And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam.
Glossa Ordinaria
And Esdras the scribe stood upon the step. He seems to be mindful, etc., up to so that, timid and blushing, he enjoins upon others the doing of what he himself has not done, etc. When prelates surpass their subjects as much in work as in honour, those subjects, stirred by their examples, devoutly pursue the step of their own life, and, piously admonished by them, delight to pour forth tears for their sins or from the desire of the heavenly country. Whence it is well added: for all the people wept when they heard the words of the law, etc.
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.