæ sunt, et dixerunt : Adsumus, et luxerunt ei cum jucunditate, qui fecit illas.
36This is our God, and there shall none other be esteemed against him.⟦right-margin (at 3:36)⟧ This is our God, and there shal none other be esteemed against him.✦Hic est Deus noster, et non æstimabitur alius adversus eum.
37He found out all the way of discipline, and delivered it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.He found out al the way of discipline, and deliuered it to Iacob his seruant, and to Israel his beloued.✦Hic adinvenit omnem viam disciplinæ, et tradidit illam Jacob puero suo, et Israël dilecto suo.
38After these things he was seen upon the earth, and was conversatus: familiar or acquainted with; dwelling, living among with men.After these thinges he was sene vpon the earth, and was conuersant with men.✦Post hæc in terris visus est, et cum hominibus conversatus est.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.