Virgil's Messianic Eclogue

Came now magna an age nova ; about celibate mittitur boy , quae life downwards government deosque videbit and himself videbitur counting from by these. this boy he will rule clean in which valor father pacem dederunt. a few things jaw , but remanebunt , which homines iubebunt to sink and war violent gerere. ernt as yet the second dessert and again to Troiam large mittetur Achilles. at that time , boy , when now longa aets you virus fecerit , will be nulli to sink null dessert ; sailor out of to swim to break up , farmer also now agros to leave behind , earth herself ominbus hominibus omnia prepared. currite , an age ; to take in hand , child boy , to know matrem , and will be enough breath me your dicere facta

A great new age is coming! A boy will be sent from heaven, who will have the life of Gods and will see Gods and will be seen from them. This boy will rule the world to which gifts of the father will give peace. But a few evils will remain that will force mans to work and will make violent wars. There will be another war and great Achilles will be sent to troy. Then, boy, when the time will make you a man there will be no work, no war, the sailor will get off boats and farmer will leave the fields the earth itself will prepare everything for all the man. Hurry times! Begin, boy, to know your mother and let in me be enough spirit to tell your deeds!

Here is my translation I would ask George to check it out, anyway. The passage is not so complicate, but George is still much more skilled then me, so, just to make sure it is really correct....

Thankyou but the passage is complicated for a latin 1 student.
Thankyou sooooo much

You are welcome.

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excellent translation! i was given this passage as an extra assignment, and about halfway through i became very frustrated and initiated a google search, and very luckily i found this site. =] thank you very much latin scholar you've made my life much easier =]

A great new age comes now; a boy is sent from heaven, who will have the life of the gods and he will see gods and he himself will be seen by them. This boy rules the world to which the virtues of his father gave peace. A few bad things, however, will remain, which will force mankind to work* and to wage harsh war. There will also be other wars** and Achilles will be sent again to great Troy. Then, boy, when now the long period of life will have made you a man, there will be no labors, no wars; sailors will leave from ships farmers will now abandon the farms, the earth itself will prepare all things for all humans. Run, ages; begin, little boy, to be born,* and there will be enough breath** to say to me to your deeds.

*Connotation of suffering
**Saying that history will repeat itself
*It's a phrase, but literally means "know your mother"
**Literal meaning is spirit.
~bellum gerere is a phrase: "to wage war"


It might sound a little weird since my teacher likes for us to translate Latin to English in a way that will make clear what we've translated. For example, "to say to me your deeds" could just be "to tell me your deeds," but mihi doesn't just mean "me," it means "to me." Our teacher is a bit picky about that, but I think "to say to me your deeds" and "to tell me your deeds" are essentially the same thing.

Don't know if this is completely accurate, and I'm only a Latin 1 student. Hope this helps people in the future.
~Latin 1 Student

Far and away the best translation so far. The earlier translations are often absurdly wrong. This one finally gets it pretty much right. Congrats!