¹Impiis autem usque in novissimum sine misericordia ira supervenit.But the impious, all the way to the very end, were overcome by anger without mercy.Præsciebat enim et futura illorum:Indeed, he knew beforehand even their future.

¹Impiis autem usque in novissimum sine misericordia ira supervenit.But the impious, all the way to the very end, were overcome by anger without mercy.Præsciebat enim et futura illorum:Indeed, he knew beforehand even their future.

²quoniam cum ipsi permisissent ut se educerent,Yet, seeing that they might have repented,et cum magna sollicitudine præmisissent illos,so that they would be led by him and be sent forth with great concern,consequebantur illos,the just sought the impious,pœnitentia acti.while regretting their deeds.

²quoniam cum ipsi permisissent ut se educerent,Yet, seeing that they might have repented,et cum magna sollicitudine præmisissent illos,so that they would be led by him and be sent forth with great concern,consequebantur illos,the just sought the impious,pœnitentia acti.while regretting their deeds.

³Adhuc enim inter manus habentes luctum, et deplorantes ad monumenta mortuorum,For, while the just were still holding grief in their hands and weeping at the tombs of the dead,aliam sibi assumpserunt cogitationem inscientiæ,these others took upon themselves another senseless thought,et quos rogantes projecerant, hos tamquam fugitivos persequebantur.and they cast out the legislators and pursued them as if they were fugitives.

³Adhuc enim inter manus habentes luctum, et deplorantes ad monumenta mortuorum,For, while the just were still holding grief in their hands and weeping at the tombs of the dead,aliam sibi assumpserunt cogitationem inscientiæ,these others took upon themselves another senseless thought,et quos rogantes projecerant, hos tamquam fugitivos persequebantur.and they cast out the legislators and pursued them as if they were fugitives.

⁴Ducebat enim illos ad hunc finem digna necessitas;For a fitting necessity was leading them to this end,et horum quæ acciderant commemorationem amittebant,and they were losing the remembrance of those things which had happened,ut quæ deerant tormentis repleret punitio:so that what was lacking in the sufferings of the conflict might be completed by the punishment,

⁴Ducebat enim illos ad hunc finem digna necessitas;For a fitting necessity was leading them to this end,et horum quæ acciderant commemorationem amittebant,and they were losing the remembrance of those things which had happened,ut quæ deerant tormentis repleret punitio:so that what was lacking in the sufferings of the conflict might be completed by the punishment,

⁵et populus quidem tuus mirabiliter transiret,and so that your people, indeed, might wonderfully pass through,illi autem novam mortem invenirent.but these others might find a new death.

⁵et populus quidem tuus mirabiliter transiret,and so that your people, indeed, might wonderfully pass through,illi autem novam mortem invenirent.but these others might find a new death.

⁶Omnis enim creatura ad suum genus ab initio refigurabatur,For every creature according to its kind was fashioned again as from the beginning,deserviens tuis præceptis,diligently serving your teachings,ut pueri tui custodirentur illæsi.so that your children would be preserved unharmed.

⁶Omnis enim creatura ad suum genus ab initio refigurabatur,For every creature according to its kind was fashioned again as from the beginning,deserviens tuis præceptis,diligently serving your teachings,ut pueri tui custodirentur illæsi.so that your children would be preserved unharmed.

⁷Nam nubes castra eorum obumbrabat,For a cloud overshadowed their camp,et ex aqua quæ ante erat,and where water was before,terra arida apparuit,dry land appeared,et in mari Rubro via sine impedimento,and in the Red Sea, a way without hindrance,et campus germinans de profundo nimio:and out of the great deep, a level field sprung up,

⁷Nam nubes castra eorum obumbrabat,For a cloud overshadowed their camp,et ex aqua quæ ante erat,and where water was before,terra arida apparuit,dry land appeared,et in mari Rubro via sine impedimento,and in the Red Sea, a way without hindrance,et campus germinans de profundo nimio:and out of the great deep, a level field sprung up,

⁸per quem omnis natio transivit quæ tegebatur tua manu,through which the whole nation passed,videntes tua mirabiliaprotected by your hand,et monstra.seeing your miracles and wonders.

⁸per quem omnis natio transivit quæ tegebatur tua manu,through which the whole nation passed,videntes tua mirabiliaprotected by your hand,et monstra.seeing your miracles and wonders.

⁹Tamquam enim equi depaverunt escam,For they consumed food like horses,et tamquam agni exsultaverunt,and they leapt about like lambs,magnificantes te,praising you,Domine,O Lord,qui liberasti illos.who had freed them.

⁹Tamquam enim equi depaverunt escam,For they consumed food like horses,et tamquam agni exsultaverunt,and they leapt about like lambs,magnificantes te,praising you,Domine,O Lord,qui liberasti illos.who had freed them.

¹⁰Memores enim erant adhuc eorum quæ in incolatu illorum facta fuerant:For they were still mindful of those things which had happened during the time of their sojourn,quemadmodum pro natione animalium eduxit terra muscas,how, instead of cattle, the earth brought forth flies,et pro piscibus eructavit fluvius multitudinem ranarum.and instead of fish, the river cast up a multitude of frogs.

¹⁰Memores enim erant adhuc eorum quæ in incolatu illorum facta fuerant:For they were still mindful of those things which had happened during the time of their sojourn,quemadmodum pro natione animalium eduxit terra muscas,how, instead of cattle, the earth brought forth flies,et pro piscibus eructavit fluvius multitudinem ranarum.and instead of fish, the river cast up a multitude of frogs.

¹¹Novissime autem viderunt novam creaturam avium,And, lastly, they saw a new kind of bird,cum,when,adducti concupiscentia,being led by their desire,postulaverunt escas epulationis.they demanded a feast of meat.

¹¹Novissime autem viderunt novam creaturam avium,And, lastly, they saw a new kind of bird,cum,when,adducti concupiscentia,being led by their desire,postulaverunt escas epulationis.they demanded a feast of meat.

¹²In allocutione enim desiderii ascendit illis de mari ortygometra:For, to console their loss, the quail came up to them from the sea,et vexationes peccatoribus supervenerunt, non sine illis quæ ante facta erant argumentis per vim fulminum:and yet troubles overcame the sinners, though they were not without the evidence of what had happened before by the power of lightning,juste enim patiebantur secundum suas nequitias.for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness.

¹²In allocutione enim desiderii ascendit illis de mari ortygometra:For, to console their loss, the quail came up to them from the sea,et vexationes peccatoribus supervenerunt, non sine illis quæ ante facta erant argumentis per vim fulminum:and yet troubles overcame the sinners, though they were not without the evidence of what had happened before by the power of lightning,juste enim patiebantur secundum suas nequitias.for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness.

¹³Etenim detestabiliorem inhospitalitatem instituerunt:And indeed, they set up a more detestable inhospitality. Certainly,alii quidem ignotos non recipiebant advenas;some have refused to receive unknown foreigners,alii autem bonos hospites in servitutem redigebant.but these others were drafting good guests into servitude,

¹³Etenim detestabiliorem inhospitalitatem instituerunt:And indeed, they set up a more detestable inhospitality. Certainly,alii quidem ignotos non recipiebant advenas;some have refused to receive unknown foreigners,alii autem bonos hospites in servitutem redigebant.but these others were drafting good guests into servitude,

¹⁴Et non solum hæc,and not only foreigners,sed et alius quidam respectus illorum erat,but also those who had been under their care,quoniam inviti recipiebant extraneos.because they were reluctantly sheltering the outsiders.

¹⁴Et non solum hæc,and not only foreigners,sed et alius quidam respectus illorum erat,but also those who had been under their care,quoniam inviti recipiebant extraneos.because they were reluctantly sheltering the outsiders.

¹⁵Qui autem cum lætitia receperunt hos qui eisdem usi erant justitiis,Yet whoever had sheltered them with gladness, by making use of the very same justice,sævissimis afflixerunt doloribus.they afflicted with the most severe sorrow.

¹⁵Qui autem cum lætitia receperunt hos qui eisdem usi erant justitiis,Yet whoever had sheltered them with gladness, by making use of the very same justice,sævissimis afflixerunt doloribus.they afflicted with the most severe sorrow.

¹⁶Percussi sunt autem cæcitate:Yet they were struck with blindness,sicut illi in foribus justi,like someone brought before the gates of justice,cum subitaneis cooperti essent tenebris,so that they were suddenly covered with darkness,unusquisque transitum ostii sui quærebat.and each one was left searching for the threshold of his front door.

¹⁶Percussi sunt autem cæcitate:Yet they were struck with blindness,sicut illi in foribus justi,like someone brought before the gates of justice,cum subitaneis cooperti essent tenebris,so that they were suddenly covered with darkness,unusquisque transitum ostii sui quærebat.and each one was left searching for the threshold of his front door.

¹⁷In se enim elementa dum convertuntur,For the elements in themselves are in the process of being changed,sicut in organo qualitatis sonus immutatur,just as when the sound of a musical instrument is being altered in quality,et omnia suum sonum custodiunt:yet each one keeps its own sound,unde æstimari ex ipso visu certo potest.from where it is considered to be and according to its fixed appearance.

¹⁷In se enim elementa dum convertuntur,For the elements in themselves are in the process of being changed,sicut in organo qualitatis sonus immutatur,just as when the sound of a musical instrument is being altered in quality,et omnia suum sonum custodiunt:yet each one keeps its own sound,unde æstimari ex ipso visu certo potest.from where it is considered to be and according to its fixed appearance.

¹⁸Agrestia enim in aquatica convertebantur,For the countryside was transformed by water,et quæcumque erant natantia,and things which were swimming,in terram transibant.crossed over the land.

¹⁸Agrestia enim in aquatica convertebantur,For the countryside was transformed by water,et quæcumque erant natantia,and things which were swimming,in terram transibant.crossed over the land.

¹⁹Ignis in aqua valebat supra suam virtutem,Fire prevailed in the midst of water, beyond its own power,et aqua extinguentis naturæ obliviscebatur.and the water forgot its quenching nature.

¹⁹Ignis in aqua valebat supra suam virtutem,Fire prevailed in the midst of water, beyond its own power,et aqua extinguentis naturæ obliviscebatur.and the water forgot its quenching nature.

²⁰Flammæ e contrario corruptibilium animalium non vexaverunt carnes coambulantium,On the other hand, the flames did not trouble the bodies of the mortal animals walking around,nec dissolvebant illam, quæ facile dissolvebatur sicut glacies,nor did they melt that good food, which is as easily melted as ice.bonam escam.For in all things,In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum,O Lord, you magnified your people, and honored them,Domine, et honorasti,and did not despise them,et non despexisti, in omni tempore et in omni loco assistens eis.but at every time and in every place, you assisted them.

²⁰Flammæ e contrario corruptibilium animalium non vexaverunt carnes coambulantium,On the other hand, the flames did not trouble the bodies of the mortal animals walking around,nec dissolvebant illam, quæ facile dissolvebatur sicut glacies,nor did they melt that good food, which is as easily melted as ice.bonam escam.For in all things,In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum,O Lord, you magnified your people, and honored them,Domine, et honorasti,and did not despise them,et non despexisti, in omni tempore et in omni loco assistens eis.but at every time and in every place, you assisted them.