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1Say ye to your brethren: You are my people: and to your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.Dite ai vostri fratelli, (ch'ei son) mio popolo, e alla vostra sorella, che ella ha trovato misericordia.SAY ye to your bretheren: My people: & to your sister, She that hath obteyned mercie.Dicite fratribus vestris: Populus meus; et sorori vestræ: Misericordiam consecuta. 2Judge your mother, judge her: because she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her put away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts.Giudicate la madre vostra, giudicatela; perocché ella non è mia sposa, ed io non sono suo sposo. Tolgasi ella dalla sua faccia le sue fornicazioni, e dal suo seno i suoi adulterj.Iudge your mother, iudge ye: because she not my wife, and I not her husband. Let her take away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from the middes of her brests.Judicate matrem vestram, judicate, / quoniam ipsa non uxor mea, / et ego non vir ejus. / Auferat fornicationes suas a facie sua, / et adulteria sua de medio uberum suorum; 3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born: and I will make her as a wilderness, and will set her as a land that none can pass through and will kill her with drought.Affinchè io non abbia a spogliarla, e ignudarla, com'era nel giorno, in cui nacque, e non abbia a ridurla come una terra deserta, e come una terra inabitabile, e a farla perire di sete.Lest perhaps I strippe her naked, and set her according to the day of her natiuitie: and I wil lay her as a wildernes, and wil set her as a land vnpassible, and wil kil her with drought.ne forte expoliem eam nudam, / et statuam eam secundum diem nativitatis suæ, / et ponam eam quasi solitudinem, / et statuam eam velut terram inviam, / et interficiam eam siti. 4And I will not have mercy on her children, for they are the children of fornications.Non avrò compassione de' suoi figliuoli, perch'ei sono figliuoli di fornicazione;And I wil not haue mercie on her children: because they are the children of fornications.Et filiorum illius non miserebor, / quoniam filii fornicationum sunt. 5For their mother hath committed fornication, she that conceived them is covered with shame: for she said: I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread, and my water, my wool, and my flax, my oil, and my drink.Perocché la madre loro è una adultera, colei, che li concepì, è rimasta svergognata; perocché ella disse: Anderò dietro a' miei drudi, che mi danno il mio pane, la mia acqua, la mia lana, il mio lino, il mio olio, e le mie bevande.because their mother hath fornicated, she is confounded that conceiued them: because she sayd: I wil goe after my louers, that geue me my breads, and my waters, my wool, & my flaxe, mine oile, and my drinke.Quia fornicata est mater eorum, / confusa est quæ concepit eos; / quia dixit: Vadam post amatores meos, / qui dant panes mihi, et aquas meas, / lanam meam, et linum meum, / oleum meum, et potum meum.

6Wherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.Per questo, ecco che io le chiuderò la sua strada con siepe di spine, la chiuderò con una muraglia a secco, ed ella non troverà passaggio.For this behold I wil hedge thy way with thornes, and I wil hedge it with a wal, and she shal not finde her pathes.Propter hoc ecce ego sepiam viam tuam spinis, / et sepiam eam maceria, et semitas suas non inveniet. 7And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them: and she shall seek them, and shall not find, and she shall say: I will go, and return to my first husband: because it was better with me then than now.Ella anderà dietro a suoi drudi, e non li raggiungerà, li cercherà, e non li troverà, e dirà: Anderò, e tornerò al primo mio sposo, perch'io stava allora meglio, che adesso.And she shal folow her louers, & shal not ouertake them: and she shal seeke them, and shal not find, and she shal say: I wil goe, and wil returne to my former husband: because it was wel with me then, more then now.Et sequetur amatores suos, et non apprehendet eos; / et quæret eos, et non inveniet: / et dicet: Vadam, et revertar ad virum meum priorem, / quia bene mihi erat tunc magis quam nunc. 8And she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver, and gold, which they have used in the service of Baal.Ella però non sapeva, che io fui quegli, che le diedi il grano, e il vino, e l'olio, e la copia d'argento, e di oro, che offersero a Baal.And she did not know that I gaue her corne, and wine, and oile, and multiplied siluer vnto her, & gold, which they haue made to Baal.Et hæc nescivit, quia ego dedi ei frumentum, et vinum, et oleum, / et argentum multiplicavi ei, et aurum, / quæ fecerunt Baal. 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its season, and I will set at liberty my wool, and my flax, which covered her disgrace.Per questo io cangerò sistema, e mi ripiglierò a suo tempo il mio grano, e il mio vino, e libererò la mia lana, e il mio lino, che cuoprono la sua turpitudine.Therfore wil I returne, and wil take my corne in his time, and my wine in his time, and I wil deliuer my wool, and my flaxe, which couered her ignominie.Idcirco convertar, et sumam frumentum meum in tempore suo, / et vinum meum in tempore suo. / Et liberabo lanam meam et linum meum, / quæ operiebant ignominiam ejus.

10And now I will lay open her folly in the eyes of her lovers: and no man shall deliver her out of my hand:Ed ora manifesterò la sua stoltezza dinanzi agli occhi de' suoi amatori, né uomo alcuno la trarrà dalle mie mani:And now I wil reuele her follie in the eyes of her louers: and there shal not a man deliuer her out of my hand:Et nunc revelabo stultitiam ejus in oculis amatorum ejus; / et vir non eruet eam de manu mea; 11And I will cause all her mirth to cease, her solemnities, her new moons, her sabbaths, and all her festival times.E porrò fine alle sue allegrezze, alle sue solennità, alle sue nuove lune, a' suoi sabati, e a tutte le feste, e a tutte le sue adunanze.and I wil make al her ioy to cease, her solemnitie, her newmoone, her sabbath, & al her festiual times.et cessare faciam omne gaudium ejus, / solemnitatem ejus, neomeniam ejus, sabbatum ejus, / et omnia festa tempora ejus. 12And I will destroy her vines, and her fig trees, of which she said: These are my rewards, which my lovers have given me: and I will make her as a forest and the beasts of the field shall devour her.E schianterò le sue vigne, e le ficaie, delle quali ella disse: Elle son queste la mercede pagata a me da miei amatori. Ed io ne farò una macchia, e la divoreranno le fiere selvagge.And I wil destroy her vine, & her figtree: of which she said: These are my rewardes, which my louers haue geuen me: and I wil lay her as a forrest, & the beast of the filde shal eate her.Et corrumpam vineam ejus, et ficum ejus, / de quibus dixit: Mercedes hæ meæ sunt, / quas dederunt mihi amatores mei; / et ponam eam in saltum, / et comedet eam bestia agri. 13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, and decked herself out with her earrings, and with her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.E sopra di lei farò vendetta de' giorni sacrati al Baalim, ne' quasi bruciava gl'incensi, e si adornava de' suoi orecchini, e de' suoi vezzi, e andava dietro a' suoi drudi, e non pensava più a me, dice il Signore.And I wil visite vpon her the dayes of Baalim, to whom she burnt incense, & was adorned with her earler, and with her tablet, and went after her louers, & forgot me, sayth our Lord.Et visitabo super eam dies Baalim, / quibus accendebat incensum, / et ornabatur in aure sua, et monili suo. / Et ibat post amatores suos, / et mei obliviscebatur, dicit Dominus. 14Therefore, behold I will allure her, and will lead her into the wilderness: and I will speak to her heart.Ma io poscia la accarezzerò, e la menerò nella solitudine, e parlerò al cuore di lei.For this, loe I wil allure her, & wil leade her into the wildernes: & I wil speake to her hart.Propter hoc ecce ego lactabo eam, / et ducam eam in solitudinem, / et loquar ad cor ejus.

15And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.E a lei darò a suoi vignaiuoli, del medesimo luogo, e la valle di Achor per cominciamento di speranza: e quivi ella canterà come ai giorni di sua giovinezza, e come ai giorni di sua uscita dalla terra d'Egitto.And I wil geue her dressers of vines out of the same place, and the vale of Achor to open hope: and she shal sing there according to the dayes of her youth, and according to the dayes of her ascending out of the Land of Aegypt.Et dabo ei vinitores ejus ex eodem loco, / et vallem Achor, ad aperiendam spem; / et canet ibi juxta dies juventutis suæ, / et juxta dies ascensionis suæ de terra Ægypti. 16And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.E quello sarà il giorno, dice il Signore, in cui elle chiamerammi suo a sposo, e non chiamerammi più Baali.And it shal be in that day, saith our Lord: She shal cal me: My husband, and she shal cal me no more, Baalim.Et erit in die illa, ait Dominus: / vocabit me, Vir meus, / et non vocabit me ultra Baali. 17And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.E leverò dalla bocca di lei i nomi di Baalim, né de' nomi loro avrà più memoria.And I wil take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shal no more remember their name.Et auferam nomina Baalim de ore ejus, / et non recordabitur ultra nominis eorum. 18And in that day I will make a covenant with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air, and with the creeping things of the earth: and I will destroy the bow, and the sword, and war out of the land: and I will make them sleep secure.Ed io farò in quel giorno alleanza e tra loro, e le fiere selvagge, e gli uccelli, e tutti i rettili della terra: e l'arco, e la spada, e la guerra leverò dalla terra, e farò che riposino in sicurezza.And I wil make with them a league in that day, with the beast of the filde, and with the foule of the heauen, and with that, which creepeth on the earth: and bow, and sword, and battel I wil destroy out of the earth: and I wil make them sleepe confidently.Et percutiam cum eis fœdus in die illa, cum bestia agri, / et cum volucre cæli, et cum reptili terræ; / et arcum, et gladium, et bellum conteram de terra, / et dormire eos faciam fiducialiter.

19And I will espouse thee to me for ever: and I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment, and in mercy, and in commiserations.E meco ti sposerò in eterno; e meco ti sposerò, mediante la giustizia, e il giudicio, e mediante la misericordia, e la benignità.And I wil despouse thee to me for euer: and I wil despouse thee to me in iustice, and iudgement, and in mercie, and in commiserations.Et sponsabo te mihi in sempiternum; / et sponsabo te mihi in justitia, et judicio, / et in misericordia, et in miserationibus. 20And I will espouse thee to me in faith: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.E meco ti sposerò con fede, e me conoscerai per Signore.And I wil despouse thee to me in faith: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.Et sponsabo te mihi in fide; / et scies quia ego Dominus. 21And it shall come to pass in that day: I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth.Allora sarà (dice il Signore), che io esaudirò i cieli, e questi esaudiranno la terra,And it shal be in that day: I wil heare, sayth our Lord, I wil heare the heauens, and they shal heare the earth.Et erit in die illa: / exaudiam, dicit Dominus, exaudiam cælos, / et illi exaudient terram. 22And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and these shall hear Jezrahel.E la terra esaudirà il grano, il vino, e l'olio: e questi esaudiranno Jezrahel.And the earth shal heare wheate, and wine, and oile: and these shal heare Iezrahel.Et terra exaudiet triticum, et vinum, et oleum, / et hæc exaudient Jezrahel. 23And I will sow her unto me in the earth, and I will have mercy on her that was without mercy.E io me la spargerò qual semenza per la terra: perocché io avrò compassione di lei, che era la non compassionata.And I wil sow her vnto me into the earth, and I wil haue mercie on her, that was Without mercie.Et seminabo eam mihi in terra, / et miserebor ejus quæ fuit Absque misericordia. 24And I will say to that which is not my people: Thou art my people: and they shall say: Thou art my God.E dirò a quello, che non era mio popolo: Tu se mio popolo; ed egli dirà: Tu se' il mio Dio.And I wil say to Not my people: My people art thou: and it shal say: Thou art my God.Et dicam Non populo meo: Populus meus es tu; / et ipse dicet: Deus meus es tu.