10 — 4 Kings (2 Kings)

1And Achab had seventy sons in Samaria: so Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the chief men of the city, and to the ancients, and to them that brought up Achab’s children, saying:Or Achab avea settanta figliuoli in Samaria. Jehu pertanto scrisse lettere a Samaria ai magnati della città, e ai seniori, e a que', che educavano i figliuoli di Achab, nelle quali diceva:AND Achab had seuentie sonnes in Samaria: Iehu therfore wrote letters, and sent into Samaria to the chiefe of the citie, and to the ancientes, and to them that brought vp Achabs children, saying:Erant autem Achab septuaginta filii in Samaria: scripsit ergo Jehu litteras, et misit in Samariam, ad optimates civitatis, et ad majores natu, et ad nutritios Achab, dicens: 2As soon as you receive these letters, ye that have your master’s sons, and chariots, and horses, and fenced cities, and armour,Subito che avrete ricevuta questa lettera voi, che avete nelle mani i figliuoli del signor vostro, e i cocchi, e i cavalline le città forti, e le armi.As sowne as you shal receiue these letters, ye that haue your maisters sonnes, and chariotes, and horses, and fensed cities, and armour,Statim ut acceperitis litteras has, qui habetis filios domini vestri, et currus, et equos, et civitates firmas, et arma, 3Choose the best, and him that shall please you most of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for the house of your master.Scegliete il migliore, e quello, che più a voi piacerà tra i figliuoli del signor vostro, e collocatelo sul trono del padre suo, e combattete per la famiglia del signor vostro.choose the better, and him that shal please you of your maisters sonnes, and set him vpon his fathers throne, and fight for the house of your lord.eligite meliorem, et eum qui vobis placuerit de filiis domini vestri, et eum ponite super solium patris sui, et pugnate pro domo domini vestri. 4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said: Behold two kings could not stand before him, and how shall we be able to resist?Coloro ebbero gran paura, e dissero: Ecco, che non han potuto resistere a lui due re, e come potremo resistere noi?They were sore afrayd, and sayd: Behold two kinges could not stand before him, and how shal we be able to resist?Timuerunt illi vehementer, et dixerunt: Ecce duo reges non potuerunt stare coram eo, et quomodo nos valebimus resistere ? 5Therefore they that were over the king’s house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee.Per la qual cosa i maggiordomi, e i prefetti delle città, e i seniori, e gli aj mandarono a dire a Jehu: Noi siamo tuoi servi; faremo tutto quello, che tu ordinerai, e non ci eleggeremo un re: fa tutto quel, che ti piace.The ouerseers therfore of the house, and the rulers of the citie, and the ancientes, and the tutors sent to Iehu, saying: We are thy seruantes, whatsoeuer thou shalt command we wil doe, neither wil we make vs a king: Doe thou whatsoeuer pleaseth thee.Miserunt ergo præpositi domus, et præfecti civitatis, et majores natu, et nutritii, ad Jehu, dicentes: Servi tui sumus: quæcumque jusseris faciemus, nec constituemus nobis regem: quæcumque tibi placent, fac.

6And he wrote letters the second time to them, saying: If you be mine, and will obey me, take the heads of the sons of your master, and come to me to Jezrahel by tomorrow at this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy men, were brought up with the chief men of the city.Ed egli scrisse loro un'altra lettera, in cui diceva: Se voi siete miei, e ubbidite a me, prendete le teste de' figliuoli del signor vostro, e venite a trovarmi domane a quest'ora stessa in Jezrael. Or i figliuoli del re in numero di settanta erano allevati nelle case de' magnati della città.And he wrote letters to them agayne, the second tyme, saying: If you be mine, and obey me, take the heades of your maisters sonnes, and come to me this verie houre to morow into Iezrahel. Moreouer the kinges sonnes, seuentie men were brought vp with the chiefe of the citie.Rescripsit autem eis litteras secundo, dicens: Si mei estis, et obeditis mihi, tollite capita filiorum domini vestri, et venite ad me hac eadem hora cras in Jezrahel. Porro filii regis, septuaginta viri, apud optimates civitates nutriebantur. 7And when the letters came to them, they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezrahel.E ricevuta che ebbero questi la lettera, presero i settanta uomini figliuoli del re, e gli uccisero, e posero le loro teste in cestini, e le mandarono a lui in Jezrael.And when the letters were come to them, they tooke the kinges sonnes, and slew seuentie men, and put their heades in baskets, and sent them to him into Iezrahel.Cumque venissent litteras ad eos, tulerunt filios regis, et occiderunt septuaginta viros, et posuerunt capita eorum in cophinis, et miserunt ad eum in Jezrahel. 8And a messenger came, and told him, saying: They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said: Lay ye them in two heaps by the entering in of the gate until the morning.E arrivò un messo, e portogli tal nuova, dicendo: Hanno portate le teste de' figliuoli del re. Ed ei rispose: Mettetele in due mucchi vicino all'entrar della porta per fino a domattina.And a messenger came. & told him, saying: They haue brought the heades of the kinges sonnes. Who answered: Lay them in two heapes by the entrance of the gate vntil morning.Venit autem nuntius, et indicavit ei, dicens: Attulerunt capita filiorum regis. Qui respondit: Ponite ea ad duos acervos juxta introitum portæ usque mane. 9And when it was light, he went out, and standing, said to all the people: You are just: if I conspired against my master, and slew him; who hath slain all these?E fattosi giorno, egli uscì fuora, e fermatosi disse a tutto il popolo: Voi siete giusti: se io congiurai contro il signor mio, e lo uccisi, chi ha uccisi costoro?And when it was light, he went forth, and standing sayd to al the people: You are iust: If I haue conspired agaynst my maister, and haue slayne him, who hath strooken al these?Cumque diluxisset, egressus est, et stans dixit ad omnem populum: Justi estis: si ego conjuravi contra dominum meum et interfeci eum, quis percussit omnes hos ?

10See therefore now that there hath not fallen to the ground any of the words of the Lord, which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Achab, and the Lord hath done that which he spoke in the hand of his servant Elias.Adesso adunque riflettete, come non è caduta per terra una parola di quello, che il Signore disse intorno alla casa di Achab, e come il Signore ha fatto quello, che predisse per mezzo di Elia suo servo.See therfore now there hath not fallen of the wordes of our Lord on the ground, which our Lord spake vpon the house of Achab, and our Lord hath done that which he spake in the hand of his seruant Elias.videte ergo nunc quoniam non cecidit de sermonibus Domini in terram, quos locutus est Dominus super domum Achab: et Dominus fecit quod locutus est in manu servi sui Eliæ. 11So Jehu slew all that were left of the house of Achab in Jezrahel, and all his chief men, and his friends, and his priests, till there were no remains left of him.Jehu allora fece morire tutti quelli della famiglia di Achab, che restavano in Jezrael, e tutti i suoi grandi, e i famigliari, e i sacerdoti fino che ne restò anima.Iehu therfore smote al that were leaft of the house of Achab in Iezrahel, and al his nobles, and familiars, and priestes, til there remayned no reliques of him.Percussit igitur Jehu omnes qui reliqui erant de domo Achab in Jezrahel, et universos optimates ejus, et notos, et sacerdotes, donec non remanerent ex eo reliquiæ. 12And he arose, and went to Samaria: and when he was come to the shepherds’ cabin in the way,E parti, e andò a Samaria: e arrivato che fu ad una capanna di pastori, che era sulla strada,And he arose, and came into Samaria: and when he was come to the cabbin of the shepeheardes in the way,Et surrexit, et venit in Samariam: cumque venisset ad Cameram pastorum in via, 13He met with the brethren of Ochozias, king of Juda, and he said to them: Who are you? And they answered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.s'imbattè ne' fratelli di Ochozia re di Giuda, e disse loro: Chi siete voi? Ed ei risposero: Siam fratelli di Ochozia, e siamo venuti a salutare i figliuoli del re, e i figliuoli della regina.he found the brethren of Ochozias the king of Iuda, and he sayd to them: What are you? Who answered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come downe to salute the kinges sonnes, and the queenessonnes.invenit fratres Ochoziæ regis Juda: dixitque ad eos: Quinam estis vos ? Qui responderunt: Fratres Ochoziæ sumus, et descendimus ad salutandos filios regis, et filios reginæ.

14And he said: Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men, and he left not any of them.E Jehu diede quest'ordine: Prendeteli vivi. E quando furono presi vivi, gli scannarono sulla cisterna, che era presso alla capanna, in numero di quarantadue persone: e non ne lasciò in vita nissuno.Who sayd: Take them aliue. Whom when they had taken aliue, they killed them in a cesterne beside the cabbin, two and fourtie men, and he leaft not any of them.Qui ait: Comprehendite eos vivos. Quos cum comprehendissent vivos, jugulaverunt eos in cisterna juxta Cameram, quadraginta duos viros: et non reliquit ex eis quemquam. 15And when he was departed thence, he found Jonadab, the son of Rechab, coming to meet him, and he blessed him. And he said to him: Is thy heart right as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said: It is. If it be, said he, give me thy hand. He gave him his hand. And he lifted him up to him into the chariot,E partitosi da quel luogo incontrò Jonadab figliuolo di Rechab, che venivagli incontro, e lo salutò, e gli disse: Il tuo cuore è egli retto verso di me, come il mio verso di te? E Jonadab disse: Così è. Se è così, Diss'egli, dammi la mano. E quegli porse a lui la mano. Ed ei lo fece salir nel suo cocchio:And when he was gone thence, he found Ionadab the sonne of Rechab coming to meete him, and he blessed him. And he sayd to him: Is thy hart right as my hart with thy hart? And Ionadab sayd: It is. If it be so, quoth he, g•ue me thy hand. Who gaue him his hand. But he lifted him vp to him into the chariote,Cumque abiisset inde, invenit Jonadab filium Rechab in occursum sibi, et benedixit ei. Et ait ad eum: Numquid est cor tuum rectum, sicut cor meum cum corde tuo ? Et ait Jonadab: Est. Si est, inquit, da manum tuam. Qui dedit ei manum suam. At ille levavit eum ad se in currum: 16And said to him: Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So he made him ride in his chariot,E disse a lui: Vieni meco, e vedrai lo zelo, che io ho pel Signore. E fattolo salir sul suo cocchio,and sayd to him: Come with me, and see my zele for our Lord. And being sette in his chariote,dixitque ad eum: Veni mecum, et vide zelum meum pro Domino. Et impositum in curru suo 17And brought him into Samaria. And he slew all that were left of Achab, in Samaria, to a man, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Elias.Lo condusse in Samaria. E fece uccidere in Samaria que', che resta vano della casa di Achab tutti fino ad uno, secondo la parola pronunziata dal Signore per mezzo di Elia.he brought him into Samaria. And he stroke al that were leaft of Achab in Samaria, til there was not one, according to the word of our Lord, which he spake by Elias.duxit in Samariam. Et percussit omnes qui reliqui fuerant de Achab in Samaria usque ad unum, juxta verbum Domini quod locutus est per Eliam.

18And Jehu gathered together all the people, and said to them: Achab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him more.Allora Jehu radunò tutto il popolo, e disse loro: Achab rendette un po' di culto a Baal; ma io gli ne renderò di più.Iehu therfore assembled al the people, and sayd to them: Achab worshipped Baal a litle, but I wil worshipe him more.Congregavit ergo Jehu omnem populum, et dixit ad eos: Achab coluit Baal parum, ego autem colam eum amplius. 19Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, and all his servants, and all his priests: let none be wanting, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal: whosoever shall be wanting, shall not live. Now Jehu did this craftily, that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.Or adunque convocate dinanzi a me tutti i profeti di Baal, e tutti i servi, e i sacerdoti di lui: nissuno manchi di venire; perocché io fo un sacrifizio grande a Baal: chi non verrà, non viverà. Ma Jehu faceva questo con frode, per isterminare gli adoratori di Baal.Now therfore cal to me al the prophetes of Baal, and al his seruantes, and al his priestes: let there be none but that he come, for I haue a great sacrifice to Baal: He that shal be wanting shal not liue. Moreouer Iehu did this craftely, that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.Nunc igitur omnes prophetas Baal, et universos servos ejus, et cunctos sacerdotes ipsius vocate ad me: nullus sit qui non veniat: sacrificium enim grande est mihi Baal: quicumque defuerit, non vivet. Porro Jehu faciebat hoc insidiose, ut disperderet cultores Baal. 20And he said: Proclaim a festival for Baal. And he called,Ed egli disse: Si santifichi il dì solenne di Baal. E mandò a far l'invito per tutte le regioni d'Israele:And he sayd: Sanctifie a solemne day to Baal. And he calledEt dixit: Sanctificate diem solemnem Baal. Vocavitque, 21And he sent into all the borders of Israel; and all the servants of Baal came: there was not one left that did not come. And they went into the temple of Baal: and the house of Baal was filled, from one end to the other.E vennero tutti i servi di Baal e neppur uno vi fu, che mancasse dì venire: ed entraron nel tempio di Baal, e la casa di Baal ne fu ripiena da un lato all'altro.and sent into al the borders of Israel, and al the seruantes of Baal came: there was leaft not one that came not. And they entered into the remple of Baal: and the house of Baal was filled, from one end to the other.et misit in universos terminos Israël, et venerunt cuncti servi Baal: non fuit residuus ne unus quidem qui non veniret. Et ingressi sunt templum Baal: et repleta est domus Baal, a summo usque ad summum.

22And he said to them that were over the wardrobe: Bring forth garments for all the servants of Baal. And they brought them forth garments.E disse a quelli, che avean in custodia le vestimenta: Mettete fuori le vesti per tutti i servi di Baal. E quelli le miser fuora.And he sayd to them that were ouer the garmentes: Bring forth garmentes for al the seruantes of Baal. And they brought them forth garmentes.Dixitque his qui erant super vestes: Proferte vestimenta universis servis Baal. Et protulerunt eis vestes. 23And Jehu, and Jonadab, the son of Rechab, went to the temple of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal: Search, and see that there be not any with you of the servants of the Lord, but that there be the servants of Baal only.E Jehu essendo entrato nel tempio di Baal con Jonadab figliuolo di Rechab, disse agli adoratori di Baal: Fate diligenza, e badate, che nissun sia tra voi de' servi del Signore, ma ci siano soli i servi di Baal.And Iehu going in, and Ionadab the sonne of Rechab into the temple of Baal, sayd to the worshippers of Baal: Search, and see le•t perhaps there be any with you of the seruantes of the Lord, but that there be the seruantes of Baal onlie.Ingressusque Jehu, et Jonadab filius Rechab, templum Baal, ait cultoribus Baal: Perquirite, et videte, ne quis forte vobiscum sit de servis Domini, sed ut sint servi Baal soli. 24And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings: but Jehu had prepared him fourscore men without, and said to them: If any of the men escape, whom I have brought into your hands, he that letteth him go, shall answer life for life.Quelli pertanto entrarono per offerir le vittime, e gli olocausti: ma Jehu teneva pronti al di fuori ottanta uomini, a' quali avea detto: Se uno lascerà fuggire chicchessia di questi uomini, i quali io do in vostro potere, egli pagherà colla sua vita la vita di quello.They therfore went in to make victimes and holocaustes: but Iehu had prepared him without fourescore men, and sayd to them: Whosoeuer shal escape of these men, whom I wil bring into your handes, his life shal be for the life of him.Ingressi sunt igitur ut facerent victimas et holocausta: Jehu autem præparaverat sibi foris octoginta viros, et dixerat eis: Quicumque fugerit de hominibus his, quos ego adduxero in manus vestras, anima ejus erit pro anima illius. 25And it came to pass, when the burnt offering was ended, that Jehu commanded his soldiers and captains, saying: Go in, and kill them: let none escape. And the soldiers and captains slew them with the edge of the sword, and cast them out: and they went into the city of the temple of Baal,Finito adunque che fu l'olocausto, Jehu diede l'ordine a' suoi soldati, ed ai capitani: Entrate dentro, e uccidete coloro, e nissuno abbia scampo. E i soldati, e i capitani li trucidarono, e gli stesero al suolo: e andarono alla città del tempio di Baal,And it came to passe, when the holo causte was ended, Iehu commanded his souldiars and captaynes: Goe in, and strike them, let none escape. And the souldiars and captaynes stroke them in the edge of the sword, and cast them forth: and they went into the citie of the temple of Baal,Factum est autem, cum completum esset holocaustum, præcepit Jehu militibus et ducibus suis: Ingredimini, et percutite eos: nullus evadat. Percusseruntque eos in ore gladii, et projecerunt milites et duces: et ierunt in civitatem templi Baal, 26And brought the statue out of Baal’s temple, and burnt it,E portaron fuora del tempio la statua di Baal, e la bruciarono, e la ridussero in cenere,and brought forth the statue out of Baals temple, and burnt it,et protulerunt statuam de fano Baal, et combusserunt, 27And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.E distrussero anche il tempio di Baal, e vi fecero delle latrine, che vi son anche oggidì.and brake it in peeces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a iakes for it vntil this day.et comminuerunt eam. Destruxerunt quoque ædem Baal, et fecerunt pro ea latrinas usque in diem hanc.

28So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel:Così Jehu sterminò Baal dal paese d'Israele:Iehu therfore destroyed Baal out of Israel:Delevit itaque Jehu Baal de Israël: 29But yet he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, nor did he forsake the golden calves that were in Bethel, and Dan.Egli però non si allontanò dai peccati di Jeroboam figliuolo di Nabath, il quale indusse Israele a peccare; e non abbandonò i vitelli d'oro, che erano a Bethel, e a Dan.but yet from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, who made Israel to sinne, he departed not, neither forsooke he the golden calues, that were in Bethel, and Dan.verumtamen a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël, non recessit, nec dereliquit vitulos aureos qui erant in Bethel et in Dan. 30And the Lord said to Jehu: because thou hast diligently executed that which was right and pleasing in my eyes, and hast done to the house of Achab according to all that was in my heart: thy children shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.Or il Signore disse a Jehu: Perchè tu hai fatto puntualmente quello, che era giusto, e secondo il mio beneplacito, e hai eseguito quello, che io avea risoluto contro la casa di Achab, i tuoi figliuoli sederanno fino alla quarta generazione sul trono d'Israele.And our Lord sayd to Iehu: Because thou hast diligently done that which was right, and that pleased in mine eies, and hast done al thinges that were in my hart, against the house of Achab: thy children shal sitte vpon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.Dixit autem Dominus ad Jehu: Quia studiose egisti quod rectum erat, et placebat in oculis meis, et omnia quæ erant in corde meo fecisti contra domum Achab: filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israël. 31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel to sin.Ma Jehu non ebbe premura di camminare con tutto il cuor suo nella legge del Signore Dio d'Israele; perocché non si dilungò dai peccati di Geroboam, il quale avea indotto Israele a peccare.Moreouer Iehu obserued not to walke in the law of our Lord the God of Israel in al his hart: for he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam, who had made Israel to sinne.Porro Jehu non custodivit ut ambularet in lege Domini Dei Israël in toto corde suo: non enim recessit a peccatis Jeroboam, qui peccare fecerat Israël. 32In those days the Lord began to be weary of Israel: and Hazael ravaged them in all the coasts of Israel,In quel tempo il Signore cominciò a prendere in aversione Israele; e Hazaele li trucidava da ogni parte de' confini d'Israele.In those daies our Lord began to be wearie of Israel: and Hazael smote them in al the costes of Israel,In diebus illis cœpit Dominus tædere super Israël: percussitque eos Hazaël in universis finibus Israël, 33From the Jordan eastward, all the land of Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manasses, from Aroer, which is upon the torrent Arnon, and Galaad, and Basan.Di là dal Giordano a levante (egli devastò) tutta la terra di Galaad, e di Gad, e di Ruben, e di Manasse, da Aroer, che è sul torrente Arnon, e Galaad, e Basan.from Iordan agaynst the East quarter, al the land of Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manasses, from Aroer, which is vpon the Torrent Arnon, and Galaad, and Basan.a Jordane contra orientalem plagam, omnem terram Galaad, et Gad, et Ruben, et Manasse, ab Aroër, quæ est super torrentem Arnon, et Galaad, et Basan.

34But the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and his strength, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?Il rimanente poi delle azioni di Jehu, e tutto quello, ch'egli operò, e com'ei fu valoroso, tutte queste cose non son elleno scritte nel giornale de' fatti dei re d'Israele?But the rest of the wordes of Iehu, & al that he did, and his strength, are not these thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Israel?Reliqua autem verborum Jehu, et universa quæ fecit, et fortitudo ejus, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël ? 35And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz, his son, reigned in his stead.E Jehu si addormentò co' padri suoi, e lo seppellirono in Samaria, e Joachaz suo figliuolo gli succedette nel regno.And Iehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Ioachaz his sonne reigned for him.Et dormivit Jehu cum patribus suis, sepelieruntque eum in Samaria: et regnavit Joachaz filius ejus pro eo. 36And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel, in Samaria, was eight and twenty years.E il tempo, che Jehu regnò sopra Israele in Samaria, fu di anni ventotto.And the dayes which Iehu reigned ouer Israel, be eight and twentie yeares in Samaria.Dies autem quos regnavit Jehu super Israël, viginti et octo anni sunt in Samaria.