Wisdom 18

KING JAMES BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.	1 Sanctis autem tuis maxima erat lux; et horum quidem vocem illi audiebant, sed figuram non videbant et, quia non et ipsi eadem passi erant, magnificabant;
2 But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been wronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for that they had been enemies.	2 quoniam autem, qui ante laesi erant, non laedebant, gratias agebant et, quod eos ante distulissent, donum petebant.
3 Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and an harmless sun to entertain them honourably.	3 Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam, ducem ignotae viae, et solem sine laesura gloriosae peregrinationis praestitisti.
4 For they were worthy to be deprived of light and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.	4 Digni quidem illi carere luce et pati carcerem tenebrarum, qui inclusos custodierant filios tuos, per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen saeculo dari.
5 And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether in a mighty water.	5 Cum cogitarent iustorum occidere infantes C et uno exposito filio et liberato — in traductionem illorum multitudinemfiliorum abstulisti et pariter illos perdidisti in aqua valida.
6 Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.	6 Illa nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris, ut vere scientes, quibus iuramentis crediderunt, animaequiores essent.
7 So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.	7 Suscepta est a populo tuo sanitas quidem iustorum, iniustorum autem exterminatio;
8 For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou didst glorify us, whom thou hadst called.	8 sicut enim punivisti adversarios, sic et nos provocans magnificasti.
9 For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.	9 Absconse enim sacrificabant iusti pueri bonorum et divinitatis legem in concordia disposuerunt; similiter et bona et pericula recepturos sanctos patrum iam ante decantantes laudes.
10 But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.	10 Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum clamor, et flebilis perferebatur vox ploratorum infantium.
11 The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king, so suffered the common person.	11 Simili autem poena servus cum domino afflictus est, et popularis homo regi similia passus;
12 So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.	12 similiter ergo omnes uno nomine mortis mortuos habebant innumerabiles. Nec enim ad sepeliendum vivi sufficiebant, quoniam uno momento, quae erat praeclarior generatio illorum, exterminata erat.
13 For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.	13 De omnibus enim non credentes propter veneficia, in exterminio primogenitorum confessi sunt populum filium Dei esse.
14 For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,	14 Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,
15 Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,	15 omnipotens sermo tuus de caelo a regalibus sedibus durus bellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit, gladium acutum insimulatum imperium tuum portans;
16 And brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.	16 et stans replevit omnia morte et usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terra.
17 Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.	17 Tunc continuo visus somniorum terribilium turbaverunt illos, et timores supervenerunt insperati,
18 And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.	18 et alius alibi proiectus semivivus, propter quam moriebatur causam, demonstrabat.
19 For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.	19 Visiones enim, quae illos turbaverunt, haec praemonebant, ne inscii quare mala patiebantur, perirent.
20 Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: but the wrath endured not long.	20 Tetigit autem et iustos tentatio mortis, et interitus in eremo factus est multitudinis, sed non diu permansit ira tua.
21 For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.	21 Properans enim homo sine querela propugnavit, proferens servitutis suae scutum: orationem et per incensum deprecationem; restitit irae et finem imposuit necessitati, ostendens quoniam tuus est famulus.
22 So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.	22 Vicit autem iram non in virtute corporis, nec armaturae potentia, sed verbo illum, qui se vexabat, subiecit, iuramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans.
23 For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.	23 Cum enim iam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui, interstitit et amputavit impetum et divisit illam, quae ad vivos ducebat, viam.
24 For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the daidem of his head.	24 In veste enim poderis, quam habebat, totus erat orbis terrarum, et parentum magnalia in quattuor ordinum lapidum sculptura, et magnificentia tuain diademate capitis illius.
25 Unto these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath.	25 His cessit, qui exterminabat, et haec extimuit; erat enim sola tentatio irae sufficiens.