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Lesson
51 Jam autem eo descendente, servi occurrerunt ei, et nuntiaverunt dicentes, quia filius ejus viveret. 52 Interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit. Et dixerunt ei: Quia heri hora septima reliquit eum febris. 53 Cognovit ergo pater, quia illa hora erat in qua dixit ei Jesus: Filius tuus vivit; et credidit ipse et domus ejus tota. 54 Hoc iterum secundum signum fecit Jesus, cum venisset a Judaea in Galilaeam.
John 4:51-54
Exposition
Study the Exposition below until you know the translation of every word in the Latin text and can complete the translation from memory. The part of speech is given for each word, which should be studied but not memorized.
51 Jam autem eo descendente, servi occurrerunt ei, et nuntiaverunt dicentes, quia filius ejus viveret.
- jam: adverb, “now”
- autem: conjunction, “however”
- eo: pronoun, “him”
- descendente: participle, “going down”
- servi: substantive noun, “servants”
- occurrerunt: verb, “(they) did run”
- ei: pronoun, “to him”
- et: conjunction, “and”
- nuntiaverunt: verb, “(they) announced”
- dicentes: participle, “saying”
- quia: conjunction, “that”
- filius: substantive noun, “son”
- ejus: pronoun, “his”
- viveret: verb, “(he) did live”
Translation: Now however with him descending, the servants did run to him, and (they) announced saying that son his did live.
52a Interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit.
- interrogabat: verb, “(he) did ask”
- ergo: conjunction, “therefore”
- horam: substantive noun, “hour”
- ab: preposition (+abl.), “from”
- eis: pronoun, “them”
- in: preposition (+abl.), “in”
- qua: pronoun, “which”
- melius: adjective noun, “better”
- habuerit: verb, “(he) did get”
Translation: (He) did ask therefore (the) hour from them at which better (he) did get.
52b Et dixerunt ei quia heri hora septima reliquit eum febris.
- et: conjunction, “and”
- dixerunt: verb, “(they) said”
- ei: pronoun, “to him”
- quia: conjunction, “that”
- heri: adverb, “yesterday”
- hora: substantive noun, “hour”
- septima: adjective, “seventh”
- reliquit: verb, “(it) left”
- eum: pronoun, “him”
- febris: substantive noun, “fever”
And (they) said to him that yesterdy at (the) hour seventh left him (the) fever.
53a Cognovit ergo pater, quia illa hora erat in qua dixit ei Jesus:
- cognovit: verb, “(he) knew”
- ergo: conjunction, “therefore”
- pater: substantive noun, “father”
- quia: conjunction, “that”
- illa: pronoun, “that”
- hora: substantive noun, “hour”
- erat: verb, “(it) was”
- in: preposition (+abl.), “at”
- qua: pronoun, “which”
- dixit: verb, “(he) said”
- ei: pronoun, “to him”
- Jesus: substantive noun, “Jesus”
Translation: Knew therefore (the) father, that that hour (it) was at which said to him Jesus:
53b Filius tuus vivit; et credidit ipse et domus ejus tota.
- filius: substantive noun, “son”
- tuus: pronoun, “thy” or “your”
- vivit: verb, “(he) lives”
- et: conjunction, “and”
- credidit: verb, “(he) believed”
- ipse: pronoun, “himself”
- et: conjunction, “and”
- domus: substantive noun, “house”
- ejus: pronoun, “his”
- tota: adjective noun, “whole”
Translation: “Son your lives.”; and (he) believed himself and house his whole.
54 Hoc iterum secundum signum fecit Jesus, cum venisset a Judaea in Galilaeam.
- hoc: pronoun, “this”
- iterum: adverb, “again”
- secundum: adjective, “second”
- signum: substantive noun, “sign”
- fecit: verb, “(he) did”
- Jesus: substantive noun, “Jesus”
- cum: conjunction, “when”
- venisset: verb, “(he) did come”
- a: preposition (+abl), “from”
- Judaea: substantive noun, “Judaea”
- in: preposition (+acc.), “into”
- Galilaeam: substantive noun, “Galilee”.
Translation: This again (the) second sign did Jesus, when (he) did come from Judaea into Galilee.
Translation
Below, I have provided the Douay-Rheims translation of the verses above. Compare them to the grammatical translations we have made and note any differences.
51 And as he was going down, his servants met him; and they brought word, saying, that his son lived. 52 He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him. 53 The father therefore knew, that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth; and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee.
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