Primo libro dei Maccabei 16

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Et ascendit Ioannes de Ga zaris et nuntiavit Simoni pa tri suo, quaefecit Cendebaeus.	1 Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done against their people.
2 Et vocavit Simon duos filios seniores, Iudam et Ioannem, etait illis: “ Ego et fratres mei et domus patris mei expugnavimus hostes Israelab adulescentia usque in hunc diem, et prosperatum est in manibus nostrisliberare Israel saepius.	2 And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
3 Nunc autem senui, vos autem in misericordiasufficientes estis in annis; estote loco meo et fratris mei et egressi pugnatepro gente nostra; auxilium vero de caelo vobiscum sit ”.	3 And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you.
4 Et elegit deregione viginti milia virorum belligeratorum et equites; et profecti sunt adCendebaeum et dormierunt in Modin	4 Then he chose out of the country twenty thousand fighting men, and horsemen, and they went forth against Cendebeus: and they rested in Modin.
5 et surrexerunt mane et abierunt in campum.Et ecce exercitus copiosus in obviam illis peditum et equitum, et fluviustorrens erat inter medium ipsorum.	5 And they arose in the morning, and went into the plain: and behold a very great army of footmen and horsemen came against them, and there was a running river between them.
6 Et admovit castra contra faciem eorum ipseet populus eius et vidit populum trepidantem ad transfretandum torrentem; ettransfretavit primus, et viderunt eum viri et transierunt post eum.	6 And he and his people pitched their camp over against them, and he saw that the people were afraid to go over the river, so he went over first: then the men seeing him, passed over after him.
7 Et divisitpopulum, et equites in medio peditum; erat autem equitatus adversariorumcopiosus nimis.	7 And he divided the people, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: but the horsemen of the enemies were very numerous.
8 Et exclamaverunt tubis, et in fugam conversus est Cendebaeuset castra eius, et ceciderunt ex eis multi vulnerati; residui autem inmunitionem fugerunt.	8 And they sounded the holy trumpets: and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight: and there fell many of them wounded, and the rest fled into the strong hold.
9 Tunc vulneratus est Iudas frater Ioannis; Ioannes auteminsecutus est eos, donec venit Cedron, quam aedificavit.	9 At that time Judas John's brother was wounded: but John pursued after them, till he came to Cedron, which he had built:
10 Et fugerunt usque adturres, quae erant in agris Azoti, et succendit eas igni; et ceciderunt ex illisduo milia virorum. Et reversus est in Iudaeam in pace.	10 And they fled even to the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned into Judea in peace.
11 Et Ptolemaeus filius Abubi constitutus erat dux in campo Iericho et habebatargentum et aurum multum;	11 Now Ptolemee the son of Abobus was appointed captain in the plain of Jericho, and he had abundance of silver and gold,
12 erat enim gener summi sacerdotis.	12 For he was son in law of the high priest.
13 Et exaltatumest cor eius, et volebat obtinere regionem et cogitabat dolum adversus Simonemet filios eius, ut tolleret eos.	13 And his heart was lifted up, and he designed to make himself master of the country, and he purposed treachery against Simon, and his sons, to destroy them.
14 Simon autem perambulans civitates, quaeerant in regione, et sollicitudinem gerens earum descendit in Iericho ipse etMatthathias et Iudas filii eius, anno centesimo septuagesimo septimo, menseundecimo, hic est mensis Sabath.	14 Now Simon, as he was going through the cities that were in the country of Judea, and taking care for the good ordering of them, went down to Jericho, he and Mathathias and Judas his sons, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven, the eleventh month: the same is the month Sabath.
15 Et suscepit eos filius Abubi inmunitiunculam, quae vocatur Doc, cum dolo, quam aedificavit; et fecit eisconvivium magnum et abscondit illic viros.	15 And the son of Abobus received them deceitfully into a little fortress, that is called Doch which he had built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there.
16 Et, cum inebriatus esset Simon etfilii eius, surrexit Ptolemaeus cum suis et sumpserunt arma sua et intraveruntin convivium et occiderunt eum et duos filios eius et quosdam pueros eius.	16 And when Simon and his sons had drunk plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons, and entered into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.
17 Etfecit deceptionem magnam et reddidit mala pro bonis.	17 And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and rendered evil for good.
18 Et scripsit haecPtolemaeus et misit regi, ut mitteret ei exercitum in auxilium et traderet eicivitates et regionem.	18 And Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.
19 Et misit alios in Gazaram tollere Ioannem; et tribunismisit epistulas, ut venirent ad se, et daret eis argentum et aurum et dona.	19 And he sent others to Gazara to kill John: and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him, and that he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.
20 Et alios misit occupare Ierusalem et montem templi.	20 And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
21 Et praecurrens quidamnuntiavit Ioanni in Gazara quia periit pater eius et fratres eius et quia: “Misit te quoque interfici ”.	21 Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also.
22 Ut audivit autem, vehementer expavit etcomprehendit viros, qui venerant perdere eum, et occidit eos; cognovit enim quiaquaerebant eum perdere.	22 But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away.
23 Et cetera sermonum Ioannis et bellorum eius et bonarum virtutum, quibusfortiter gessit, et aedificii murorum, quos exstruxit, et rerum gestarum eius,	23 And as concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and the worthy deeds, which he bravely achieved, and the building of the walls, which he made, and the things that he did:
24 ecce haec scripta sunt in libro dierum sacerdotii eius, ex quo factus estprinceps sacerdotum post patrem suum.	24 Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.