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Can someone help translate the following to English? I recognize a few words, but many I’ve never seen before. These words are written in the below a mural of Christ in the apse of St. John’s Great Hall Abbey in Collegeville, MN

EXSVLTA SATIS FILIA SION IVBILA FILIA IERVSALEM ECCE REX TVVS

VENIET TIBI IVSTVS ET SALVATOR ET LOQVETVR PACEM GENTIBVS

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[biblelvb]Zech. 9:9-10[/biblelvb]

[BIBLEDRB]Zech. 9:9-10[/BIBLEDRB]

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Putting it in Whitaker’s Words returns:
exsvlt.a V 1 1 PRES ACTIVE IMP 2 S
exsulto, exsultare, exsultavi, exsultatus V [XXXBX]
rejoice; boast; exalt; jump about, let oneself go;

sat.is ADJ 1 1 DAT P X POS
sat.is ADJ 1 1 ABL P X POS
satus, sata, satum ADJ [XXXCX]
sprung (from); native;
satis ADJ 9 9 X X X POS
satis ADJ [XXXAO]
enough, adequate, sufficient; satisfactory;

satis ADV POS
satis ADV [XXXAO]
enough, adequately; sufficiently; well enough, quite; fairly, pretty;
sat.is VPAR 3 1 DAT P X PERF PASSIVE PPL
sat.is VPAR 3 1 ABL P X PERF PASSIVE PPL
sero, serere, sevi, satus V [XXXCX]
sow, plant; strew, scatter, spread; cultivate; beget, bring forth;

fili.a N 1 1 NOM S F
fili.a N 1 1 VOC S F
fili.a N 1 1 ABL S F
filia, filiae N F [XXXBX]
daughter;
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SION N 0 0 X X X
Assume this is capitalized proper name/abbr, under MODE IGNORE_UNKNOWN_CAPS

ivbil.a N 2 2 NOM P N
ivbil.a N 2 2 ACC P N
jubilum, jubili N N [XXXES] uncommon
wild cry; (joyful/wild) shout; shepherd’s song;

ivbil.a V 1 1 PRES ACTIVE IMP 2 S
jubilo, jubilare, jubilavi, jubilatus V [XXXCO]
shout/sing out/joyfully, rejoice; invoke with/let out shouts/whoops, halloo;
fili.a N 1 1 NOM S F
fili.a N 1 1 VOC S F
fili.a N 1 1 ABL S F
filia, filiae N F [XXXBX]
daughter;
iervsalem N 9 9 X X N
Jerusalem N N [AEXCX] Archaic
Jerusalem (Hebrew);

ecce INTERJ
ecce INTERJ [XXXAX]
behold! see! look! there! here! [ecce eum => here he is];

rex N 3 1 NOM S M
rex N 3 1 VOC S M
rex, regis N M [XLXAX]
king;

tv.us ADJ 1 1 NOM S M POS
tuus, tua, tuum ADJ [XXXAX]
your (sing.);

veni.et V 6 1 FUT ACTIVE IND 3 S Late
veneo, venire, venivi(ii), venitus V [XXXCX]
go for sale, be sold (e.g. as a slave), be disposed of for financial gain;

veni.et V 4 1 FUT ACTIVE IND 3 S
venio, venire, veni, ventus V [XXXAX]
come;

t.ibi PRON 5 2 DAT S C
[XXXAX]
you; yourself;

of yourself, thyself;

ivst.us ADJ 1 1 NOM S M POS
justus, justa -um, justior -or -us, justissimus -a -um ADJ [XXXAX]
just, fair, equitable; right, lawful, justified; regular, proper;

et CONJ
et CONJ [XXXAX]
and, and even; also, even; (et … et = both … and);

salv.ator V 1 1 FUT PASSIVE IMP 2 S
salv.ator V 1 1 FUT PASSIVE IMP 3 S
salvo, salvare, salvavi, salvatus V [XXXBX]
save;

salvator N 3 1 NOM S M
salvator N 3 1 VOC S M
salvator, salvatoris N M [EEXCX] Later
savior;

et CONJ
et CONJ [XXXAX]
and, and even; also, even; (et … et = both … and);

loqu.etur V 3 1 FUT IND 3 S
loquor, loqui, locutus sum V DEP [XXXAX]
speak, tell; talk; mention; say, utter; phrase;

pac.em V 1 1 PRES ACTIVE SUB 1 S
paco, pacare, pacavi, pacatus V [XXXBX]
pacify, subdue;
pac.em N 3 1 ACC S F
pax, pacis N F [XXXAX]
peace; harmony;

gent.ibus N 3 3 DAT P F
gent.ibus N 3 3 ABL P F
gens, gentis N F [XXXAX]
tribe, clan; nation, people; Gentiles;
Translation:
EXSVLTA SATIS FILIA SION IVBILA FILIA IERVSALEM ECCE REX TVVS
Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, rejoice, daughter of Jerusalem; behold thy King,
VENIET TIBI IVSTVS ET SALVATOR ET LOQVETVR PACEM GENTIBVS
the just Savior, comes to thee; and He will say peace be on the people
 
That’s much better since it’s the actual quote, but here’s what I came up with using my non-extensive and very rusty Latin skills from grade school and high school.

Be sufficiently joyful, daughter of Sion, be jubilant daughter of Jerusalem, behold your king.
He’s coming to you with justice and salvation, speaking of peace for the people.

Well, 1969 was a long time ago and I was working mostly with root words and the scant memory of what the endings of words mean.
 
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