God's people neglecting his grace offered to them, more than to other nations, 6. are severely punished, 15. by captivity: 18. but are reserved 22. and repenting shall be released: 31. and their enemies destroyed.Gods people neglecting his grace offered to them, more then to other nations, 6. are seuerely punished, 15. by captiuitie: 18. but are reserued 22. and repenting shal be released: 31. and their enimies destroyed.✦
This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law, that is for ever: all that hold it, shall come toTHis is ⟦right-margin (at 4:1)⟧ the booke of the commandments of God, and the law, that is for euer : al that hold it, shal come to✦Hic liber mandatorum Dei, et lex quæ est in æternum : omnes qui tenent eam pervenient ad vitam : qui autem dereliquerunt eam, in mortem.
2life: but they that have forsaken it, into death. Return Jacob, and take hold of it, walk by the way to the brightness of it, against the light thereof.life : but they that haue forsaken it, into death. Returne Iacob, and take hold of it, walke by the way to the brightnes of it, against the light therof.✦Convertere, Jacob, et apprehende eam : ambula per viam ad splendorem ejus contra lumen ejus.
3Deliver not thy glory to another, and dignity to a strange nation.Deliuer not thy glorie to another, & dignitie to a strange nation.✦Ne tradas alteri gloriam tuam, et dignitatem tuam genti alienæ.
4We are blessed O Israel: because the things that please God, are manifest to us.We are blessed ô Israel : because the thinges that please God, are manifest to vs.✦Beati sumus, Israël, quia quæ Deo placent manifesta sunt nobis.
5Be of good comfort O people of God, memorable Israel:Be of good comfort ô people of God, memorable Israel :✦Animæquior esto, populus Dei, memorabilis Israël :
6you are sold to the Gentiles, not into perdition: but for that in anger you provoked God to wrath, you are delivered to the adversaries.you are sold to the Gentiles, not into perdition : but for that in anger you prouoked God to wrath, you are deliuered to the aduersaries.✦venundati estis gentibus non in perditionem : sed propter quod in ira ad iracundiam provocastis Deum, traditi estis adversariis.
7For you have exacerbastis: merely annoyed, irritated; provoked to anger, embittered him, that made you, the eternal God, immolantes: sacrificing, offering as victims to devils, and not to God.For you haue exasperated him, that made you, the eternal God, immolating to diuels, and not to God.Exacerbastis enim eum qui fecit vos, Deum æternum, immolantes dæmoniis, et non Deo.
8For you have forgotten God, who hath nourished you, and your nurse Jerusalem you have made sorrowful.For you haue forgotten God, who hath nourished you, and your nource Ierusalem you haue made sorowful.✦Obliti enim estis Deum qui nutrivit vos, et contristastis nutricem vestram Jerusalem.
9For she saw the wrath coming from God to you, and she said: Hear ye confines of Sion, for God hath brought me great mourning:For she saw the wrath comming from God to you, and she sayd : Heare ye confines of Sion, for God hath brought me great mourning :✦Vidit enim iracundiam a Deo venientem vobis, et dixit : Audite, confines Sion : adduxit enim mihi Deus luctum magnum.
10For I have seen the captivity of my people, and of my sons, and daughters, which the everlasting hath brought upon them.For I haue sene the captiuitie of my people, and of my sonnes, and daughters, which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them.Vidi enim captivitatem populi mei, filiorum meorum et filiarum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.
11For I nourished them with joyfulness: but I have left them with weeping and mourning.For I nourished them with ioyfulnes : but I haue left them with weeping and mourning.Nutrivi enim illos cum jucunditate ; dimisi autem illos cum fletu et luctu.
12Let no man rejoice over me a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken of many for the sins of my children, because they have declinaverunt: refused, diminished; turned aside, gone astray from the law of God.Let no man reioyce ouer me a widow, and desolate : I am forsaken of manie for the sinnes of my children, because they haue declined from the law of God.✦Nemo gaudeat super me viduam et desolatam : a multis derelicta sum propter peccata filiorum meorum, quia declinaverunt a lege Dei.
13And his justices they have not known, nor walked by the ways of God's commandments, neither have they entered by the paths of his truth and justice.And his iustices they haue not knowne, nor walked by the wayes of Gods commandments, neither haue they entered by the pathes of his truth and iustice.Justitias autem ipsius nescierunt, nec ambulaverunt per vias mandatorum Dei, neque per semitas veritatis ejus cum justitia ingressi sunt.
14Let the borderers of Sion come, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the everlasting hath brought upon them.Let the borderers of Sion come, and remember the captiuitie of my sonnes & daughters, which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them.Veniant confines Sion, et memorentur captivitatem filiorum et filiarum mearum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.
15For he hath brought upon them a nation from afar, a wicked nation, and of another tongue:For he hath brought vpon them ⟦right-margin (at 4:15)⟧ a nation from a farre, a wicked nation, and of an other tongue :✦Adduxit enim super illos gentem de longinquo, gentem improbam, et alterius linguæ,
16which have not reverenced the ancient, nor pitied the children, and have led away the beloved of the widow, and made the sole woman desolate of children.which haue not reuerenced the ancient, nor pitied the children, & haue led away the beloued of the widow, and made the sole woman desolate of children.✦qui non sunt reveriti senem, neque puerorum miserti sunt, et abduxerunt dilectos viduæ, et a filiis unicam desolaverunt.
17But as for me what can I help you?But ⟦left-margin (at 4:17)⟧ as for me what can I helpe you ?Ego autem, quid possum adjuvare vos ?
18For he that hath brought the evils upon you, he will deliver you out of the hands of your enemies.For he that hath brought the euils vpon you, he wil deliuer you out of the handes of your enemies.qui enim adduxit super vos mala, ipse vos eripiet de manibus inimicorum vestrorum.
19walk children, walk: for I am left alone.walke children, walke : for I am left alone.✦Ambulate, filii, ambulate : ego enim derelicta sum sola.
20I have put off the stola: past tense of steal; a long robe, stately garment of peace, and I have put upon me the sackcloth of prayer, and I will cry to the Highest in my days.I haue put of the stole of peace, and I haue put vpon me the sackcloth of prayer, and I wil crie to the Highest in my dayes.✦Exui me stola pacis, indui autem me sacco obsecrationis, et clamabo ad Altissimum in diebus meis.
21Be of good comfort my children, cry to our Lord, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the princes your enemies.Be of good comfort my children, crie to our Lord, and he wil deliuer you out of the hand of the princes your enemies.Animæquiores estote, filii ; clamate ad Dominum, et eripiet vos de manu principum inimicorum.
22For I have hoped in the everlasting for your salvation: and joy is come to me from the holy one upon the mercy, which shall come to you from our everlasting saviour.For I haue hoped in the euerlasting for your saluation : & ioy is come to me from the holie one vpon the mercie, which shal come to you from our euerlasting sauiour.✦Ego enim speravi in æternum salutem vestram, et venit mihi gaudium a Sancto, super misericordia quæ veniet vobis ab æterno salutari nostro.
23For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping: but our Lord will bring you back to me with joy and gladness for ever.For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping : but our Lord wil bring you backe to me with ioy and gladnes for euer.Emisi enim vos cum luctu et ploratu : reducet autem vos mihi Dominus cum gaudio et jucunditate in sempiternum.
24For as the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity from God: so shall they see also with celeritate: swiftness, speed your salvation from God, which shall come upon you with great honour, and everlasting brightness.For as the neighbours of Sion haue seene your captiuitie from God : so shal they see also with celeritie your saluation from God, which shal come vpon you with great honour, and euerlasting brightnes.✦Sicut enim viderunt vicinæ Sion captivitatem vestram a Deo, sic videbunt et in celeritate salutem vestram a Deo, quæ superveniet vobis cum honore magno et splendore æterno.
25Children patiently sustain the wrath, which is come upon you: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee, but thou shalt quickly see his destruction: and thou shalt get up upon his neck.Children patiently sustaine the wrath, which is come vpon you : for thyne enemie hath persecuted thee, but thou shalt quickly see his destruction : and thou shalt get vp vpon his necke.✦Filii, patienter sustinete iram quæ supervenit vobis : persecutus est enim te inimicus tuus : sed cito videbis perditionem ipsius, et super cervices ipsius ascendes.
26My delicati: fragile, dainty; tenderly reared, pampered ones ones have walked rough ways, for they are led as a flock taken violently of the enemies.My delicate ones haue walked rough waies, for they are led as a flocke taken violently of the enemies.✦Delicati mei ambulaverunt vias asperas : ducti sunt enim ut grex direptus ab inimicis.
27Be of good comfort children, and cry out to our Lord: for there shall be remembrance of you with him, that hath led you away.Be of good comfort children, and crie out to our Lord : for there shal be remembrance of you with him, that hath led you away.✦Animæquiores estote, filii, et proclamate ad Dominum : erit enim memoria vestra ab eo qui duxit vos.
28For as your mind hath been to stray from God: ten times so much shall you returning again seek him.For as your minde hath bene to stray from God : ten tymes so much shal you returning againe seeke him.✦Sicut enim fuit sensus vester ut erraretis a Deo, decies tantum iterum convertentes requiretis eum :
29For he that hath brought the evils upon you, he again will bring unto you everlasting joy with your salvation.For he that hath brought the euils vpon you, he againe wil bring vnto you euerlasting ioy with your saluation.qui enim induxit vobis mala, ipse rursum adducet vobis sempiternam jucunditatem cum salute vestra.
30Be of good comfort Jerusalem: for he exhorteth thee, that named thee.Be of good comfort Ierusalem : for he exhorteth thee, that named thee.✦Animæquior esto, Jerusalem : exhortatur enim te, qui te nominavit.
31The wicked afflicters shall perish, that have vexed thee: and they that have rejoiced in thy ruin, shall be punished.The wicked afflicters shal perish, that haue vexed thee : & they that haue reioyced in thy ruine, shal be punished.✦Nocentes peribunt, qui te vexaverunt : et qui gratulati sunt in tua ruina, punientur.
32The cities which thy children have served, shall be punished: and she that received thy children.The cities which thy children haue serued, shal be punished : and she that receiued thy children.✦Civitates quibus servierunt filii tui, punientur, et quæ accepit filios tuos.
33For as she hath rejoiced in thy ruin, and been glad at thy fall: so shall she be made sorrowful in her own desolation.For as she hath reioyced in thy ruine, and bene glad at thy fal : so shal she be made sorowful in her owne desolation.Sicut enim gavisa est in tua ruina, et lætata est in casu tuo, sic contristabitur in sua desolatione,
34And the rejoicing of her multitude shall be cut off, and her gladness shall be turned to mourning.And the reioycing of her multitude shal be cut of, & her gladnes shal be turned to mourning.✦et amputabitur exsultatio multitudinis ejus, et gaudimonium ejus erit in luctum.
35For fire shall come upon her from the everlasting in long longiturnis: long-lasting, enduring days, and she shall be inhabited of devils a great time.For fyre shal come vpon her from the euerlasting in long during dayes, and she shal be inhabited of diuels a great time.✦Ignis enim superveniet ei ab Æterno in longiturnis diebus, et habitabitur a dæmoniis in multitudine temporis.
36Look about O Jerusalem toward the East, and see the joy that cometh to thee from God.Looke about ô Ierusalem toward the East, and see the ioy that commeth to thee from God.Circumspice, Jerusalem, ad orientem, et vide jucunditatem a Deo tibi venientem.
37For behold thy children come, whom thou hast let go dispersed, they come gathered together from the East even to the West, in the word of the holy one rejoicing to the honour of God.For behold thy children come, whom thou hast let goe dispersed, they come gathered together from the East euen to the West, in the word of the holie one reioycing to the honor of God.✦Ecce enim veniunt filii tui, quos dimisisti dispersos : veniunt collecti ab oriente usque ad occidentem, in verbo Sancti, gaudentes in honorem Dei.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.