Christ shall lead the Gentiles to salvation, even of the islands and uttermost parts of the world. 10. By him the faithful shall receive much grace, 14. and comfort. 18. The Church still increasing, 21. admiring her own felicity: 25. and the destruction of her enemies.Christ shal lead the Gentiles to saluation, euen of the ilandes and vttermost partes of the world. 10. By him the faithful shal receiue much grace, 14. and comfort. 18. The Church stil increasing, 21. admiring her owne felicitie: 25. and the destruction of her enimies.✦
Hear ye islands, and attendite: accompany, wait on; give heed, hearken ye peoples from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from my mother's belly he hath been mindful of my name.HEARE ye ilands, and attend ye peoples from a farre. The Lord hath called me from the wombe, from my mothers bellie he hath bene mindful of my name.✦Audite, insulæ, et attendite, populi de longe : Dominus ab utero vocavit me ; de ventre matris meæ recordatus est nominis mei.
2And he hath made my mouth as a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow in his quiver he hath hidden me.And he hath made my mouth as a sharpe sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, & hath made me as a chosen arrow in his quiuer he hath hidden me.✦Et posuit os meum quasi gladium acutum, in umbra manus suæ protexit me, et posuit me sicut sagittam electam : in pharetra sua abscondit me.
3And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, because in thee will I glory.And he sayd to me: Thou art my seruant Israel, because in thee wil I glorie.✦Et dixit mihi : Servus meus es tu Israël, quia in te gloriabor.
4And I said: I have laboured in vain, without cause, and in vain have I spent my strength: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.And I sayd: I haue laboured in vayne, without cause, and in vayne haue I spent my strength: therfore my iudgement is with the Lord, and my worke with my God.✦Et ego dixi : In vacuum laboravi ; sine causa et vane fortitudinem meam consumpsi : ergo judicium meum cum Domino, et opus meum cum Deo meo.
5And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may reducam: lessen; bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength.And now sayth the Lord, that formed me from the wombe to be his seruant, that I may reduce Iacob vnto him, and Israel wil not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eies of the Lord, and my God is made my strength.✦Et nunc dicit Dominus, formans me ex utero servum sibi, ut reducam Jacob ad eum, et Israël non congregabitur ; et glorificatus sum in oculis Domini, et Deus meus factus est fortitudo mea.
6And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.And he sayd: It is a smal thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to rayse vp the tribes of Iacob, and to conuert the dregges of Israel. Behold, I haue geuen thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be saluation euen to the fardest part of the earth.✦Et dixit : Parum est ut sis mihi servus ad suscitandas tribus Jacob, et fæces Israël convertendas : ecce dedi te in lucem gentium, ut sis salus mea usque ad extremum terræ.
7Thus saith our Lord the redeemer of Israel, the holy one thereof, to the contemptible soul, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of lords: kings shall see, and princes shall rise, and adore for our Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the holy one of Israel who hath chosen thee.Thus sayth our Lord the redemer of Israel, the holie one therof, to the contemptible soule, to the nation that is abhorred, to the seruant of lordes: kinges shal see, & princes shal rise, & adore for our Lords sake, because he is faythful, & for the holie one of Israel who hath chosen thee.✦Hæc dicit Dominus, redemptor Israël, Sanctus ejus, ad contemptibilem animam, ad abominatam gentem, ad servum dominorum : Reges videbunt, et consurgent principes, et adorabunt propter Dominum, quia fidelis est, et Sanctum Israël qui elegit te.
8Thus saith our Lord: In time acceptable I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have auxiliatus sum: helped thee: and I have kept thee; and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the land, and possess the inheritances dissipatas: squandered; laid waste, scattered:Thus sayth our Lord: In time acceptable I haue heard thee, and in the day of saluation I haue holpen thee: and I haue kept thee; and geuen thee to be a couenant of the people, that thou mightest rayse vp the land, and possesse the inheritances dissipated:✦Hæc dicit Dominus : In tempore placito exaudivi te, et in die salutis auxiliatus sum tui : et servavi te, et dedi te in fœdus populi, ut suscitares terram, et possideres hæreditates dissipatas ;
9that thou mightest say to them, that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Be ye revelamini: found out; uncovered, revealed. Upon the ways shall they feed, and their pastures shall be in all plains.that thou mightest say to them, that are bound: Come forth: & to them that are in darknesse: Be ye discouered. Vpon the wayes shal they feede, & their pastures shal be in al plaines.✦ut diceres his qui vincti sunt : Exite, et his qui in tenebris : Revelamini. Super vias pascentur, et in omnibus planis pascua eorum.
10They shall not hunger, nor thirst, and heat and sun shall not strike them: because he that is merciful to them, shall govern them, and all the fountains of waters shall give them drink.They shal not hunger, nor thirst, & heate and sunne shal not strike them: because he that is merciful to them, shal gouerne them, and al the fountaines of waters shal geue them drinke.✦Non esurient neque sitient, et non percutiet eos æstus et sol, quia miserator eorum reget eos, et ad fontes aquarum potabit eos.
11And I will make all my mountains to be a way, and my paths shall be exalted.And I wil make al my mountaines to be a way, & my pathes shal be exalted.✦Et ponam omnes montes meos in viam, et semitæ meæ exaltabuntur.
12Behold these shall come from far, and behold they from the North and the sea, and these from the South country.Behold these shal come from farre, & behold they from the North and the sea, and these from the South countrie.✦Ecce isti de longe venient, et ecce illi ab aquilone et mari, et isti de terra australi.
13Ye heavens praise, and earth rejoice, ye mountains give praise with jubilation: because our Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones.Ye heauens prayse, and earth reioyce, ye mountaynes geue prayse with iubilation: because our Lord hath comforted his people, and wil haue mercie on his poore ones.✦Laudate, cæli, et exsulta, terra ; jubilate, montes, laudem, quia consolatus est Dominus populum suum, et pauperum suorum miserebitur.
14And Sion said: Our Lord hath forsaken me, and our Lord hath forgotten me.And Sion sayd: Our Lord hath forsaken me, & our Lord hath forgotten me.✦Et dixit Sion : Dereliquit me Dominus, et Dominus oblitus est mei.
15Why, can a woman forget her infant, that she will not have pity on the son of her womb? And if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.Why, can a woman forget her infant, that she wil not haue pitie on the sonne of her wombe? And if she should forget, yet wil not I forget thee.Numquid oblivisci potest mulier infantem suum, ut non misereatur filio uteri sui ? Etsi illa oblita fuerit, ego tamen non obliviscar tui.
16Behold, I have written thee in my hands: thy walls are before mine eyes always.Behold, I haue writen thee in my handes: thy walles are before myne eies alwayes.✦Ecce in manibus meis descripsi te ; muri tui coram oculis meis semper.
17Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee, and dissipate thee shall go out of thee.Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee, and dissipate thee shal goe out of thee.✦Venerunt structores tui ; destruentes te et dissipantes a te exibunt.
18Lift up thine eyes round about, and see, all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live, saith our Lord, for thou shalt be clothed with all these as with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.Lift vp thine eies round about, and see, al these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I liue, saith our Lord, for thou shalt be clothed with al these as with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.✦Leva in circuitu oculos tuos, et vide : omnes isti congregati sunt, venerunt tibi. Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, quia omnibus his velut ornamento vestieris, et circumdabis tibi eos quasi sponsa ;
19Because thy deserts, and thy solitary places, and the land of thy ruin shall now be angusta: narrow, cramped, not curved by reason of the inhabitants, and they shall be chased far away that swallowed thee up.Because thy deserts, and thy solitarie places, and the land of thy ruine shal now be straite by reason of the inhabitants, and they shal be chased far away that swalowed thee vp.✦quia deserta tua, et solitudines tuæ, et terra ruinæ tuæ, nunc angusta erunt præ habitatoribus ; et longe fugabuntur qui absorbebant te.
20As yet shall the children of thy barrenness say in thine ears: The place is strait for me, make me space to dwell.As yet shal the children of thy barrennesse say in thine eares: The place is straite for me, make me space to dwel.✦Adhuc dicent in auribus tuis filii sterilitatis tuæ : Angustus est mihi locus ; fac spatium mihi ut habitem.
21And thou shalt say in thy heart: Who hath begot me these? I am barren and not bearing, led into transmigrata: exile, captivity, and captive: and these who hath brought up? I destitute and alone: and these where were they?And thou shalt say in thy hart: Who hath begot me these? I am barren & not bearing, ledde into transmigration, and captiue: and these who hath brought vp? I destitute and alone: & these where were they?Et dices in corde tuo : Quis genuit mihi istos ? ego sterilis et non pariens, transmigrata, et captiva ; et istos quis enutrivit ? ego destituta et sola ; et isti ubi erant ?
22Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and to the peoples I will exalt my sign. And shall carry thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters upon their shoulders.Thus sayth our Lord God: Behold I wil lift vp my hand to the Gentiles, & to the peoples I wil exalt my signe. And shal carie thy sonnes in their armes, and thy daughters vpon their shoulders.✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce levabo ad gentes manum meam, et ad populos exaltabo signum meum : et afferent filios tuos in ulnis, et filias tuas super humeros portabunt.
23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: with countenance cast down toward the ground they shall adore thee, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, upon whom they shall not be confounded that expect him.And kinges shal be thy nourcing fathers, & queenes thy nources: with countenance cast downe toward the ground they shal adore thee, & they shal licke vp the dust of thy feete. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, vpon whom they shal not be confounded that expect him.✦Et erunt reges nutritii tui, et reginæ nutrices tuæ ; vultu in terram demisso adorabunt te, et pulverem pedum tuorum lingent. Et scies quia ego Dominus, super quo non confundentur qui exspectant eum.
24Shall a prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was caught of the mighty be saved?Shal a praye be taken from the strong? or can that which was caught of the mightie be saued?✦Numquid tolletur a forti præda ? aut quod captum fuerit a robusto, salvum esse poterit ?
25Because thus saith our Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty, shall be saved. But those that have judged thee, will I judge, and thy children I will save.Because thus sayth our Lord: Yea verely, euen the captiuitie shal be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mightie, shal be saued. But those that haue iudged thee, wil I iudge, and thy children I wil saue.✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus : Equidem, et captivitas a forti tolletur, et quod ablatum fuerit a robusto, salvabitur. Eos vero qui judicaverunt te, ego judicabo, et filios tuos ego salvabo.
26And I will feed thine enemies with their own flesh: and as with new wine, so shall they be inebriabuntur: drenched, steeped with their own blood: and all flesh shall know, that I am the Lord that save thee, and thy redeemer the mighty one of Jacob.And I wil feede thine enemies with their owne flesh: and as with new wine, so shal they be embrewed with their owne bloud: and al flesh shal know, that I am the Lord that saue thee, and thy redemer the mightie one of Iacob.✦Et cibabo hostes tuos carnibus suis, et quasi musto, sanguine suo inebriabuntur, et sciet omnis caro quia ego Dominus salvans te, et redemptor tuus fortis Jacob.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.