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| [1]Taceant ad me insulæ, et gentes mutent fortitudinem; accedant, et tunc loquantur; simul ad judicium propinquemus. |
[1]Iles, be stille to me, and folkis chaunge strengthe; neiye thei, and thanne speke thei; neiye we togidere to doom. |
| [2]Quis suscitavit ab oriente Justum, vocavit eum ut sequeretur se? Dabit in conspectu ejus gentes, et reges obtinebit; dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus, sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus. |
[2]Who reiside the iust man fro the eest, and clepide hym to sue hym silf? He schal yyue folkis in his siyt, and he schal welde kyngis; he schal yyue as dust to his swerd, and as stobil `that is rauyschid of the wynd, to his bowe. |
| [3]Persequetur eos, transibit in pace, semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit. |
[3]He schal pursue hem, he schal go in pees; a path schal not appere in hise feet. |
| [4]Quia hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio? Ego Dominus, primus et novissimus ego sum. |
[4]Who wrouyte and dide these thingis? clepynge generaciouns at the bigynnyng. Y am the Lord; and Y am the firste and the laste. |
| [5]Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt; extrema terræ obstupuerunt, appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt. |
[5]Ilis sien, and dredden; the laste partis of erthe were astonyed; thei camen niy, and neiyiden. |
| [6]Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, et fratri suo dicet: Confortare. |
[6]Ech man schal helpe his neiybore, and schal seie to his brother, Be thou coumfortid. |
| [7]Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens: Glutino bonum est; et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur. |
[7]A smyth of metal smytynge with an hamer coumfortide him that polischyde, ethir made fair, in that tyme, seiynge, It is good, to glu; and he fastenede hym with nailis, that he schulde not be mouyd. |
| [8]Et tu, Israël, serve meus, Jacob quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei: |
[8]And thou, Israel, my seruaunte, Jacob, whom Y chees, the seed of Abraham, my frend, in whom Y took thee; |
| [9]in quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ, et a longinquis ejus vocavi te, et dixi tibi: Servus meus es tu, elegi te, et non abjeci te. |
[9]fro the laste partis of erthe, and fro the fer partis therof Y clepide thee; and Y seide to thee, Thou art my seruaunt; Y chees thee, and castide not awei thee. |
| [10]Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum; ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus; confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, et suscepit te dextera Justi mei. |
[10]Drede thou not, for Y am with thee; boowe thou not awei, for Y am thi God. Y coumfortide thee, and helpide thee; and the riythond of my iust man vp took thee. |
| [11]Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te; erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi. |
[11]Lo! alle men schulen be schent, and schulen be aschamed, that fiyten ayens thee; thei schulen be as if thei ben not, and men schulen perische, that ayen seien thee. |
| [12]Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos; erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te. |
[12]Thou schalt seke hem, and thou schalt not fynde thi rebel men; thei schulen be, as if thei ben not, and as the wastyng of a man fiytynge ayens thee. |
| [13]Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi: Ne timeas; ego adjuvi te. |
[13]For Y am thi Lord God, takynge thin hond, and seiynge to thee, Drede thou not, Y helpide thee. |
| [14]Noli timere, vermis Jacob, qui mortui estis ex Israël; ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus, et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël. |
[14]Nyle thou, worm of Jacob, drede, ye that ben deed of Israel. Y helpide thee, seith the Lord, and thin ayen biere, the hooli of Israel. |
| [15]Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia; triturabis montes, et comminues, et colles quasi pulverem pones. |
[15]Y haue set thee as a newe wayn threischynge, hauynge sawynge bilis; thou schalt threische mounteyns, and schalt make smal, and thou schalt sette litle hillis as dust. |
| [16]Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, et turbo disperget eos; et tu exsultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israël lætaberis. |
[16]Thou schalt wyndewe hem, and the wynd schal take hem awei, and a whirlewynd schal scatere hem; and thou schalt make ful out ioie in the Lord, and thou schalt be glad in the hooli of Israel. |
| [17]Egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas, et non sunt; lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, Deus Israël, non derelinquam eos. |
[17]Nedi men and pore seken watris, and tho ben not; the tunge of hem driede for thirst. Y the Lord schal here hem, I God of Israel schal not forsake hem. |
| [18]Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, et in medio camporum fontes, ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram inviam in rivos aquarum. |
[18]Y schal opene floodis in hiy hillis, and wellis in the myddis of feeldis; Y schal sette the desert in to poondis of watris, and the lond without weie in to ryuers of watris. |
| [19]Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ; ponam in deserto abietem, ulmum, et buxum simul; |
[19]Y schal yyue in wildirnesse a cedre, and a thorn, and a myrte tre, and the tre of an olyue; Y schal sette in the desert a fir tre, an elm, and a box tre togidere. |
| [20]ut videant et sciant, et recogitent, et intelligant pariter, quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israël creavit illud. |
[20]That thei se, and knowe, and bithenke, and vndurstonde togidere; that the hond of the Lord dide this thing, and the hooli of Israel made that of nouyt. |
| [21]Prope facite judicium vestrum, dicit Dominus; afferte, si quid forte habetis, dicit rex Jacob. |
[21]Make ye niy youre doom, seith the Lord; brynge ye, if in hap ye han ony thing, seith the kyng of Jacob. |
| [22]Accedant, et nuntient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt; priora quæ fuerunt nuntiate; et ponemus cor nostrum, et sciemus novissima eorum; et quæ ventura sunt indicate nobis. |
[22]Neiy tho, and telle to vs, what euer thingis schulen come; telle ye the formere thingis that weren, and we schulen sette oure herte, and schulen wite; schewe ye to vs the laste thingis of hem, and tho thingis that schulen come. |
| [23]Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, et sciemus quia dii estis vos; bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite; et loquamur et videamus simul. |
[23]Telle ye what thingis schulen come in tyme to comynge, and we schulen wite, that ye ben goddis; al so do ye wel, ethir yuele, if ye moun; and speke we, and see we togidere. |
| [24]Ecce vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est; abominatio est qui elegit vos. |
[24]Lo! ye ben of nouyt, and youre werk is of that that is not; he that chees you, is abhomynacioun. |
| [25]Suscitavi ab aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis; vocabit nomen meum; et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, et velut plastes conculans humum. |
[25]I reiside fro the north, and he schal come fro the risyng of the sunne; he schal clepe my name. And he schal brynge magistratis as cley, and as a pottere defoulynge erthe. |
| [26]Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus, et a principio ut dicamus: Justus es? Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens, neque audiens sermones vestros. |
[26]Who tolde fro the bigynnyng, that we wite, and fro the bigynnyng, that we seie, Thou art iust? noon is tellynge, nether biforseiynge, nether herynge youre wordis. |
| [27]Primus ad Sion dicet: Ecce adsunt, et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo. |
[27]The firste schal seie to Sion, Lo! Y am present; and Y schal yyue a gospellere to Jerusalem. |
| [28]Et vidi, et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium, et interrogatus responderet verbum. |
[28]And Y siy, and noon was of these, that token councel, and he that was axid, answeride a word. |
| [29]Ecce omnes injusti et vana opera eorum; ventus et inane simulacra eorum. |
[29]Lo! alle men ben vniust, and her werkis ben wynd and veyn; the symylacris of hem ben wynd, and voide thing. |