Primo libro dei Re 20

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Porro Benadad rex Syriae congregavit omnem exerci tum suum et triginta duos reges secum et equos et currus et ascendens pugnabat contra Samariam et obsidebat eam.	1 And Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his host, and there were two and thirty kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and going up, he fought against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Mittensque nuntios ad Achab regem Israel in civitatem	2 And, sending messengers to Achab king of Israel into the city,
3 ait: “ Haec dicit Benadad: Argentum tuum et aurum tuum meum est, et uxores tuae et filii tui optimi mei sunt ”.	3 He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver, and thy gold is mine: and thy wives, and thy goodliest children are mine.
4 Responditque rex Israel: “ Iuxta verbum tuum, domine mi rex; tuus sum ego et omnia mea ”.	4 And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord 0 king, I am thine, and all that I have.
5 Revertentesque nuntii dixerunt: “ Haec dicit Benadad: Quia misi ad te dicens: “Argentum tuum et aurum tuum et uxores tuas et filios tuos dabis mihi”,	5 And the messengers came again, and said: Thus saith Benadad, who sent us unto thee: Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children thou shalt deliver up to me.
6 profecto cras hac eadem hora mittam servos meos ad te, et scrutabuntur domum tuam et domum servorum tuorum; et omne, quod oculis tuis pretiosum est, ponent in manibus suis et auferent ”.	6 To morrow therefore at this same hour I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants: and all that pleaseth them, they shall put in their hands, and take away.
7 Vocavit autem rex Israel omnes seniores terrae et ait: “ Animadvertite et videte quoniam insidietur nobis; misit enim ad me pro uxoribus meis et filiis et pro argento et auro, et non abnui ”.	7 And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold: and I said not nay.
8 Dixeruntque omnes maiores natu et universus populus ad eum: “ Non audias neque acquiescas illi ”.	8 And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.
9 Respondit itaque nuntiis Benadad: “ Dicite domino meo regi: Omnia, propter quae misisti ad me servum tuum initio, faciam; hanc autem rem facere non possum ”. Reversique nuntii rettulerunt ei.	9 Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to me thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do.
10 Qui remisit et ait: “ Haec faciant mihi dii et haec addant, si suffecerit pulvis Samariae pugillis omnis populi, qui sequitur me ”.	10 And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
11 Et respondens rex Israel ait: “ Dicite ei: Ne glorietur accinctus aeque ut discinctus ”.	11 And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.
12 Factum est autem, cum audisset verbum istud, bibebat ipse et reges in umbraculis et ait servis suis: “ Circumdate civitatem! ”. Et circumdederunt eam.	12 And it came to pass, when Benadad heard this word, that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions, and he said to his servants: Beset the city. And they beset it.
13 Et ecce propheta unus accedens ad Achab regem Israel ait: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Certe vidisti omnem multitudinem hanc nimiam. Ecce ego tradam eam in manu tua hodie, ut scias quia ego sum Dominus ”.	13 And behold a prophet coming to Achab king of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude, behold I will deliver them into thy hand this day: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord.
14 Et ait Achab: “ Per quem? ”. Dixitque ei: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Per pedisequos principum provinciarum ”. Et ait: “ Quis incipiet proeliari? ”. Et ille dixit: “ Tu ”.	14 And Achab said: By whom? And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. And he said: Who shall begin to fight? And he said: Thou.
15 Recensuit ergo pueros principum provinciarum et repperit numerum ducentorum triginta duorum; et post eos recensuit populum, omnes filios Israel, septem milia.	15 So he mustered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and he found the number of two hundred and thirty-two: and he mustered after them the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand:
16 Et egressi sunt meridie. Benadad autem bibebat temulentus in umbraculis ipse et reges triginta duo cum eo, qui ad auxilium eius venerant.	16 And they went out at noon. But Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings with him, who were come to help him.
17 Egressi sunt autem pueri principum provinciarum in prima fronte. Misit itaque Benadad, qui nuntiaverunt ei dicentes: “ Viri egressi sunt de Samaria ”.	17 And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria.
18 At ille ait: “ Sive pro pace veniunt, apprehendite eos vivos; sive ut proelientur, vivos eos capite ”.	18 And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.
19 Egressi erant ergo ex urbe pueri principum provinciarum, ac reliquus exercitus sequebatur,	19 So the servants of the princes of the provinces went out, and the rest of the army followed:
20 et percussit unusquisque virum, qui contra se venerat; fugeruntque Syri, et persecutus est eos Israel. Fugit quoque Benadad rex Syriae in equo cum equitibus.	20 And every one slew the man that came against him: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled away on horseback with his horsemen.
21 Necnon egressus rex Israel percussit equos et currus et percussit Syriam plaga magna.	21 But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 Accedens autem propheta ad regem Israel dixit ei: “ Vade et confortare et scito et vide quid facias; vertente enim anno rex Syriae ascendet contra te ”.	22 (And a prophet coming to the king of Israel, said to him: Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and see what thou dost: for the next year the king of Syria will come up against thee.)
23 Servi vero regis Syriae dixerunt ei: “ Deus montium est Deus eorum, ideo superaverunt nos; sed pugnemus contra eos in campestribus et obtinebimus eos.	23 But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.
24 Fac ergo hoc: Amove reges singulos a loco suo et pone principes pro eis;	24 Do thou therefore this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead:
25 et instaura numerum militum, qui ceciderunt de tuis, et equos secundum equos pristinos et currus secundum currus, quos ante habuisti, et pugnabimus contra eos in campestribus: et videbis quod obtinebimus eos ”. Credidit consilio eorum et fecit ita.	25 And make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine, and horses according to the former horses, and chariots according to the chariots which thou hadst before: and we will fight against them in the plains, and thou shalt see that we shall overcome them. He believed their counsel and did so.
26 Igitur vertente anno recensuit Benadad Syros et ascendit in Aphec, ut pugnaret contra Israel.	26 Wherefore at the return of the year, p Benadad mustered the Syrians, ancient up to Aphec, to fight against Israel.
27 Porro filii Israel recensiti sunt et, acceptis cibariis, profecti ex adverso castraque metati sunt contra eos, quasi duo parvi greges caprarum; Syri autem repleverunt terram.	27 And the children of Israel were mustered, and taking victuals went out on the other side, and camped over against them, like two little hocks of goats: but the Syrians filled the land.
28 Et accedens vir Dei dixit ad regem Israel: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Quia dixerunt Syri: “Deus montium est Dominus et non est Deus vallium”, dabo omnem multitudinem hanc grandem in manu tua, et scietis quia ego Dominus ”.	28 (And a man of God coming, said to the king of Israel: Thus saith the Lord: Because the Syrians have said: The Lord is God of the hills, but is not God of the valleys: I will deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.)
29 Dirigebant septem diebus ex adverso hi atque illi acies, septima autem die commissum est bellum; percusseruntque filii Israel de Syris centum milia peditum in die una.	29 And both sides set their armies in array one against the other seven days, and on the seventh day the battle was fought: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 Fugerunt autem, qui remanserant in Aphec, in civitatem, et cecidit murus super viginti septem milia hominum, qui remanserant. Porro Benadad fugiens ingressus est civitatem in cubiculum, quod erat intra cubiculum.	30 And they that remained fled to Aphec, into the city: and the wall fell upon seven and twenty thousand men, that were left. And Benadad fleeing went into the city, into a chamber that was within a chamber.
31 Dixeruntque ei servi sui: “ Ecce audivimus quod reges domus Israel clementes sint; ponamus itaque saccos in lumbis nostris et funiculos in capitibus nostris et egrediamur ad regem Israel; forsitan salvabit animam tuam ”.	31 And his servants said to him: Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful: so let us put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save our lives.
32 Accinxerunt saccis lumbos suos et posuerunt funes in capitibus suis veneruntque ad regem Israel et dixerunt: “ Servus tuus Benadad dicit: “Vivat, oro te, anima mea” ”. Et ille ait: “ Si adhuc vivit, frater meus est ”.	32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said to him: Thy servant Benadad saith: I beseech thee let me have my life. And he said: If he be yet alive he is my brother.
33 Quod acceperunt viri pro omine et festinantes rapuerunt verbum ex ore eius atque dixerunt: “ Frater tuus Benadad ”. Et dixit eis: “ Ite et adducite eum ”. Egressus est ergo ad eum Benadad, et levavit eum in currum suum.	33 The men took this for a sign: and in haste caught the word out of his mouth, and said: Thy brother Benadad. And he said to them: Go, and bring him to me. Then Benadad came out to him, and he lifted him up into his chariot.
34 Qui dixit ei: “ Civitates, quas tulit pater meus a patre tuo, reddam; et plateas fac tibi in Damasco, sicut fecit pater meus in Samaria ”. Achab: “ Ego autem, inquit, foederatum te dimittam ”. Et pepigit ei foedus et dimisit eum.	34 And he said to him: The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore: and do thou make thee streets in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria, and having made a league I will depart from thee. So he made a league with him, and let him go.
35 Tunc vir quidam de filiis prophetarum dixit ad socium suum in sermone Domini: “ Percute me! ”. At ille noluit percutere.	35 Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his companion in the word of the Lord: Strike me. But he would not strike.
36 Cui ait: “ Quia noluisti audire vocem Domini, ecce recedes a me, et percutiet te leo ”. Cumque paululum recessisset ab eo, invenit eum leo atque percussit.	36 Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of the Lord, behold then shalt depart from me, and a lion shall slay thee. And when he was gone a little from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
37 Sed et alterum inveniens virum dixit ad eum: “ Percute me! ”. Qui percussit eum et vulneravit.	37 Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him.
38 Abiit ergo propheta et occurrit regi in via et mutavit aspectum ponens fasciam super oculos suos.	38 So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.
39 Cumque rex transiret, clamavit ad regem et ait: “ Servus tuus egressus est ad proeliandum comminus; cumque fugisset vir unus, adduxit eum quidam ad me et ait: “Custodi virum istum! Qui si lapsus fuerit, erit anima tua pro anima eius, aut talentum argenti appendes”.	39 And as the king passed by, he cried to the king, and said: Thy servant went out to fight hand to hand: and when a certain man was run away, one brought him to me, and said: Keep this man: and if he shall slip away, thy life shall be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40 Dum autem ego turbatus huc illucque me verterem, subito non comparuit ”. Et ait rex Israel ad eum: “ Hoc est iudicium tuum, quod ipse decrevisti ”.	40 And whilst I in a hurry turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of Israel said to him: This is thy judgment, which thyself hast decreed.
41 At ille statim abstulit fasciam de oculis suis, et cognovit eum rex Israel quod esset de prophetis.	41 But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.
42 Qui ait ad eum: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Quia dimisisti de manu tua virum, quem morti devoveram, erit anima tua pro anima eius, et populus tuus pro populo eius ”.	42 And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a mall worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.
43 Reversus est igitur rex Israel in domum suam tristis et indignans venitque in Samariam.	43 And the king of Israel returned to his house, slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria.