18 — 2 Kings (2 Samuel)

1And David, having reviewed his people, appointed over them captains of thousands and of hundreds,Davidde adunque, fatta la rassegna della sua gente, elesse tribuni, e centurioni, che la comandassero.DAVID therfore hauing viewed his people, appointed ouer them tribunes & centurions,Igitur considerato David populo suo, constituit super eos tribunos et centuriones, 2And sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abisai the son of Sarvia Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ethai, who was of Geth: and the king said to the people: I also will go forth with you.E diede il comando di un terzo de' soldati a Gioab e di un terzo ad Abisai figliuolo di Sarvia fratello di Gioab, e dell'altro terzo ad Ethai che era di Geth: e il re disse a' suoi: Verrò io pure con voi.and gaue the third part of the people vnder the hand of Ioab, and the third part vnder the hand of Abisai the sonne of Seruia the brother of Ioab, and the third part vnder the hand of Ethai, who was of Geth: and the king said to the people: I also wil goe forth with you.et dedit populi tertiam partem sub manu Joab, et tertiam partem sub manu Abisai filii Sarviæ fratris Joab, et tertiam partem sub manu Ethai, qui erat de Geth. Dixitque rex ad populum: Egrediar et ego vobiscum. 3And the people answered: Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not much mind us: or if half of us should fall, they will not greatly care: for thou alone art accounted for ten thousand: it is better therefore that thou shouldst be in the city to succour us.E quelli risposero: Tu non dei venire: perocché quando noi fossimo messi in fuga, non sarà per quelli un gran vantaggio; e quando perisse la metà di noi quelli non faranno gran caso: perocché tu solo conti per dieci mila. È meglio adunque che tu ci dia ajuto dalla città.And the people answered: Thou shalt not goe forth: for whether we shal flee, it wil be no great importance to them of vs: or whether the halfe part of vs shal fal, they wil not greatly care: because thou alone art accounted for ten thousandes: it is better therefore that thou be in the citie to ayde vs.Et respondit populus: Non exibis: sive enim fugerimus, non magnopere ad eos de nobis pertinebit: sive media pars ceciderit e nobis, non satis curabunt, quia tu unus pro decem millibus computaris: melius est igitur ut sis nobis in urbe præsidio. 4And the king said to them: What seemeth good to you, that will I do. And the king stood by the gate: and all the people went forth by their troops, by hundreds and by thousands.Disse loro il re: Io farò quello che voi credete opportuno. Il re adunque fermossi alla porta; e i soldati uscivano a schiere di cento, e di mille uomini.To whom the king said: What seemeth good to you, that wil I doe. The king therfore stoode beside the gate: and al the people went forth by their troupes, by hundredes and by thousandes.Ad quos rex ait: Quod vobis videtur rectum, hoc faciam. Stetit ergo rex juxta portam: egrediebaturque populus per turmas suas centeni et milleni.

5And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom.E diede il re quest'ordine a Gioab, ad Abisai, ad Ethai, e disse: Salvatemi il figliuolo Assalonne. E tutto il popolo udì, come il re raccomandava Assalonne a tutti i capi.And the King commanded Ioab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Saue me the child Absalom. And al the people heard the King commanding al the princes for Absalom.Et præcepit rex Joab, et Abisai, et Ethai, dicens: Servate mihi puerum Absalom. Et omnis populus audiebat præcipientem regem cunctis principibus pro Absalom. 6So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.Uscì pertanto in campagna l'esercito contro Israele, e seguì la battaglia nel bosco di Ephraim:The people therfore went out into the filde against Israel, & the battel was fought in the forest of Ephraim.Itaque egressus est populus in campum contra Israël, et factum est prælium in saltu Ephraim. 7And the people of Israel were defeated there by David’s army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.E ivi il popolo d'Israele fu sconfitto dall'esercito di Davidde, e grande strage fu in quel giorno di venti mila uomini.And the people of Israel was slayne there of Dauids armie, and there was made a great slaughter in that day, of twentie thousand.Et cæsus est ibi populus Israël ab exercitu David, factaque est plaga magna in die illa, viginti millium. 8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.E i combattenti si azzuffarono rottamente chi qua, chi là per tutto quel tratto, e molti più furono quelli del popolo, che in fuggendo periron pel bosco, che quelli che furon trucidati dalla spada in quel giorno:And the battel there was dispersed vpon the face of al the earth, and there were manie moe, whom the forest had consumed of the people, then they whom the sword deuoured in that day.Fuit autem ibi prælium dispersum super faciem omnis terræ, et multo plures erant quos saltus consumpserat de populo, quam hi quos voraverat gladius in die illa. 9And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on.Or egli avvenne, che s'imbattè nei soldati di David Assalonne, che cavalcava un mulo: e il mulo venendo a passare sotto una quercia grande, e molto fronzuta, il capo di lui rimase appiccato alla quercia; e restando egli appeso tra cielo e terra, il mulo che ei cavalcava, tirò avanti.And it chanced that Absalom mette the seruantes of Dauid, sitting on a mule: and when the mule was gone in vnder a thicke oke and a great, his head stucke to the oke: and he hanging betwen heauen and earth, the mule that he rode vpon passed through.Accidit autem ut occurreret Absalom servis David, sedens mulo: cumque ingressus fuisset mulus subter condensam quercum et magnam, adhæsit caput ejus quercui: et illo suspenso inter cælum et terram, mulus cui insederat, pertransivit.

10And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.E vi fu, chi l'osservò, e ne diede parte a Gioab, dicendo: Ho veduto Assalonne appeso ad una quercia.And one sawe this & told Ioab: saying: I saw Absolom hang vpon an oke.Vidit autem hoc quispiam, et nuntiavit Joab, dicens: Vidi Absalom pendere de quercu. 11And Joab said to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten sicles of silver, and a belt?E Gioab disse a colui, che gli dava tal nuova: Se l'hai veduto, perchè non lo hai tu conficcato in terra, e io ti avrei dato dieci sicli di argento, e una bandoliera?And Ioab sayd to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not nayle him to the earth, and I had geuen thee ten sicles of siluer, and one belt?Et ait Joab viro qui nuntiaverat ei: Si vidisti, quare non confodisti eum cum terra, et ego dedissem tibi decem argenti siclos, et unum balteum ? 12And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst have paid down in my hands a thousand pieces of silver, I would not lay my hands upon the king’s son for in our hearing the king charged thee, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom.E quegli rispose a Gioab: Quando mi avessi messo in mano mille monete d'argento, non avrei stesa la mano contro il figliuolo del re: mentre udimmo ben noi come il re ordinò, e disse a te, ad Abisai, e ad Ethai: Conservatemi il figliuolo Assalonne.Who sayd to Ioab: If thou wouldest pay downe in my handes a thousand peeces of siluer, I would not lay my handes vpon the kinges sonne: for in our hearing the king commanded thee, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Keepe me the child Absalom.Qui dixit ad Joab: Si appenderes in manibus meis mille argenteos, nequaquam mitterem manum meam in filium regis: audientibus enim nobis præcepit rex tibi, et Abisai, et Ethai, dicens: Custodite mihi puerum Absalom. 13Yea and if I should have acted boldly against my own life, this could not have been hid from the king, and wouldst thou have stood by me?E se io avessi ardito di tradire l'anima mia, non avrebbe potuto restare ascosa al re simil cosa; e mi avresti tu forse difeso?Yea and if I had done agaynst my life boldly, this could not haue beene hid from the king, and thou wouldest haue stand agaynst it?Sed etsi fecissem contra animam meam audacter, nequaquam hoc regem latere potuisset, et tu stares ex adverso ? 14And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but I will set upon him in thy sight. So he took three lances in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom: and whilst he yet panted for life, sticking on the oak,Ma Gioab disse: Non sarà come vuoi tu: anzi io lo trafiggerò in tua presenza. Prese egli adunque in mano tre dardi, e gl'immerse nel petto di Assalonne: e mentre quegli appiccato alla quercia tuttor palpitava,And Ioab sayd: Not as thou wilt, but I wil set vpon him before thee. He tooke therefore three lances in his hand, and thrust them in the hart of Absalom: and when as yet he panted for life sticking on the oke,Et ait Joab: Non sicut tu vis, sed aggrediar eum coram te. Tulit ergo tres lanceas in manu sua, et infixit eas in corde Absalom: cumque adhuc palpitaret hærens in quercu, 15Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.Corsero dieci giovani scudieri di Gioab, e co' loro colpi lo finirono.there ranne ten yong men the squyers of Ioab, and striking they killed him.cucurrerunt decem juvenes armigeri Joab, et percutientes interfecerunt eum.

16And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.E Gioab fece suonare la sua tromba, e contenne il popolo dall'inseguire i fuggitivi, risparmiar volendo la moltitudine.And Ioab sounded the trumpet, and stayed the people, that they should not pursew Israel fleeing, willing to spare the multitude.Cecinit autem Joab buccina, et retinuit populum, ne persequeretur fugientem Israël, volens parcere multitudini. 17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and they laid an exceeding great heap of stones upon him: but all Israel fled to their own dwellings.E presero Assalonne, e lo gettarono nel bosco in una buca grande; e lo gettarono nel bosco in una buca grande; e gettaron sopra di lui una massa altissima di pietre: e tutto Israele se ne fuggì alle sue tende.And they tooke Absalom, and cast him in the forrest, into a great pitte, and they heaped vpon him an exceding great heape of stones: but al Israel fled into their tabernacles.Et tulerunt Absalom, et projecerunt eum in saltu, in foveam grandem, et comportaverunt super eum acervum lapidum magnum nimis: omnis autem Israël fugit in tabernacula sua. 18Now Absalom had reared up for himself, in his lifetime, a pillar, which is in the king’s valley: for he said: I have no son, and this shall be the monument of my name. And he called the pillar by his own name, and it is called the hand of Absalom, to this day.Or Assalonne si era eretto, mentre era in vita, un monumento nella valle del re: perocché diceva: Io non ho un figliuolo: lascerò questa memoria del nome mio. E diede a quel monumento il suo nome, e si chiama fino al dì d'oggi la Mano di Assalonne.Moreouer Absalom had erected to himself, whiles he yet liued, a title which is in the kinges Valley: for he said: I haue no sonne, and this shal be a monument of my name. And he called the title by his name, and it is called The hand of Absalom, vntil this present day.Porro Absalom erexerat sibi, cum adhuc viveret, titulum qui est in Valle regis: dixerat enim: Non habeo filium, et hoc erit monimentum nominis mei. Vocavitque titulum nomine suo, et appellatur Manus Absalom, usque ad hanc diem. 19And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said: I will run and tell the king, that the Lord hath done judgment for him from the hand of his enemies.Or Achimaas figliuolo di Sadoc disse: Correrò a recare a Davidde la nuova, come il Signore ha fatta a lui giustizia contro i suoi nemici.And Achimaas the sonne of Sadoc said: I wil runne, and tel the king, that our Lord hath done him iudgement of the hand of his enemies.Achimaas autem filius Sadoc, ait: Curram, et nuntiabo regi quia judicium fecerit ei Dominus de manu inimicorum ejus.

20And Joab said to him: Thou shalt not be the messenger this day, but shalt bear tidings another day: this day I will not have thee bear tidings, because the king’s son is dead.Ma Gioab disse a lui: Non porterai le nuove oggi, ma un'altra volta: oggi non voglio, che porti le nuove tu, perchè il figliuolo del re è morto.To whom Ioab said: Thou shalt not be messenger this day, but thou shalt carie the message an other day: to day I wil not haue thee carie the message, for the kinges sonne is dead.Ad quem Joab dixit: Non eris nuntius in hac die, sed nuntiabis in alia: hodie nolo te nuntiare: filius enim regis est mortuus. 21And Joab said to Chusai: Go, and tell the king what thou hast seen. Chusai bowed down to Joab, and ran.E disse Gioab a Chusi: Va, e riferisci al re quello che hai veduto. Chusi s'inchinò a Gioab, e corse via.And Ioab said to Chusai: Goe, and tel the king what thou hast seene. Chusai adored Ioab, and ranne.Et ait Joab Chusi: Vade, et nuntia regi quæ vidisti. Adoravit Chusi Joab, et cucurrit. 22Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said to Joab again: Why might not I also run after Chusai? And Joab said to him: Why wilt thou run, my son? thou wilt not be the bearer of good tidings.Ma Achimaas figliuolo di Sadoc disse dipoi a Gioab: Che mal sarà egli, se io pure correrò dietro a Chusi? E Gioab gli disse: Perchè vuoi tu, figliuol mio, far questa corsa? tu non saresti apportatore di grata novella.And againe Achimaas the sonne of Sadoc said to Ioab: What letteth if I also runne after Chusai? And Ioab sayd to him: Why wilt thou runne my sonne? thou shalt not be caryer of good tydinges.Rursus autem Achimaas filius Sadoc dixit ad Joab: Quid impedit si etiam ego curram post Chusi ? Dixitque ei Joab: Quid vis currere, fili mi ? non eris boni nuntii bajulus. 23He answered: But what if I run? And he said to him: Run. Then Achimaas running by a nearer way passed Chusai.E quegli rispose: E se io facessi questa corsa? E Gioab gli disse: Corri. Allora Achimaas, presa una scorciatoja, trapassò Chusi.Who answered: But what if I runne? And he said to him: Runne. Achimaas therfore running a nere way out went Chusai.Qui respondit: Quid enim si cucurrero ? Et ait ei: Curre. Currens ergo Achimaas per viam compendii, transivit Chusi. 24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.Or Davidde stava sedendo tra le due porte: e una sentinella, che stava in cima alla porta sulla muraglia, alzati gli occhi, vide un uomo solo che correva;And Dauid sate betwen the two gates: and the watchman that was in the toope of the gate vpon the wal, lifting vp his eies, saw a man running alone.David autem sedebat inter duas portas: speculator vero, qui erat in fastigio portæ super murum, elevans oculos, vidit hominem currentem solum.

25And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be alone, there are good tidings in his mouth. And as he was coming apace, and drawing nearer,E alzò la voce per dirlo al re, e il re disse: Se egli è solo, reca buona novella: ma quegli venendo in tutta fretta, e avvicinandosi di più,And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be alone, there are good tydinges in his mouth. And he making hast, and coming neerer,Et exclamans indicavit regi: dixitque rex: Si solus est, bonus est nuntius in ore ejus. Properante autem illo, et accedente propius, 26The watchman saw another man running, and crying aloud from above, he said: I see another man running alone. And the king said: He also is a good messenger.La sentinella vide un altr'uomo, che correva, e gridando da alto disse: Comparisce un altr'uomo, che corre, ed è solo. E il re disse: Anche questo porta buone nuove.the watchman saw an other man running, and crying alowde in the toppe, he said: There appeareth vnto me an other man running alone. And the king said: And this is a good messenger.vidit speculator hominem alterum currentem, et vociferans in culmine, ait: Apparet mihi alter homo currens solus. Dixitque rex: Et iste bonus est nuntius. 27And the watchman said: The running of the foremost seemeth to me like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said: He is a good man: and cometh with good news.E la sentinella disse: Se bado alla maniera di correre del primo, mi sembra ch'ei sia Achimaas figliuolo di Sadoc. E il re disse: Egli è uomo dabbene, e viene a portare buone nuove.And the watchman, I behold, said he, the running of the former, as it were the running of Achimaas the sonne of Sadoc. And the king said: He is a good man: and cometh bringing good newes.Speculator autem: Contemplor, ait, cursum prioris, quasi cursum Achimaas filii Sadoc. Et ait rex: Vir bonus est, et nuntium portans bonum venit. 28And Achimaas crying out, said to the king: God save thee, O king. And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said: Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my king.E Achimaas gridò, e disse al re: Dio ti salvi, o re: e prostratosi per terra dinanzi a lui, lo adorò e disse: Benedetto il Signore Dio tuo, il quale ha messi alle strette coloro, che alzaron le mani contro il re mio signore.And Achimaas crying, sayd to the king: God saue thee ô king. And adoring the king before him flatte to the earth, he said: Blessed be our Lord thy God, who hath shut vp the men that haue lifted vp their handes against my lord the king.Clamans autem Achimaas, dixit ad regem: Salve rex. Et adorans regem coram eo pronus in terram, ait: Benedictus Dominus Deus tuus, qui conclusit homines qui levaverunt manus suas contra dominum meum regem.

29And the king said: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Achimaas said: I saw a great tumult, O king, when thy servant Joab sent me thy servant: I know nothing else.E disse il re: È egli salvo il figliuolo Assalonne? E Achimaas disse: Io vidi un grande scompiglio quando Gioab tuo servo, o re, spediva me tuo servo: altra cosa io non so.And the king said: Is the child Absalom safe? And Achimaas sayd? I saw a great tumult, when thy seruant Ioab sent, ô king, me thy seruant: other thing I know not.Et ait rex: Estne pax puero Absalom ? Dixitque Achimaas: Vidi tumultum magnum cum mitteret Joab servus tuus, o rex, me servum tuum: nescio aliud. 30And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.E il re a lui: Avanzati, e posati qui. E quando quegli si fu avanzato al suo posto,To whom the king, Passe, sayd he, and stand here.Ad quem rex: Transi, ait, et sta hic. Cumque ille transisset, et staret, 31And when he had passed, and stood still, Chusai appeared and coming up he said: I bring good tidings, my lord, the king, for the Lord hath judged for thee this day from the hand of all that have risen up against thee.Comparve Chusi, e in arrivando disse: Buone nuove io ti porto, o re mio signore: perocché oggi il Signore ha sentenziato in tuo favore liberandoti dalle mani di quelli che si son ribellati.And when he had passed, and stood, Chusai appeared: and coming he sayd: I bring good tydinges my lord king: for our Lord hath iudged for thee this day of the hand of al that haue rysen against thee.apparuit Chusi: et veniens ait: Bonum apporto nuntium, domine mi rex: judicavit enim pro te Dominus hodie de manu omnium qui surrexerunt contra te. 32And the king said to Chusai: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Chusai answering him, said: Let the enemies of my lord, the king, and all that rise against him unto evil, be as the young man is.Ma il re disse a Chusi: È egli salvo il figliuolo Assalonne? Rispose a lui Chusi: Sia come di quel figliuolo, così di tutti i nemici del re mio signore, e di tutti quelli che si ribellano contro di lui per nuocergli.And the king sayd to Chusai: Is the child Absalom safe? To whom Chusai answering, sayd: Let the enemies of my lord the king become, as the child, and al that ryse against him vnto euil.Dixit autem rex ad Chusi: Estne pax puero Absalom ? Cui respondens Chusi: Fiant, inquit, sicut puer, inimici domini mei regis, et universi qui consurgunt adversus eum in malum. 33The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.Allora il re pieno di dolore salì alla camera, che era sopra la porta, e pianse, e nell'andare diceva: Assalonne figliuol mio, Assalonne figliuol mio! Chi mi concederà, che io muoja per te, Assalonne figliuol mio, figliuol mio Assalonne?The king therfore being made sorie, went vp into the high chamber of the gate, and wept. And thus he spake, going: My sonne Absalom, Absalom my sonne: who would graunt me that I might die for thee, Absalom my sonne, my sonne Absalom.Contristatus itaque rex, ascendit cœnaculum portæ, et flevit. Et sic loquebatur, vadens: Fili mi Absalom, Absalom fili mi: quis mihi tribuat ut ego moriar pro te, Absalom fili mi, fili mi Absalom ?