Secondo libro dei Maccabei 12

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 His factis pactionibus, Lysias pergebat ad regem, Iudaei autemagriculturae operam dabant.	1 When these covenants were made, Lysias went unto the king, and the Jews were about their husbandry.
2 Sed ex his, qui duces erant in singulis locis,Timotheus et Apollonius Gennaei filius, sed et Hieronymus et Demophon, super hoset Nicanor Cypriarches, non sinebant eos in silentio agere et quiete.	2 But of the governours of several places, Timotheus, and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace.
3 Ioppitaevero tale quoddam flagitium perpetrarunt: cum rogavissent Iudaeos, cum quibushabitabant, ascendere scaphas, quas ipsi paraverant, cum uxoribus et filiis,quasi nullis inimicitiis in eos subiacentibus,	3 The men of Joppa also did such an ungodly deed: they prayed the Jews that dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the boats which they had prepared, as though they had meant them no hurt.
4 secundum autem communecivitatis decretum, et ipsis acquiescentibus, utpote qui pacem obtinere cuperentet nihil suspectum haberent, eos provectos in altum submerserunt non minusducentos.	4 Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city, as being desirous to live in peace, and suspecting nothing: but when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no less than two hundred of them.
5 Quam crudelitatem Iudas in suae gentis homines factam ut cognovit,praecepit viris, qui erant cum ipso, et, invocato iusto iudice Deo,	5 When Judas heard of this cruelty done unto his countrymen, he commanded those that were with him to make them ready.
6 venitadversus interfectores fratrum et portum quidem noctu succendit, scaphasexussit, eos autem, qui illuc refugerant, gladio peremit.	6 And calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against those murderers of his brethren, and burnt the haven by night, and set the boats on fire, and those that fled thither he slew.
7 Et, cum conclususesset locus, discessit quasi iterum reversurus et universam Ioppitarum civitatemeradicaturus.	7 And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
8 Sed, cum cognovisset et eos, qui erant Iamniae, velle pari modofacere habitantibus secum Iudaeis,	8 But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like manner unto the Jews that dwelt among them,
9 Iamnitis quoque nocte supervenit et portumcum navibus succendit, ita ut lumen ignis appareret Hierosolymis a stadiisducentis quadraginta.	9 He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
10 Inde, cum iam abiissent novem stadiis et iter facerent ad Timotheum,commiserunt cum eo Arabes non minus quam quinque milia viri et equitesquingenti.	10 Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timotheus, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
11 Cumque pugna valida fieret et hi, qui circa Iudam erant, perauxilium Dei prospere gessissent, nomades victi petebant a Iuda dextram sibidari, promittentes se pascua daturos et in ceteris profuturos eis.	11 Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas' side by the help of God got the victory; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
12 Iudasautem arbitratus vere in multis eos utiles promisit se pacem acturum cum eis;dextrisque acceptis, discessere ad tabernacula sua.	12 Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shook hands, and so they departed to their tents.
13 Aggressus est autem etcivitatem quandam firmam pontibus murisque circumsaeptam, quae a promiscuisgentibus habitabatur, cui nomen Caspin.	13 He went also about to make a bridge to a certain strong city, which was fenced about with walls, and inhabited by people of divers countries; and the name of it was Caspis.
14 Hi vero, qui intus erant, confidentesin stabilitate murorum et apparatu alimoniarum contumeliosius agebant cum eis,qui circa Iudam erant, maledictis lacessentes et blasphemantes ac loquentes,quae fas non est.	14 But they that were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls and provision of victuals, that they behaved themselves rudely toward them that were with Judas, railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.
15 Qui autem cum Iuda erant, invocato magno mundi Principe,qui sine arietibus et machinis organicis temporibus Iosue praecipitavit Iericho,irruerunt ferociter muris	15 Wherefore Judas with his company, calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without rams or engines of war did cast down Jericho in the time of Joshua, gave a fierce assault against the walls,
16 et, capta civitate per Dei voluntatem,inenarrabiles caedes fecerunt, ita ut adiacens stagnum latitudinem habensstadiorum duorum defluere repletum sanguine videretur.	16 And took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
17 Inde autem discesserunt stadia septingenta quinquaginta et pervenerunt inCharaca ad eos, qui dicuntur Tubiani, Iudaeos.	17 Then departed they from thence seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa unto the Jews that are called Tubieni.
18 Et Timotheum quidem in illislocis non comprehenderunt, qui, nullo negotio perfecto, tunc de locis regressuserat, relicto tamen in quodam loco firmissimo praesidio.	18 But as for Timotheus, they found him not in the places: for before he had dispatched any thing, he departed from thence, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold.
19 Dositheus autem etSosipater, ex ducibus, qui cum Maccabaeo erant, exeuntes peremerunt a Timotheorelictos in praesidio plures quam decem milia viros.	19 Howbeit Dositheus and Sosipater, who were of Maccabeus' captains, went forth, and slew those that Timotheus had left in the fortress, above ten thousand men.
20 At Maccabaeus, ordinatoexercitu circum se per cohortes, constituit eos super cohortes et adversusTimotheum processit habentem secum centum viginti milia peditum equitumque duomilia quingentos.	20 And Maccabeus ranged his army by bands, and set them over the bands, and went against Timotheus, who had about him an hundred and twenty thousand men of foot, and two thousand and five hundred horsemen.
21 Cognito autem Iudae adventu, Timotheus praemisit muliereset filios et reliquum apparatum in locum, qui Carnion dicitur; erat eniminexpugnabile et accessu difficile praesidium propter locorum angustias.	21 Now when Timotheus had knowledge of Judas' coming, he sent the women and children and the other baggage unto a fortress called Carnion: for the town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the straitness of all the places.
22 Cumque cohors Iudae prima apparuisset, et pavor factus esset super hostes, actimor ex praesentia illius, qui universa conspicit, super eos esset, in fugamexsiluerunt, alius alio se ferens, ita ut saepe a suis laederentur et gladiorumacuminibus configerentur.	22 But when Judas his first band came in sight, the enemies, being smitten with fear and terror through the appearing of him who seeth all things, fled amain, one running into this way, another that way, so as that they were often hurt of their own men, and wounded with the points of their own swords.
23 Iudas autem vehementer instabat confodiens impioset prostravit ad triginta milia virorum.	23 Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.
24 Ipse vero Timotheus incidens in eos,qui erant cum Dositheo et Sosipatre, cum multa adulatione postulabat, ut vivusdimitteretur, eo quod multorum quidem parentes, aliorum autem fratres haberet,et contingeret horum curam non haberi.	24 Moreover Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews' parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.
25 Et cum pluribus modis fidem dedissetsecundum hoc constitutum, restituturum se eos illaesos, dimiserunt eum propterfratrum salutem.	25 So when he had assured them with many words that he would restore them without hurt, according to the agreement, they let him go for the saving of their brethren.
26 Egressus autem ad Carnion et Atergation interfecit viginti quinque miliacorporum.	26 Then Maccabeus marched forth to Carnion, and to the temple of Atargatis, and there he slew five and twenty thousand persons.
27 Post autem horum fugam et necem, movit exercitum etiam adversusEphron civitatem munitam, in qua multitudo diversarum gentium inhabitabat, etrobusti iuvenes pro muris consistentes fortiter repugnabant; in hac autemmachinarum et telorum multi erant apparatus.	27 And after he had put to flight and destroyed them, Judas removed the host toward Ephron, a strong city, wherein Lysias abode, and a great multitude of divers nations, and the strong young men kept the walls, and defended them mightily: wherein also was great provision of engines and darts.
28 Sed, cum Potentem invocassent,qui potestate sua vires hostium confringit, ceperunt subiectam civitatem et exeis, qui intus erant, ad viginti quinque milia prostraverunt.	28 But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God, who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within,
29 Inde profectiad civitatem Scytharum perrexerunt, quae ab Hierosolymis sescentis stadiisaberat.	29 From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem,
30 Contestantibus autem his, qui erant illic Iudaei, benevolentiam, quamScythopolitae erga eos habebant, et mitem occursum temporibus infelicitatis,	30 But when the Jews that dwelt there had testified that the Scythopolitans dealt lovingly with them, and entreated them kindly in the time of their adversity;
31 gratias agentes et exhortati etiam de cetero erga genus ipsum benignos esse,venerunt Hierosolymam die sollemni Septimanarum instante.	31 They gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still unto them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks approaching.
32 Post eam vero, quae dicitur Pentecoste, abierunt contra Gorgiam praepositumIdumaeae.	32 And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,
33 Exivit autem cum peditibus tribus milibus et equitibusquadringentis.	33 Who came out with three thousand men of foot and four hundred horsemen.
34 Quibus autem congressis, contigit paucos ruere Iudaeorum.	34 And it happened that in their fighting together a few of the Jews were slain.
35 Dositheus vero quidam de iis, qui Bacenoris erant, eques vir et fortis, Gorgiamtenuit chlamydeque apprehensum ducebat eum fortiter; et, cum vellet illum caperevivum, eques quidam de Thracibus irruit in eum umerumque amputavit, et Gorgiaseffugit in Maresa.	35 At which time Dositheus, one of Bacenor's company, who was on horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking hold of his coat drew him by force; and when he would have taken that cursed man alive, a horseman of Thracia coming upon him smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa.
36 At illis, qui cum Esdrin erant, diutius pugnantibus etfatigatis, cum invocasset Iudas Dominum, ut adiutorem se ostenderet et ducembelli,	36 Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would shew himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.
37 incipiens patria voce clamorem cum hymnis, irruens improviso in eos,qui circa Gorgiam erant, fugam eis incussit.	37 And with that he began in his own language, and sung psalms with a loud voice, and rushing unawares upon Gorgias' men, he put them to flight.
38 Iudas autem, collecto exercitu, venit in civitatem Odollam et, cum septimadies superveniret, secundum consuetudinem purificati in eodem loco sabbatumegerunt.	38 So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of Odollam, And when the seventh day came, they purified themselves, as the custom was, and kept the sabbath in the same place.
39 Et sequenti die venerunt, qui cum Iuda erant, eo tempore, quonecessarium factum erat, ut corpora prostratorum tollerent et cum parentibusreponerent in sepulcris paternis.	39 And upon the day following, as the use had been, Judas and his company came to take up the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen in their fathers' graves.
40 Invenerunt autem sub tunicis uniuscuiusqueinterfectorum donaria idolorum, quae apud Iamniam fuerunt, a quibus lex prohibetIudaeos. Omnibus ergo manifestum factum est ob hanc causam eos corruisse.	40 Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
41 Omnes itaque, cum benedixissent, quae sunt iusti iudicis, Domini, qui occultamanifesta facit,	41 All men therefore praising the Lord, the righteous Judge, who had opened the things that were hid,
42 ad obsecrationem conversi sunt, rogantes, ut id, quod factumerat, delictum oblivioni ex integro traderetur. At vero fortissimus Iudashortatus est populum conservare se sine peccato, cum sub oculis vidissent, quaefacta sunt propter peccatum eorum, qui prostrati sunt.	42 Betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.
43 Et, facta viritimcollatione ad duo milia drachmas argenti, misit Hierosolymam offerri propeccatis sacrificium, valde bene et honeste de resurrectione cogitans.	43 And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the sum of two thousand drachms of silver, he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin offering, doing therein very well and honestly, in that he was mindful of the resurrection:
44 Nisienim eos, qui ceciderant, resurrecturos speraret, superfluum et vanum essetorare pro mortuis.	44 For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
45 Deinde considerans quod hi, qui cum pietate dormitionemacceperant, optimum haberent repositum gratiae donum:	45 And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for those that died godly, it was an holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.
46 sancta et piacogitatio. Unde pro defunctis expiationem fecit, ut a peccato solverentur.