Further description of the Egyptians' punishment, 17. With their conversion to Christ in the new Testament.Further description of the Ægyptians punishment, 17. With their conuersion to Christ in the new Testament.✦
The burden of Egypt. Behold our Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.THE burden of Ægypt. Behold our Lord wil ascend vpon a swift cloude, and wil enter into Ægypt, and the idols of Ægypt shal be moued at his presence, & the hart of Ægypt shal melt in the middes therof.✦Onus Ægypti. Ecce Dominus ascendet super nubem levem, et ingredietur Ægyptum, et commovebuntur simulacra Ægypti a facie ejus, et cor Ægypti tabescet in medio ejus,
2And I will make the Egyptians to run together against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and every man against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.And I wil make the Ægyptians to runne together against the Ægyptians: and a man shal fight against his brother, and euerie man against his freind, citie against citie, kingdom against kingdom.✦et concurrere faciam Ægyptios adversus Ægyptios ; et pugnabit vir contra fratrem suum, et vir contra amicum suum, civitas adversus civitatem, regnum adversus regnum.
3And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will overthrow their counsel headlong: and they shall ask their idols, and their diviners, and pythones: pythons (snakes); those possessed of a divining or familiar spirit, giving oracles, and soothsayers.And the spirit of Ægypt shal be broken in the bowels therof, and I wil ouerthrow their counsel headlong: and they shal aske their idols, and their diuiners, and Pythons, and Southsayers.Et dirumpetur spiritus Ægypti in visceribus ejus, et consilium ejus præcipitabo ; et interrogabunt simulacra sua, et divinos suos, et pythones, et ariolos.
4And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shall rule over them, saith our Lord the God of hosts.And I wil deliuer Ægypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shal rule ouer them, sayth our Lord the God of hostes.Et tradam Ægyptum in manu dominorum crudelium, et rex fortis dominabitur eorum, ait Dominus Deus exercituum.
5And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be made desolate, and dry.And the water of the sea shal be dried vp, and the riuer shal be made desolate, and drie.✦Et arescet aqua de mari, et fluvius desolabitur atque siccabitur.
6And the rivers shall fail: the rivers of the aggerum: ramparts, embankments, raised banks shall be diminished, and dried up. The reed and bulrush shall wither:And the riuers shal faile: the riuers of the ramppiers shal be diminished, & dried vp. The reede and bulrush shal wither:Et deficient flumina, attenuabuntur et siccabuntur rivi aggerum, calamus et juncus marcescet.
7the channel of the river shall be spoiled of his fountain, and all sown corn field that is watered shall be dried up, it shall wither, and shall not be.the chanel of the riuer shal be spoiled of his fountayne, and al sowne corne filde that is watered shal be dried vp, it shal wither, and shal not be.Nudabitur alveus rivi a fonte suo, et omnis sementis irrigua siccabitur, arescet, et non erit.
8And the fishers shall lament, and all that cast angle into the river shall mourn, and they that spread net upon the face of the water shall pine away.And the fishers shal lament, and al that cast angle into the riuer shal moorne, and they that sprede net vpon the face of the water shal pine away.Et mœrebunt piscatores, et lugebunt omnes mittentes in flumen hamum ; et expandentes rete super faciem aquarum emarcescent.
9They shall be confounded that wrought twisting flax, combing and weaving fine things.They shal be confounded that wrought twisting flaxe, kombing and weauing fine thinges.✦Confundentur qui operabantur linum, pectentes et texentes subtilia.
10And the watered places thereof shall be dry, all they that made pools to take fishes.And the watred places therof shal be drie, al they that made pooles to take fishes.Et erunt irrigua ejus flaccentia : omnes qui faciebant lacunas ad capiendos pisces.
11The princes of Tanis are fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given unwise counsel: how say ye unto Pharao : I am the son of the wise, the son of the ancient kings?The princes of Tanis are fooles, the wise counselers of Pharao haue geuen vnwise counsel: how say ye vnto Pharao : I am the sonne of the wise, the sonne of the ancient kinges?✦Stulti principes Taneos, sapientes consiliarii Pharaonis dederunt consilium insipiens. Quomodo dicetis Pharaoni : Filius sapientium ego, filius regum antiquorum ?
12Where are now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and show what the Lord of hosts hath thought concerning Egypt.Where are now thy wise men? let them tel thee, and shew what the Lord of hostes hath thought concerning Ægypt.Ubi nunc sunt sapientes tui ? annuntient tibi, et indicent quid cogitaverit Dominus exercituum super Ægyptum.
13The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Nemphis are withered away, they have deceived Egypt, the corner of the peoples thereof.The princes of Tanis are become fooles, the princes of Nemphis are withered away, they haue deceiued Ægypt, the corner of the peoples therof.✦Stulti facti sunt principes Taneos, emarcuerunt principes Mempheos ; deceperunt Ægyptum, angulum populorum ejus.
14Our Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of gladness : and they have made Egypt to err in every work thereof, as he erreth that is drunk and vomiteth.Our Lord hath mingled in the middes therof the spirit of gladnes : and they haue made Ægypt to erre in euerie worke therof, as he erreth that is drunke and vomiteth.Dominus miscuit in medio ejus spiritum vertiginis ; et errare fecerunt Ægyptum in omni opere suo, sicut errat ebrius et vomens.
15And Egypt shall have no work, to make the head and the tail the perverter, and restrainer.And Ægypt shal haue no worke, to make the head and the taile the peruerter, and restrayner.✦Et non erit Ægypto opus quod faciat caput et caudam, incurvantem et refrenantem.
16In that day Egypt shall be as women, and they shall be stupebunt: stunned, dumbfounded, struck senseless, and shall be afraid at the face of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move over it.In that day Ægypt shal be as wemen, and they shal be astonied, and shal be afrayd at the face of the mouing of the hand of the Lord of hostes, which he shal moue ouer it.In die illa erit Ægyptus quasi mulieres ; et stupebunt, et timebunt a facie commotionis manus Domini exercituum, quam ipse movebit super eam.
17And the land of Juda shall be a fear to Egypt: every one, that shall remember it shall quake at the face of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath thought concerning it.And the land of Iuda shal be a feare to Ægypt: euerie one, that shal remember it shal quake at the face of the counsel of the Lord of hostes, which he hath thought concerning it.✦Et erit terra Juda Ægypto in pavorem ; omnis qui illius fuerit recordatus pavebit a facie consilii Domini exercituum, quod ipse cogitavit super eam.
18In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the tongue of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun.In that day there shal be fiue cities in the land of Ægypt, speaking tongue the of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hostes: one shal be called the citie of the sunne.✦In die illa erunt quinque civitates in terra Ægypti loquentes lingua Chanaan, et jurantes per Dominum exercituum : Civitas solis vocabitur una.
19In that day there shall be an altar of our Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a title of our Lord by the border thereofIn that day there shal be an altar of our Lord in the middes of the land of Ægypt, and a title of our Lord by the border therof✦In die illa erit altare Domini in medio terræ Ægypti, et titulus Domini juxta terminum ejus.
20it shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to our Lord at the presence of the afflicter, and he shall send them a saviour and defender to deliver them.it shal be for a signe, and for a testimonie to the Lord of hostes in the land of Ægypt. For they shal crie to our Lord at the presence of the afflicter, and he shal send them a sauiour and defender to deliuer them.Erit in signum et in testimonium Domino exercituum in terra Ægypti ; clamabunt enim ad Dominum a facie tribulationis, et mittet eis salvatorem et propugnatorem qui liberet eos.
21And our Lord shall be known of Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know our Lord in that day, and shall worship him in hostiis: armies, multitudes; sacrificial victims, sacrifices and in gifts : and they shall vow vows to our Lord, and pay them.And our Lord shal be knowen of Ægypt, and the Ægyptians shal knowe our Lord in that day, and shal worshipe him in hostes and in giftes : and they shal vow vowes to our Lord, and pay them.Et cognoscetur Dominus ab Ægypto, et cognoscent Ægyptii Dominum in die illa ; et colent eum in hostiis et in muneribus ; et vota vovebunt Domino, et solvent.
22And our Lord shall smite Egypt with a stroke, and heal it, and they shall return to our Lord, and he shall be pacified towards them, and heal them.And our Lord shal smite Ægypt with a strooke, and heale it, and they shal returne to our Lord, and he shal be pacified towards them, and heale them.✦Et percutiet Dominus Ægyptum plaga, et sanabit eam ; et revertentur ad Dominum, et placabitur eis, et sanabit eos.
23In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptians to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve Assur.In that day there shal be a way from Ægypt to the Assirians, and the Assirian shal enter into Ægypt, and the Ægyptians to the Assirians, and the Ægyptians shal serue Assur.✦In die illa erit via de Ægypto in Assyrios ; et intrabit Assyrius Ægyptum, et Ægyptius in Assyrios, et servient Ægyptii Assur.
24In that day shall Israel be a third to the Egyptian and the Assyrian : a blessing in the midst of the earth,In that day shal Israel be a third to the Ægyptian and the Assirian : a blessing in the middes of the earth,✦In die illa erit Israël tertius Ægyptio et Assyrio ; benedictio in medio terræ
25which the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying : Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands to the Assyrian : but Israel is mine inheritance.which the Lord of hostes hath blessed, saying : Blessed be my people of Ægypt, and the worke of my hands to the Assirian : but Israel is mine inheritance.cui benedixit Dominus exercituum, dicens : Benedictus populus meus Ægypti, et opus manuum mearum Assyrio ; hæreditas autem mea Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.