Genesis 34

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	BIBBIA VOLGARE
1 Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit some of the women of the land.	1 E venne in verità Dina, figliuola di Lia, per vedere le femine di quella regione.
2 When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.	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.
3 Since he was strongly attracted to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, indeed was really in love with the girl, he endeavored to win her affection.	3 E conglutinata è l'anima sua con lei; ed essendo tristata, la lusingò.
4 Shechem also asked his father Hamor, "Get me this girl for a wife."	4 E vegnendo ad Emor, suo padre, disse: dammi questa fanciulla per moglie.
5 Meanwhile, Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah; but since his sons were out in the fields with his livestock, he held his peace until they came home.	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.
6 Now Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to discuss the matter with Jacob,	6 Ma venuto Emor, padre di Sichem, per fa vellare a Iacob,
7 just as Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. When they heard the news, the men were shocked and seethed with indignation. What Shechem had done was an outrage in Israel; such a thing could not be tolerated.	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.
8 Hamor appealed to them, saying: "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him in marriage.	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.
9 Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.	9 E giugniamo insieme matrimonii: le vostre figliuole date a noi; le nostre figliuole tollete.
10 Thus you can live among us. The land is open before you; you can settle and move about freely in it, and acquire landed property here."	10 E abitate con esso noi. La terra è in la vostra podestà; adoperatela, e guadagnate, e possedete lei.
11 Then Shechem, too, appealed to Dinah's father and brothers: "Do me this favor, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.	11 Ma Sichem al padre e fratelli suoi disse: io troverò grazia inanzi a voi, e chiunque istatui rete, vi daro.
12 No matter how high you set the bridal price, I will pay you whatever you ask; only give me the maiden in marriage."	12 Accrescete la dote; doni addomandate: volentieri vi darò quello che addomandate; solamente datemi la fanciulla per moglie.
13 Jacob's sons replied to Shechem and his father Hamor with guile, speaking as they did because their sister Dinah had been defiled.	13 Rispuose i figliuoli di Iacob a Sichem e al padre suo in dolo, crudelenti per la vergogna della sorella:
14 "We could not do such a thing," they said, "as to give our sister to an uncircumcised man; that would be a disgrace for us.	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.
15 We will agree with you only on this condition, that you become like us by having every male among you circumcised.	15 Ma in questa cosa possiamo fare patto, se voi vorrete essere simili di noi, e sia circonciso ciascuno maschio di voi.
16 Then we will give you our daughters and take yours in marriage; we will settle among you and become one kindred people with you.	16 Allora daremo e torremo insieme le figliuole vostre e le nostre; e abiteremo con voi, e saremo uno popolo.
17 But if you do not comply with our terms regarding circumcision, we will take our daughter and go away."	17 E se non vi vorrete circoncidere, torremo la figliuola nostra, e partirenci.
18 Their proposal seemed fair to Hamor and his son Shechem.	18 Piacque l'offerta loro e ad Emor e a Si chem suo figliuolo.
19 The young man lost no time in acting in the matter, since he was deeply in love with Jacob's daughter. Moreover he was more highly respected than anyone else in his clan.	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.
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their town council and thus presented the matter to their fellow townsmen:	20 E venuti alla porta della città, favellarono alli popoli:
21 "These men are friendly toward us. Let them settle in the land and move about in it freely; there is ample room in the country for them. We can marry their daughters and give our daughters to them in marriage.	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.
22 But the men will agree to live with us and form one kindred people with us only on this condition, that every male among us be circumcised as they themselves are.	22 Tanto una differenza è a.tanto bene: se noi circoncideremo i maschi nostri, l'andamento della gente seguitanti,
23 Would not the livestock they have acquired--all their animals--then be ours? Let us, therefore, give in to them, so that they may settle among us."	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.
24 All the able-bodied men of the town agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and all the males, including every able-bodied man in the community, were circumcised.	24 E consentirono tutti, circoncisi tutti i maschi.
25 On the third day, while they were still in pain, Dinah's full brothers Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob's sons, took their swords, advanced against the city without any trouble, and massacred all 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.
26 After they had put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword, they took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.	26 Emor e Sichem parimente morirono; e tolsero Dina della casa di Sichem, loro sorella.
27 Then the other sons of Jacob followed up the slaughter and sacked the city in reprisal for their sister Dinah's defilement.	27 I quali venuti, tutti i figliuoli di Iacob cor sero sopra gli uccisi; e depopularono tutta la città per vendetta del vituperio,
28 They seized their flocks, herds and asses, whatever was in the city and in the country around.	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.
29 They carried off all their wealth, their women, and their children, and took for loot whatever was in the houses.	29 E' fanciulli piccinini loro e le mogli loro menarono per prigioni.
30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: "You have brought trouble upon me by making me loathsome to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I have so few men that, if these people unite against me and attack me, I and my family will be wiped out."	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.
31 But they retorted, "Should our sister have been treated like a harlot?"	31 Rispuosero: or doveano eglino usare colla sorella nostra, siccome è iscorto?