Primo libro di Samuele 16

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Dixitque Dominus ad Samuelem: “ Usquequo tu luges Saul, cum ego proiecerim eum, ne regnet super Israel? Imple cornu tuum oleo et veni, ut mittam te ad Isai Bethlehemitem; providi enim in filiis eius mihi regem ”.	1 And the Lord said to Samuel. How It long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2 Et ait Samuel: “ Quomodo vadam? Audiet enim Saul et interficiet me ”. Et ait Dominus: “ Vitulam de armento tolles in manu tua et dices: “Ad immolandum Domino veni”.	2 And Samuel said: How shall I go? for Saul will hear of it, and he will kill me. And the Lord said: Thou shalt take with thee a calf of the herd, and thou shalt say: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
3 Et vocabis Isai ad victimam; et ego ostendam tibi quid facias, et unges quemcumque monstravero tibi ”.	3 And thou shalt call Isai to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou art to do, and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall shew to thee.
4 Fecit ergo Samuel, sicut locutus est ei Dominus, venitque in Bethlehem. Et expaverunt seniores civitatis occurrentes ei dixeruntque: “ Pacificusne ingressus tuus? ”.	4 Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable?
5 Et ait: “ Pacificus; ad immolandum Domino veni. Sanctificamini et venite mecum, ut immolem ”. Sanctificavit ergo Isai et filios eius et vocavit eos ad sacrificium.	5 And he said: It is peaceable: I am come to offer sacrifice to the Lord, be ye sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Isai and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 Cumque ingressi essent, vidit Eliab et ait: “ Absque dubio coram Domino est christus eius! ”.	6 And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?
7 Et dixit Dominus ad Samuelem: “ Ne respicias vultum eius neque altitudinem staturae eius, quoniam abieci eum; nec iuxta intuitum hominis iudico: homo enim videt ea, quae parent, Dominus autem intuetur cor ”.	7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
8 Et vocavit Isai Abinadab et adduxit eum coram Samuele, qui dixit: “ Nec hunc elegit Dominus ”.	8 And Isai called Abinadab, and brought him before Samuel. And he said: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
9 Adduxit autem Isai Samma, de quo ait: “ Etiam hunc non elegit Dominus ”.	9 And Isai brought Samma, and he said of him: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
10 Adduxit itaque Isai septem filios suos coram Samuele, et ait Samuel ad Isai: “ Non elegit Dominus ex istis ”.	10 Isai therefore brought his seven sons before Samuel: and Samuel said to Isai: The Lord hath not chosen any one of these.
11 Dixitque Samuel ad Isai: “ Numquid iam completi sunt filii? ”. Qui respondit: “ Adhuc reliquus est minimus et pascit oves ”. Et ait Samuel ad Isai: “ Mitte et adduc eum; nec enim discumbemus prius quam huc ille venerit ”.	11 And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.
12 Misit ergo et adduxit eum; erat autem rufus et pulcher aspectu decoraque facie. Et ait Dominus: “ Surge, unge eum; ipse est enim ”.	12 He sent therefore and brought him Now he was ruddy and beautiful to behold, and of a comely face. And the Lord said: Arise, and anoint him, for this is he.
13 Tulit igitur Samuel cornu olei et unxit eum in medio fratrum eius; et directus est spiritus Domini in David a die illa et in reliquum. Surgensque Samuel abiit in Rama.	13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward: and Samuel rose up, and went to Ramatha.
14 Spiritus autem Domini recessit a Saul, et exagitabat eum spiritus nequam a Domino.	14 But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.
15 Dixeruntque servi Saul ad eum: “ Ecce spiritus Dei malus exagitat te.	15 And the servants of Saul said to him: Behold now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
16 Iubeat dominus noster, et servi tui, qui coram te sunt, quaerant hominem scientem psallere cithara, ut, quando arripuerit te spiritus Dei malus, psallat manu sua, et levius feras ”.	16 Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayest bear it more easily.
17 Et ait Saul ad servos suos: “ Providete mihi aliquem bene psallentem et adducite eum ad me ”.	17 And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.
18 Et respondens unus de pueris ait: “ Ecce vidi filium Isai Bethlehemitae scientem psallere et fortissimum robore et virum bellicosum et prudentem in verbis et virum pulchrum; et Dominus est cum eo ”.	18 And one of the servants answering, said: Behold I have seen a son of Isai the Bethlehemite, a skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man fit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person: and the Lord is with him.
19 Misit ergo Saul nuntios ad Isai dicens: “ Mitte ad me David filium tuum, qui est in pascuis ”.	19 Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David thy son, who is in the pastures.
20 Tulitque Isai asinum cum pane et utre vini et haedo de capris uno et misit per manum David filii sui Sauli.	20 And Isai took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid of the flock, and sent them by the hand of David his son to Saul.
21 Et venit David ad Saul et stetit coram eo; at ille dilexit eum nimis, et factus est eius armiger.	21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer.
22 Misitque Saul ad Isai dicens: “ Stet David in conspectu meo; invenit enim gratiam in oculis meis ”.	22 And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let David stand before me: for he hath found favour in my sight.
23 Igitur, quandocumque spiritus Dei arripiebat Saul, David tollebat citharam et percutiebat manu sua; et refocillabatur Saul et levius habebat: recedebat enim ab eo spiritus malus.	23 So whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, David took his harp, and played with his hand, and Saul was refreshed, and was better, for the evil spirit departed from him.