1 Maccabees 6

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NOVA VULGATA
1 Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold.	1 Et rex Antiochus perambulabat superiores regiones et audivit esseElymaida in Perside civitatem gloriosam divitiis argento et auro
2 And that there was in it a temple, exceeding rich: and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields which king Alexander, son of Philip the Macedonian that reigned first in Greece, had left there.	2 templumque inea locuples valde et illic velamina aurea et loricae et scuta, quae reliquit ibiAlexander Philippi rex Macedo, qui regnavit primus in Graecia.
3 Lo, he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it: But he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city.	3 Et venit etquaerebat capere civitatem et depraedari eam et non potuit, quoniam innotuitsermo his, qui erant in civitate.
4 And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.	4 Et restiterunt ei in proelium. Et fugit indeet abiit cum tristitia magna, ut reverteretur in Babyloniam.
5 And whilst he was in Persia, there came one that told him, how the armies that were in the land of Juda were put to flight:	5 Et venit, quinuntiaret ei in Perside quia fugata sunt castra, quae iverant in terram Iudae,
6 And that Lysias went with a very great power, and was put to flight before the face of the Jews, and that thy were grown strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten out of the camps which they had destroyed:	6 et quia abiit Lysias cum virtute forti in primis et fugatus est a facie eorum,et invaluerunt armis et viribus et spoliis multis, quae ceperunt de castris quaeexciderunt,
7 And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also his city.	7 et quia diruerunt abominationem, quam aedificaverat super altare,quod erat in Ierusalem, et sanctificationem sicut prius circumdederunt murisexcelsis et Bethsuram civitatem eius.
8 And it came to pass when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined.	8 Et factum est, ut audivit rex sermonesistos, expavit et commotus est valde et decidit in lectum et incidit inlanguorem prae tristitia, quia non factum est ei, sicut cogitabat.
9 And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die.	9 Et eratillic per dies multos, quia renovata est in eo tristitia magna, et arbitratusest se mori.
10 And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety.	10 Et vocavit omnes amicos suos et dixit illis: “ Recessit somnusab oculis meis, et concidi corde prae sollicitudine
11 And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow, wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!	11 et dixi in corde meo:Quousque tribulationis deveni et tempestatis magnae, in qua nunc sum? Quiaiucundus eram et dilectus in potestate mea!
12 But now I remember the evils that I have done in Jerusalem, from whence also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver that were in it, and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.	12 Nunc vero reminiscor malorum,quae feci in Ierusalem, unde et abstuli omnia vasa aurea et argentea, quae erantin ea, et misi auferre habitantes Iudam sine causa.
13 I know therefore that for this cause these evils have found me: and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.	13 Cognovi quia proptereainvenerunt me mala ista; et ecce pereo tristitia magna in terra aliena ”.
14 Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.	14 Et vocavit Philippum, unum de amicis suis, et praeposuit eum super universumregnum suum;
15 And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he should go to Antiochus his son, and should bring him up for the kingdom.	15 et dedit ei diadema et stolam suam et anulum, ut adduceretAntiochum filium suum et nutriret eum, ut regnaret.
16 So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.	16 Et mortuus est illicAntiochus rex anno centesimo quadragesimo nono.
17 And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.	17 Et cognovit Lysias quoniammortuus est rex, et constituit regnare Antiochum filium eius pro eo, quemnutrivit adulescentiorem; et vocavit nomen eius Eupatorem.
18 Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.	18 Et hi, qui erant in arce, concluserant Israel in circuitu sanctorum etquaerebant eis mala semper et firmamentum gentium.
19 And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.	19 Et cogitavit Iudasdisperdere eos et convocavit universum populum, ut obsiderent eos.
20 And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.	20 Etconvenerunt simul et obsederunt eos anno centesimo quinquagesimo et feceruntballistas et machinas.
21 And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.	21 Et exierunt quidam ex eis, qui obsidebantur, etadiunxerunt se illis aliqui impii ex Israel
22 And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute the judgment, and to revenge our brethren?	22 et abierunt ad regem et dixerunt:“ Quousque non facis iudicium et vindicabis fratres nostros?
23 We determined to serve thy father and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts:	23 Nos decrevimusservire patri tuo et ambulare in praeceptis eius et obsequi edictis eius;
24 And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances.	24 etfilii populi nostri propter hoc obsederunt arcem et alienabant se a nobis, et,quicumque inveniebantur ex nobis, interficiebantur, et hereditates nostraediripiebantur.
25 Neither have they put forth their hand against us only, but also against all our borders.	25 Et non ad nos tantum extenderunt manum sed et in omnes finessuos;
26 And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the stronghold of Bethsura:	26 et ecce applicuerunt hodie ad arcem in Ierusalem occupare eam et sanctaet Bethsuram munierunt.
27 And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.	27 Et, nisi praeveneris eos velocius, maiora quam haecfacient, et non poteris continere eos ”.
28 Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over the horsemen.	28 Et iratus est rex, ut audivit, et convocavit omnes amicos suos et principesexercitus sui et eos, qui super vehicula erant;
29 There came also to him from other realms, and from the islands of the sea hired troops.	29 sed et de regnis aliis et deinsulis maritimis venerunt ad eum exercitus conducticii.
30 And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants, trained to battle.	30 Et erat numerusexercitus eius centum milia peditum et viginti milia equitum, et elephantitriginta duo docti ad proelium.
31 And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth and burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.	31 Et venerunt per Idumaeam et applicuerunt adBethsuram. Et pugnaverunt dies multos et fecerunt machinas et exierunt etsuccenderunt eas igne et pugnaverunt viriliter.
32 And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king's camp.	32 Et recessit Iudas ab arce etmovit castra ad Bethzacharam contra castra regis.
33 And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:	33 Et surrexit rex ante lucemet excitavit exercitum in impetu suo contra viam Bethzacharam, et comparaveruntse exercitus in proelium et tubis cecinerunt
34 And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.	34 et elephantis ostenderuntsanguinem uvae et mori ad acuendos eos in proelium.
35 And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for every beast.	35 Et diviserunt bestias perlegiones, et astiterunt singulis elephantis mille viri in loricis concatenatis,et galeae aereae in capitibus eorum, et quingenti equites ordinati unicuiquebestiae electi.
36 These before the time wheresoever the beast was, the were there: and withersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.	36 Hi ante tempus, ubicumque erat bestia, ibi erant et,quocumque ibat, ibant; non discedebant ab ea.
37 And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers, which covered every one of them: and engines upon them: and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above; and an Indian to rule the beast.	37 Et turres ligneae super eosfirmae, protectae super singulas bestias, praecinctae super eas machinis, etsuper singulas viri virtutis quattuor, qui pugnabant desuper, et Indus eius.
38 And the rest of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side at the two wings, with trumpets to stir up the army, and to hasten them forward that stood thick together in the legions thereof.	38 Et residuos equites hinc et inde statuit in duas partes exercitus excitaturos etprotecturos in legionibus.
39 Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.	39 Et, ut refulsit sol in clipeos aureos et aereos,resplenduerunt montes ab eis et resplenduerunt sicut lampades ignis.
40 And part of the king's army was distinguished by the high mountains, and the other part by the low places: and they marched on warily and orderly.	40 Etdistincta est pars exercitus regis super montes excelsos, et quidam per locahumilia; et ibant caute et ordinate.
41 And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.	41 Et commovebantur omnes audientes vocemmultitudinis et incessum turbae et collisionem armorum; erat enim exercitusmagnus valde et fortis.
42 And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king's army six hundred men.	42 Et appropiavit Iudas et exercitus eius in proelium,et ceciderunt de exercitu regis sescenti viri.
43 And Eleazar the son of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king's harness: and it was higher than the other beasts: and it seemed to him that the king was on it:	43 Et vidit Eleazar Abaran unam de bestiis loricatam loricis regis, et erateminens super ceteras bestias, et visum est ei quod in ea esset rex;
44 And he exposed himself to deliver his people and to get himself an everlasting name.	44 et deditse, ut liberaret populum suum et acquireret sibi nomen aeternum.
45 And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and that side.	45 Et cucurritad eam audacter, in medio legionis interficiens a dextris et a sinistris, etfindebantur ab eo huc atque illuc;
46 And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.	46 et ivit sub elephantum et supposuit se eiet occidit eum; et cecidit in terram super ipsum, et mortuus est illic.
47 Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.	47 Et videntes virtutem regni et impetum exercituum diverterunt se ab eis.
48 But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.	48 Qui autem erant de castris regis, ascenderunt obviam illis in Ierusalem, etapplicuit rex ad Iudaeam et montem Sion.
49 And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.	49 Et fecit pacem cum his, qui erant inBethsura; et exierunt de civitate, quia non erant eis ibi alimenta, eo quodconclusi essent in ea, quia sabbatum erat terrae.
50 And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.	50 Et comprehendit rexBethsuram et constituit illic custodiam servare eam.
51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.	51 Et applicuit castra adlocum sanctificationis dies multos; et statuit illic ballistas et machinas etignis iacula et tormenta ad lapides iactandos et scorpios ad mittendas sagittaset fundibula.
52 And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days.	52 Fecerunt autem et ipsi machinas adversus machinas eorum etpugnaverunt dies multos;
53 But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.	53 escae autem non erant in horreis, eo quod septimusannus esset, et, qui evaserant in Iudaeam de gentibus, consumpserant reliquiasrepositionis.
54 And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place.	54 Et remanserunt in sanctis viri pauci, quoniam obtinuerat eosfames, et dispersi sunt unusquisque in locum suum.
55 Now Lysias heard that Philip, whom king Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, and to reign, to be king,	55 Et audivit Lysias quod Philippus, quem constituerat rex Antiochus, cum adhucviveret, ut nutriret Antiochum filium suum ut regnaret,
56 Was returned from Persia, and Media, with the army that went with him, and that he sought to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom:	56 reversus esset aPerside et Media, et exercitus, qui abierat cum ipso, et quia quaerebatsuscipere regni negotia.
57 Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.	57 Festinavit et significavit ire dixitque ad regem etduces exercitus et viros: “ Deficimus cotidie, et esca nobis modica est, etlocus, quem obsidemus, est munitus, et incumbunt nobis negotia regni.
58 Now therefore let us come to an agreement with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation.	58 Nuncitaque demus dextras hominibus istis et faciamus cum illis pacem et cum omnigente eorum
59 And let us covenant with them, that they may live according to their own laws as before. For because of our despising their laws, they have been provoked, and have done all these things.	59 et constituamus illis, ut ambulent in legitimis suis sicut prius;propter legitima enim ipsorum, quae dispersimus, irati sunt et fecerunt omniahaec ”.
60 And the proposal was acceptable in the sight of the king, and of the princes: and he sent to them to make peace: and they accepted of it.	60 Et placuit sermo in conspectu regis et principum, et misit ad eospacem facere, et receperunt illam.
61 And the king and the princes swore to them: and they came out of the stronghold.	61 Et iuravit illis rex et principes. Hiscondicionibus exierunt de munitione.
62 Then the king entered into mount Sion, and saw the strength of the place: and he quickly broke the oath that he had taken, and gave commandment to throw down the wall round about.	62 Et intravit rex in montem Sion et viditmunitionem loci et rupit iuramentum, quod iuravit, et mandavit destruere murumin gyro.
63 And he departed in haste, and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip master of the city: and he fought against him, and took the city.	63 Et discessit festinanter et reversus est Antiochiam; et invenitPhilippum dominantem civitati et pugnavit adversus eum et occupavit civitatemper vim.