Luther Bible 1545 (English)
to them. But many
will do to them deceitfully.
And of them that have understanding shall fall, that they may be proved pure and clean, until there be an end: for there is yet another time.
(Daniel)
Chapter 12
Of the Antichrist, the last times, resurrection of the dead, etc.
And the king shall do whatsoever he will, and shall rise up and rebel against all that is God; and against the God of all gods shall he speak abominably: and he shall prosper until the wrath be ended: for it is determined how long it shall endure.
And he shall not esteem the God of his fathers: he shall not esteem the love of women, nor any of the things of God: for he shall rebel against them all.
But in his stead shall he honour his God Maußim: for he shall honour a God which his fathers knew not of, with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and jewels.
And he shall do great honour to them that help him strengthen Maussim with the strange god whom he hath chosen, and shall make them lords over great possessions, and shall give them the land for a reward.
And it shall come to pass, that the king shall be at the south with him: and the king shall be at the north against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships: and he shall fall into the countries, and destroy, and pass through.
And shall fall in the good land, and many shall perish. But these shall escape out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the firstfruits of the children of Ammon.
And he shall send his power into the countries, and Egypt shall not escape him, 43. But he shall reign by his train over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the treasures of Egypt, and of Libya, and of the carrots.
And he shall be terrified with a shout from morning till midnight; and he shall go forth with great fury, willing to destroy and to destroy many.
And he shall pitch the tent of his palace between two seas round about the holy mountain, until there be an end of him: and no man shall help him.
Ch. 12, v. 1: In that day shall Michael the great prince, which standeth for thy people, arise. For there shall be such a time of trouble, as hath not been since men were, until that time. In that day thy people shall be saved, all that are written in the book.
And many that sleep under the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting shame and dishonour.
And the teachers shall shine as the brightness of heaven, and they that teach many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
And now, Daniel, hide these words, and seal up this writing until the latter time; and many
shall come upon it, and find great understanding.
And I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this bank of the river, and the other on that bank.
And he said unto him clothed in linen, which stood by the river, When shall these miracles cease?
And I heard him that was clothed in linen standing by the waters, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, and times, and half a time: and when the dispersion of the holy people is ended, all these things shall be done.
And I heard it: but I understood not, saying, My lord, what shall be after this?
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for it is hid and sealed until the last time.
Many shall be cleansed, and purified, and tried: and the wicked shall walk in wickedness, and the ungodly shall not esteem it: but they that have understanding shall esteem it.
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be done, and an abomination of desolation shall be offered, a thousand two hundred and ninety days:
Blessed is he that looketh for, and reacheth a thousand three hundred and thirty and five days.
But thou, Daniel, go thy way until the end come, and rest, that thou mayest arise in thy part at the end of the days.
Text of the unrevised Luther Bible 1545:
DeepL English Translation
[Processed by BackToLuther. German text published here.]
The prophet Hosea ^
Chapter 1
The Israelite people’s idolatry and punishment prefigured.
This is the word of the LORD, which came unto Hosea the son of Beheri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
And when the LORD began to speak by Hosea, he said unto him, Go thy way, take a harlot wife and children of harlots: for the land runneth after harlotry from the LORD.
And he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, which conceived, and bare him a son.
And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel: for it is yet a little while, and I will visit the blood in Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will make an end of the kingdom of the house of Israel.
In that day will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ryhamo: for I will have no more mercy upon the house of Israel, but I will put her away.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God: but I will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horse, nor by horseman.
And when she had weaned Lo-ryhamo, she conceived again, and bare a son.
And he said, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, neither will I be yours.
(Hosea)
Chapter 2
God’s covenant with his church.
And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said unto them: Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, O ye children of the living God!
For the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall come together, and shall cleave to one head, and shall go up out of the land: for the day of Jezreel shall be a great day.
Ch. 2, v. 1. Say to your brethren, they are my people; and to your sister, she is in grace.
Speak judgment against your mother, saying, She is not my wife, and I will not have her. Put away her fornication from her face, and her adultery from her breasts, 3. Lest I strip her naked, and present her as she was when she was born, and make her as a desolation, and as a dry land, and cause her to die of thirst,
And I will not have mercy on their children; for they are the children of harlots, 5. And her mother is a harlot, and she that bare her is shameful, and saith, I will go after my lovers, which give me bread, and water, and wool, and flax, and oil, and drink.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and will put a wall before it, that it shall not find its way,
And if she go after her lovers, that she take them not, and if she seek them, that she find them not, and say: I will go again to my former husband, when I was better than I am now.
For she will not know that I am he that giveth her corn, and wine, and oil, and have given her much silver and gold, which they have used for Baal.
Therefore will I take again my corn and my wine in their season, and take away my wool and my flax, that they may cover their shame.
Now will I expose their shame in the sight of their lovers, and none shall deliver them out of mine hand.
And I will make an end of all their joys, and of their feasts, and of their new moons, and of their sabbaths, and of all their holy days.
I will make her vines and her fig trees desolate; because she saith, This is my reward, which my lovers give me. I will make a forest of it, and the wild beasts shall eat it.
So will I visit upon her the days of Baalim, to whom she burneth incense; and she adorneth herself with her headdresses and her collars, and goeth after her lovers, and forgetteth me, saith the LORD.
Therefore, behold, I will entice her, and will bring her into a wilderness, and will speak kindly unto her.
And I will give her her vineyards out of the same place, and the valley of Achor, to open her hope. And there shall she sing, as in the days of her youth, when she came forth out of the land of Egypt.
Then saith the LORD, Thou shalt call me my husband, and shalt call me no more my Baal.
For I will put away the names of Baalim from their mouths, and they shall remember them no more.
And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the heaven, and with the creeping things of the earth; and I will break the bow, and the sword, and the war, from off the land, and will make them dwell safely.
I will betroth myself unto thee for ever: I will trust in thee in righteousness