Wisdom 19

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 But the godless were assailed by merciless anger to the very end, for he knew beforehand what theywould do,	1 Impiis autem usque in novissimum sine misericor dia ira supervenit; praesciebat enim et futura illorum,
2 how, after letting his people leave and hastening their departure, they would change their minds andgive chase.	2 quoniam, cum ipsi permisissent, ut seeducerent, et cum magna sollicitudine praemisissent illos, consequebantur illos paenitentia acti.
3 They were actual y stil conducting their mourning rites and lamenting at the tombs of their dead, whenanother mad scheme came into their heads and they set out to pursue, as though runaways, the people whomthey had expel ed and begged to go.	3 Adhuc enim inter manus habentes luctus et deplorantes ad monumenta mortuorum, aliam sibi assumpserunt cogitationem inscientiae et, quos rogantes proiecerant, hos tamquam fugitivos persequebantur.
4 A wel -deserved fate urged them to this extreme and made them forget what had already happened,so that they would add to their torments the one punishment outstanding	4 Trahebat enim illos ad hunc finem digna necessitas; et horum, quae acciderant, oblivionem immisit, ut eam, quae deerat tormentis, suppleret punitionem,
5 and, while your people were experiencing a journey contrary to al expectations, would themselvesmeet an extraordinary death.	5 et populus quidem tuus mirabile iter tentaret, illi autem novam mortem invenirent.
6 For the whole creation, submissive to your commands, had its very nature re-created, so that yourchildren should be preserved from harm.	6 Omnis enim creatura in suo genere iterum ab initio refigurabatur, deserviens tuis praeceptis, ut pueri tui custodirentur illaesi.
7 Overshadowing the camp there was the cloud; where there had been water, dry land was seen to rise;the Red Sea became an unimpeded way, the tempestuous waves, a green plain;	7 Nam nubes castra eorum obumbrans, et ex aqua, quae ante erat, emersio terrae aridae apparuit: e mari Rubro via sine impedimento, et campus germinans de fluctu violento,
8 sheltered by your hand, the whole nation passed across, gazing at these amazing prodigies.	8 per quem cum tota natione transierunt, qui tegebantur tua manu, videntes tua mirabilia monstra.
9 They were like horses at pasture, they skipped like lambs, singing your praises, Lord, their deliverer.	9 Tamquam enim equi depaverunt escam et tamquam agni exsultaverunt, magnificantes te, Domine, qui liberasti illos.
10 For they stil remembered the events of their exile, how the land had bred mosquitoes instead ofanimals and the River had disgorged mil ions of frogs instead of fish.	10 Memores enim erant adhuc eorum, quae in incolatu illorum facta fuerant, quemadmodum pro natione animalium eduxit terra muscas, et pro piscibus eructavit fluvius multitudinem ranarum.
11 Later they were to see a new way for birds to come into being, when, goaded by greed, theydemanded something tasty,	11 Novissime autem viderunt novam creaturam avium, cum, adducti concupiscentia, postulaverunt escas epulationis:
12 and quails came up out of the sea to satisfy them.	12 in consolationem enim desiderii ascendit illis de mari ortygometra.
13 On the sinners, however, punishments rained down not without violent thunder as early warning; andthey suffered what their own crimes had justly deserved since they had shown such bitter hatred to foreigners.	13 Et vexationes peccatoribus supervenerunt, non sine illis, quae ante facta erant, argumentis per vim fulminum: iuste enim patiebantur secundum suas nequitias; etenim detestabiliorem inhospitalitatem instituerunt.
14 Others, indeed, had failed to welcome strangers who came to them, but the Egyptians had enslavedtheir own guests and benefactors.	14 Alii quidem ignotos non recipiebant advenas, isti autem beneficos hospites in servitutem redigebant.
15 The sinners, moreover, will certainly be punished for it, since they gave the foreigners a hostilewelcome;	15 Et non solum haec, sed et alius quidam respectus erit illorum, quoniam inviti recipiebant extraneos;
16 but the latter, having given a festive reception to people who already shared the same rights asthemselves, later overwhelmed them with terrible labours.	16 isti autem, qui cum laetitia receperunt hos, qui eisdem usi erant iustitiis, saevissimis afflixerunt doloribus.
17 Hence they were struck with blindness, like the sinners at the gate of the upright, when, yawningdarkness all around them, each had to grope his way through his own door.	17 Percussi sunt autem caecitate sicut illi in foribus iusti, cum, vastis cooperti tenebris, unusquisque transitum ostii sui quaerebat.
18 A new attuning of the elements occurred, as on a harp the notes may change their rhythm, though althe while preserving the same tone; and this is just what happened:	18 Inter se enim elementa convertuntur, sicut in psalterio voces numeri nomen immutant, semper tamen suum sonum custodiunt; quod quidem ex ipso visu eorum, quae facta sunt, certo aestimari potest.
19 land animals became aquatic, swimming ones took to the land,	19 Agrestia enim in aquatica convertebantur, et, quaecumque erant natantia, in terram transibant.
20 fire reinforced its strength in water, and water forgot the power of extinguishing it;	20 Ignis in aqua valebat supra suam virtutem, et aqua exstinguentis naturae obliviscebatur.
21 flames, on the other hand, did not char the flesh of delicate animals that ventured into them; nor didthey melt the heavenly food resembling ice and as easily melted.	21 Flammae e contrario corruptibilium animalium non vexaverunt carnes inambulantium, nec dissolvebant illud, quod facile dissolvebatur, glaciei simile genus immortalis escae.
22 Yes, Lord, in every way you have made your people great and glorious; you have never failed to helpthem at any time or place.	22 In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum, Domine, et honorasti et non despexisti, in omni tempore et in omni loco assistens eis. 28 LIBER ECCLESIASTICUS Cum multa nobis et magna per Legem et Prophetas aliosque, qui secuti sunt illos,data sint, in quibus oportet laudare Israel doctrinae et sapientiae causa,cumque non solum ipsos legentes necesse sit fieri peritos, sed etiam extraneisposse sapientiae studiosos et dicentes et scribentes utiles fieri, avus meusIesus, postquam se amplius dedit ad diligentiam lectionis Legis et Prophetarumet aliorum librorum, qui nobis a parentibus nostris traditi sunt, atque in hissufficientem usum acquisivit, voluit et ipse scribere aliquid horum, quae addoctrinam et sapientiam pertinent, ut desiderantes discere et illorum peritifacti magis magisque attendant animo et confirmentur per legitimam vitam. Hortor itaque venire vos cum benevolentia et attentiore studio lectionem facereet veniam habere in illis, in quibus interpretationi adlaborantes videamurquibusdam verbis deficere. Nam deficiunt verba Hebraica, quando fuerinttranslata ad alteram linguam; non autem solum haec, sed et ipsa Lex et Prophetaeceteraque aliorum librorum non parvam habent differentiam, quando ipsa per seleguntur. Nam in octavo et trigesimo anno temporibus Ptolemaei Evergetis regis, postquamperveni in Aegyptum et, cum multum temporis ibi fecissem, inveni ibi exemplarnon parvae neque contemnendae doctrinae. Itaque bonum et necessarium putavi etipse aliquam addere diligentiam et laborem interpretandi librum istum; et multamvigiliam attuli et doctrinam in spatio temporis, ut perducens ad finem, librumistum ederem etiam pro illis, qui in terra aliena, cum iam moribus institutisint, sibi proposuerint secundum legem vitam agere.