Under the figure of a new name, Christ's birth of a virgin is again prophesied. 4. but first the kingdoms of Syria, and Israel shall be destroyed: and Juda sore afflicted: 8. yet conserved with loss of many. 16. Which is a mystery hidden from the Jews. 21. Great evils hang over them, that depart from the law.Vnder the figure of a new name, Christs birth of a virgin is againe prophecied. 4. but first the kingdomes of Syria, and Israel shal be destroyed: and Iuda sore afflicted: 8. yet conserued with losse of manie. 16. Which is a mysterie hidden from the Iewes. 21. Great euils hang ouer them, that depart from the law.✦
And our Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with the pen of man. Take away the spoils speedily, quickly take prædare: prayers; plunder, spoil taken in war.AND our Lord sayd to me: Take thee a great booke, & write in it with the pen of man. Take away the spoiles spedely, quickly take prayes.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Sume tibi librum grandem, et scribe in eo stylo hominis : Velociter spolia detrahe, cito prædare.
2And I took to me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.And I tooke to me faithful witnesses, Vrias the priest, & Zacharias the sonne of Barachias.✦Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam, filium Barachiæ :
3And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And our Lord said to me: Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils: make haste to take preys.And I went to the prophetesse, and she conceiued, and bare a sonne. And our Lord sayd to me: Cal his name, Hasten to take away the spoiles: make hast to take prayes.✦et accessi ad prophetissam, et concepit, et peperit filium. Et dixit Dominus ad me : Voca nomen ejus : Accelera spolia detrahere ; Festina prædari :
4For before the child know to call his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus shall be taken away, and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.For before the childe know to cal his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus shal be taken away, and the spoiles of Samaria before the king of the Assirians.✦quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam, auferetur fortitudo Damasci, et spolia Samariæ, coram rege Assyriorum.
5And our Lord added yet to speak unto me, saying:And our Lord added yet to speake vnto me, saying:✦Et adjecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc, dicens :
6For that this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that run with silence, and rather taken Rasin, and the son of Romelia:For that this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that runne with silence, and rather taken Rasin, and the sonne of Romelia:✦Pro eo quod abjecit populus iste aquas Siloë, quæ vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliæ :
7for this cause behold our Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he will ascend over all their rivers, and will flow over all their banks.for this cause behold our Lord wil bring vpon them the waters of the riuer strong and manie, the king of the Assirians, and al his glorie: and he wil ascend ouer al their riuers, and wil flowe ouer al their bankes.✦propter hoc ecce Dominus adducet super eos aquas fluminis fortes et multas, regem Assyriorum, et omnem gloriam ejus, et ascendet super omnes rivos ejus, et fluet super universas ripas ejus ;
8And will go through Juda, overflowing, and passing through shall come even to the neck. And the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land O Emmanuel.And wil goe through Iuda, ouerflowing, and passing through shal come euen to the necke. And the stretching out of his winges shal fil the bredth of thy land ô Emmanuel.✦et ibit per Judam, inundans, et transiens : usque ad collum veniet. Et erit extensio alarum ejus implens latitudinem terræ tuæ, o Emmanuel !
9Gather ye together O peoples, and be overcome, and hear all ye lands far off: Take courage, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome.Gather ye together ô peoples, and be ouercome, and heare al ye landes far of: Take courege, and be ouercome, gird yourselues, & be ouercome.✦Congregamini, populi, et vincimini ; et audite, universæ procul terræ : confortamini, et vincimini ; accingite vos, et vincimini.
10Take counsel and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.Take counsel and it shal be defeated: speake a word, and it shal not be done: because God is with vs.Inite consilium, et dissipabitur ; loquimini verbum, et non fiet : quia nobiscum Deus.
11For thus saith our Lord to me: As in a strong arm he hath taught me, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:For thus sayth our Lord to me: As in a strong arme he hath taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying:✦Hæc enim ait Dominus ad me : Sicut in manu forti erudivit me, ne irem in via populi hujus, dicens :
12Say not: Conspiracy: for all things that this people speaketh, is conspiracy: and fear ye not their fear, neither dread ye.Say not: Conspiracie: for al thinges that this people speaketh, is conspiracie: and feare ye not their feare, neither dread ye.Non dicatis : Conjuratio ; omnia enim quæ loquitur populus iste, conjuratio est : et timorem ejus ne timeatis, neque paveatis.
13The Lord of hosts him sanctify ye: be he your dread, and he your terror.The Lord of hostes him sanctifie ye: be he your dread, and he your terrour.Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate ; ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester :
14And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone of offence, and for a rock of scandal to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.And he shal be a sanctification to you. But for a stone of offence, and for a rocke of scandal to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruine to the inhabitants of Ierusalem.✦et erit vobis in sanctificationem ; in lapidem autem offensionis, et in petram scandali, duabus domibus Israël ; in laqueum et in ruinam habitantibus Jerusalem.
15And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.And verie manie of them shal stumble and fal, and shal be broken in peeces, and shal be snared, and taken.Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.
16Bind the testimony, seal the law in my disciples.Binde the testimonie, seale the law in my disciples.✦Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.
17And I will exspectabo: anticipate; wait for, await our Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will wait for him.And I wil expect our Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Iacob, and I wil wayte for him.✦Et exspectabo Dominum qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Jacob, et præstolabor eum.
18Behold I and my children, whom our Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Sion.Behold I and my children, whom our Lord hath geuen me for a signe, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Sion.✦Ecce ego et pueri mei quos dedit mihi Dominus in signum, et in portentum Israël a Domino exercituum, qui habitat in monte Sion :
19And when they shall say to you: Ask of pythonibus: the serpents; soothsayers who divine by a familiar spirit, and of diviners, which whisper in their enchantments: shall not the people ask vision of their God, for the living of the dead?And when they shal say to you: Aske of Pythones, and of diuiners, which whisper in their inchantments: shal not the people aske vision of their God, for the liuing of the dead?✦et cum dixerint ad vos : Quærite a pythonibus et a divinis qui strident in incantationibus suis : numquid non populus a Deo suo requiret, pro vivis a mortuis ?
20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.To the law rather, and to the testimonie. And if they speake not according to this word, they shal not haue the morning light.✦ad legem magis et ad testimonium. Quod si non dixerint juxta verbum hoc, non erit eis matutina lux.
21And he shall pass by it, shall fall, and be hungry: and when he shall be hungry, he will be angry, and curse his king, and his God, and will look upwards.And he shal passe by it, shal fal, and be hungrie: and when he shal be hungrie, he wil be angrie, and curse his king, and his God, and wil looke vpwards.✦Et transibit per eam, corruet, et esuriet ; et cum esurierit, irascetur. Et maledicet regi suo, et Deo suo, et suspiciet sursum,
22And he will look to the earth, and behold tribulation and darkness, dissolution and distress, and caligo: gloom, thick darkness persecuting, and he can not flee away from his distress.And he wil looke to the earth, and behold tribulation and darknes, dissolution and distresse, and mist persecuting, and he can not flie away from his distresse.et ad terram intuebitur ; et ecce tribulatio et tenebræ, dissolutio et angustia, et caligo persequens, et non poterit avolare de angustia sua.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.