Giudici 2

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Or un angelo del Signore andò da Galgala al luogo de’ piagnenti, e disse: Io vi trassi dall’Egitto, e v’introdussi nella terra promessa con giuramento a’ padri vostri: vi assicurai di non rompere in eterno il patto ch’io feci con voi:	1 And an Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to the Place of Weeping, and he said: “I led you away from Egypt, and I led you into the land, about which I swore to your fathers. And I promised that I would not nullify my covenant with you, even forever:
2 Con questo però che voi non faceste alleanza cogli abitanti di questo paese, ma gettaste a terra i loro altari: e non avete voluto ascoltar la mia voce: perchè avete fatto questo?	2 but only if you would not form a pact with the inhabitants of this land. Instead, you should overturn their altars. Yet you were not willing to listen to my voice. Why have you done this?
3 Per la qual cosa io non ho voluto sterminar coloro dinanzi a voi, affinchè gli abbiate nemici, e sieno gli dei loro vostra ruina.	3 For this reason, I am not willing to destroy them before your face, so that you may have enemies, and so that their gods may be your ruin.”
4 E nel tempo, in cui l'Angelo del Signore diceva queste parole a tutti i figliuoli d'Israele, eglino alzaron le strida, e piansero.	4 And when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and they wept.
5 Onde quel luogo fu chiamato il luogo de' piagnenti, ovvero de’ piagnistei: e v’immolarono ostie al Signore.	5 And the name of that place was called, the Place of Weeping, or the Place of Tears. And they immolated victims to the Lord in that place.
6 Or Giosuè licenziò il popolo, e se n'andarono i figliuoli d'Israele ciascuno alle possessioni toccate loro in sorte per occuparle.	6 Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the sons of Israel went away, each one to his own possession, so that they might obtain it.
7 E servirono al Signore per tutto il tempo che durò egli, e i seniori, i quali vissero lungamente dopo di lui, e sapevano tutte le opere che avea fatte il Signore a favor d'Israele.	7 And they served the Lord, during all his days, and during all the days of the elders, who lived for a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.
8 E Giosuè figliuolo di Nun, servo di Dio, si morì in età di cento dieci anni.	8 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
9 E lo seppellirono a' confini del suo retaggio in Thamnathsare sul monte Ephraim verso la parte settentrionale del monte Gaas.	9 And they buried him in the parts of his possession at Timnath-Serah, on Mount Ephraim, before the northern side of Mount Gaash.
10 E tutta quella generazione si riunì co’ padri suoi, e altri succedettero, i quali non conoscevano il Signore, nè le opere che egli avea fatte a favor d'Israele.	10 And that entire generation was gathered to their fathers. And there rose up others, who had not known the Lord and the works that he had done for Israel.
11 E i figliuoli d'Israele fecero il male al cospetto del Signore, e servirono a Baal.	11 And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals.
12 E rinunziarono al Signore Dio de' padri loro, che gli avea tratti dalla terra di Egitto, e servirono gli dei stranieri, gli dei de' popoli circonvicini, e gli adorarono: e provocarono ad ira il Signore,	12 And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had led them away from the land of Egypt. And they followed foreign gods and the gods of the peoples who were living around them, and they adored them. And they provoked the Lord to wrath,
13 Rinunziando a lui per servire a Baal, e ad Astaroth.	13 forsaking him, and serving Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 E il Signore sdegnato contro Israele gli diede in potere di coloro che li predavano: e questi li presero, e li venderono a’ nemici che abitavano all’intorno, ed essi non poterono più far fronte a' loro avversarii:	14 And the Lord, having become angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers, who seized them and sold them to the enemies that were living on all sides. Neither were they able to withstand their adversaries.
15 Ma dovunque volessero andare, la mano del Signore era sopra di essi, come egli avea detto, e giurato: e gli afflisse oltre modo.	15 Instead, wherever they wanted to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, just as he said and just as he swore to them. And they were greatly afflicted.
16 Ma il Signore suscitò de' giudici, i quali gli liberassero dalle mani degli oppressori; ma nemmen vollero ascoltarli:	16 And the Lord raised up judges, who would free them from the hands of their oppressors. But they were not willing to listen to them.
17 Ma peccavano cogli dei stranieri; e gli adoravano. E ben presto abbandonarono la strada battuta da’ padri loro: e uditi avendo gli ordini del Signore fecer tutto all'opposto.	17 Fornicating with foreign gods and adoring them, they quickly deserted the way along which their fathers had advanced. And having heard the commandments of the Lord, they did all things to the contrary.
18 E mentre il Signore suscitava de' giudici, mentre questi viveano, si lasciava piegare a misericordia, e udiva i gemiti degli afflitti, e li liberava dalle crudeltà degli oppressori.	18 And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.
19 Ma morto che era il giudice, tornavan quegli a far molto peggio di quel che avesser fatto i padri loro, seguendo gli dei stranieri, servendoli, e adorandoli. Non abbandonarono i loro capricci, nè l’ostinato tenor di vita, a cui erano assuefatti.	19 But after a judge had died, they turned back, and they were doing much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them, and adoring them. They did not abandon their pursuits and their very stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk.
20 E il furor del Signore si accese contro Israele, ed egli disse: Perchè questa nazione ha violato il patto fermato da me co' padri loro, e ha ricusato di ascoltar la mia voce:	20 And the fury of the Lord was enraged against Israel, and he said: “For this people has made void my covenant, which I had formed with their fathers, and they have despised listening to my voice.
21 Io pure non distruggerò le nazioni, le quali Giosuè in morendo lasciò:	21 And so, I will not destroy the nations that Joshua left behind when he died,
22 Affin di far prova per mezzo di queste, se Israele seguiti, o no, la via del Signore, e per essa cammini, come la seguitarono i padri loro.	22 so that, by them, I may test Israel, as to whether or not they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, just as their fathers kept it.”
23 Il Signore adunque lasciò stare tutte quelle nazioni, e non volle subito sterminarle, e non le diede in potere di Giosuè.	23 Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua.