10 — Wisdom

1She preserved him, that was first formed by God, the father of the world, when he was created alone,Ella custodì colui, che da Dio fu fu formato il primo padre del mondo, essendo stato egli creato solo,SHE kept him, that was first made of God father of the world, when he was created alone,Hæc illum qui primus formatus est a Deo patre orbis terrarum, / cum solus esset creatus, custodivit, 2And she brought him out of his sin, and gave him power to govern all things.Ed ella lo trasse fuora dal suo peccato, e gli diè potestà di governare tutte le cose.and she brought him out of his sinne, and gaue him powre to conteyne al thinges.et eduxit illum a delicto suo, / et dedit illi virtutem continendi omnia. 3But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.Ma quando da lei si ribellò quell'empio nel suo furore, pel furore dell'omicidio fraterno, perì.After the vniust departed in his anger from her, by the furie of brothers man slaughter perished.Ab hac ut recessit injustus in ira sua, / per iram homicidii fraterni deperiit. 4For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.E quando a cagione di lui l'acqua sommerse la terra, la sapienza di nuovo porse rimedio, conducendo in un legno spregevole il giusto.For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it againe, gouerning the iust by contemptible wood.Propter quem cum aqua deleret terram, sanavit iterum sapientia, / per contemptibile lignum justum gubernans. 5Moreover, when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son.Ella parimente allorché le genti senza distinzione cospirarono per mal fare, conobbe il giusto, e serbollo irreprensibile dinanzi a Dio, e forte il mantenne con tutta la compassione del figlio.She euen in the consent of wickednes, when the nations had confederated themselues, knewe the iust, and preserued him without blame to God, and in his sonnes mercie kept the strong.Hæc et in consensu nequitiæ, cum se nationes contulissent, / scivit justum, et conservavit sine querela Deo, / et in filii misericordia fortem custodivit. 6She delivered the just man, who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:Ella liberò il giusto, che fuggiva di mezzo agli empj, i quali perirono cadendo le fiamme sulla Pentapoli:She deliuered the iust, fleing from the impious that perished, when the fyre came downe vpon Pentapolis:Hæc justum a pereuntibus impiis liberavit fugientem, / descendente igne in Pentapolim:

7Whose land, for a testimony of their wickedness, is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul.Della malvagità de' quali le memorie rimangono nella terra deserta, e fumante, e negli alberi, che danno frutti non stagionati, e nella statua di sale, monumento di un'anima infedele;to whom for a witnes of their wickednes the desert land standeth smoking, and trees hauing fruites at vncertain season; and the memorie of an incredulous soule a standing piller of salt.quibus in testimonium nequitiæ / fumigabunda constat deserta terra, / et incerto tempore fructus habentes arbores: / et incredibilis animæ memoria stans figmentum salis. 8For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things; but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid.Perocché questi, messa in non cale la sapienza, non solamente giunsero a non conoscere il bene, ma della loro stoltezza lasciarono memoria agli uomini, talmente che non poteron restare occulti i loro peccati.For pretermitting wisdom they did not only slippe in this, that they were ignorant of good thinges, but they left also vnto men a memorie of their foolishnes, that in those thinges, in which they sinned in, they could not be hid neither.Sapientiam enim prætereuntes, / non tantum in hoc lapsi sunt ut ignorarent bona, / sed et insipientiæ suæ reliquerunt hominibus memoriam, / ut in his quæ peccaverunt nec latere potuissent. 9But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her.Ma la sapienza dagli affanni salvò quelli, che religiosamente la onorano.But wisdom hath deliuered them, that obserue her from sorowes.Sapientia autem hos qui se observant / a doloribus liberavit. 10She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother’s wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.Ella il giusto, che fuggiva dall'ira di suo fratello condusse per istrade diritte, e gli diede a vedere il regno di Dio, e delle cose sante gli dette la scienza; lo arricchì negli affanni, e ampia mercede rendette alle sue fatiche.And the iust fleing his brothers wrath, she conducted by the right wayes, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gaue him the knowlege of the holie, did honest him in labours, and accomplised his labours.Hæc profugum iræ fratris justum deduxit per vias rectas, / et ostendit illi regnum Dei, / et dedit illi scientiam sanctorum; / honestavit illum in laboribus, / et complevit labores illius.

11In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.Allorché altri lo circonveniva colle sue fraudi, ella lo assistè, e lo fece ricco.In the fraude of the circumuenters of him she was present with him, and made him honorable.In fraude circumvenientium illum affuit illi, / et honestum fecit illum. 12She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all.Ella lo custodi dai nemici, e lo difese dagli insidiatori, e vincitore lo fece nel gran combattimento, affinché conoscesse, che di tutte le cose è più forte la sapienza.She kept him from the enemies, and from seducers she defended him, and from seducers she defended him, and gaue him a strong fight, thas he might ouercome, and know that wisdom is mightier then al.Custodivit illum ab inimicis, / et a seductoribus tutavit illum: / et certamen forte dedit illi ut vinceret, / et sciret quoniam omnium potentior est sapientia. 13She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.Ella non abbandonò il giusto venduto, ma io salvò dai peccatori, e scese con lui nella fosso,She forsooke not the iust being sold, but deliuered him from sinners: and she went downe with him into the pitte,Hæc venditum justum non dereliquit, / sed a peccatoribus liberavit eum; / descenditque cum illo in foveam, 14And in bands she left him not, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: and shewed them to be liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting glory.E tralle catene nol dimenticò, fino a tanto che a lui diede il bastone del regno, e potestà sopra di quelli, che lo aveano depresso, e di bugia convinse chi lo aveva infamato, e gli procurò una gloria eterna.and in bands leaft him not, til she brought him the scepter of a kingdome, and might against them, that oppressed him: and shewed them to be lyers, that spotted him, and gaue him eternal glorie.et in vinculis non dereliquit illum, / donec afferret illi sceptrum regni, / et potentiam adversus eos qui eum deprimebant: / et mendaces ostendit qui maculaverunt illum, / et dedit illi claritatem æternam. 15She delivered the just people, and blameless seed, from the nations that oppressed them.Ella dalle nazioni, che lo opprimevano liberò il popolo giusto, e la stirpe irreprensibile.The iust people, and seede without blame she deliuered from the nations, that oppressed them.Hæc populum justum et semen sine querela liberavit / a nationibus quæ illum deprimebant.

16She entered into the soul of the servant of God and stood against dreadful kings in wonders and signs.Ella entrò nello Spirito del servo di Dio, ed egli stette a petto de' regi tremendi con prodigi, e meraviglie.She entered into the soule of the seruant of God, and stood against dreadful kinges in wonders and signes.Intravit in animam servi Dei, / et stetit contra reges horrendos in portentis et signis. 17And she rendered to the just the wages of their labours, and conducted them in a wonderful way: and she was to them for a covert by day, and for the light of stars by night:E rendè a' giusti la mercede di lor fatiche, e per maravigliosa via li condusse, e ad essi fece ombra di giorno, e di notte supplì al chiaror delle stelle:And she rendred to the iust the hope of their labours, and conducted them in a meruelous way: and she was vnto them for a couerr in the day, and for the light of starres by night:Et reddidit justis mercedem laborum suorum, / et deduxit illos in via mirabili: / et fuit illis in velamento diei, / et in luce stellarum per noctem; 18And she brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them over through a great water.Li trasportò per mezzo al mar rosso, e li travalicò per mezzo allo acque profonde.and she transported them through the Redsea, and caried them ouer through a great water.transtulit illos per mare Rubrum, / et transvexit illos per aquam nimiam. 19But their enemies she drowned in the sea, and from the depth of hell she brought them out. Therefore the just took the spoils of the wicked.E sommerse nel mare i loro nemici, e dal profondo abisso li gettò a galla: onde acquistarono i giusti le spoglie degli empj,But their enemies she drowned in the sea, and from the depth of hel she brought them out. Therfore the iust tooke the spoyles of the impious,Inimicos autem illorum demersit in mare, / et ab altitudine inferorum eduxit illos. / Ideo justi tulerunt spolia impiorum, 20And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand.Ed ei celebrarono il santo nome tuo, o Signore, e ad una voce inni cantarono alla tua vincitrice possanza:and they sang thy holie name ô Lord, and thy victorious hand they praised together:et decantaverunt, Domine, nomen sanctum tuum, / et victricem manum tuam laudaverunt pariter: 21For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.Perché la sapienza aperse le mute bocche, e rendè eloquenti le lingue de' fanciullini.because wisdom hath opened the mouth of the dumme, and the tongues of infants she hath made eloquent.quoniam sapientia aperuit os mutorum, / et linguas infantium fecit disertas.