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Domingo, 22 Junio 2025 - San Luigi Gonzaga ( Letture di oggi)

Genesi 34


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BIBBIA VOLGARECATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 E venne in verità Dina, figliuola di Lia, per vedere le femine di quella regione.1 Then Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the women of that region.
2 La quale quando la vide Sichem, figliuolo di Emor Eveo, principe di quella terra, amolla e presela e dormi con lei; per forza costrinse la vergine.2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of that land, had seen her, he fell in love with her. And so he seized her and slept with her, overwhelming the virgin by force.
3 E conglutinata è l'anima sua con lei; ed essendo tristata, la lusingò.3 And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.
4 E vegnendo ad Emor, suo padre, disse: dammi questa fanciulla per moglie.4 And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, “Obtain this girl for me as a mate.”
5 La quale cosa quando l'udi Iacob, non vi essendo i figliuoli, ed occupati nel pascere delle pecore, istette quieto, insino a tanto ch' egli ritornasseno.5 But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back.
6 Ma venuto Emor, padre di Sichem, per fa vellare a Iacob,6 Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob,
7 ed ecco i figliuoli suoi che ritornano del campo; e udito quello ch' era intervenuto, adirati sono molto; impercio che sozza cosa si era adoperata in Israel, ed isforzata la figliuola di Iacob, cosa non lecita avesse perpetrata.7 behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act.
8 E favello adunque Emor a loro: l'anima di Sichem, figliuolo mio, s'accostò all'anima della figliuola vostra; date colei a lui per moglie.8 And so Hamor spoke to them: “The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife.
9 E giugniamo insieme matrimonii: le vostre figliuole date a noi; le nostre figliuole tollete.9 And let us celebrate marriages with one with another. Give us your daughters, and receive our daughters.
10 E abitate con esso noi. La terra è in la vostra podestà; adoperatela, e guadagnate, e possedete lei.10 And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it.”
11 Ma Sichem al padre e fratelli suoi disse: io troverò grazia inanzi a voi, e chiunque istatui rete, vi daro.11 And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: “May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.
12 Accrescete la dote; doni addomandate: volentieri vi darò quello che addomandate; solamente datemi la fanciulla per moglie.12 Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.”
13 Rispuose i figliuoli di Iacob a Sichem e al padre suo in dolo, crudelenti per la vergogna della sorella:13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister:
14 Noi non potiamo fare quello che tu dimandi, nè dare la sorella nostra a uomo non circonciso, la quale cosa non è lecita, e appresso di noi nefanda.14 “We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.
15 Ma in questa cosa possiamo fare patto, se voi vorrete essere simili di noi, e sia circonciso ciascuno maschio di voi.15 But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.
16 Allora daremo e torremo insieme le figliuole vostre e le nostre; e abiteremo con voi, e saremo uno popolo.16 Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
17 E se non vi vorrete circoncidere, torremo la figliuola nostra, e partirenci.17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.”
18 Piacque l'offerta loro e ad Emor e a Si chem suo figliuolo.18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 Nè non indugiò lo figliuolo, che inconta nente quello che se gli addomandava compiè; amava in verità molto la fanciulla, ed egli era inclito in ogni casa del padre suo.19 Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father’s house.
20 E venuti alla porta della città, favellarono alli popoli:20 And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:
21 Questi uomini sono pacifici, e vogliono abitare con esso noi; guadàgnino nella terra, ed operino lei, la quale è spaziosa e lata, ed hae bisogno di coltivatori; e le loro figliuole torremo per nostre mogli, e le nostre daremo a loro.21 “These men are peaceful, and they want to live among us. Let them trade in the land and cultivate it, for, being spacious and broad, it is in need of cultivation. We will receive their daughters as wives, and we will give them ours.
22 Tanto una differenza è a.tanto bene: se noi circoncideremo i maschi nostri, l'andamento della gente seguitanti,22 There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.
23 la sustanzia loro e le bestie, ed ogni cosa che posseggono, nostre saranno; solamente in questa cosa acconsentiamo, ed abitanti insieme uno popolo ci facciamo.23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, will be ours, if only we will acquiesce to this, and so, in living together, will form one people.”
24 E consentirono tutti, circoncisi tutti i maschi.24 And they all agreed to circumcise every one of the males.
25 Ed ecco, lo dì terzo, quando lo dolore delle ferite era più grave, tolti dui figliuoli di Iacob i coltelli, ciò fue Simeon e Levi fratelli di Dina, e vennero confidentemente, ed uccisero ogni maschio.25 And behold, on the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, boldly entered the city with swords. And they put to death all of the males.
26 Emor e Sichem parimente morirono; e tolsero Dina della casa di Sichem, loro sorella.26 They killed Hamor and Shechem together, taking their sister Dinah from the house of Shechem.
27 I quali venuti, tutti i figliuoli di Iacob cor sero sopra gli uccisi; e depopularono tutta la città per vendetta del vituperio,27 And when they had departed, the other sons of Jacob rushed over the slain, and they plundered the city in vengeance for the rape.
28 le pecore loro e l'armenta loro e li asini e ogni cosa guastando, le quali erano nelle case, e quelle ch' erano ne' campi.28 Taking their sheep, and herds, and donkeys, and laying waste to everything else that was in their houses and in their fields,
29 E' fanciulli piccinini loro e le mogli loro menarono per prigioni.29 they also took their little ones and their wives captive.
30 Le quali cose arditamente [ fatte ], Iacob disse a Simeon e a Levi: voi avete turbato me, e fatto me odioso de' Cananei e de' Ferezei e degli abitatori di questa terra; noi pochi siamo, ed egli raunati per cuoteranno me, e sarò guasto io, e la casa mia.30 When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away.”
31 Rispuosero: or doveano eglino usare colla sorella nostra, siccome è iscorto?31 They responded, “Should they abuse our sister like a prostitute?”