Primo dei Re 30

BIBBIA VOLGARE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Venuto David e i suoi in Siceleg il terzo dì, quelli di Amalec aveano fatto impeto dalla parte australe in Siceleg; e miserla al fuoco.	1 Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.
2 E le femine ne menarono in pregione; e dal minore insino al maggiore non avean morto persona; ma avean menati con esso loro, e andavano per loro cammino.	2 And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.
3 E David e i suoi uomini, venuti alla città, e trovatala arsa, e le loro donne e i figliuoli esserne menati in pregione,	3 So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,
4 levarono la voce David e il popolo ch' era con lui, e piansero tanto che le lagrime vennero loro meno.	4 David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
5 E due donne di David erano menate in pregione, cioè Achinoa di Iezrael, e Abigail moglie di Nabal di Carmelo.	5 For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 E contristossi David molto, però che il popolo il volea lapidare; perchè l' anima di ciascuno era amara per gli figliuoli e figliuole loro; e confortossi David nel suo Signore Iddio.	6 And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons, and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
7 E disse ad Abiatar sacerdote, figliuolo di Achimelec: vestimi lo efod. E vestillo.	7 And he said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 E David domandò consiglio a Dio, e disse: perseguiterò io questi ladroncelli? e piglierogli io o no? E Iddio gli disse: persèguitagli; senza dubbio tu gli prenderai, e liberera'gli la preda.	8 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.
9 E David, e secento uomini ch' erano con lui, andarono insino al fiume di Besor; e alcuni stanchi ristettero.	9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there.
10 E David con quattrocento uomini perseguitarono; e CC ch' erano lassi, e non poteano passare il fiume, ristettero.	10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.
11 E ritrovarono uno uomo d' Egitto nel campo, e menaronlo a David; e diedergli mangiare del pane, e bere dell' acqua,	11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
12 e uno pezzo di fiche secche, e due palle d' uve passe. Le quali cose mangiate, ritornò in lui lo spirito, e confortossi; però che non avea mangiato pane, nè bevuto acqua, tre dì e tre notti.	12 As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights.
13 E David gli disse: onde se' tu? di che gente? e ove vai? Il quale gli disse: io sono uno servo d'Egitto, servo d' uno di Amalec; il mio signore mi lasciò, però ch' io cominciai ad infermare ora sono tre dì.	13 And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.
14 Però che noi cavalcammo alla parte australe di Cereto e contra Giuda, e a mezzodì Caleb e Siceleg ardemmo al fuoco.	14 For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.
15 E disse David: potrestimi tu menare a questa compagnia? Il quale respuose: giurami per Dio, che tu non mi uccidi e non mi dii nelle mani del mio signore, e menerctti a questa compagnia. E giurolli David.	15 And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him.
16 E avendolo menato con loro, ecco, coloro giaceano in su la terra, e mangiavano e beveano come persone che facessero grande festa, e per la preda e per la robba la quale aveano tolta della terra de' Filistei e della terra di Giuda.	16 And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
17 E David gli percosse dall' uno vespro all'altro, e non iscampò di loro persona, se non quattrocento uomini, li quali erano cavalcati in su li camelli, ed erano fuggiti.	17 And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.
18 E ricoverò David tutte quelle cose che quelli di Amalec aveano tolte; e due sue donne liberò.	18 So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 E non si perdette alcuna cosa dal piccolo insino al grande, così de' figliuoli come delle figliuole e di tutta la robba che aveano tolta; e tutto rimenò David.	19 And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all.
20 E tolse tutti i greggi e gli armenti, è menolli dinanzi a sè; e dissero: questa si è la preda di David.	20 And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.
21 E venne David a quelli CC uomini, li quali per debilità erano rimasi, e non aveano potuto seguitare David, e avea comandato (David) che rimanessero al fiume di Besor; li quali uscirono incontro a David e al popolo ch' era con lui. E appressandosi David al popolo, salutolli pacificamente.	21 And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people saluted them peaceably.
22 E respuose uno pessimo uomo, di quegli ch' erano con David, e disse: però che non vennero con esso noi, non gli daremo della preda, la quale abbiamo recoverata; ma basti a ciascuno di loro la sua donna e i suoi figliuoli, e quando loro averanno avuto questo, se ne vadano.	22 Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.
23 E David disse: fratelli miei, non farete così di quelle cose che Iddio ci ha date, e hacci guardati, e i ladroncelli, che ci aveano rubati, ha dati nelle nostre mani.	23 But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.
24 E non sarete esauditi in questo; ma la sarà ugual parte di colui che è andato alla battaglia, e di colui che è rimaso alli alloggiamenti; e per simile modo partiranno.	24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.
25 E da quello di inanzi fu fatto per istatuto, fermato insino al dì d' oggi, e quasi legge in Israel.	25 And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.
26 E vennesi David in Siceleg, e mandò presenti della preda agli antichi di Giuda, suoi prossimi, dicendo: togliete la benedizione della preda dellì nemici del Signore;	26 Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
27 a quelli ch' erano in Betel e in Ramot al mezzo giorno, e a quelli di Ieter,	27 To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
	28 And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,
	29 And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
	30 And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,
	31 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.