1:1 Arphaxad itaque, rex Medorum, subjugaverat multas gentes imperio suo, et ipse ædificavit civitatem potentissimam, quam appellavit Ecbatanis,

1:1 Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,

1:2 ex lapidibus quadratis et sectis : fecit muros ejus in altitudinem cubitorum septuaginta, et in latitudinem cubitorum triginta : turres vero ejus posuit in altitudinem cubitorum centum.

1:2 Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, and the towers thereof he made a hundred cubits high. But on the square of them, each side was extended the space of twenty feet.

1:3 Per quadrum vero earum latus utrumque vicenorum pedum spatio tendebatur, posuitque portas ejus in altitudinem turrium :

1:3 And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers:

1:4 et gloriabatur quasi potens in potentia exercitus sui, et in gloria quadrigarum suarum.

1:4 And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the glory of his chariots.

1:5 Anno igitur duodecimo regni sui, Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum, qui regnabat in Ninive civitate magna, pugnavit contra Arphaxad, et obtinuit eum

1:5 Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad and overcame him,

1:6 in campo magno qui appellatur Ragau, circa Euphraten, et Tigrin, et Jadason, in campo Erioch regis Elicorum.

1:6 In the great plain which is called Ragua, about the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of Erioch the king of the Elicians.

1:7 Tunc exaltatum est regnum Nabuchodonosor, et cor ejus elevatum est : et misit ad omnes qui habitabant in Cilicia, et Damasco, et Libano,

1:7 Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor exalted, and his heart was elevated: and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, and Libanus,

1:8 et ad gentes quæ sunt in Carmelo et Cedar, et inhabitantes Galilæam in campo magno Esdrelon,

1:8 And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee in the great plain of Asdrelon,

1:9 et ad omnes qui erant in Samaria, et trans flumen Jordanem usque ad Jerusalem, et omnem terram Jesse quousque perveniatur ad terminos Æthiopiæ.

1:9 And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of Ethiopia.

1:10 Ad hos omnes misit nuntios Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum :

1:10 To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, sent messengers:

1:11 qui omnes uno animo contradixerunt, et remiserunt eos vacuos, et sine honore abjecerunt.

1:11 But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and rejected them without honour.

1:12 Tunc indignatus Nabuchodonosor rex adversus omnem terram illam, juravit per thronum et regnum suum quod defenderet se de omnibus regionibus his.

1:12 Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those countries.