God encourageth Sion to trust in his promised comfort, by example of Abraham. 3. For the spiritual Sion, the Church of Christ, shall receive much grace by his Evangelical law: 12. and her children shall not fear persecution, nor be overcome; 23. but her enemies shall fail.God encoregeth Sion to trust in his promised comforte, by example of Abraham. 3. For the spiritual Sion, the Church of Christ, shal receiue much grace by his Euangelical law: 12. and her children shal not feare persecution, nor be ouercome; 23. but her enemies shal faile.✦
Hear me ye that follow that which is just, and that seek our Lord: attendite: give heed, hearken, not to escort or wait upon to the rock whence you are hewn out, and to the cave of the lake from the which you are cut out.HEARE me ye that folow that which is iust, and that seeke our Lord: attend to the rocke whence you are hewen out, & to the caue of the lake from the which you are cut out.✦Audite me, qui sequimini quod justum est, et quæritis Dominum ; attendite ad petram unde excisi estis, et ad cavernam laci de qua præcisi estis.
2Attend to Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: because I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.Attend to Abraham your father, and to Sara that bare you: because I called him alone, and blessed him, & multiplied him.Attendite ad Abraham, patrem vestrum, et ad Saram, quæ peperit vos : quia unum vocavi eum, et benedixi ei, et multiplicavi eum.
3Our Lord therefore will comfort Sion, and will comfort all the ruins thereof: and he will make her desert as delicacies, and her wilderness as the garden of our Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found in it, giving of thanks, and voice of praise.Our Lord therfore wil comfort Sion, and wil comfort al the ruines therof: and he wil make her desert as delicacies, and her wildernes as the garden of our Lord. Ioy and gladnes shal be found in it, geuing of thankes, and voice of prayse.✦Consolabitur ergo Dominus Sion, et consolabitur omnes ruinas ejus : et ponet desertum ejus quasi delicias, et solitudinem ejus quasi hortum Domini. Gaudium et lætitia invenietur in ea, gratiarum actio et vox laudis.
4Attend unto me O my people, and my tribe hear ye me: because a law shall proceed from me, and my judgement shall rest to be a light of the peoples.Attend vnto me ô my people, and my tribe heare ye me: because a law shal proceede from me, and my iudgement shal rest to be a light of the peoples.✦Attendite ad me, popule meus, et tribus mea, me audite : quia lex a me exiet, et judicium meum in lucem populorum requiescet.
5My just one is nigh at hand, my saviour is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge peoples: the islands shall exspectabunt: anticipate; wait for, await me, and shall patiently wait for mine arm.My iust one is nigh at hand, my sauiour is gone forth, and mine armes shal iudge peoples: the ilands shal expect me, and shal patiently wayte for mine arme.✦Prope est justus meus, egressus est salvator meus, et brachia mea populos judicabunt ; me insulæ exspectabunt, et brachium meum sustinebunt.
6Lift up your eyes into heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: because the heavens shall melt as smoke, and the earth shall be worn away as a garment, and like to these things shall the inhabitants thereof perish: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.Lift vp your eies into heauen, and looke downe to the earth beneath: because the heauens shal melt as smoke, and the earth shal be worne away as a garment, and like to these thinges shal the inhabitants therof perish: but my saluation shal be for euer, and my iustice shal not faile.✦Levate in cælum oculos vestros, et videte sub terra deorsum : quia cæli sicut fumus liquescent, et terra sicut vestimentum atteretur, et habitatores ejus sicut hæc interibunt : salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea non deficiet.
7Hear me ye that know that which is just, my people which have my law in their heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies.Heare me ye that know that which is iust, my people which haue my law in their hart: feare ye not the reproch of men, and be not afrayd of their blasphemies.✦Audite me, qui scitis justum, populus meus, lex mea in corde eorum : nolite timere opprobrium hominum, et blasphemias eorum ne metuatis :
8For as a garment, so shall the worm eat them: and as wool, so shall the moth devour them, but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice unto generations of generations.For as a garment, so shal the worme eate them: and as wool, so shal the moth deuoure them, but my saluation shal be for euer, and my iustice vnto generations of generations.✦sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis, et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea : salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea in generationes generationum.
9Arise, arise, put on strength O arm of our Lord: arise as in the old days, in the generations of worlds. Hast not thou stricken the proud, wounded the dragon?Arise, arise, put on strength ô arme of our Lord: arise as in the old dayes, in the generations of worldes. Hast not thou striken the proude, wounded the dragon?✦Consurge, consurge, induere fortitudinem, brachium Domini ! consurge sicut in diebus antiquis, in generationibus sæculorum. Numquid non tu percussisti superbum, vulnerasti draconem ?
10Hast not thou dried the sea, the water of the vehement, which madest the depth of the sea a way, that the delivered might pass.Hast not thou dried the sea, the water of the vehement, which madest the depth of the sea a way, that the deliuered might passe.numquid non tu siccasti mare, aquam abyssi vehementis ; qui posuisti profundum maris viam, ut transirent liberati ?
11And now they that are redeemed of our Lord, shall return, and shall come into Sion praising, and joy everlasting upon their heads, they shall possess joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning shall flee away.And now they that are redemed of our Lord, shal returne, and shal come into Sion praysing, and ioy euerlasting vpon their heades, they shal possesse ioy and gladnes, sorrow and mourning shal flee away.✦Et nunc qui redempti sunt a Domino, revertentur, et venient in Sion laudantes, et lætitia sempiterna super capita eorum : gaudium et lætitiam tenebunt ; fugiet dolor et gemitus.
12I, even I my self will comfort you: who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, which as grass so shall wither?I, euen I my self wil comfort you: who art thou that thou shouldest be afrayd of a mortal man, and of the sonne of man, which as grasse so shal wither?✦Ego, ego ipse consolabor vos. Quis tu, ut timeres ab homine mortali, et a filio hominis qui quasi fœnum ita arescet ?
13And thou hast forgotten our Lord thy maker, which stretched out the heavens, and founded the earth: and thou hast been afraid continually all the day at the face of his fury, which afflicted thee, and had prepared to destroy: where is now the fury of the affliction?And thou hast forgotten our Lord thy maker, which stretched out the heauens, and founded the earth: and thou hast bene afrayd continually al the day at the face of his furie, which afflicted thee, and had prepared to destroy: where is now the furie of the affliction?✦Et oblitus es Domini, factoris tui, qui tetendit cælos et fundavit terram ; et formidasti jugiter tota die a facie furoris ejus qui te tribulabat, et paraverat ad perdendum. Ubi nunc est furor tribulantis ?
14He shall quickly come going to open, and he shall not kill unto utter destruction, neither shall his bread fail.He shal quickly come going to open, and he shal not kil vnto vtter destruction, neither shal his bread faile.✦Cito veniet gradiens ad aperiendum ; et non interficiet usque ad internecionem, nec deficiet panis ejus.
15But I am the Lord thy God which trouble the sea, and the waves thereof do swell, the Lord of hosts is my name.But I am the Lord thy God which truble the sea, and the waues therof doe swel, the Lord of hostes is my name.✦Ego autem sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui conturbo mare, et intumescunt fluctus ejus : Dominus exercituum nomen meum.
16I have put my words in thy mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I have protected thee, that thou mightest plant the heavens, and found the earth: and mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I haue protected thee, that thou mightest plant the heauens, and found the earth: & mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.✦Posui verba mea in ore tuo, et in umbra manus meæ protexi te, ut plantes cælos, et fundes terram, et dicas ad Sion : Populus meus es tu.
17Be lifted up, be lifted up, arise Jerusalem, which hast drunken of the hand of our Lord the cup of his wrath: even to the bottom of the cup of soporis: stupor, the sleep of stupefaction hast thou drunk, even to the dregs.Be lifted vp, be lifted vp, arise Ierusalem, which hast drunken of the hand of our Lord the cuppe of his wrath: euen to the botome of the cuppe of drousines hast thou drunke, euen to the dregges.✦Elevare, elevare, consurge, Jerusalem, quæ bibisti de manu Domini calicem iræ ejus ; usque ad fundum calicis soporis bibisti, et potasti usque ad fæces.
18There is none that can uphold her of all the children, that she hath borne: and there is none that taketh her by the hand of all the children, that she hath brought up.There is none that can vphold her of al the children, that she hath borne: and there is none that taketh her by the hand of al the children, that she hath brought vp.✦Non est qui sustentet eam, ex omnibus filiis quos genuit ; et non est qui apprehendat manum ejus, ex omnibus filiis quos enutrivit.
19There are two things which have happened to thee: who shall be sorry for thee? vastitas: devastation, laying waste, not plunder or booty carried off, and destruction, and famine, and the sword, who shall comfort thee?There are two thinges which haue happened to thee: who shal be sorie for thee? Spoile, and destruction, and famine, and the sword, who shal comfort thee?✦Duo sunt quæ occurrerunt tibi ; quis contristabitur super te ? Vastitas, et contritio, et fames, et gladius ; quis consolabitur te ?
20Thy children are thrown forth, they have slept in the head of all ways, as the oryx: a wild antelope that is snared: full of the indignation of our Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.Thy children are throwen forth, they haue slept in the head of al wayes, as the orix that is snared: ful of the indignation of our Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.✦Filii tui projecti sunt, dormierunt in capite omnium viarum sicut oryx illaqueatus, pleni indignatione Domini, increpatione Dei tui.
21Therefore hear this poor little one, and drunken not of wine.Therefore heare this poore little one, and drunken not of wine.✦Idcirco audi hoc, paupercula, et ebria non a vino.
22Thus saith thy dominator: sovereign ruler, lord our Lord, and thy God, who hath fought for his people: Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of drowsiness, the bottom of the cup of mine indignation, thou shalt not add to drink it any more.Thus sayth thy dominatour our Lord, and thy God, who hath fought for his people: Behold I haue taken out of thy hand the cuppe of drousines, the botome of the cuppe of mine indignation, thou shalt not adde to drinke it any more.✦Hæc dicit dominator tuus Dominus, et Deus tuus, qui pugnabit pro populo suo : Ecce tuli de manu tua calicem soporis, fundum calicis indignationis meæ : non adjicies ut bibas illum ultra.
23And I will put it in their hand, that have humbled thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may pass over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that pass over?And I wil put it in their hand, that haue humbled thee, and haue sayd to thy soule: Bow downe, that we may passe ouer: and thou hast layd thy bodie as the gronnd, and as a way to them that passe ouer?✦Et ponam illum in manu eorum qui te humiliaverunt, et dixerunt animæ tuæ : Incurvare, ut transeamus ; et posuisti ut terram corpus tuum, et quasi viam transeuntibus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.