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Lesson
41 Et multo plures crediderunt in eum propter sermonem ejus. 42 Et mulieri dicebant : Quia jam non propter tuam loquelam credimus : ipsi enim audivimus, et scimus quia hic est vere Salvator mundi. 43 Post duos autem dies exiit inde, et abiit in Galilaeam. 44 Ipse enim Jesus testimonium perhibuit, quia propheta in sua patria honorem non habet. 45 Cum ergo venisset in Galilaeam, exceperunt eum Galilaei, cum omnia vidissent quae fecerat Jerosolymis in die festo : et ipsi enim venerant ad diem festum.
John 4:41-45
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.
41 Et multo plures crediderunt in eum propter sermonem ejus.
- et: conjunction, “and”
- multo: adjective noun, “many”
- plures: adjective noun, “more”
- crediderunt: verb, “they believed”
- in: preposition, “in”
- eum: pronoun, “him”
- propter: preposition, “because of
- sermonem: substantive noun, “word”
- ejus: pronoun, “his”
Translation: And many more believed in him because of word his.
42a Et mulieri dicebant quia jam non propter tuam loquelam credimus…
- et: conjunction, “and”
- mulieri: substantive noun, “to (the) woman”
- dicebant: verb, “they said”
- quia: conjunction, “that”
- jam: adverb, “now”
- non: adverb, “not”
- propter: preposition, “because of”
- tuam: pronoun, “your”
- loquelam: substantive noun, “saying”
- credimus: verb, “we believe”
Translation: And to (the) woman they said that now not because of your saying we believe…
42b …ipsi enim audivimus, et scimus quia hic est vere Salvator mundi.
- ipsi: pronoun, “ourselves”
- enim: conjunction, “for”
- audivimus: verb, “we have heard”
- et: conjunction, “and”
- scimus: verb, “we know”
- quia: conjunction, “that”
- hic: pronoun, “this”
- est: verb, “is”
- vere: adverb, “indeed”
- Salvator: substantive noun, “(the) Savior”
- mundi: substantive noun, “of (the) world”
Translation: …ourselves for we have heard, and we know that this is indeed (the) Savior of (the) world…
43 Post duos autem dies exiit inde, et abiit in Galilaeam.
- post: preposition, “after”
- duos: adjective noun, “two”
- autem: conjunction, “however”
- dies: substantive noun, “days”
- exiit: verb, “he went out from”
- inde: adverb, “thence”
- et: conjunction, “and”
- abiit: verb, “he went away”
- in: preposition, “into”
- Galilaeam: substantive noun, “Galilee”
Translation: After two however days he went out from thence, and he went away into Galilee.
44 Ipse enim Jesus testimonium perhibuit, quia propheta in sua patria honorem non habet.
- ipse: pronoun, “himself”
- enim: conjunction, “for”
- Jesus: substantive noun, “Jesus”
- testimonium: substantive noun, “testimony”
- perhibuit: verb, “he gave”
- quia: conjunction, “that”
- propheta: substantive noun, “(a) prophet”
- in: preposition, “in”
- sua: pronoun, “his own”
- patria: substantive noun, “country”
- honorem: substantive noun, “honor”
- non: adverb, “not”
- habet: verb, “(he) has”
Translation: Himself for Jesus testimony he gave, that (a) prophet in his own country honor not (he) has.
45a Cum ergo venisset in Galilaeam, exceperunt eum Galilaei…
- cum: conjunction, “when”
- ergo: conjunction, “therefore”
- venisset: verb, “he did come”
- in: preposition, “into”
- Galilaeam: substantive noun, “Galilee”
- exceperunt: verb, “they received”
- eum: pronoun, “him”
- Galilaei: substantive noun, “(the) Galileans”
Translation: When therefore he did come into Galilee, they received him (the) Galileans…
45b …cum omnia vidissent quae fecerat Jerosolymis in die festo
- cum: conjunction, “when”
- omnia: adjective noun, “all things”
- vidissent: verb, “they did see”
- quae: pronoun, “which”
- fecerat: verb, “he had done”
- Jerosolymis: substantive noun, “in Jerusalem”
- in: preposition, “on”
- die: substantive noun, “(the) day”
- festo: adjective noun, “festal”
Translation: …when all things they did see which he had done in Jerusalem on (the) day festal
45c et ipsi enim venerant ad diem festum.
- et: conjunction, “also”
- ipsi: pronoun, “themselves”
- enim: conjunction, “for”
- venerant: verb, “they had come”
- ad: preposition, “to”
- diem: substantive noun, “(the) day”
- festum: adjective noun, “festal”
Translation: also themselves for they had come to (the) day festal.
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.
41 And many more believed in him because of his own word. 42 And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world. 43 Now after two days, he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. 45 And when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day; for they also went to the festival day.
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