Primo libro di Samuele 13

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Filius annorum Saul, cum regnare coepisset; duobus au tem annis regnavit super Israel.	1 (Saul was. . . years old when he became king and he reigned. . . (two) years over Israel.)
2 Et elegit sibi Saul tria milia de Israel: et erant cum Saul duo milia in Machmas et in monte Bethel, mille autem cum Ionathan in Gabaa Beniamin. Porro ceterum populum remisit unumquemque in tabernacula sua.	2 Saul chose three thousand men of Israel, of whom two thousand remained with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people back to their tents.
3 Et percussit Ionathan stationem Philisthinorum, quae erat in Gabaa. Quod audierunt Philisthim; Saul autem cecinit bucina in omni terra dicens: “ Audiant Hebraei! ”.	3 Now Jonathan overcame the Philistine garrison which was in Gibeah, and the Philistines got word of it. Then Saul sounded the horn throughout the land, with a proclamation, "Let the Hebrews hear!"
4 Et universus Israel audivit huiuscemodi famam: “ Percussit Saul stationem Philisthinorum; et factus est Israel odiosus Philisthim ”. Ergo populus congregatus est post Saul in Galgala.	4 Thus all Israel learned that Saul had overcome the garrison of the Philistines and that Israel had brought disgrace upon the Philistines; and the soldiers were called up to Saul in Gilgal.
5 Et Philisthim congregati sunt ad proeliandum contra Israel: tria milia curruum et sex milia equitum et reliquum vulgus plurimum sicut arena, quae est in litore maris. Et ascendentes castrametati sunt in Machmas ad orientem Bethaven.	5 The Philistines also assembled for battle, with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and foot soldiers as numerous as the sands of the seashore. Moving up against Israel, they encamped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
6 Quod cum vidissent viri Israel se in arto sitos — afflictus est enim populus — absconderunt se in speluncis et in abditis, in petris quoque et in antris et in cisternis.	6 Some Israelites, aware of the danger and of the difficult situation, hid themselves in caves, in thickets, among rocks, in caverns, and in cisterns,
7 Hebraei autem transierunt Iordanem in terram Gad et Galaad. Cumque adhuc esset Saul in Galgalis, universus populus perterritus est, qui sequebatur eum.	7 and other Hebrews passed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, held out at Gilgal, although all his followers were seized with fear.
8 Et exspectavit septem diebus iuxta placitum Samuel, et non venit Samuel in Galgala; dilapsusque est populus ab eo.	8 He waited seven days--the time Samuel had determined. When Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, the men began to slip away from Saul.
9 Ait ergo Saul: “ Afferte mihi holocaustum et pacifica ”. Et obtulit holocaustum.	9 He then said, "Bring me the holocaust and peace offerings," and he offered up the holocaust.
10 Cumque complesset offerens holocaustum, ecce Samuel veniebat; et egressus est Saul obviam ei, ut salutaret eum.	10 He had just finished this offering when Samuel arrived. Saul went out to greet him,
11 Locutusque est ad eum Samuel: “ Quid fecisti? ”. Respondit Saul: “ Quia vidi quod dilaberetur populus a me, et tu non veneras iuxta placitos dies, porro Philisthim congregati fuerant in Machmas,	11 and Samuel asked him, "What have you done?" Saul replied: "When I saw that the men were slipping away from me, since you had not come by the specified time, and with the Philistines assembled at Michmash,
12 dixi: Nunc descendent Philisthim ad me in Galgala, et faciem Domini non placavi. Necessitate compulsus obtuli holocaustum ”.	12 I said to myself, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not yet sought the LORD'S blessing.' So in my anxiety I offered up the holocaust."
13 Dixitque Samuel ad Saul: “ Stulte egisti. Utinam custodisses mandata Domini Dei tui, quae praecepit tibi! Profecto nunc confirmasset Dominus regnum tuum super Israel in sempiternum;	13 Samuel's response was: "You have been foolish! Had you kept the command the LORD your God gave you, the LORD would now establish your kingship in Israel as lasting;
14 sed nequaquam regnum tuum ultra consurget. Quaesivit sibi Dominus virum iuxta cor suum; et constituit eum Dominus ducem super populum suum, eo quod non servaveris, quae praecepit Dominus ”.	14 but as things are, your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and has appointed him commander of his people, because you broke the LORD'S command."
15 Surrexit autem Samuel et ascendit de Galgalis et abiit per viam suam. Et reliquus populus ascendit post Saul obviam exercitui bellatorum. Et venerunt de Galgalis in Gabaa Beniamin. Et recensuit Saul populum, qui inventi fuerant cum eo, quasi sescentos viros.	15 Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went his own way; but the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the soldiers, going from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul then numbered the soldiers he had with him, who were about six hundred.
16 Et Saul et Ionathan filius eius populusque, qui erat cum eis, erat in Gabaa Beniamin; porro Philisthim consederant in Machmas.	16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the soldiers they had with them were now occupying Geba of Benjamin, and the Philistines were encamped at Michmash.
17 Et egressi sunt ad praedandum de castris Philisthinorum tres cunei: unus cuneus pergebat contra viam Ophra ad terram Sual,	17 Meanwhile, raiders left the camp of the Philistines in three bands. One band took the Ophrah road toward the district of Shual;
18 porro alius ingrediebatur per viam Bethoron, tertius autem verterat se ad iter termini imminentis valli Seboim contra desertum.	18 another turned in the direction of Beth-horon; and the third took the road for Geba that overlooks the Valley of the Hyenas toward the desert.
19 Porro faber ferrarius non inveniebatur in omni terra Israel; caverant enim Philisthim, ne forte facerent Hebraei gladium aut lanceam.	19 Not a single smith was to be found in the whole land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears."
20 Descendebat ergo omnis Israel ad Philisthim, ut exacueret unusquisque vomerem suum et ligonem et securim et falcem.	20 All Israel, therefore, had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
21 Pretium autem exacutionis erat: pro vomeribus et ligonibus duae partes sicli, et tertia pars sicli ad acuendas secures et ad stimulum corrigendum.	21 The price for the plowshares and mattocks was two-thirds of a shekel, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and for setting the ox-goads.
22 Cumque venisset dies proelii Machmas, non est inventus ensis et lancea in manu totius populi, qui erat cum Saul et cum Ionathan, excepto Saul et Ionathan filio eius.	22 And so on the day of battle neither sword nor spear could be found in the possession of any of the soldiers with Saul or Jonathan. Only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
23 Egressa est autem statio Philisthim ad fauces Machmas.	23 An outpost of the Philistines had pushed forward to the pass of Michmash.