15 — 1 Kings (1 Samuel)

1And Samuel said to Saul: The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over his people Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the Lord:E Samuele disse a Saul: Il Signore mi mandò ad ungerti re del popol suo d'Israele: adesso pertanto ascolta le parole del Signore.AND Samuel said to Saul: Our Lord sent me to annointe thee king ouer his people Israel; now therefore heare the voice of our Lord:Et dixit Samuel ad Saul: Me misit Dominus ut ungerem te in regem super populum ejus Israël: nunc ergo audi vocem Domini. 2Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt.Queste cose dice il Signore degli eserciti: Io ho riandate tutte le cose fatte da Amalec ad Israele, e in qual modo se gli oppose nel viaggio, mentre usciva dell'Egitto.Thus sayth the Lord of hostes: I haue recounted whatsoeuer Amalec hath done to Israel: how he resisted them in the way when they came vp out of Aegypt.Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Recensui quæcumque fecit Amalec Israëli: quomodo restitit ei in via cum ascenderet de Ægypto. 3Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.Tu dunque adesso va, e fa strage di Amalec, e distruggi tutto quello che a lui appartiene: non averne compassione, e non desiderare nissuna delle cose sue: ma uccidi uomini, e donne, i fanciulli, e i bambini di latte, i buoi, e le pecore, i cammelli, e gli asini.Now therefore goe, and strike Amalec, and destroy al that he hath: spare him not, and couet not ought of his thinges: but kil from man vnto woman, both childe & suckling, oxe and sheepe, camel and asse.Nunc ergo vade, et percute Amalec, et demolire universa ejus: non parcas ei, et non concupiscas ex rebus ipsius aliquid, sed interfice a viro usque ad mulierem, et parvulum atque lactentem, bovem et ovem, camelum et asinum. 4So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.Saul adunque convocò il popolo, e ne fece la rassegna come di tanti agnelli: dugento mila pedoni, e diecimila combattenti di Giuda.Saul therefore commanded the people, and numbered them as it were lambes: two hundred thousand footemen, & ten thousand of the men of Iuda.Præcepit itaque Saul populo, et recensuit eos quasi agnos: ducenta millia peditum, et decem millia virorum Juda. 5And when Saul was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.Indi Saul, giunto che fu presso alla città di Amalec, pose un'imboscata nel torrente.And when Saul was come vnto the citie of Amalec, he laid ambushementes in the torrent.Cumque venisset Saul usque ad civitatem Amalec, tetendit insidias in torrente.

6And Saul said to the Cinite: Go, depart, and get ye down from Amalec: lest I destroy thee with him. For thou hast shewn kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. And the Cinite departed from the midst of Amalec.E Saul disse a' Cinei. Andate, ritiratevi, e separatevi da Amalec, affinchè per disgrazia io non vi confonda con essi: perocché voi aveste compassione di tutti i figliuoli d'Israele quando uscivan d'Egitto. E i Cinei si ritirarono dagli Amaleciti.And Saul said to the Cineite: Goe ye, retyre and depart from Amalec: lest perhaps I wrappe thee in with him. for thou hast done mercie with al the children of Israel, when they descended out of Aegypt. And the Cineite departed out of the middes of Amalec.Dixitque Saul Cinæo: Abite, recedite, atque descendite ab Amalec, ne forte involvam te cum eo: tu enim fecisti misericordiam cum omnibus filiis Israël, cum ascenderent de Ægypto. Et recessit Cinæus de medio Amalec. 7And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt.E Saul distrusse Amalec da Hevila sino a Sur, che sta dirimpetto all'Egitto.And Saul stroke Amalec from Heuila, vntil thou come to Sur, which is ouer against Aegypt.Percussitque Saul Amalec ab Hevila donec venias ad Sur, quæ est e regione Ægypti. 8And he took Agag, the king of Amalec, alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword.E prese vivo Agag re di Amalec, e trucidò tutto il popolo.And he apprehended Agag the king of Amalec aliue: but al the comon people he slewe in the edge of the sword.Et apprehendit Agag regem Amalec vivum: omne autem vulgus interfecit in ore gladii. 9And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and good for nothing, that they destroyed.Ma Saul, e il popolo salvarono Agag, e i migliori greggi di pecore, e i bovi, e le vestimenta, e gli arieti, e tutte le cose belle, e non vollero mandarle a male: distrussero tutte le cose spregevoli, e buone a nulla.And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best flockes of sheepe and heardes, and the garmentes and rammes, and al thinges, that were fayre, neither would they destroy them: but whatsoeuer was vile and refuse, that they destroyed.Et pepercit Saul et populus Agag, et optimis gregibus ovium et armentorum, et vestibus et arietibus, et universis quæ pulchra erant, nec voluerunt disperdere ea: quidquid vero vile fuit et reprobum, hoc demoliti sunt.

10And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying:E il Signore parlò a Samuele, e disse:And the word of our Lord was made to Samuel, saying:Factum est autem verbum Domini ad Samuel, dicens: 11It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.Io mi pento di aver fatto re Saul, perchè egli mi ha abbandonato, e non ha adempite le mie parole. E Samuele se ne afflisse, e alzò le grida al Signore per tutta la notte.It repenteth me that I haue made Saul king: because he hath forsaken me, & hath not fulfilled my wordes in worke. And Samuel was strooken sadde, and cried to our Lord al the night.Pœnitet me quod constituerim Saul regem: quia dereliquit me, et verba mea opere non implevit. Contristatusque est Samuel, et clamavit ad Dominum tota nocte. 12And when Samuel rose early, to go to Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel that Saul was come to Carmel, and had erected for himself a triumphant arch, and returning had passed on, and gone down to Galgal. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, out of the choicest of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalec.E alzatosi Samuele prima del giorno per andare di buon'ora a Saul, fu recato avviso a Samuele, come Saul era andato sul Carmelo, e si era fatto ergere un arco trionfale, e che partito di là era sceso a Galgala. Andò pertanto Samuele a trovar Saul; e questi offeriva al Signore un olocausto delle primizie della preda fatta sopra gli Amaleciti.And when Samuel had risen in the night, to goe to Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, that Saul was come into Carmelus, and had erected to him selfe a triumphant arch, and returning was passed, and gone into Galgal. Samuel therefore came to Saul, and Saul offered an holocaust to our Lord of the first of the prayes, which he had brought from Amalec.Cumque de nocte surrexisset Samuel ut iret ad Saul mane, nuntiatum est Samueli eo quod venisset Saul in Carmelum, et erexisset sibi fornicem triumphalem, et reversus transisset, descendissetque in Galgala. Venit ergo Samuel ad Saul, et Saul offerebat holocaustum Domino de initiis prædarum quæ attulerat ex Amalec. 13And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.E giunto che fu Samuele presso Saul, Saulle gli disse: Benedetto sii tu dal Signore; io ho eseguito il comando del Signore.And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul sayd to him: Blessed be thou to our Lord, I haue fulfilled the word of our Lord.Et cum venisset Samuel ad Saul, dixit ei Saul: Benedictus tu Domino: implevi verbum Domini.

14And Samuel said: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?E Samuele disse: E che voci di greggi sono quelle che risonano alle mie orecchie, e di armenti che io sento?And Samuel sayd: And what is this voice of flockes, which soundeth in myne eares, and of heardes, which I heare?Dixitque Samuel: Et quæ est hæc vox gregum, quæ resonat in auribus meis, et armentorum, quam ego audio ? 15And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest we have slain.E Saul disse: Sono stati condotti dal paese di Amalec: perocché il popolo ha serbato il meglio delle pecore, e degli armenti per sacrificargli al Signore Dio tuo; il resto poi lo uccidemmo.And Saul said: They haue brought them from Amalec: for the people hath spared the better sheepe and heardes that they might be immolated to our Lord thy God, but the rest we haue slaine.Et ait Saul: De Amalec adduxerunt ea: pepercit enim populus melioribus ovibus et armentis ut immolarentur Domino Deo tuo, reliqua vero occidimus. 16And Samuel said to Saul: Suffer me, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said to him: Speak.Ma Samuele disse a Saul: Dammi permissione, e io ti dirò quello che stanotte mi ha detto il Signore. E quegli disse a lui: Parla.And Samuel said to Saul: Suffer me, and I wil shew thee what our Lord hath spoken to me this night. And he sayd to him: Speake.Ait autem Samuel ad Saul: Sine me, et indicabo tibi quæ locutus sit Dominus ad me nocte. Dixitque ei: Loquere. 17And Samuel said: When thou wast a little one in thy own eyes, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.E Samuele disse: Non è egli vero, che essendo tu piccolo negli occhi tuoi, sei stato fatto capo delle tribù d'Israele, e il Signore ti unse in re d'Israele?And Samuel said: When thou wast a little one in thyne owne eyes, was thou not made chief in the tribes of Israel? And our Lord annointed thee to be king ouer Israel,Et ait Samuel: Nonne cum parvulus esses in oculis tuis, caput in tribubus Israël factus es ? unxitque te Dominus in regem super Israël, 18And the Lord sent thee on the way, and said: Go, and kill the sinners of Amalec, and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed them.E il Signore ti ordinò di partire, e disse: Va, e uccidi i peccatori di Amalec, e combatterai contro di essi fino a sterminarli.and our Lord sent thee on the way, and sayd: Goe, and kil the sinners of Amalec, and thou shalt fight against them vntil the vtter destruction of them.et misit te Dominus in viam, et ait: Vade, et interfice peccatores Amalec, et pugnabis contra eos usque ad internecionem eorum ?

19Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of the Lord: but hast turned to the prey, and hast done evil in the eyes of the Lord?Per qual motivo adunque non hai tu ascoltata la voce del Signore, ma ti sei innamorato della preda, e hai fatto il male sotto gli occhi del Signore?Why therefore hast thou not heard the voice of our Lord: but art turned to the praye, and hast done euil in the eies of our Lord?Quare ergo non audisti vocem Domini: sed versus ad prædam es, et fecisti malum in oculis Domini ? 20And Saul said to Samuel: Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have walked in the way by which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag, the king of Amalec, and Amalec I have slain.E Saul disse a Samuele: Anzi io ho ascoltata la voce del Signore, e seguitai la strada, per cui il Signore mi mandò, e ho menato Agag re di Amalec, e ho trucidati gli Amaleciti.And Saul said to Samuel: Yea I haue heard the voice of our Lord, and haue walked in the way by which our Lord sent me, and haue brought Agag the king of Amalec, and Amalec I haue slaine.Et ait Saul ad Samuelem: Immo audivi vocem Domini, et ambulavi in via per quam misit me Dominus, et adduxi Agag regem Amalec, et Amalec interfeci. 21But the people took of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal.Ma il popolo separò dalla preda delle pecore, e dei bovi (come) primizie di quelli che si sono uccisi, per immolargli al Signore Dio suo in Galgala.But the people tooke of the praye sheepe and oxen, the principal of those thinges which were slaine, to immolate to our Lord their God in Galgal.Tulit autem de præda populus oves et boves, primitias eorum quæ cæsa sunt, ut immolet Domino Deo suo in Galgalis. 22And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.E Samuele disse: Domanda forse il Signore olocausti, e vittime, e non piuttosto che s'obbedisca alla sua voce? perocché più vale l'obbedienza che le vittime, e la docilità più che offerire il grasso degli arieti:And Samuel said: Why wil our Lord haue holocaustes and victimes, and not rather that the voice of our Lord be obeyed? For BETTER is obedience then victimes: and to harken rather then to offer the fatte of rammes.Et ait Samuel: Numquid vult Dominus holocausta et victimas, et non potius ut obediatur voci Domini ? melior est enim obedientia quam victimæ, et auscultare magis quam offerre adipem arietum.

23Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch, therefore, as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.Perocché il disobbedire è come il peccato della divinazione, e il non volere soggettarsi è come il delitto d'Idolatria: perchè adunque tu hai rigettata la parola del Signore, il Signore ti ha rigettato dall'esser re.Because it is as it were the sinne of inchantment, to resist: and as it were the wickednes of idolatrie, to refuse to obey. For as much therefore as thou hast reiected the word of our Lord, our Lord hath reiected thee that thou shalt not be king.Quoniam quasi peccatum ariolandi est, repugnare: et quasi scelus idololatriæ, nole acquiescere. Pro eo ergo quod abjecisti sermonem Domini, abjecit te Dominus ne sis rex. 24And Saul said to Samuel: I have sinned, because I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words, fearing the people, and obeying their voice.E Saul disse a Samuele: Ho peccato, mentre ho trasgredita la parola del Signore, e i tuoi dettami, avendo timore del popolo, e facendo a modo di lui.And Saul said to Samuel: I haue sinned, because I haue transgressed the saying of our Lord, and thy wordes, fearing the people, and obeying their voice.Dixitque Saul ad Samuelem: Peccavi, quia prævaricatus sum sermonem Domini et verba tua, timens populum, et obediens voci eorum. 25But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord.Ma tu adesso sopporta di grazia il mio peccato, e torna indietro con me, affinchè io, adori il Signore.But now beare I besech thee my sinne, and returne with me, that I may adore our Lord.Sed nunc porta, quæso, peccatum meum, et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum. 26And Samuel said to Saul: I will not return with thee, because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.E Samuele disse a Saul: Non tornerò indietro con te, perchè tu hai rigettata la parola del Signore, e il Signore ha rigettato te dall'esser re d'Israele.And Samuel sayd to Saul: I wil not returne with thee, because thou hast reiected the word of our Lord, and our Lord hath reiected thee that thou shalt not be king ouer Israel,Et ait Samuel ad Saul: Non revertar tecum, quia projecisti sermonem Domini, et projecit te Dominus ne sis rex super Israël. 27And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.E Samuele si voltò per andarsene: ma quegli lo prese per l'orlo del suo mantello, il quale si strappò.And Samuel turned him selfe to depart: but he caught the hemme of his cloke, which also did rent.Et conversus est Samuel ut abiret: ille autem apprehendit summitatem pallii ejus, quæ et scissa est.

28And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.E disse a lui Samuele: Il Signore ha strappato oggi di mano a te il regno d'Israele, e lo ha dato ad un altro miglior di te.And Samuel said to him: Our Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath deliuered it to thy neighbour better then thou.Et ait ad eum Samuel: Scidit Dominus regnum Israël a te hodie, et tradidit illud proximo tuo meliori te. 29But the triumpher in Israel will not spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a man that he should repent.Or colui che in Israele trionfa, non perdonerà, nè si muoverà a pentimento: perocché egli non è un uomo che abbia a pentirsi.Moreouer the Triumpher in Israel wil not spare, and he wil not be turned with repentance: for neither is he a man that he may repent.Porro triumphator in Israël non parcet, et pœnitudine non flectetur: neque enim homo est ut agat pœnitentiam. 30Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.E quegli disse: Ho peccato: ma tu adesso rendimi onore dinanzi a' seniori del mio popolo, e dinanzi ad Israele, e torna con me, affinchè io adori il Signore Dio tuo.But he said: I haue sinned: how be it now honour me before the ancientes of my people, and before Israel, and returne with me, that I may adore our Lord thy God.At ille ait: Peccavi: sed nunc honora me coram senioribus populi mei et coram Israël, et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum Deum tuum. 31So Samuel turned again after Saul: and Saul adored the Lord.Samuele adunque tornò seguendo Saul: e Saul adorò il Signore.Samuel therefore returning folowed Saul: and Saul adored our Lord.Reversus ergo Samuel secutus est Saulem: et adoravit Saul Dominum. 32And Samuel said: Bring hither to me Agag, the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fat, and trembling. And Agag said: Doth bitter death separate in this manner?E Samuele disse: Conducetemi Agag re di Amalec. E fugli presentato Agag che era grassissimo, e tremante. E disse Agag: Così adunque (mi) divide la morte amara?And Samuel said: Bring vnto me Agag the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fatte, trembling. And Agag sayd: Doth bitter death thus separat?Dixitque Samuel: Adducite ad me Agag regem Amalec. Et oblatus est ei Agag, pinguissimus et tremens. Et dixit Agag: Siccine separat amara mors ?

33And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.E disse Samuele: Siccome la tua spada privò le madri di figli, così priva di figliuoli sarà tra le donne la madre tua. E Samuele lo trucidò in Galgala dinanzi al Signore.And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made wemen without children, so shal thy mother among wemen be without children. And Samuel hewed him into peeces before our Lord in Galgal.Et ait Samuel: Sicut fecit absque liberis mulieres gladius tuus, sic absque liberis erit inter mulieres mater tua. Et in frustra concidit eum Samuel coram Domino in Galgalis. 34And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.Indi Samuele se n'andò a Ramatha: e Saul tornò a casa sua in Gabaa.And Samuel departeth into Ramatha: but Saul ascended vnto his house into Gabaa.Abiit autem Samuel in Ramatha: Saul vero ascendit in domum suam in Gabaa. 35And Samuel saw Saul no more till the day of his death: nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord repented that he had made him king over Israel.E Samuele non andò più a vedere Saul fino al dì della sua morte. Ma Samuele piangeva Saul, perchè il Signore si era pentito di averlo fatto re d'Israele.And Samuel saw Saul no more vnto the day of his death: but yet Samuel lamented Saul because it repented our Lord that he had appointed him king ouer Israel.Et non vidit Samuel ultra Saul usque ad diem mortis suæ: verumtamen lugebat Samuel Saulem, quoniam Dominum pœnitebat quod constituisset eum regem super Israël.