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NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Impiis autem usque in novissimum sine misericor dia ira supervenit; praesciebat enim et futura illorum,	1 But the impious, all the way to the very end, were overcome by anger without mercy. Indeed, he knew beforehand even their future.
2 quoniam, cum ipsi permisissent, ut seeducerent, et cum magna sollicitudine praemisissent illos, consequebantur illos paenitentia acti.	2 Yet, seeing that they might have repented, so that they would be led by him and be sent forth with great concern, the just sought the impious, while regretting their deeds.
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.	3 For, while the just were still holding grief in their hands and weeping at the tombs of the dead, these others took upon themselves another senseless thought, and they cast out the legislators and pursued them as if they were fugitives.
4 Trahebat enim illos ad hunc finem digna necessitas; et horum, quae acciderant, oblivionem immisit, ut eam, quae deerat tormentis, suppleret punitionem,	4 For a fitting necessity was leading them to this end, and they were losing the remembrance of those things which had happened, so that what was lacking in the sufferings of the conflict might be completed by the punishment,
5 et populus quidem tuus mirabile iter tentaret, illi autem novam mortem invenirent.	5 and so that your people, indeed, might wonderfully pass through, but these others might find a new death.
6 Omnis enim creatura in suo genere iterum ab initio refigurabatur, deserviens tuis praeceptis, ut pueri tui custodirentur illaesi.	6 For every creature according to its kind was fashioned again as from the beginning, diligently serving your teachings, so that your children would be preserved unharmed.
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,	7 For a cloud overshadowed their camp, and where water was before, dry land appeared, and in the Red Sea, a way without hindrance, and out of the great deep, a level field sprung up,
8 per quem cum tota natione transierunt, qui tegebantur tua manu, videntes tua mirabilia monstra.	8 through which the whole nation passed, protected by your hand, seeing your miracles and wonders.
9 Tamquam enim equi depaverunt escam et tamquam agni exsultaverunt, magnificantes te, Domine, qui liberasti illos.	9 For they consumed food like horses, and they leapt about like lambs, praising you, O Lord, who had freed them.
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.	10 For they were still mindful of those things which had happened during the time of their sojourn, how, instead cattle, the earth brought forth flies, and instead of fish, the river cast up a multitude of frogs.
11 Novissime autem viderunt novam creaturam avium, cum, adducti concupiscentia, postulaverunt escas epulationis:	11 And, lastly, they saw a new kind of bird, when, being led by their desire, they demanded a feast of meat.
12 in consolationem enim desiderii ascendit illis de mari ortygometra.	12 For, to console their loss, the quail came up to them from the sea, and yet troubles overcame the sinners, though they were not without the evidence of what had happened before by the power of lightning, for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness.
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.	13 And indeed, they set up a more detestable inhospitality. Certainly, some have refused to receive unknown foreigners, but these others were drafting good guests into servitude,
14 Alii quidem ignotos non recipiebant advenas, isti autem beneficos hospites in servitutem redigebant.	14 and not only foreigners, but also those who had been under their care, because they were reluctantly sheltering the outsiders.
15 Et non solum haec, sed et alius quidam respectus erit illorum, quoniam inviti recipiebant extraneos;	15 Yet whoever had sheltered them with gladness, by making use of the very same justice, they afflicted with the most severe sorrow.
16 isti autem, qui cum laetitia receperunt hos, qui eisdem usi erant iustitiis, saevissimis afflixerunt doloribus.	16 Yet they were struck with blindness, like someone brought before the gates of justice, so that they were suddenly covered with darkness, and each one was left searching for the threshold of his front door.
17 Percussi sunt autem caecitate sicut illi in foribus iusti, cum, vastis cooperti tenebris, unusquisque transitum ostii sui quaerebat.	17 For the elements in themselves are in the process of being changed, just as when the sound of a musical instrument is being altered in quality, yet each one keeps its own sound, from where it is considered to be and according to its fixed appearance.
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.	18 For the countryside was transformed by water, and things which were swimming, crossed over the land.
19 Agrestia enim in aquatica convertebantur, et, quaecumque erant natantia, in terram transibant.	19 Fire prevailed in the midst of water, beyond its own power, and the water forgot its quenching nature.
20 Ignis in aqua valebat supra suam virtutem, et aqua exstinguentis naturae obliviscebatur.	20 On the other hand, the flames did not trouble the bodies of the mortal animals walking around, nor did they melt that good food, which is as easily melted as ice. For in all things, O Lord, you magnified your people, and honored them, and did not despise them, but at every time and in every place, you assisted them.
21 Flammae e contrario corruptibilium animalium non vexaverunt carnes inambulantium, nec dissolvebant illud, quod facile dissolvebatur, glaciei simile genus immortalis escae.
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.