Prophetia Danielis, 3

1. Nabuchodonosor rex fecit statuam auream altitudine cubitorum sexaginta, latitudine cubitorum sex, et statuit eam in campo Dura provinciæ Babylonis.

1. King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold, of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad, and he set it up in the plain of Dura of the province of Babylon.

2. Itaque Nabuchodonosor rex misit ad congregandos satrapas, magistratus, et iudices, duces, et tyrannos, et præfectos, omnesque principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuæ, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex.

2. Then Nabuchodonosor the king sent to call together the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.

3. Tunc congregati sunt satrapæ, magistratus, et iudices, duces, et tyranni, et optimates, qui erant in potestatibus constituti, et universi principes regionum ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuæ, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex. stabant autem in conspectu statuæ, quam posuerat Nabuchodonosor rex

3. Then the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, and rulers, and the great men that were placed in authority, and all the princes of the provinces, were gathered together to come to the dedication of the statue, which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. And they stood before the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.

4. et præco clamabat valenter Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis

4. Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, O nations, tribes, and languages:

5. In hora, qua audieritis sonitum tubæ, et fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et universi generis musicorum, cadentes adorate statuam auream, quam constituit Nabuchodonosor rex.

5. That in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music; ye fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up.

6. Si quis autem non prostratus adoraverit, eadem hora mittetur in fornacem ignis ardentis.

6. But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

7. Post hæc igitur statim ut audierunt omnes populi sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et omnis generis musicorum cadentes omnes populi, tribus, et linguæ adoraverunt statuam auream, quam constituerat Nabuchodonosor rex.

7. Upon this therefore, at the time when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music: all the nations, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.

8. Statimque in ipso tempore accedentes viri Chaldæi accusaverunt Iudæos

8. And presently at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews,

9. dixeruntque Nabuchodonosor regi Rex in æternum vive

9. And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live for ever:

10. tu rex posuisti decretum, ut omnis homo, qui audierit sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et universi generis musicorum, prosternat se, et adoret statuam auream

10. Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man that shall bear the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music, shall prostrate himself, and adore the golden statue:

11. si quis autem non procidens adoraverit, mittatur in fornacem ignis ardentis.

11. And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

12. Sunt ergo viri Iudæi, quos constituisti super opera regionis Babylonis, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago viri isti contempserunt, rex, decretum tuum deos tuos non colunt, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adorant.

12. Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: these men, O king, have slighted thy decree: they worship not thy gods, nor do they adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.

13. Tunc Nabuchodonosor in furore, et in ira præcepit ut adducerentur Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago qui confestim adducti sunt in conspectu regis.

13. Then Nabuchodonosor in fury, and in wrath, commanded that Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago should be brought: who immediately were brought before the king.

14. Pronunciansque Nabuchodonosor rex, ait eis Verene Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago deos meos non colitis, et statuam auream, quam constitui, non adoratis?

14. And Nabuchodonosor the king spoke to them, and said: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the golden statue that I have set up?

15. Nunc ergo si estis parati, quacumque hora audieritis sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, omnisque generis musicorum, prosternite vos, et adorate statuam, quam feci quod si non adoraveritis, eadem hora mittemini in fornacem ignis ardentis et quis est Deus, qui eripiet vos de manu mea?

15. Now therefore if you be ready at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?

16. Respondentes Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dixerunt regi Nabuchodonosor Non oportet nos de hac re respondere tibi.

16. Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago answered and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.

17. Ecce enim Deus noster, quem colimus, potest eripere nos de camino ignis ardentis, et de manibus tuis, o rex, liberare.

17. For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.

18. Quod si noluerit, notum sit tibi, rex, quia deos tuos non colimus, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adoramus.

18. But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.

19. Tunc Nabuchodonosor repletus est furore et aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, et præcepit ut succenderetur fornax septuplum quam succendi consueverat.

19. Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated.

20. Et viris fortissimis de exercitu suo iussit ut ligatis pedibus Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago mitterent eos in fornacem ignis ardentis.

20. And he commanded the strongest men that were in his army, to bind the feet of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.

21. Et confestim viri illi vincti cum braccis suis, et tiaris, et calceamentis, et vestibus missi sunt in medium fornacis ignis ardentis.

21. And immediately these men were bound and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats, and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments.

22. nam iussio regis urgebat fornax autem succensa erat nimis. Porro viros illos, qui miserant Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, interfecit flamma ignis.

22. For the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace was heated exceedingly. And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.

23. Viri autem hi tres, id est, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, ceciderunt in medio camino ignis ardentis, colligati.

23. But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell down bound in the midst of the furnace of burning fire.

24. Et ambulabant in medio flammæ laudantes Deum, et benedicentes Domino.

24. Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king.

25. Stans autem Azarias oravit sic, aperiensque os suum in medio ignis, ait

25. He answered, and said: Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

26. Benedictus es Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, et laudabile, et gloriosum nomen tuum in sæcula

26. Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire.

27. quia iustus es in omnibus, quæ fecisti nobis, et universa opera tua vera, et viæ tuæ rectæ, et omnia iudicia tua vera.

27. And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.

28. Iudicia enim vera fecisti iuxta omnia, quæ induxisti super nos, et super civitatem sanctam patrum nostrorum Ierusalem quia in veritate, et in iudicio induxisti omnia hæc propter peccata nostra.

28. Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king's word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God.

29. Peccavimus enim, et inique egimus recedentes a te et deliquimus in omnibus

29. By me therefore this decree is made, that every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner.

30. et præcepta tua non audivimus, nec observavimus, nec fecimus sicut præceperas nobis ut bene nobis esset.

30. Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, in the province of Babylon.

31. omnia ergo, quæ induxisti super nos, et universa, quæ fecisti nobis, in vero iudicio fecisti

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32. et tradidisti nos in manibus inimicorum nostrorum iniquorum, et pessimorum, prævaricatorumque et regi iniusto, et pessimo ultra omnem terram.

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33. Et nunc non possumus aperire os confusio, et opprobrium facti sumus servis tuis, et his, qui colunt te.

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34. Ne, quæsumus, tradas nos in perpetuum propter nomen tuum, et ne dissipes testamentum tuum.

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35. neque auferas misericordiam tuam a nobis propter Abraham dilectum tuum, et Isaac servum tuum, et Israël sanctum tuum

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36. quibus locutus es pollicens quod multiplicares semen eorum sicut stellas caëli, et sicut arenam, quæ est in littore maris

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37. quia Domine imminuti sumus plus quam omnes gentes, sumusque humiles in universa terra hodie propter peccata nostra.

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38. Et non est in tempore hoc princeps, et dux, et propheta, neque holocaustum, neque sacrificium, neque oblatio, neque incensum, neque locus primitiarum coram te,

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39. ut possimus invenire misericordiam tuam sed in animo contrito, et spiritu humilitatis suscipiamur.

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40. Sicut in holocausto arietum, et taurorum, et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguium sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi quoniam non est confusio confidentibus in te.

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41. Et nunc sequimur te in toto corde, et timemus te, et quærimus faciem tuam.

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42. Ne confundas nos sed fac nobiscum iuxta mansuetudinem tuam, et secundum multitudinem misericordiæ tuæ.

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43. Et erue nos in mirabilibus tuis, et da gloriam nomini tuo Domine

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44. et confundantur omnes, qui ostendunt servis tuis mala, confundantur in omni potentia tua, et robur eorum conteratur

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45. et sciant quia tu es Dominus Deus solus, et gloriosus super orbem terrarum.

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46. Et non cessabant qui miserant eos ministri regis succendere fornacem, naphtha, et stuppa, et pice, et malleolis,

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47. et effundebatur flamma super fornacem cubitis quadraginta novem

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48. et erupit, et incendit quos reperit iuxta fornacem de Chaldæis.

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49. Angelus autem Domini descendit cum Azaria, et sociis eius in fornacem et excussit flammam ignis de fornace,

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50. et fecit medium fornacis quasi ventum roris flantem, et non tetigit eos omnino ignis, neque contristavit, nec quidquam molestiæ intulit.

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51. Tunc hi tres quasi ex uno ore laudabant, et glorificabant, et benedicebant Deum in fornace, dicentes

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52. Benedictus es Domine Deus patrum nostrorum et laudabilis, et gloriosus, et superexaltatus in sæcula. et benedictum nomen gloriæ tutæ sanctum et laudabile, et superexaltatum in omnibus sæculis.

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53. Benedictus es in templo sancto gloriæ tuæ et superlaudabilis, et supergloriosus in sæcula.

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54. Benedictus es in throno regni tui et superlaudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.

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55. Benedictus es, qui intueris abyssos, et sedes super cherubim et laudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.

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56. Benedictus es in firmamento caëli et laudabilis et gloriosus in sæcula.

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57. Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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58. Benedicite Angeli Domini Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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59. Benedicite caëli Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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60. Benedicite aquæ omnes, quæ super caëlos sunt, Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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61. Benedicite omnes virtutes Domini Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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62. Benedicite sol, et luna Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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63. Benedicite stellæ caëli Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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64. Benedicite omnis imber, et ros Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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65. Benedicite omnes spiritus Dei Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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66. Benedicite ignis, et æstus Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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67. Benedicite frigus, et æstus Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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68. Benedicite rores, et pruina Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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69. Benedicite gelu, et frigus Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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70. Benedicite glacies, et nives Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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71. Benedicite noctes, et dies Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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72. Benedicite lux, et tenebræ Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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73. Benedicite fulgura, et nubes Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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74. Benedicat terra Dominum laudet, et superexaltet eum in sæcula.

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75. Benedicite montes, et colles Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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76. Benedicite universa germinantia in terra Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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77. Benedicite fontes Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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78. Benedicite maria, et flumina Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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79. Benedicite cete, et omnia, quæ moventur in aquis, Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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80. Benedicite omnes volucres caëli Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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81. Benedicite omnes bestiæ, et pecora Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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82. Benedicite filii hominum Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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83. Benedicat Israël Dominum laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula.

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84. Benedicite sacerdotes Domini Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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85. Benedicite servi Domini Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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86. Benedicite spiritus, et animæ iustorum Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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87. Benedicite sancti, et humiles corde Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

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88. Benedicite Anania, Azaria, Misaël Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Quia eruit nos de inferno, et salvos fecit de manu mortis, et liberavit nos de medio ardentis flammæ, et de medio ignis eruit nos.

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89. Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus quoniam in sæculum misericordia eius.

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90. Benedicite omnes religiosi Domino Deo deorum laudate et confitemini ei, quia in omnia sæcula misericordia eius.

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91. Tunc Nabuchodonosor rex obstupuit, et surrexit propere, et ait optimatibus suis Nonne tres viros misimus in medium ignis compeditos? Qui respondentes regi, dixerunt Vere rex.

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92. Respondit, et ait Ecce ego video quattuor viros solutos, et ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est, et species quarti similis filio Dei.

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93. Tunc accessit Nabuchodonosor ad ostium fornacis ignis ardentis, et ait Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago servi Dei excelsi, egredimini, et venite. Statimque egressi sunt Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago de medio ignis.

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94. Et congregati satrapæ et magistratus, et iudices, et potentes regis contemplabantur viros illos, quoniam nihil potestatis habuisset ignis in corporibus eorum, et capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus, et sarabala eorum non fuissent immutata, et odor ignis non transisset per eos.

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95. Et erumpens Nabuchodonosor, ait Benedictus Deus eorum, Sidrach videlicet, Misach, et Abdenago, qui misit angelum suum, et eruit servos suos, qui crediderunt in eum et verbum regis immutaverunt, et tradiderunt corpora sua ne servirent, et ne adorarent omnem deum, excepto Deo suo.

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96. A me ergo positum est hoc decretum, ut omnis populus, tribus, et lingua, quæcumque locuta fuerit blasphemiam contra Deum Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dispereat, et domus eius vastetur neque enim est alius Deus, qui possit ita salvare.

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97. Tunc rex promovit Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago in provincia Babylonis.

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98. NABUCHODONOSOR rex, omnibus populis, gentibus, et linguis, qui habitant in universa terra, pax vobis multiplicetur.

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99. Signa, et mirabilia fecit apud me Deus excelsus. Placuit ergo mihi prædicare

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100. signa eius, quia magna sunt et mirabilia eius, quia fortia et regnum eius regnum sempiternum, et potestas eius in generationem et generationem.

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