Sapienza 18

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
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;	1 But thy saints had a very great light, and they heard their voice indeed, but did not see their shape. And because they also did not suffer the same things, they glorified thee:
2 quoniam autem, qui ante laesi erant, non laedebant, gratias agebant et, quod eos ante distulissent, donum petebant.	2 And they that before had been wronged, gave thanks, because they were not hurt now: and asked this gift, that there might be a difference.
3 Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam, ducem ignotae viae, et solem sine laesura gloriosae peregrinationis praestitisti.	3 Therefore they received a burning pillar of fire for a guide of the way which they knew not, and thou gavest them a harmless sun of a good entertainment.
4 Digni quidem illi carere luce et pati carcerem tenebrarum, qui inclusos custodierant filios tuos, per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen saeculo dari.	4 The others indeed were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who kept thy children shut up, by whom the pure light of the law was to be given to the world.
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.	5 And whereas they thought to kill the babes of the just, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away a multitude of their children, and destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.
6 Illa nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris, ut vere scientes, quibus iuramentis crediderunt, animaequiores essent.	6 For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage.
7 Suscepta est a populo tuo sanitas quidem iustorum, iniustorum autem exterminatio;	7 So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust.
8 sicut enim punivisti adversarios, sic et nos provocans magnificasti.	8 For as thou didst punish the adversaries: so thou didst also encourage and glorify us.
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.	9 For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.
10 Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum clamor, et flebilis perferebatur vox ploratorum infantium.	10 But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable mourning was heard for the children that were bewailed.
11 Simili autem poena servus cum domino afflictus est, et popularis homo regi similia passus;	11 And the servant suffered the same punishment as the master, and a common man suffered in like manner as the king.
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.	12 So all alike 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.
13 De omnibus enim non credentes propter veneficia, in exterminio primogenitorum confessi sunt populum filium Dei esse.	13 For whereas they would not believe any thing before by reason of the enchantments, then first upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged the people to be of God.
14 Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,	14 For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course,
15 omnipotens sermo tuus de caelo a regalibus sedibus durus bellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit, gladium acutum insimulatum imperium tuum portans;	15 Thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne, as a fierce conqueror into the midst of the land of destruction.
16 et stans replevit omnia morte et usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terra.	16 With a sharp sword carrying thy unfeigned commandment, and he stood and filled all things with death, and standing on the earth reached even to heaven.
17 Tunc continuo visus somniorum terribilium turbaverunt illos, et timores supervenerunt insperati,	17 Then suddenly visions of evil dreams troubled them, and fears unlooked for came upon them.
18 et alius alibi proiectus semivivus, propter quam moriebatur causam, demonstrabat.	18 And one thrown here, another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
19 Visiones enim, quae illos turbaverunt, haec praemonebant, ne inscii quare mala patiebantur, perirent.	19 For the visions that troubled them foreshewed these things, lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.
20 Tetigit autem et iustos tentatio mortis, et interitus in eremo factus est multitudinis, sed non diu permansit ira tua.	20 But the just also were afterwards touched by an assault of death, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness: but thy wrath did not long continue.
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.	21 For a blameless man made haste to pray for the people, bringing forth the shield of his ministry, prayer, and by incense making supplication, withstood the wrath, and put an end to the calamity, shewing that he was thy servant.
22 Vicit autem iram non in virtute corporis, nec armaturae potentia, sed verbo illum, qui se vexabat, subiecit, iuramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans.	22 And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oaths and covenant made with the fathers.
23 Cum enim iam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui, interstitit et amputavit impetum et divisit illam, quae ad vivos ducebat, viam.	23 For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living.
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.	24 For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head.
25 His cessit, qui exterminabat, et haec extimuit; erat enim sola tentatio irae sufficiens.	25 And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.