Latin Vulgate, Esther: Liber Esther #392472

Sixti V Pont. Max. Iussa Recognita et Clemens VIII Auctoritate Edita.
   Neo Eboraci et Cincinnati: apud Fr. Pustet & Co. 1914.
I have transcribed from this source as accurately as possible for this e-text, with the following changes: 1) I formatted each verse into a separate line and added the chapter number to each verse number. In doing this I lost the source's paragraph structure. 2) I exploded the ligatures for "ae" and "oe" into two characters rather than one character for each diphthong. 3) Using the New American Bible as I guide I rearranged the verses to approximate the Greek Septuagint form of Esther. No verses were added or removed. I added a common alphabetical chaper designation format for the Septuagint sections; the original chapter:verse numbers are in brackets next to the letter designation. 4) I capitalized all of the section headings which were either in bold or italicized print originally. These sections headings may not be original to the Vulgate, but then neither are verse numbers. I modified these headers slightly in keeping with the reformatting. 5) I removed the footnotes, marginal notes, and appendix. 6) I added a note in English about the arrangement to the end of the body of the text.

Please note that some sentence-like sections end with a period, but the following line does not begin with a capital letter. I recommend that this format remain. The source's editor seems to have been quite confident in the propriety of this approach. I have retained all of the source's capitalization and punctuation except for the section headers.

65 is the target line length, but the margination is ragged at places.

This text carries no warranty of any kind.

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LIBER ESTHER.
[Septuagint arrangement]
SOMNIUM MARDOCHAEI NARRATUR.

A:1 [11:2] Anno secundo, regnante Artaxerxe maximo, prima die mensis Nisan, vidit somnium Mardochaeus filius Iairi, filii Semei, filii Cis, de tribu Beniamin:

A:2 [11:3] homo Iudaeus, qui habitabat in urbe Susis, vir magnus, et inter primos aulae regiae.

A:3 [11:4] Erat autem de eo numero captivorum, quos transtulerat
Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Ierusalem cum Ieconia rege Iuda:
A:4 [11:5] et hoc eius somnium fuit: Apparuerunt voces, et tumultus, et tonitrua, et terraemotus, et conturbatio super terram:

A:5 [11:6] et ecce duo dracones magni, paratique contra se in praelium.

A:6 [11:7] Ad quorum clamorem cunctae concitatae sunt nationes, ut pugnarent contra gentem iustorum.

A:7 [11:8] Fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis, tribulationis et angustiae, et ingens formido super terram.

A:8 [11:9] Conturbataque est gens iustorum timentium mala sua, et praeparata ad mortem.

A:9 [11:10] Clamaveruntque ad Deum: et illis vociferantibus, fons parvus crevit in fluvium maximum, et in aquas plurimas redundavit.

A:10 [11:11] Lux et sol ortus est, et humiles exaltati sunt, et devoraverunt inclytos.

A:11 [11:12] Quod cum vidisset Mardochaeus, et surrexisset de strato, cogitabat quid Deus facere vellet: et fixum habebat in animo, scire cupiens quid significaret somnium