By their great injustice, 7. notwithstanding their vain presumption of God's mercy; whereto he is indeed most prone, 8. the Israelites through their excessive rapine, provoke God to punish them. 12. yet when Christ shall come some Jews will serve him; and many more in the end of the world.By their great iniustice, 7. notwithstanding their vaine presumption of Gods mercie; wherto he is in dede most prone, 8. the Israelites through their excessiue rapine, prouoke God to punish them. 12. yet when Christ shal come some Iewes wil serue him; and manie more in the end of the world.✦
Wo to you which think that is inutile: worthless mischief, i.e. iniquity (by understatement, extreme harm), and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they do it, because their hand is against God.WO to you which thinke that is a vnprofitable, and worke euil in your beds: in the morning light they doe it, because their hand is against God.✦Væ qui cogitatis inutile, et operamini malum in cubilibus vestris ! In luce matutina faciunt illud, quoniam contra Deum est manus eorum.
2And they have coveted fields, and violently taken, and houses forcibly taken away: and oppressed the man and his house, the man and his inheritance.And they haue coueted fildes, and violently taken, and houses forcibly taken away: and oppressed the man and his house, the man and his inheritance.✦Et concupierunt agros, et violenter tulerunt : et rapuerunt domos, et calumniabantur virum, et domum ejus : virum, et hæreditatem ejus.
3Therefore thus saith our Lord: Behold I purpose evil upon this family: whence you shall not take away your necks, and you shall not walk proud, because it is a very evil time.Therfore thus saith our Lord: Behold I purpose euil vpon this familie: whence you shal not take away your neckes, and you shal not walke prowd, because it is a very euil time.✦Idcirco hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego cogito super familiam istam malum, unde non auferetis colla vestra, et non ambulabitis superbi : quoniam tempus pessimum est.
4In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with sweetness, of them that say: With depopulation we are wasted: part of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he returneth, that will divide our regions?In that day a parable shal be taken vp vpon you, and a songue shal be sung with sweetnes, of them that say: With depopulation we are wasted: part of my people is changed: how shal he depart from me, wheras he returneth, that wil diuide our regions?✦In die illa sumetur super vos parabola, et cantabitur canticum cum suavitate, dicentium : Depopulatione vastati sumus ; pars populi mei commutata est : quomodo recedet a me, cum revertatur, qui regiones nostras dividat ?
5For this cause thou shalt have none casting the cord of lot in the assembly of our Lord.For this cause thou shalt haue none casting the cord of lot in the assemblie of our Lord.✦Propter hoc non erit tibi mittens funiculum sortis in cœtu Domini.
6Speak ye not speaking: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not apprehend them.Speake ye not b speaking: It shal not droppe vpon these, confusion shal not apprehend them.✦Ne loquamini loquentes ; non stillabit super istos, non comprehendet confusio.
7The house of Jacob saith: Why is the spirit of our Lord abridged, or are his cogitations such? Are not my words good with him that walketh rightly?The house of Iacob saith: Why is the spirit of our Lord abridged, or are his cogitations such? c Are not my wordes good with him that walketh rightly?✦Dicit domus Jacob : Numquid abbreviatus est spiritus Domini, aut tales sunt cogitationes ejus ? nonne verba mea bona sunt cum eo qui recte graditur ?
8And on the contrary my people is risen up as an adversary: from above the coat you have taken away the cloak: and them that passed simpliciter: innocently, without guile, you turned into battle.And on the contrarie my people is risen vp as an aduersarie: from aboue the cote you haue taken away the cloke: & them that passed simply, you turned into battel.✦et e contrario populus meus in adversarium consurrexit. Desuper tunica pallium sustulistis : et eos qui transibant simpliciter convertistis in bellum.
9The women of my people you have cast out of the house of their deliciarum: delights, luxuries (soft, pleasant homes): from their little ones you have taken my praise for ever.The wemen of my people you haue cast out of the house of their delicacies: from their litle ones you haue taken my praise for euer.✦Mulieres populi mei ejecistis de domo deliciarum suarum ; a parvulis earum tulistis laudem meam in perpetuum.
10Arise, and go, because you have no rest here. For the uncleanness thereof it shall be corrupted with a sore putrefaction.Arise, and goe, because you haue no rest here. For the vncleannes therof it shal be corrupted with a sore putrefaction.✦Surgite, et ite, quia non habetis hic requiem : propter immunditiam ejus corrumpetur putredine pessima.
11Would God I were not a man having the spirit, and that I did rather speak a lie: I will distil to thee into wine, and into drunkenness: and it shall be this people upon whom it is distilled.Would God I were not a man hauing the spirit, and that I did rather speake a lie: I wil distil to thee into wine, and into drunkennes: and it shal be this people vpon whom it is distilled.✦Utinam non essem vir habens spiritum, et mendacium potius loquerer ! Stillabo tibi in vinum et in ebrietatem ; et erit super quem stillatur populus iste.
12Gathering I will gather thee wholly together O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel into one, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as cattle in the midst of sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.d Gathering I wil gather thee wholly together ô Iacob: I wil bring together the remnant of Israel into one, I wil put them together as a flocke in the fold, as cattel in the middes of sheepcotes, they shal make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.✦Congregatione congregabo, Jacob, totum te ; in unum conducam reliquias Israël : pariter ponam illum quasi gregem in ovili, quasi pecus in medio caularum : tumultuabuntur a multitudine hominum.
13For he shall ascend opening the way before them: they shall divide, and pass through the gate, and shall enter by it: and their king shall pass before them, and our Lord in the head of them.For he shal ascend opening the way before them: they shal diuide, and passe through the gate, and shal enter by it: and their king shal passe before them, and our Lord in the head of them.✦Ascendet enim pandens iter ante eos : divident, et transibunt portam, et ingredientur per eam : et transibit rex eorum coram eis, et Dominus in capite eorum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.