Thummim and thy Urim be with tuae et splendores tui fuerunt viro (continued)
JOHN CALVIN
4. Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
4. Legem praecepit nobis Moses in haereditatem coatus Israel.
5. And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
5. Et fuit in Recto rex, in colligendis capitibus populi, simulque tribubus Israel.
6. Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
6. Vivat Ruben, et non moriatur, et (vel, quamvis) sit parvus numero.
7. And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
7. Hoc etiam Judae, et dixit, Audi Jehova vocem Jehuda, et ad populum suum duc eum, manus ejus sufficiat el, dum auxilio fueris contra hostes ejus.
8. And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
8. Ad Levi vero dixit: Perfectiones tuae et splendores tui fuerunt viro misericordi tuo, quem tentasti in Masa: et contendere fecisti eum ad aquas Meriba.
9. Who said unto his father, and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept; thy covenant.
9. Qui dixit patri suo et matri suae, Non vidi eum: et fratres suos non agnovit, et filios suos non cognovit: nam custodierunt eloquium tuum, et pactum tuum servarunt.
10. They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt-sacrifice upon thine altar.
10. Docebunt judicia tua ipsum Jacob, et legem tuam Israelem: ponent suffitum in nares tuas: et holocaustum super altare tuum.