Primo libro dei Maccabei 16

BIBBIA MARTINI	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Or Giovanni parti da Gazara, e riferì a Simone suo padre quello che Cendebeo faceva contro il loro popolo.	1 Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done against their people.
2 E Simone chiamò a se i due figliuoli maggiori, Giuda e Giovanni, e disse loro: Io e i miei fratelli e la casa del padre mio abbiam fiaccati i nemici d'Israele dalla nostra giovinezza fino a questo giorno, e abbiamo avuto la sorte di liberare più volte il popolo.	2 And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
3 Or io son vecchio: ma siate voi in luogo mio, e (siate) miei fratelli, e andate a combattere per la nostra nazione, e sia con voi l'aiuto del cielo.	3 And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you.
4 E scelse del paese venti mila uomini esercitati nell'armi e de' soldati a cavallo: e quelli si mossero contro Cendebeo, e riposarono a Modin.	4 Then he chose out of the country twenty thousand fighting men, and horsemen, and they went forth against Cendebeus: and they rested in Modin.
5 E ne partirono la mattina, e si avanzarono per la pianura, e videro a un tratto dinanzi a loro un grosso esercito di fonti e di cavalli, e un torrente nel mezzo divideva gli uni dagli altri.	5 And they arose in the morning, and went into the plain: and behold a very great army of footmen and horsemen came against them, and there was a running river between them.
6 E Giovanni tirò innanzi verso di loro colla sua gente, e veggendo, che il popolo area paura a passare il torrente, lo passò egli il prima; lo che avendo veduto i suoi lo valicarono dietro a lui.	6 And he and his people pitched their camp over against them, and he saw that the people were afraid to go over the river, so he went over first: then the men seeing him, passed over after him.
7 E divise in due parti l'esercito, e posto i cavalli nel mezzo de' fanti; or la cavalleria de' nemici era molto numerosa.	7 And he divided the people, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: but the horsemen of the enemies were very numerous.
8 E dieder fiato alle trombe sacre; e Cendebeo e il suo esercito si mise a fuggire; e molti di essi periron sotto le spade, e il rimanente si rifugiaron nella fortezza.	8 And they sounded the holy trumpets: and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight: and there fell many of them wounded, and the rest fled into the strong hold.
9 E restò ferito Giuda fratello di Giovanni; e Giovanni gli inseguì fino a Cedron riedificata (da Cendebeo).	9 At that time Judas John's brother was wounded: but John pursued after them, till he came to Cedron, which he had built:
10 E quelli fuggirono sino alle torri, che erano nelle campagne di Azoto, ed egli vi mise il fuoco, e morirono due mila uomini, ed egli tornò in pace nella Giudea.	10 And they fled even to the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned into Judea in peace.
11 Ma Tolomeo figliuolo di Abobo era stato fatto governatore della pianura di Gerico, e avea molto oro e argento:	11 Now Ptolemee the son of Abobus was appointed captain in the plain of Jericho, and he had abundance of silver and gold,
12 Ed era genero del sommo Sacerdote.	12 For he was son in law of the high priest.
13 E si levò in superbia, e volea farsi padrone del paese, e macchinava di levar dal mondo Simone e i suoi figliuoli.	13 And his heart was lifted up, and he designed to make himself master of the country, and he purposed treachery against Simon, and his sons, to destroy them.
14 Ma Simone andava attorno per le città della Giudea vegliando al loro bene; e arrivò a Gerico con Mathathia suo figliuolo e con Giuda l'anno cento settantasette l'undecimo mese, cioè il mese di Sabath.	14 Now Simon, as he was going through the cities that were in the country of Judea, and taking care for the good ordering of them, went down to Jericho, he and Mathathias and Judas his sons, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven, the eleventh month: the same is the month Sabath.
15 E il figliuolo di Abobo gli accolse con fraude in un castelletto edificato da, lui, chiamato Doch, e fece loro un gran convito, e pose gente in aguato.	15 And the son of Abobus received them deceitfully into a little fortress, that is called Doch which he had built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there.
16 E quando Simone co' suoi figliuoli si fa esilarato, si alzò Tolomeo colla sua gente, e preser le armi, ed entrarono nella sala del convito, e uccisero lui e i due suoi figliuoli e alcuni suoi servi:	16 And when Simon and his sons had drunk plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons, and entered into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.
17 E fece un gran tradimento in Israele, e rendè male per bene.	17 And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and rendered evil for good.
18 E Tolomeo scrisse queste cose al re mandando a pregarlo, che gli mandasse in aiuto l'esercito, e che metterebbe nelle sue mani il paese e le città e i tributi.	18 And Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.
19 E altri mandò a Gazara a uccider Giovanni e ai tribuni de' soldati scrisse, che andassero a lui, che avrebbe dato loro dell'argento e dell'oro e de' doni.	19 And he sent others to Gazara to kill John: and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him, and that he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.
20 E altri mandò a occupare Gerusalemme e il monte del tempio.	20 And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
21 Ma un uomo corse innanzi a Gazara e diede la nuova a Giovanni della morte del padre e de' fratelli, e che quegli mandava gente ad uccidere anche lui.	21 Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also.
22 All'udir tali cose si turbò egli grandemente, e fece prigioni quelli che erano venuti per torgli la vita, e li fece morire; perocchè seppe, che cercavano di ucciderlo.	22 But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away.
23 Ma il rimanente delle azioni di Giovanni e le sue guerre e le imprese gloriose condotte calorosamente da lui, e la fabbrica delle mura (di Gerusalemme) ristorate da lui, e tutte le sue geste,	23 And as concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and the worthy deeds, which he bravely achieved, and the building of the walls, which he made, and the things that he did:
24 Elle sono descritte nel diario del suo sacerdozio dal tempo, in cui egli fu fatto principe de' sacerdoti dopo il padre suo.	24 Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.