Wisdom 18

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 But your saints were your greatest light, and they heard your voice, but did not see your form. And because they themselves did not also suffer the same things, they praised you greatly.	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;
2 And those who were wounded before, gave thanks, because they were no longer being wounded, and because they had petitioned for this gift, that there would be this difference.	2 quoniam autem, qui ante laesi erant, non laedebant, gratias agebant et, quod eos ante distulissent, donum petebant.
3 Because of this, they had a burning column of fire as a guide on the unknown way, and you displayed a harmless sun of a good hospitality.	3 Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam, ducem ignotae viae, et solem sine laesura gloriosae peregrinationis praestitisti.
4 The others, indeed, deserved to be deprived of the light and to endure a prison of darkness, who watched for an opportunity to imprison your sons, by whom the incorruptible light of the law was beginning to be given to future generations.	4 Digni quidem illi carere luce et pati carcerem tenebrarum, qui inclusos custodierant filios tuos, per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen saeculo dari.
5 When they thought to kill the babes of the just, one son having been exposed and set free, to their disgrace, you took away a multitude of their sons and destroyed them all together in a mighty water.	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.
6 For that night was known beforehand by our fathers, so that, knowing the truth of the oaths in which they had trusted, they might be more peaceful in their souls.	6 Illa nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris, ut vere scientes, quibus iuramentis crediderunt, animaequiores essent.
7 Yet your people received not only the salvation of the just, but also the destruction of the unjust.	7 Suscepta est a populo tuo sanitas quidem iustorum, iniustorum autem exterminatio;
8 For just as you wounded our adversaries, so also did you greatly esteem calling us forth.	8 sicut enim punivisti adversarios, sic et nos provocans magnificasti.
9 For the just children of goodness were secretly offering sacrifice, and in agreement they administered the law of justice, so that both good and bad would be able to receive justice, and so that you might now approve of their chanting to the father.	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.
10 On the other hand, a dissimilar voice was resounding from the enemies, and a lamentable wailing was heard for the children who were being cried over.	10 Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum clamor, et flebilis perferebatur vox ploratorum infantium.
11 But the same punishment afflicted the servant with the master, and the common man endured the same as the king.	11 Simili autem poena servus cum domino afflictus est, et popularis homo regi similia passus;
12 Therefore, all were the same, with one name for death, and the dead were innumerable. For neither were the living sufficient to bury the dead, because, with a single effort, their most illustrious nation was exterminated.	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.
13 For they would not believe anything because of the drugs; then truly, at the beginning, when the extermination of the firstborn happened, they pledged the people to belong to God.	13 De omnibus enim non credentes propter veneficia, in exterminio primogenitorum confessi sunt populum filium Dei esse.
14 For, when a quiet silence surrounded all things, and when the course of the night was passing the middle of its journey,	14 Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,
15 your almighty word from heaven leapt down from your royal throne, as a fierce warrior in the midst of the land of extermination,	15 omnipotens sermo tuus de caelo a regalibus sedibus durus bellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit, gladium acutum insimulatum imperium tuum portans;
16 as a sharp sword carrying your unfeigned authority, and standing, filled all things with death, and, standing on the earth, reached all the way up to touch heaven.	16 et stans replevit omnia morte et usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terra.
17 Then, incessant visions of nightmares disturbed them, and unexpected fears overcame them.	17 Tunc continuo visus somniorum terribilium turbaverunt illos, et timores supervenerunt insperati,
18 And another was thrown down elsewhere half-alive; and so, by means of that which was dying, the cause of death was revealed.	18 et alius alibi proiectus semivivus, propter quam moriebatur causam, demonstrabat.
19 For the visions that disturbed them had forewarned of these things, lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.	19 Visiones enim, quae illos turbaverunt, haec praemonebant, ne inscii quare mala patiebantur, perirent.
20 Yet, at that time, the trial of death touched even the just, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness, but your wrath did not continue for long.	20 Tetigit autem et iustos tentatio mortis, et interitus in eremo factus est multitudinis, sed non diu permansit ira tua.
21 For a blameless man, prospering, is to be entreated for your people, bringing forth the shield of your service, through prayer and incense, making prayerful supplication, he withstands anger, and so establishes an end to the necessary difficulty, revealing that he is your servant.	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.
22 Yet he outlasted the disturbance, not by virtue of the body, nor by force of arms, but, with a word, he subdued those who were troubling him, commemorating the oaths and covenant of the parents.	22 Vicit autem iram non in virtute corporis, nec armaturae potentia, sed verbo illum, qui se vexabat, subiecit, iuramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans.
23 For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between them and cut off their attack, and he divided those who controlled the path to the living.	23 Cum enim iam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui, interstitit et amputavit impetum et divisit illam, quae ad vivos ducebat, viam.
24 For, within the garment of shame which he held, the world was all together, and the great deeds of the parents were engraved on four orders of stones, and your majesty was engraved on the crown of his head.	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.
25 Yet he who was exterminating yielded even to those he frightened. For one trial of wrath was sufficient.	25 His cessit, qui exterminabat, et haec extimuit; erat enim sola tentatio irae sufficiens.