Primo libro dei Maccabei 16

BIBBIA TINTORI	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Or Giovanni partì da Gazara e riferì a Simone, suo padre, quanto Cendebeo faceva contro il loro popolo.	1 Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
2 Allora Simone, chiamati a sè i due figli maggiori, Giuda e Giovanni, disse loro: « Io, i miei fratelli e la casa di mio padre abbiamo debellati i nemici d'Israele dalla nostra giovinezza fino a questo giorno, e abbiamo avuto la sorte di liberare più volte il popolo.	2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father's house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
3 Ora io son vecchio; ma siate voi in luogo mio e dei miei fratelli: andate a combattere per la nostra nazione, e sia con voi l'aiuto del cielo.	3 But now I am old, and ye, by God's mercy, are of a sufficient age: be ye instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.
4 E scelse dal paese venti mila combattenti e dei cavalieri, i quali marciarono contro Cendebeo e pernottarono a Modin.	4 So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at Modin.
5 E partiti la mattina, si avanzarono per la pianura, ed ecco venire contro di loro un numeroso esercito di fanti e di cavalli, e un torrente li divideva da loro.	5 And when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, behold, a mighty great host both of footmen and horsemen came against them: howbeit there was a water brook betwixt them.
6 E (Giovanni) colla sua gente pose il campo di faccia a loro, e vedendo che il popolo aveva paura a passare il torrente, lo passò per il primo; veduto ciò, i suoi lo passarono dietro a lui.	6 So he and his people pitched over against them: and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water brook, he went first over himself, and then the men seeing him passed through after him.
7 Divise l'esercito in due, mise i cavalieri in mezzo ai fanti, essendo oltremodo numerosa la cavalleria dei nemici.	7 That done, he divided his men, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: for the enemies' horsemen were very many.
8 Diedero fiato alle trombe sacre, e Cendebeo col suo esercito fu messo in fuga: molti di essi perirono uccisi, il resto si rifugiò nella fortezza.	8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight, so that many of them were slain, and the remnant gat them to the strong hold.
9 Allora restò ferito Giuda, fratello di Giovanni; ma Giovanni li inseguì fino a Cedron, che (Cendebeo) aveva edificata.	9 At that time was Judas John's brother wounded; but John still followed after them, until he came to Cedron, which Cendebeus had built.
10 E quelli fuggirono fino alle torri che erano nella campagna d'Azoto: egli le diede alle fiamme: dei nemici morirono due mila uomini; ed egli tornò in pace in Giudea.	10 So they fled even unto the towers in the fields of Azotus; wherefore he burned it with fire: so that there were slain of them about two thousand men. Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace.
11 Or Tolomeo, figlio di Abobo, che era stato fatto governatore della pianura di Gerico, aveva molto oro e argento,	11 Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold:
12 ed era genero del sommo sacerdote.	12 For he was the high priest's son in law.
13 Levatosi in superbia, voleva farsi padrone del paese, e tramava per levare dal mondo Simone e i suoi figli.	13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to himself, and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them.
14 Simone, andando a visitare le città della Giudea, per procurarne il bene, arrivò a Gerico col suo figlio Matatia e con Giuda, l'anno centosettantasette, l'undecimo mese detto Sabat.	14 Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and seventeenth year, in the eleventh month, called Sabat:
15 Il figlio di Abobo li accolse con inganno in un castello edificato da lui e chiamato Doc; fece loro un gran convito, e pose gente in agguato.	15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold, called Docus, which he had built, made them a great banquet: howbeit he had hid men there.
16 Quando Simone ebbe bevuto del vino coi suoi figli, Tolomeo si alzò colla sua gente che presero le armi, entrarono nella sala del convito ed uccisero lui, i due suoi figlioli e alcuni dei suoi servi.	16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemee and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon Simon into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants.
17 Tolomeo fece un gran tradimento contro Israele e rese male per bene,	17 In which doing he committed a great treachery, and recompensed evil for good.
18 e poi scrisse l'accaduto al re, mandando a pregarlo d'inviargli in aiuto l'esercito, per mettere nelle sue mani la nazione, le città e tributi.	18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should send him an host to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and cities.
19 Ne mandò altri a Gazara a uccidere Giovanni; e scrisse ai tribuni dei soldati che andassero da lui, che avrebbe loro dato argento, oro e doni.	19 He sent others also to Gazera to kill John: and unto the tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards.
20 Ne mandò altri ad occupare Gerusalemme e il monte del tempio.	20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
21 Ma un uomo corse innanzi a Gazara, ad annunziare a Giovanni la morte del padre e dei fratelli, e che Tolomeo mandava gente a uccidere anche lui.	21 Now one had run afore to Gazera and told John that his father and brethren were slain, and, quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also.
22 Sentita la notizia, Giovanni fu oltremodo costernato, e poi, presi gli uomini andati ad ucciderlo, li fece morire, avendo ben conosciuto che eran venuti per ammazzarlo.	22 Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished: so he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them; for he knew that they sought to make him away.
23 Il rimanente della storia di Giovanni, le sue guerre, le imprese gloriose condotte da lui valorosamente, le mura da lui restaurate, e tutte le sue gesta,	23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings,
24 questo è scritto nel diario del suo sacerdozio, dal tempo in cui fu fatto principe dei sacerdoti, dopo suo padre.	24 Behold, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.