Secondo libro dei Maccabei 13

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Anno centesimo quadrage simo nono his, qui erant cir ca Iudam, notumfactum est Antiochum Eupatorem venire cum multitudine adversus Iudaeam	1 In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea,
2 et cumeo Lysiam procuratorem et praepositum negotiorum, unumquemque habentem exercitumGraecum peditum centum decem milia et equitum quinque milia trecentos etelephantos viginti duos, currus autem cum falcibus trecentos.	2 And with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, an hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
3 Commiscuit autemse illis et Menelaus et cum multa fallacia hortabatur Antiochum non pro patriaesalute, sed sperans se constitui in principatum.	3 Menelans also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
4 Sed Rex regum suscitavitanimos Antiochi in peccatorem; et, suggerente Lysia hunc esse causam omniummalorum, iussit, ut est consuetudo in loco, adductum in Beroeam necari.	4 But the King of kings moved Antiochus' mind against this wicked wretch, and Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of all mischief, so that the king commanded to bring him unto Berea, and to put him to death, as the manner is in that place.
5 Eratautem in loco turris quinquaginta cubitorum, cineris plena, et machinam habebatvolubilem undique praecipitem in cinerem.	5 Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had a round instrument which on every side hanged down into the ashes.
6 Illic reum sacrilegii vel quorundametiam aliorum malorum summitatem factum, omnes propellunt ad interitum.	6 And whosoever was condemned of sacrilege, or had committed any other grievous crime, there did all men thrust him unto death.
7 Ettali lege praevaricatorem legis contigit mori, nec terram adeptum Menelaum.	7 Such a death it happened that wicked man to die, not having so much as burial in the earth; and that most justly:
8 Valde iuste: nam, quia multa erga aram delicta commisit, cuius ignis et ciniserat sanctus, ipse in cinere mortem reportavit.	8 For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
9 Sed rex mente efferatus veniebat, peiora quam quae sub patre suo facta erant,ostensurus Iudaeis.	9 Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father's time.
10 Quibus Iudas cognitis, praecepit populo, ut die ac nocteDominum invocarent, si quando et alias etiam nunc adiuvaret eos,	10 Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy temple:
11 quippe quilege et patria sanctoque templo in eo essent ut privarentur; ac populum, quinuper paululum respirasset, ne sineret blasphemis nationibus subdi.	11 And that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations.
12 Omnibusitaque simul idem facientibus et rogantibus misericordem Dominum cum fletu etieiuniis et prostratione per triduum sine intermissione, hortatus eos Iudaspraecepit adesse.	12 So when they had all done this together, and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting, and lying flat upon the ground three days long, Judas, having exhorted them, commanded they should be in a readiness.
13 Ipse vero seorsum cum senioribus cogitavit, prius quamregis exercitus invaderet Iudaeam et obtinerent civitatem, egressos resadiudicare auxilio Dei.	13 And Judas, being apart with the elders, determined, before the king's host should enter into Judea, and get the city, to go forth and try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord.
14 Dans itaque procurationem Creatori mundi, exhortatussuos, ut fortiter dimicarent usque ad mortem pro legibus, templo, civitate,patria, institutionibus, circa Modin exercitum constituit.	14 So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world, and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by Modin:
15 Cumque suisdedisset signum: “ Victoriam Dei ”, cum iuvenibus fortissimis electis, nocteaggressus castra adversus aulam regiam, interfecit viros ad duo milia etprimarium elephantorum una cum eo, qui intra habitaculum erat;	15 And having given the watchword to them that were about him, Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king's tent by night, and slew in the camp about four thousand men, and the chiefest of the elephants, with all that were upon him.
16 et postremometu ac perturbatione castra repleverunt, rebusque prospere gestis, abierunt.	16 And at last they filled the camp with fear and tumult, and departed with good success.
17 Die autem iam illucescente hoc factum erat, adiuvante eum Domini protectione.	17 This was done in the break of the day, because the protection of the Lord did help him.
18 Sed rex, accepto gustu audaciae Iudaeorum, artibus loca tentavit.	18 Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy,
19 EtBethsuris, quae erat Iudaeorum praesidium munitum, castra admovebat; sedfugabatur, impingebat, minorabatur.	19 And marched toward Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was put to flight, failed, and lost of his men:
20 His autem, qui intus erant, Iudasnecessaria mittebat.	20 For Judas had conveyed unto them that were in it such things as were necessary.
21 Enuntiavit autem mysteria hostibus Rhodocus quidam deIudaico exercitu; qui requisitus, comprehensus est et conclusus.	21 But Rhodocus, who was in the Jews' host, disclosed the secrets to the enemies; therefore he was sought out, and when they had gotten him, they put him in prison.
22 Iterum rex sermonem habuit ad eos, qui erant in Bethsuris, dextram dedit,accepit, abiit;	22 The king treated with them in Bethsum the second time, gave his hand, took their's, departed, fought with Judas, was overcome;
23 commisit cum his, qui erant cum Iuda, superatus est; cognovitrebellasse Philippum Antiochiae, qui relictus erat super negotia, confusus est;Iudaeos deprecatus est, subditus est, iuravit de omnibus, quae iusta erant,reconciliatus est et obtulit sacrificium, honoravit templum et loco exhibuithumanitatem;	23 Heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in Antioch, was desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Jews, submitted himself, and sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured the temple, and dealt kindly with the place,
24 Maccabaeum excepit, reliquit ducem a Ptolemaide usque adGerrenos Hegemonidem,	24 And accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from Ptolemais unto the Gerrhenians;
25 venit Ptolemaidam: graviter ferebant Ptolemensesamicitiae conventiones — indignabantur enim supra modum — voluerunt irritafacere pacta.	25 Came to Ptolemais: the people there were grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void:
26 Accessit Lysias ad tribunal, exposuit rationem congruenter,persuasit, sedavit, tranquillos fecit, regressus est Antiochiam. Hoc modo resgestae a rege, adventus et profectionis eius, processerunt.	26 Lysias went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in defence of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to Antioch. Thus it went touching the king's coming and departing.