Secondo libro di Samuele 17

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Dixitque Achitophel ad Ab salom: “ Eligam mihi duode cim milia virorum et consurgens persequar David hac nocte	1 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
2 et irruens super eum, quippe qui lassus est et solutis manibus, terrebo eum. Cumque fugerit omnis populus, qui cum eo est, percutiam regem desolatum	2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
3 et reducam universum populum ad te, sicut revertitur sponsa ad virum suum; unius solummodo viri animam quaeris, et omnis populus erit in pace ”.	3 And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
4 Placuitque sermo eius Absalom et cunctis maioribus natu Israel.	4 And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
5 Ait autem Absalom: “ Vocate et Chusai Arachiten, et audiamus quid etiam ipse dicat ”.	5 But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
6 Cumque venisset Chusai ad Absalom, ait Absalom ad eum: “ Huiuscemodi sermonem locutus est Achitophel; verbum eius facere debemus an non? Tu loquere ”.	6 And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?
7 Et dixit Chusai ad Absalom: “ Non bonum consilium, quod dedit Achitophel hac vice ”.	7 And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.
8 Et rursum intulit Chusai: “ Tu nosti patrem tuum et viros, qui cum eo sunt, esse fortissimos et amaro animo, veluti ursa in saltu catulis orbata; sed et pater tuus vir bellator est nec morabitur cum populo:	8 And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.
9 ecce nunc latitat in aliqua fovea aut in aliquo alio loco. Et, cum ceciderit unus quilibet in principio, certo audient et dicent: “Facta est plaga in populo, qui sequitur Absalom”.	9 Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom.
10 Et fortissimus quoque, cuius cor est quasi leonis, pavore solvetur; scit enim omnis Israel fortem esse patrem tuum et robustos omnes, qui cum eo sunt.	10 And the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.
11 Sed hoc mihi videtur rectum esse consilium: congregetur ad te universus Israel a Dan usque Bersabee, quasi arena maris innumerabilis, et tu ipse gradieris in proelium;	11 But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.
12 et irruemus super eum, in quocumque loco fuerit inventus, et operiemus eum sicut cadere solet ros super terram; et non remanebit de eo et de omnibus viris, qui cum eo sunt, ne unus quidem.	12 And we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.
13 Quod si urbem aliquam fuerit ingressus, applicabit omnis Israel civitati illi funes, et trahemus eam in torrentem, ut non reperiatur nec calculus quidem ex ea ”.	13 And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.
14 Dixitque Absalom et omnis vir Israel: “ Melius consilium Chusai Arachitae consilio Achitophel ”. Dominus enim statuerat dissipare consilium Achitophel utile, ut induceret Dominus super Absalom malum.	14 And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Et ait Chusai Sadoc et Abiathar sacerdotibus: “ Hoc et hoc modo consilium dedit Achitophel Absalom et senibus Israel, et ego tale et tale dedi consilium;	15 And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them.
16 nunc ergo mittite cito et nuntiate David dicentes: “Ne moreris nocte hac ad vada deserti, sed absque dilatione transgredere, ne absorbeatur rex et omnis populus, qui cum eo est” ”.	16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him.
17 Ionathan autem et Achimaas stabant iuxta fontem Rogel; abiit ancilla et nuntiavit eis, et illi profecti sunt, ut referrent ad regem David nuntium; non enim poterant introire civitatem, ne viderentur.	17 And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed by the fountain Rogel: and there went a maid and told them: and they went forward, to carry the message to king David, for they might not be seen, nor enter into the city.
18 Vidit autem eos quidam iuvenis et indicavit Absalom; illi vero concito gradu profecti ingressi sunt domum cuiusdam viri in Bahurim, qui habebat puteum in vestibulo suo, et descenderunt in eum.	18 But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it.
19 Tulit autem mulier et expandit velamen super os putei et sparsit super illud ptisanas, et sic res latuit.	19 And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
20 Cumque venissent servi Absalom ad mulierem in domum, dixerunt: “ Ubi est Achimaas et Ionathan? ”. Et respondit eis mulier: “ Transierunt hinc ad aquas ”. At hi, qui quaerebant, cum non repperissent, reversi sunt Ierusalem.	20 And when Absalom's servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into Jerusalem.
21 Cumque abissent, ascenderunt illi de puteo et pergentes nuntiaverunt regi David atque dixerunt: “ Surgite et transite cito fluvium, quoniam huiuscemodi dedit consilium contra vos Achitophel ”.	21 And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.
22 Surrexit ergo David et omnis populus, qui erat cum eo, et transierunt Iordanem, donec dilucesceret; et ne unus quidem residuus fuit, qui non transisset fluvium.	22 So David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan, until it grew light, and not one of them was left that was not gone over the river.
23 Porro Achitophel videns quod non fuisset factum consilium suum, stravit asinum suum et surrexit et abiit in domum suam in civitatem suam et, disposita domo sua, laqueo se suspendit et interiit; et sepultus est in sepulcro patris sui.	23 But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 David autem venit in Mahanaim, et Absalom transivit Iordanem, ipse et omnis vir Israel cum eo.	24 But David came to the camp, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, be and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Amasam vero constituerat Absalom pro Ioab super exercitum; Amasa autem erat filius viri, qui vocabatur Iether Ismaelites, qui ingressus est ad Abigail filiam Isai sororem Sarviae, quae fuit mater Ioab.	25 Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab's stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.
26 Et castrametatus est Israel cum Absalom in terra Galaad.	26 And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.
27 Cumque venisset David in Mahanaim, Sobi filius Naas de Rabba filiorum Ammon et Machir filius Ammiel de Lodabar et Berzellai Galaadites de Rogelim	27 And when David was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar, and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,
28 obtulerunt ei stratoria et tapetia et pelves et vasa fictilia, frumentum et hordeum et farinam, frixum cicer et fabam et lentem	28 Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,
29 et mel et butyrum, oves et pingues vitulos; dederuntque David et populo, qui cum eo erat, ad vescendum; suspicati enim sunt populum fame et siti fuisse fatigatum in deserto.	29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.