Praises of Elias, 13. Eliseus, 19. Ezechias, 23. and Isaias.Praises of Elias, 13. Eliseus, 19. Ezechias, 23. and Isaias.✦
And there arose Elias the prophet, as it were fire, and his word burnt as a little torch.AND there arose Elias the prophet, as it were fire, and his word burnt as a litle torche.✦Et surrexit Elias propheta quasi ignis, et verbum ipsius quasi facula ardebat.
2Who brought famine upon them, and they provoking him in their envy, were made few. for they could not sustinere: comply with; endure, bear with the precepts of our Lord.Who brought famine vpon them, and they prouoking him in their enuie, were made fewe. for they could not abide the preceptes of our Lord.✦Qui induxit in illos famem : et irritantes illum invidia sua pauci facti sunt : non enim poterant sustinere præcepta Domini.
3By the word of our Lord he stayed heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.By the word of our Lord he stayed heauen, and he brought downe fire from heauen thrise.Verbo Domini continuit cælum, et dejecit de cælo ignem ter.
4So was Elias magnified in his marvellous works. And who can so glory like unto thee?So was Elias magnified in his meruelous workes. And who can so glorie like vnto thee?✦Sic amplificatus est Elias in mirabilibus suis. Et quis potest similiter sic gloriari tibi ?
5Who didst raise up the dead from inferis: the nether world, the abode of the dead, from the lot of death, in the word of our Lord God.Who didst rayse vp the dead from hel, from the lotte of death, in the word of our Lord God.✦qui sustulisti mortuum ab inferis de sorte mortis, in verbo Domini Dei :
6Who didst cast down kings to destruction, and didst easily break their might, and the glorious from their bed.Who didst cast downe kinges to destruction, and didst easily breake their might, and the glorious from their bed.✦qui dejecisti reges ad perniciem, et confregisti facile potentiam ipsorum, et gloriosos de lecto suo :
7Who hearest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb judgments of defence.Who hearest iudgement in Sina, and in Horeb iudgementes of defence.✦qui audis in Sina judicium, et in Horeb judicia defensionis :
8Who anointest kings to repentance, and makest prophets successors after thee.Who anoyntest kinges to repentance, and makest prophetes successoures after thee.✦qui ungis reges ad pœnitentiam, et prophetas facis successores post te :
9Who wast received in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.Who wast receiued in a whirlewind of fire, in a chariot of fierie horses.✦qui receptus es in turbine ignis, in curru equorum igneorum :
10Who art written in the judgments of times, to appease the wrath of our Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.Who art written in the iudgements of times, to appease the wrath of our Lord, to reconcile the hart of the father to the sonne, and to restore the tribes of Iacob.¶✦qui scriptus es in judiciis temporum, lenire iracundiam Domini, conciliare cor patris ad filium, et restituere tribus Jacob.
11Blessed are they, that saw thee, and were honoured in thy friendship.Blessed are they, that saw thee, and were honored in thy freindshipe.✦Beati sunt qui te viderunt, et in amicitia tua decorati sunt.
12For we live by life only, but after death our name shall not be such.For we liue by life only, but after death our name shal not be such.✦Nam nos vita vivimus tantum : post mortem autem non erit tale nomen nostrum.
13Elias was indeed hid in the whirlwind, & his spirit was complete in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man overcame him by might.Elias was in dede hid in the whirlewind, & his spirit was complete in Eliseus: in his daies he feared not the prince, and no man ouercame him by might.✦Elias quidem in turbine tectus est, et in Eliseo completus est spiritus ejus : in diebus suis non pertimuit principem, et potentia nemo vicit illum :
14Neither did any word overcome him, and his body prophesied being dead.Neither did any word ouercome him, and his bodie prophecied being dead.✦nec superavit illum verbum aliquod, et mortuum prophetavit corpus ejus.
15In his life he did wonders, and in death he wrought marvellous things.In his life he did wonders, and in death he wrought meruelous thinges.✦In vita sua fecit monstra, et in morte mirabilia operatus est.
16In all these things the people repented not, and they departed not from their sins, till they were cast out of their land, and were dispersed into all the earth.In al these thinges the people repented not, and they departed not from their sinnes, til they were cast out of their land, and were dispersed into al the earth.In omnibus istis non pœnituit populus, et non recesserunt a peccatis suis, usque dum ejecti sunt de terra sua, et dispersi sunt in omnem terram :
17And there was left a very small nation, and a prince in the house of David.And there was leaft a verie smal nation, and a prince in the house of Dauid.et relicta est gens perpauca, et princeps in domo David.
18Some of them did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins.Some of them did that which pleased God: but others committed manie sinnes.✦Quidam ipsorum fecerunt quod placeret Deo : alii autem multa commiserunt peccata.
19Ezechias munivit: enclosed with a fence; fortified, walled his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and digged a rock with iron, and built a well for water.Ezechias fenced his citie, and brough in water into the middes thereof, and digged a rocke with yron, and built a wel for water.✦Ezechias munivit civitatem suam, et induxit in medium ipsius aquam : et fodit ferro rupem, et ædificavit ad aquam puteum.
20In his days came up Sennacherib, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and put forth his hand upon Sion, and became proud by his mightiness.In his daies came vp Sennacherib, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted vp his hand against them, and put forth his hand vpon Sion, and became proude by his mightines.✦In diebus ipsius ascendit Sennacherib, et misit Rabsacen, et sustulit manum suam contra illos : et extulit manum suam in Sion, et superbus factus est potentia sua.
21Then were their hearts, and hands moved: and they were in sorrow as parturientes: journeying; in the pangs of childbirth women.Then were their harts, and hands moued: and they were in sorow as trauailing wemen.✦Tunc mota sunt corda et manus ipsorum : et doluerunt quasi parturientes mulieres.
22And they invocaverunt: called upon, invoked our merciful Lord, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.And they invocated our merciful Lord, and spreding their handes, they lifted them vp to heauen: and the holie Lord God quickly heard their voice.✦Et invocaverunt Dominum misericordem, et expandentes manus suas extulerunt ad cælum : et Sanctus, Dominus Deus, audivit cito vocem ipsorum.
23He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he give them to their enemies, but purged them by the hand of Isaias the holy prophet.He was not mindful of their sinnes, neither did he geue them to their enemies, but purged them by the hand of Isaie the holie prophete.✦Non est commemoratus peccatorum illorum, neque dedit illos inimicis suis : sed purgavit eos in manu Isaiæ sancti prophetæ.
24He overthrew the camp of the Assyrians, and the Angel of our Lord destroyed them.He ouerthrew the campe of the Assirians, and the Angel of our Lord destroyed them.✦Dejecit castra Assyriorum, et contrivit illos angelus Domini :
25For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and went strongly in the way of David his father, which Isaias commanded him, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God.For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and went strongly in the way of Dauid his father, which Isaie commanded him, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God.✦nam fecit Ezechias quod placuit Deo, et fortiter ivit in via David patris sui, quam mandavit illi Isaias, propheta magnus, et fidelis in conspectu Dei.
26In his days the sun returned backward, & added life to the king.In his daies the sunne returned backward, & added life to the king.✦In diebus ipsius retro rediit sol, et addidit regi vitam.
27By a great spirit he saw the last things, and comforted the mourners in Sion.By a great spirite he saw the last thinges, and comforted the mourners in Sion.✦Spiritu magno vidit ultima, et consolatus est lugentes in Sion usque in sempiternum.
28For ever he showed the things to come, & secret things before they came to pass.For euer he shewed the thinges to come, & secret thinges before they came to passe.✦Ostendit futura, et abscondita antequam evenirent.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
10Who art written. Amongst other quarrels, Protestants except against the authentical authority of this book, because the author saith, that Enoch and Elias shall come again, to appease the wrath of our Lord, to reconcile the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. But that this is no just exception, is clear by other holy Scriptures, where the same uniform doctrine of the whole Church, is no less evident, then in this book. For God himself saith the same also by the mouth of his prophet Malachie: Behold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the day of our Lord come, the great and dreadful. Christ also saith: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things. Whereupon S. Chrysostom, after he hath shewed how terrible Antichrist shall be, by reason of his temporal power, cruelty, and wicked laws, he addeth: Fear thou not, He shall only have force in the reprobate, that perish. For then also Elias shall come, to fortify the faithful. Likewise the words in the Apocalypse, I will give to my two witnesses, & they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, were ever invariably understood by tradition, from the first preachers of Christ ( as the ancient writer Aretas testifieth) that Enoch and Elias shall come, & admonish all, not to give credit to the deceitful wonders of Antichrist: and that they shall travel in this testimony the space of three years and a half. For 1260. days come very near to that space of time.Who art written. Amongst other quarels, Protestantes except against the authentical auctoritie of this booke, because the auctor saith, that Enoch and Elias shal come againe, to appease the wrath of our Lord, to reconcile the father to the sonne, and to restore the tribes of Iacob. But that this is no iust exception, is clere by other holie Scriptures, where the same vniforme doctrin of the whole Church, is no lesse euident, then in this booke. For God himself saith the same also by the mouth of his prophet Malachie: Behold I wil send you Elias the prophet, before the day of our Lord come, the great and dreadful. Christ also sayth: Elias in deede shal come, and restore al thinges. VVherupon S. Chrysostom, after he hath shewed how terrible Antichrist shal be, by reason of his temporal powre, crueltie, and wicked lawes, he addeth: Feare thou not, He shal only haue force in the reprobate, that perish. For then also Elias shal come, to fortifie the faithful. Likewise the wordes in the Apocalips, I wil geue to my two witnesses, & they shal prophecie a thousand two hundred and thre score dayes, were euer inuariably vnderstood by tradition, from the first preachers of Christ ( as the ancient writer Aretas testifieth) that Enoch and Elias shal come, & admonish al, not to geue credite to the deceiptful wonders of Antichrist: and that they shal trauel in this testimonie the space of three yeares and a half. For 1260. dayes come very nere to that space of time.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.