Primo libro di Samuele 30

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Allorché David, e la sua gente arrivarono il terzo giorno a Siceleg, gli Amaleciti avean fatto una scorreria dalla parte di mezzodì sino a Siceleg, e aveano presa Siceleg e l'aveano incendiata.	1 And when David and his men had arrived at Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the south side against Ziklag. And they had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.
2 E avean menate via prigioniere le donne, e i grandi e i piccoli: e non aveano ucciso nissuno, ma li conducevano con seco, e se n'andavano al loro viaggio.	2 And they had led the women in it away as captives, from the small to the great. And they had not killed anyone, but they led them away with them. And then they traveled on their journey.
3 Arrivati adunque David, e i suoi alla città, e trovandola incendiata, e menate via prigioniere le loro mogli, e i figli, e le figlie:	3 Therefore, when David and his men had arrived at the city, and had found it burned with fire, and that their wives and their sons and daughters had been led away as captives,
4 Alzaron le strida David, e la gente che era con lui, e piansero a caldi occhi.	4 David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.
5 Imperocché anche le due mogli di David erano state fatte prigioniere, Achinoam di Jezrahel, e Abigail vedova di Nabal del CarmeIo.	5 For indeed, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 E David si afflisse grandemente: perocché il popolo volea lapidarlo, essendo ciascuno amareggiato per ragione de' propri figliuoli, e delle figlie: ma David si confortò nel Signore Dio suo.	6 And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.
7 E disse ad Abiathar sacerdote, figliuolo di Achimelech: Portami l'Ephod. E Abiathar portò l’Ephod a David:	7 And he said to the priest Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring the ephod to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 E David consultò il Signore, e disse: Darò io dietro a que' ladroni, e li prenderò io, o no? E il Signore gli disse: Va dietro a loro: perocché sicuramente li prenderai, e torrai loro la preda.	8 And David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue these robbers, and will I overtake them, or not?” And the Lord said to him: “Pursue. For without doubt, you will overtake them and find the prey.”
9 Andò adunque David, e i secento uomini, che eran con lui, e si avanzarono sino al torrente Besor: ma alcuni si fermarono per la stanchezza.	9 Therefore, David went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they arrived as far as the torrent Besor. And certain ones, being weary, stayed there.
10 David pertanto tirò avanti con quattrocento uomini: perocché rimasero indietro dugento, i quali essendo stanchi non poterono passare il torrente Besor.	10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed, who, being weary, were not able to cross the torrent Besor.
11 E trovarono nella campagna un Egiziano, e lo menarono a David: diedero a colui pane da mangiare, e acqua da bere,	11 And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink,
12 E parte di un canestro di fichi e due penzoli di uva passa. E quand'egli ebbe mangiato si riebbe, e si ristorò: perocché per tre dì e tre notti non avea mangiato pane; nè bevuto acqua.	12 and also a section of a mass of dried figs, and two clusters of dried grapes. And when he had eaten, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed. For he had not eaten bread, nor drank water, for three days and three nights.
13 David allora gli disse: Di chi se' tu? e donde? e dove vai? Rispose quegli: Io sono schiavo Egiziano, e servo un Amalecita: il mio padrone mi ha lasciato, perchè cominciai ad aver male jeri l'altro.	13 And so David said to him: “To whom do you belong? Or where are you from? And where are you going?” And he said: “I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalekite man. But my lord abandoned me, because I began to be sick the day before yesterday.
14 Imperocché noi abbiam fatta una scorreria nella parte meridionale di Cerethi, e verso Giuda, e al mezzodì di Caleb, e abbiamo incendiata Siceleg.	14 For indeed, we broke forth to the southern side of Cherethi, and against Judah, and to the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 E David gli disse: Puoi tu condurmi, dove è quella gente? Disse egli: Giurami per Dio, che non mi ucciderai, e non mi darai nelle mani del mio padrone, e io ti condurrò, dove è quella gente. E Davidde giurò.	15 And David said to him, “Are you able to lead me to this battle line?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my lord, and I will lead you to this battle line.” And David swore to him.
16 E quegli avendo a lui fatta la guida, ecco che veggon coloro sdrajati dappertutto sulla terra, che mangiavano, e bevevano, e quasi celebravano un dì festivo per ragion di tutta la preda, e delle spoglie che avean raunate nel paese de' Filistei, e nel paese di Giuda.	16 And when he had led him, behold, they were stretched out on the face of the land everywhere, eating and drinking and celebrating, as if it were a feast day, because of all the prey and spoils that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.
17 E David diede loro addosso da quella sera sino alla sera del dì seguente, e nissuno scampò, eccettuati quattrocento giovani, i quali saliron sopra i lor cammelli, e si diedero alla fuga.	17 And David struck them down from evening until the evening of the next day. And no one among them escaped, except four hundred youths, who had climbed on camels and fled.
18 Ripigliò pertanto David tutto quel che avean portato via gli Amaleciti, e liberò le sue due mogli.	18 Therefore, David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 E non mancò cosa veruna o piccola, o grande, tanto riguardo a' figliuoli, e alle figliuole, come per riguardo alle spoglie: e David ricondusse tutte le cose che quelli avean portato via.	19 And nothing was missing, from small even to great, among the sons and daughters, and among the spoils, and among everything whatsoever that they had seized. David returned it all.
20 E prese tutti i greggi e tutto il bestiame grosso, e mandoIlo avanti a se; e dissero: Questa è la preda di David.	20 And he took all the flocks and the herds, and he drove them before his face. And they said, “This is the prey of David.”
21 E andò David verso quei dugento, i quali si eran fermati pella stanchezza, e non avean potuto seguirlo, e ai quali egli avea ordinato di riposarsi presso al torrente Besor: ed eglino andarono incontro a David, e alla gente che era con lui: e David accostatosi a loro li salutò cortesemente.	21 Then David arrived at the two hundred men, who, being weary, had stayed, for they had not been able to follow David, and he had ordered them to remain at the torrent Besor. And they went out to meet David, and the people who were with him. Then David, drawing near to the people, greeted them peacefully.
22 E tutti i tristi, e cattivi uomini del numero, che era andato con David, presero a dire: Siccome eglino non son venuti con noi, non darem loro cosa veruna della preda, che abbiam ripresa: basti a ciascun di loro il riavere la sua moglie, e i figliuoli: e avuti questi se ne vadano.	22 And all the wicked and iniquitous men, out of the men who had gone with David, responding, said: “Since they did not go with us, we will not give to them anything from the prey that we have rescued. But let his wife and children be enough for each of them; when they have accepted this, they may go back.”
23 Ma David disse: Non fate così, fratelli miei, riguardo alle cose date a noi dal Signore: egli è stato nostro custode, e ha dato nelle nostre mani i ladroni che si eran gettati sopra di noi:	23 But David said: “You shall not do this, my brothers, with these things that the Lord has delivered to us, for he has preserved us, and he has given into our hands the robbers who broke out among us.
24 E nissuno vi menerà buono questo parlare: perocché egual porzione avrà colui che combatte nella mischia, e colui che rimane al bagaglio, e divideranno con eguaglianza.	24 And so, let no one heed you over these words. But equal shall be the portion of him who descended to the battle, and of him who remained with the supplies, and they will divide it alike.”
25 E da quel dì in poi fu questo un punto stabilito, e deciso, e quasi legge in Israele sino a questo dì.	25 And this has been done from that day and thereafter. And it was established as a statute, and as if a law, in Israel even to this day.
26 E David giunse a Siceleg, e della preda mandò doni a' seniori di Giuda suoi parenti, dicendo: Accattate questa benedizione che è parte della preda fatta sopra i nemici del Signore:	26 Then David went to Ziklag, and he sent gifts from the prey to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, saying, “Receive a blessing from the prey of the enemies of the Lord,”
27 (Ne mandò) a quelli ch'erano a Bethel, e a quei di Ramoth verso mezzodì, e a quelli di Jether.	27 to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir,
28 E a quelli di Aroer, e a quelli di Sephamoth, e a quelli di Esthamo,	28 and who were in Aroer, and who were in Siphmoth, and who were in Eshtemoa,
29 E a quelli di Rachal, e a quelli delle città di Jerameel, e delle città di Ceni,	29 and who were in Racal, and who were in the cities of Jerahmeel, and who were in the cities of Keni,
30 E a quelli di Arama, e a quelli del lago di Asan, e a quelli di Atach,	30 and who were in Hormah, and who were at the lake of Ashan, and who were in Athach,
31 E a quelli di Hebron, e a tutti quegli altri che stavano ne' luoghi, dove si era trattenuto David colla sua gente.	31 and who were in Hebron, and to the remainder who were in those places where David had stayed, he and his men.