Giudici 15

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Post aliquantum autem tem poris, cum dies triticeae mes sis instarent, venit Samson invisere volens uxorem suam et attulit ei haedum de capris. Cumque ad eam vellet intrare, prohibuit eum pater illius	1 And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying:
2 dicens: “ Putavi quod odisses eam et ideo tradidi illam amico tuo; sed habet sororem iuniorem, quae pulchrior illa est; sit tibi pro ea uxor ”.	2 I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her.
3 Dixitque eis Samson: “ Hac vice non erit culpa in me contra Philisthaeos, cum faciam eis mala ”.	3 And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines: for I will do you evils.
4 Perrexitque et cepit trecentas vulpes caudasque earum iunxit ad caudas sumensque faces ligavit singulas in medio binarum caudarum;	4 And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails.
5 facibusque igne succensis, dimisit vulpes in segetes Philisthinorum. Et comportatae iam fruges et adhuc stantes in stipula concrematae sunt in tantum, ut vineas quoque et oliveta flamma consumeret.	5 And setting them on fire he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they presently went into the standing corn of the Philistines. Which being set on fire, both the corn that was already carried together, and that which was yet standing, was all burnt, insomuch, that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the oliveyards.
6 Dixeruntque Philisthim: “ Quis fecit hanc rem? ”. Quibus dictum est: “ Samson gener Thamnathaei, quia tulit uxorem eius et alteri tradidit, haec operatus est ”. Ascenderuntque Philisthim et combusserunt tam mulierem quam patrem eius.	6 Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father.
7 Quibus ait Samson: “ Si talia facitis, utique ex vobis expetam ultionem et tunc quiescam ”.	7 But Samson said to them: Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will be quiet.
8 Percussitque eos ingenti plaga, suram ad femur. Et descendens habitavit in spelunca petrae Etam.	8 And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.
9 Igitur ascendentes Philisthim in terra Iudae castrametati sunt, et in Lehi (id est Maxilla) eorum est fusus exercitus.	9 Then the Philistines going up into the land of Juda, camped in the place which afterwards was called Lechi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army was spread.
10 Dixeruntque ad eos viri de tribu Iudae: “ Cur ascendistis adversum nos? ”. Qui responderunt: “ Ut ligemus Samson venimus et reddamus ei, quae in nos operatus est ”.	10 And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them: Why are you come up against us? They answered: We are come to bind Samson, and to pay him for what he hath done against us.
11 Descenderunt ergo tria milia virorum de Iuda ad specum petrae Etam dixeruntque ad Samson: “ Nescis quod Philisthim imperent nobis? Quare hoc nobis facere voluisti? ”. Quibus ille ait: “ Sicut fecerunt mihi, feci eis ”.	11 Wherefore three thousand men of Juda, went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson: Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? Why wouldst thou do thus? And he said to them: As they did to me, so have I done to them.
12 “ Ligare, inquiunt, te venimus et tradere in manus Philisthinorum ”. “ Iurate, respondit, mihi quod non me occidatis ”.	12 And they said to him, We are come to bind thee and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them: Swear to me, and promise me, that you will not kill me.
13 Dixerunt: “ Non te occidemus, sed vinctum trademus ”. Ligaveruntque eum duobus novis funibus et tulerunt de petra Etam.	13 They said: We will not kill thee: but we will deliver thee up bound. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him from the rock Etam.
14 Qui cum venisset in Lehi, et Philisthim vociferantes occurrissent ei, irruit spiritus Domini in eum, et, sicut solent ad odorem ignis lina consumi, ita vincula, quibus brachia eius ligata erant, dissipata sunt et soluta.	14 Now when he was come to the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines shouting went to meet him, the spirit of the Lord came strongly upon him: and as the flax is wont to be consumed at the approach of fire, so the bands with which he was bound were broken and loosed.
15 Inventamque maxillam asini recentem arripiens percussit in ea mille viros	15 And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, be slew therewith a thousand men.
16 et ait: “ In maxilla asini acervum feci ex eis! In mandibula asini percussi mille viros! ”.	16 And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men.
17 Cumque haec canens verba complesset, proiecit mandibulam de manu et vocavit nomen loci illius Ramathlehi (quod interpretatur Elevatio maxillae).	17 And when he had ended these words singing, he threw the jawbone out of his hand, and called the name of that place Ramathlechi, which is interpreted the lifting up of the jawbone.
18 Sitiensque valde clamavit ad Dominum et ait: “ Tu dedisti in manu servi tui salutem hanc maximam atque victoriam; et en siti morior incidamque in manus incircumcisorum ”.	18 Arid being very thirsty, he cried to the Lord, and said: Thou hast given this very great deliverance and victory into the hand of thy servant: and behold I die for thirst, and shall fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.
19 Aperuit itaque Deus fossam in Lehi, et egressae sunt inde aquae; quibus haustis, refocillavit spiritum et vires recepit. Idcirco appellatum est nomen fontis illius fons Invocantis, qui est in Lehi usque in praesentem diem.	19 Then the Lord opened a great tooth in the jaw of the ass, and waters issued out of it. And when he had drank them he refreshed his spirit, and recovered his strength. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Spring of him that invoked from the jawbone, until this present day.
20 Iudicavitque Israel in diebus Philisthim viginti annis.	20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.