¹Tunc audientes hæc filii Israël qui habitabant in terra Juda, timuerunt valde a facie ejus.Then, upon hearing these things, the sons of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Judah, were very afraid before his face.

¹Tunc audientes hæc filii Israël qui habitabant in terra Juda, timuerunt valde a facie ejus.Then, upon hearing these things, the sons of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Judah, were very afraid before his face.

²Tremor et horror invasit sensus eorum,Trembling and horror invaded their senses,ne hoc faceret Jerusalem et templo Domini, quod fecerat ceteris civitatibus et templis earum.lest he should do the same thing to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord that he had done to other cities and their temples.

²Tremor et horror invasit sensus eorum,Trembling and horror invaded their senses,ne hoc faceret Jerusalem et templo Domini, quod fecerat ceteris civitatibus et templis earum.lest he should do the same thing to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord that he had done to other cities and their temples.

³Et miserunt in omnem Samariam per circuitum usque Jericho,And they sent into all of Samaria, and by an indirect route even to Jericho,et præoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium:and they seized in advance all the tops of the mountains.

³Et miserunt in omnem Samariam per circuitum usque Jericho,And they sent into all of Samaria, and by an indirect route even to Jericho,et præoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium:and they seized in advance all the tops of the mountains.

⁴et muris circumdederunt vicos suos,And they surrounded their villages with walls,et congregaverunt frumenta in præparationem pugnæ.and they gathered together grain in preparation for the fight.

⁴et muris circumdederunt vicos suos,And they surrounded their villages with walls,et congregaverunt frumenta in præparationem pugnæ.and they gathered together grain in preparation for the fight.

⁵Sacerdos etiam Eliachim scripsit ad universos qui erant contra Esdrelon,And then Eliachim the priest wrote to all who were opposite Esdrelon,quæ est contra faciem campi magni juxta Dothain,which is opposite the face of the great plain near Dothain,et universos per quos viæ transitus esse poterat,and to all whom he would be able to reach through a passable way:

⁵Sacerdos etiam Eliachim scripsit ad universos qui erant contra Esdrelon,And then Eliachim the priest wrote to all who were opposite Esdrelon,quæ est contra faciem campi magni juxta Dothain,which is opposite the face of the great plain near Dothain,et universos per quos viæ transitus esse poterat,and to all whom he would be able to reach through a passable way:

⁶ut obtinerent ascensus montium,that they should hold the ascents of the mountains,per quos via esse poterat ad Jerusalem,through which there might be any passage able to reach Jerusalem,et illic custodirent ubi angustum iter esse poterat inter montes.and that they should keep watch where the passage was narrow, wherever possible, between the mountains.

⁶ut obtinerent ascensus montium,that they should hold the ascents of the mountains,per quos via esse poterat ad Jerusalem,through which there might be any passage able to reach Jerusalem,et illic custodirent ubi angustum iter esse poterat inter montes.and that they should keep watch where the passage was narrow, wherever possible, between the mountains.

⁷Et fecerunt filii Israël secundum quod constituerat eis sacerdos Domini Eliachim.And the sons of Israel did just as Eliachim, the priest of the Lord, had appointed them.

⁷Et fecerunt filii Israël secundum quod constituerat eis sacerdos Domini Eliachim.And the sons of Israel did just as Eliachim, the priest of the Lord, had appointed them.

⁸Et clamavit omnis populus ad Dominum instantia magna,And all the people cried out to the Lord with great urgency,et humiliaverunt animas suas in jejuniis et orationibus,and they humbled their souls with fastings, and prayers,ipsi et mulieres eorum.both they and their wives.

⁸Et clamavit omnis populus ad Dominum instantia magna,And all the people cried out to the Lord with great urgency,et humiliaverunt animas suas in jejuniis et orationibus,and they humbled their souls with fastings, and prayers,ipsi et mulieres eorum.both they and their wives.

⁹Et induerunt se sacerdotes ciliciis,And the priests clothed themselves with haircloths,et infantes prostraverunt contra faciem templi Domini,and they prostrated the little children opposite the face of the temple of the Lord,et altare Domini operuerunt cilicio:and they covered the altar of the Lord with haircloth.

⁹Et induerunt se sacerdotes ciliciis,And the priests clothed themselves with haircloths,et infantes prostraverunt contra faciem templi Domini,and they prostrated the little children opposite the face of the temple of the Lord,et altare Domini operuerunt cilicio:and they covered the altar of the Lord with haircloth.

¹⁰et clamaverunt ad Dominum Deum Israël unanimiter ne darentur in prædam infantes eorum,And they cried out to the Lord God of Israel with one accord, lest their children should be given over as prey,et uxores eorum in divisionem,and their wives into distribution,et civitates eorum in exterminium,and their cities into extermination,et sancta eorum in pollutionem,and their holy things into defilement,et fierent opprobrium gentibus.and so that they might not become the disgrace of the Gentiles.

¹⁰et clamaverunt ad Dominum Deum Israël unanimiter ne darentur in prædam infantes eorum,And they cried out to the Lord God of Israel with one accord, lest their children should be given over as prey,et uxores eorum in divisionem,and their wives into distribution,et civitates eorum in exterminium,and their cities into extermination,et sancta eorum in pollutionem,and their holy things into defilement,et fierent opprobrium gentibus.and so that they might not become the disgrace of the Gentiles.

¹¹Tunc Eliachim sacerdos Domini magnus circuivit omnem Israël,Then Eliachim, the high priest of the Lord, traveled all around Israel,allocutusque est eos,and he was talking to them,

¹¹Tunc Eliachim sacerdos Domini magnus circuivit omnem Israël,Then Eliachim, the high priest of the Lord, traveled all around Israel,allocutusque est eos,and he was talking to them,

¹²dicens:saying:Scitote quoniam exaudiet Dominus preces vestras,“Know that the Lord will heed your prayers,si manentes permanseritis in jejuniis et orationibus in conspectu Domini.if you continue to persevere in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord.

¹²dicens:saying:Scitote quoniam exaudiet Dominus preces vestras,“Know that the Lord will heed your prayers,si manentes permanseritis in jejuniis et orationibus in conspectu Domini.if you continue to persevere in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord.

¹³Memores estote Moysi servi Domini,Recall that Moses, the servant of the Lord,qui Amalec confidentem in virtute sua,overcame Amalek, who trusted in his own strength,et in potentia sua,and in his power,et in exercitu suo, et in clypeis suis,and in his army, and in his bronze shields,et in curribus suis,and in his swift chariots,et in equitibus suis,and in his horsemen. He overcame him,non ferro pugnando,not by fighting with iron,sed precibus sanctis orando dejecit:but by pleading with holy prayers.

¹³Memores estote Moysi servi Domini,Recall that Moses, the servant of the Lord,qui Amalec confidentem in virtute sua,overcame Amalek, who trusted in his own strength,et in potentia sua,and in his power,et in exercitu suo, et in clypeis suis,and in his army, and in his bronze shields,et in curribus suis,and in his swift chariots,et in equitibus suis,and in his horsemen. He overcame him,non ferro pugnando,not by fighting with iron,sed precibus sanctis orando dejecit:but by pleading with holy prayers.

¹⁴sic erunt universi hostes Israël,So will it be with all the enemies of Israel,si perseveraveritis in hoc opere quod cœpistis.if you persevere in this work that you have begun.”

¹⁴sic erunt universi hostes Israël,So will it be with all the enemies of Israel,si perseveraveritis in hoc opere quod cœpistis.if you persevere in this work that you have begun.”

¹⁵Ad hanc igitur exhortationem ejus deprecantes Dominum,Therefore, by this exhortation and his prayer to the Lord,permanebant in conspectu Domini,they continued in the sight of the Lord,

¹⁵Ad hanc igitur exhortationem ejus deprecantes Dominum,Therefore, by this exhortation and his prayer to the Lord,permanebant in conspectu Domini,they continued in the sight of the Lord,

¹⁶ita ut etiam hi qui offerebant Domino holocausta,so that even those who offered holocausts to the Lord,præcincti ciliciis offerrent sacrificia Domino,offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths,et erat cinis super capita eorum.and there were ashes upon their heads.

¹⁶ita ut etiam hi qui offerebant Domino holocausta,so that even those who offered holocausts to the Lord,præcincti ciliciis offerrent sacrificia Domino,offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths,et erat cinis super capita eorum.and there were ashes upon their heads.

¹⁷Et ex toto corde suo omnes orabant Deum,And they all begged God with their whole heart,ut visitaret populum suum Israël.that he would visit his people Israel.

¹⁷Et ex toto corde suo omnes orabant Deum,And they all begged God with their whole heart,ut visitaret populum suum Israël.that he would visit his people Israel.