Primo libro dei Maccabei 16

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et ascendit Ioannes de Ga zaris et nuntiavit Simoni pa tri suo, quaefecit Cendebaeus.	1 John then went up from Gezer and reported to his father Simon what Cendebaeus was busy doing.
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 At this, Simon summoned his two elder sons, Judas and John, and said to them, 'My brothers and I,and my father's House, have fought the enemies of Israel from our youth until today, and many a time we havebeen successful in rescuing Israel.
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 an old man, while you, by the mercy of Heaven, are the right age; take the place of mybrother and myself, go out and fight for our nation, and may Heaven's aid be with you.'
4 Et elegit deregione viginti milia virorum belligeratorum et equites; et profecti sunt adCendebaeum et dormierunt in Modin	4 He then selected twenty thousand of the country's fighting men and cavalry, and these marchedagainst Cendebaeus, spending the night at Modein.
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 Making an early start, they marched into the plain, to find a large army opposing them, both infantryand cavalry; there was, however, a stream-bed in between.
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 John drew up facing them, he and his army and, seeing that the men were afraid to cross the stream-bed, crossed over first himself. When his men saw this, they too crossed after him.
7 Et divisitpopulum, et equites in medio peditum; erat autem equitatus adversariorumcopiosus nimis.	7 He divided his army into two, with the cavalry in the centre and the infantry on either flank, as the opposing cavalry was 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 The trumpets rang out; Cendebaeus and his army were put to flight, many of them fal ing mortal ywounded and the rest of them fleeing to the fortress.
9 Tunc vulneratus est Iudas frater Ioannis; Ioannes auteminsecutus est eos, donec venit Cedron, quam aedificavit.	9 Then it was that Judas, John's brother, was wounded, but John pursued them until Cendebaeusreached Kedron, which he had rebuilt.
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 Their flight took them as far as the towers in the countryside of Azotus, and John burnt these down.The enemy losses amounted to ten thousand men; John returned safely to Judaea.
11 Et Ptolemaeus filius Abubi constitutus erat dux in campo Iericho et habebatargentum et aurum multum;	11 Ptolemy son of Abubos had been appointed general in command of the Plain of Jericho; he owned agreat deal of silver and gold,
12 erat enim gener summi sacerdotis.	12 and 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 His ambition was fired; he hoped to make himself master of the whole country and thereforetreacherously began to plot the destruction of Simon and his sons.
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 Simon, who was inspecting the towns up and down the country and attending to their administration,had come down to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas, in the year 172, in the eleventh month, the monthof Shebat.
15 Et suscepit eos filius Abubi inmunitiunculam, quae vocatur Doc, cum dolo, quam aedificavit; et fecit eisconvivium magnum et abscondit illic viros.	15 The son of Abubos lured them into a smal fortress cal ed Dok, which he had built, where he offeredthem a great banquet, having previously hidden men in the place.
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 When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptolemy and his men reached for their weapons, rushed onSimon in the banqueting hall and killed him with his two sons and some of his servants.
17 Etfecit deceptionem magnam et reddidit mala pro bonis.	17 He thus committed a great act of treachery and rendered evil for good.
18 Et scripsit haecPtolemaeus et misit regi, ut mitteret ei exercitum in auxilium et traderet eicivitates et regionem.	18 Ptolemy wrote a report of the affair and sent it to the king, in the expectation of being sentreinforcements and of having the cities and the province made over to him.
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 also sent people to Gezer to murder John, and sent written orders to the military commanders tocome to him so that he could give them silver, gold and presents;
20 Et alios misit occupare Ierusalem et montem templi.	20 and he also sent others to seize control of Jerusalem and the Temple mount.
21 Et praecurrens quidamnuntiavit Ioanni in Gazara quia periit pater eius et fratres eius et quia: “Misit te quoque interfici ”.	21 But someone had been too quick for him and had already informed John in Gezer that his father andbrothers had perished, adding, 'He is sending someone to kil you too!'
22 Ut audivit autem, vehementer expavit etcomprehendit viros, qui venerant perdere eum, et occidit eos; cognovit enim quiaquaerebant eum perdere.	22 Overcome as John was by the news, he arrested the men who had come to kil him and put them todeath, being forewarned of their murderous design.
23 Et cetera sermonum Ioannis et bellorum eius et bonarum virtutum, quibusfortiter gessit, et aedificii murorum, quos exstruxit, et rerum gestarum eius,	23 The rest of John's acts, the battles he fought and the exploits he performed, the city wal s he built,and all his other achievements,
24 ecce haec scripta sunt in libro dierum sacerdotii eius, ex quo factus estprinceps sacerdotum post patrem suum.	24 from the day he succeeded his father as high priest, are recorded in the annals of his pontificate.