¹O quam pulchra est casta generatio, cum claritate!O how beautiful is the chaste fruit of purity!immortalis est enim memoria illius,For its remembrance is immortal,quoniam et apud Deum nota est, et apud homines.because it is observed both with God and with men.

¹O quam pulchra est casta generatio, cum claritate!O how beautiful is the chaste fruit of purity!immortalis est enim memoria illius,For its remembrance is immortal,quoniam et apud Deum nota est, et apud homines.because it is observed both with God and with men.

²Cum præsens est,When it is present,imitantur illam,they imitate it,et desiderant eam cum se eduxerit;and they desire it when it has withdrawn itself,et in perpetuum coronata triumphat,and it triumphs crowned forever,incoinquinatorum certaminum præmium vincens.winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.

²Cum præsens est,When it is present,imitantur illam,they imitate it,et desiderant eam cum se eduxerit;and they desire it when it has withdrawn itself,et in perpetuum coronata triumphat,and it triumphs crowned forever,incoinquinatorum certaminum præmium vincens.winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.

³Multigena autem impiorum multitudo non erit utilis,But the great number of the many different kinds of the impious will not be to their advantage,et spuria vitulamina non dabunt radices altas,and spurious seedlings will not be given deep roots,nec stabile firmamentum collocabunt.nor will they establish any firm foundation.

³Multigena autem impiorum multitudo non erit utilis,But the great number of the many different kinds of the impious will not be to their advantage,et spuria vitulamina non dabunt radices altas,and spurious seedlings will not be given deep roots,nec stabile firmamentum collocabunt.nor will they establish any firm foundation.

⁴Etsi in ramis in tempore germinaverint,And if they spring forth with branches for a time,infirmiter posita,yet, being set infirmly,a vento commovebuntur,they will be shaken by the wind,et a nimietate ventorum eradicabuntur.and, by the superabundance of the winds, they will be eradicated.

⁴Etsi in ramis in tempore germinaverint,And if they spring forth with branches for a time,infirmiter posita,yet, being set infirmly,a vento commovebuntur,they will be shaken by the wind,et a nimietate ventorum eradicabuntur.and, by the superabundance of the winds, they will be eradicated.

⁵Confringentur enim rami inconsummati;For the incomplete branches will be broken,et fructus illorum inutilesand their fruits will be useless,et acerbi ad manducandum,and bitter to eat,et ad nihilum apti.and fit for nothing.

⁵Confringentur enim rami inconsummati;For the incomplete branches will be broken,et fructus illorum inutilesand their fruits will be useless,et acerbi ad manducandum,and bitter to eat,et ad nihilum apti.and fit for nothing.

⁶Ex iniquis enim somnis filii qui nascuntur, testes sunt nequitiæ adversus parentes in interrogatione sua.For all the sons born from iniquity are witnesses of wickedness against their parents at their interrogation.

⁶Ex iniquis enim somnis filii qui nascuntur, testes sunt nequitiæ adversus parentes in interrogatione sua.For all the sons born from iniquity are witnesses of wickedness against their parents at their interrogation.

⁷Justus autem si morte præoccupatus fuerit,But the just, if death seizes him beforehand,in refrigerio erit;will be refreshed.

⁷Justus autem si morte præoccupatus fuerit,But the just, if death seizes him beforehand,in refrigerio erit;will be refreshed.

⁸senectus enim venerabilis est non diuturna,For old age is made venerable, neither by lasting long,neque annorum numero computata:nor by counting the number of years;cani autem sunt sensus hominis,yet understanding is the gray hair of wisdom for men,

⁸senectus enim venerabilis est non diuturna,For old age is made venerable, neither by lasting long,neque annorum numero computata:nor by counting the number of years;cani autem sunt sensus hominis,yet understanding is the gray hair of wisdom for men,

⁹et ætas senectutis vita immaculata.and an immaculate life is a generation of sages.

⁹et ætas senectutis vita immaculata.and an immaculate life is a generation of sages.

¹⁰Placens Deo factus est dilectus,Pleasing to God, having been made beloved,et vivens inter peccatores translatus est.and living among sinners, he was transformed.

¹⁰Placens Deo factus est dilectus,Pleasing to God, having been made beloved,et vivens inter peccatores translatus est.and living among sinners, he was transformed.

¹¹Raptus est,He was quickly taken away,ne malitia mutaret intellectum ejus,for malice could not alter his understanding,aut ne fictio deciperet animam illius.nor could deceit beguile his soul.

¹¹Raptus est,He was quickly taken away,ne malitia mutaret intellectum ejus,for malice could not alter his understanding,aut ne fictio deciperet animam illius.nor could deceit beguile his soul.

¹²Fascinatio enim nugacitatis obscurat bona,For fascination with entertainment obscures good things,et inconstantia concupiscentiæ transvertit sensum sine malitia.and the unfaithfulness of desire subverts the mind without malice.

¹²Fascinatio enim nugacitatis obscurat bona,For fascination with entertainment obscures good things,et inconstantia concupiscentiæ transvertit sensum sine malitia.and the unfaithfulness of desire subverts the mind without malice.

¹³Consummatus in brevi,Completed in a short time,explevit tempora multa;he fulfilled many times.

¹³Consummatus in brevi,Completed in a short time,explevit tempora multa;he fulfilled many times.

¹⁴placita enim erat Deo anima illius:Truly his soul was pleasing to God.propter hoc properavit educere illum de medio iniquitatum.Because of this,Populi autem videntes,he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities,et non intelligentes,but the people see this and do not understand,nec ponentes in præcordiis talia,nor do they place such things in their hearts:

¹⁴placita enim erat Deo anima illius:Truly his soul was pleasing to God.propter hoc properavit educere illum de medio iniquitatum.Because of this,Populi autem videntes,he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities,et non intelligentes,but the people see this and do not understand,nec ponentes in præcordiis talia,nor do they place such things in their hearts:

¹⁵quoniam gratia Dei et misericordia est in sanctos ejus,that the grace and mercy of God is with his holy ones,et respectus in electos illius.and he watches over his elect.

¹⁵quoniam gratia Dei et misericordia est in sanctos ejus,that the grace and mercy of God is with his holy ones,et respectus in electos illius.and he watches over his elect.

¹⁶Condemnat autem justus mortuus vivos impios,But the just dead will condemn the impious living,et juventus celerius consummata longam vitam injusti.and youth hastily completed results in a long unjust life.

¹⁶Condemnat autem justus mortuus vivos impios,But the just dead will condemn the impious living,et juventus celerius consummata longam vitam injusti.and youth hastily completed results in a long unjust life.

¹⁷Videbunt enim finem sapientis,For they will see the end of the wise,et non intelligent quid cogitaverit de illo Deus,and will neither understand, nor imagine, that he is of God,et quare munierit illum Dominus.and that therefore the Lord has safeguarded him.

¹⁷Videbunt enim finem sapientis,For they will see the end of the wise,et non intelligent quid cogitaverit de illo Deus,and will neither understand, nor imagine, that he is of God,et quare munierit illum Dominus.and that therefore the Lord has safeguarded him.

¹⁸Videbunt,For they will seeet contemnent eum;and despise him,illos autem Dominus irridebit.but the Lord will ridicule them.

¹⁸Videbunt,For they will seeet contemnent eum;and despise him,illos autem Dominus irridebit.but the Lord will ridicule them.

¹⁹Et erunt post hæc decidentes sine honore, et in contumelia inter mortuos in perpetuum:And after this, they will fall without honor and with contempt among the dead forever.quoniam disrumpet illos inflatos sine voce,Seeing that they are puffed up and speechless,et commovebit illos a fundamentis, et usque ad supremum desolabuntur,he will shatter them and will shake them from the foundations all the way to the top, to their utter desolation,et erunt gementes, et memoria illorum peribit.and they will grieve and their remembrance will perish.

¹⁹Et erunt post hæc decidentes sine honore, et in contumelia inter mortuos in perpetuum:And after this, they will fall without honor and with contempt among the dead forever.quoniam disrumpet illos inflatos sine voce,Seeing that they are puffed up and speechless,et commovebit illos a fundamentis, et usque ad supremum desolabuntur,he will shatter them and will shake them from the foundations all the way to the top, to their utter desolation,et erunt gementes, et memoria illorum peribit.and they will grieve and their remembrance will perish.

²⁰Venient in cogitatione peccatorum suorum timidi,They will hurry with fear at the understanding of their sins,et traducent illos ex adverso iniquitates ipsorum.and their iniquities will bear witness against them.

²⁰Venient in cogitatione peccatorum suorum timidi,They will hurry with fear at the understanding of their sins,et traducent illos ex adverso iniquitates ipsorum.and their iniquities will bear witness against them.