Baruc 3 Vulgata Clementina
1 [Et nunc, Domine omnipotens, Deus Israël, anima in angustiis, et spiritus anxius clamat ad te.
1 O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cries to you.
2 Audi, Domine, et miserere, quia Deus es misericors: et miserere nostri, quia peccavimus ante te:
2 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God. Yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.
3 quia tu sedes in sempiternum, et nos, peribimus in ævum?
3 For you are enthroned forever, and we keep perishing.
4 Domine omnipotens, Deus Israël, audi nunc orationem mortuorum Israël, et filiorum ipsorum qui peccaverunt ante te, et non audierunt vocem Domini Dei sui, et agglutinata sunt nobis mala.
4 O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of those who were sinners before you, who didn’t listen to the voice of you their God; because of this, these plagues cling to us.
5 Noli meminisse iniquitatum patrum nostrorum, sed memento manus tuæ et nominis tui in tempore isto:
5 Don’t remember the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your power and your name at this time.
6 quia tu es Dominus Deus noster, et laudabimus te, Domine:
6 For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.
7 quia propter hoc dedisti timorem tuum in cordibus nostris, et ut invocemus nomen tuum, et laudemus te in captivitate nostra, quia convertimur ab iniquitate patrum nostrorum, qui peccaverunt ante te.
7 For this cause, you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name. We will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers who sinned before you.
8 Et ecce nos in captivitate nostra sumus hodie, qua nos dispersisti in improperium, et in maledictum, et in peccatum, secundum omnes iniquitates patrum nostrorum, qui recesserunt a te, Domine Deus noster.]
8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty according to all the iniquities of our fathers who departed from the Lord our God.
9 [Audi, Israël, mandata vitæ: auribus percipe, ut scias prudentiam.
9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life! Give ear to understand wisdom!
10 Quid est, Israël, quod in terra inimicorum es,
10 How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
11 inveterasti in terra aliena, coinquinatus es cum mortuis, deputatus es cum descendentibus in infernum?
11 that you are counted with those who are in Hades?
12 Dereliquisti fontem sapientiæ:
12 You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
13 nam si in via Dei ambulasses, habitasses utique in pace sempiterna.
13 If you had walked in the way of God, you would have dwelled in peace forever.
14 Disce ubi sit prudentia, ubi sit virtus, ubi sit intellectus, ut scias simul ubi sit longiturnitas vitæ et victus, ubi sit lumen oculorum, et pax.
14 Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, and where there is understanding, that you may also know where there is length of days and life, where there is the light of the eyes and peace.
15 Quis invenit locum ejus? et quis intravit in thesauros ejus?
15 Who has found out her place? Who has come into her treasuries?
16 Ubi sunt principes gentium, et qui dominantur super bestias quæ sunt super terram?
16 Where are the princes of the heathen, and those who ruled the beasts that are on the earth,
17 qui in avibus cæli ludunt,
17 those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, in which people trust, and of their getting there is no end?
18 qui argentum thesaurizant, et aurum, in quo confidunt homines, et non est finis acquisitionis eorum? qui argentum fabricant, et solliciti sunt, nec est inventio operum illorum?
18 For those who diligently sought silver, and were so anxious, and whose works are past finding out,
19 Exterminati sunt, et ad inferos descenderunt, et alii loco eorum surrexerunt.
19 they have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have come up in their place.
20 Juvenes viderunt lumen, et habitaverunt super terram, viam autem disciplinæ ignoraverunt,
20 Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge,
21 neque intellexerunt semitas ejus, neque filii eorum susceperunt eam: a facie ipsorum longe facta est;
21 nor understood its paths. Their children haven’t embraced it. They are far off from their way.
22 non est audita in terra Chanaan, neque visa est in Theman.
22 It has not been heard of in Canaan, neither has it been seen in Teman.
23 Filii quoque Agar, qui exquirunt prudentiam quæ de terra est, negotiatores Merrhæ et Theman, et fabulatores, et exquisitores prudentiæ et intelligentiæ: viam autem sapientiæ nescierunt, neque commemorati sunt semitas ejus.
23 The sons also of Agar who seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding—none of these have known the way of wisdom or remembered her paths.
24 O Israël, quam magna est domus Dei, et ingens locus possessionis ejus !
24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! How large is the place of his possession!
25 magnus est, et non habet finem: excelsus, et immensus.
25 It is great and has no end. It is high and unmeasurable.
26 Ibi fuerunt gigantes nominati illi, qui ab initio fuerunt, statura magna, scientes bellum.
26 Giants were born that were famous of old, great of stature, and expert in war.
27 Non hos elegit Dominus, neque viam disciplinæ invenerunt: propterea perierunt,
27 God didn’t choose these, nor did he give the way of knowledge to them,
28 et quoniam non habuerunt sapientiam, interierunt propter suam insipientiam.
28 so they perished, because they had no wisdom. They perished through their own foolishness.
29 Quis ascendit in cælum, et accepit eam, et eduxit eam de nubibus?
29 Who has gone up into heaven, taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
30 Quis transfretavit mare, et invenit illam, et attulit illam super aurum electum?
30 Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold?
31 Non est qui possit scire vias ejus, neque qui exquirat semitas ejus:
31 There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path.
32 sed qui scit universa novit eam, et adinvenit eam prudentia sua qui præparavit terram in æterno tempore: et replevit eam pecudibus et quadrupedibus
32 But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time has filled it with four-footed beasts.
33 qui emittit lumen, et vadit, et vocavit illud, et obedit illi in tremore.
33 It is he who sends forth the light, and it goes. He called it, and it obeyed him with fear.
34 Stellæ autem dederunt lumen in custodiis suis, et lætatæ sunt:
34 The stars shone in their watches, and were glad. When he called them, they said, “Here we are.” They shone with gladness to him who made them.
35 vocatæ sunt, et dixerunt: Adsumus, et luxerunt ei cum jucunditate, qui fecit illas.
35 This is our God. No other can be compared to him.
36 Hic est Deus noster, et non æstimabitur alius adversus eum.
36 He has found out all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant and to Israel who is loved by him.
37 Hic adinvenit omnem viam disciplinæ, et tradidit illam Jacob puero suo, et Israël dilecto suo.
37 Afterward she appeared upon earth, and lived with men.
38 Post hæc in terris visus est, et cum hominibus conversatus est.]
38 No está en esta traducción
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Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave He the way of knowledge unto them; but they were destroyed because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness."
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… beyond expectation, that because of these things the very angels formed a choir, and in behalf of the world offered up their praise for them, and the prophets from the first were amazed at this, that "He was seen upon earth, and conversed with men." Yea, for it is far beyond all thought to hear that God the Unspeakable, …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Afterwards He was seen on earth, and conversed among men.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Why, in this:--This is your God; no other shall be accounted of in comparison with Him, and a little further on, after this did He shew Himself upon earth, and conversed with men. This addition proves clearly that the words are not used of the Father, but of the Son; for it was He Who in bodily form companied with …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Standing and sitting, I apprehend, indicate the fixity and entire stability of the nature, as Baruch, when he wishes to exhibit the immutability and immobility of the Divine mode of existence, says, "For thou sittest for ever and we perish utterly." Moreover, the place on the right hand indicates in my judgment equality of honour.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)