Secondo libro di Samuele 17

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Dixitque Achitophel ad Ab salom: “ Eligam mihi duode cim milia virorum et consurgens persequar David hac nocte	1 Ahithophel went on to say to Absalom: "Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and be off in pursuit of David tonight.
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 If I come upon him when he is weary and discouraged, I shall cause him panic. When all the people with him flee, I shall strike down the king 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 Then I can bring back the rest of the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband. It is the death of only one man you are seeking; then all the people will be at peace."
4 Placuitque sermo eius Absalom et cunctis maioribus natu Israel.	4 This plan was agreeable to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.
5 Ait autem Absalom: “ Vocate et Chusai Arachiten, et audiamus quid etiam ipse dicat ”.	5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also; let us hear what he too has to say."
6 Cumque venisset Chusai ad Absalom, ait Absalom ad eum: “ Huiuscemodi sermonem locutus est Achitophel; verbum eius facere debemus an non? Tu loquere ”.	6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him: "This is what Ahithophel proposed. Shall we follow his proposal? If not, speak up."
7 Et dixit Chusai ad Absalom: “ Non bonum consilium, quod dedit Achitophel hac vice ”.	7 Hushai replied to Absalom, "This time Ahithophel has not given good counsel."
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 he went on to say: "You know that your father and his men are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear in the wild robbed of her cubs. Moreover, since your father is skilled in warfare, he will not spend the night 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 Even now he lies hidden in one of the caves or in some other place. And if some of our soldiers should fall at the first attack, whoever hears of it will say, 'Absalom's followers have been slaughtered.'
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 Then even the brave man with the heart of a lion will lose courage. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.
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 "This is what I counsel: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba, who are as numerous as the sands by the sea, be called up for combat; and go with them yourself.
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 We can then attack him wherever we find him, settling down upon him as dew alights on the ground. None shall survive--neither he nor any of his followers.
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 retires into a city, all Israel shall bring ropes to that city and we can drag it into the gorge, so that not even a pebble of it can be found."
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 Then Absalom and all the Israelites pronounced the counsel of Hushai the Archite better than that of Ahithophel. For the LORD had decided to undo Ahithophel's good counsel, in order thus to bring Absalom to ruin.
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 Then Hushai said to the priests Zadok and Abiathar: "This is the counsel Ahithophel gave Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I counseled.
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 So send a warning to David immediately, not to spend the night at the fords near the desert, but to cross over without fail. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be destroyed."
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 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, since they could not risk being seen entering the city. A maidservant was to come with information for them, and they in turn were to go and report to King David.
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 an attendant saw them and informed Absalom. They sped on their way and reached the house of a man in Bahurim who had a cistern in his courtyard. They let themselves down into this,
19 Tulit autem mulier et expandit velamen super os putei et sparsit super illud ptisanas, et sic res latuit.	19 and the housewife took the cover and spread it over the cistern, strewing ground grain on the cover so that nothing could be noticed.
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 When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman replied, "They went by a short while ago toward the water." They searched, but found no one, and so returned to 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 As soon as they left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan came up out of the cistern and went on to inform King David. They said to him: "Leave! Cross the water at once, for Ahithophel has given the following counsel in regard to 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 and all his people moved on and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed.
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 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not acted upon, he saddled his ass and departed, going to his home in his own city. Then, having left orders concerning his family, he hanged himself. And so he died and was buried in his father's tomb.
24 David autem venit in Mahanaim, et Absalom transivit Iordanem, ipse et omnis vir Israel cum eo.	24 Now David had gone to Mahanaim when Absalom crossed the Jordan accompanied by all the Israelites.
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 Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in Joab's place. Amasa was the son of an Ishmaelite named Ithra, who had married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah.
26 Et castrametatus est Israel cum Absalom in terra Galaad.	26 Israel and Absalom encamped in the territory of Gilead.
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 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi, son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir, son of Ammiel from Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite from 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 couches, coverlets, basins and earthenware, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
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 honey, butter and cheese from the flocks and herds, for David and those who were with him to eat; for they said, "The people have been hungry and tired and thirsty in the desert."