Homilies on Judges, Homilia IX
The people too many§1
1A huge host against Israel; the Lord: The people with you are too many; I will not give Midian into their hand, lest Israel boast. Whoever does not hate father and mother — Christ’s militia renounces.
Latin · §1
Ingens multitudo adversum Israel; Dominus: Multus est populus tecum; non tradam Madian — ne glorietur Israel. Qui non oderit patrem — militia Christi abrenuntiat.
Water-lapping test — three hundred§2
2Those who lap water with the tongue — three hundred — a sacrament of number and sobriety. The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear?.
Latin · §2
Qui lingua aquam lambunt trecenti — sacramentum numeri et sobrietatis. Dominus illuminatio mea — quem timebo?
SERIES CLOSEOUT — trumpets jars lamps§3
3With trumpet, jars, and lamps the enemies turn their backs. The shout: Sword of the Lord and of Gideon. May we be enrolled among the three hundred. Rufinus’s nine Judges homilies are complete. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
Latin · §3
Cum bucina et lagenis et lampadibus hostes terga vertunt. Clamor: Gladius Domini et Gedeon. Optemus adscribi trecentis. Rufini novem homiliae in Iudicum completae. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto in saecula. Amen.