Sapienza 9

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 “ Deus patrum meorum et Domine misericordiae, qui fecisti omnia verbo tuo	1 'God of our ancestors, Lord of mercy, who by your word have made the universe,
2 et sapientia tua constituisti hominem, ut dominaretur creaturis, quae a te factae sunt,	2 and in your wisdom have fitted human beings to rule the creatures that you have made,
3 et disponeret orbem terrarum in sanctitate et iustitia et in directione cordis iudicium iudicaret,	3 to govern the world in holiness and saving justice and in honesty of soul to dispense fair judgement,
4 da mihi sedium tuarum assistricem sapientiam et noli me reprobare a pueris tuis,	4 grant me Wisdom, consort of your throne, and do not reject me from the number of your children.
5 quoniam servus tuus sum ego et filius ancillae tuae, homo infirmus et exigui temporis et minor ad intellectum iudicii et legum.	5 For I am your servant, son of your serving maid, a feeble man, with little time to live, with smalunderstanding of justice and the laws.
6 Nam, et si quis erit consummatus inter filios hominum, si ab illo abfuerit sapientia tua, in nihilum computabitur.	6 Indeed, were anyone perfect among the sons of men, if he lacked the Wisdom that comes from you, hewould still count for nothing.
7 Tu elegisti me regem populo tuo et iudicem filiorum tuorum et filiarum;	7 'You have chosen me to be king over your people, to be judge of your sons and daughters.
8 dixisti me aedificare templum in monte sancto tuo et in civitate habitationis tuae altare, similitudinem tabernaculi sancti, quod praeparasti ab initio.	8 You have bidden me build a temple on your holy mountain, and an altar in the city where you havepitched your tent, a copy of the holy Tent which you prepared at the beginning.
9 Et tecum sapientia, quae novit opera tua, quae et affuit tunc, cum orbem terrarum faceres, et sciebat quid esset placitum in oculis tuis et quid directum in praeceptis tuis.	9 With you is Wisdom, she who knows your works, she who was present when you made the world; sheunderstands what is pleasing in your eyes and what agrees with your commandments.
10 Emitte illam de caelis sanctis tuis et a sede magnitudinis tuae mitte illam, ut mecum sit et mecum laboret, ut sciam quid acceptum sit apud te.	10 Despatch her from the holy heavens, send her forth from your throne of glory to help me and to toilwith me and teach me what is pleasing to you;
11 Scit enim illa omnia et intellegit et deducet me in operibus meis sobrie et custodiet me in sua gloria.	11 since she knows and understands everything she wil guide me prudently in my actions and wil protectme with her glory.
12 Et erunt accepta opera mea, et diiudicabo populum tuum iuste et ero dignus sedium patris mei.	12 Then al I do wil be acceptable, I shal govern your people justly and be worthy of my father's throne.
13 Quis enim hominum poterit scire consilium Dei? Aut quis poterit cogitare quid velit Dominus?	13 'What human being indeed can know the intentions of God? And who can comprehend the wil of theLord?
14 Cogitationes enim mortalium timidae, et incertae providentiae nostrae:	14 For the reasoning of mortals is inadequate, our attitudes of mind unstable;
15 corpus enim, quod corrumpitur, aggravat animam, et terrena inhabitatio deprimit sensum multa cogitantem.	15 for a perishable body presses down the soul, and this tent of clay weighs down the mind with its many cares.
16 Et difficile conicimus, quae in terra sunt, et, quae in prospectu sunt, invenimus cum labore; quae autem in caelis sunt, quis investigabit?	16 It is hard enough for us to work out what is on earth, laborious to know what lies within our reach; who,then, can discover what is in the heavens?
17 Consilium autem tuum quis sciet, nisi tu dederis sapientiam et miseris spiritum sanctum tuum de altissimis?	17 And who could ever have known your will, had you not given Wisdom and sent your holy Spirit fromabove?
18 Et sic correctae sunt semitae eorum, qui sunt in terris; et, quae tibi placent, didicerunt homines et salvati per sapientiam sunt ”.	18 Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightened and people have been taught what pleasesyou, and have been saved, by Wisdom.'