Secondo libro di Samuele 10

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Factum est autem post haec, ut moreretur rex filiorum Ammon, et regnaret Hanon filius eius pro eo.	1 Now after these things, it happened that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned after him.
2 Dixitque David: “ Faciam misericordiam cum Hanon filio Naas, sicut fecit pater eius mecum misericordiam ”. Misit ergo David consolans eum per servos suos super patris interitu. Cum autem venissent servi David in terram filiorum Ammon,	2 And David said, “I will show mercy to Hanun, the son of Nahash, just as his father showed mercy to me.” Therefore, David sent consolation to him, by his servants, over the passing of his father. But when the servants of David had arrived in the land of the sons of Ammon,
3 dixerunt principes filiorum Ammon ad Hanon dominum suum: “ Putas quod propter honorem patris tui David miserit ad te consolatores; et non ideo, ut investigaret et exploraret civitatem et everteret eam, misit David servos suos ad te? ”.	3 the leaders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, their lord: “Do you think it was because of the honor of your father that David sent consolers to you? And did not David send his servants to you, so that he might investigate and explore the city, and so that he might overthrow it?”
4 Tulit itaque Hanon servos David rasitque dimidiam partem barbae eorum et praecidit vestes eorum medias usque ad nates et dimisit eos.	4 And so, Hanun took the servants of David, and he shaved off one half part of their beards, and he cut their garments at the middle, as far as the buttocks, and he sent them away.
5 Quod cum nuntiatum esset David, misit in occursum eorum — erant enim viri confusi turpiter valde — et mandavit eis David: “ Manete Iericho, donec crescat barba vestra, et tunc revertimini ”.	5 And when this had been reported to David, he sent to meet them. And the men were greatly disturbed by shame. And David commanded them, “Remain in Jericho, until your beards grow, and then return.”
6 Videntes autem filii Ammon quod exosos se fecissent David, miserunt et conduxerunt mercede a Syria Bethrohob et a Syria Soba viginti milia peditum et a rege Maacha mille viros et a viris Tob duodecim milia virorum.	6 Now the sons of Ammon, seeing that they had done an injury to David, sent for, and paid wages to, the Syrians of Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and from the king of Maacah, one thousand men, and from Tob, twelve thousand men.
7 Quod cum audisset David, misit Ioab et omnem exercitum, viros fortissimos.	7 And when David had heard this, he sent Joab and the entire army of warriors.
8 Egressi sunt ergo filii Ammon et direxerunt aciem ante ipsum introitum portae; Syri autem Soba et Rohob et viri Tob et Maacha seorsum erant in campo.	8 Then the sons of Ammon went forth, and they positioned their battle line before the very entrance of the gates. But the Syrians of Zobah, and of Rehob, and of Tob, and of Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
9 Videns igitur Ioab quod praeparatum esset adversum se proelium et ex adverso et post tergum, elegit ex omnibus electis Israel et instruxit aciem contra Syros;	9 And so, seeing that the battle had been prepared against him, both facing him and behind, Joab chose some from all of the elect men of Israel, and he set up a battle line opposite the Syrians.
10 reliquam autem partem populi tradidit Abisai fratri suo, qui direxit aciem adversus filios Ammon.	10 But the remaining part of the people he delivered to his brother Abishai, who formed a battle line against the sons of Ammon.
11 Et ait Ioab: “ Si praevaluerint adversum me Syri, eris mihi in adiutorium; si autem filii Ammon praevaluerint adversum te, auxiliabor tibi.	11 And Joab said: “If the Syrians prevail against me, then you shall assist me. But if the sons of Ammon prevail against you, then I will assist you.
12 Esto vir fortis, et fortiter agamus pro populo nostro et civitatibus Dei nostri; Dominus autem faciet, quod bonum est in conspectu suo ”.	12 Be valiant men. And let us fight on behalf of our people and the city of our God. Then the Lord will do what is good in his own sight.”
13 Iniit itaque Ioab et populus, qui erat cum eo, certamen contra Syros, qui fugerunt a facie eius.	13 And so, Joab, and the people who were with him, undertook the conflict against the Syrians, who immediately fled before their face.
14 Filii autem Ammon videntes quod fugissent Syri, fugerunt et ipsi a facie Abisai et ingressi sunt civitatem. Reversusque est Ioab a filiis Ammon et venit Ierusalem.	14 Then, seeing that the Syrians had fled, the sons of Ammon themselves also fled from the face of Abishai, and they entered into the city. And Joab returned from the sons of Ammon, and he went to Jerusalem.
15 Videntes igitur Syri quoniam corruissent coram Israel, congregati sunt pariter.	15 And so, the Syrians, seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together.
16 Misitque Adadezer et eduxit Syros, qui erant trans fluvium, et venerunt in Elam; Sobach autem magister militiae Adadezer erat princeps eorum.	16 And Hadadezer sent and brought the Syrians who were beyond the river, and he led in their army. And Shobach, the rule of the military of Hadadezer, was their leader.
17 Quod cum nuntiatum esset David, contraxit omnem Israelem et transivit Iordanem venitque in Elam. Et direxerunt aciem Syri ex adverso David et pugnaverunt contra eum.	17 And when this had been reported to David, he drew together all of Israel. And he crossed over the Jordan, and he went to Helam. And the Syrians formed a battle line opposite David, and they fought against him.
18 Fugeruntque Syri a facie Israel; et occidit David de Syris septingentos currus et quadraginta milia peditum et Sobach principem militiae percussit, qui ibi mortuus est.	18 And the Syrians fled before the face of Israel. And David killed, among the Syrians, the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen. And he struck down Shobach, the leader of the military, who immediately died.
19 Videntes autem universi reges, qui erant in praesidio Adadezer, se victos esse ab Israel, fecerunt pacem cum Israel et servierunt eis. Timueruntque Syri auxilium praebere ultra filiis Ammon.	19 Then all the kings who were in the reinforcements of Hadadezer, seeing themselves to be defeated by Israel, were very afraid and they fled: fifty-eight thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel, and they served them. And the Syrians were afraid to offer assistance to the sons of Ammon anymore.