November 22, 2011 Lectio

Book of the Prophet Daniel 2:31 – 45

2:31 Vos, o rex, videns, et ecce, aliquid simile magnum statuam. Haec statua, quae magna et alta, stetit super vos, et cogitasti quam terribilis erat.
2:32 Huius statuae caput erat ex auro purissimo, pectus autem et brachia de argento, et amplius, venter et femora ex aere;
2:33 tibiae autem ferreae, quaedam pedum pars ferrea, alia pars lutea.
2:34 Et sic aspexistis donec lapis sine manibus de monte abrumperetur, Et percussit statuam in pedibus eius, quae erant ferrea et fictilia, et comminuit eos.
2:35 Tum ferro, lutum, aere, et argentum, et aurum contritum et diminutum sicut cinis cortis aestivi, et celeriter vento ablati sunt, et nullus locus inventus est eis; lapis autem qui percussit statuam factus est mons magnus et implevit universam terram.
2:36 Hoc est somnium; et interpretationem ejus narrabimus coram te, o rex.
2:37 Tu es rex inter reges, et Deus caeli dedit vobis regnum, et fortitudo, et potentia, et gloria,
2:38 et omnia loca in quibus habitant filii hominum et iumentorum. et volatilia caeli dedit in manu tua, et omnia sub tuo regno posuit. Ergo, tu es caput aureum.
2:39 Et post te, aliud regnum resurget, inferior te, argenteus, et aliud tertium regnum aereum, quae dominabitur orbi.
2:40 Et regnum quartum simile ferro. Sicut ferrum frangit omnia vincit, haec omnia sic comminuet et comminuet.
2:41 Ceterum, quia pedes et digitos videbatis esse partem argillae et partem ferrei, regnum dividetur, sed adhuc, e lapsu ferri oriatur, quoniam vidisti ferrum mixtum cum fictilibus ex argilla.
2:42 Digiti autem pedum partim ferrei, partim lutei, firma erit pars regni , pars opprimetur.
2:43 Sed, quia vidisti ferrum mixtum figlinis de terra, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware.
2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.
2:45 In accordance with what you saw, because the stone was torn away from the mountain without hands, and it crushed the earthenware, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God has shown the king what will happen after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is faithful.”

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