Primo libro dei Maccabei 16

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Et ascendit Ioannes de Ga zaris et nuntiavit Simoni pa tri suo, quaefecit Cendebaeus.	1 Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
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 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father's house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; 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 But now I am old, and ye, by God's mercy, are of a sufficient age: be ye instead of me and my brother, and go 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 So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at 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 when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, behold, a mighty great host both of footmen and horsemen came against them: howbeit there was a water brook betwixt 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 So he and his people pitched over against them: and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water brook, he went first over himself, and then the men seeing him passed through after him.
7 Et divisitpopulum, et equites in medio peditum; erat autem equitatus adversariorumcopiosus nimis.	7 That done, he divided his men, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: for the enemies' horsemen were very many.
8 Et exclamaverunt tubis, et in fugam conversus est Cendebaeuset castra eius, et ceciderunt ex eis multi vulnerati; residui autem inmunitionem fugerunt.	8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight, so that many of them were slain, and the remnant gat them to the strong hold.
9 Tunc vulneratus est Iudas frater Ioannis; Ioannes auteminsecutus est eos, donec venit Cedron, quam aedificavit.	9 At that time was Judas John's brother wounded; but John still followed after them, until he came to Cedron, which Cendebeus 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 So they fled even unto the towers in the fields of Azotus; wherefore he burned it with fire: so that there were slain of them about two thousand men. Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace.
11 Et Ptolemaeus filius Abubi constitutus erat dux in campo Iericho et habebatargentum et aurum multum;	11 Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold:
12 erat enim gener summi sacerdotis.	12 For he was the high priest's son in law.
13 Et exaltatumest cor eius, et volebat obtinere regionem et cogitabat dolum adversus Simonemet filios eius, ut tolleret eos.	13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to himself, and thereupon consulted deceitfully 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 was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and seventeenth year, in the eleventh month, called Sabat:
15 Et suscepit eos filius Abubi inmunitiunculam, quae vocatur Doc, cum dolo, quam aedificavit; et fecit eisconvivium magnum et abscondit illic viros.	15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold, called Docus, which he had built, made them a great banquet: howbeit he had 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 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemee and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon Simon into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants.
17 Etfecit deceptionem magnam et reddidit mala pro bonis.	17 In which doing he committed a great treachery, and recompensed evil for good.
18 Et scripsit haecPtolemaeus et misit regi, ut mitteret ei exercitum in auxilium et traderet eicivitates et regionem.	18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should send him an host to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and cities.
19 Et misit alios in Gazaram tollere Ioannem; et tribunismisit epistulas, ut venirent ad se, et daret eis argentum et aurum et dona.	19 He sent others also to Gazera to kill John: and unto the tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards.
20 Et alios misit occupare Ierusalem et montem templi.	20 And others he sent 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 had run afore to Gazera and told John that his father and brethren were slain, and, quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also.
22 Ut audivit autem, vehementer expavit etcomprehendit viros, qui venerant perdere eum, et occidit eos; cognovit enim quiaquaerebant eum perdere.	22 Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished: so he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them; 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 As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings,
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 chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.