Esther 11, Catholic Public Domain Version
In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who was himself a priest and born of the Levites, and Ptolemy his son, brought this epistle of Purim, which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.
Anno quarto regnantibus Ptolemæo et Cleopatra, attulerunt Dosithæus, qui se sacerdotem et Levitici generis ferebat, et Ptolemæus filius ejus, hanc epistolam phurim, quam dixerunt interpretatum esse Lysimachum Ptolemæi filium in Jerusalem.
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In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,
Anno secundo, regnante Artaxerxe maximo, prima die mensis Nisan, vidit somnium Mardochæus filius Jairi, filii Semei, filii Cis, de tribu Benjamin:
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a Jewish man who lived in the city of Susa, a great gentleman, and among the first ones of the king’s court, saw a dream.
homo Judæus, qui habitabat in urbe Susis, vir magnus, et inter primos aulæ regiæ.
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Now he was one of a number of captives, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah.
Erat autem de eo numero captivorum, quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Jerusalem cum Jechonia rege Juda.
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And this was his dream: voices appeared, and confusion, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth.
Et hoc ejus somnium fuit: apparuerunt voces, et tumultus, et tonitrua, et terræmotus, et conturbatio super terram:
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And behold, there were two great dragons making preparations against one another for battle.
et ecce duo dracones magni, paratique contra se in prælium.
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And at their cry all peoples rushed forth to fight against the nation of the just.
Ad quorum clamorem cunctæ concitatæ sunt nationes, ut pugnarent contra gentem justorum.
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And that was a day of darkness and division, of tribulation and anguish, and there was an unnatural dread over the earth.
Fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis, tribulationis et angustiæ, et ingens formido super terram.
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And the nation of the just was disturbed, fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.
Conturbataque est gens justorum timentium mala sua, et præparata ad mortem.
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And they cried out to God, and from their loud crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river and overflowed into many waters.
Clamaveruntque ad Deum: et illis vociferantibus, fons parvus creavit in fluvium maximum, et in aquas plurimas redundavit.
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The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the illustrious.
Lux et sol ortus est, et humiles exaltati sunt, et devoraverunt inclytos.
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When Mordecai had seen this, and he arose from bed, he was considering what God might want to do, and he kept it fixed in his soul, desiring to know what the dream might signify.
Quod cum vidisset Mardochæus, et surrexisset de strato, cogitabat quid Deus facere vellet: et fixum habebat in animo, scire cupiens quid significaret somnium.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)