Primo libro di Samuele 7

BIBBIA MARTINI	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Andarono adunque gli uomini di Cariath-iarim, e condusser via l'arca del Signore, e la portarono dentro la casa di Abinadab in Gabaa: e consecrarono il suo figliuolo Eleazaro, perchè custodisse l'arca del Signore.	1 And then men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.
2 E dal dì, in cui l’arca del Signore fu posata in Cariath-iarim, era scorso assai tempo (perocché era già l’anno vigesimo) e tutta la casa d'Israele ebbe pace, seguendo il Signore.	2 And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied, (for it was now the twentieth year,) and all the house of Israel rested following the Lord.
3 Quando Samuele parlò a tutta la casa d’Israele, e disse: Se voi con tutto il cuor vostro tornate al Signore, togliete di mezzo a voi gli dei stranieri, Baal, e Astaroth: e preparate i vostri cuori al Signore, e servite a lui solo, ed egli vi libererà dalle mani dei Filistei.	3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Quindi i figliuoli d'Israele tolser via Baal, e Astaroth, e servirono al solo Signore.	4 Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
5 E Samuele disse: Raunate tutto Israele a Masphath, affinchè io preghi il Signore per voi.	5 And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
6 E si adunarono a Masphath: e attinsero dell'acqua, e la sparsero dinanzi al Signore, e digiunarono quel giorno, e ivi diceano: Abbiam peccato contro il Signore. E Samuele fece le funzioni di giudice d'Israele in Masphath.	6 And they gathered together to Masphath: and they drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and they fasted on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Masphath.
7 E seppero i Filistei, come i figliuoli d'Israele erano congregati a Masphath, e mossero i satrapi de' Filistei contro Israele. La qual cosa avendo udita i figliuoli d’Israele, temerono l’incontro dei Filistei.	7 And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 E dissero a Samuele: Non intermettere di alzar la tua voce al Signore Dio nostro per noi, affinchè ci salvi dalle mani de' Filistei.	8 And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 E Samuele prese un agnello di latte, e l’offerì intero in olocausto al Signore: e alzò Samuele le sue voci al Signore per Israele, e il Signore lo esaudì.	9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
10 Or egli avvenne, che mentre Samuele offeriva l’olocausto al Signore, i Filistei assalirono Israele; ma il Signore tuonò con fracasso grande in quel dì contro i Filistei, e gli atterri, e furono sconfitti da Israele.	10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.
11 E i figliuoli d'Israele usciti di Masphath, inseguirono i Filistei, trucidandoli sino al luogo che rimane al di sotto di Bethchar.	11 And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.
12 E Samuele prese una pietra, e la pose tra Masphath, e Sen: e diede a quel luogo il nome di pietra del soccorso. E disse: Sin qua ci ha soccorsi il Signore.	12 And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
13 E i Filistei furono umiliati, e non tentaron più di entrare dentro i confini d'Israele. E la man del Signore si fè sentire a' Filistei per tutto il tempo di Samuele.	13 And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.
14 E furon restituite ad Israele le città tolte a Israele da' Filistei, da Accaron fino a Geth col suo territorio: ed egli liberò Israele dal potere de' Filistei, e fu pace tra Israele e gli Amorrhei.	14 And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.
15 Or Samuele fu giudice d’Israele per tutto il tempo di sua vita.	15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
16 E andava tutti gli anni in giro a Bethel, e a Galgala, e a Masphath ed esercitava la giudicatura d'Israele in questi luoghi.	16 And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.
17 E si tornava a Ramatha: perocché ivi egli avea sua casa, e ivi pur giudicava Israele: vi edificò eziandio un altare al Signore.	17 And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.