Wisdom 5

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 Then the just will stand with great steadfastness against those who have oppressed them and have taken away their labors.	1 Tunc stabit iustus in magna constantia adversus eos, qui angustiaverunt illum et qui spreverunt labores eius.
2 Seeing this, they will be troubled with terrible fear, and they will be amazed at the suddenness of unexpected salvation.	2 Videntes turbabuntur timore horribili et mirabuntur in subitatione insperatae salutis
3 Driven toward regret, and through the anguish of their groaning spirit, they will say within themselves: “These are the ones whom we held for some time in derision and in mocking reproach.	3 dicentes intra se, paenitentiam agentes et prae angustia spiritus gementes:
4 We foolish considered their life to be madness, and their end to be without honor.	4 “ Hic erat, quem habuimus aliquando in derisum et in similitudinem improperii. Nos insensati vitam eius aestimabamus insaniam et finem illius sine honore.
5 How is it that they are counted among the sons of God, and their place is among the holy?	5 Quomodo computatus est inter filios Dei, et inter sanctos sors illius est?
6 Therefore, we have strayed from the way of truth, and the light of justice has not shined on us, and the sun of understanding has not risen on us.	6 Ergo erravimus a via veritatis, et iustitiae lumen non luxit nobis, et sol non est ortus nobis;
7 We exhausted ourselves in the way of iniquity and perdition, and have walked a difficult way, while ignoring the way of the Lord.	7 implicati sumus tribulis iniquitatis et perditionis et ambulavimus per deserta inaccessa, viam autem Domini ignoravimus.
8 How has arrogance benefited us? Or what has exalting in riches brought us?	8 Quid nobis profuit superbia? Aut divitiae cum iactantia quid contulerunt nobis?
9 All those things have passed away like a shadow, and like a messenger traveling quickly by;	9 Transierunt omnia illa tamquam umbra et tamquam nuntius percurrens
10 and like a ship passing over the waves of water, when it has gone by, its trace cannot be found, nor can the pathway of its keel in the waves;	10 et tamquam navis, quae pertransit fluctuantem aquam, cuius, cum praeterierit, non est vestigium invenire neque semitam carinae illius in fluctibus;
11 or, like a bird flying through the air, there is no evidence of her journey to be found, but there is hardly a sound as the beating of her wings lifts up the air and, by the force of her journey, divides the air she has flown across, which was disturbed by her wings, and afterwards there is no sign of her journey to be found;	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;
12 or, like an arrow shot at a selected mark, the air continues to be divided and to be brought together again, so that its passing is unknown.	12 aut tamquam sagittae emissae in locum destinatum: divisus aer continuo in se resolvitur, ut ignoretur transitus illius.
13 And in like manner we, having been born, continuously cease to exist, and indeed, we depart with no sign of virtue to show, but we are consumed in our malice.”	13 Sic et nos, nati, continuo desivimus esse et virtutis quidem nullum signum valuimus ostendere; in malignitate autem nostra consumpti sumus ”.
14 Such things those who sinned said in hell.	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.
15 For the hope of the impious is like feathers, which are blown away by the wind, and like a thin foam, which is dispersed by a storm, and like smoke, which is scattered by the wind, and like the memory of a guest who passes by one day.	15 Iusti autem in perpetuum vivunt, et in Domino est merces eorum, et cogitatio illorum apud Altissimum.
16 But the just will live forever, and their reward is with the Lord, and the thought of them is with the Most High.	16 Ideo accipient coronam decoris et diadema speciei de manu Domini, quoniam dextera sua teget eos et brachio suo defendet illos.
17 Therefore, they will receive a beautiful kingdom and a crown of splendor from the hand of the Lord, for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.	17 Accipiet pro armatura zelum suum et armabit creaturam ad ultionem inimicorum,
18 And his zeal will take up arms, and he will equip his servants for retribution on their enemies.	18 induet pro thorace iustitiam et accipiet pro galea iudicium non fictum;
19 He will put on justice as a breastplate, and he will grasp sure judgment as a helmet.	19 sumet pro scuto inexpugnabili sanctitatem.
20 He will select fairness as an invincible shield.	20 Acuet autem duram iram in lanceam et pugnabit cum illo orbis terrarum contra insensatos.
21 Yet he will sharpen his severe wrath into a spear, and he will fight with those of the world against the irrational.	21 Ibunt recta emissiones fulgurum et tamquam a bene curvato arcu nubium ad signum insilient,
22 Shafts of lightning will hurl forth accurately, and, as if from a well-curved bow of clouds, they will be expelled and will fly to the determined mark.	22 et ab ira saxa iaculante ira plenae mittentur grandines; excandescet in illos aqua maris, et flumina concurrent duriter.
23 And hail will be cast like stones full of anger, and the water of the sea will rise up against them, and the rivers will charge forth harshly.	23 Contra illos stabit spiritus virtutis et tamquam turbo dissipabit illos. Et ad eremum perducet omnem terram iniquitas, et malignitas evertet sedes potentium.
24 The spirit of virtue will stand firm against them and like a whirlwind will divide them, and he will lead all the world of iniquity into a wasteland, and malice will overthrow the seats of power.