The Chaldees will assault and afflict the Jews with great violence. 12. After humble repentance in captivity, 18. God's benignity will comfort them. 23. with abundance of spiritual grace by Christ: 28. sending also the Holy Ghost. 30. And terrible signs before the day of Judgement.The Chaldees wil assault & afflict the Iewes with great violence. 12. After humble repentance in captiuitie, 18. Gods benignitie wil comfort them. 23. with abundance of spiritual grace by Christ : 28. sending also the Holie Ghost. 30. And terrible signes before the day of Iudgement.✦
Sound ye with the trumpet in Sion, howl in my holy mount, let all the inhabitants of the land be troubled: Because the day of our Lord cometh,SOVND ye a with the trumpet in Sion, howle in my holie mount, let al the inhabitants of the land be trubled : Because b the day of our Lord cometh,✦Canite tuba in Sion, ululate in monte sancto meo, conturbentur omnes habitatores terræ : quia venit dies Domini, quia prope est.
2because the day of darkness, and of mist is near, the day of cloud, and whirlwind: as the morning spread upon the mountains much people and strong: the like to it hath not been from the beginning, and after it shall not be even unto the years of generation and generation.because the day of darkenes, and of mist is neere, the day of clowde, and whirlewind : as the morning spred vpon the montaines much people & strong : the like to it hath not bene from the beginning, and after it shal not be euen vnto the yeares of generation & generation.Dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nubis et turbinis ; quasi mane expansum super montes populus multus et fortis : similis ei non fuit a principio, et post eum non erit usque in annos generationis et generationis.
3Before the face thereof a devouring fire, and after it a burning flame: the land before it as it were a garden of pleasure, and after it the wilderness of a desert, neither is there that can escape it.Before the face therof a deuouring fyre, and after it a burning flame : the land before it as it were a garden of pleasure, and after it the wildernes of a desert, neither is there that can escape it.Ante faciem ejus ignis vorans, et post eum exurens flamma. Quasi hortus voluptatis terra coram eo, et post eum solitudo deserti, neque est qui effugiat eum.
4As the appearance of horses, their appearance. And as horsemen so shall they run.As the appearance of horses, their appearance. & as horsemen so shal they runne.✦Quasi aspectus equorum, aspectus eorum ; et quasi equites, sic current.
5As the sound of chariots upon the tops of mountains shall they leap, as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, as a strong people prepared to battle.As the sound of chariots vpon the toppes of mountaines shal they leape, as the sound of a flame of fire deuouring stubble, as a strong people prepared to battel.✦Sicut sonitus quadrigarum super capita montium exilient, sicut sonitus flammæ ignis devorantis stipulam, velut populus fortis præparatus ad prælium.
6At his presence the people shall be vexed: all visages shall be made like a pot.At his presence the people shal be vexed : al visages shal be made like a potte.✦A facie ejus cruciabuntur populi ; omnes vultus redigentur in ollam.
7They shall run as valiants: as men of war they shall scale the wall: the men shall march in their ways, and shall not decline from their paths.They shal runne as valients : as men of warre they shal scale the wal : the men shal march in their wayes, & shal not decline from their pathes.✦Sicut fortes current ; quasi viri bellatores ascendent murum : viri in viis suis gradientur, et non declinabunt a semitis suis.
8None shall press his brother; they shall walk every one in his own path: yea and through the windows they shall fall, and shall not demolish.None shal presse his brother ; they shal walke euerie one in his owne pathe : yea & through the windowes they shal fal, & shal * not demolish.✦Unusquisque fratrem suum non coarctabit, singuli in calle suo ambulabunt ; sed et per fenestras cadent, et non demolientur.
9They shall enter the city: they shall run on the wall, they shall climb the houses, by the windows they shall enter as a thief.They shal enter the city : they shal runne on the wal, they shal climbe the houses, by the windowes they shal enter as a theefe.Urbem ingredientur, in muro current, domos conscendent, per fenestras intrabunt quasi fur.
10At his presence the earth hath trembled, the heavens are moved: the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.At his presence the earth hath trembled, the heauens are moued : the sunne and moone are darkened, and the starres haue withdrawne their shining.A facie ejus contremuit terra, moti sunt cæli, sol et luna obtenebrati sunt, et stellæ retraxerunt splendorem suum.
11And our Lord hath given his voice before the face of his host: because his camps are exceeding many, because strong and doing his word: for great is the day of our Lord, and terrible exceedingly: and who shall sustain it?And our Lord hath geuen his voice before the face of his host : because his campes are exceding manie, because strong & doing his word : for great is the day of our Lord, & terrible excedingly : and who shal susteyne it?Et Dominus dedit vocem suam ante faciem exercitus sui, quia multa sunt nimis castra ejus, quia fortia et facientia verbum ejus : magnus enim dies Domini, et terribilis valde, et quis sustinebit eum ?
12Now therefore saith our Lord: Convert to me in all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.Now therfore sayth our Lord : c Conuert to me in al your hart, d in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.Nunc ergo, dicit Dominus, convertimini ad me in toto corde vestro, in jejunio, et in fletu, et in planctu.
13And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: because he is benign and merciful, patient and of much mercy, and ready to be gracious upon the malitia: the evil or calamity threatened: not ill will.And rent your hartes, and not your garments, and turne to the Lord your God : because he is benigne and merciful, patient and of much mercie, & readie to be gracious vpon the malice.Et scindite corda vestra, et non vestimenta vestra ; et convertimini ad Dominum Deum vestrum, quia benignus et misericors est, patiens et multæ misericordiæ, et præstabilis super malitia.
14Who knoweth if he will convert, and forgive, and leave after him benediction, sacrifice and libamen: a drink offering, a libation to the Lord your God?Who knoweth if he wil conuert, and forgeue, and leaue after him benediction, sacrifice and libament to the Lord your God?Quis scit si convertatur, et ignoscat, et relinquat post se benedictionem, sacrificium et libamen Domino Deo vestro ?
15Sound ye with the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly,Sound ye with the trumpet in Sion, sanctifie a fast, cal an assemblie,✦Canite tuba in Sion, sanctificate jejunium, vocate cœtum :
16gather together the people, sanctify the ecclesiam: the holy assembly, here of Israel, figure of the Church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her bride chamber.gather together the people, sanctifie the Church, assemble the ancients, gather together the litle ones, and them that sucke the breastes : let the bridegrome goe forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her bride chamber.✦congregate populum, sanctificate ecclesiam, coadunate senes, congregate parvulos, et sugentes ubera ; egrediatur sponsus de cubili suo, et sponsa de thalamo suo.
17Between the porch and the altar the priests our Lord's ministers shall weep, and shall say: Spare O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thine inheritance into reproach, that the nations have dominion over them. Why say they in the peoples: Where is their God?Betwen the porch and the altar the priests our Lords ministers shal weepe, and shal say : Spare ô Lord, spare thy people : and geue not thine inheritance into reproch, that the nations haue dominion ouer them. Why say they in the peoples : Where is their God?✦Inter vestibulum et altare plorabunt sacerdotes, ministri Domini, et dicent : Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo ; et ne des hæreditatem tuam in opprobrium, ut dominentur eis nationes. Quare dicunt in populis : Ubi est Deus eorum ?
18Our Lord hath been zealous to his land, and hath spared his people.Our Lord hath bene e zelous to his land, and hath spared his people.✦Zelatus est Dominus terram suam, et pepercit populo suo.
19And our Lord answered, and said to his people: Behold I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be replenished with them: and I will give you no more to be a reproach in the Gentiles.And our Lord answered, and sayd to his people : Behold f I wil send you corne, and wine, and oyle, and you shal be replenished with them : and I wil geue you no more to be a reproch in the Gentils.✦Et respondit Dominus, et dixit populo suo : Ecce ego mittam vobis frumentum, et vinum, et oleum, et replebimini eis ; et non dabo vos ultra opprobrium in gentibus.
20And him that is from the North, I will make far from you: and I will expel him into a land impassable, and desert, his face against the east sea, and his extreme part to the last sea: and his stink shall ascend, and his rottenness shall ascend, because he hath done proudly.And him that is from the North, I wil make far from you : and I wil expel him into a land vnpassable, & desert, his face against the east sea, and his extreme part to the last sea : & his stinke shal ascend, & his rotennes shal ascend, because he hath done proudly.✦Et eum qui ab aquilone est procul faciam a vobis, et expellam eum in terram inviam et desertam : faciem ejus contra mare orientale, et extremum ejus ad mare novissimum : et ascendet fœtor ejus, et ascendet putredo ejus, quia superbe egit.
21Fear not O land, rejoice and be glad: because our Lord hath magnified to do.Feare not ô land, reioyce & be glad : because our Lord hath magnified to doe.Noli timere, terra : exsulta, et lætare, quoniam magnificavit Dominus ut faceret.
22Fear not ye beasts of the region: because the beautiful things of the desert are sprung, because the tree hath brought his fruit, the fig tree, and the vine have given their vigour.Feare not ye beastes of the region : because the beautiful thinges of the desert are sprung, because the tree hath brought his fruite, the figtree, and the vine haue geuen their vigour.Nolite timere, animalia regionis, quia germinaverunt speciosa deserti ; quia lignum attulit fructum suum, ficus et vinea dederunt virtutem suam.
23And ye children of Sion rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a doctorem: a teacher: not a physician of justice, and he will make the early and the late shower to descend to you as in the beginning.And ye children of Sion reioyce, and be ioyful in the Lord your God : because he hath geuen you a doctor of iustice, and he wil make the early and the late showre to descend to you as in the beginning.✦Et, filii Sion, exsultate, et lætamini in Domino Deo vestro, quia dedit vobis doctorem justitiæ, et descendere faciet ad vos imbrem matutinum et serotinum, sicut in principio.
24And the floors shall be filled with wheat, and the presses shall overflow with wine, and oil.And the floores shal be filled with wheate, and the presses shal ouerflow with wine, and oyle.✦Et implebuntur areæ frumento, et redundabunt torcularia vino et oleo.
25And I will render you the years, which the locust, the bruke, and the blast, and the eruke hath eaten: my great strength, which I have sent upon you.And I wil render you the yeares, which the locust, the bruke, and the blast, and the eruke hath eaten : my great strength, which I haue sent vpon you.✦Et reddam vobis annos, quos comedit locusta, bruchus, et rubigo, et eruca : fortitudo mea magna quam misi in vos.
26And you shall eat eating, and shall be filled: and you shall praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath done marvels with you, and my people shall not be confounded for ever.And you shal eate eating, and shal be filled : and you shal praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath done meruels with you, and my people shal not be confounded for euer.✦Et comedetis vescentes, et saturabimini ; et laudabitis nomen Domini Dei vestri, qui fecit mirabilia vobiscum ; et non confundetur populus meus in sempiternum.
27And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: and I the Lord your God, and there is none besides: and my people shall not be confounded for ever.And you shal know that I am in the middes of Israel : & I the Lord your God, and there is none besides : and my people shal not be confounded for euer.Et scietis quia in medio Israël ego sum, et ego Dominus Deus vester, et non est amplius ; et non confundetur populus meus in æternum.
28And it shall be after this: I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons, and your daughters shall prophesy: your ancients shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.And it shal be after this : g I wil powre out my spirit vpon al flesh : and your sonnes, & your daughters shal prophecie : your ancients shal dreame dreames, and your yong men shal see visions.✦Et erit post hæc : effundam spiritum meum super omnem carnem, et prophetabunt filii vestri et filiæ vestræ : senes vestri somnia somniabunt, et juvenes vestri visiones videbunt.
29Yea and upon my servants, and handmaids in those days I will pour out my spirit.Yea and vpon my seruants, and handmayds in those dayes I wil powre out my spirit.✦Sed et super servos meos et ancillas in diebus illis effundam spiritum meum.
30And I will give wonders in heaven, and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.And I wil geue wonders in heauen, and in earth, bloud, and fire, and vapour of smoke.✦Et dabo prodigia in cælo et in terra, sanguinem, et ignem, et vaporem fumi.
31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and horrible day of the Lord doth come.The sunne shal be turned into darkenes, and the moone into bloud : before the great and horrible day of the Lord doth come.Sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et horribilis.
32And it shall be, every one that shall invocate the name of the Lord, shall be saved: because in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as our Lord hath said, and in the residuis: the remnant, those left whom our Lord shall call.And it shal be, euerie one that shal inuocate the name of the Lord, shal be saued : because in mount Sion, and in Ierusalem shal be saluation, as our Lord hath sayd, and in the residew whom our Lord shal cal.✦Et erit : omnis qui invocaverit nomen Domini, salvus erit : quia in monte Sion et in Jerusalem erit salvatio, sicut dixit Dominus, et in residuis quos Dominus vocaverit.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.