Dn 13:1Et erat vir habitāns in Babylōne, et nōmen ejus Joakim: et accēpit uxōrem nōmine Susannam, fīliam Helcīae, pulchram nimis, et timentem Deum: parentēs enim illīus, cum essent jūstī, ērudiērunt fīliam suam secundum lēgem Mōysī.And there was a man living in Babylon, and his name was Joakim: and he took a wife named Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, exceedingly beautiful, and fearing God: for her parents, since they were just, had instructed their daughter according to the law of Moses. Dn 13:4Erat autem Joakim dīves valdē, et erat eī pōmārium vīcīnum domuī suae: et ad ipsum cōnfluēbant Jūdaeī, eō quod esset honōrābilior omnium.Now Joakim was very rich, and he had an orchard next to his house: and to him the Jews used to flock, because he was the most honourable of all. Dn 13:5Et cōnstitūtī sunt dē populō duo senēs jūdicēs in illō annō, dē quibus locūtus est Dominus: Quia ēgressa est inīquitās dē Babylōne ā seniōribus jūdicibus, quī vidēbantur regere populum.And two elders from the people were appointed judges in that year, about whom the Lord spoke: "Iniquity has gone out from Babylon from elder judges, who seemed to rule the people." Dn 13:6Istī frequentābant domum Joakim, et veniēbant ad eōs omnēs quī habēbant jūdicia.These men used to frequent the house of Joakim, and all who had lawsuits used to come to them.
Dn 13:7Cum autem populus revertisset per merīdiem, ingrediēbātur Susanna, et deambulābat in pōmāriō virī suī.And when the people had gone back at midday, Susanna would go in, and walk about in her husband's orchard. Dn 13:8Et vidēbant eam senēs quotīdiē ingredientem et deambulantem, et exārsērunt in concupīscentiam ejus: et ēvertērunt sēnsum suum, et dēclīnāvērunt oculōs suōs ut nōn vidērent caelum, neque recordārentur jūdiciōrum jūstōrum.And the elders used to see her every day going in and walking about, and they burned with desire for her: and they perverted their mind, and turned aside their eyes so that they might not see heaven, nor remember just judgements. Dn 13:10Erant ergō ambō vulnerātī amōre ejus, nec indicāvērunt sibi vicissim dolōrem suum: ērubēscēbant enim indicāre sibi concupīscentiam suam, volentēs concumbere cum eā.So they were both wounded with love of her, yet they did not show their pain to each other: for they were ashamed to show each other their desire, wanting to lie with her. Dn 13:12Et observābant quotīdiē sollicitius vidēre eam.And they were watching every day rather anxiously to see her. Dn 13:12Dīxitque alter ad alterum: Eāmus domum, quia hōra prandiī est.And one said to the other: "Let us go home, because it is the hour of lunch."
Dn 13:13Et ēgressī, recessērunt ā sē.And having gone out, they went apart from each other. Dn 13:14Cumque revertissent, vēnērunt in ūnum: et scīscitantēs ab invicem causam, cōnfessī sunt concupīscentiam suam: et tunc in commūnī statuērunt tempus quandō eam possent invenīre sōlam.And when they had turned back, they came to the same place: and asking each other the reason, they confessed their desire: and then together they fixed a time when they might find her alone. Dn 13:15Factum est autem, cum observārent diem aptum, ingressa est aliquandō sīcut herī et nūdiustertius, cum duābus sōlīs puellīs, voluitque lavārī in pōmāriō: aestus quippe erat: et nōn erat ibi quisquam, praeter duōs senēs absconditōs, et contemplantēs eam.And it happened, while they were watching for a suitable day, she went in once, as yesterday and the day before, with two maids only, and wished to bathe in the orchard: for it was hot: and there was no one there, except the two elders, hidden, and gazing at her. Dn 13:17Dīxit ergō puellīs: Afferte mihi oleum, et smīgmata, et ōstia pōmāriī claudite, ut laver.So she said to the maids: "Bring me oil, and soaps, and shut the doors of the orchard, so that I may bathe."
Dn 13:18Et fēcērunt sīcut praecēperat: clausēruntque ōstia pōmāriī, et ēgressae sunt per postīcum ut afferrent quae jusserat;And they did as she had commanded: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out through the back door to bring what she had ordered; Dn 13:18Nesciēbantque senēs intus esse absconditōs.and they did not know that the elders were hidden inside. Dn 13:19Cum autem ēgressae essent puellae, surrēxērunt duo senēs, et accurrērunt ad eam, et dīxērunt: Ecce ōstia pōmāriī clausa sunt, et nēmō nōs videt, et nōs in concupīscentiā tuī sumus: quam ob rem assentīre nōbīs, et commiscēre nōbīscum.But when the maids had gone out, the two elders rose up, and ran to her, and said: "Look, the doors of the orchard are shut, and no one sees us, and we are in desire of you: for which reason consent to us, and lie with us. Dn 13:21Quod sī nōlueris, dīcēmus contrā tē testimōnium, quod fuerit tēcum juvenis, et ob hanc causam ēmīserīs puellās ā tē.But if you are unwilling, we will give testimony against you, that a young man was with you, and that for this reason you sent the maids away from you."
Dn 13:22Ingemuit Susanna, et ait: Angustiae sunt mihi undique: sī enim hoc ēgerō, mors mihi est: sī autem nōn ēgerō, nōn effugiam manūs vestrās.Susanna groaned, and said: "There are straits for me on every side: for if I do this, it is death for me: but if I do not do it, I will not escape your hands. Dn 13:23Sed melius est mihi absque opere incidere in manūs vestrās, quam peccāre in cōnspectū Dominī.But it is better for me, without the deed, to fall into your hands, than to sin in the sight of the Lord." Dn 13:24Et exclāmāvit vōce magnā Susanna: exclāmāvērunt autem et senēs adversus eam.And Susanna cried out with a great voice: and the elders too cried out against her. Dn 13:25Et cucurrit ūnus ad ōstia pōmāriī, et aperuit.And one ran to the doors of the orchard, and opened them. Dn 13:26Cum ergō audīssent clamōrem famulī domus in pōmāriō, irruērunt per postīcum ut vidērent quidnam esset.So when the servants of the house had heard the outcry in the orchard, they rushed in through the back door to see what it was.
Dn 13:27Postquam autem senēs locūtī sunt, ērubuērunt servī vehementer, quia numquam dictus fuerat sermō hujuscemodī dē Susannā.But after the elders had spoken, the servants blushed greatly, because never had a word of this kind been said about Susanna. Dn 13:27Et facta est diēs crāstina.And the next day came. Dn 13:28Cumque vēnisset populus ad Joakim virum ejus, vēnērunt et duo presbyterī, plēnī inīquā cōgitātiōne adversus Susannam ut interficerent eam.And when the people had come to Joakim her husband, the two elders came too, full of wicked thought against Susanna, to kill her. Dn 13:29Et dīxērunt cōram populō: Mittite ad Susannam fīliam Helcīae uxōrem Joakim.And they said before the people: "Send for Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, the wife of Joakim." Dn 13:29Et statim mīsērunt.And at once they sent. Dn 13:30Et vēnit cum parentibus, et fīliīs, et ūniversīs cognātīs suīs.And she came with her parents, and children, and all her kinsfolk. Dn 13:31Porrō Susanna erat dēlicāta nimis, et pulchra speciē.Now Susanna was exceedingly delicate, and beautiful in appearance. Dn 13:32At inīquī illī jussērunt ut discooperīrētur (erat enim cooperta), ut vel sīc satiārentur decōre ejus.But those wicked men ordered that she be uncovered (for she was veiled), so that at least in this way they might be sated with her beauty.
Dn 13:33Flēbant igitur suī, et omnēs quī nōverant eam.So her own people were weeping, and all who knew her. Dn 13:34Cōnsurgentēs autem duo presbyterī in mediō populī, posuērunt manūs suās super caput ejus.But the two elders, rising up in the middle of the people, laid their hands upon her head. Dn 13:35Quae flēns suspexit ad caelum: erat enim cor ejus fīdūciam habēns in Dominō.And she, weeping, looked up to heaven: for her heart had trust in the Lord. Dn 13:36Et dīxērunt presbyterī: Cum deambulārēmus in pōmāriō sōlī, ingressa est haec cum duābus puellīs: et clausit ōstia pōmāriī, et dīmīsit ā sē puellās.And the elders said: "While we were walking about in the orchard alone, this woman came in with two maids: and she shut the doors of the orchard, and sent the maids away from her. Dn 13:37Vēnitque ad eam adolēscēns, quī erat absconditus, et concubuit cum eā.And a young man came to her, who was hidden, and lay with her. Dn 13:38Porrō nōs cum essēmus in angulō pōmāriī, videntēs inīquitātem, cucurrimus ad eōs, et vīdimus eōs pariter commiscērī.But we, when we were in a corner of the orchard, seeing the iniquity, ran to them, and saw them lying together.
Dn 13:39Et illum quidem nōn quīvimus comprehendere, quia fortior nōbīs erat, et apertīs ōstiīs exilīvit: hanc autem cum apprehendissēmus, interrogāvimus, quisnam esset adolēscēns, et nōluit indicāre nōbīs: hujus reī testēs sumus.And him indeed we could not seize, because he was stronger than us, and, the doors having been opened, he leapt out: but when we had seized this woman, we asked who the young man was, and she would not tell us: of this thing we are witnesses." Dn 13:41Crēdidit eīs multitūdō quasi senibus et jūdicibus populī, et condemnāvērunt eam ad mortem.The multitude believed them, as elders and judges of the people, and they condemned her to death. Dn 13:42Exclāmāvit autem vōce magnā Susanna, et dīxit: Deus aeterne, quī absconditōrum es cognitor, quī nōstī omnia antequam fīant, tū scīs quoniam falsum testimōnium tulērunt contrā mē: et ecce morior, cum nihil hōrum fēcerim, quae istī malitiōsē composuērunt adversum mē.But Susanna cried out with a great voice, and said: "Eternal God, who are the knower of hidden things, who know all things before they happen, you know that they have borne false testimony against me: and look, I am dying, though I have done none of these things which these men have maliciously composed against me."
Dn 13:44Exaudīvit autem Dominus vōcem ejus.And the Lord heard her voice. Dn 13:45Cumque dūcerētur ad mortem, suscitāvit Dominus spīritum sānctum puerī jūniōris, cujus nōmen Daniēl: et exclāmāvit vōce magnā: Mundus ego sum ā sanguine hujus.And when she was being led to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a younger boy, whose name was Daniel: and he cried out with a great voice: "I am clean from the blood of this woman." Dn 13:47Et conversus omnis populus ad eum, dīxit: Quis est iste sermō, quem tū locūtus es?And all the people, having turned to him, said: "What is this word which you have spoken?" Dn 13:48Quī cum stāret in mediō eōrum, ait: Sīc fatuī fīliī Isrāël, nōn jūdicantēs, neque quod vērum est cognōscentēs, condemnāstis fīliam Isrāël?And he, standing in the middle of them, said: "Are you so foolish, sons of Israel, that not judging, nor recognising what is true, you have condemned a daughter of Israel? Dn 13:49Revertiminī ad jūdicium, quia falsum testimōnium locūtī sunt adversus eam.Go back to the judgement, because they have spoken false testimony against her." Dn 13:50Reversus est ergō populus cum festīnātiōne, et dīxērunt eī senēs: Venī, et sedē in mediō nostrum, et indicā nōbīs: quia tibi Deus dedit honōrem senectūtis.So the people went back in haste, and the elders said to him: "Come, and sit in the middle of us, and show us: because God has given you the honour of old age."
Dn 13:51Et dīxit ad eōs Daniēl: Sēparāte illōs ab invicem procul, et dījūdicābō eōs.And Daniel said to them: "Separate them far from each other, and I will judge them." Dn 13:52Cum ergō dīvīsī essent alter ab alterō, vocāvit ūnum dē eīs, et dīxit ad eum: Inveterāte diērum malōrum, nunc vēnērunt peccāta tua, quae operābāris prius: jūdicāns jūdicia injūsta, innocentēs opprimēns, et dīmittēns noxiōs, dīcente Dominō: Innocentem et jūstum nōn interficiēs.So when they had been divided one from the other, he called one of them, and said to him: "You who have grown old in evil days, now your sins have come, which you used to commit before: judging unjust judgements, oppressing the innocent, and letting the guilty go, though the Lord says: 'The innocent and the just you shall not kill.' Dn 13:54Nunc ergō, sī vīdistī eam, dīc sub quā arbore vīderīs eōs colloquentēs sibi.Now therefore, if you saw her, say under what tree you saw them talking together." Dn 13:54Quī ait: Sub schīnō.He said: "Under a mastic tree." Dn 13:55Dīxit autem Daniēl: Rēctē mentītus es in caput tuum: ecce enim angelus Deī, acceptā sententiā ab eō, scindet tē medium.And Daniel said: "Rightly have you lied against your own head: for look, the angel of God, having received the sentence from him, will cut you in two."
Dn 13:56Et, āmōtō eō, jussit venīre alium, et dīxit eī: Sēmen Chanaan, et nōn Jūda, speciēs dēcēpit tē, et concupīscentia subvertit cor tuum: sīc faciēbātis fīliābus Isrāël, et illae timentēs loquēbantur vōbīs: sed fīlia Jūda nōn sustinuit inīquitātem vestram.And, he having been removed, he ordered the other to come, and said to him: "Seed of Canaan, and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you, and desire has overturned your heart: thus you used to do to the daughters of Israel, and they, fearing, used to have dealings with you: but a daughter of Judah did not endure your iniquity. Dn 13:58Nunc ergō, dīc mihi sub quā arbore comprehenderīs eōs loquentēs sibi.Now therefore, tell me under what tree you caught them speaking together." Dn 13:58Quī ait: Sub prīnō.He said: "Under a holm-oak." Dn 13:59Dīxit autem eī Daniēl: Rēctē mentītus es et tū in caput tuum: manet enim angelus Dominī, gladium habēns, ut secet tē medium, et interficiat vōs.And Daniel said to him: "Rightly have you too lied against your own head: for the angel of the Lord is waiting, holding a sword, to cut you in two, and to kill you both."
Dn 13:60Exclāmāvit itaque omnis coetus vōce magnā, et benedīxērunt Deum, quī salvat spērantēs in sē.And so the whole assembly cried out with a great voice, and they blessed God, who saves those who hope in him. Dn 13:61Et cōnsurrēxērunt adversus duōs presbyterōs (convīcerat enim eōs Daniēl ex ōre suō falsum dīxisse testimōnium), fēcēruntque eīs sīcut male ēgerant adversus proximum, ut facerent secundum lēgem Mōysī.And they rose up together against the two elders (for Daniel had convicted them, out of their own mouth, of having spoken false testimony), and they did to them as they had acted wickedly against their neighbour, so as to act according to the law of Moses. Dn 13:62Et interfēcērunt eōs, et salvātus est sanguis innoxius in diē illā.And they killed them, and innocent blood was saved on that day. Dn 13:63Helcīās autem et uxor ejus laudāvērunt Deum prō fīlia suā Susannā cum Joakim marītō ejus, et cognātīs omnibus, quia nōn esset inventa in eā rēs turpis.And Helcias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all the kinsfolk, because no shameful thing had been found in her. Dn 13:64Daniēl autem factus est magnus in cōnspectū populī ā diē illā, et deinceps.And Daniel became great in the sight of the people from that day and thereafter.
Dn 13:65Et rēx Astyagēs appositus est ad patrēs suōs, et suscēpit Cyrus Persēs regnum ejus.And King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.