The prophet avoucheth that he will not cease from preaching Christ, 4. to whom all nations shall be converted: 8. & whose Church shall continue for ever.The prophet auoucheth that he wil not cease from preaching Christ, 4. to whom al nations shal be conuerted : 8. & whose Church shal continew for euer.✦
For Sion I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem, I will not rest, till her just one come forth as brightness, & her saviour be kindled as a lamp.FOR Sion I wil not hold my peace, and for Ierusalem, I wil not rest, til her iust one come forth as brightnes, & her sauiour be kindled as a lampe.✦Propter Sion non tacebo, et propter Jerusalem non quiescam, donec egrediatur ut splendor justus ejus, et salvator ejus ut lampas accendatur.
2And the Gentiles shall see thy just one, and all kings thy noble one: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of our Lord shall name.And the Gentiles shal see thy iust one, and al kinges thy noble one : and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of our Lord shal name.✦Et videbunt gentes justum tuum, et cuncti reges inclytum tuum ; et vocabitur tibi nomen novum, quod os Domini nominabit.
3And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of our Lord, and the diadem of a kingdom in the hand of thy God.And thou shalt be a crowne of glorie in the hand of our Lord, and the diademe of a kingdome in the hand of thy God.✦Et eris corona gloriæ in manu Domini, et diadema regni in manu Dei tui.
4Thou shalt no more be called, Forsaken: and thy land shall no more be called, Desolate: But thou shalt be called, My will in her, and thy land inhabited. because it hath well pleased our Lord in thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.Thou shalt no more be called, Forsaken : and thy land shal no more be called, Desolate : But thou shalt be called, My wil in her, and thy land inhabited. becaufe it hath wel pleased our Lord in thee : and thy land shal be inhabited.✦Non vocaberis ultra Derelicta, et terra tua non vocabitur amplius Desolata ; sed vocaberis, Voluntas mea in ea, et terra tua Inhabitata, quia complacuit Domino in te, et terra tua inhabitabitur.
5For the young man shall dwell with the virgin, and thy children shall dwell in thee. And the bridegroom shall rejoice upon the bride, & thy God shall rejoice upon thee.For the yong man shal dwel with the virgin, and thy children shal dwel in thee. And the bridegrome shal reioyce vpon the bride, & thy God shal reioyce vpon thee.✦Habitabit enim juvenis cum virgine, et habitabunt in te filii tui ; et gaudebit sponsus super sponsam, et gaudebit super te Deus tuus.
6Upon thy walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, all the day, and all the night, for ever they shall not hold their peace. You that remember our Lord, hold not your peace,Vpon thy walles, Ierusalem, I haue appointed watchemen, al the day, and al the night, for euer they shal not hold their peace. You that remember our Lord, hold not your peace,✦Super muros tuos, Jerusalem, constitui custodes ; tota die et tota nocte in perpetuum non tacebunt. Qui reminiscimini Domini, ne taceatis,
7and give not silence to him, until he establish, and until he make Jerusalem the praise in the earth.and geue not silence to him, vntil he establish, and vntil he make Ierusalem the prayse in the earth.✦et ne detis silentium ei, donec stabiliat et donec ponat Jerusalem laudem in terra.
8Our Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: If I shall give thy wheat any more to be cibum: flesh only; food, victuals generally for thine enemies: and if the strange children shall drink thy wine, wherein thou hast laboured.Our Lord hath sworne by his right hand, and by the arme of his strength : If I shal geue thy wheate any more to be meate for thine enemies : and if the strange children shal drinke thy wine, wherein thou hast laboured.✦Juravit Dominus in dextera sua, et in brachio fortitudinis suæ : Si dedero triticum tuum ultra cibum inimicis tuis ; et si biberint filii alieni vinum tuum in quo laborasti.
9Because they that shall gather it together, shall eat it, and shall praise the Lord: and they that carry it together, shall drink it in my holy courts.Becaufe they that shal gather it together, shal eate it, and shal prayse the Lord : and they that carie it together, shal drinke it in my holie courtes.Quia qui congregant illud, comedent, et laudabunt Dominum ; et qui comportant illud, bibent in atriis sanctis meis.
10Pass ye, pass ye through the gates, prepare a way for the people, make the journey plain, & pick up the stones and lift up the signum: a placard, written mark; an ensign, raised standard to the peoples.Passe ye, passe ye through the gates, prepare a way for the people, make the iourney plaine, & picke vp the stones and lift vp the signe to the peoples.✦Transite, transite per portas, præparate viam populo : planum facite iter, eligite lapides, et elevate signum ad populos.
11Behold our Lord hath made heard in the ends of the earth, tell the daughter of Sion: Behold thy saviour cometh: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him.Behold our Lord hath made heard in the ends of the earth, tel the daughter of Sion : Behold thy sauiour cometh : behold his reward is with him, and his worke before him.✦Ecce Dominus auditum fecit in extremis terræ : Dicite filiæ Sion : Ecce Salvator tuus venit ; ecce merces ejus cum eo, et opus ejus coram illo.
12And they shall call them. The holy people, the redeemed of our Lord. But thou shalt be called: a city Sought for, and not Forsaken.And they shal cal them. The holie people, the redemed of our Lord. But thou shalt be called : a citie Sought for, and not Forsaken.✦Et vocabunt eos, Populus sanctus, redempti a Domino ; tu autem vocaberis, Quæsita civitas, et non Derelicta.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.