¹Anno quarto regnantibus Ptolemæo et Cleopatra,In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra,attulerunt Dosithæus,Dositheus,qui se sacerdotem et Levitici generis ferebat,who was himself a priest and born of the Levites,et Ptolemæus filius ejus,and Ptolemy his son,hanc epistolam phurim,brought this epistle of Purim,quam dixerunt interpretatum esse Lysimachum Ptolemæi filium in Jerusalem.which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.

¹Anno quarto regnantibus Ptolemæo et Cleopatra,In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra,attulerunt Dosithæus,Dositheus,qui se sacerdotem et Levitici generis ferebat,who was himself a priest and born of the Levites,et Ptolemæus filius ejus,and Ptolemy his son,hanc epistolam phurim,brought this epistle of Purim,quam dixerunt interpretatum esse Lysimachum Ptolemæi filium in Jerusalem.which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.

²Anno secundo, regnante Artaxerxe maximo,In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great,prima die mensis Nisan, vidit somnium Mardochæus filius Jairi,on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair,filii Semei,the son of Shimei,filii Cis,the son of Kish,de tribu Benjamin:of the tribe of Benjamin,

²Anno secundo, regnante Artaxerxe maximo,In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great,prima die mensis Nisan, vidit somnium Mardochæus filius Jairi,on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair,filii Semei,the son of Shimei,filii Cis,the son of Kish,de tribu Benjamin:of the tribe of Benjamin,

³homo Judæus,a Jewish man who lived in the city of Susa,qui habitabat in urbe Susis,a great gentleman,vir magnus,and among the first ones of the king’s court,et inter primos aulæ regiæ.saw a dream.

³homo Judæus,a Jewish man who lived in the city of Susa,qui habitabat in urbe Susis,a great gentleman,vir magnus,and among the first ones of the king’s court,et inter primos aulæ regiæ.saw a dream.

⁴Erat autem de eo numero captivorum,Now he was one of a number of captives,quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Jerusalem cum Jechonia rege Juda.whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah.

⁴Erat autem de eo numero captivorum,Now he was one of a number of captives,quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Jerusalem cum Jechonia rege Juda.whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah.

⁵Et hoc ejus somnium fuit:And this was his dream:apparuerunt voces,voices appeared,et tumultus,and confusion,et tonitrua,and thunders,et terræmotus,and earthquakes,et conturbatio super terram:and a disturbance upon the earth.

⁵Et hoc ejus somnium fuit:And this was his dream:apparuerunt voces,voices appeared,et tumultus,and confusion,et tonitrua,and thunders,et terræmotus,and earthquakes,et conturbatio super terram:and a disturbance upon the earth.

⁶et ecce duo dracones magni,And behold,paratique contra se in prælium.there were two great dragons making preparations against one another for battle.

⁶et ecce duo dracones magni,And behold,paratique contra se in prælium.there were two great dragons making preparations against one another for battle.

⁷Ad quorum clamorem cunctæ concitatæ sunt nationes, ut pugnarent contra gentem justorum.And at their cry all peoples rushed forth to fight against the nation of the just.

⁷Ad quorum clamorem cunctæ concitatæ sunt nationes, ut pugnarent contra gentem justorum.And at their cry all peoples rushed forth to fight against the nation of the just.

⁸Fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,And that was a day of darkness and division,tribulationis et angustiæ,of tribulation and anguish,et ingens formido super terram.and there was an unnatural dread over the earth.

⁸Fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,And that was a day of darkness and division,tribulationis et angustiæ,of tribulation and anguish,et ingens formido super terram.and there was an unnatural dread over the earth.

⁹Conturbataque est gens justorum timentium mala sua,And the nation of the just was disturbed, fearing their own evils,et præparata ad mortem.and was prepared for death.

⁹Conturbataque est gens justorum timentium mala sua,And the nation of the just was disturbed, fearing their own evils,et præparata ad mortem.and was prepared for death.

¹⁰Clamaveruntque ad Deum:And they cried out to God,et illis vociferantibus,and from their loud crying,fons parvus creavit in fluvium maximum,a little fountain grew into a very great riveret in aquas plurimas redundavit.and overflowed into many waters.

¹⁰Clamaveruntque ad Deum:And they cried out to God,et illis vociferantibus,and from their loud crying,fons parvus creavit in fluvium maximum,a little fountain grew into a very great riveret in aquas plurimas redundavit.and overflowed into many waters.

¹¹Lux et sol ortus est,The light and the sun rose up,et humiles exaltati sunt,and the humble were exalted,et devoraverunt inclytos.and they devoured the illustrious.

¹¹Lux et sol ortus est,The light and the sun rose up,et humiles exaltati sunt,and the humble were exalted,et devoraverunt inclytos.and they devoured the illustrious.

¹²Quod cum vidisset Mardochæus,When Mordecai had seen this,et surrexisset de strato,and he arose from bed,cogitabat quid Deus facere vellet:he was considering what God might want to do,et fixum habebat in animo,and he kept it fixed in his soul,scire cupiens quid significaret somnium.desiring to know what the dream might signify.

¹²Quod cum vidisset Mardochæus,When Mordecai had seen this,et surrexisset de strato,and he arose from bed,cogitabat quid Deus facere vellet:he was considering what God might want to do,et fixum habebat in animo,and he kept it fixed in his soul,scire cupiens quid significaret somnium.desiring to know what the dream might signify.