5 — Wisdom

1Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours.Allora i giusti con gran costanza staran davanti a quelli, i quali li vessarono, e i quali depredarono le loro fatiche.THEN shal the iust stand in great constancie against those that haue afflicted them, and taken away their labours.Tunc stabunt justi in magna constantia / adversus eos qui se angustiaverunt, / et qui abstulerunt labores eorum. 2These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation,E quegli a tal vista saranno agitati da orrenda paura, e della inaspettata repentina salvezza di quelli resteranno stupefatti.They seing shal be trubled with horrible feare, and shal meruel at the sodennes of vnexpected saluation,Videntes turbabuntur timore horribili, / et mirabuntur in subitatione insperatæ salutis; 3Saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had sometime in derision, and for a parable of reproach.E tocchi da pentimento, e sospirando affannosamente diranno dentro di se: Questi sono coloro, i quali noi una volta riguardammo come oggetto di derisione, ed esempio di obbrobrio.saying within themselues, repenting, and sighing for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had sometime in derision, and in a parable of reproch.dicentes intra se, pœnitentiam agentes, / et præ angustia spiritus gementes: / Hi sunt quos habuimus aliquando in derisum, / et in similitudinem improperii. 4We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.Noi insensati la vita loro tenemmo per una insensataggine, e come disonorato il lor fine:We senslesse estemed their life madnes, and their end without honour.Nos insensati, vitam illorum æstimabamus insaniam, / et finem illorum sine honore; 5Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.Ecco com'eglino sono contati tra' figliuoli di Dio, ed hanno parte co' santi.Behold how they are counted among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.ecce quomodo computati sunt inter filios Dei, / et inter sanctos sors illorum est. 6Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.Dunque noi smarrimmo la via di verità, e non rifulse per noi la luce della giustizia, e non si levò per noi il sole di intelligenza.We therfore haue erred from the way of truth, and the light of iustice hath not shined to vs, and the sunne of vnderstanding rose not to vs.Ergo erravimus a via veritatis, / et justitiæ lumen non luxit nobis, / et sol intelligentiæ non est ortus nobis.

7We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known.Ci stancammo nella via di iniquità, e di perdizione, battemmo strade disastrose, e non conoscemmo la via del Signore.We are weried in the way of iniquitie and perdition, and haue walked hard wayes, but the way of our Lord we haue not knowen.Lassati sumus in via iniquitatis et perditionis, / et ambulavimus vias difficiles: / viam autem Domini ignoravimus. 8What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?Che giovò a noi la superbia? E la ostentazione delle ricchezze qual pro fece a noi?What hath pride profited vs? or what commoditie hath the vaunting of riches brought to vs?Quid nobis profuit superbia ? / aut divitiarum jactantia quid contulit nobis ? 9All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,Tutte quelle cose si dileguaron con ombra, e come una passeggera novella.Al those thinges are passed away as a shadow, and as a messenger running before,Transierunt omnia illa tamquam umbra, / et tamquam nuntius percurrens, 10And as a ship that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found, nor the path of its keel in the waters:O come una nave valica le onde agitate, della quale vestigio non può trovarsi quand'ella è passata, né solco aperto dalla sua carena nei flutti:and as a shippe, that passeth through the surging waters: wherof, when it is past, the trace can not be found, nor the path of that shippes keele in the waues:et tamquam navis quæ pertransit fluctuantem aquam, / cujus cum præterierit non est vestigium invenire, / neque semitam carinæ illius in fluctibus; 11Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight: she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:O come uccello, che svolazza per l'aria, il quale verun segno non lascia de' suoi movimenti, ma solo lo scuotimento delle ale, colle quali batte l'aere leggero, e rompe con forza l'ambiente, per cui fa strada: egli dibatte l'ale, e sen vola, e dietro a se non lascia segno del suo viaggio,or as a bird, that flyeth through in the ayre, of which there is no token can be found of her passage, but only a sound of the winges beating the light winde: and by vehemence of going cutting the ayre, mouing the winges she is flowen through, and afterward there is no signe found of her way:aut tamquam avis quæ transvolat in aëre, / cujus nullum invenitur argumentum itineris, / sed tantum sonitus alarum verberans levem ventum, / et scindens per vim itineris aërem: / commotis alis transvolavit, / et post hoc nullum signum invenitur itineris illius;

12Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air quickly cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:O come scagliata, che è al destinato luogo la freccia subitamente in se stesso rientra l'aere diviso, onde passaggio di lei non conoscesi.or as when an arrow is shotte forth to a sette marke, the diuided ayre is forthwith closed in itself againe, so that the passage therof is not knowen:aut tamquam sagitta emissa in locum destinatum, / divisus aër continuo in se reclusus est, / ut ignoretur transitus illius: 13So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.Così noi nati, che fummo, tosto cessammo di essere, e nessun segno di virtù potemmo mostrare; e ci consumammo nella nostra malvagità.so we also being borne forthwith ceased to be: and of vertue certes haue bene able to shew no signe: but in our naughtines we are consumed.sic et nos nati continuo desivimus esse; / et virtutis quidem nullum signum valuimus ostendere, / in malignitate autem nostra consumpti sumus. 14Such things as these the sinners said in hell:Così nell'inferno ragionano quei, che peccarono.Such thinges sayd they in hel, which sinned:Talia dixerunt in inferno hi qui peccaverunt: 15For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.Imperocché la speranza dell'empio è come un bioccol di lana, che è straportato dal vento, e come la lieve spuma, che è dissipata dalla tempesta, e come la memoria di un forestiero, che passa, nè si ferma, che un giorno.because the hope of the impious is as dust, which is taken away with the winde: and as a thinne froth, which is dispersed by the storme: and as smoke that is scatered abrode by the winde: and as the memorie of a ghest of one day that passeth.quoniam spes impii tamquam lanugo est quæ a vento tollitur, / et tamquam spuma gracilis quæ a procella dispergitur, / et tamquam fumus qui a vento diffusus est, / et tamquam memoria hospitis unius diei prætereuntis. 16But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.Ma i giusti vivranno in eterno, e la loro ricompensa è nelle mani del Signore, e di essi ha cura l'Altissimo.But the iust shal liue for euer, and their reward is with our Lord, and cogitation of them with the Highest.Justi autem in perpetuum vivent, / et apud Dominum est merces eorum, / et cogitatio illorum apud Altissimum.

17Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.Quindi essi otterranno un regno illustre, e un bel diadema dalla mano del Signore; perocché ei li coprirà colla sua destra, e col suo braccio santo li difenderà.Therfore shal they receiue a kingdom of honour, & a crowne of beautie at the hand of our Lord: because with his right hand he wil couer them, and with in his holie arme he wil defend them.Ideo accipient regnum decoris, / et diadema speciei de manu Domini: / quoniam dextera sua teget eos, / et brachio sancto suo defendet illos. 18And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.Il suo zelo imbraccerà le armi, e armerà le creature per far vendetta dei nemici.And his zele wil take armour, and he wil arme the creature to the reuenge of the enemies.Accipiet armaturam zelus illius, / et armabit creaturam ad ultionem inimicorum. 19He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:Si rivestirà di giustizia in luogo di corazza, e in vece di cimiero prenderà l'infallibile giudizio.He wil put on iustice for a brestplate, & wil take sincere iudgement for an helmet:Induet pro thorace justitiam, / et accipiet pro galea judicium certum; 20He will take equity for an invincible shield:Darà di mano allo scudo insupera bile, che è l'equità.he wil take equitie for an inuicible shilde:sumet scutum inexpugnabile æquitatem. 21And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise.Dell'ira inflessibile si farà (Dio) acuta lancia, e con lui combatterà l'universo contro gli insensati.and he wil sharpen fierce wrath for a speare, and the round world shal fight with him against the senslesse.Acuet autem duram iram in lanceam, / et pugnabit cum illo orbis terrarum contra insensatos. 22Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark.Partiranno per retta via le scagliate folgora, e dalle nubi, come da ben curvato arco scoccate al destinato luogo sen voleranno.The shottes of lightenings shal goe directly, & as it were from a bow of the clouds wel bent they shal be cast forth, and shal light on a certaine place.Ibunt directe emissiones fulgurum, / et tamquam a bene curvato arcu nubium exterminabuntur, / et ad certum locum insilient.

23And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner.E dense grandini pioverà l'ira (di Dio) a guisa di macchina, che getti pietre, e contro di loro ribolliranno le acque del mare, e i fiumi inonderanno con violenza.And from rocked wrath shal thicke haile stones be cast, the water of the sea shal rage against them, and the riuers shal runne together roughly.Et a petrosa ira plenæ mittentur grandines; / excandescet in illos aqua maris, / et flumina concurrent duriter. 24A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.Contro di essi si leverà un vento possente, e li getterà per aria come un turbine, e la loro iniquità ridurrà un diserto tutta la terra, e i troni de' potentati dalla malvagità saranno abbattuti.A spirit of powre shal stand against them, and as a hurle winde shal diuide them: and their iniquitie shal bring al the land to a desert, and naughtines shal ouerthrow the seates of the mightie.Contra illos stabit spiritus virtutis, / et tamquam turbo venti dividet illos; / et ad eremum perducet omnem terram iniquitas illorum, / et malignitas evertet sedes potentium.