Primo libro di Samuele 10

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Tulit autem Samuel lenticulam olei et effudit super caput eius et deosculatus eum ait: “ Ecce unxit te Dominus in principem super populum suum, super Israel. Et tu dominaberis populo Domini et tu liberabis eum de manu inimicorum eius, qui in circuitu eius sunt. Et hoc tibi signum quia unxit te Deus in principem super hereditatem suam:	1 And Samuel took a little vial of oil and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said: Behold, the Lord hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance, and thou shalt deliver his people out of the hands of their enemies, that are round about them. And this shall be a sign unto thee, that God hath anointed thee to be prince.
2 cum abieris hodie a me, invenies duos viros iuxta sepulcrum Rachel in finibus Beniamin, dicentque tibi: “Inventae sunt asinae, ad quas ieras perquirendas; et intermissis pater tuus asinis sollicitus est pro vobis et dicit: Quid faciam de filio meo?”.	2 When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father thinking no more of the asses is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son?
3 Cumque abieris inde et ultra transieris et veneris ad quercum Thabor, invenient te ibi tres viri ascendentes ad Deum in Bethel: unus portans tres haedos et alius tres tortas panis et alius portans utrem vini.	3 And when thou shalt depart from thence, and go farther on, and shalt come to the oak of Thabor, there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine.
4 Cumque te salutaverint, dabunt tibi duos panes, et accipies de manu eorum.	4 And they will salute thee, and will give thee two loaves, and thou shalt take them at their hand.
5 Post haec venies in Gabaa Dei, ubi est statio Philisthinorum; et, cum ingressus fueris ibi urbem, obviam habebis gregem prophetarum descendentium de excelso et ante eos psalterium et tympanum et tibiam et citharam ipsosque prophetantes.	5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and when thou shalt be come there into the city, thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place, with a psaltery and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp before them, and they shall be prophesying.
6 Et insiliet in te spiritus Domini, et prophetabis cum eis et mutaberis in virum alium.	6 And the spirit of the Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be changed into another man.
7 Quando ergo evenerint signa haec omnia tibi, fac, quaecumque invenerit manus tua, quia Dominus tecum est.	7 When therefore these signs shall happen to thee, do whatsoever thy hand shall find, for the Lord is with thee.
8 Et descendes ante me in Galgala. Ego quippe descendam ad te, ut offeram oblationem et immolem victimas pacificas. Septem diebus exspectabis, donec veniam ad te et ostendam tibi, quae facias ”.	8 And thou shalt go down before me to Galgal, (for I will come down to thee,) that thou mayest offer an oblation, and sacrifice victims of peace: seven days shalt thou wait, O till I come to thee, and I will shew thee what thou art to do.
9 Itaque, cum avertisset umerum suum, ut abiret a Samuele, immutavit ei Deus cor aliud, et venerunt omnia signa haec in die illa.	9 So when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave unto him another heart, and all these things came to pass that day.
10 Veneruntque inde in Gabaa, et ecce grex prophetarum obvius ei; et insiluit super eum spiritus Dei, et prophetavit in medio eorum.	10 And they came to the foresaid hill, and behold a company of prophets met him: and the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them.
11 Videntes autem omnes, qui noverant eum heri et nudiustertius, quod esset cum prophetis et prophetaret, dixerunt ad invicem: “ Quaenam res accidit filio Cis? Num et Saul inter prophetas? ”.	11 And all that had known him yesterday and the day before, seeing that he was with the prophets, and prophesied, said to each other: What is this that hath happened to the son of Cis? Is Saul also among the prophets?
12 Responditque vir loci illius dicens: “ Et quis pater eorum? ”. Propterea versum est in proverbium: “ Num et Saul inter prophetas? ”.	12 And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?
13 Cessavit autem prophetare et venit in Gabaa;	13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 dixitque patruus Saul ad eum et ad puerum eius: “ Quo abistis? ”. Qui respondit: “ Quaerere asinas; quas cum non repperissemus, venimus ad Samuelem”.	14 And Saul's uncle said to him, and to his servant: Whither went you? They answered: To seek the asses: and not finding them we went to Samuel.
15 Et dixit ei patruus suus: “Indica mihi quid dixerit tibi Samuel”.	15 And his uncle said to him: Tell me what Samuel said to thee.
16 Et ait Saul ad patruum suum: “ Indicavit nobis quia inventae essent asinae ”. De sermone autem regni non indicavit ei, quem locutus illi fuerat Samuel.	16 And Saul said to his uncle: He told us that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom of which Samuel had spoken to him, he told him not.
17 Et convocavit Samuel populum ad Dominum in Maspha	17 And Samuel called together the people to the Lord in Maspha:
18 et ait ad filios Israel: “ Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Ego eduxi Israel de Aegypto et erui vos de manu Aegyptiorum et de manu omnium regnorum, quae affligebant vos.	18 And he said to the children of Israel: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings who afflicted you.
19 Vos autem hodie proiecistis Deum vestrum, qui solus salvavit vos de universis malis et tribulationibus vestris, et dixistis: “Nequaquam, sed regem constitue super nos!”. Nunc ergo state coram Domino per tribus vestras et per familias ”.	19 But you this day have rejected your God, who only hath saved you out of all your evils and your tribulations: and you have said: Nay: but set a king over us. Now therefore stand before the Lord by your tribes, and by your families.
20 Et applicuit Samuel omnes tribus Israel; et cecidit sors in tribum Beniamin.	20 And Samuel brought to him all the tribes of Israel, and the lot fell on the tribe of Benjamin.
21 Et applicuit tribum Beniamin et cognationes eius; et cecidit in cognationem Metri et pervenit usque ad Saul filium Cis. Quaesierunt ergo eum, et non est inventus.	21 And he brought the tribe of Benjamin and the kindreds thereof, and the lot fell Upon the kindred of Metri, and it came to Saul the son of Cis. They sought him therefore and he was not found.
22 Et consuluerunt post haec Dominum, utrumnam venisset illuc vir. Responditque Dominus: “ Ecce absconditus est inter sarcinas ”.	22 And after this they consulted the Lord whether he would come thither. And the Lord answered: Behold he is hidden at home.
23 Cucurrerunt itaque et tulerunt eum inde; stetitque in medio populi et altior fuit universo populo ab umero et sursum.	23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and he stood in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward.
24 Et ait Samuel ad omnem populum: “ Certe videtis, quem elegit Dominus, quoniam non sit similis ei in omni populo ”. Et clamavit cunctus populus et ait: “ Vivat rex! ”.	24 And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.
25 Locutus est autem Samuel ad populum legem regni et scripsit in libro et reposuit coram Domino; et dimisit Samuel omnem populum, singulos in domum suam.	25 And Samuel told the people the law of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, every one to his own house.
26 Sed et Saul abiit in domum suam in Gabaa; et abierunt cum eo viri fortes, quorum tetigerat Deus corda.	26 Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa: and there went with him a part of the army, whose hearts God had touched.
27 Filii vero Belial dixerunt: “ Num salvare nos poterit iste? ”. Et despexerunt eum et non attulerunt ei munera; ille vero dissimulabat se audire.	27 But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents, but he dissembled as though he heard not.