Secondo libro dei Re 17

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 L'anno duodecimo di Acaz re di Giuda, Osea, figlio d'Ela, regnò in Samaria sopra Israele per nove anni.	1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for nine years.
2 Egli fece il male nel cospetto del Signore; ma non come i re d'Israele suoi predecessori.	2 And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.
3 Salmanasar re degli Assiri salì contro di lui e Osea divenne suo vassallo e soggetto al tributo.	3 Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended against him. And Hoshea became a servant to him, and he paid him tribute.
4 Avendo poi il re d'Assiria scoperto che Osea, tentando di ribellarsi, aveva mandati ambasciatori a Sua re d'Egitto, per non pagare al re d'Assiria l'annuo tributo, lo assediò e lo mandò legato in prigione,	4 And when the king of the Assyrians discovered that Hoshea, striving to rebel, had sent messengers to Sais, to the king of Egypt, so as not to present the tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had been accustomed to do each year, he besieged him. And having been bound, he cast him into prison.
5 poi fece scorrerie per tutto il paese, e, salito a Samaria, l'assediò per tre anni.	5 And he wandered through the entire land. And ascending to Samaria, he besieged it for three years.
6 L'anno nono di Osea, il re degli Assiri prese Samaria, e, trasportato Israele in Assiria, lo collocò in Hala, in Habor, lungo il fiume Gozan e nelle città dei Medi.	6 And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
7 E questo avvenne perchè i figli d'Israele avevano peccato contro il Signore Dio loro che li aveva tratti dalla terra d'Egitto, dalla mano di Faraone re d'Egitto, perchè avevano adorato gli dèi stranieri,	7 For it happened that, when the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who had led them away from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, they worshipped strange gods.
8 camminando secondo i costumi delle genti dal Signore sterminate davanti ai figli d'Israele, e dei re d'Israele che avevan fatte le medesime cose.	8 And they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.
9 I figli d'Israele offesero il Signore Dio loro con azioni perverse: si fabbricarono degli alti luoghi in tutte le loro città, dalla torre di guardia alla città fortificata;	9 And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
10 si fecero delle statue, dei boschetti sacri su ogni colle elevato, sotto ogni albero frondoso,	10 And they made for themselves statues and sacred groves, on every high hill and under every leafy tree.
11 ed ivi bruciavano incenso sopra gli altari, come le genti che il Signore aveva cacciate via dal loro cospetto. Fecero cose iniquissime da provocare ad ira il Signore,	11 And they were burning incense there, upon altars, in the manner of the nations that the Lord had removed from their face. And they did wicked deeds, provoking the Lord.
12 adorarono le immondezze, riguardo alle quali il Signore aveva date assolute proibizioni.	12 And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.
13 Il Signore fece avvertire Israele e Giuda per mezzo di tutti i profeti e dei veggenti, dicendo: « Convertitevi dalle vostre pessime vie osservate i miei precetti e le cerimonie secondo tutta la legge che io intimai ai vostri padri, e come mandai a dirvi per mezzo dei miei servi, i profeti ».	13 And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: “Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of my servants, the prophets.”
14 Ma essi, invece di ascoltare, indurarono la loro cervice, come i loro padri che non vollero ubbidire al Signore loro Dio:	14 But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.
15 essi rigettarono le sue leggi, il patto ch'egli aveva fatto coi loro padri, le testimonianze con cui li aveva scongiurati, per andare dietro alle vanità, agire stoltamente e seguire le genti che eran intorno a loro, riguardo alle quali il Signore aveva comandato di non fare come esse facevano.	15 And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.
16 Essi abbandonarono tutti i comandi del Signore Dio loro, si fecero due vitelli di getto e dei boschetti sacri, adorarono tutta la milizia del cielo, servirono a Baal,	16 And they abandoned all the precepts of the Lord, their God. And they made for themselves two molten calves and sacred groves. And they adored the entire celestial army. And they served Baal.
17 sacrificarono i loro figli e le loro figlie per mezzo del fuoco, si diedero alle divinazioni, agli auguri, si abbandonarono al male davanti al Signore, in modo da provocarlo a sdegno.	17 And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him.
18 E il Signore, adirato fortemente contro Israele, lo tolse dal suo cospetto, e non rimase che la tribù di Giuda.	18 And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.
19 Ma anche Giuda non osservò i comandamenti del Signore Dio suo per camminare negli errori commessi da Israele.	19 But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
20 Dio rigettò tutta la stirpe d'Israele, li afflisse, li diede in mano dei predoni fino a rigettarli dal suo cospetto,	20 And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,
21 fin dal tempo in cui Israele, separatosi dalla casa di David, costituì per re Geroboamo figlio di Nabat. Fu Geroboamo che separò Israele dal Signore e gli fece commettere un gran peccato.	21 even from that time when Israel was torn away from the house of David, and they appointed for themselves Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. For Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and he caused them to sin a great sin.
22 E i figli d'Israele camminaron in tutte le iniquità commesse da Geroboamo, non le lasciarono,	22 And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done. And they did not withdraw from these,
23 finchè il Signore non tolse Israele dal suo cospetto, come aveva minacciato per mezzo dei suoi servi, i profeti. E Israele fu trasportato dalla sua terra in Assiria fino ad oggi.	23 even when the Lord carried away Israel from his face, just as he had said by the hand of all his servants, the prophets. And Israel was carried away from their land into Assyria, even to this day.
24 Il re d'Assiria fece venire degli abitanti da Babilonia, da Cuta, da Ava, da Emat, da Sefarvaim, e li stabilì nelle città della Samaria in luogo dei figli d'Israele. Così essi possedettero la Samaria e ne abitarono le città.	24 Then the king of the Assyrians brought some from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. And he located them in the cities of Samaria, in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities.
25 Ma siccome quando cominciarono a dimorarvi non temevano il Signore, il Signore mandò contro di loro dei leoni che li uccidevano.	25 And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing them.
26 Ciò fu riferito al re d'Assiria, e gli fu detto: « Le genti che tu hai trasportate ed hai fatto abitare nelle città della Samaria, ignorano le leggi del Dio del paese, e il Signore ha mandato contro di loro dei leoni che li uccidono, perchè essi ignorano il culto del Dio del paese ».	26 And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”
27 Allora il re d'Assiria diede questi ordini: « Mandatevi uno dei sacerdoti che avete menati schiavi di là, affinchè vada a stare con loro ed insegni ad essi le leggi del Dio del paese ».	27 Then the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: “Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.”
28 Venuto adunque uno dei sacerdoti che erano stati condotti in schiavitù dalla Samaria, dimorò a Betel e si mise a insegnare loro come dovevano onorare il Signore.	28 And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should worship the Lord.
29 A ciascuna nazione si fabbricò il suo Dio, e li collocarono nei templi degli alti luoghi che i Samaritani avevan fatti, ogni nazione nelle sue città ove abitava.	29 And each of the nations made gods of their own, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places, which the Samaritans had made: nation after nation, in their cities in which they were living.
30 Così i Babilonesi fecero Socotbenot; i Cutei fecero Nergel, quelli di Emat fecero Asima;	30 So the men of Babylon made Soccoth-benoth; and the men of Cuth made Nergal; and the men of Hamath made Ashima;
31 gli Evei fecero Nebahaz e Tartan; quei di Sefarvaim bruciavano i loro figli col fuoco, in onore di Adramelec e di Anamelec, dèi di Sefarvaim.	31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. Then those who were from Sepharvaim burned up their children with fire, for the gods of Sepharvaim: Adram-melech and Anam-melech.
32 Oltre a questi adoravano anche il Signore. Si fecero dei sacerdoti degli alti luoghi, presi tra la gente più vile, e li collocavano nei templi degli alti luoghi.	32 But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them in the shrines of the high places.
33 Così essi, adorando il Signore, servivano insieme ai loro dèi, secondo il costume delle genti di mezzo alle quali eran stati portati in Samaria.	33 And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.
34 Fino al presente essi seguono il loro antico costume: non temono il Signore, non ne osservano le cerimonie, le ordinazioni, la legge, il comandamento che il Signore intimò ai figli di Giacobbe da lui soprannominato Israele,	34 Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
35 coi quali egli aveva fatto alleanza dando questi ordini: « Non temete gli dèi stranieri, non li adorate, non li servite, non fate sacrifizi a loro;	35 And he had struck a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying: “You shall not fear foreign gods, and you shall not adore them, and you shall not worship them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.
36 ma temete il Signore Dio vostro che vi trasse dalla terra d'Egitto con grande forza e braccio steso, lui adorate, a lui offrite sacrifizi,	36 But the Lord, your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 e osservate, mettendole in pratica ogni giorno, le cerimonie, le ordinazioni, la legge, il comandamento che egli vi ha scritto. Non temete gli dèi stranieri;	37 Also, the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall keep so that you do them for all days. And you shall not fear strange gods.
38 non dimenticate l'alleanza ch'egli fece con voi, non servite agli dèi stranieri;	38 And the covenant, which he struck with you, you shall not forget; neither shall you worship strange gods.
39 ma temete il Signore Dio vostro, ed egli vi libererà dalle mani di tutti i vostri nemici ».	39 But you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40 Quelli però non stettero a sentire, ed operarono secondo l'antico loro costume.	40 Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
41 Così quelle genti temettero sì il Signore, ma tuttavia servirono anche ai loro idoli; e i loro figli e i loro nipoti fanno come fecero i loro padri fino al giorno d'oggi.	41 And such were these nations: to some extent fearing the Lord, yet nevertheless also serving their idols. As for their sons and grandsons, just as their fathers acted, so also did they act, even to the present day.