19 — Wisdom

1But as to the wicked, even to the end there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they would do:Ma sopra gli empj l'ira si stette senza misericordia insino al fine. Perocché egli di lor prevedeva anche il futuro:BVT vpon the impious euen to the later end there came wrath without mercie. For he foreknew also the thinges that should come vnto them:Impiis autem usque in novissimum / sine misericordia ira supervenit. / Præsciebat enim et futura illorum: 2For when they had given them leave to depart and had sent them away with great care, they repented and pursued after them.Come dopo di aver permesso a quelli di andarsene, e di averli licenziati con molta premura, ripentitisi gli avrebbono inseguiti.because when they had permitted that they should depart, and had sent them away with great diligence, they repenting pursued them.quoniam cum ipsi permisissent ut se educerent, / et cum magna sollicitudine præmisissent illos, / consequebantur illos, pœnitentia acti. 3For whilst they were yet mourning, and lamenting at the graves of the dead, they took up another foolish device: and pursued them as fugitives whom they had pressed to be gone:Quindi essendo tuttora involti nel lutto, e spargendo lagrime sui monumenti dei morti, si appigliarono ad un altro stolto consiglio, e quelli, che avean cacciati via colle suppliche, li perseguitarono come fuggitivi:For hauing as yet moorning betwen their hands, and lamenting at the graues of the dead, they tooke to themselues an other cogitation of follie: and whom by intreating they had cast forth, them they pursued as fugitiues:Adhuc enim inter manus habentes luctum, / et deplorantes ad monumenta mortuorum, / aliam sibi assumpserunt cogitationem inscientiæ, / et quos rogantes projecerant, / hos tamquam fugitivos persequebantur. 4For a necessity, of which they were worthy, brought them to this end: and they lost the remembrance of those things which had happened, that their punishment might fill up what was wanting to their torments:Ora a tal fine li conduceva una meritata necessità; la memoria delle passate cose perderono, affinché il nuovo gastigo supplisse a quel, che mancava a' loro tormenti:for worthie necessitie brought them to this end: and they lost the remembrance of those thinges, which had chanced, that punishment might fulfil the thinges that wanted to the torments:Ducebat enim illos ad hunc finem digna necessitas; / et horum quæ acciderant commemorationem amittebant, / ut quæ deerant tormentis repleret punitio: 5And that thy people might wonderfully pass through, but they might find a new death.E miracoloso passaggio avesse il tuo popolo: quelli poi nuovo genere di morte provassero;and that thy people certes might passe through meruelously, but they might finde a new death.et populus quidem tuus mirabiliter transiret, / illi autem novam mortem invenirent.

6For every creature, according to its kind was fashioned again as from the beginning, obeying thy commandments, that thy children might be kept without hurt.Imperocché tutte le creature ciascuna nel suo genere servendo a' tuoi comandi prendevan nuova forma, affinchè i tuoi servi si conservassero illesi.For euerie creature according to his kind was fashioned agayne from the begyning, seruing thy precepts, that thy children might be kept without hurt.Omnis enim creatura ad suum genus ab initio refigurabatur, / deserviens tuis præceptis, / ut pueri tui custodirentur illæsi. 7For a cloud overshadowed their camps and where water was before, dry land appeared, and in the Red Sea a way without hindrance, and out of the great deep a springing field:Così la nuvola faceva ombra ai loro alloggiamenti, e dove prima era l'acqua, comparve asciutta terra, e strada senza intoppo pel mare Rosso, e nell'abisso profondo una verdeggiante campagna;For a clowde ouer shadowed their campe, and out of the water which was before, there appeared drie land, and in the redsea a way without impediment, and of the great depth a springing filde:Nam nubes castra eorum obumbrabat, / et ex aqua quæ ante erat, terra arida apparuit, / et in mari Rubro via sine impedimento, / et campus germinans de profundo nimio: 8Through which all the nation passed which was protected with thy hand, seeing thy miracles and wonders.A traverso della quale passò tutto il popolo protetto dalla tua mano, spettatore de' miracoli, e de' prodigi fatti da te.through the which al the nation passed, which was protected with thy hand, seing thy meruelous thinges and wonders.per quem omnis natio transivit quæ tegebatur tua manu, / videntes tua mirabilia et monstra. 9For they fed on their food like horses, and they skipped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.Onde a guisa di ben pasciuti puledri, e a guisa di agnelletti esultarono, le tue glorie cantando, o Signore, che li salvasti.For euen as horses they fed on meate, and as lambes they reioyced, magnifying thee ô Lord, which didst deliuer them.Tamquam enim equi depaverunt escam, / et tamquam agni exsultaverunt, / magnificantes te, Domine, qui liberasti illos. 10For they were yet mindful of those things which had been done in the time of their sojourning, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.Conciossiachè si ricordavano ancora di quello, che era avvenuto là, dove forestieri abitavano, come in luogo de' parti degli animali la terra produsse delle mosche, e in luogo di pesci scaturì dal fiume una turba di ranocchi.For they were mindful of those thinges, which had bene done in their seiourning, how for the nation of beasts the earth brought forth flies, and for fishes the riuer yelded a multitude of frogges.Memores enim erant adhuc eorum / quæ in incolatu illorum facta fuerant: / quemadmodum pro natione animalium eduxit terra muscas, / et pro piscibus eructavit fluvius multitudinem ranarum.

11And at length they saw a new generation of birds, when being led by their appetite, they asked for delicate meats.Vider dipoi una nuova razza di uccelli, allorché mossi da concupiscenza, chiesero cibi da banchettare.And last of al they saw a new creature of birdes, when allured by concupiscence they desired meates of deliciousnes.Novissime autem viderunt novam creaturam avium, / cum, adducti concupiscentia, postulaverunt escas epulationis. 12For to satisfy their desire, the quail came up to them from the sea: and punishments came upon the sinners, not without foregoing signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness.Conciossiachè a consolare le loro brame volò dal mare la quaglia: ma sopra de' peccatori cadde il gastigo, non senza quegli indizi, che erano stati dati una volta (cioè) la furia de' fulmini: perocché con giustizia eran puniti secondo la loro malvagità.For in comfort of their desire, there came vp to them the quaile from the sea: and vexations came vpon the sinners, not without those arguments, which were made before by the force of lightninges: for they suffered iustly occording to their wickednes.In allocutione enim desiderii ascendit illis de mari ortygometra: / et vexationes peccatoribus supervenerunt, / non sine illis quæ ante facta erant argumentis per vim fulminum: / juste enim patiebantur secundum suas nequitias. 13For they exercised a more detestable inhospitality than any: others indeed received not strangers unknown to them, but these brought their guests into bondage that had deserved well of them.Perocché la loro inospitalità fu più detestabile: gli uni non detter ricetto ad ospiti non conosciuti; gli altri poi riducevano in ischiavitù ospiti benemeriti.For they instituted a more detestable in hospitalitie: some certes receiued not the vnknowen strangers, and other some brought the good strangers into seruitude.Etenim detestabiliorem inhospitalitatem instituerunt: / alii quidem ignotos non recipiebant advenas; / alii autem bonos hospites in servitutem redigebant. 14And not only so, but in another respect also they were worse: for the others against their will received the strangers.Né questo solo, ma anche quest'altro riflesso faceva per quelli, ch'ei ricevevano gli stranieri di mala voglia,And not onlie these thinges, but in deede there was an other respect also of them: for they against their wil receiued the strangers.Et non solum hæc, sed et alius quidam respectus illorum erat, / quoniam inviti recipiebant extraneos. 15But these grievously afflicted them whom they had received with joy, and who lived under the same laws.Ma questi con atroci strapazzi affliggevan coloro, che aveano accolti con allegrezza, e che viveano con essi, sotto le medesime leggi.But they that receiued them with gladnes, did afflict them with most cruel sorowes, that vsed the same rightes:Qui autem cum lætitia receperunt hos / qui eisdem usi erant justitiis, / sævissimis afflixerunt doloribus.

16But they were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the passage of his own door.Per la qual cosa furon puniti colla cecità: come già quelli davanti alla porta del giusto, quando in repentine tenebre involti andava ciascun di loro cercando l'ingresso della sua casa.but they were striken with blindnes: as they in the dores of the iust, when they were couered with sodaine darkenes, euerie man sought the passage of his doore.Percussi sunt autem cæcitate: / sicut illi in foribus justi, / cum subitaneis cooperti essent tenebris, / unusquisque transitum ostii sui quærebat. 17For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be perceived by the very sight.Conciossiachè allora quando gli elementi cangiano tra lor le funzioni, egli avviene come in un salterò, che diversifica i suoi concerti, abbenchè ogni corda il proprio suono ritenga, come può col solo vedere riconoscersi sicuramente;For whiles the elements are turned in themselues, as in an instrument the sound of the qualitie is changed, and al keepe their sound: wherfore it may be certainly iudged by the very sight.In se enim elementa dum convertuntur, / sicut in organo qualitatis sonus immutatur, / et omnia suum sonum custodiunt: / unde æstimari ex ipso visu certo potest. 18For the things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things that before swam in the water passed upon the land.Imperocché le terrestri cose in acquatiche si cambiavano, e quelle fatte per nuotare, alla terra facevan passaggio.For the thinges of the fild were turned into thinges of the water: and what soeuer were swimming thinges passed into the land.Agrestia enim in aquatica convertebantur, / et quæcumque erant natantia, in terram transibant. 19The fire had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching nature.Il fuoco sopra la sua condizione ritenea sua forza nell'acqua, e l'acqua si scordava della virtù naturale di spegnere.The fyre had force in water aboue his powre, and the water forgot her quenching nature.Ignis in aqua valebat supra suam virtutem, / et aqua extinguentis naturæ obliviscebatur. 20On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of corruptible animals walking therein, neither did they melt that good food, which was apt to melt as ice. For in all things thou didst magnify thy people, O Lord, and didst honour them, and didst not despise them, but didst assist them at all times, and in every place.Per lo contrario le fiamme non danneggiarono i corpi delle fragili bestie, che dentro vi camminavano, né liquefacevano quell'ottimo cibo, che facilmente si struggea come il ghiaccio: Conciossiachè tu in tutti i modi esaltasti il tuo popolo, e lo onorasti, e non isdegnasti di assisterlo in ogni tempo, e in ogni luogo.On the contrarie the flames vexed not the flesh of corruptible beasts walking therewith, neither did they melt that good meate, which was easely dissolued euen as yce. For in al thinges thou didst magnifie thy people ô Lord, and didst honour them, and didst not despise them, at al time, and in euerie place assisting them.Flammæ e contrario corruptibilium animalium / non vexaverunt carnes coambulantium, / nec dissolvebant illam, quæ facile dissolvebatur sicut glacies, bonam escam. / In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum, Domine, / et honorasti, et non despexisti, / in omni tempore et in omni loco assistens eis.