The just contemned by the wicked, and proved by temptations are happy. 10. and the wicked unhappy. 12. Chastity shall be rewarded, & adulterous generations shall not prosper.The iust contemned by the wicked, and proued by tentations are happie. 10. and the wicked vnhappie. 12. Chastitie shal be rewarded, & adulterous generations shal not prosper.✦
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them.BVT the soules of the iust are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shal not touch them.Justorum autem animæ in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis.
2They seemed in the eyes of the unwise to die: and their decease was counted affliction:They semed in the eies of the vnwise to die: and their decease was counted affliction:Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, et æstimata est afflictio exitus illorum,
3and that which with us is the way, is destruction: but they are in peace.and that which with vs is the way, is destruction: but they are in peace.et quod a nobis est iter exterminium ; illi autem sunt in pace :
4And though before men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.And though before men they suffered torments, their hope is ful of immortalitie.etsi coram hominibus tormenta passi sunt, spes illorum immortalitate plena est.
5Vexed in few things, in many they shall be well disposed of: because God hath tentavit: enticed to sin; tried, tested, proved them, and hath found them worthy of himself.Vexed in few thinges, in many they shal be wel disposed of: because God hath tempted them, and hath found them worthie of him selfe.In paucis vexati, in multis bene disponentur, quoniam Deus tentavit eos, et invenit illos dignos se.
6As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as an host of holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect of them.As gold in the furnace he hath proued them, and as an host of holocaust he hath receiued them, and in time there shal be respect of them.Tamquam aurum in fornace probavit illos, et quasi holocausti hostiam accepit illos, et in tempore erit respectus illorum.
7The just shall shine, and as sparks in a place of reeds they shall run abroad.The iust shal shine, and as sparkes in a place of reedes they shal runne abrode.Fulgebunt justi et tamquam scintillæ in arundineto discurrent.
8They shall judge nations, & have dominion over peoples, and their Lord shall reign for ever.They shal iudge nations, & haue dominion ouer peoples, and their Lord shal reigne for euer.Judicabunt nationes, et dominabuntur populis, et regnabit Dominus illorum in perpetuum.
9They that trust in him, shall understand truth: and the faithful in love shall rest in him: because rest and peace is to his elect.They that trust in him, shal vnderstand truth: and the faithful in loue shal rest in him: because rest and peace is to his elect.Qui confidunt in illo intelligent veritatem, et fideles in dilectione acquiescent illi, quoniam donum et pax est electis ejus.
10But the impious according to the things which they have thought, shall have correptionem: chastisement, punishment: which have neglected the just, & have revolted from our Lord.But the impious according to the thinges which they haue thought, shal haue correption: which haue neglected the iust, & haue reuolted from our Lord.Impii autem secundum quæ cogitaverunt correptionem habebunt : qui neglexerunt justum, et a Domino recesserunt.
11For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and labours without fruit and their works unprofitable.For he that reiecteth wisdom, and discipline, is vnhappie: and their hope is vaine, and labours without fruite and their workes vnprofitable.Sapientiam enim et disciplinam qui abjicit infelix est : et vacua est spes illorum, et labores sine fructu, et inutilia opera eorum.
12Their wives are senseless, and their children most wicked.Their wiues are sensles, and their children most wicked.Mulieres eorum insensatæ sunt, et nequissimi filii eorum.
13Cursed is their creatura: a living being; offspring, progeny: because happy is the barren woman: and the undefiled, which hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in visitation of holy souls:Cursed is their creature: because happie is the barren woman: and the vndefiled, which hath not knowen bed in sinne, she shal haue fruite in visitation of holie soules:Maledicta creatura eorum, quoniam felix est sterilis ; et incoinquinata, quæ nescivit thorum in delicto, habebit fructum in respectione animarum sanctarum ;
14and the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought most wicked things against God: for the chosen gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.and * the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquitie with his hands, nor thought most wicked things against God: for the chosen gift of fayth shal be geuen to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.et spado qui non operatus est per manus suas iniquitatem, nec cogitavit adversus Deum nequissima : dabitur enim illi fidei donum electum, et sors in templo Dei acceptissima.
15For of good labour there is glorious fruit, and the root of wisdom which falleth not.For of good labour there is glorious fruite, and the roote of wisdom which falleth not.Bonorum enim laborum gloriosus est fructus, et quæ non concidat radix sapientiæ.
16But the children of adulterers shall be in inconsummatione: fulfilment, completion; unripeness, coming to nothing before completion, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be destroyed.But the children of adulterers shal be in consumation, and the sede of the vnlawful bed shal be destroyed.Filii autem adulterorum in inconsummatione erunt, et ab iniquo thoro semen exterminabitur.
17And if quidem: certainly, indeed they be of long life, they shall be reputed for nothing, & their last old age shall be without honour.And if certes they be of long life, they shal be reputed for nothing, & their last oldage shal be without honour.Et si quidem longæ vitæ erunt, in nihilum computabuntur, et sine honore erit novissima senectus illorum :
18And if they die quickly they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of acknowledgingAnd if they dye quickly they shal haue no hope, nor speach of comfort in the day of acknowledginget si celerius defuncti fuerint, non habebunt spem, nec in die agnitionis allocutionem.
19For of a wicked nation the ends are cruelFor of a wicked nation the endes are cruelNationis enim iniquæ diræ sunt consummationes.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.