Sapientiæ Solomonis 18
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Sanctis autem tuis maxima erat lux, et horum quidem vocem audiebant, sed figuram non videbant. Et quia non et ipsi eadem passi erant, magnificabant te;
1But thy saints had a very great light, and they heard their voice indeed, but did not see their shape. And because they also did not suffer the same things, they glorified thee:
2et qui ante læsi erant, quia non lædebantur, gratias agebant, et ut esset differentia, donum petebant.
2And they that before had been wronged, gave thanks, because they were not hurt now: and asked this gift, that there might be a difference.
3Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam ducem habuerunt ignotæ viæ, et solem sine læsura boni hospitii præstitisti.
3Therefore they received a burning pillar of fire for a guide of the way which they knew not, and thou gavest them a harmless sun of a good entertainment.
4Digni quidem illi carere luce, et pati carcerem tenebrarum, qui inclusos custodiebant filios tuos, per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen sæculo dari.]
4The others indeed were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who kept thy children shut up, by whom the pure light of the law was to be given to the world.
5[Cum cogitarent justorum occidere infantes, et uno exposito filio et liberato, in traductionem illorum, multitudinem filiorum abstulisti, et pariter illos perdidisti in aqua valida.
5And whereas they thought to kill the babes of the just, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away a multitude of their children, and destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.
6Illa enim nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris, ut vere scientes quibus juramentis crediderunt, animæquiores essent.
6For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage.
7Suscepta est autem a populo tuo sanitas quidem justorum, injustorum autem exterminatio.
7So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust.
8Sicut enim læsisti adversarios, sic et nos provocans magnificasti.
8For as thou didst punish the adversaries: so thou didst also encourage and glorify us.
9Absconse enim sacrificabant justi pueri bonorum, et justitiæ legem in concordia disposuerunt; similiter et bona et mala recepturos justos, patrum jam decantantes laudes.
9For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.
10Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum vox, et flebilis audiebatur planctus ploratorum infantium.
10But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable mourning was heard for the children that were bewailed.
11Simili autem pœna servus cum domino afflictus est, et popularis homo regi similia passus.
11And the servant suffered the same punishment as the master, and a common man suffered in like manner as the king.
12Similiter ergo omnes, uno nomine mortis, mortuos habebant innumerabiles: nec enim ad sepeliendum vivi sufficiebant, quoniam uno momento quæ erat præclarior natio illorum exterminata est.
12So all alike had innumerable dead, with one kind of death. Neither were the living sufficient to bury them; for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
13De omnibus enim non credentes, propter veneficia; tunc vero primum cum fuit exterminium primogenitorum, spoponderunt populum Dei esse.
13For whereas they would not believe any thing before by reason of the enchantments, then first upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged the people to be of God.
14Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,
14For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course,
15omnipotens sermo tuus de cælo, a regalibus sedibus, durus debellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit,
15Thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne, as a fierce conqueror into the midst of the land of destruction.
16gladius acutus insimulatum imperium tuum portans: et stans, replevit omnia morte, et usque ad cælum attingebat stans in terra.
16With a sharp sword carrying thy unfeigned commandment, and he stood and filled all things with death, and standing on the earth reached even to heaven.
17Tunc continuo visus somniorum malorum turbaverunt illos, et timores supervenerunt insperati.
17Then suddenly visions of evil dreams troubled them, and fears unlooked for came upon them.
18Et alius alibi projectus semivivus, propter quam moriebatur causam demonstrabat mortis.
18And one thrown here, another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
19Visiones enim quæ illos turbaverunt hæc præmonebant, ne inscii quare mala patiebantur perirent.
19For the visions that troubled them foreshewed these things, lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.
20Tetigit autem tunc et justos tentatio mortis, et commotio in eremo facta est multitudinis: sed non diu permansit ira tua.
20But the just also were afterwards touched by an assault of death, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness: but thy wrath did not long continue.
21Prosperans enim homo sine querela deprecari pro populis, proferens servitutis suæ scutum, orationem et per incensum deprecationem allegans, restitit iræ, et finem imposuit necessitati, ostendens quoniam tuus est famulus.
21For a blameless man made haste to pray for the people, bringing forth the shield of his ministry, prayer, and by incense making supplication, withstood the wrath, and put an end to the calamity, shewing that he was thy servant.
22Vicit autem turbas non in virtute corporis, nec armaturæ potentia: sed verbo illum qui se vexabat subjecit, juramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans.
22And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oaths and covenant made with the fathers.
23Cum enim jam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui, interstitit, et amputavit impetum, et divisit illam quæ ad vivos ducebat viam.
23For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living.
24In veste enim poderis quam habebat, totus erat orbis terrarum; et parentum magnalia in quatuor ordinibus lapidum erant sculpta, et magnificentia tua in diademate capitis illius sculpta erat.
24For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head.
25His autem cessit qui exterminabat, et hæc extimuit: erat enim sola tentatio iræ sufficiens.]
25And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.
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