9 — 2 Esdras (Nehemias)

1And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.Ma il dì ventiquattro di quel mese i figliuoli d'Israele si raunarono, osservando il digiuno, vestiti di sacco, e coperti di terra.AND in the foure and twenteth day of the moneth the children of Israel came together in fasting and sackeclothes, and carth vpon them.In die autem vigesimo quarto mensis hujus, convenerunt filii Israël in jejunio et in saccis, et humus super eos. 2And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.E la stirpe de' figliuoli d'Israele fu separata da tutti i figliuoli stranieri: e stando dinanzi al Signore confessavano i loro peccati, e le iniquità de' padri loro.And the seede of the children of Israel was seperated from euerie strange childe: and they stood, and confessed their sinnes, and the iniquities of their fathers.Et separatum est semen filiorum Israël ab omni filio alienigena: et steterunt, et confitebantur peccata sua, et iniquitates patrum suorum. 3And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God.E si alzarono in piedi: e fu fatta la lettura del libro della legge del Signore Dio loro quattro volte il giorno, e quattro volte lodavano, e adoravano il Signore Dio loro.And they rose vp to stand: and they read in the volume of the law of our Lord their God, foure times in a day, and four times they confessed, and adored our Lord their God.Et consurrexerunt ad standum: et legerunt in volumine legis Domini Dei sui, quater in die, et quater confitebantur, et adorabant Dominum Deum suum. 4And there stood up upon the step of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.E salirono al posto de' Leviti, Josuè, e Bani, e Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebia, Bani, e Chanani, e ad alta voce gridarono al Signore Dio loro.And there arose vpon the steppe of the Leuites Iosue, and Bani, Cedminel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a lowde voice to our Lord their God.Surrexerunt autem super gradum Levitarum Josue, et Bani, et Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, et Chanani: et clamaverunt voce magna ad Dominum Deum suum. 5And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and praise.E questi Leviti, Josuè, e Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, Phathathia, dissero: Alzatevi; benedite il Signore Dio vostro (che è) ab eterno, e in eterno: e sia benedetto l'eccelso nome tuo con ogni benedizione, e laude.And the Leuites Iosue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, Blesse our Lord your God from eternitie to eternitie: and let them blesse the high name of thy glorie in al blessing & praise.Et dixerunt Levitæ Josue, et Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Odaia, Sebnia, Phathathia: Surgite, benedicite Domino Deo vestro ab æterno usque in æternum: et benedicant nomini gloriæ tuæ excelso in omni benedictione et laude.

6Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.Tu stesso, o Signore, tu solo facesti il cielo, e il cielo de' cieli, e tutta la loro milizia: la terra, e tutto quello, che in essa contiensi: i mari, e tutto quel ch'ei comprendono: e a tutte queste cose dai vita, e ti adora l'esercito celestiale.Thou the same o Lord, alone thou hast made heauen, & al the host therof: the earth & al thinges that are in it: the seas and al thinges that are therin: and thou dost giue life to al these thinges, and the host of heauē adoreth thee.Tu ipse, Domine, solus, tu fecisti cælum, et cælum cælorum, et omnem exercitum eorum: terram, et universa quæ in ea sunt: maria, et omnia quæ in eis sunt: et tu vivificas omnia hæc, et exercitus cæli te adorat. 7Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.Fosti tu, o Signore Dio, che eleggesti Abramo, e lo traesti dal fuoco de' Caldei, e gli desti il nome di Abrahamo.Thou the same o Lord God, which didst choose Abram, & broughtest him out of the fire of the Chaldees, and gauest him the name Abraham.Tu ipse, Domine Deus, qui elegisti Abram, et eduxisti eum de igne Chaldæorum, et posuisti nomen ejus Abraham: 8And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.E conoscesti, come il suo cuore era fedele dinanzi a te: e facesti alleanza con lui, per dare a lui, e alla sua stirpe la terra de' Chananei, degli Hethei, e Amorrhei, e Pherezei, e Jebusei, e Geragezei: e adempisti la tua parola, perchè tu se'giusto.And thou didst finde his hart faithful before thee: and thou madest a couenante with him, that thou wouldest geue him the land of the Chananite, of the Hetheite, and of the Amorrheite, and of the Pherezeire, and of the Iebuseite, & of the Gergeseite, to geue vnto his seede: and thou hast fulfilled thy wordes, because thou art iust.et invenisti cor ejus fidele coram te, et percussisti cum eo fœdus ut dares ei terram Chananæi, Hethæi, et Amorrhæi, et Pherezæi, et Jebusæi, et Gergesæi, ut dares semini ejus: et implesti verba tua, quoniam justus es. 9And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.E mirasti l'afflizione de' padri nostri in Egitto: e udisti le loro grida presso al mar rosso.And thou sawest the afflicton of our fathers in Aegypt: & their crie thou didst heare vpon the Read sea.Et vidisti afflictionem patrum nostrorum in Ægypto, clamoremque eorum audisti super mare Rubrum.

10And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.E facesti segni, e prodigj sopra Pharaone, e sopra tutti i suoi servi, e sopra tutto il popolo di quel paese: perocché tu sapevi, com' eglino ci avean trattati superbamente: e ti facesti il nome, quale tu hai anche in oggi.And thou gauest signes & wonders in Pharao, and in al his seruants, and in al the people of his land: for thou didst know that they had done proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as also at this day.Et dedisti signa atque portenta in Pharaone, et in universis servis ejus, et in omni populo terræ illius: cognovisti enim quia superbe egerant contra eos: et fecisti tibi nomen, sicut et in hac die. 11And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.E apristi il mare dinanzi ad essi, e passaron per mezzo al mare asciutto: e i loro persecutori gettasti nell'abisso, come pietra che cade in acqua profonda.And thou didst diuide the sea before them, and they passed througth the midst of the sea in drie land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into the rough waters.Et mare divisisti ante eos, et transierunt per medium maris in sicco: persecutores autem eorum projecisti in profundum, quasi lapidem in aquas validas. 12And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, that they might see the way by which they went.E fosti loro condottiere in una colonna di nube il giorno, e in una colonna di fuoco la notte, affinchè vedessero la strada, per cui camminare.And in a piller of a cloude thou wast their leader by day, and in a piller of fire by night, that the way might appeare to them, by the which they went.Et in columna nubis ductor eorum fuisti per diem, et in columna ignis per noctem, ut appareret eis via per quam ingrediebantur. 13Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.Scendesti ancora sul monte del Sinai, e con essi parlasti dal cielo, e desti loro de' precetti di giustizia, e una legge di verità, e cerimonie, e comandamenti buoni.To mount Sinai also thou didst descend, and spakest with them from heauen, and thou gauest them right iudgements, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good preceptes.Ad montem quoque Sinai descendisti, et locutus es cum eis de cælo, et dedisti eis judicia recta, et legem veritatis, cæremonias, et præcepta bona:

14Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.E facesti loro conoscere il santo tuo sabato, e i tuoi insegnamenti, e le tue cerimonie, e la legge intimasti loro per mezzo di Mosè tuo servo.Thy sanctified Sabbath thou didst shew them, and the commandements, and ceremonies, and the law thou didst command them in the hand of Moyses thy seruant.et sabbatum sanctificatum tuum ostendisti eis: et mandata, et cæremonias, et legem præcepisti eis in manu Moysi servi tui. 15And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.E desti anche ad essi pane dal cielo, quand'erano affamati, e quando ebber sete, facesti scaturire acqua da un masso; e dicesti loro, che entrassero al possesso della terra, cui tu, alzata la mano, avevi promesso di dare ad essi.Bread also from heauen thou gauest them in their hunger, and water out of the rocke thou didst bring forth to them thirsting, and thou saidest to them that they should enter in, and possesse the land, vpon which thou didst lift vp thy hand to diliuer it them.Panem quoque de cælo dedisti eis in fame eorum, et aquam de petra eduxisti eis sitientibus, et dixisti eis ut ingrederentur et possiderent terram, super quam levasti manum tuam ut traderes eis. 16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.Ma eglino, e i padri nostri operarono con superbia, e induraron le loro cervici, e non ascoltarono i tuoi comandamenti.But they and our fathers did proudly, and hardned their neckes and heard not thy cōmandements.Ipsi vero et patres nostri superbe egerunt, et induraverunt cervices suas, et non audierunt mandata tua. 17And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.E non vollero intendere, e si scordarono delle mirabili cose fatte da te a pro loro. E induraron le loro cervici, e si fissero in testa di tornare alla loro schiavitù, quasi per contender (con te.) Ma tu Dio buono, clemente, e misericordioso, paziente, e di molta benignità, non gli abbandonasti,And they would not heare, and they remembred not thy merueylous workes which thou hast done to them. And they hardned their neckes, and gaue the head to returne to their seruitude, as it were by contention. But thou a propitious God, and gratious, and merciful, long suffering and of much compassion, didst not forsake them.Et noluerunt audire, et non sunt recordati mirabilium tuorum quæ feceras eis. Et induraverunt cervices suas, et dederunt caput ut converterentur ad servitutem suam, quasi per contentionem. Tu autem, Deus propitius, clemens, et misericors, longanimis, et multæ miserationis, non dereliquisti eos,

18Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and had committed great blasphemies:Neppur quando si fecero quel vitello di getto, e dissero: Questo (o Israele) è il tuo Dio, che ti ha tratto dall'Egitto: e commisero bestemmie grandi.Yea and when they had made to them selues a molten calfe, and had said: This is thy God, which brought thee out of Aegypt: and they did great blasphemies.et quidem cum fecissent sibi vitulum conflatilem, et dixissent: Iste est deus tuus, qui eduxit te de Ægypto: feceruntque blasphemias magnas: 19Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go.Ma tu, perchè grandi sono le tue misericordie, non li lasciasti nel deserto: la colonna della nube, che mostrava loro la strada, non fu sottratta ad essi di giorno, né la colonna di fuoco, da cui eran guidati la notte nel loro viaggio.But thou in thy manie mercies didst not leaue them in the desert: the piller of the cloude departed not from them by day to lead them into the way, and the piller of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should goe.tu autem in misericordiis tuis multis non dimisisti eos in deserto: columna nubis non recessit ab eis per diem ut duceret eos in viam, et columna ignis per noctem ut ostenderet eis iter per quod ingrederentur. 20And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.E desti loro per maestro il tuo spirito buono, e non togliesti loro di bocca la tua manna, e assetati ebbero acqua da te.And thou gauest them thy good spirite, which should teach them, and thy Manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gauest them water in thirst.Et spiritum tuum bonum dedisti, qui doceret eos: et manna tuum non prohibuisti ab ore eorum, et aquam dedisti eis in siti. 21Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.Per quarant'anni li pascesti nel deserto, e nulla ad essi mancò: le loro vesti non invecchiarono, e i loro piedi non si logorarono.Fourtie yeares didst thou feede them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them, their garmentes waxed not old, and their feete not worne.Quadraginta annis pavisti eos in deserto, nihilque eis defuit: vestimenta eorum non inveteraverunt, et pedes eorum non sunt attriti.

22And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.E desti in dominio loro i regni, e i popoli, e desti loro a sorte le loro porzioni: ed ei divennero padroni della terra di Sehon, e della terra del re Hesebon, e della terra di Og re di Basan.And thou gauest them kingdomes, and peoples, and didst part lottes vnto them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king Hesebon, and the land of Og the king of Basan.Et dedisti eis regna, et populos, et partitus es eis sortes: et possederunt terram Sehon, et terram regis Hesebon, et terram Og regis Basan. 23And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.E moltiplicasti i loro figliuoli, come le stelle del cielo, e li collocasti nel paese, in cui avevi detto a' padri loro di fargli entrare per averne il dominio.And thou didst multiplie their children as the starres of heauen, & brought them to the land wherof thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should enter and possesse it.Et multiplicasti filios eorum sicut stellas cæli, et adduxisti eos ad terram de qua dixeras patribus eorum ut ingrederentur et possiderent. 24And the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as it pleased them.E i figliuoli vennero, e occuparono questa terra, e umiliasti dinanzi a loro i Chananei abitatori della medesima terra, e li desti in loro potere, coi loro re, e coi popoli del paese, affinchè li trattassero, come loro piaceva.And the children came, and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabiters of the land, the Chananeites, and gauest them into their hand, and their kinges, and the peoples of the land, that they might doe to them as it pleased them.Et venerunt filii, et possederunt terram, et humiliasti coram eis habitatores terræ Chananæos, et dedisti eos in manu eorum, et reges eorum, et populos terræ, ut facerent eis sicut placebant illis. 25And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness.Ed ei si fecero padroni delle città forti, e di un grasso paese, e occuparon le case piene a ogni bene: le cisterne fatte da altri, le vigne, e gli uliveti, e le piante fruttifere in gran numero, e mangiarono, e si saziarono, e ingrassarono, e nuotarono nelle delizie, mercè della tua bontà grande.They therfore tooke the fensed cities and fatte ground, and possessed houses ful of al goodes: cesternes made by others, vineyardes, and oliuetes, & manie trees that bare fruite: and they did eate, and were filled, and became fatte, and abounded with delicious thinges in thy great goodnes.Ceperunt itaque urbes munitas et humum pinguem, et possederunt domos plenas cunctis bonis: cisternas ab aliis fabricatas, vineas, et oliveta, et ligna pomifera multa: et comederunt, et saturati sunt, et impinguati sunt, et abundaverunt deliciis in bonitate tua magna.

26But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies.Ma eglino ti provocarono ad ira, e si ritiraron da te, e si gettarono la tua legge dietro alle spalle: e uccisero i tuoi profeti, i quali gli scongiuravano, che tornassero a te: e diedero in gran di bestemmie.But they prouoked thee to wrath, & departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backes: & they killed thy prophetes, which admonished them ernestly to returne to thee: and they did great blasphemies.Provocaverunt autem te ad iracundiam, et recesserunt a te, et projecerunt legem tuam post terga sua: et prophetas tuos occiderunt, qui contestabantur eos ut reverterentur ad te: feceruntque blasphemias grandes. 27And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.E tu li desti in potere de' loro nemici, i quali gli oppressero. E nel tempo della loro tribolazione alzaron le grida a te, e tu udisti dal cielo, e nella molta tua misericordia concedesti loro dei salvatori, che li liberassero dalle mani de' loro nemici.And thou gauest them into the handes of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, & thou from heauen didst heare, and according to thy manie cōpassions gauest them sauiours, that should saue them from the hand of their enemies.Et dedisti eos in manu hostium suorum, et afflixerunt eos. Et in tempore tribulationis suæ clamaverunt ad te, et tu de cælo audisti, et secundum miserationes tuas multas dedisti eis salvatores, qui salvarent eos de manu hostium suorum. 28But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight: and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.E quand'ebber riposo, tornarono a fare il male dinanzi a te: e tu gli abbandonasti in potere de' loro nemici, i quali li dominarono. E si rivolsero, e alzaron le grida verso di te: e tu dal cielo gli esaudisti, e mercè delle tue misericordie, molte volte li liberasti;And when they had rested, they returned to do euil in thysight: & thou didst leaue them in the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they returned, & cried to thee: & thou heardest from heauen, and deliueredst thē in thy mercies, manie times.Cumque requievissent, reversi sunt ut facerent malum in conspectu tuo, et dereliquisti eos in manu inimicorum suorum, et possederunt eos. Conversique sunt, et clamaverunt ad te: tu autem de cælo exaudisti, et liberasti eos in misericordiis tuis, multis temporibus. 29And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.E gli esortasti a ritornare alla tua legge. Ma eglino operaron superbamente, e non ascoltarono i tuoi comandamenti, nell'adempimento de' quali l'uomo trova la vita: ed ei voltaron le spalle, e indurarono le loro cervici, e non diedero retta.And thou didst admonish them that they should returne to thy law. But they did proudly, & heard not thy cōmandmentes, and sinned in thy iudgementes, which a man should do, and shal liue in them, and they gaue the reuolting shoulder, and hardned their necke, neither did they heare.Et contestatus es eos ut reverterentur ad legem tuam. Ipsi vero superbe egerunt, et non audierunt mandata tua, et in judiciis tuis peccaverunt, quæ faciet homo, et vivet in eis: et dederunt humerum recedentem, et cervicem suam induraverunt, nec audierunt.

30And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.E pazientasti con essi per molti anni, e gli ammonisti per mezzo del tuo spirito per bocca de' tuoi profeti: ed essi non ascoltarono, e tu li desti in balia dei popoli delle genti.And thou didst prolong manie yeares ouer them, and didst testefie to charge them in thy spirit by the hand of thy Prophetes: and they heard not, and thou didst deliuer them into the hand of the peoples of the nations.Et protraxisti super eos annos multos, et contestatus es eos in spiritu tuo per manum prophetarum tuorum: et non audierunt, et tradidisti eos in manu populorum terrarum. 31Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.Ma per le tue misericordie, che sono moltissime, tu non li volesti consunti, ne gli abbandonasti: perchè tu se' un Dio di benignità, e di clemenza.But in thy very many mercies thou madest them not consumption, neither didst thou forsake them: because a God of compassions and gratious art thou.In misericordiis autem tuis plurimis non fecisti eos in consumptionem, nec dereliquisti eos: quoniam Deus miserationum et clemens es tu. 32Now therefore our God, great, strong, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until this day.Adesso adunque, Dio nostro grande, forte, e terribile, che mantieni il patto, e la misericordia, non voler porre in non cale tutti que' mali, che sono caduti addosso a noi, ai nostri re, ai nostri principi, ai nostri sacerdoti, ai nostri profeti, e ai padri nostri, e a tutto il tuo popolo dal tempo del re di Assur fin a questo di.Now therfore O our God, great, strong, and terrible, keeping couenant and mercie, turne not away from thy face al the labour, which hath found vs, our Kinges, and our Princes, and our Priests, and our Prophetes, and our fathers, and al the people from the daies of the king of Assur, vntil this day.Nunc itaque Deus noster magne, fortis et terribilis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam, ne avertas a facie tua omnem laborem, qui invenit nos, reges nostros, et principes nostros, et sacerdotes nostros, et prophetas nostros, et patres nostros, et omnem populum tuum a diebus regis Assur usque in diem hanc. 33And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.Or giusto se' tu in tutti quei mali, che sono piovuti sopra di noi: perocché tu hai fatta giustizia, ma noi abbiamo operato empiamente.And thou art iust in al thinges, that haue come vpon vs: because thou hast done truth, but we haue done wickedly.Et tu justus es in omnibus quæ venerunt super nos: quia veritatem fecisti, nos autem impie egimus.

34Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.I nostri re, i nostri principi, i nostri sacerdoti, e i padri nostri non adempirono la tua legge, e non ubbidirono a' tuoi comandamenti, e agli ordini, che tu avevi loro intimati.Our Kinges, our Princes, our Priestes, and our fathers haue not done thy law, and haue not attended thy commandmentes, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.Reges nostri, principes nostri, sacerdotes nostri et patres nostri non fecerunt legem tuam, et non attenderunt mandata tua, et testimonia tua quæ testificatus es in eis. 35And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices.Ed eglino mentre regnavano, e godevano dei molti beni dati loro da te, e di questa terra grassa, e spaziosa, di cui tu avevi conceduta loro la padronanza, non servirono a te, e non si convertirono dalle pessime loro inclinazioni.And they in their reignes, and in thy manifold goodnes, which thou gauest them, and in the land most large and fatte, which thou didst deliuer in their sight, serued not thee, nor returned from their most wicked deuises.Et ipsi in regnis suis, et in bonitate tua multa quam dederas eis, et in terra latissima et pingui quam tradideras in conspectu eorum, non servierunt tibi, nec reversi sunt a studiis suis pessimis. 36Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.Ecco che noi medesimi oggi dì siamo servi; e nella terra data da te a' padri nostri, perchè mangiassero il suo pane, e i suoi frutti, in essa noi stessi siamo servi.Behold we our selues this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gauest our fathers, that they should eate the bread therof, and the good thinges that are therof, and our selues are seruantes in it.Ecce nos ipsi hodie servi sumus: et terra quam dedisti patribus nostris ut comederent panem ejus, et quæ bona sunt ejus, et nos ipsi servi sumus in ea. 37And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.E le sue biade moltiplicano in pro dei regi, ai quali tu ci hai sottoposti pe' nostri peccati; ei sono padroni de' nostri corpi, e de' nostri giumenti a lor talento; e noi siamo in grande afflizione.And the fruites therof are multiplied to the kinges, whom thon hast sette ouer vs for our sinnes, and they haue dominion ouer our bodies, and ouer our beastes, according to their wil, and we are in great tribulation.Et fruges ejus multiplicantur regibus quos posuisti super nos propter peccata nostra: et corporibus nostris dominantur, et jumentis nostris secundum voluntatem suam: et in tribulatione magna sumus.

38And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.A riflesso di tutte queste cose pertanto noi stessi facciamo per iscritto il patto, e lo sottoscrivono i nostri capi, i nostri Leviti, e i nostri sacerdoti.Therfore vpon al these thinges we our selues make a couenant, and write, and our Princes, our Leuites, and our Priestes signe it.Super omnibus ergo his nos ipsi percutimus fœdus, et scribimus: et signant principes nostri, Levitæ nostri, et sacerdotes nostri.