Secondo libro di Samuele 21

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Facta est fames in diebus David tribus annis iugiter. Et consuluit David oraculum Domini, dixitque Dominus: “ Super Saul et super domum eius est sanguis, quia occidit Gabaonitas ”.	1 During David's reign there was a famine for three successive years. David had recourse to the LORD, who said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and his family because he put the Gibeonites to death."
2 Vocatis ergo Gabaonitis, rex dixit ad eos — porro Gabaonitae non sunt de filiis Israel, sed reliquiae Amorraeorum; filii quippe Israel iuraverant eis, sed voluit Saul percutere eos zelo suo pro filiis Israel et Iudae —;	2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but survivors of the Amorites; and although the Israelites had given them their oath, Saul had attempted to kill them off in his zeal for the men of Israel and Judah.)
3 dixit ergo David ad Gabaonitas: “ Quid faciam vobis? Et quod erit vestri piaculum, ut benedicatis hereditati Domini? ”.	3 David said to the Gibeonites, "What must I do for you and how must I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?"
4 Dixeruntque ei Gabaonitae: “ Non est nobis super argento et auro quaestio contra Saul et contra domum eius; neque nobis licet interficere hominem de Israel ”. Ad quos ait: “ Quod ergo dixeritis, faciam vobis ”.	4 The Gibeonites answered him, "We have no claim against Saul and his house for silver or gold, nor is it our place to put any man to death in Israel." Then he said, "I will do for you whatever you propose."
5 Qui dixerunt regi: “ De filiis viri, qui attrivit nos et cogitavit delere nos ita ut ne unus quidem nostrum residuus esset in cunctis finibus Israel,	5 They said to the king, "As for the man who was exterminating us and who intended to destroy us that we might have no place in all the territory of Israel,
6 dentur nobis septem viri, et suspendamus eos in patibulis Domino in Gabaon in monte Domini ”. Et ait rex: “ Ego dabo ”.	6 let seven men from among his descendants be given to us, that we may dismember them before the LORD in Gibeon, on the LORD'S mountain." The king replied, "I will give them up."
7 Pepercitque rex Meribbaal filio Ionathan filii Saul propter iusiurandum Domini, quod fuerat inter David et inter Ionathan filium Saul.	7 The king, however, spared Meribbaal, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that formed a bond between David and Saul's son Jonathan.
8 Tulit itaque rex duos filios Respha filiae Aia, quos peperit Saul, Armoni et Meribbaal, et quinque filios Merob filiae Saul, quos genuerat Hadrieli filio Berzellai, qui fuit de Molathi,	8 But the king took Armoni and Meribbaal, the two sons that Aiah's daughter Rizpah had borne to Saul, and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merob that she had borne to Adriel, son of Barzillai the Meholathite,
9 et dedit eos in manu Gabaonitarum, qui suspenderunt illos in monte coram Domino. Et ceciderunt hi septem simul, occisi in diebus messis primis, incipiente messione hordei.	9 and surrendered them to the Gibeonites. They then dismembered them on the mountain before the LORD. The seven fell at the one time; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest--that is, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
10 Tollens autem Respha filia Aia cilicium substravit sibi super petram ab initio messis, donec stillaret aqua super eos de caelo, et non dimisit aves caeli considere super eos per diem neque bestias campi per noctem.	10 Then Rizpah, Aiah's daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until rain came down on them from the sky, fending off the birds of the sky from settling on them by day, and the wild animals by night.
11 Et nuntiata sunt David, quae fecerat Respha filia Aia concubina Saul.	11 When David was informed of what Rizpah, Aiah's daughter, the concubine of Saul, had done,
12 Et abiit David et tulit ossa Saul et ossa Ionathan filii eius a civibus Iabes Galaad, qui furati fuerant ea de platea Bethsan, in qua suspenderant eos Philisthim, cum interfecissent Saul in Gelboe,	12 he went and obtained the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh-gilead, who had carried them off secretly from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them at the time they killed Saul on Gilboa.
13 et asportavit inde ossa Saul et ossa Ionathan filii eius; et colligentes ossa eorum, qui suspensi fuerant,	13 When he had brought up from there the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan, the bones of those who had been dismembered were also gathered up.
14 sepelierunt ea cum ossibus Saul et Ionathan filii eius in terra Beniamin in Sela, in sepulcro Cis patris eius. Feceruntque omnia, quae praeceperat rex; et repropitiatus est Deus terrae post haec.	14 Then the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan were buried in the tomb of his father Kish at Zela in the territory of Benjamin. After all that the king commanded had been carried out, God granted relief to the land.
15 Factum est autem rursum proelium Philisthinorum adversum Israel, et descendit David et servi eius cum eo, et pugnabant contra Philisthim, et fatigatus est David.	15 There was another battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his servants and fought the Philistines, but David grew tired.
16 Iesbibenob, qui fuit de genere Rapha — ferrum hastae trecentos siclos appendebat — et accinctus erat ense novo, nisus est percutere David;	16 Dadu, one of the Rephaim, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels, was about to take him captive. Dadu was girt with a new sword and planned to kill David,
17 praesidioque ei fuit Abisai filius Sarviae et percussum Philisthaeum interfecit. Tunc iuraverunt viri David dicentes: “ Iam non egredieris nobiscum in bellum, ne exstinguas lucernam Israel ”.	17 but Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to his assistance and struck and killed the Philistine. Then David's men swore to him, "You must not go out to battle with us again, lest you quench the lamp of Israel."
18 Fuitque rursum bellum in Gob contra Philisthaeos; tunc percussit Sobbochai de Husa Saph de stirpe Rapha.	18 After this there was another battle with the Philistines in Gob. On that occasion Sibbecai, from Husha, killed Saph, one of the Rephaim.
19 Et fuit iterum bellum in Gob contra Philisthaeos, in quo percussit Elchanan filius Iair Bethlehemites Goliath Getthaeum, cuius hastile hastae erat quasi liciatorium texentium.	19 There was another battle with the Philistines in Gob, in which Elhanan, son of Jair from Bethlehem, killed Goliath of Gath, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver's heddle-bar.
20 Et adhuc fuit bellum in Geth, in quo vir excelsus, qui senos in manibus pedibusque habebat digitos, id est viginti et quattuor, et is quoque erat de origine Rapha,	20 There was another battle at Gath in which there was a man of large stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot--twenty-four in all. He too was one of the Rephaim.
21 exprobravit Israel; percussit autem eum Ionathan filius Samma fratris David.	21 And when he insulted Israel, Jonathan, son of David's brother Shimei, killed him.
22 Hi quattuor erant de genere Rapha ex Geth et ceciderunt per manum David et servorum eius.	22 These four were Rephaim in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his servants.