46 — Ecclesiasticus

1Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,Forte in guerra fu Gesù figliuolo di Nave successore di Mosè nel dono di profezia, egli fu grande come porta il suo nome.STRONG in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue, successour of Moyses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,Fortis in bello Jesus Nave, successor Moysi in prophetis, / qui fuit magnus secundum nomen suum, 2Very great for the saving the elect of God, to overthrow the enemies that rose up against them, that he might get the inheritance for Israel.Egli fu più che grande nel salvare gli eletti di Dio, nel domare i nemici, che se gli opponevano, e nel conquistare per Israele la sua eredità.most great in the saluation of Gods elect, to ouerthrow the enemies rising vp, that he might get the inheritan• of Israel.maximus in salutem electorum Dei, / expugnare insurgentes hostes, / ut consequeretur hæreditatem Israël. 3How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?Quanta gloria acquistò egli in tenendo alta la mano, e vibrando la spada contro quella città!What glorie obteyned he in lifting vp his handes, and casting swordes against the cities?Quam gloriam adeptus est in tollendo manus suas, / et jactando contra civitates rhomphæas ! 4Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.Chi avanti a lui combattè in tal guisa? Imperocché il Signore stesso condusse nelle mani di lui i nemici.Who before him did so resist? •or our Lord himself brought the enemies.Quis ante illum sic restitit ? / nam hostes ipse Dominus perduxit. 5Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?Lo zelo di lui non fermò egli il sole, onde un sol giorno fu come due?Whether was not the sunne hindered in his anger, and one day was made as two?An non in iracundia ejus impeditus est sol, / et una dies facta est quasi duo ? 6He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.Mentre da tutte parti i nemici lo combattevano, egli invocò l'Altissimo onnipotente, e il grande, e santo Iddio lo esaudì mandando grandine furiosa di pietre.He inuocated the mightie soueraine in assaulting of the enemies on euerie side, and the great and holie God heard him in haile stones of exceeding great force.Invocavit Altissimum potentem, / in oppugnando inimicos undique: / et audivit illum magnus et sanctus Deus, / in saxis grandinis virtutis valde fortis.

7He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.Egli si scagliò impetuosamente sopra la gente nimica, e sterminò gli avversarj nella discesa,He made violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the goeing downe he destroyed the aduersaries,Impetum fecit contra gentem hostilem, / et in descensu perdidit contrarios: 8That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:Affinchè conoscesser le genti, la possanza di Dio, e come non è agevol cosa il combattere contro di lui. Egli seguitò sempre l'onnipotente;that the nations might know his might, that it is not easie to fight against God. And he folowed at the back of the mightie.ut cognoscant gentes potentiam ejus, / quia contra Deum pugnare non est facile. / Et secutus est a tergo potentis: 9And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.Egli a tempo di Mosè insieme con Caleb figliuolo di Jephone fece una buona opera, risoluti a mostrar la faccia al nimico, trattenendo il popolo dal peccare, e sedando le maliziose mormorazioni.And in the daies of Moyses did mercie, and Caleb the sonne of Iephone, did stand against the enemie, and stayed the nation from sinnes, and appeased the murmuring of malice.et in diebus Moysi misericordiam fecit, / ipse, et Caleb filius Jephone, / stare contra hostem, et prohibere gentem a peccatis, / et perfringere murmur malitiæ. 10And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.Ed eglino faron que' due, i quali del numero di secento mila fanti usciron salvi d'ogni pericolo per condurre il popolo al possesso della terra, che scorre latte, e miele.And they two being appointed, were deliuered out of danger from among the number of six hundred thousand footemen, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that yeldeth milke and honie.Et ipsi duo constituti a periculo liberati sunt / a numero sexcentorum millium peditum, / inducere illos in hæreditatem, / in terram quæ manat lac et mel. 11And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:E allo stesso Caleb, il Signore diede gran valore, e anche nella vecchiaia egli fu sempre robusto, onde salì a quel luogo eminente nella terra promessa, il quale fa il retaggio della sua stirpe:And our Lord gaue strength to Caleb himself, and his strength continued euen vntil old age, so that he went vp into the high place of the land, & his seede obteyned inheritance.Et dedit Dominus ipsi Caleb fortitudinem, / et usque in senectutem permansit illi virtus, / ut ascenderet in excelsum terræ locum, / et semen ipsius obtinuit hæreditatem,

12That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.Affinchè tutti i figliuoli d'Israele vedessero come buona cosa ella è l'ubbidire al santo Iddio.That al the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holie God.ut viderent omnes filii Israël / quia bonum est obsequi sancto Deo. 13Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,E i giudici notati ciascuno pel raro nome, il cuore de' quali non fu cattivo, perché non si allontanarono dal Signore,And al the iudges by their name, whose hart was not corrupted: which were not turned away from our Lord,Et judices singuli suo nomine, quorum non est corruptum cor, / qui non aversi sunt a Domino, 14That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,Sia in benedizione la loro memoria, e le loro ossa di là rifioriscano, dove riposano,that their memorie might be blessed, and their bones spring out of their place,ut sit memoria illorum in benedictione, / et ossa eorum pullulent de loco suo: 15And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.E duri in eterno il loro nome, e passi a' loro figliuoli colla gloria di que' santi uomini.and their name continew for euer, the glorie of the holie men remayning vnto their children.et nomen eorum permaneat in æternum, / permanens ad filios illorum, sanctorum virorum gloria. 16Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.Samuele caro al Signore Dio suo, profeta del Signore fondò nuovo impero, ed unse i principi del popol suo.The beloued of our Lord his God Samuel the prophet of our Lord, renewed the empire, and anoynted princes in his nation.Dilectus a Domino Deo suo Samuel, propheta Domini, / renovavit imperium, / et unxit principes in gente sua. 17By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.Egli giudicò la sinagoga secondo la legge del Signore, e Iddio visitò Giacobbe, ed egli per la sua fedeltà fu riconosciuto per profeta.By the law of our Lord he iudged the congregation, and the God of Iacob saw, and in his fidelitie was proued a prophet.In lege Domini congregationem judicavit, / et vidit Deus Jacob: / et in fide sua probatus est propheta, 18And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light:E si vide come egli era fedele nelle sue parole, e come avea veduto il Dio della luce:And he was knowen faithful in his wordes, because he saw the God of light:et cognitus est in verbis suis fidelis, / quia vidit Deum lucis.

19And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.Egli invocò il Signore onnipotente mentre i nemici lo stringevano da tutte parti, e offerse agnello immacolato.and inuocated our Lord omnipotent, in assaulting the enemies besetting him on euerie side, in the oblation of an immaculate lambe.Et invocavit Dominum omnipotentem, / in oppugnando hostes circumstantes undique, / in oblatione agni inviolati. 20And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.E il Signore tuonò dal cielo, e tra grandi strepiti fece udir la sua voce,And our Lord thundered from heauen, and in great sound he made his voice heard,Et intonuit de cælo Dominus, / et in sonitu magno auditam fecit vocem suam: 21And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philistines:E conquise i principi di tiro, e tutti i duci de' Filistei:and he descomfited the princes of the Tyrians, and al the dukes of the Philisthiims:et contrivit principes Tyriorum, / et omnes duces Philisthiim: 22And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he protested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not taken of any man, and no man did accuse him.E prima che terminasse di vivere, e si partisse dal mondo protestò dinanzi al Signore, e dinanzi al suo Cristo, come da verun uomo non avea preso denaro, e nemmeno un paio di calzari, e nissun uomo potè accusarlo.and before the time of the end of his life, and the world, he gaue testimonie before our Lord, and his Christ, money and what soeuer besides vnto the verie shoes he tooke not of al flesh, and no man accused him.et ante tempus finis vitæ suæ et sæculi, / testimonium præbuit in conspectu Domini et christi: / pecunias et usque ad calceamenta ab omni carne non accepit, / et non accusavit illum homo. 23And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation.Indi si addormentò, e predisse, e notificò al re il fine della sua vita, e alzò la sua voce di sotto terra profetando la distruzione dell'empietà del popolo.And after this he slept, and he notified to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he exalted his voice out of the earth in prophecie to take cleane away the impietie of the nation.Et post hoc dormivit: et notum fecit regi, / et ostendit illi finem vitæ suæ: / et exaltavit vocem suam de terra in prophetia, / delere impietatem gentis.