In signification of the people's idolatry, the prophet marrieth a fornicatrix: 4. by his children's names foresheweth their great, and long captivity: 11. And afterwards their redemption together with all nations.In signification of the peoples idolatrie, the prophet marieth a fornicatrix: 4. by his childrens names foresheweth their great, and long captiuitie: 11. And afterwards their redemption together with al nations.✦
The word of our Lord, that was made to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, Ezechias kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel.THE word of our Lord, that was made to Osee the sonne of Beeri, in the dayes of Ozias, Ioathan, Achaz, Ezechias kinges of Iuda, and in the dayes a of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas king of Israel.✦Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad Osee, filium Beeri, in diebus Oziæ, Joathan, Achaz, Ezechiæ, regum Juda ; et in diebus Jeroboam, filii Joas, regis Israël.
2The beginning to our Lord of speaking in Osee: and our Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications, and make children of fornications: because the land fornicating shall fornicate from the Lord.The beginning to our Lord of speaking in Osee : and our Lord sayd to Osee : Goe, take thee a wife b of fornications, and * make children c of fornications : because the land fornicating shal fornicate from the Lord.✦Principium loquendi Domino in Osee. Et dixit Dominus ad Osee : Vade, sume tibi uxorem fornicationum, et fac tibi filios fornicationum, quia fornicans fornicabitur terra a Domino.
3And he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Debelaim: and she conceived, and bore him a son.And he went, and tooke Gomer the daughter of Debelaim : and she conceiued, and bare him a sonne.✦Et abiit, et accepit Gomer, filiam Debelaim : et concepit, et peperit ei filium.
4And our Lord said to him: Call his name Jezrahel: because yet a little while, and I will visitabo: pay a social call on; come upon to punish, avenge the blood of Jezrahel upon the house of Jehu, and I will make the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.And our Lord sayd to him : Cal his name Iezrahel : because yet a litle while, & I wil visite the bloud d of Iezrahel vpon the house of Iehu, and I wil make the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.✦Et dixit Dominus ad eum : Voca nomen ejus Jezrahel, quoniam adhuc modicum, et visitabo sanguinem Jezrahel super domum Jehu, et quiescere faciam regnum domus Israël.
5And in that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrahel.And in that day I wil breake the bow of Israel in the valley of Iezrahel.Et in illa die conteram arcum Israël in valle Jezrahel.
6And she conceived yet again, and bore a daughter, and he said to him: Call her name, Without mercy: because I will add no more to have mercy on the house of Israel, but with oblivion I will forget them.And she conceiued yet agayne, and bare a daughter, & he sayd to him : Cal her name, Without mercie : because I wil adde no more to haue mercie on the house of Israel, but with obliuion I wil forget them.✦Et concepit adhuc, et peperit filiam. Et dixit ei : Voca nomen ejus, Absque misericordia, quia non addam ultra misereri domui Israël, sed oblivione obliviscar eorum.
7And I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them in the Lord their God: and I will not save them in bow and sword, and in battle, and in horses, and in horsemen.And I wil haue mercie on the house of Iuda, and wil saue them in the Lord their God : & I wil not saue them in bow and sword, and in battel, and in horses, & in horsemen.✦Et domui Juda miserebor, et salvabo eos in Domino Deo suo ; et non salvabo eos in arcu et gladio, et in bello, et in equis, et in equitibus.
8And she weaned her that was, Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son.And she weyned her that was, Without mercie. And she conceiued, and bare a sonne.✦Et ablactavit eam quæ erat Absque misericordia. Et concepit, et peperit filium.
9And he said: Call his name, Not my people: because you not my people, and I will not be yours.And he sayd : Cal his name, Not my people : because you not my people, and I wil not be yours.Et dixit : Voca nomen ejus, Non populus meus, quia vos non populus meus, et ego non ero vester.
10And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in place where it shall be said to them: Not my people you: it shall be said to them: Children of the living God.And the number of the children of Israel shal be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shal not be numbered. And it shal be in place where it shal be sayd to them : Not my people you : it shal be sayd to them : e Children of the liuing God.✦Et erit numerus filiorum Israël quasi arena maris, quæ sine mensura est, et non numerabitur. Et erit in loco ubi dicetur eis : Non populus meus vos : dicetur eis : Filii Dei viventis.
11And the children of Juda, and the children of Israel shall be gathered together: and they shall set to themselves, one head, and shall ascend out of the earth: because great is the day of Jezrahel.And the children of Iuda, and the children of Israel shal be gathered together : and they shal set to themselues, f one head, and shal ascend out of the earth : because great is the day of Iezrahel.✦Et congregabuntur filii Juda et filii Israël pariter ; et ponent sibimet caput unum, et ascendent de terra, quia magnus dies Jezrahel.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.