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NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Tunc stabit iustus in magna constantia adversus eos, qui angustiaverunt illum et qui spreverunt labores eius.	1 Then the upright will stand up boldly to face those who had oppressed him and had thought so little of his sufferings.
2 Videntes turbabuntur timore horribili et mirabuntur in subitatione insperatae salutis	2 And, seeing him, they wil be seized with terrible fear, amazed that he should have been sounexpectedly saved.
3 dicentes intra se, paenitentiam agentes et prae angustia spiritus gementes:	3 Stricken with remorse, they wil say to one another with groans and labouring breath,
4 “ Hic erat, quem habuimus aliquando in derisum et in similitudinem improperii. Nos insensati vitam eius aestimabamus insaniam et finem illius sine honore.	4 'This is the one whom we used to mock, making him the butt of our insults, fools that we were! His lifewe regarded as madness, his ending as without honour.
5 Quomodo computatus est inter filios Dei, et inter sanctos sors illius est?	5 How has he come to be counted as one of the children of God and to have his lot among the holy ones?
6 Ergo erravimus a via veritatis, et iustitiae lumen non luxit nobis, et sol non est ortus nobis;	6 Clearly we have strayed from the way of truth; the light of justice has not shone for us, the sun has notrisen for us.
7 implicati sumus tribulis iniquitatis et perditionis et ambulavimus per deserta inaccessa, viam autem Domini ignoravimus.	7 We have left no path of lawlessness or ruin unexplored, we have crossed deserts where there was notrack, but the way of the Lord is one we have never known.
8 Quid nobis profuit superbia? Aut divitiae cum iactantia quid contulerunt nobis?	8 What good has arrogance been to us? What has been the purpose of our riches and boastfulness?
9 Transierunt omnia illa tamquam umbra et tamquam nuntius percurrens	9 Al those things have passed like a shadow, passed like a fleeting rumour.
10 et tamquam navis, quae pertransit fluctuantem aquam, cuius, cum praeterierit, non est vestigium invenire neque semitam carinae illius in fluctibus;	10 Like a ship that cuts through heaving waves -- leaving no trace to show where it has passed, no wakefrom its keel in the waves.
11 aut tamquam avis, quae transvolat in aere, nullum invenitur argumentum itineris, sed alarum sonitu ventus levis verberatus et scissus per vim stridoris commotis alis permeatur, et post hoc nullum signum invenitur itineris;	11 Or like a bird flying through the air -- leaving no proof of its passing; it whips the light air with the strokeof its pinions, tears it apart in its whirring rush, drives its way onward with sweeping wing, and afterwards no signis seen of its passage.
12 aut tamquam sagittae emissae in locum destinatum: divisus aer continuo in se resolvitur, ut ignoretur transitus illius.	12 Or like an arrow shot at a mark, the pierced air closing so quickly on itself, there is no knowing whichway the arrow has passed.
13 Sic et nos, nati, continuo desivimus esse et virtutis quidem nullum signum valuimus ostendere; in malignitate autem nostra consumpti sumus ”.	13 So with us: scarcely born, we disappear; of virtue not a trace have we to show, we have spentourselves in our own wickedness!'
14 Quoniam spes impii tamquam lanugo est, quae a vento tollitur, et tamquam spuma gracilis, quae a procella dispergitur, et tamquam fumus, qui a vento diffusus est, et tamquam memoria hospitis unius diei praeteriit.	14 For the hope of the godless is like chaff carried on the wind, like fine spray driven by the storm; itdisperses like smoke before the wind, goes away like the memory of a one-day guest.
15 Iusti autem in perpetuum vivunt, et in Domino est merces eorum, et cogitatio illorum apud Altissimum.	15 But the upright live for ever, their recompense is with the Lord, and the Most High takes care of them.
16 Ideo accipient coronam decoris et diadema speciei de manu Domini, quoniam dextera sua teget eos et brachio suo defendet illos.	16 So they wil receive the glorious crown and the diadem of beauty from the Lord's hand; for he wilshelter them with his right hand and with his arm he wil shield them.
17 Accipiet pro armatura zelum suum et armabit creaturam ad ultionem inimicorum,	17 For armour he will take his jealous love, he wil arm creation to punish his enemies;
18 induet pro thorace iustitiam et accipiet pro galea iudicium non fictum;	18 he wil put on justice as a breastplate, and for helmet wear his forthright judgement;
19 sumet pro scuto inexpugnabili sanctitatem.	19 he wil take up invincible holiness for shield,
20 Acuet autem duram iram in lanceam et pugnabit cum illo orbis terrarum contra insensatos.	20 of his pitiless wrath he will forge a sword, and the universe wil march with him to fight the reckless.
21 Ibunt recta emissiones fulgurum et tamquam a bene curvato arcu nubium ad signum insilient,	21 Bolts truly aimed, the shafts of lightning wil leap, and from the clouds, as from a ful -drawn bow, fly totheir mark;
22 et ab ira saxa iaculante ira plenae mittentur grandines; excandescet in illos aqua maris, et flumina concurrent duriter.	22 and the catapult wil hurl hailstones charged with fury. The waters of the sea wil rage against them,the rivers engulf them without pity,
23 Contra illos stabit spiritus virtutis et tamquam turbo dissipabit illos. Et ad eremum perducet omnem terram iniquitas, et malignitas evertet sedes potentium.	23 a mighty gale wil rise against them and winnow them like a hurricane. Thus wickedness wil lay thewhole earth waste and evil-doing bring down the thrones of the mighty.