5 — Judges

1In that day Debbora and Barac, son of Abinoem, sung, and said:E cantarono Debora e Barac figliuolo di Abinoem in quel giorno, e dissero:AND Debbora and Barac the sonne of Abinoem sang in that day, saying:Cecineruntque Debbora et Barac filius Abinoëm in illo die, dicentes: 2O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord.Uomini d'Israele, i quali offeriste volontariamente al pericolo le vostre vite, benedite il Signore.You that of Israel haue voluntarily offered your liues to peril, blesse our Lord.Qui sponte obtulistis de Israël animas vestras ad periculum, / benedicite Domino. 3Hear, O ye kings, give ear, O ye princes: It is I, it is I, that will sing to the Lord, I will sing to the Lord, the God of Israel.Ponete mente, o regi; prestate le orecchie, o principi: Io sono, son io quella che canterò al Signore, darò inni di laude al Signore Dio d'Israele.Heare you kinges, and geue eare ye princes: I am, I am she, that wil sing to our Lord, I wil chaunte to our Lord the God of Israel.Audite, reges; auribus percipite, principes: / ego sum, ego sum, quæ Domino canam, / psallam Domino Deo Israël. 4O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens and clouds dropped water.Signore, allorché tu partisti da Seir, e ti avanzasti per le regioni di Edom, la terra si scosse, e i cieli e le nuvole si sciolsero in acqua.Lord when thou wentst out of Seir, and didst passe by the countries of Edom, the earth was moued, & the heauens and cloudes distilled waters.Domine, cum exires de Seir, / et transires per regiones Edom, / terra mota est, / cælique ac nubes distillaverunt aquis. 5The mountains melted before the face of the Lord, and Sinai before the face of the Lord the God of Israel.I monti si strussero al cospetto del Signore, e il Sinai dinanzi alla faccia del Dio d'Israele.The mountaines melted before the face of our Lord, and Sinai before the face of our Lord God of Israel.Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini, / et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israël. 6In the days of Samgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jahel, the paths rested: and they that went by them, walked through bye-ways.Nei giorni di Samgar figliuolo di Anath, ne' giorni di Jahel le strade non erano più battute: e que' che solean frequentarle, camminavano pe' sentieri inaccessibili.In the daies of Samgar the sonne of Anath, in the daies of Iahel the pathes rested: and they that went by them, walked by by waies.In diebus Samgar filii Anath, / in diebus Jahel quieverunt semitæ: / et qui ingrediebantur per eas, / ambulaverunt per calles devios.

7The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.Venner meno gli uomini di valore in Israele, ed erano spauriti, fino a tanto che Debora comparì, comparì una madre per Israele.The valiantes in Israel ceased, and rested: vntil Debbora arose, a mother rose in Israel.Cessaverunt fortes in Israël, et quieverunt: / donec surgeret Debbora, / surgeret mater in Israël. 8The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.Il Signore ha preso nuovi modi di guerreggiare, ed egli ha distrutte le forze nemiche: non si vide in quaranta mila soldati d'Israele uno scudo, o una lancia.Our Lord chose new warres, and the gates of the enemies him selfe subuerted: shield and speare if there appeared among fourtie thousand of Israel.Nova bella elegit Dominus, / et portas hostium ipse subvertit: / clypeus et hasta si apparuerint / in quadraginta millibus Israël. 9My heart loveth the princes of Israel: O you, that of your own good will offered yourselves to danger, bless the Lord.Il mio cuore ama i principi d'Israele: voi che vi offeriste volontarii al popolo, benedite il Signore.My hart loueth the princes of Israel: you that of your owne good wil offered your selues to danger, blesse our Lord.Cor meum diligit principes Israël: / qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini, / benedicite Domino. 10Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.Parlate voi che cavalcate i begli asini, e voi che sedete su' tribunali, e voi che battete le strade pubbliche.You that ride vpon your faire asses, and sitte in iudgement, and walke in the way, speake.Qui ascenditis super nitentes asinos, / et sedetis in judicio, / et ambulatis in via, / loquimini. 11Where the chariots were dashed together, and the army of the enemies was choked, there let the justices of the Lord be rehearsed, and his clemency towards the brave men of Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the gates, and obtained the sovereignty.Colà dove i cocchi furono infranti, e dove il nemico esercito fu affogato, ivi si raccontino le vendette del Signore, e la clemenza verso i campioni d'Israele: allora fu che il popolo del Signore si adunò alle porte, e riprese il principato:Where the chariottes were frushed together, and the armie of the enemie was suffocated, there let the iustices of our Lord be told, and his clemencie toward the valiantes of Israel: then did the people of our Lord goe downe to the gates, and obteyned the principalitie.Ubi collisi sunt currus, / et hostium suffocatus est exercitus, / ibi narrentur justitiæ Domini, / et clementia in fortes Israël: / tunc descendit populus Domini ad portas, / et obtinuit principatum.

12Arise, arise, O Debbora, arise, arise, and utter a canticle. Arise, Barac, and take hold of thy captives, O son of Abinoem.Su via, su via, o Debora, su via, su via, intuona il cantico: su via, o Barac, metti le mani su' tuoi prigionieri, o figliuolo di Abinoem.Arise, arise Debbora, arise, arise, and speake a canticle: Arise Barac, and apprehend thy captiues thou sonne of Abinoem.Surge, surge Debbora; / surge, surge, et loquere canticum: / surge Barac, et apprehende captivos tuos, fili Abinoëm. 13The remnants of the people are saved, the Lord hath fought among the valiant ones.Le reliquie del popolo sono salvate; il Signore ha combattuto co' valorosi.The remnant of the people is saued, our Lord hath fought in the valiantes.Salvatæ sunt reliquiæ populi: / Dominus in fortibus dimicavit. 14Out of Ephraim he destroyed them into Amalec, and after him out of Benjamin into thy people, O Amalec: Out of Machir there came down princes, and out of Zabulon they that led the army to fight.Uno di Ephraim gli sterminò in Amalec, e dopo di lui uno di Beniamin a ruina delle tue genti, o Amalec: da Machir son discesi de' principi, e da Zabulon capitani di eserciti per la guerra.Out from Ephraim he destroyed them into Amalec, and after him out from Beniamin into thy peoples O Amalec: Out from Machir there descended princes, and our from Zabulon they that led the armie to fight.Ex Ephraim delevit eos in Amalec, / et post eum ex Benjamin in populos tuos, o Amalec: / de Machir principes descenderunt, / et de Zabulon qui exercitum ducerent ad bellandum. 15The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed himself to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.I capi d'Issacar sono andati con Debora, e han seguito le pedate di Barac, il quale si è gettato ne' pericoli, come in un precipizio, e in un baratro: Ruben essendo in divisone con seco stesso, si trovarono in lite tra loro i valorosi.The captaines of Issachar were with Debbora, and folowed the steppes of Barac, who as it were into a headlong and bottomeles pitte gaue him self to danger: Ruben being diuided against it self, there was found contention of couragious persons.Duces Issachar fuere cum Debbora, / et Barac vestigia sunt secuti, / qui quasi in præceps ac barathrum se discrimini dedit: / diviso contra se Ruben, / magnanimorum reperta est contentio. 16Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.Per qual motivo stai tu tra due confini intento a udire il belare de' greggi? Ruben essendo in divisione con sé medesimo, si son trovati in lite tra loro i valorosi.Why dwellest thou betwen the two boundes, that thou mayest heare the whistlinges of the flockes? Ruben being diuided against it self, there was found contention of couragious men.Quare habitas inter duos terminos, / ut audias sibilos gregum ? / diviso contra se Ruben, / magnanimorum reperta est contentio.

17Galaad rested beyond the Jordan, and Dan applied himself to ships: Aser dwelt on the sea shore, and abode in the havens.Galaad stava in riposo di là dal Giordano, e Dan badava alle sue navi: Aser stava al lido del mare, e si tratteneva ne' porti.Galaad rested beyond Iordan, and Dan gaue him self to shippes: Aser dwelt in the sea shore, and abode in hauens.Galaad trans Jordanem quiescebat, / et Dan vacabat navibus: / Aser habitabat in littore maris, / et in portubus morabatur. 18But Zabulon and Nephthali offered their lives to death in the region of Merome.Ma Zabulon, e Nephthali sono andati incontro alla morte nel paese di Merome.But Zabulon and Nepthali offered their liues to death in their countrie of Merome.Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti / in regione Merome. 19The kings came and fought, the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanac, by the waters of Mageddo and yet they took no spoils.Vennero i regi, e attaccaron la mischia: combatterono i re di Canaan in Thanach presso le acque di Mageddo; ma non riportaron nulla di preda.The kinges came and fought, the kinges of Chanaan fought in Thanac besides the waters of Mageddo, and yet going a praying they tooke nothing.Venerunt reges et pugnaverunt: / pugnaverunt reges Chanaan / in Thanach juxta aquas Mageddo, / et tamen nihil tulere prædantes. 20There was war made against them from heaven: the stars, remaining in their order and courses, fought against Sisara.Dal cielo fu fatta guerra contro di loro: le stelle standosi nelle loro ordinanze, e nel corso loro combatterono contro Sisara.From heauen they fought against them: the starres remayning in their order and course, fought against Sisara.De cælo dimicatum est contra eos: / stellæ manentes in ordine et cursu suo, / adversus Sisaram pugnaverunt. 21The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cison: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones.Il torrente di Cison strascinò via i loro cadaveri, il torrente di Cadumim, il torrente di Cison: calpesta, anima mia, que' campioni.The torrent of Cison drew their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cison: my soule tread downe the strong ones.Torrens Cison traxit cadavera eorum, / torrens Cadumim, torrens Cison: / conculca, anima mea, robustos. 22The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.Gli zoccoli de' cavalli si sono spezzati, impetuosamente fuggendo, e rovinando pei precipizii i più valorosi nemici.The hoofes of the horses fel of, the strongest of the enemies fleeing violently, and falling downe headlong.Ungulæ equorum ceciderunt, fugientibus impetu, / et per præceps ruentibus fortissimis hostium.

23Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men.Maledite la terra di Meroz, disse l'Angelo del Signore: Maledite i suoi abitatori; perocché non son venuti in aiuto del Signore, in aiuto de' suoi guerrieri.Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the Angel of our Lord: Curse the inhabitantes therof, because they came not to help our Lord, to aide his most mightie ones.Maledicite terræ Meroz, dixit angelus Domini: / maledicite habitatoribus ejus, / quia non venerunt ad auxilium Domini, / in adjutorium fortissimorum ejus. 24Blessed among women be Jahel, the wife of Haber the Cinite, and blessed be she in her tent.Benedetta tra le donne sia Jahel, moglie di Haber Cineo; sia ella benedetta nella sua tenda.Blessed among wemen be Iahel the wife of Haber the Cineite, and blessed be she in her tabernacle.Benedicta inter mulieres Jahel uxor Haber Cinæi, / et benedicatur in tabernaculo suo. 25He asked her water, and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.A lui che domandava acqua, diede latte, e in un vaso da principe gli offerse burro.To him that asked water she gaue milke, and in the phial of princes she offered butter.Aquam petenti lac dedit, / et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum. 26She put her left hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman’s hammer, and she struck Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the wound, and strongly piercing through his temples.Prese il chiodo colla sinistra, e colla destra il martello da fabbro, e scelto il luogo della testa per la ferita, diede a Sisara il colpo, trapanandogli con gran forza la tempia.Her left hand she put to the maile, and her right hand to the smithes hammer, and stroke Sisara, seeking in his head a place for the wound, and piercing valiantly through his temple.Sinistram manum misit ad clavum, / et dexteram ad fabrorum malleos. / Percussitque Sisaram quærens in capite vulneri locum, / et tempus valide perforans: 27Between her feet he fell: he fainted, and he died: he rolled before her feet, and there he lay lifeless and wretched.Precipita tra i piè di lei, vien meno, e si muore, rivoltandosi dinanzi a lei; e giace esanime l'infelice.Betwen her feete he fel: he failed, and died: he was rowled before her feete, and he lay without life and miserable.inter pedes ejus ruit; defecit, et mortuus est: / volvebatur ante pedes ejus, / et jacebat exanimis et miserabilis.

28His mother looked out at a window, and howled: and she spoke from the dining room: Why is his chariot so long in coming back? Why are the feet of his horses so slow?Ma la madre di lui traguardando dalla finestra sclamava, e dalla sua stanza diceva: Come mai tarda a giungere il suo cocchio? come mai son lenti i piedi de' suoi quattro cavalli?Looking through a window, his mother howled: & she spake out of a higher chamber: Why lingereth his chariote to come backe? Wherfore are the feete of his waggans slow?Per fenestram respiciens, ululabat mater ejus: / et de cœnaculo loquebatur: / Cur moratur regredi currus ejus ? / quare tardaverunt pedes quadrigarum illius ? 29One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother in law:Ma una delle mogli di lui più saggia delle altre così rispose alla suocera:One wiser then the rest of his wiues, answered these wordes to her mother in law:Una sapientior ceteris uxoribus ejus, / hæc socrui verba respondit: 30Perhaps he is now dividing the spoils, and the fairest of the women is chosen out for him: garments of divers colours are given to Sisara for his prey, and furniture of different kinds is heaped together to adorn necks.Forse adesso scompartisce egli le spoglie, e a parte per lui si mette la più bella tra le donne: veste di diversi colori sono date a Sisara per sua preda, e ornamenti diversi da mettersi al collo.Peraduenture now he diuideth the spoyles, and the fayrest of the wemen is chosen for him: garmentes of sundrie colours are deliuered to Sisara for a praye, and diuerse furniture is laid together to adorne the neckes.Forsitan nunc dividit spolia, / et pulcherrima feminarum eligitur ei: / vestes diversorum Sisaræ traduntur in prædam, / et supellex varia ad ornanda colla congeritur. 31So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising.Periscan così, o Signore, tutti i tuoi nemici: ma color che ti amano, sieno ammantati di luce, come risplende il sole nel suo nascere.So perish al thine enemies O Lord: but they that loue thee, as the Sunne shineth in his rysing, so let them glitter.Sic pereant omnes inimici tui, Domine: / qui autem diligunt te, sicut sol in ortu suo splendet, ita rutilent. 32And the land rested for forty years.Il paese ebbe riposo per quarant'anni.And the Land rested for fourtie yeares. CHAP.Quievitque terra per quadraginta annos.