Giudici 10

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Post Abimelech surrexit dux ad salvandum Israel Thola fi lius Phua filii Dodo, vir de Issachar, qui habitavit in Samir montis Ephraim.	1 After Abimelech, a leader rose up in Israel, Tola, the son of Puah, the paternal uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who lived in Shamir on mount Ephraim.
2 Et iudicavit Israel viginti et tribus annis mortuusque ac sepultus est in Samir.	2 And he judged Israel for twenty-three years, and he died and was buried at Shamir.
3 Huic successit Iair Galaadites, qui iudicavit Israel per viginti et duos annos	3 After him succeeded Jair, a Gileadite, who judged Israel for twenty-two years,
4 habens triginta filios sedentes super triginta pullos asinarum, et ipsis erant triginta civitates, quae appellatae sunt Havoth Iair (id est villae Iair) usque in praesentem diem, in terra Galaad.	4 having thirty sons sitting upon thirty young donkeys, and who were leaders of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havvoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, even to the present day, in the land of Gilead.
5 Mortuusque est Iair ac sepultus in Camon.	5 And Jair died, and he was buried in the place which is called Kamon.
6 Filii autem Israel peccatis veteribus iungentes nova fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini et servierunt Baalim et Astharoth et diis Syriae ac Sidonis et Moab et filiorum Ammon et Philisthim; dimiseruntque Dominum et non colebant eum.	6 But the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, joining new sins to old, and they served idols, the Baals and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria and Sidon, and of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines. And they abandoned the Lord, and they did not worship him.
7 Contra quos iratus tradidit eos in manu Philisthim et filiorum Ammon.	7 And the Lord, becoming angry against them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines and the sons of Ammon.
8 Afflictique sunt et vehementer oppressi per annos decem et octo omnes filii Israel, qui habitabant trans Iordanem in terra Amorraei in Galaad;	8 And they were afflicted and vehemently oppressed for eighteen years, all who were living beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorite, which is in Gilead,
9 in tantum ut filii Ammon Iordanem transirent ad pugnandum etiam contra Iudam et Beniamin et domum Ephraim; afflictusque est Israel nimis.	9 to such a great extent that the sons of Ammon, crossing over the Jordan, laid waste to Judah and Benjamin and Ephraim. And Israel was exceedingly afflicted.
10 Et clamantes filii Israel ad Dominum dixerunt: “ Peccavimus tibi, quia dereliquimus Deum nostrum et servivimus Baalim ”.	10 And crying out to the Lord, they said: “We have sinned against you. For we have forsaken the Lord our God, and we have served the Baals.”
11 Quibus locutus est Dominus: “ Numquid non Aegyptii et Amorraei filiique Ammon et Philisthim,	11 And the Lord said to them: “Did not the Egyptians, and the Amorites, and the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines,
12 Sidonii quoque et Amalec et Madian oppresserunt vos, et clamastis ad me, et erui vos de manu eorum?	12 and also the Sidonians, and Amalek, and Canaan, oppress you, and so you cried out to me, and I rescued you from their hand?
13 Et tamen reliquistis me et coluistis deos alienos; idcirco non addam ut ultra vos liberem.	13 And yet you have forsaken me, and you have worshipped foreign gods. For this reason, I will not continue to free you any more.
14 Ite et invocate deos, quos elegistis: ipsi vos liberent in tempore angustiae! ”.	14 Go, and call upon the gods whom you have chosen. Let them free you in the time of anguish.”
15 Dixeruntque filii Israel ad Dominum: “Peccavimus; redde tu nobis, quidquid tibi placet, tantum nunc libera nos ”.	15 And the sons of Israel said to the Lord: “We have sinned. You may repay us in whatever way pleases you. Yet free us now.”
16 Quae dicentes omnia de finibus suis alienorum deorum idola proiecerunt et servierunt Domino, qui doluit super miseriis Israel.	16 And saying these things, they cast out all the idols of the foreign gods from their regions, and they served the Lord God. And he was touched by their miseries.
17 Itaque filii Ammon convocati in Galaad fixere tentoria; contra quos congregati filii Israel in Maspha castrametati sunt.	17 And then the sons of Ammon, shouting out together, pitched their tents in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together against them, and they made camp at Mizpah.
18 Dixeruntque populus, principes Galaad, singuli ad proximos suos: “ Qui primus contra filios Ammon coeperit dimicare, erit dux omnium habitatorum Galaad ”.	18 And the leaders of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever among us will be the first to begin to contend against the sons of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Gilead.”