The captivity of the two tribes, their relaxation, Christ will assuredly come though not quickly. 5. Their afflicters (the Chaldees) shall be destroyed; 18. and all other idolaters.The captiuitie of the two tribes, their relaxation, Christ wil assuredly come though not quickly. 5. Their afflicters ( the Chaldees ) shal be destroyed; 18. and al other idolaters.✦
I will stand upon my watch, and fix my step upon the munitio: a fortress, not ammunition: and I will behold, to see what may be said to me, and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me.I a WIL stand vpon my watch, and fixe my steppe vpon the munition: and I wil behold, to see what may be sayd to me, and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me.✦Super custodiam meam stabo, et figam gradum super munitionem : et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi, et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.
2And our Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he which runneth may read it over.And our Lord answered me, & sayd: Write the vision, & make it playne vpon tables: that he which runneth may read it ouer.✦Et respondit mihi Dominus, et dixit : Scribe visum, et explana eum super tabulas, ut percurrat qui legerit eum.
3Because as yet the vision is far, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if he shall make mora: tarrying, delay, expect him: because coming he will come, and he will not slack.Because as yet the vision is far, and it shal appeare at the end, and shal not lye: if he shal make tariance, expect him: because coming he wil come, & he b wil not slacke.✦Quia adhuc visus procul ; et apparebit in finem, et non mentietur : si moram fecerit, exspecta illum, quia veniens veniet, et non tardabit.
4Behold he that is incredulus: unbelieving, without faith, not merely amazed, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.Behold he that is incredulous, his soule shal not be right in him self: but c the iust shal liue in his faith.✦Ecce qui incredulus est, non erit recta anima ejus in semetipso ; justus autem in fide sua vivet.
5And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be beautified: who as it were hell, hath dilatavit: widened, enlarged his soul: and himself as death, and he is not filled: and he hath gathered together unto him all nations, and hath heaped together unto him all peoples.And as wine deceiueth him that drinketh: so shal the prowd man be, and he shal not be beautified: who as it were hel, hath dilated his soule: and himself as death, and he is not filled: and he hath gathered together vnto him al nations, and hath heaped together vnto him al peoples.Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit, sic erit vir superbus, et non decorabitur : qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam, et ipse quasi mors, et non adimpletur : et congregabit ad se omnes gentes, et coacervabit ad se omnes populos.
6Why, shall not all these take up a parable upon him, and a speech of obscure sayings of him: and it be said: Woe to him, that multiplieth things not his own? how long also doth he aggravate against himself thick clay?Why, shal not al these take vp a parable vpon him, and a speach of obscure sayings of him: and it be sayd: Wo to him, that multiplieth thinges not his owne? how long also doth he agrauat against himself thicke clay?✦Numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument, et loquelam ænigmatum ejus, et dicetur : Væ ei qui multiplicat non sua ? usquequo et aggravat contra se densum lutum ?
7Why, shall they not rise suddenly, that shall bite thee: and they that tear thee, be raised up, and thou be for a spoil to them?Why, shal they not rise sodenly, that shal bite thee: and they that teare thee, be raysed vp, and thou be for a spoile to them?✦Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te, et suscitabuntur lacerantes te, et eris in rapinam eis ?
8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all that shall be left of the peoples shall spoil thee: for the blood of man, and the iniquity of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.Because thou hast spoiled manie nations, al that shal be left of the peoples shal spoile thee: for the bloud d of man, and the iniquitie of the land, of the citie, and of al that dwel therein.✦Quia tu spoliasti gentes multas, spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis, propter sanguinem hominis, et iniquitatem terræ, civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea.
9Woe to him that gathereth together mala: wicked, evil, not mischievous avarice to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he is delivered out of the hand of evil.Wo to him that gathereth together naughtie auarice to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he is deliuered out of the hand of euil.✦Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, ut sit in excelso nidus ejus, et liberari se putat de manu mali !
10Thou hast thought confusion to thy house, thou hast cut in sunder many peoples, and thy soul hath sinned.Thou e hast thought confusion to thy house, thou hast cut in sunder manie peoples, and thy soule hath sinned.Cogitasti confusionem domui tuæ ; concidisti populos multos, et peccavit anima tua.
11Because the stone out of the wall shall cry: and the timber, that is between the junctures of the buildings, shall answer.Because the stone out of the wal shal crie: and the timber, that is betwen the iunctures of the buildings, shal answer.✦Quia lapis de pariete clamabit, et lignum, quod inter juncturas ædificiorum est, respondebit.
12Woe to him that buildeth a city in bloods, and prepareth a city in iniquity.Wo to him that buildeth a citie in blouds, and prepareth a citie in iniquitie.✦Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus, et præparat urbem in iniquitate !
13Why, are not these things from the Lord of hosts? For the peoples shall labour in much fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.Why, are not these thinges from the Lord of hosts? For the peoples shal labour in much fire: and the nations in vaine, and they shal faynt.✦Numquid non hæc sunt a Domino exercituum ? laborabunt enim populi in multo igne, et gentes in vacuum, et deficient.
14Because the earth shall be replenished, that they may know the glory of our Lord, as waters covering the sea.Because the earth shal be replenished, that they may know the glorie of our Lord, as waters couering the sea.Quia replebitur terra, ut cognoscant gloriam Domini, quasi aquæ operientes mare.
15Woe to him that giveth drink to his friend, putting in his gall, and making drunk, that he may behold his nakedness.Wo to him that geueth drinke to his freind, putting in his gal, and making drunke, that he may behold his nakednes.✦Væ qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum, et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem ejus !
16Thou art filled with ignominy for glory, drink thou also, and be fast asleep: the cup of the right hand of our Lord shall compass thee, and the vomit of ignominy upon thy glory.Thou art filled with ignominie for glorie, drinke thou also, and be fast a sleepe: the cuppe of the right hand of our Lord shal compasse thee, and the vomite of ignominie vpon thy glorie.✦Repletus es ignominia pro gloria ; bibe tu quoque, et consopire. Circumdabit te calix dexteræ Domini, et vomitus ignominiæ super gloriam tuam.
17Because the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the wasting of the beasts shall terrify them for the bloods of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.Because the iniquitie of Libanus shal couer thee, and the wasting of the beasts shal terrifie them for the blouds of men, and the iniquitie of the land, and of the citie, and of al that dwel therein.✦Quia iniquitas Libani operiet te, et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominum, et iniquitate terræ, et civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea.
18What profiteth the thing engraven, that the fictor: the fashioner, maker, not a counterfeiter thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath hoped in his forgery, to make muta: mute, speechless idols.What profiteth the thing engrauen, that the forger therof hath grauen it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger therof hath hoped in his forgerie, to make dumme idols.✦Quid prodest sculptile, quia sculpsit illud fictor suus, conflatile, et imaginem falsam ? quia speravit in figmento fictor ejus, ut faceret simulacra muta.
19Woe unto him that saith to wood: Awake: Arise, to the dumb stone. Why, can it teach? Behold, this same is covered with gold, and silver: and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof.Wo vnto him that sayth to wood: Awake: Arise, to the dumme stone. Why, can it teach? Behold, this same is couered with gold, and siluer: and there is no spirit in the bowels therof.✦Væ qui dicit ligno : Expergiscere ; Surge, lapidi tacenti ! Numquid ipse docere poterit ? ecce iste coopertus est auro et argento, et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus ejus.
20But our Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth be silent at his presence.But our Lord is in his holie temple: let al the earth be silent at his presence.✦Dominus autem in templo sancto suo : sileat a facie ejus omnis terra !
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.