Jerusalem shall be again most miserably destroyed, 4. the Jewish nation rejected and dispersed, 12. because Christ was sold by them to the Gentiles for thirty pence. 16. They will receive Antichrist, who shall be finally destroyed.Ierusalem shal be againe most miserably destroyed, 4. the Iewish nation reiected and dispersed, 12. because Christ was sold by them to the Gentils for thirtie pence. 16. They wil receiue Antichrist, who shal be finally destroyed.✦
Open thy gates ô Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars.OPEN thy gates a ô Libanus, and let fyre deuoure thy ceders.✦Aperi, Libane, portas tuas, et comedat ignis cedros tuas.
2Howl thou fir tree, because the cedar is fallen, because the magnifici: the great and glorious ones are wasted: howl ye oaks of Basan, because the munitus: fortified, walled about forest is cut down.Howle thou firre tree, because the ceder is fallen, because the magnifical are wasted: howle ye okes of Basan, because the fensed forrest is cut downe.✦Ulula, abies, quia cecidit cedrus, quoniam magnifici vastati sunt : ululate, quercus Basan, quoniam succisus est saltus munitus.
3The voice of the howling of pastours, because their magnificence is wasted: the voice of the roaring of lions, because the pride of Jordan is wasted.The voice of the howling of pastours, because their magnificence is wasted: the voice of the roaring of lions, because the pride of Iordan is wasted.✦Vox ululatus pastorum, quia vastata est magnificentia eorum : vox rugitus leonum, quoniam vastata est superbia Jordanis.
4Thus saith our Lord my God: Feed thou the pecora: the flock, the livestock, not only cows of slaughter,Thus sayth our Lord my God: Feede thou the cattel of slaughter,✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus meus : Pasce pecora occisionis,
5which they that possessed, slew, and were not dolebant: grieved, felt pity, not apologetic, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be our Lord, we are become rich: and their pastours spared them not.which they that possessed, slew, and were not sorie, and they sold them, saying: Blessed be our Lord, we are become rich: and their pastours spared them not.quæ qui possederant occidebant, et non dolebant, et vendebant ea, dicentes : Benedictus Dominus ! divites facti sumus : et pastores eorum non parcebant eis.
6And I will spare no more upon the inhabitants of the earth, saith our Lord: behold I will deliver men, every one in his neighbours hand, and in the hand of his king: and they shall cut the land in pieces, and I will not deliver it out of their hand.And I wil spare no more vpon the inhabitants of the earth, sayth our Lord: behold I wil deliuer men, euerie one in his neighbours hand, and in the hand of his king: and they shal cut the land in peeces, and I wil not deliuer it out of their hand.✦Et ego non parcam ultra super habitantes terram, dicit Dominus : ecce ego tradam homines, unumquemque in manu proximi sui, et in manu regis sui : et concident terram, et non eruam de manu eorum.
7And I will feed the cattle of slaughter for this, ô ye poor of the flock: and I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called Cord: and I fed the flock.And I wil feede the cattel of slaughter for this, ô ye poore of the flocke: and I tooke vnto me two roddes, one I called b Beautie, and the other I called c Corde: and I fed the flocke.Et pascam pecus occisionis propter hoc, o pauperes gregis ! et assumpsi mihi duas virgas : unam vocavi Decorem, et alteram vocavi Funiculum : et pavi gregem.
8And I cut off three pastours in one month, and my soul shrunk together at them: for their soul also variavit: wavered, turned away on me.And I cut of three pastours in one moneth, and my soule shrunke together at them: for their soule also varied on me.✦Et succidi tres pastores in mense uno, et contracta est anima mea in eis, siquidem et anima eorum variavit in me.
9And I said: I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die: and that which is cut off, be it cut off: and let the rest devour every one his neighbours flesh.And I sayd: I wil not feede you: that which dieth, let it dye: and that which is cut of, be it cut of: and let the rest deuoure euerie one his neighbours flesh.Et dixi : Non pascam vos : quod moritur, moriatur, et quod succiditur, succidatur : et reliqui devorent unusquisque carnem proximi sui.
10And I took my rod that was called beauty, and I cut it off to make void my covenant, which I made with all peoples.& I tooke my rod that was called beautie, and I cut it of to make voyd my couenant, which I made with al peoples.Et tuli virgam meam quæ vocabatur Decus, et abscidi eam, ut irritum facerem fœdus meum quod percussi cum omnibus populis.
11And it was made void in that day: and so the poor of the flock that keep for me, understood, that it is the word of the LordAnd it was made voyd in that day: and so the poore of the flocke that keepe for me, vnderstood, that it is the word of the Lord✦Et in irritum deductum est in die illa : et cognoverunt sic pauperes gregis, qui custodiunt mihi, quia verbum Domini est.
12And I said to them: If it be good in your eyes, bring hither my mercedem: my wages, my payment: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed my hire thirty pieces of silver.And I sayd to them: If it be good in your eyes, bring hither my hyre: and if not, be quiet. And they weighed my hyre thirtie peeces of siluer.✦Et dixi ad eos : Si bonum est in oculis vestris, afferte mercedem meam : et si non, quiescite. Et appenderunt mercedem meam triginta argenteos.
13And our Lord said to me, cast it forth to the statuarium: the statue-caster, the founder, a decorum: fine, handsome (here ironic) price, that I was priced at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver: and I threw them into the house of our Lord to the statuary.And our Lord sayd to me, cast it forth to the statuarie, a goodlie price, that I was priced at by them. And I tooke d the thirtie peeces of siluer: & I threw them into the house of our Lord to the statuarie.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Projice illud ad statuarium, decorum pretium quo appretiatus sum ab eis. Et tuli triginta argenteos, et projeci illos in domum Domini, ad statuarium.
14And I cut off my second rod, that was called Cord, that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Juda and Israel.And I e cut of my second rod, that was called Corde, that I might dissolue the brotherhood betwen Iuda and Israel.✦Et præcidi virgam meam secundam, quæ appellabatur Funiculus, ut dissolverem germanitatem inter Judam et Israël.
15And our Lord said to me: As yet take to thee the vasa: the implements, the gear of a foolish pastour.And our Lord sayd to me: As yet take to thee the * vessels of a foolish pastour.✦Et dixit Dominus ad me : Adhuc sume tibi vasa pastoris stulti.
16Because lo I will raise up a pastour in the land, which shall not visit things forsaken, the thing dispersed he shall not seek, and the broken he shall not heal, and that which standeth he shall not nourish, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and their hoofs he shall dissolve.Because loe f I wil rayse vp a pastour in the land, which shal not visite thinges forsaken, the thing dispersed he shal not seeke, and the broken he shal not heale, & that which standeth he shal not nourish, and he shal eate the flesh of the fat ones, and their hoofes he shal dissolue.✦Quia ecce ego suscitabo pastorem in terra, qui derelicta non visitabit, dispersum non quæret, et contritum non sanabit, et id quod stat non enutriet, et carnes pinguium comedet, et ungulas eorum dissolvet.
17O pastour, and idolum: the worthless one, a mere semblance of a shepherd, leaving the flock: the sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be dried with ariditate: drought, dryness, and his right eye waxing dark shall be obscured.O pastour, and idol, leauing the flocke: g the sword vpon his arme, & vpon his right eye: his arme shal be dried with withering, and his right eye waxing darke shal be obscured.✦O pastor, et idolum derelinquens gregem : gladius super brachium ejus, et super oculum dextrum ejus : brachium ejus ariditate siccabitur, et oculus dexter ejus tenebrescens obscurabitur.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.