Homilies on Joshua, Homilia XV
Caleb’s request at eighty-five§1
1Caleb son of Jephunneh: I am eighty-five; give me the hill country of Hebron. Faith does not age. The Anakim — pride’s giants — must be driven out.
Latin · §1
Caleb filius Iephonne: Octoginta quinque annorum sum; da mihi montem Hebron. Fides non senescit. Enacim expellendi — gigantes superbiae.
Judah’s borders§2
2Judah’s lot — borders from desert and sea. Judah (“praise”) — confessors receive virtue’s bounds.
Latin · §2
Sors filiorum Iudae — termini a deserto et mari. Laudatio (Iuda) confessores fines virtutum accipiunt.
Othniel, Achsah, and springs§3
3Othniel takes Kiriath-sepher; Achsah asks upper and lower springs. Prayer seeks living springs of higher and lower knowledge.
Latin · §3
Othoniel capit Cariathsepher; Achsa petit fontes superiores et inferiores. Oratio fontes aquae vivae superioris et inferioris scientiae.
Jerusalem not wholly driven out§4
4They could not drive out the Jebusite dwelling in Jerusalem — something remains in us still to storm. Amen.
Latin · §4
Iebusaeum habitantem in Ierusalem non potuerunt expellere — remanet in nobis quod expugnandum. Amen.