Christ announceth himself to be sent from heaven to teach the truth, to heal and pardon the penitent, to comfort the desolate, and strengthen the weak. 4. whose Apostles shall constantly preach justice in all the world. 10. And his Church shall rejoice.Christ announceth himself to be sent from heauen to teach the truth, to heale and pardon the penitent, to comforte the desolate, and streingthen the weake. 4. whose Apostles shal constantly preach iustice in al the world. 10. And his Church shal reioyce.✦
The spirit of the Lord upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: to preach to the mild he sent me, that I should heal the contrite of heart, and preach indulgentiam: self-indulgence; pardon, remission to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.THE spirit of the Lord vpon me, because the Lord hath annoynted me : to preach to the milde he sent me, that I should heale the contrite of hart, and preach indulgence to the captiues, and deliuerance to them that are shut vp.✦Spiritus Domini super me, eo quod unxerit Dominus me ; ad annuntiandum mansuetis misit me, ut mederer contritis corde, et prædicarem captivis indulgentiam, et clausis apertionem ;
2That I should preach the placabilem: propitious, acceptable year to the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: that I might comfort all that mourn:That I should preach the placable yeare to the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God : that I might comfort al that mourne :✦ut prædicarem annum placabilem Domino, et diem ultionis Deo nostro ; ut consolarer omnes lugentes,
3that I might appoint to the mourners of Sion, and give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a pallium: fireplace shelf; a cloak, mantle of praise for the spirit of sorrowfulness: and they shall be called in it the strong of justice, planting of the Lord to glorify.that I might appoint to the mourners of Sion, and geue them a crowne for ashes, the oyle of ioy for mourning, a mantel of prayse for the spirit of sorrowfulnes : and they shal be called in it the strong of iustice, planting of the Lord to glorifie.✦ut ponerem lugentibus Sion, et darem eis coronam pro cinere, oleum gaudii pro luctu, pallium laudis pro spiritu mœroris ; et vocabuntur in ea fortes justitiæ, plantatio Domini ad glorificandum.
4And they shall build the deserts from the beginning of the world, and shall erect the old ruins; and shall repair the desolate cities, that were dissipated in generation and generation.And they shal build the desertes from the begynning of the world, and shal erect the old ruines ; and shal repayre the desolate cities, that were dissipated in generation and generation.✦Et ædificabunt deserta a sæculo, et ruinas antiquas erigent, et instaurabunt civitates desertas, dissipatas in generationem et generationem.
5And aliens shall stand, and feed your cattle: and the children shall be your husbandmen, and dressers of the vines.And aliens shal stand, and feede your cattel : and the children shal be your husbandmen, and dressers of the vines.✦Et stabunt alieni, et pascent pecora vestra, et filii peregrinorum agricolæ et vinitores vestri erunt.
6And you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: The ministers of our God: you shall eat the strength of the Gentiles, and in their glory you shall be proud.And you shal be called the priestes of the Lord : to you it shal be sayd : The ministers of our God : you shal eate the strength of the Gentiles, and in their glorie you shal be proude.✦Vos autem sacerdotes Domini vocabimini : Ministri Dei nostri, dicetur vobis, fortitudinem gentium comedetis, et in gloria earum superbietis.
7For your double confusione: mental bewilderment; shame, disgrace and shame, they shall praise their part: for this cause shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be to them.For your duble confusion and shame, they shal prayse their part : for this cause shal they receiue duble in their land, euerlasting ioy shal be to them.✦Pro confusione vestra duplici et rubore, laudabunt partem suam ; propter hoc in terra sua duplicia possidebunt, lætitia sempiterna erit eis.
8Because I am the Lord that love judgement, & hate robbery in holocaust: and I will give their work in truth, and make a perpetual covenant with them.Because I am the Lord that loue iudgement, & hate robberie in holocaust : and I wil geue their worke in truth, and make a perpetual couenant with them.✦Quia ego Dominus diligens judicium, et odio habens rapinam in holocausto ; et dabo opus eorum in veritate, et fœdus perpetuum feriam eis.
9And they shall know their seed in the Gentiles, and their bud in the midst of peoples; all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.And they shal know their seede in the Gentiles, and their bud in the middes of peoples ; al that shal see them, shal know them, that these are the seede which the Lord hath blessed.✦Et scient in gentibus semen eorum, et germen eorum in medio populorum ; omnes qui viderint eos cognoscent illos, quia isti sunt semen cui benedixit Dominus.
10Rejoicing I will rejoice in our Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: because he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the garment of justice he hath compassed me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.Reioycing I wil reioyce in our Lord, and my soule shal be ioyful in my God : because he hath clothed me with the garments of saluation : and with the garment of iustice he hath compassed me, as a bridegrome decked with a crowne, and as a bride adorned with her iewels.✦Gaudens gaudebo in Domino, et exsultabit anima mea in Deo meo, quia induit me vestimentis salutis, et indumento justitiæ circumdedit me, quasi sponsum decoratum corona, et quasi sponsam ornatam monilibus suis.
11For as the earth bringeth forth her spring, and as the garden shooteth forth his seed: so shall our Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the Gentiles.For as the earth bringeth forth her spring, and as the garden shooteth forth his seede : so shal our Lord God make iustice to spring forth, and prayse before al the Gentiles.✦Sicut enim terra profert germen suum, et sicut hortus semen suum germinat, sic Dominus Deus germinabit justitiam et laudem coram universis gentibus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.