¹Sanctis autem tuis maxima erat lux,But your saints were your greatest light,et horum quidem vocem audiebant,and they heard your voice,sed figuram non videbant.but did not see your form.Et quia non et ipsi eadem passi erant,And because they themselves did not also suffer the same things,magnificabant te;they praised you greatly.

¹Sanctis autem tuis maxima erat lux,But your saints were your greatest light,et horum quidem vocem audiebant,and they heard your voice,sed figuram non videbant.but did not see your form.Et quia non et ipsi eadem passi erant,And because they themselves did not also suffer the same things,magnificabant te;they praised you greatly.

²et qui ante læsi erant,And those who were wounded before,quia non lædebantur,gave thanks,gratias agebant,because they were no longer being wounded,et ut esset differentia,and because they had petitioned for this gift,donum petebant.that there would be this difference.

²et qui ante læsi erant,And those who were wounded before,quia non lædebantur,gave thanks,gratias agebant,because they were no longer being wounded,et ut esset differentia,and because they had petitioned for this gift,donum petebant.that there would be this difference.

³Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam ducem habuerunt ignotæ viæ,Because of this, they had a burning column of fire as a guide on the unknown way,et solem sine læsura boni hospitii præstitisti.and you displayed a harmless sun of a good hospitality.

³Propter quod ignis ardentem columnam ducem habuerunt ignotæ viæ,Because of this, they had a burning column of fire as a guide on the unknown way,et solem sine læsura boni hospitii præstitisti.and you displayed a harmless sun of a good hospitality.

⁴Digni quidem illi carere luce,The others, indeed,et pati carcerem tenebrarum, qui inclusos custodiebant filios tuos,deserved to be deprived of the light and to endure a prison of darkness, who watched for an opportunity to imprison your sons,per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen sæculo dari.by whom the incorruptible light of the law was beginning to be given to future generations.

⁴Digni quidem illi carere luce,The others, indeed,et pati carcerem tenebrarum, qui inclusos custodiebant filios tuos,deserved to be deprived of the light and to endure a prison of darkness, who watched for an opportunity to imprison your sons,per quos incipiebat incorruptum legis lumen sæculo dari.by whom the incorruptible light of the law was beginning to be given to future generations.

⁵Cum cogitarent justorum occidere infantes,When they thought to kill the babes of the just,et uno exposito filio et liberato, in traductionem illorum,one son having been exposed and set free, to their disgrace,multitudinem filiorum abstulisti, et pariter illos perdidisti in aqua valida.you took away a multitude of their sons and destroyed them all together in a mighty water.

⁵Cum cogitarent justorum occidere infantes,When they thought to kill the babes of the just,et uno exposito filio et liberato, in traductionem illorum,one son having been exposed and set free, to their disgrace,multitudinem filiorum abstulisti, et pariter illos perdidisti in aqua valida.you took away a multitude of their sons and destroyed them all together in a mighty water.

⁶Illa enim nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris,For that night was known beforehand by our fathers, so that,ut vere scientes quibus juramentis crediderunt, animæquiores essent.knowing the truth of the oaths in which they had trusted, they might be more peaceful in their souls.

⁶Illa enim nox ante cognita est a patribus nostris,For that night was known beforehand by our fathers, so that,ut vere scientes quibus juramentis crediderunt, animæquiores essent.knowing the truth of the oaths in which they had trusted, they might be more peaceful in their souls.

⁷Suscepta est autem a populo tuo sanitas quidem justorum,Yet your people received not only the salvation of the just,injustorum autem exterminatio.but also the destruction of the unjust.

⁷Suscepta est autem a populo tuo sanitas quidem justorum,Yet your people received not only the salvation of the just,injustorum autem exterminatio.but also the destruction of the unjust.

⁸Sicut enim læsisti adversarios,For just as you wounded our adversaries,sic et nos provocans magnificasti.so also did you greatly esteem calling us forth.

⁸Sicut enim læsisti adversarios,For just as you wounded our adversaries,sic et nos provocans magnificasti.so also did you greatly esteem calling us forth.

⁹Absconse enim sacrificabant justi pueri bonorum,For the just children of goodness were secretly offering sacrifice,et justitiæ legem in concordia disposuerunt;and in agreement they administered the law of justice,similiter et bona et mala recepturos justos,so that both good and bad would be able to receive justice,patrum jam decantantes laudes.and so that you might now approve of their chanting to the father.

⁹Absconse enim sacrificabant justi pueri bonorum,For the just children of goodness were secretly offering sacrifice,et justitiæ legem in concordia disposuerunt;and in agreement they administered the law of justice,similiter et bona et mala recepturos justos,so that both good and bad would be able to receive justice,patrum jam decantantes laudes.and so that you might now approve of their chanting to the father.

¹⁰Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum vox,On the other hand, a dissimilar voice was resounding from the enemies,et flebilis audiebatur planctus ploratorum infantium.and a lamentable wailing was heard for the children who were being cried over.

¹⁰Resonabat autem inconveniens inimicorum vox,On the other hand, a dissimilar voice was resounding from the enemies,et flebilis audiebatur planctus ploratorum infantium.and a lamentable wailing was heard for the children who were being cried over.

¹¹Simili autem pœna servus cum domino afflictus est,But the same punishment afflicted the servant with the master,et popularis homo regi similia passus.and the common man endured the same as the king.

¹¹Simili autem pœna servus cum domino afflictus est,But the same punishment afflicted the servant with the master,et popularis homo regi similia passus.and the common man endured the same as the king.

¹²Similiter ergo omnes,Therefore, all were the same,uno nomine mortis,with one name for death,mortuos habebant innumerabiles:and the dead were innumerable.nec enim ad sepeliendum vivi sufficiebant,For neither were the living sufficient to bury the dead,quoniam uno momento quæ erat præclarior natio illorum exterminata est.because, with a single effort, their most illustrious nation was exterminated.

¹²Similiter ergo omnes,Therefore, all were the same,uno nomine mortis,with one name for death,mortuos habebant innumerabiles:and the dead were innumerable.nec enim ad sepeliendum vivi sufficiebant,For neither were the living sufficient to bury the dead,quoniam uno momento quæ erat præclarior natio illorum exterminata est.because, with a single effort, their most illustrious nation was exterminated.

¹³De omnibus enim non credentes, propter veneficia;For they would not believe anything because of the drugs; then truly,tunc vero primum cum fuit exterminium primogenitorum,at the beginning, when the extermination of the firstborn happened,spoponderunt populum Dei esse.they pledged the people to belong to God.

¹³De omnibus enim non credentes, propter veneficia;For they would not believe anything because of the drugs; then truly,tunc vero primum cum fuit exterminium primogenitorum,at the beginning, when the extermination of the firstborn happened,spoponderunt populum Dei esse.they pledged the people to belong to God.

¹⁴Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia,For, when a quiet silence surrounded all things,et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,and when the course of the night was passing the middle of its journey,

¹⁴Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia,For, when a quiet silence surrounded all things,et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,and when the course of the night was passing the middle of its journey,

¹⁵omnipotens sermo tuus de cælo, a regalibus sedibus,your almighty word from heaven leapt down from your royal throne,durus debellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit,as a fierce warrior in the midst of the land of extermination,

¹⁵omnipotens sermo tuus de cælo, a regalibus sedibus,your almighty word from heaven leapt down from your royal throne,durus debellator in mediam exterminii terram prosilivit,as a fierce warrior in the midst of the land of extermination,

¹⁶gladius acutus insimulatum imperium tuum portans:as a sharp sword carrying your unfeigned authority,et stans,and standing,replevit omnia morte,filled all things with death,et usque ad cælum attingebat stans in terra.and, standing on the earth, reached all the way up to touch heaven.

¹⁶gladius acutus insimulatum imperium tuum portans:as a sharp sword carrying your unfeigned authority,et stans,and standing,replevit omnia morte,filled all things with death,et usque ad cælum attingebat stans in terra.and, standing on the earth, reached all the way up to touch heaven.

¹⁷Tunc continuo visus somniorum malorum turbaverunt illos,Then, incessant visions of nightmares disturbed them,et timores supervenerunt insperati.and unexpected fears overcame them.

¹⁷Tunc continuo visus somniorum malorum turbaverunt illos,Then, incessant visions of nightmares disturbed them,et timores supervenerunt insperati.and unexpected fears overcame them.

¹⁸Et alius alibi projectus semivivus,And another was thrown down elsewhere half-alive;propter quam moriebatur causam demonstrabat mortis.and so, by means of that which was dying, the cause of death was revealed.

¹⁸Et alius alibi projectus semivivus,And another was thrown down elsewhere half-alive;propter quam moriebatur causam demonstrabat mortis.and so, by means of that which was dying, the cause of death was revealed.

¹⁹Visiones enim quæ illos turbaverunt hæc præmonebant,For the visions that disturbed them had forewarned of these things,ne inscii quare mala patiebantur perirent.lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.

¹⁹Visiones enim quæ illos turbaverunt hæc præmonebant,For the visions that disturbed them had forewarned of these things,ne inscii quare mala patiebantur perirent.lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.

²⁰Tetigit autem tunc et justos tentatio mortis,Yet, at that time, the trial of death touched even the just,et commotio in eremo facta est multitudinis:and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness,sed non diu permansit ira tua.but your wrath did not continue for long.

²⁰Tetigit autem tunc et justos tentatio mortis,Yet, at that time, the trial of death touched even the just,et commotio in eremo facta est multitudinis:and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness,sed non diu permansit ira tua.but your wrath did not continue for long.

²¹Prosperans enim homo sine querela deprecari pro populis,For a blameless man, prospering, is to be entreated for your people,proferens servitutis suæ scutum,bringing forth the shield of your service,orationem et per incensum deprecationem allegans,through prayer and incense, making prayerful supplication,restitit iræ,he withstands anger,et finem imposuit necessitati, ostendens quoniam tuus est famulus.and so establishes an end to the necessary difficulty, revealing that he is your servant.

²¹Prosperans enim homo sine querela deprecari pro populis,For a blameless man, prospering, is to be entreated for your people,proferens servitutis suæ scutum,bringing forth the shield of your service,orationem et per incensum deprecationem allegans,through prayer and incense, making prayerful supplication,restitit iræ,he withstands anger,et finem imposuit necessitati, ostendens quoniam tuus est famulus.and so establishes an end to the necessary difficulty, revealing that he is your servant.

²²Vicit autem turbas non in virtute corporis,Yet he outlasted the disturbance, not by virtue of the body,nec armaturæ potentia:nor by force of arms, but,sed verbo illum qui se vexabat subjecit,with a word, he subdued those who were troubling him,juramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans.commemorating the oaths and covenant of the parents.

²²Vicit autem turbas non in virtute corporis,Yet he outlasted the disturbance, not by virtue of the body,nec armaturæ potentia:nor by force of arms, but,sed verbo illum qui se vexabat subjecit,with a word, he subdued those who were troubling him,juramenta parentum et testamentum commemorans.commemorating the oaths and covenant of the parents.

²³Cum enim jam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui,For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another,interstitit,he stood between themet amputavit impetum,and cut off their attack,et divisit illam quæ ad vivos ducebat viam.and he divided those who controlled the path to the living.

²³Cum enim jam acervatim cecidissent super alterutrum mortui,For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another,interstitit,he stood between themet amputavit impetum,and cut off their attack,et divisit illam quæ ad vivos ducebat viam.and he divided those who controlled the path to the living.

²⁴In veste enim poderis quam habebat,For, within the garment of shame which he held,totus erat orbis terrarum;the world was all together,et parentum magnalia in quatuor ordinibus lapidum erant sculpta,and the great deeds of the parents were engraved on four orders of stones,et magnificentia tua in diademate capitis illius sculpta erat.and your majesty was engraved on the crown of his head.

²⁴In veste enim poderis quam habebat,For, within the garment of shame which he held,totus erat orbis terrarum;the world was all together,et parentum magnalia in quatuor ordinibus lapidum erant sculpta,and the great deeds of the parents were engraved on four orders of stones,et magnificentia tua in diademate capitis illius sculpta erat.and your majesty was engraved on the crown of his head.

²⁵His autem cessit qui exterminabat, et hæc extimuit:Yet he who was exterminating yielded even to those he frightened.erat enim sola tentatio iræ sufficiens.For one trial of wrath was sufficient.

²⁵His autem cessit qui exterminabat, et hæc extimuit:Yet he who was exterminating yielded even to those he frightened.erat enim sola tentatio iræ sufficiens.For one trial of wrath was sufficient.