18 — Wisdom

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:Ma i tuoi santi godevano splendidissima luce, e le voci di quelli ascoltavano, ma non li vedevano in, faccia, e a te davan gloria, perché non pativano quelle medesime cose.BVT to thy saincts there was very great light, and their voyce in deede they heard, but figure they saw not. And because themselues also did not suffer by the same thinges, they magnified thee: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; 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.E grazie rendevano, perché dopo di essere stati maltrattati, non io erano più, e la grazia chiedevano di tal divario.and they that before had bene hurt, because they were not hurt, gaue thankes: and that there might be a difference, they asked a gift.et qui ante læsi erant, quia non lædebantur, gratias agebant, / et ut esset differentia, donum petebant. 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.Quindi nell'ignoto cammino ebber per guida una ardente colonna di fuoco, e un sole, che non li offendesse desti loro nel buon pellegrinaggio.For the which cause they had a burning pillar of fyre for a guide of the vnknowen way, and thou gauest them the sunne without hurt of a good harbour.Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam / ducem habuerunt ignotæ viæ, / et solem sine læsura boni hospitii præstitisti. 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.E ben meritavan quelli di restar privi di luce, e di soffrire una prigione di tenebre come quelli, che chiusi tenevano i tuoi figliuoli, per mezzo de' quali la luce incorrotta della legge doveva al mondo comunicarsi.They in deede worthie to lacke light, and to suffer the prison of darkenes, which kept thy children shut vp, by whom the vncorrupt light of the law began to be geuen to the world.Digni quidem illi carere luce, / et pati carcerem tenebrarum, / qui inclusos custodiebant filios tuos, / per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen sæculo dari. 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 altogether in a mighty water.E quando quelli ebbero risoluto uccidere i pargoletti; ed esposto uno di que' figliuoli, fu per loro sciagura salvato, tu li privasti de' molti loro figliuoli, e tutti insieme gli sterminasti sotto la mole dell'acque.When they decreed to kil the infantes of the iust: and one child being layd forth, and deliuered, thou to the reprouing of them, didst take away a multitude of children, and destroyedst them together in the mightie water.Cum cogitarent justorum occidere infantes, / et uno exposito filio et liberato, / in traductionem illorum, multitudinem filiorum abstulisti, / et pariter illos perdidisti in aqua valida.

6For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage.Conciossiaché quella notte fu anticipatamente notificata a' padri nostri, affinchè con certezza veggendo a quali giurate promesse avesser prestata fede, fossero più tranquilli.For that night was knowen before of our fathers, that they knowing in deede what othes they had credited, might be of better comfort.Illa enim nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris, / ut vere scientes quibus juramentis crediderunt, / animæquiores essent. 7So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust.E il popol tuo osservò quindi la salvazione de' giusti, indi lo sterminio de' malvagi.And by thy people in deede the health of the iust, was receiued, but destruction by the vniust.Suscepta est autem a populo tuo sanitas quidem justorum, / injustorum autem exterminatio. 8For as thou didst punish the adversaries so thou didst also encourage and glorify us.Perocché siccome gastigasti i nemici, così noi esaltasti chiamandoci a te.For as thou didst hurt the aduersaries: so vs also thou didst magnifie, prouoking vs.Sicut enim læsisti adversarios, / sic et nos provocans magnificasti. 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.Imperocché i giusti figliuoli de' santi di nascosto offerivano il sagrifizio, e di unanime consentimento stabilirono questa legge di giustizia, che i giusti avrebbon del pari avuto parte ai beni, e ai mali; e cantavan già gli inni de' padri.For the iust children of the good sacrificed secretly, and disposed the law of iustice in concorde: that the iust should receiue both good & euil alike, singing now the prayses of the fathers.Absconse enim sacrificabant justi pueri bonorum, / et justitiæ legem in concordia disposuerunt; / similiter et bona et mala recepturos justos, / patrum jam decantantes laudes. 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.Rimbombavan però le stuonate voci de' nemici, e flebili lamenti si udivano sopra i morti fanciulli.But there sounded a disagreing voyce of the enemies, and a lamentable moorning was heard for the bewayled infants.Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum vox, / et flebilis audiebatur planctus ploratorum infantium.

11And the servant suffered the same punishment as the master, and a common man suffered in like manner as the king.E la stessa pena soffrì lo schiavo, e il padrone, e l'uomo plebeo, ed il re furon del pari nel gastigo.And the seruant with the master was afflicted with like punishment, and a man of the vulgar sort suffered the like thinges to the king.Simili autem pœna servus cum domino afflictus est, / et popularis homo regi similia passus. 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.Così tutti allo stesso modo si trovavano con numero infinito di morti, periti dello stesso genere di morte; né i vivi sopperivano a dar sepoltura; perocché in un momento il meglio della lor progenie fa sterminato.Al therfore alike by one name of death had dead ones innumerable. For neitheir did the liuing suffice to burie them: because in one moment, that which was the nobler nation of them, was destroyed.Similiter ergo omnes, uno nomine mortis, / mortuos habebant innumerabiles: / nec enim ad sepeliendum vivi sufficiebant, / quoniam uno momento quæ erat præclarior / natio illorum exterminata est. 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.E quelli, che a nissuna cosa crederono (a motivo degli incantesimi), allora per la prima volta, quando segui lo sterminio de' primogeniti, riconobbero, che quello era il popol di Dio.For concerning al thinges being incredulous because of the inchantments, but then first when there was destruction of the first begotten, they promised to be the people of God.De omnibus enim non credentes, propter veneficia; / tunc vero primum cum fuit exterminium primogenitorum, / spoponderunt populum Dei esse. 14For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course,Imperocché mentre un tranquillo silenzio le cose tutte occupava, e la notte facendo suo corso era alla metà del viaggio.For when quiet silence conteyned al thinges, and the night was in the midde way of her course,Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, / et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet, 15Thy Almighty word leaped down from heaven from thy royal throne, as a fierce conqueror into the midst of the land of destruction,La onnipotente partita tua, o Signore, dal ciclo, dal trono reale, (qual) terribil campione discese in mezzo alla terra destinata all'esterminio,thy omnipent word salying out of heauen from the royal seates, lighted as a seuere conquerour vpon the middes of the land of destruction,omnipotens sermo tuus de cælo, a regalibus sedibus, / durus debellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit, 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.Ella (come) acuta spada portante il tuo irresistibil comando, al suo venire empiè tutto di morte, e stando sopra la terra insino al cielo arrivava.a sharpe sword carying thy vnfeyned commandment, and standing filled al with death, and reached euen to heauen standing on the earth.gladius acutus insimulatum imperium tuum portans: / et stans, replevit omnia morte, / et usque ad cælum attingebat stans in terra.

17Then suddenly visions of evil dreams troubled them, and fears unlooked for came upon them.Allora quelli furon subitamente turbati da visioni di tetri sogni, e furon presi da repentine paure.Then incontinent the visions of naughtie dreames trubled them, and feares vnlooked for came vpon them.Tunc continuo visus somniorum malorum turbaverunt illos, / et timores supervenerunt insperati. 18And one thrown here, another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.E gettati semivivi chi in questa, e chi in quella parte indicavano la causa della loro morte;And one here an other there, cast forth halfe aliue, shewed for what cause of death he died.Et alius alibi projectus semivivus, / propter quam moriebatur causam demonstrabat mortis. 19For the visions that troubled them foreshewed these things, lest they should perish, and not know why they suffered these evils.Imperocché le visioni stesse, ond'erano stati agitati, gli aveano di ciò avvertiti, affinché non perissero senza sapere la ragion del gastigo.For the visions, that trubled them, forewarned these thinges, that they might not perish as ignorant why they suffered euils.Visiones enim quæ illos turbaverunt hæc præmonebant, / ne inscii quare mala patiebantur perirent. 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;Furono allora anche i giusti in pericolo di morte, e la moltitudine sofferse calamità nel deserto; ma non lungo tempo durò il tuo sdegno.But then there touched the iust also a tentation of death, and a disturbance of the multitude was made in the wildernes: but thy wrath did not long continew.Tetigit autem tunc et justos tentatio mortis, / et commotio in eremo facta est multitudinis: / sed non diu permansit ira tua. 21For a blameless man made haste to pry 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.Perocché quell'uomo irreprensibile si mosse subito ad intercedere a favore del popolo, e dato di mano allo scudo del suo ministero, la orazione, e coll'incenso le preghiere offerendo, si oppose all'ira, e pose fine al disastro, facendosi conoscere tuo servo.For a man without blame hasting to pray for the people, bringing forth the shilde of his ministerie prayer, and by incense alleaging supplication, resisted the wrath, and made an end of the necessitie, shewing that he is thy seruant.Prosperans 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.

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 oath and covenant made with the fathers.Ed egli calmò lo scompiglio non col valore del corpo, né col potere delle armi, ma colla parola disarmò colui, che lo affliggeva, rammentando i giuramenti fatti a' padri, e l'alleanza;And he ouercame the multitudes, not in strength of bodie, nor with might of armour, but with a word subdewed he him, that vexed him, rehearsing the oathes of the parents, and the testament.Vicit autem turbas non in virtute corporis, / nec armaturæ potentia: / sed verbo illum qui se vexabat subjecit, / juramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans. 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.Perocché quando già a masse cadevano i morti l'un sopra l'altro, egli si pose di mezzo, e fece argine all'ira, tagliò a lei la strada, che menava verso dei vivi.For when they were now fallen dead by heapes one vpon an other, he stood betwen, and cut of the violence, and seperated that way which leadeth to the liuing.Cum enim jam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui, / interstitit, et amputavit impetum, / et divisit illam quæ ad vivos ducebat viam. 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.Conciossiachè nella veste talare, che egli portava, tutto il mondo era rappresentato, e i gloriosi nomi de' Padri ne' quattro ordini di pietre erano scolpiti; e sul diadema, ch'egli portava in testa era scolpito il nome tuo grande.For in the vesture downe to the foote, which he had, was al the world: and the glorious thinges of the fathers were grauen in the foure iewels of stones & thy magnificence was written in the diademe of his head.In veste enim poderis quam habebat, totus erat orbis terrarum; / et parentum magnalia in quatuor ordinibus lapidum erant sculpta, / et magnificientia tua in diademate capitis illius sculpta erat. 25And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.A tali cose cede lo sterminatore, e a queste portò rispetto: perocché bastava il solo aver dato saggio dell'ira.And to these he that destroyed gaue place, & these did he feare: for the proofe onlie of wrath was sufficient.His autem cessit qui exterminabat, et hæc extimuit: / erat enim sola tentatio iræ sufficiens.