¹Arphaxad itaque,And so Arphaxad,rex Medorum,king of the Medes,subjugaverat multas gentes imperio suo,subjugated many nations under his authority,et ipse ædificavit civitatem potentissimam,and he built a very powerful city,quam appellavit Ecbatanis,which he called Ecbatana.

¹Arphaxad itaque,And so Arphaxad,rex Medorum,king of the Medes,subjugaverat multas gentes imperio suo,subjugated many nations under his authority,et ipse ædificavit civitatem potentissimam,and he built a very powerful city,quam appellavit Ecbatanis,which he called Ecbatana.

²ex lapidibus quadratis et sectis:From stones, cut and squared,fecit muros ejus in altitudinem cubitorum septuaginta, et in latitudinem cubitorum triginta:he made its walls: seventy cubits in height and thirty cubits in breadth.turres vero ejus posuit in altitudinem cubitorum centum.And, in truth, he set its towers one hundred cubits in height.

²ex lapidibus quadratis et sectis:From stones, cut and squared,fecit muros ejus in altitudinem cubitorum septuaginta, et in latitudinem cubitorum triginta:he made its walls: seventy cubits in height and thirty cubits in breadth.turres vero ejus posuit in altitudinem cubitorum centum.And, in truth, he set its towers one hundred cubits in height.

³Per quadrum vero earum latus utrumque vicenorum pedum spatio tendebatur,In fact, at its corners, each side was extended for the space of twenty feet.posuitque portas ejus in altitudinem turrium:And he set its gates according to the height of the towers.

³Per quadrum vero earum latus utrumque vicenorum pedum spatio tendebatur,In fact, at its corners, each side was extended for the space of twenty feet.posuitque portas ejus in altitudinem turrium:And he set its gates according to the height of the towers.

⁴et gloriabatur quasi potens in potentia exercitus sui, et in gloria quadrigarum suarum.And he glorified it, in its power, with the force of his army and with the glory of his chariots.

⁴et gloriabatur quasi potens in potentia exercitus sui, et in gloria quadrigarum suarum.And he glorified it, in its power, with the force of his army and with the glory of his chariots.

⁵Anno igitur duodecimo regni sui,Thereafter, in the twelfth year of his reign,Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum,Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians,qui regnabat in Ninive civitate magna,who reigned in Nineveh the great city,pugnavit contra Arphaxad, et obtinuit eumfought against Arphaxad and prevailed over him:

⁵Anno igitur duodecimo regni sui,Thereafter, in the twelfth year of his reign,Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum,Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians,qui regnabat in Ninive civitate magna,who reigned in Nineveh the great city,pugnavit contra Arphaxad, et obtinuit eumfought against Arphaxad and prevailed over him:

⁶in campo magno qui appellatur Ragau,in the great plain, which is called Ragae,circa Euphraten,near the Euphrates,et Tigrin,and the Tigris,et Jadason,and the Hydaspes,in campo Erioch regis Elicorum.at the encampment of Arioch, king of the Elymaeans.

⁶in campo magno qui appellatur Ragau,in the great plain, which is called Ragae,circa Euphraten,near the Euphrates,et Tigrin,and the Tigris,et Jadason,and the Hydaspes,in campo Erioch regis Elicorum.at the encampment of Arioch, king of the Elymaeans.

⁷Tunc exaltatum est regnum Nabuchodonosor,Then the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar was exalted,et cor ejus elevatum est:and his heart was elevated.et misit ad omnes qui habitabant in Cilicia,And he sent to all who dwelt in Cilicia,et Damasco,and Damascus,et Libano,and Lebanon,

⁷Tunc exaltatum est regnum Nabuchodonosor,Then the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar was exalted,et cor ejus elevatum est:and his heart was elevated.et misit ad omnes qui habitabant in Cilicia,And he sent to all who dwelt in Cilicia,et Damasco,and Damascus,et Libano,and Lebanon,

⁸et ad gentes quæ sunt in Carmeloand to the nations that are in Carmel and Kedar,et Cedar,and to the inhabitants of Galilee,et inhabitantes Galilæam in campo magno Esdrelon,in the great plain of Esdrelon,

⁸et ad gentes quæ sunt in Carmeloand to the nations that are in Carmel and Kedar,et Cedar,and to the inhabitants of Galilee,et inhabitantes Galilæam in campo magno Esdrelon,in the great plain of Esdrelon,

⁹et ad omnes qui erant in Samaria,and to all who were in Samaria and across the river Jordan,et trans flumen Jordanem usque ad Jerusalem,even to Jerusalem and to all the land of Jesse,et omnem terram Jesse quousque perveniatur ad terminos Æthiopiæ.until one passes through to the borders of Ethiopia.

⁹et ad omnes qui erant in Samaria,and to all who were in Samaria and across the river Jordan,et trans flumen Jordanem usque ad Jerusalem,even to Jerusalem and to all the land of Jesse,et omnem terram Jesse quousque perveniatur ad terminos Æthiopiæ.until one passes through to the borders of Ethiopia.

¹⁰Ad hos omnes misit nuntios Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum:To all these, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent messengers:

¹⁰Ad hos omnes misit nuntios Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum:To all these, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent messengers:

¹¹qui omnes uno animo contradixerunt,whom they all with one mind contradicted,et remiserunt eos vacuos,and they sent them back empty,et sine honore abjecerunt.and they rejected them without honor.

¹¹qui omnes uno animo contradixerunt,whom they all with one mind contradicted,et remiserunt eos vacuos,and they sent them back empty,et sine honore abjecerunt.and they rejected them without honor.

¹²Tunc indignatus Nabuchodonosor rex adversus omnem terram illam,Then king Nebuchadnezzar,juravit per thronumbeing indignant against all that land,et regnum suum quod defenderet se de omnibus regionibus his.swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would defend himself against all those regions.

¹²Tunc indignatus Nabuchodonosor rex adversus omnem terram illam,Then king Nebuchadnezzar,juravit per thronumbeing indignant against all that land,et regnum suum quod defenderet se de omnibus regionibus his.swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would defend himself against all those regions.