For certain enormous sins, the captivity of the two tribes is threatened, with admonition to repent, otherwise it shall be most terrible.For certaine enormious sinnes, the captiuitie of the two tribes, is threatned, with admonition to repent, otherwise it shal be most terrible.✦
The word of our Lord that was made to Sophonias the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezechias, in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda.THE word a of our Lord that was made to Sophonie the sonne of Chusi, the sonne of Godolias, the sonne of Amarias, the sonne of Ezechias, in the dayes of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda.✦Verbum Domini quod factum est ad Sophoniam, filium Chusi, filii Godoliæ, filii Amariæ, filii Ezeciæ, in diebus Josiæ, filii Amon, regis Judæ.
2Gathering I will gather together all things from the face of the earth, saith our Lord:b Gathering I wil gather together al thinges from the face of the earth, sayth our Lord:✦Congregans congregabo omnia a facie terræ, dicit Dominus :
3gathering man, and beast, gathering the fowls of the heaven, and fishes of the sea: and there shall be ruins of the impious: and I will destroy men from the face of the earth, saith our Lord.gathering man, and beast, gathering the foules of the heauen, and fishes of the sea: and there shal be ruines of the impious: and I wil destroy men from the face of the earth, sayth our Lord.✦congregans hominem et pecus, congregans volatilia cæli et pisces maris : et ruinæ impiorum erunt, et disperdam homines a facie terræ, dicit Dominus.
4And I will stretch forth my hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and I will destroy out of this place the remnant of Baal, and the names of the ædituorum: the temple-keepers (sacristans) with the priests:And I wil stretch forth my hand vpon Iuda, and vpon al the inhabitantes of Ierusalem: and I wil destroy out of this place the remnant of Baal, and the names of the templewardens with the priests:✦Et extendam manum meam super Judam et super omnes habitantes Jerusalem : et disperdam de loco hoc reliquias Baal, et nomina ædituorum cum sacerdotibus ;
5and them that adore upon the tops of houses the militiam: the army / multitude, not a guest of heaven, and adore, and swear by our Lord, and swear by Melchom.and them that adore vpon the toppes of houses the host of heauen, and adore, and sweare c by our Lord, and sweare by Melchom.✦et eos qui adorant super tecta militiam cæli, et adorant et jurant in Domino, et jurant in Melchom ;
6And them that turn away from after the back of our Lord, and that have not sought our Lord, nor searched after him.And them that turne away from after the backe of our Lord, and that haue not sought our Lord, nor searched after him.✦et qui avertuntur de post tergum Domini, et qui non quæsierunt Dominum, nec investigaverunt eum.
7Be silent before the face of our Lord God: because the day of our Lord is near, because our Lord hath prepared an hostiam: a sacrificial victim, not a guest or army, he hath sanctified his called.Be silent before the face of our Lord God: because d the day of our Lord is nere, because our Lord hath prepared an host, he hath sanctified his called.✦Silete a facie Domini Dei, quia juxta est dies Domini : quia præparavit Dominus hostiam ; sanctificavit vocatos suos.
8And it shall be: in the day of the host of our Lord I will visit upon the princes, and upon the king's sons, and upon all that are clothed with strange clothing:And it shal be: in the day of the host of our Lord I wil visite vpon the princes, and vpon e the kinges sonnes, and vpon al that are clothed with strange clothing:✦Et erit : in die hostiæ Domini, visitabo super principes, et super filios regis, et super omnes qui induti sunt veste peregrina ;
9and I will visit upon every one, that arrogantly entereth upon the threshold in that day, them that fill the house of our Lord their God with iniquity, and guile.and I wil visite vpon euerie one, that arrogantly entereth vpon the threshold in that day, them that fil the house of our Lord their God with iniquitie, & guile.✦et visitabo super omnem qui arroganter ingreditur super limen in die illa, qui complent domum Domini Dei sui iniquitate et dolo.
10And it shall be in that day, saith our Lord, the voice of clamour from the gate of fishes, and howling from the Secunda: the Second, a quarter of the city, and great destruction from the hills.And it shal be in that day, sayth our Lord, the voice of clamor from the gate of fishes, and howling from the second, and great destruction from the hilles.✦Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus, vox clamoris a porta piscium, et ululatus a Secunda, et contritio magna a collibus.
11Howl ye inhabitants of the Pilæ: the Mortar, a valley-district by Jerusalem. All the people of Chanaan is hush, all are perished that were wrapped in silver.Howle ye inhabitants of the * Morter. Al the people of Chanaan is hush, al are perished that were wrapped in siluer.✦Ululate, habitatores Pilæ : conticuit omnis populus Chanaan, disperierunt omnes involuti argento.
12and it shall be in that time: I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are fixed in their fæcibus: the lees / settled sediment of wine: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, and he will not do evil.& it shal be in that time: I wil search Ierusalem with lampes, and wil visite vpon the men that are fixed in their dregges: that say in their hartes: The Lord wil not doe good, and he wil not doe euil.✦Et erit in tempore illo : scrutabor Jerusalem in lucernis, et visitabo super viros defixos in fæcibus suis, qui dicunt in cordibus suis : Non faciet bene Dominus, et non faciet male.
13And their strength shall be into direptionem: plunder / booty, not the act of ruining, and their houses as a desert: and they shall build houses, and shall not inhabit them: and shall plant vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.And their strength shal be into spoile, and their houses as a desert: and they shal build houses, and shal not inhabite them: and shal plant vineyards, & shal not drinke the wine of them.✦Et erit fortitudo eorum in direptionem, et domus eorum in desertum : et ædificabunt domos, et non habitabunt ; et plantabunt vineas, et non bibent vinum earum.
14The great day of our Lord is near, it is near and exceeding swift: the voice of the day of our Lord is bitter, the strong shall there have tribulation.f The great day of our Lord is neere, it is neere and exceding swift: the voice of the day of our Lord is bitter, the strong shal there haue tribulation.✦Juxta est dies Domini magnus : juxta est, et velox nimis. Vox diei Domini amara : tribulabitur ibi fortis.
15That day a day of wrath, a day of tribulation and distress, a day of calamity and misery, a day of darkness and mist, a day of cloud and whirlwind:That day g a day of wrath, a day of tribulation and distresse, a day of calamitie and miserie, a day of darknes and mist, a day of clowde & whirlewind:✦Dies iræ dies illa, dies tribulationis et angustiæ, dies calamitatis et miseriæ, dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nebulæ et turbinis,
16a day of the trumpet and sound upon the munitas: fortified / walled cities, and upon the high corners.a day of the trumpet and sound vpon the fensed cities, & vpon the high corners.✦dies tubæ et clangoris super civitates munitas, et super angulos excelsos.
17And I will afflict men, and they shall walk as blindmen, because they have sinned to our Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their bodies as dung.And I wil afflict men, and they shal walke as blindmen, because they haue sinned to our Lord: and their bloud shal be powred out as dust, and their bodies as dung.✦Et tribulabo homines, et ambulabunt ut cæci, quia Domino peccaverunt ; et effundetur sanguis eorum sicut humus, et corpora eorum sicut stercora.
18Yea and their silver, and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of our Lord: in the fire of his jealousy shall all the earth be devoured, because he will make consummationem: a full end / utter destruction, not fulfilment with speed to all that inhabit the earth.Yea and their siluer, and their gold shal not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of our Lord: in the fire of his ielousie shal al the earth be deuoured, because he wil make consummation with speede to al that inhabit the earth.✦Sed et argentum eorum et aurum eorum non poterit liberare eos in die iræ Domini : in igne zeli ejus devorabitur omnis terra, quia consummationem cum festinatione faciet cunctis habitantibus terram.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.