Christ foundeth and establisheth his Church: 6. Inveigheth against idolaters: 16. and promiseth deliverance from the captivity of Babylon.Christ foundeth and establisheth his Church : 6. Inueigheth against idolaters : 16. and promiseth deliuerance from the captiuitie of Babylon.✦
And now hear O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.AND now heare ô Iacob my seruant, and Israel whom I haue chosen.✦Et nunc audi, Jacob, serve meus, et Israël, quem elegi.
2Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: fear not O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.Thus sayth the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the wombe: feare not ô my seruant Iacob, and thou most righteous whom I haue chosen.✦Hæc dicit Dominus faciens et formans te, ab utero auxiliator tuus : Noli timere, serve meus Jacob, et rectissime, quem elegi.
3For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.For I wil powre out waters vpon the thirstie ground, and streames vpon the drie land: I wil powre out my spirit vpon thy seede, and my blessing vpon thy stocke.✦Effundam enim aquas super sitientem, et fluenta super aridam ; effundam spiritum meum super semen tuum, et benedictionem meam super stirpem tuam :
4And they shall spring the herbs as willows beside the waters running by.And they shal spring the herbes as willowes beside the waters running by.✦et germinabunt inter herbas, quasi salices juxta præterfluentes aquas.
5This man shall say: I am our Lord's: and another man shall call in the name of Jacob, and this will write with his hand, To the Lord: and in the name of Israel he shall be assimilabitur: shall look alike; shall be surnamed, called by that name.This man shal say: I am our Lords: and an other man shal cal in the name of Iacob, and this wil write with his hand, To the Lord: and in the name of Israel he shal be resembled.✦Iste dicet : Domini ego sum ; et ille vocabit in nomine Jacob ; et hic scribet manu sua : Domino, et in nomine Israël assimilabitur.
6Thus saith our Lord the king of Israel, and the redeemer thereof the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I the last, and beside me there is no God.Thus sayth our Lord the king of Israel, and the redemer therof the Lord of hostes: I am the first, and I the last, and beside me there is no God.✦Hæc dicit Dominus, rex Israël, et redemptor ejus, Dominus exercituum : Ego primus, et ego novissimus, et absque me non est deus.
7Who is like to me? let him call and declare: and let him expound me the order, since, I appointed the ancient people: the things to come; and that shall be hereafter let them show unto them.Who is like to me? let him cal and declare: and let him expound me the order, since, I appoynted the ancient people: the thinges to come; and that shal be hereafter let them shew vnto them.✦Quis similis mei ? vocet, et annuntiet : et ordinem exponat mihi, ex quo constitui populum antiquum ; ventura et quæ futura sunt annuntient eis.
8Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled, from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me, and a maker, whom I have not known?Feare ye not, neither be ye trubled, from that time I haue made thee to heare, and haue declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me, and a maker, whom I haue not knowen?✦Nolite timere, neque conturbemini : ex tunc audire te feci, et annuntiavi ; vos estis testes mei. Numquid est Deus absque me, et formator quem ego non noverim ?
9All the makers of an idol are nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. Themselves are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be confounded.Al the makers of an idol are nothing, and their best beloued thinges shal not profite them. Them selues are their witnesses, that they doe not see, nor vnderstand, that they may be confounded.✦Plastæ idoli omnes nihil sunt, et amantissima eorum non proderunt eis. Ipsi sunt testes eorum, quia non vident, neque intelligunt, ut confundantur.
10Who hath formed a god, and molten a sculptile: a graven idol, carved figure profitable to nothing?Who hath formed a god, and molten a sculptil profitable to nothing?✦Quis formavit deum, et sculptile conflavit ad nihil utile ?
11Behold, all the partakers thereof shall be confounded: for the makers are of men: they shall all assemble, they shall stand and fear, and shall be confounded together.Behold, al the partakers therof shal be confounded: for the makers are of men: they shal al assemble, they shal stand and feare, and shal be confounded together.✦Ecce omnes participes ejus confundentur, fabri enim sunt ex hominibus ; convenient omnes, stabunt et pavebunt, et confundentur simul.
12The iron smith hath wrought with the file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought in the arm of his strength: he shall hunger and faint, he shall not drink water, and shall become weary.The yron smith hath wrought with the file, with coales, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought in the arme of his strength: he shal hunger and faynt, he shal not drinke water, and shal become wearie.✦Faber ferrarius lima operatus est, in prunis et in malleis formavit illud, et operatus est in brachio fortitudinis suæ ; esuriet et deficiet, non bibet aquam et lassescet.
13The carpenter hath stretched out a rule, he hath formed it with a runcina: a carpenter's smoothing tool: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compass: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.The carpenter hath stretched out a rule, he hath formed it with a plaine: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compasse: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.✦Artifex lignarius extendit normam, formavit illud in runcina, fecit illud in angularibus, et in circino tornavit illud, et fecit imaginem viri quasi speciosum hominem habitantem in domo ;
14He hath cut down cedars, taken the helm ilicem: the holm oak, an evergreen oak, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain nourished.He hath cut downe cedars, taken the helme tree, & the oke that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rayne nourished.✦succidit cedros, tulit ilicem, et quercum, quæ steterat inter ligna saltus ; plantavit pinum, quam pluvia nutrivit :
15And it was made a fire for men: he took of them, and was warmed: and kindled them, and baked bread: but of the rest he wrought a god, and adored: he made a sculptil, and bowed down before it.And it was made a fyre for men: he tooke of them, and was warmed: and kindled them, and baked bread: but of the rest he wrought a god, and adored: he made a sculptil, and bowed downe before it.et facta est hominibus in focum ; sumpsit ex eis, et calefactus est ; et succendit et coxit panes ; de reliquo autem operatus est deum et adoravit ; fecit sculptile, et curvatus est ante illud.
16Half he burnt with fire, and of the half broiled he flesh and ate it: he coxit: boiled pulmentum: a thick soup or stew of boiled food, and was filled, and was warmed, and said: Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.Halfe he burnt with fyre, and of the halfe broyled he flesh & eate it: he sod pottage, and was filled, and was warmed, and sayd: Aha, I am warme, I haue sene the fyre.✦Medium ejus combussit igni, et de medio ejus carnes comedit ; coxit pulmentum, et saturatus est, et calefactus est, et dixit : Vah ! calefactus sum, vidi focum ;
17But the rest thereof he made a god, and a sculptil to himself: he boweth before it, and beseecheth, saying: Deliver me, because thou art my God.But the rest therof he made a god, and a sculptil to him self: he boweth before it, and besecheth, saying: Deliuer me, because thou art my God.reliquum autem ejus deum fecit et sculptile sibi ; curvatur ante illud, et adorat illud, et obsecrat, dicens : Libera me, quia deus meus es tu !
18They have not known, nor understood: for they have forgotten, that their eyes could not see, and that they could not understand with their heart.They haue not knowen, nor vnderstood: for they haue forgotten, that their eies could not see, and that they could not vnderstand with their hart.✦Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt ; obliti enim sunt ne videant oculi eorum, et ne intelligant corde suo.
19They do not recogitant: reckon over, ponder within themselves in their mind, nor know, nor feel, that they should say: Half thereof I have burnt with fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh, and have eaten, and of the rest thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?They doe not recount in their minde, nor know, nor feele, that they should say: Halfe therof I haue burnt with fyre, and I haue baked bread vpon the coales therof: I haue broyled flesh, & haue eaten, and of the rest therof shal I make an idol? shal I fal downe before the stocke of a tree?Non recogitant in mente sua, neque cognoscunt, neque sentiunt, ut dicant : Medietatem ejus combussi igni, et coxi super carbones ejus panes ; coxi carnes et comedi, et de reliquo ejus idolum faciam ? ante truncum ligni procidam ?
20Part thereof is ashes; an unwise heart adored it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.Part therof is ashes; an vnwise hart adored it, & he wil not saue his soule, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.✦Pars ejus cinis est ; cor insipiens adoravit illud, et non liberabit animam suam : neque dicet : Forte mendacium est in dextera mea.
21Remember these things O Jacob, and Israel, because thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art my servant O Israel forget me not.Remember these thinges ô Iacob, and Israel, because thou art my seruant. I haue formed thee, thou art my seruant ô Israel foget me not.✦Memento horum Jacob, et Israël, quoniam servus meus es tu. Formavi te ; servus meus es tu, Israël, ne obliviscaris mei.
22I have clean taken away thine iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me because I have redeemed thee.I haue cleane taken away thine iniquities as a cloude, & thy sinnes as a mist: returne to me because I haue redemed thee.✦Delevi ut nubem iniquitates tuas, et quasi nebulam peccata tua : revertere ad me, quoniam redemi te.
23Praise ye O heavens, because the Lord hath done mercy: make jubilation ye ends of the earth: ye mountains sound praise, thou forest and every tree thereof: because the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.Prayse ye ô heauens, because the Lord hath done mercie: make iubilation ye endes of the earth: ye mountaynes sound prayse, thou forest and euerie tree therof: because the Lord hath redemed Iacob, and Israel shal be glorified.✦Laudate, cæli, quoniam misericordiam fecit Dominus ; jubilate, extrema terræ ; resonate, montes, laudationem, saltus et omne lignum ejus, quoniam redemit Dominus Jacob, et Israël gloriabitur.
24Thus saith our Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that establish the earth, and none with me.Thus sayth our Lord thy redemer, and thy maker, from the wombe: I am the Lord, that make al thinges, that alone stretch out the heauens, that establish the earth, and none with me.Hæc dicit Dominus, redemptor tuus, et formator tuus ex utero : Ego sum Dominus, faciens omnia, extendens cælos solus, stabiliens terram, et nullus mecum ;
25That make the signs of diviners void, and turn the soothsayers into fury. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.That make the signes of diuiners voide, and turne the southsayers into furie. That turne the wise backward, and that make their knowlege foolish.✦irrita faciens signa divinorum, et ariolos in furorem vertens ; convertens sapientes retrorsum, et scientiam eorum stultam faciens ;
26That raiseth up the word of his servant, and accomplisheth the counsel of his messengers, which say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the deserts thereof.That rayseth vp the word of his seruant, and accomplisheth the counsel of his messengers, which say to Ierusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited; & to the cities of Iuda: You shal be built, and I wil rayse vp the desertes therof.✦suscitans verbum servi sui, et consilium nuntiorum suorum complens ; qui dico Jerusalem : Habitaberis, et civitatibus Juda : Ædificabimini, et deserta ejus suscitabo ;
27Which say to the depth: Be thou desolate, and thy rivers I will dry up.Which say to the depth: Be thou desolate, and thy riuers I wil drie vp.✦qui dico profundo : Desolare, et flumina tua arefaciam ;
28Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my pastor: shepherd, and thou shalt accomplish all my will. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built; and to the temple: Thou shalt be formed.Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my pastour, and thou shalt accomplish al my wil. Who say to Ierusalem: Thou shalt be built; and to the temple: Thou shalt be formed.✦qui dico Cyro : Pastor meus es, et omnem voluntatem meam complebis ; qui dico Jerusalem : Ædificaberis, et templo : Fundaberis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.