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NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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 Ben-hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his forces, and accompanied by thirty-two kings with horses and chariotry, proceeded to invest and attack Samaria.
2 Mittensque nuntios ad Achab regem Israel in civitatem	2 He sent couriers to Ahab, king of Israel, within the city,
3 ait: “ Haec dicit Benadad: Argentum tuum et aurum tuum meum est, et uxores tuae et filii tui optimi mei sunt ”.	3 and said to him, "This is Ben-hadad's message: 'Your silver and gold are mine, and your wives and your promising sons are mine.'"
4 Responditque rex Israel: “ Iuxta verbum tuum, domine mi rex; tuus sum ego et omnia mea ”.	4 The king of Israel answered, "As you say, my lord king, I and all I have are yours."
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 But the couriers came again and said, "This is Ben-hadad's message: 'I sent you word to give me your silver and gold, your wives and your sons.
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 Now, however, at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they shall ransack your house and the houses of your servants. They shall seize and take away whatever they consider valuable.'"
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 The king of Israel then summoned all the elders of the land and said: "Understand clearly that this man wants to ruin us. When he sent to me for my wives and sons, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him."
8 Dixeruntque omnes maiores natu et universus populus ad eum: “ Non audias neque acquiescas illi ”.	8 All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen. Do not give in."
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 Accordingly he directed the couriers of Ben-hadad, "Say to my lord the king, 'I will do all that you demanded of your servant the first time. But this I cannot do.'" The couriers left and reported this.
10 Qui remisit et ait: “ Haec faciant mihi dii et haec addant, si suffecerit pulvis Samariae pugillis omnis populi, qui sequitur me ”.	10 Ben-hadad then sent him the message, "May the gods do thus and so to me if there is enough dust in Samaria to make handfuls for all my followers."
11 Et respondens rex Israel ait: “ Dicite ei: Ne glorietur accinctus aeque ut discinctus ”.	11 The king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'It is not for the man who is buckling his armor to boast as though he were taking it off.'"
12 Factum est autem, cum audisset verbum istud, bibebat ipse et reges in umbraculis et ait servis suis: “ Circumdate civitatem! ”. Et circumdederunt eam.	12 Ben-hadad was drinking in the pavilions with the kings when he heard this reply. "Prepare the assault," he commanded his servants; and they made ready to storm the city.
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 Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel and said: "The LORD says, 'Do you see all this huge army? When I deliver it up to you today, you will 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 But Ahab asked, "Through whom will it be delivered up?" He answered, "The LORD says, 'Through the retainers of the governors of the provinces.'" Then Ahab asked, "Who is to attack?" He replied, "You are."
15 Recensuit ergo pueros principum provinciarum et repperit numerum ducentorum triginta duorum; et post eos recensuit populum, omnes filios Israel, septem milia.	15 So Ahab called up the retainers of the governors of the provinces, two hundred thirty-two of them. Behind them he mustered all the Israelite soldiery, who numbered 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 They marched out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking heavily in the pavilions with the thirty-two kings who were his allies.
17 Egressi sunt autem pueri principum provinciarum in prima fronte. Misit itaque Benadad, qui nuntiaverunt ei dicentes: “ Viri egressi sunt de Samaria ”.	17 When the retainers of the governors of the provinces marched out first, Ben-hadad received word that some men had marched out of Samaria.
18 At ille ait: “ Sive pro pace veniunt, apprehendite eos vivos; sive ut proelientur, vivos eos capite ”.	18 He answered, "Whether they have come out for peace or for war, in any case take them alive."
19 Egressi erant ergo ex urbe pueri principum provinciarum, ac reliquus exercitus sequebatur,	19 But when these had come out of the city-the soldiers of the governors of the provinces with the army following them--
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 each of them struck down his man. The Arameans fled with Israel pursuing them, while Ben-hadad, king of Aram, escaped on a chariot steed.
21 Necnon egressus rex Israel percussit equos et currus et percussit Syriam plaga magna.	21 The king of Israel went out, took the horses and chariots, and inflicted a severe defeat on Aram.
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 Then the prophet went up to the king of Israel and said to him: "Go, regroup your forces. Mark well what you do, for at the beginning of the year the king of Aram will attack you."
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 On the other hand, the servants of the king of Aram said to him: "Their gods are gods of mountains. That is why they defeated us. But if we fight them on level ground, we shall be sure to defeat them.
24 Fac ergo hoc: Amove reges singulos a loco suo et pone principes pro eis;	24 This is what you must do: Take the kings from their posts and put prefects in their places.
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 Mobilize an army as large as the army that has deserted you, horse for horse, chariot for chariot. Let us fight them on level ground, and we shall surely defeat them." He took their advice and did this.
26 Igitur vertente anno recensuit Benadad Syros et ascendit in Aphec, ut pugnaret contra Israel.	26 At the beginning of the year, Ben-hadad mobilized Aram and went up to Aphek 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 The Israelites, too, were called to arms and supplied with provisions; then they went out to engage the foe. The Israelites, encamped opposite them, seemed like a couple of small flocks of goats, while Aram covered the countryside.
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 A man of God came up and said to the king of Israel: "The LORD says, 'Because Aram has said the LORD is a god of mountains, not a god of plains, I will deliver up to you all this large army, that you may know 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 They were encamped opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day battle was joined, and the Israelites struck down one hundred thousand foot soldiers of Aram 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 The survivors, twenty-seven thousand of them, fled into the city of Aphek, and there the wall collapsed. Ben-hadad, too, fled, and took refuge within the city, in an inside room.
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 His servants said to him: "We have heard that the kings of the land of Israel are merciful kings. Allow us, therefore, to garb ourselves in sackcloth, with cords around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life."
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 dressed in sackcloth girded at the waist, and wearing cords around their heads, they went to the king of Israel. "Your servant Ben-hadad pleads for his life," they said. "Is he still alive?" the king asked. "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 Hearing this as a good omen, the men quickly took him at his word and said, "Ben-hadad is your brother." He answered, "Go and get him." When Ben-hadad came out to him, the king had him mount 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 Ben-hadad said to him, "I will restore the cities which my father took from your father, and you may make yourself bazaars in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." "On these terms," Ahab replied, "I will set you free." So he made an agreement with him and then set him free.
35 Tunc vir quidam de filiis prophetarum dixit ad socium suum in sermone Domini: “ Percute me! ”. At ille noluit percutere.	35 One of the guild prophets was prompted by the LORD to say to his companion, "Strike me." But he refused to strike him.
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, "Since you did not obey the voice of the LORD, a lion will kill you when you leave me." When they parted company, a lion came upon him and killed him.
37 Sed et alterum inveniens virum dixit ad eum: “ Percute me! ”. Qui percussit eum et vulneravit.	37 The prophet met another man and said, "Strike me." The man struck him a blow and wounded him.
38 Abiit ergo propheta et occurrit regi in via et mutavit aspectum ponens fasciam super oculos suos.	38 The prophet went on and waited for the king on the road, having disguised himself with a bandage over 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 As the king was passing, he called out to the king and said: "Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and suddenly someone turned and brought me a man and said, 'Guard this man. If he is missing, you shall have to pay for his life with your life or pay out 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 But while your servant was looking here and there, the man disappeared." The king of Israel said to him, "That is your sentence. You have decided it yourself."
41 At ille statim abstulit fasciam de oculis suis, et cognovit eum rex Israel quod esset de prophetis.	41 He immediately removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as 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 He said to him: "The LORD says, 'Because you have set free the man I doomed to destruction, your life shall pay for his life, your people for his people.'"
43 Reversus est igitur rex Israel in domum suam tristis et indignans venitque in Samariam.	43 Disturbed and angry, the king of Israel went off homeward and entered Samaria.