Genesis 34

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Egressa est autem Dina filia Liæ ut videret mulieres regionis illius.	1 Then Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the women of that region.
2 Quam cum vidisset Sichem filius Hemor Hevæi, princeps terræ illius, adamavit eam : et rapuit, et dormivit cum illa, vi opprimens virginem.	2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of that land, had seen her, he fell in love with her. And so he seized her and slept with her, overwhelming the virgin by force.
3 Et conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea, tristemque delinivit blanditiis.	3 And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.
4 Et pergens ad Hemor patrem suum : Accipe, inquit, mihi puellam hanc conjugem.	4 And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, “Obtain this girl for me as a mate.”
5 Quod cum audisset Jacob absentibus filiis, et in pastu pecorum occupatis, siluit donec redirent.	5 But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back.
6 Egresso autem Hemor patre Sichem ut loqueretur ad Jacob,	6 Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob,
7 ecce filii ejus veniebant de agro : auditoque quod acciderat, irati sunt valde, eo quod f?dam rem operatus esset in Israël et, violata filia Jacob, rem illicitam perpetrasset.	7 behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act.
8 Locutus est itaque Hemor ad eos : Sichem filii mei adhæsit anima filiæ vestræ : date eam illi uxorem :	8 And so Hamor spoke to them: “The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife.
9 et jungamus vicissim connubia : filias vestras tradite nobis, et filias nostras accipite,	9 And let us celebrate marriages with one with another. Give us your daughters, and receive our daughters.
10 et habitate nobiscum : terra in potestate vestra est : exercete, negotiamini, et possidete eam.	10 And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it.”
11 Sed et Sichem ad patrem et ad fratres ejus ait : Inveniam gratiam coram vobis : et quæcumque statueritis, dabo :	11 And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: “May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.
12 augete dotem, et munera postulate, et libenter tribuam quod petieritis : tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem.	12 Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.”
13 Responderunt filii Jacob Sichem et patri ejus in dolo, sævientes ob stuprum sororis :	13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister:
14 Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso : quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.	14 “We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.
15 Sed in hoc valebimus f?derari, si volueritis esse similes nostri, et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus ;	15 But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.
16 tunc dabimus et accipiemus mutuo filias vestras ac nostras : et habitabimus vobiscum, erimusque unus populus.	16 Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
17 Si autem circumcidi nolueritis, tollemus filiam nostram, et recedemus.	17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.”
18 Placuit oblatio eorum Hemor, et Sichem filio ejus,	18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 nec distulit adolescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret : amabat enim puellam valde, et ipse erat inclytus in omni domo patris sui.	19 Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father’s house.
20 Ingressique portam urbis, locuti sunt ad populum :	20 And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:
21 Viri isti pacifici sunt, et volunt habitare nobiscum : negotientur in terra, et exerceant eam, quæ spatiosa et lata cultoribus indiget : filias eorum accipiemus uxores, et nostras illis dabimus.	21 “These men are peaceful, and they want to live among us. Let them trade in the land and cultivate it, for, being spacious and broad, it is in need of cultivation. We will receive their daughters as wives, and we will give them ours.
22 Unum est quo differtur tantum bonum : si circumcidamus masculos nostros, ritum gentis imitantes.	22 There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.
23 Et substantia eorum, et pecora, et cuncta quæ possident, nostra erunt : tantum in hoc acquiescamus, et habitantes simul, unum efficiemus populum.	23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, will be ours, if only we will acquiesce to this, and so, in living together, will form one people.”
24 Assensique sunt omnes, circumcisis cunctis maribus.	24 And they all agreed to circumcise every one of the males.
25 Et ecce, die tertio, quando gravissimus vulnerum dolor est : arreptis duo filii Jacob, Simeon et Levi fratres Dinæ, gladiis, ingressi sunt urbem confidenter : interfectisque omnibus masculis,	25 And behold, on the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, boldly entered the city with swords. And they put to death all of the males.
26 Hemor et Sichem pariter necaverunt, tollentes Dinam de domo Sichem sororem suam.	26 They killed Hamor and Shechem together, taking their sister Dinah from the house of Shechem.
27 Quibus egressis, irruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Jacob : et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri.	27 And when they had departed, the other sons of Jacob rushed over the slain, and they plundered the city in vengeance for the rape.
28 Oves eorum, et armenta, et asinos, cunctaque vastantes quæ in domibus et in agris erant,	28 Taking their sheep, and herds, and donkeys, and laying waste to everything else that was in their houses and in their fields,
29 parvulos quoque eorum et uxores duxerunt captivas.	29 they also took their little ones and their wives captive.
30 Quibus patratis audacter, Jacob dixit ad Simeon et Levi : Turbastis me, et odiosum fecistis me Chananæis, et Pherezæis habitatoribus terræ hujus : nos pauci sumus ; illi congregati percutient me, et delebor ego, et domus mea.	30 When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away.”
31 Responderunt : Numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra ?	31 They responded, “Should they abuse our sister like a prostitute?”