Hati kami gelisah: pembukaan Confessiones

Magnus es, domine, et laudabilis valde: magna virtus tua, et sapientiae tuae non est numerus.

Great are you, O Lord, and greatly to be praised: great is your power, and of your wisdom there is no number.

Agunglah Engkau, ya Tuhan, dan sangat terpuji: besar kuasa-Mu, dan hikmat-Mu tak terhitung.

Et laudare te vult homo, aliqua portio creaturae tuae, et homo circumferens mortalitatem suam, circumferens testimonium peccati sui et testimonium quia superbis resistis: et tamen laudare te vult homo, aliqua portio creaturae tuae.

And a human being wants to praise you, some small part of your creation; a human being who carries his mortality about with him, carries about the evidence of his sin and the evidence that you resist the proud. And still a human being wants to praise you, some small part of your creation.

Dan manusia ingin memuji Engkau, sebagian kecil dari ciptaan-Mu; manusia yang membawa ke mana-mana kefanaannya, membawa bukti dosanya dan bukti bahwa Engkau menentang orang congkak. Namun tetap saja manusia ingin memuji Engkau, sebagian kecil dari ciptaan-Mu.

Tu excitas ut laudare te delectet, quia fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te.

You stir us so that praising you delights us, because you made us toward yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Engkau menggerakkan kami sehingga memuji Engkau menjadi kesukaan, sebab Engkau menjadikan kami menuju diri-Mu, dan gelisahlah hati kami sampai ia beristirahat di dalam Engkau.