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NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Incorruptibilis enim spiritus tuus est in omnibus.	1 For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.
2 Ideoque eos, qui exerrant, paulatim corripis et, de quibus peccant, admones et corrigis, ut, relicta malitia, credant in te, Domine.	2 Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that offend, and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended, that leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.
3 Illos enim antiquos inhabitatores terrae sanctae tuae, quos exhorruisti,	3 For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
4 quoniam odibilia faciebant, opera medicaminum et sacrificia impia;	4 Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;
5 et filiorum necatores sine misericordia et comestores viscerum C humanarum carnium epulationem et sanguinis - participes mysteriorum e medio comissationis	5 And also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood,
6 et auctores caedis parentes ipsos animarum inauxiliatarum perdere voluisti per manus parentum nostrorum,	6 With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help:
7 ut dignam perciperet peregrinationem puerorum Dei, quae tibi omnium carissima est terra.	7 That the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, might receive a worthy colony of God's children.
8 Sed et his tamquam hominibus pepercisti et misisti antecessores exercitus tui vespas, ut illos paulatim exterminarent.	8 Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thine host, to destroy them by little and little.
9 Non quia impotens eras in acie subicere impios iustis aut bestiis saevis aut verbo duro simul exterminare;	9 Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word:
10 sed, paulatim iudicans, dabas locum paenitentiae, non ignorans quoniam nequam erat generatio eorum, et naturalis malitia ipsorum, et quoniam non poterat mutari cogitatio illorum in perpetuum:	10 But executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that their cogitation would never be changed.
11 semen enim erat maledictum ab initio. Nec timens aliquem, veniam dabas peccatis illorum;	11 For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.
12 quis enim dicet tibi: “ Quid fecisti? ”. Aut quis stabit contra iudiciumtuum? Aut quis tibi imputabit, si perierint nationes, quas tu fecisti? Aut quis in contentionem tecum veniet, vindex iniquorum hominum?	12 For who shall say, What hast thou done? or who shall withstand thy judgment? or who shall accuse thee for the nations that perish, whom thou made? or who shall come to stand against thee, to be revenged for the unrighteous men?
13 Non enim est alius Deus quam tu, cui cura est de omnibus, ut ostendas quoniam non iniuste iudicasti.	13 For neither is there any God but thou that careth for all, to whom thou mightest shew that thy judgment is not unright.
14 Neque rex neque tyrannus in conspectu tuo resistere poterit tibi de his, quos perdidisti.	14 Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee for any whom thou hast punished.
15 Cum autem sis iustus, iuste omnia disponis; ipsum quoque, qui non debet puniri, condemnare exterum aestimas a tua virtute.	15 Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously: thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.
16 Fortitudo enim tua iustitiae initium est, et ob hoc, quod omnium Dominus es, omnibus te parcere facit.	16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
17 Fortitudinem enim ostendis, cum non crederis esse in potentia consummatus, et horum, qui te nesciunt, audaciam traducis.	17 For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.
18 Tu autem, dominator virtutis, cum clementia iudicas et cum magna indulgentia disponis nos: subest enim tibi, cum volueris, posse.	18 But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.
19 Docuisti autem populum tuum per talia opera, quoniam oportet iustum esse humanum, et bonae spei fecisti filios tuos, quoniam das super peccatis paenitentiam.	19 But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.
20 Si enim inimicos servorum tuorum et debitos morti cum tanta castigasti attentione et remissione dans tempus et locum, per quae possent mutari a malitia,	20 For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice:
21 cum quanta diligentia iudicasti filios tuos, quorum parentibus iuramenta et conventiones dedisti bonarum promissionum!	21 With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?
22 Cum ergo das nobis disciplinam, inimicos nostros multipliciter flagellas, ut bonitatem tuam cogitemus iudicantes et, cum de nobis iudicatur, speremus misericordiam.	22 Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
23 Unde et illis, qui in insipientia vitae iniuste vixerunt, per abominationes suas dedisti tormenta.	23 Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
24 Etenim in erroris viis diutius erraverunt, deos aestimantes, quae etiam inter animalia e turpibus sunt vilia, infantium insensatorum more decepti:	24 For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.
25 propter hoc, tamquam pueris insensatis, iudicium in derisum dedisti.	25 Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.
26 Qui autem ludibriis increpationis non sunt correcti, dignum Dei iudicium experientur;	26 But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God.
27 in quibus enim ipsi patientes indignabantur, per haec, quos putabant deos, in ipsis, cum exterminarentur, videntes, illum, quem olim negabant se nosse, verum Deum agnoverunt; propter quod et finis condemnationis venit super illos.	27 For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; [now] being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know: and therefore came extreme damnation upon them.