The prophet comforteth the people with Christ's coming to remit sins. 3. Before whom S. John Baptist shall preach penance. 6. sheweth man's imbecility. 9. God's Majesty, 18. the vanity of idols: 27. and fall of them that fear not God.The prophet comforteth the people with Christs coming to remitte sinnes. 3. Before whom S. Iohn Baptist shal preach penance. 6. sheweth mans imbecilitie. 9. Gods Maiestie, 18. the vanitie of idols: 27. and fal of them that feare not God.✦
Be comforted, be comforted my people, saith your God.BE comforted, be comforted my people, saith your God.✦Consolamini, consolamini, popule meus, dicit Deus vester.
2Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: because her malice is accomplished, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of our Lord double for all her sins.Speake to the hart of Ierusalem, and cal to her: because her malice is accomplished, her iniquitie is forgeuen: she hath receiued of the hand of our Lord duble for al her sinnes.✦Loquimini ad cor Jerusalem, et advocate eam, quoniam completa est malitia ejus, dimissa est iniquitas illius : suscepit de manu Domini duplicia pro omnibus peccatis suis.
3The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare the way of our Lord, make straight the paths of our God in the wilderness.The voice of one crying in the desert : Prepare the way of our Lord, make streight the pathes of our God in the wildernes.✦Vox clamantis in deserto : Parate viam Domini, rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri.
4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and little hill shall be humbled, and crooked things shall become straight, and rough ways, plain.Euerie valley shal be exalted, and euerie mountaine and litle hil shal be humbled, & crooked thinges shal become streight, and rough wayes, playne.✦Omnis vallis exaltabitur, et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur, et erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas :
5And the glory of our Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of our Lord hath spoken.And the glorie of our Lord shal be reueled, and al flesh together shal see, that the mouth of our Lord hath spoken.✦et revelabitur gloria Domini, et videbit omnis caro pariter quod os Domini locutum est.
6The voice of one saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field.The voice of one saying : Crie. And I sayd : What shal I crie? Al flesh is grasse, and al the glorie therof as the floure of the filde.✦Vox dicentis : Clama. Et dixi : Quid clamabo ? Omnis caro fœnum, et omnis gloria ejus quasi flos agri.
7The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of our Lord hath blown on it. Indeed the people is grass:The grasse is withered, and the floure is fallen, because the spirit of our Lord hath blowen on it. In deede the people is grasse:Exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos, quia spiritus Domini sufflavit in eo. Vere fœnum est populus :
8the grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord abideth for ever.the grasse is withered, and the floure is fallen : but the word of our Lord abideth for euer.✦exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos ; verbum autem Domini nostri manet in æternum.
9Upon a high mountain get thee up, thou that evangelizest to Sion: exalt the voice in strength, which evangelizest to Jerusalem: exalt it, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:Vpon an high mountayne get thee vp, thou that euangelizest to Sion : exalt the voice in strength, which euangelizest to Ierusalem : exalt it, feare not. Say to the cities of Iuda : Behold your God :✦Super montem excelsum ascende, tu qui evangelizas Sion ; exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam, qui evangelizas Jerusalem : exalta, noli timere. Dic civitatibus Juda : Ecce Deus vester :
10behold our Lord God shall come in strength, and his arm shall have dominion: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him.behold our Lord God shal come in strength, and his arme shal haue dominion : behold his reward is with him, and his worke before him.✦ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet, et brachium ejus dominabitur : ecce merces ejus cum eo, et opus illius coram illo.
11As a shepherd shall he feed his flock: in his arm shall he gather together the lambs, and in his bosom shall he lift them up, and them with young himself shall carry.As a shepheard shal he feede his flocke : in his arme shal he gather together the lambes, and in his bosome shal he lift them vp, and them with yong himself shal carie.✦Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet, in brachio suo congregabit agnos, et in sinu suo levabit ; fœtas ipse portabit.
12Who hath measured the waters with his fist, and ponderavit: weighed, poised the heavens with a span? who hath poised with three fingers the huge greatness of the earth, and weighed the mountains in weight, and the little hills in balance?Who hath measured the waters with his fist, and poundered the heauens with a spanne? who hath poysed with three fingers the huge greatnes of the earth, and wayed the mountaines in weight, and the litle hilles in balance?✦Quis mensus est pugillo aquas, et cælos palmo ponderavit ? quis appendit tribus digitis molem terræ, et libravit in pondere montes, et colles in statera ?
13Who hath adjuvit: helped the spirit of our Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and shewed to him?Who hath holpen the spirit of our Lord? or who hath bene his counseler, and shewed to him?✦Quis adjuvit spiritum Domini ? aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit, et ostendit illi ?
14With whom hath he taken counsel, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of prudence?With whom hath he taken counsel, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of iustice, and taught him knowlege, and shewed him the way of prudence?cum quo iniit consilium, et instruxit eum, et docuit eum semitam justitiæ, et erudivit eum scientiam, et viam prudentiæ ostendit illi ?
15Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are reputed as the momentum: the least weight that tips a balance of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.Behold the Gentiles are as a droppe of a bucket, and are reputed as * the moment of a balance : behold the ilandes are as a litle dust.✦Ecce gentes quasi stilla situlæ, et quasi momentum stateræ reputatæ sunt ; ecce insulæ quasi pulvis exiguus.
16And Libanus shall not suffice to kindle the fire, and the beasts thereof shall not be sufficient for holocaust.And Libanus shal not suffice to kindle the fyre, and the beastes therof shal not be sufficient for holocaust.✦Et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum, et animalia ejus non sufficient ad holocaustum.
17All nations as if they were not, so are they before him, and they are reputed of him as nothing, and a vain thing.Al nations as if they were not, so are they before him, and they are reputed of him as nothing, and a vaine thing.✦Omnes gentes quasi non sint, sic sunt coram eo, et quasi nihilum et inane reputatæ sunt ei.
18To whom then have you made God like? or what image will you set to him?To whom then haue you made God like? or what image wil you set to him?✦Cui ergo similem fecisti Deum ? aut quam imaginem ponetis ei ?
19Hath the artificer cast a sculptile: a graven idol, carved figure? or hath the goldsmith figured it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?Hath the artificer cast a sculptil? or hath the goldsmith figured it with gold, or the siluersmith with plates of siluer?✦Numquid sculptile conflavit faber ? aut aurifex auro figuravit illud, et laminis argenteis argentarius ?
20Strong wood, and that which will not putrefy hath he chosen: the wise artificer seeketh how he may set up a sculptile which may not be moved.Strong wood, and that which wil not putrifie hath he chosen : the wise artificer seeketh how he may set vp a sculptile which may not be moued.Forte lignum et imputribile elegit ; artifex sapiens quærit quomodo statuat simulacrum, quod non moveatur.
21Why, do you not know? why, have you not heard? why, hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?Why, doe you not know? why, haue you not heard? why, hath it not bene told you from the beginning? Haue you not vnderstood the fundations of the earth?✦Numquid non scitis ? numquid non audistis ? numquid non annuntiatum est vobis ab initio ? numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terræ ?
22He that sitteth upon the compass of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.He that sitteth vpon the compasse of the earth, and the inhabitants therof are as locustes : he that stretcheth out the heauens as nothing, & spreddeth them as a tent to dwel in.✦Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustæ ; qui extendit velut nihilum cælos, et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum ;
23He that maketh the searchers of secrets as if they were not, that hath made the judges of the earth as a vain thing:He that maketh the searchers of secretes as if they were not, that hath made the iudges of the earth as a vayne thing:✦qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint, judices terræ velut inane fecit.
24and indeed their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.and in deede their stocke was neither planted, nor sowen, nor rooted in the earth : sodenly he hath blowen vpon them, and they haue withered, and a whirlewind shal take them away as stubble.✦Et quidem neque plantatus, neque satus, neque radicatus in terra truncus eorum ; repente flavit in eos, et aruerunt, et turbo quasi stipulam auferet eos.
25And to whom have ye likened me, and made me equal, saith the holy one?And to whom haue ye likened me, and made me equal, saith the holie one?✦Et cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis ? dicit Sanctus.
26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: he that bringeth out the host of them in number, and calleth them all by name: by the multitude of his force and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.Lift vp your eies on high, and see who hath created these thinges : he that bringeth out the host of them in number, and calleth them al by name : by the multitude of his force and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.✦Levate in excelsum oculos vestros, et videte quis creavit hæc : qui educit in numero militiam eorum, et omnes ex nomine vocat ; præ multitudine fortitudinis et roboris, virtutisque ejus, neque unum reliquum fuit.
27Why sayest thou Jacob, and speakest thou Israel: My way is hid from our Lord, and my judgement is passed over of my God?Why sayest thou Iacob, and speakest thou Israel : My way is hid from our Lord, and my iudgement is passed ouer of my God?✦Quare dicis, Jacob, et loqueris, Israël : Abscondita est via mea a Domino, et a Deo meo judicium meum transivit ?
28Why knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? our Lord is God everlasting, which hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not fail, nor labour, neither is there searching out of his wisdom.Why knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? our Lord is God euerlasting, which hath created the endes of the earth : he shal not faile, nor labour, neither is there searching out of his wisdome.✦Numquid nescis, aut non audisti ? Deus sempiternus Dominus, qui creavit terminos terræ : non deficiet, neque laborabit, nec est investigatio sapientiæ ejus.
29Which giveth strength to the weary: and to them that are not, multiplieth force and strength.Which geueth strength to the wearie : and to them that are not, multiplieth force and strength.✦Qui dat lasso virtutem, et his qui non sunt, fortitudinem et robur multiplicat.
30Children shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.Children shal faynte, and labour, and yongmen shal fal by infirmitie.✦Deficient pueri, et laborabunt, et juvenes in infirmitate cadent ;
31But they that hope in our Lord shall change their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not labour, they shall walk and not faint.But they that hope in our Lord shal change their strength, they shal take winges as eagles, they shal runne & not labour, they shal walke and not fainte.✦qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem, assument pennas sicut aquilæ : current et non laborabunt, ambulabunt et non deficient.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.