God the Father is well pleased with his Son. 6. whom he sendeth into this world to teach justice, whereby men are justified. 11. Many Gentiles shall be converted. 25. Jews, and other obstinate infidels shall be severely punished.God the Father is wel pleased with his Sonne. 6. whom he sendeth into this world to teach iustice, wherby men are iustified. 11. Manie Gentiles shal be conuerted. 25. Iewes, and other obstinate infidels shal be seuerely punished.✦
Behold my servant, I will receive him: mine elect, my soul hath pleased itself in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.BEHOLD my seruant, I wil receiue him : mine elect, my soule hath pleased itself in him : I haue geuen my spirit vpon him, he shal bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles.✦Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum ; electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea : dedi spiritum meum super eum : judicium gentibus proferet.
2He shall not cry, nor accept accipiet personam: receive or welcome a person; show partiality, respect a man's rank, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.He shal not crie, nor accept person, neither shal his voice be heard abrode.✦Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, nec audietur vox ejus foris.
3The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgement in truth.The bruised reede he shal not breake, and smoking flaxe he shal not quench : he shal bring forth iudgement in truth.✦Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet : in veritate educet judicium.
4He shall not be sad, nor turbulent, till he set judgement in the earth: and the islands shall exspectabunt: anticipate; wait for, await his law.He shal not be sad, nor turbulent, til he set iudgement in the earth : and the ilands shal expect his law.✦Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra judicium ; et legem ejus insulæ exspectabunt.
5Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring thereof: that giveth breath to the people, that is upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereupon.Thus sayth the Lord God that created the heauens, and stretched them out : that established the earth, & the thinges that spring therof : that geueth breath to the people, that is vpon it, and spirit to them that tread thereupon.✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus, creans cælos, et extendens eos ; firmans terram, et quæ germinant ex ea ; dans flatum populo qui est super eam, et spiritum calcantibus eam :
6I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thy hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.I the Lord haue called thee in iustice, and taken thy hand, and preserued thee. And I haue geuen thee for a couenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.✦Ego Dominus vocavi te in justitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te : et dedi te in fœdus populi, in lucem gentium,
7That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, & them that sitte in darknes out of the prison house.✦ut aperires oculos cæcorum, et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.
8I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, and my praise to graven things.I the Lord, this is my name : I wil not geue my glorie to an other, and my praise to grauen thinges.✦Ego Dominus, hoc est nomen meum ; gloriam meam alteri non dabo, et laudem meam sculptilibus.
9The things that were first, lo they are come: new things also I do show: before they come forth, I will make you hear them.The thinges that were first, loe they are come : new thinges also I do shew : before they come forth, I wil make you heare them.✦Quæ prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt ; nova quoque ego annuntio : antequam oriantur, audita vobis faciam.
10Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and you the fullness thereof: ye islands, and inhabitants of the same.Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his prayse is from the endes of the earth : ye that goe downe to the sea, and you the fulnes therof : ye ilands, and inhabitants of the same.✦Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus ejus ab extremis terræ, qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo ejus ; insulæ, et habitatores earum.
11Let the desert be exalted and the cities thereof: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of the Rock, give praise, they shall cry from the top of the mountains.Let the desert be exalted and the cities therof : Cedar shal dwel in houses : ye inhabitants of the Rocke, geue prayse, they shal crye from the toppe of the mountaines.✦Sublevetur desertum et civitates ejus. In domibus habitabit Cedar : laudate, habitatores petræ ; de vertice montium clamabunt.
12They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands.They shal geue glorie to the Lord, and shal declare his praise in the ilands.✦Ponent Domino gloriam, et laudem ejus in insulis nuntiabunt.
13The Lord shall go forth as a strong man, as a man of war shall he raise up zeal: he shall shout and cry: over his enemies he shall be strengthened.The Lord shal goe forth as a strong man, as a man of warre shal he raise vp zele : he shal shoute and crie : ouer his enemies he shal be strengthened.✦Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir præliator suscitabit zelum ; vociferabitur, et clamabit : super inimicos suos confortabitur.
14I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak as a parturiens: journeying; labouring in childbirth woman: I will dissipabo: scatter, lay waste, and swallow up together.I haue alwayes held my peace, I haue kepte silence, I haue bene patient, I wil speake as a trauailing woman : I wil dissipate, and swallow vp together.✦Tacui semper, silui, patiens fui : sicut parturiens loquar ; dissipabo, et absorbebo simul.
15I will make mountains and little hills desolate, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.I wil make mountaynes and litle hilles desolate, and wil make al their grasse to wither : and I wil turne riuers into ilands, and wil drie vp the standing pooles.✦Desertos faciam montes et colles, et omne gramen eorum exsiccabo ; et ponam flumina in insulas, et stagna arefaciam.
16And I will lead the blind into the way, which they know not: and in the paths, which they have been ignorant of: I will make them walk: I will make darkness before them to be light, and crooked things straight: these words have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.And I wil lead the blind into the way, which they know not : and in the pathes, which they haue bene ignorant of : I wil make them walke : I wil make darkenes before them to be light, and crooked thinges streight : these words haue I done to them, and haue not forsaken them.✦Et ducam cæcos in viam quam nesciunt, et in semitis quas ignoraverunt ambulare eos faciam ; ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, et prava in recta ; hæc verba feci eis, et non dereliqui eos.
17They are turned backward: let them be confounded with confusion, that trust in graven thing, that say to the framed thing, ye are our gods.They are turned backward : let them be confounded with confusion, that trust in grauen thing, that say to the framed thing, ye are our goddes.✦Conversi sunt retrorsum, confundantur confusione, qui confidunt in sculptili ; qui dicunt conflatili : Vos dii nostri.
18Hear ye deaf, and ye blind behold to see.Heare ye deafe, and ye blind behold to see.✦Surdi, audite, et cæci, intuemini ad videndum.
19Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? and who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?Who is blind, but my seruant ? and deafe, but he to whom I haue sent my messengers ? Who is blind, but he that is solde ? and who is blind, but the seruant of the Lord ?✦Quis cæcus, nisi servus meus ; et surdus, nisi ad quem nuntios meos misi ? quis cæcus, nisi qui venundatus est ? et quis cæcus, nisi servus Domini ?
20Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not keep them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?Thou that seest manie thinges, wilt thou not keepe them ? thou that hast eares open, wilt thou not heare ?✦Qui vides multa, nonne custodies ? qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies ?
21And the Lord hath been willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and extol it.And the Lord hath bene willing to sanctifie him, and to magnifie the law, and extol it.✦Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, et magnificaret legem, et extolleret.
22But the same people is spoiled, and wasted: all are the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, neither is there to deliver them: a spoil, neither is there that saith: Restore.But the same people is spoiled, and wasted : al are the snare of yongmen, and they are hid in the houses of prisons : they are made a praye, neither is there to deliuer them : a spoile, neither is there that sayth : Restore.✦Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus ; laqueus juvenum omnes, et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt ; facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat ; in direptionem, nec est qui dicat : Redde.
23Who is there among you that will hear this, attend and hearken for things to come?Who is there among you that wil heare this, attend and harken for thinges to come ?✦Quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc, attendat, et auscultet futura ?
24Who hath given Jacob into spoil, and Israel to the wasters? hath not our Lord himself, to whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not heard his law.Who hath geuen Iacob into spoyle, and Israel to the wasters ? hath not our Lord himself, to whom we haue sinned ? And they would not walke in his wayes, & they haue not heard his law.✦Quis dedit in direptionem Jacob, et Israël vastantibus ? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus ? Et noluerunt in viis ejus ambulare, et non audierunt legem ejus.
25And he hath poured out upon them the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.And he hath powred out vpon them the indignation of his furie, & a strong battel, and hath burnt him round about, and he knewe not : and set him on fyre, and he vnderstoode not.✦Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui, et forte bellum ; et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit ; et succendit eum, et non intellexit.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.