Eclesiástico 45

1Moisés fue el amado de Dios y de los hombres; su memoria se conserva en bendición.

2Él lo hizo semejante en la gloria a los santos, le engrandeció e le hizo terrible a los enemigos; y él con su palabra hizo cesar las horrendas plagas.

3Le glorificó en presencia de los reyes; le dio preceptos que promulgase a su pueblo, y le mostró su gloria.

4Le santificó por su fe y mansedumbre, y le escogió entre todos los hombres.

5Por eso le hizo oír su voz y entrar en la nube;

6donde cara a cara le dio los mandamientos, y la ley de vida y de ciencia, para que enseñase a Jacob su pacto y sus juicios a Israel.

7Ensalzó a Aarón, hermano de Moisés, y semejante a él, de la tribu de Leví.

8Asentó con él un pacto eterno, le dio el sacerdocio de la nación, y le llenó de felicidad y gloria.

9Le ciñó con un cíngulo precioso, le vistió con vestiduras de gloria, y le honró con ornamentos de majestad.

10Le puso la túnica talar, y la túnica interior; le dio el efod, y puso alrededor suyo muchísimas campanillas de oro,

11para que sonasen cuando se moviese, y se oyese su sonido en el Templo; para acordar a los hijos de su pueblo.

12Le puso la vestidura santa, de oro, de jacinto y de púrpura, obra tejida, de varón sabio, dotado de verdadera prudencia;

13labor artificiosa, hecha de hilo de púrpura torcido, con piedras preciosas, engastadas en oro, esculpidas por industrioso lapidario, según el número de las tribus de Israel, y para memoria de estas.

14Sobre su mitra una diadema de oro, donde estaba esculpido el sello de santidad, ornamento de gloria, obra primorosa, que con su belleza se llevaba tras sí los ojos.

15No hubo antes de él y desde el principio cosas tan preciosas.

16Jamás las vistió hombre alguno de otra gente; sino solamente los hijos de este y sus nietos perpetuamente.

17Sus sacrificios eran diariamente consumidos por el fuego.

18Moisés le llenó las manos, y le ungió con el óleo sagrado.

19Fue concedido a él y a su descendencia, por un pacto eterno, y duradero como los cielos, el ejercer las funciones del sacerdocio, cantar las alabanzas, y en Su nombre bendecir a su pueblo.

20El Señor le escogió entre todos los vivientes para que le ofreciese los sacrificios, el incienso y olor suave; a fin de que haciendo memoria de su pueblo, se le mostrase propicio.

21Le dio también autoridad acerca de sus preceptos y de sus alianzas y juicios, para enseñar a Jacob los testimonios, y dar a Israel la inteligencia de su Ley.

22Mas se sublevaron contra él en el desierto unos hombres extraños; y por envidia le embistieron los que estaban con Datan y Abirón y los de la facción de Coré.

23El Señor Dios lo vio y se irritó, y con el ímpetu de su enojo los consumió.

24Obró horrendos prodigios contra ellos, y con ardientes llamas los aniquiló.

25Y añadió gloria a Aarón y le señaló herencia; y le dio las primicias de los frutos de la tierra.

26Con ellas le proveyó, a él y a sus hijos, de abundante sustento, y además comerán de los sacrificios del Señor, que les concedió a él y a su linaje.

27Pero no tendrá herencia en la tierra de las naciones, ni se le dio porción entre su pueblo; pues el mismo Dios es la porción y herencia suya.

28Fineés, hijo de Eleazar, es el tercero en gloria, imitador de Aarón en el temor del Señor.

29Por estar firme en la afrenta del pueblo, él con su bondad y ánimo resuelto aplacó al Señor a favor de Israel.

30Por cuyo motivo le firmó un pacto de paz; le constituyó príncipe del Santuario, y de su pueblo, adjudicándole para siempre, a él y a su estirpe, la dignidad sacerdotal.

31Semejante fue el pacto celebrado con el rey David, hijo de Jesé, de la tribu de Judá, cuando le hizo heredero del reino, a él y a su linaje, a fin de llenar de sabiduría nuestros corazones, y de que su pueblo fuese gobernado con justicia, para que no perdiese su felicidad. Así hizo eterna la gloria de estos entre sus gentes.

1[Dilectus Deo et hominibus Moyses, cujus memoria in benedictione est.

2Similem illum fecit in gloria sanctorum, et magnificavit eum in timore inimicorum, et in verbis suis monstra placavit.

3Glorificavit illum in conspectu regum, et jussit illi coram populo suo, et ostendit illi gloriam suam.

4In fide et lenitate ipsius sanctum fecit illum, et elegit eum ex omni carne.

5Audivit enim eum, et vocem ipsius, et induxit illum in nubem.

6Et dedit illi coram præcepta, et legem vitæ et disciplinæ, docere Jacob testamentum suum, et judicia sua Israël.]

7[Excelsum fecit Aaron fratrem ejus, et similem sibi, de tribu Levi.

8Statuit ei testamentum æternum, et dedit illi sacerdotium gentis, et beatificavit illum in gloria:

9et circumcinxit eum zona gloriæ, et induit eum stolam gloriæ, et coronavit eum in vasis virtutis.

10Circumpedes, et femoralia, et humerale posuit ei: et cinxit illum tintinnabulis aureis plurimis in gyro:

11dare sonitum in incessu suo, auditum facere sonitum in templo in memoriam filiis gentis suæ.

12Stolam sanctam auro, et hyacintho, et purpura, opus textile viri sapientis, judicio et veritate præditi:

13torto cocco opus artificis gemmis pretiosis figuratis in ligatura auri, et opere lapidarii sculptis, in memoriam secundum numerum tribuum Israël.

14Corona aurea super mitram ejus expressa signo sanctitatis, et gloria honoris: opus virtutis, et desideria oculorum ornata.

15Sic pulchra ante ipsum non fuerunt talia usque ad originem.

16Non est indutus illa alienigena aliquis, sed tantum filii ipsius soli, et nepotes ejus per omne tempus.

17Sacrificia ipsius consumpta sunt igne quotidie.

18Complevit Moyses manus ejus, et unxit illum oleo sancto.

19Factum est illi in testamentum æternum, et semini ejus, sicut dies cæli, fungi sacerdotio, et habere laudem, et glorificare populum suum in nomine ejus.

20Ipsum elegit ab omni vivente, offerre sacrificium Deo, incensum, et bonum odorem, in memoriam placare pro populo suo:

21et dedit illi in præceptis suis potestatem, in testamentis judiciorum: docere Jacob testimonia, et in lege sua lucem dare Israël.

22Quia contra illum steterunt alieni, et propter invidiam circumdederunt illum homines in deserto, qui erant cum Dathan et Abiron, et congregatio Core in iracundia.

23Vidit Dominus Deus, et non placuit illi, et consumpti sunt in impetu iracundiæ.

24Fecit illis monstra, et consumpsit illos in flamma ignis.

25Et addidit Aaron gloriam, et dedit illi hæreditatem, et primitias frugum terræ divisit illi.

26Panem ipsis in primis paravit in satietatem: nam et sacrificia Domini edent, quæ dedit illi et semini ejus.

27Ceterum in terra gentes non hæreditabit, et pars non est illi in gente: ipse est enim pars ejus, et hæreditas.]

28[Phinees, filius Eleazari, tertius in gloria est, imitando eum in timore Domini,

29et stare in reverentia gentis: in bonitate et alacritate animæ suæ placuit Deo pro Israël.

30Ideo statuit illi testamentum pacis, principem sanctorum et gentis suæ, ut sit illi et semini ejus sacerdotii dignitas in æternum.

31Et testamentum David regi filio Jesse de tribu Juda, hæreditas ipsi et semini ejus: ut daret sapientiam in cor nostrum, judicare gentem suam in justitia, ne abolerentur bona ipsorum: et gloriam ipsorum in gentem eorum æternam fecit.]

1Moses was beloved of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction.

2He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease.

3He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory.

4He sanctified him in his faith, and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh.

5For he heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud.

6And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction, that he might teach Jacob his covenant, and Israel his judgments.

7He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to himself of the tribe of Levi:

8He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and made him blessed in glory,

9And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.

10He put upon him a garment to the feet, and breeches, and as ephod, and he compassed him with many little bells of gold all round about,

11That as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people.

12He gave him a holy robe of gold, and blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise man, endued with judgment and truth:

13Of twisted scarlet the work of an artist, with precious stones cut and set in gold, and graven by the work of a lapidary for a memorial, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

14And a crown of gold upon his mitre wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour: a work of power, and delightful to the eyes for its beauty.

15Before him there were none so beautiful, even from the beginning.

16No stranger was ever clothed with them, but only his children alone, and his grandchildren for ever.

17His sacrifices were consumed with fire every day.

18Moses filled his hands and anointed him with holy oil.

19This was made to him for an everlasting testament, and to his seed as the days of heaven, to execute the office of the priesthood, and to have praise, and to glorify his people in his name.

20He chose him out of all men living, to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a good savour, for a memorial to make reconciliation for his people:

21And he gave him power in his commandments, in the covenants of his judgments, that he should teach Jacob his testimonies, and give light to Israel in his law.

22And strangers stood up against him, and through envy the men that were with Dathan and Abiron, compassed him about in the wilderness, and the congregation of Core in their wrath.

23The Lord God saw and it pleased him not, and they were consumed in his wrathful indignation.

24He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire.

25And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him an inheritance, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase of the earth.

26He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed.

27But he shall not inherit among the people in the land, and he hath no portion among the people: for he himself is his portion and inheritance.

28Phinees the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, by imitating him in the fear of the Lord:

29And he stood up in the shameful fall of the people: in the goodness and readiness of his soul he appeased God for Israel.

30Therefore he made to him a covenant of peace, to be the prince of the sanctuary, and of his people, that the dignity of priesthood should be to him and to his seed for ever.

31And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting.