1 iustorum autem animae in manu Dei sunt
et non tanget illos tormentum mortis
2 visi sunt in oculis insipientium mori
et aestimata est adflictio exitus illorum
3 et quod a nobis est iter exterminii
illi autem sunt in pace
4 et si coram hominibus tormenta passi sunt
spes illorum inmortalitate plena est
5 et in paucis vexati in multis bene disponentur
quoniam Deus tentavit illos et invenit illos dignos se
6 tamquam aurum in fornace probavit illos
et quasi holocausta hostiam accepit illos
et in tempore erit respectus illorum
7 fulgebunt et tamquam scintillae in harundineto discurrent
8 iudicabunt nationes et dominabuntur populis
et regnabit Dominus illorum in perpetuum
9 qui confidunt in illum intellegent
veritatem
et fideles in dilectione adquiescent illi
quoniam donum et pax est electis illius
10 impii autem secundum quae cogitaverunt correptionem habebunt
qui neglexerunt iustum et a Domino recesserunt
11 sapientiam enim et disciplinam qui abicit infelix est
et vacua est spes illorum et labores sine fructu
et inhabitabilia opera illorum sunt
12 mulieres eorum insensatae sunt
et nequissimi filii eorum
13 maledicta creatura illorum
quoniam felix sterilis incoinquinata
quae non scivit torum in delicto
habebit fructum in respectione animarum
14 et spado qui non operatus est per manus suas iniquitatem
nec cogitavit adversus Deum nequissima
dabitur enim illi fidei donum electum
et sors in templo Domini acceptissima
15 bonorum enim laborum gloriosus est fructus
et quae non concidat radix sapientiae
16 filii autem adulterorum inconsummati erunt
et ab iniquo toro semen exterminabitur
17 et si quidem longae vitae erunt in nihilum conputabuntur
et sine honore erit novissima senectus illorum
18 et si celerius defuncti fuerint non habebunt spem
nec in die agnitionis
adlocutionem
19 nationis enim iniquae dirae sunt
consummationes
1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
2 In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
3 And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
4 For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.
5 And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.
6 As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.
7 And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
8 They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
10 But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
11 For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:
12 Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked:
13 Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
14 And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
15 For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
16 As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.
17 For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.
18 Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
19 For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.