1Alleluja.Alleluia.Confitemini Domino,Confess to the Lord,quoniam bonus,for he is good,quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.for his mercy is with every generation.
2Quis loquetur potentias Domini;Who will declare the powers of the Lord?auditas faciet omnes laudes ejus?Who make a hearing for all his praises?
3Beati qui custodiunt judicium,Blessed are those who keep judgmentet faciunt justitiam in omni tempore.and who do justice at all times.
4Memento nostri,Remember us,Domine,O Lord,in beneplacito populi tui;with good will for your people.visita nos in salutari tuo:Visit us with your salvation,
5ad videndum in bonitate electorum tuorum;so that we may see the goodness of your elect,ad lætandum in lætitia gentis tuæ:so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation,ut lauderis cum hæreditate tua.so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.
6Peccavimus cum patribus nostris:We have sinned, as have our fathers.injuste egimus;We have acted unjustly;iniquitatem fecimus.we have wrought iniquity.
7Patres nostri in Ægypto non intellexerunt mirabilia tua;Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt.non fuerunt memores multitudinis misericordiæ tuæ.They did not remember the multitude of your mercies.Et irritaverunt ascendentes in mare,And they provoked you, while going up to the sea,mare Rubrum;even the Red Sea.
8et salvavit eos propter nomen suum,And he saved them for the sake of his name,ut notam faceret potentiam suam.so that he might make known his power.
9Et increpuit mare Rubrum et exsiccatum est,And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up.et deduxit eos in abyssis sicut in deserto.And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.
10Et salvavit eos de manu odientium,And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them.et redemit eos de manu inimici.And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11Et operuit aqua tribulantes eos;And the water covered those who troubled them.unus ex eis non remansit.Not one of them remained.
12Et crediderunt verbis ejus,And they believed his words,et laudaverunt laudem ejus.and they sang his praises.
13Cito fecerunt;As soon as they had finished,obliti sunt operum ejus:they forgot his works,et non sustinuerunt consilium ejus.and they would not endure his counsel.
14Et concupierunt concupiscentiam in deserto,And they coveted their desire in the desert,et tentaverunt Deum in inaquoso.and they tempted God in a waterless place.
15Et dedit eis petitionem ipsorum,And he granted to them their request,et misit saturitatem in animas eorum.and he sent abundance into their souls.
16Et irritaverunt Moysen in castris;And they provoked Moses in the camp,Aaron,and Aaron,sanctum Domini.the holy one of the Lord.
17Aperta est terra,The earth openedet deglutivit Dathan,and swallowed Dathan,et operuit super congregationem Abiron.and it covered the congregation of Abiram.
18Et exarsit ignis in synagoga eorum:And a fire broke out in their congregation.flamma combussit peccatores.A flame burned up the sinners.
19Et fecerunt vitulum in Horeb,And they fashioned a calf at Horeb,et adoraverunt sculptile.and they adored a graven image.
20Et mutaverunt gloriam suam in similitudinem vituli comedentis fœnum.And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.
21Obliti sunt Deum qui salvavit eos;They forgot God, who saved them,qui fecit magnalia in Ægypto,who did great things in Egypt:
22mirabilia in terra Cham,miracles in the land of Ham,terribilia in mari Rubro.terrible things at the Red Sea.
23Et dixit ut disperderet eos,And he said that he would destroy them,si non Moyses,yet Moses,electus ejus,his elect,stetisset in confractione in conspectu ejus,stood firm before him in the breach,ut averteret iram ejus,in order to avert his wrath,ne disperderet eos.lest he destroy them.
24Et pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem;And they held the desirable land to be nothing.non crediderunt verbo ejus.They did not trust in his word.
25Et murmuraverunt in tabernaculis suis;And they murmured in their tabernacles.non exaudierunt vocem Domini.They did not heed the voice of the Lord.
26Et elevavit manum suam super eos ut prosterneret eos in deserto:And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,
27et ut dejiceret semen eorum in nationibus,and in order to cast their offspring among the nations,et dispergeret eos in regionibus.and to scatter them among the regions.
28Et initiati sunt Beelphegor,And they were initiated into Baal of Peor,et comederunt sacrificia mortuorum.and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Et irritaverunt eum in adinventionibus suis,And they provoked him with their inventions,et multiplicata est in eis ruina.and ruination was multiplied in them.
30Et stetit Phinees,Then Phinehas stood upet placavit,and placated him:et cessavit quassatio.and so the violent disturbance ceased.
31Et reputatum est ei in justitiam,And it was reputed to him unto justice,in generationemfrom generation to generation,et generationem usque in sempiternum.even forever.
32Et irritaverunt eum ad aquas contradictionis,And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction,et vexatus est Moyses propter eos:and Moses was afflicted because of them,
33quia exacerbaverunt spiritum ejus,for they exasperated his spirit.et distinxit in labiis suis.And so he divided them with his lips.
34Non disperdiderunt gentes quas dixit Dominus illis:They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.
35et commisti sunt inter gentes,And they were mixed among the Gentiles.et didicerunt opera eorum;And they learned their works,
36et servierunt sculptilibus eorum,and they served their graven images,et factum est illis in scandalum.and it became a scandal to them.
37Et immolaverunt filios suos et filias suas dæmoniis.And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38Et effuderunt sanguinem innocentem,And they shed innocent blood:sanguinem filiorum suorum et filiarum suarum,the blood of their sons and of their daughters,quas sacrificaverunt sculptilibus Chanaan.which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan.Et infecta est terra in sanguinibus,And the land was infected with bloodshed,
39et contaminata est in operibus eorum:and was contaminated with their works.et fornicati sunt in adinventionibus suis.And they fornicated according to their own inventions.
40Et iratus est furore Dominus in populum suum,And the Lord became furiously angry with his people,et abominatus est hæreditatem suam.and he abhorred his inheritance.
41Et tradidit eos in manus gentium;And he delivered them into the hands of the nations.et dominati sunt eorum qui oderunt eos.And those who hated them became rulers over them.
42Et tribulaverunt eos inimici eorum,And their enemies afflicted them,et humiliati sunt sub manibus eorum;and they were humbled under their hands.
43sæpe liberavit eos.Many times, he delivered them.Ipsi autem exacerbaverunt eum in consilio suo,Yet they provoked him with their counsel,et humiliati sunt in iniquitatibus suis.and they were brought low by their iniquities.
44Et vidit cum tribularentur,And he saw that they were in tribulation,et audivit orationem eorum.and he heard their prayer.
45Et memor fuit testamenti sui,And he was mindful of his covenant,et pœnituit eum secundum multitudinem misericordiæ suæ:and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46et dedit eos in misericordias,And he provided for them with mercies,in conspectu omnium qui ceperant eos.in the sight of all those who had seized them.
47Salvos nos fac,Save us,Domine Deus noster,O Lord our God,et congrega nos de nationibus:and gather us from the nations,ut confiteamur nomini sancto tuo,so that we may confess your holy nameet gloriemur in laude tua.and glory in your praise.
48Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël,Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,a sæculofrom ages past,et usque in sæculum;even to all ages.et dicet omnis populus:And let all the people say:Fiat,Amen.fiat.Amen.