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1In those days arose Mathathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the mountain of Modin:In quel tempo si levò su Mathathia figliuolo di Giovanni, figliuolo di Simeone, sacerdote della famiglia di Joarib, e da Gerusalemme andò a ritirarsi sul monte di Modin:IN those dayes arose Mathathias the sonne of Iohn, the sonne of Simeon, priest of the sonnes of Ioarib from Ierusalem, and he sate in the mountayne of Modin:In diebus illis surrexit Mathathias filius Joannis filii Simeonis, sacerdos ex filiis Joarib, ab Jerusalem, et consedit in monte Modin: 2And he had five sons: John, who was surnamed Gaddis:Egli aveva cinque figliuoli, Giovanni soprannominato Gaddis,and he had fiue sonnes, Iohn who was surnamed Gaddis:et habebat filios quinque, Joannem, qui cognominabatur Gaddis: 3And Simon, who was surnamed Thasi;E Simone soprannominato Thasi,and Simon, who was surnamed Thasi:et Simonem, qui cognominabatur Thasi: 4And Judas, who was called Machabeus;E Giuda soprannominato Maccabeo,and Iudas, who was called Machabeus:et Judam, qui vocabatur Machabæus: 5And Eleazar, who was surnamed Abaron; and Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.Ed Eleazaro soprannominato Abaron, e Jonathan soprannominato Apphus:and Eleazar, who was surnamed Abaron: and Ionathan, who was surnamed Apphus.et Eleazarum, qui cognominabatur Abaron: et Jonathan, qui cognominabatur Apphus: 6These saw the evils that were done in the people of Juda, and in Jerusalem.Questi stavan considerando lo strazio, che si fuoco del popol di Giuda e di Gerusalemme;These saw the euils, that were done in the people of Iuda, and in Ierusalem.hi viderunt mala, quæ fiebant in populo Juda, et in Jerusalem. 7And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?E Mathathia disse. Misero me! perché son io venuto al mondo per vedere lo scempio del popol mio e la distruzione della città santa, per istar ivi sedendo, mentr'ella è data in poter de' nemici?And Mathathias sayd: Wo is me, wherfore was I borne to see the affliction of my people, and the affliction of the holie citie, and to sitte there, when it is geuen in the handes of the enemies?Et dixit Mathathias: Væ mihi ! ut quid natus sum videre contritionem populi mei, et contritionem civitatis sanctæ, et sedere illic, cum datur in manibus inimicorum ? 8The holy places are come into the hands of strangers her temple is become as a man without honour.Le cose sante sono nelle mani degli stranieri, e il suo tempio è come un uomo disonorato.The holie places are come into the hand of strangers: the temple therof as an ignoble man.Sancta in manu extraneorum facta sunt: templum ejus sicut homo ignobilis.

9The vessels of her glory are carried away captive; her old men are murdered in the streets, and her young men are fallen by the sword of the enemies.I suoi vasi preziosi messi a saccomanno sono stati portati via, sono stati trucidati per le piazze i suoi anziani, e la sua gioventù è perita di spada per man de' nemici.The vessels of her glorie are caried away captiue: her old men are murdered in the streets, and her youngmen are fallen by the sword of the enemies.Vasa gloriæ ejus captiva abducta sunt: trucidati sunt senes ejus in plateis, et juvenes ejus ceciderunt in gladio inimicorum. 10What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils?Qual'è la nazione, che non siasi appropriato il suo regno, e non abbia avuto parte alle spoglie di lei?What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and hath not obteyned her spoiles?Quæ gens non hæreditavit regnum ejus et non obtinuit spolia ejus ? 11All her ornaments are taken away. She that was free is made a slave.Tutta la sua magnificenza le è stata tolta. Quella che era libera, è fatta schiava.Al her beautie is taken away. She that was free, is made a seruant.Omnis compositio ejus ablata est. Quæ erat libera, facta est ancilla. 12And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.E ormai la nostra santità, lo splendore nostro, la nostra gloria e smarrita, e tutto hanno profanato le genti.And loe our holies, and out beautie, and our glorie is desolate, and the Nations haue defiled them.Et ecce sancta nostra, et pulchritudo nostra, et claritas nostra desolata est, et coinquinaverunt ea gentes. 13To what end then should we live any longer?Perché adunque viviamo ancora?Whereto then is it for vs yet to liue?Quo ergo nobis adhuc vivere ? 14And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.E Mathathia co' suoi figliuoli si stracciavan le vesti, e si copersero di cilizio, e menavano gran duolo.And Mathathias rent his garments, & his sonnes: and they couered themselues with heareclothes, and lamented excedingly.Et scidit vestimenta sua Mathathias, et filii ejus: et operuerunt se ciliciis, et planxerunt valde. 15And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.Quando sopraggiunser colà quelli che erano spediti dal re Antioco per costringere coloro, che si erano rifugiati nella città di Modin a far sacrifizj, e abbruciare incensi, e abbandonare la legge di Dio.And there came thither they that were sent from king Antiochus, to compel them, that were fled into the citie of Modin, to immolate, and to burne frankincense, and to depart from the law of God.Et venerunt illuc qui missi erant a rege Antiocho, ut cogerent eos, qui confugerant in civitatem Modin, immolare, et accendere thura, et a lege Dei discedere.

16And many of the people of Israel consented and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm.E molti del popolo di Israele acconsentirono, e si unirono con loro: ma Mathathia e i suoi figliuoli stetter costanti.And manie of the people of Israel consenting came to them: but Mathathias, and his sonnes stood constantly.Et multi de populo Israël consentientes accesserunt ad eos: sed Mathathias et filii ejus constanter steterunt. 17And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.E i messi di Antioco dissero a Mathathia: Tu sei il principale, il più illustre e il più grande di questa città, ed hai una corona di figliuoli e di fratelli:And they that were sent from Antiochus answering sayd to Mathathias: Thou art the prince, and most honorable, and great in this citie, and adorned with sonnes, and bretheren.Et respondentes qui missi erant ab Antiocho, dixerunt Mathathiæ: Princeps, et clarissimus et magnus es in hac civitate, et ornatus filiis et fratribus: 18Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king’s commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king’s friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.Vieni adunque tu il primo, e fa quello che il re comanda, con te han fatto tutte le genti e gli uomini di Giuda e quelli che son rimasi in Gerusalemme, e sarai tu e i tuoi figliuoli nel numero degli amici del re, e avrai in dovizia oro e argento, e doni grandi.Therfore come thou first, and doe the kings commandement, as al Nations haue done, and the men of Iuda, and they that are remayning in Ierusalem: & thou shalt be, and thy sonnes among the kings frends, & amplified with gold, and siluer, and manie giftes.ergo accede prior, et fac jussum regis, sicut fecerunt omnes gentes, et viri Juda, et qui remanserunt in Jerusalem: et eris tu, et filii tui, inter amicos regis, et amplificatus auro, et argento, et muneribus multis. 19Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:Rispose Mathathia, e disse ad alta voce: Quando anche tutte le genti obbediscono al re Antioco, e ogni uomo si ritiri dal servizio alla legge de' padri suoi, e si soggetti ai comandi di lui,And Mathathias answered, & sayd with a lowde voice: Although al Nations obey king Antiochus, that euerie man reuolt from the seruice of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandements:Et respondit Mathathias, et dixit magna voce: Etsi omnes gentes regi Antiocho obediunt, ut discedat unusquisque a servitute legis patrum suorum, et consentiat mandatis ejus:

20I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.Io e i miei figliuoli e i miei fratelli obbediremo alla legge de' padri nostri.I and my sonnes, and my bretheren wil obey the law of our fathers.ego et filii mei, et fratres mei, obediemus legi patrum nostrorum: 21God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God:Guardici Dio! Non è cosa utile per noi l'abbandonare la legge e i comandamenti di Dio:God be merciful vnto vs: it is not profitable for vs to forsake the law, and the iustices of God:propitius sit nobis Deus: non est nobis utile relinquere legem, et justitias Dei: 22We will not hearken to the words of king Antiochus, neither will we sacrifice and transgress the commandments of our law, to go another way.Non ascolteremo le parole del re Antioco, e non farem sacrifizi violando i riti, della nostra legge per battere un'altra strada.we wil not heare the wordes of king Antiochus, neither wil we sacrifice, transgressing the commandments of our law, to go an other way.non audiemus verba regis Antiochi, nec sacrificabimus transgredientes legis nostræ mandata, ut eamus altera via. 23Now as he left off speaking these words, there came a certain Jew in the sight of all to sacrifice to the idols upon the altar in the city of Modin, according to the king’s commandment.Finito ch'egli ebbe di dir queste parole, si presentò a vista di tutti un certo Giudeo per far sacrifizio agl'idoli sull'altare, che era nella città di Modin, secondo l'editto del re:And as he ceased to speake these words, there came a certayne lewe in the eyes of al to sacrifice to the idols vpon the altar in the citie of Modin, according to the kings commandment.Et ut cessavit loqui verba hæc, accessit quidam Judæus in omnium oculis sacrificare idolis super aram in civitate Modin, secundum jussum regis: 24And Mathathias saw, and was grieved, and his reins trembled, and his wrath was kindled according to the judgment of the law, and running upon him he slew him upon the altar:Videlo Mathathia, e ne ebbe dolore, e le sue viscere si scommossero, e si accese di sdegno secondo il prescritto della legge, e assalito colui, lo trucidò sull'altare.And Mathathias saw, and was sorie, and his reynes trembled, and his furie was kindled according to the iudgement of the law, and flying vpon him he slew him vpon the altar:et vidit Mathathias, et doluit, et contremuerunt renes ejus, et accensus est furor ejus secundum judicium legis, et insiliens trucidavit eum super aram:

25Moreover the man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he slew at the same time, and pulled down the altar,E oltre a ciò uccise nel tempo stesso quell'uomo mandato dal re Antioco, e il quale costringeva la gente a sacrificare, e atterrò l'altare,yea and the man, whom king Antiochus had sent, which compelled them to immolate, he slewe in that verie time, and destroyed the altar,sed et virum, quem rex Antiochus miserat, qui cogebat immolare, occidit in ipso tempore, et aram destruxit: 26And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri, the son of Salomi.Ed ebbe zelo della legge imitando quello che fece Phinees a Zamri figliuolo di Salomi.and zeled the law, as did Phinees to Zamri the sonne of Salomi.et zelatus est legem, sicut fecit Phinees Zamri filio Salomi. 27And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: Every one that hath zeal for the law, and maintaineth the testament, let him follow me.E andò Mathathia gridando ad alta voce per la città, e dicendo: Chiunque ha zelo per la legge, e serba inviolato il testamento, mi venga dietro.And Mathathias cried out with a lowde voice in the citie, saying: Euerie one that hath zele of the law, establishing his testament, let him comeforth after me.Et exclamavit Mathathias voce magna in civitate, dicens: Omnis qui zelum habet legis, statuens testamentum, exeat post me. 28So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city.E si fuggi egli co' suoi figliuoli alla montagna, abbandonando tutto quel che aveano nella città.And he fled himself, and his sonnes into the mountaynes, and left al thinges whatsoeuer they had in the citie.Et fugit ipse, et filii ejus in montes, et reliquerunt quæcumque habebant in civitate. 29Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert:Allora molti amatori della legge e della giustizia se v'andarono nel deserto:Then came downe manie seeking iudgement, and iustice, into the desert:Tunc descenderunt multi quærentes judicium, et justitiam, in desertum: 30And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.E ivi si stavano eglino e i loro figliuoli e le donne loro e i loro bestiami; perocchè si trovavano affogati dalle calamità.and they sate there them selues, and their children, and their wiues, and their cattel: because the euils ouerflowed vpon them.et sederunt ibi ipsi, et filii eorum, et mulieres eorum, et pecora eorum: quoniam inundaverunt super eos mala. 31And it was told to the king’s men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.Or agli uomini del re, e alle milizie, che erano a Gerusalemme nella città di David, fu riferito, come certi uomini, che aveano insultato ai comandi del re, se n'erano andati pe' tragetti nel deserto, e che erano stati seguitati da molti altri.And it was reported to the kings men, and to the armie that was in Ierusalem in the citie of Dauid, that certayne men which dissipated the kings commandment, were departed into secrete places in the desert, and manie were gone after them.Et renuntiatum est viris regis, et exercitui qui erat in Jerusalem civitate David, quoniam discessissent viri quidam, qui dissipaverunt mandatum regis, in loca occulta in deserto, et abiissent post illos multi.

32And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.E tosto v'andarono in traccia, e si disposero ad assalirli in giorno di sabato,And forthwith they went forwards towards them, and set battel against them in the day of the Sabbaths,Et statim perrexerunt ad eos, et constituerunt adversus eos prælium in die sabbatorum, 33And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.E disser loro: Resisterete voi anche adesso? Venite fuora, e fate quel che comanda il re Antioco, e sarete salvi.and they sayd to them: Doe you resist now also as yet? comeforth, and doe accordidg to the word of king Antiochus, and you shal liue.et dixerunt ad eos: Resistitis et nunc adhuc ? exite, et facite secundum verbum regis Antiochi, et vivetis. 34And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king’s edict, to profane the sabbath day.E quelli dissero: Noi non verremo, e non faremo i voleri del re, e non violeremo il giorno di sabato.And they sayd: We wil not come forth, neither wil we doe the kings word, to pollute the day of the Sabbaths.Et dixerunt: Non exibimus, neque faciemus verbum regis, ut polluamus diem sabbatorum. 35And they made haste to give them battle.E quelli andarono all'attacco.And they hastened battel against them.Et concitaverunt adversus eos prælium. 36But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,Ed essi non rispondevan per niente, ne scagliaron contro i nemici una pietra, ne chiuser le bocche dei lor nascondigli;And they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped the secrete places,Et non responderunt eis, nec lapidem miserunt in eos, nec oppilaverunt loca occulta, 37Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.Perocchè dissero: Muoiamo tutti nella nostra semplicità, e il cielo e la terra saranno per noi testimoni, come ingiustamente ci fate perire.saying: Let vs dye al in our simplicitie: and heauen and earth shal be witnesses, vpon vs that you vniustly destroy vs.dicentes: Moriamur omnes in simplicitate nostra: et testes erunt super nos cælum et terra, quod injuste perditis nos. 38So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons.E quelli gli assaltarono in giorno di sabato, e perirono tanto essi, che i loro figliuoli, e le donne loro e i bestiami, e furono sino a mille persone.And they gaue them battel on the Sabbaths: and there died they, & their wiues, & their children, and their cattel euen to a thousand soules of men.Et intulerunt illis bellum sabbatis: et mortui sunt ipsi, et uxores eorum, et filii eorum, et pecora eorum usque ad mille animas hominum.

39And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.E riseppe ciò Mathathia e i suoi amici, e piansero quella gente a cald'occhi.And Mathathias vnderstood it and his freinds, and they had lamentation vpon them excedingly.Et cognovit Mathathias et amici ejus, et luctum habuerunt super eos valde. 40And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.E dicevano l'uno all'altro: Se faremo tutti noi, come han fatto i nostri fratelli, e non combatteremo contro le nazioni per difendere le nostre vite e la nostra legge, or'è il tempo che presto ci stermineranno dal mondo.And euerie man sayd to his neighbour: If we shal al doe as our bretheren haue done, and shal not fight against the heathen for our liues, and our iustifications: now wil they quickly destroy vs from the earth.Et dixit vir proximo suo: Si omnes fecerimus sicut fratres nostri fecerunt, et non pugnaverimus adversus gentes pro animabus nostris et justificationibus nostris, nunc citius disperdent nos a terra. 41And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places.E risolverono in quel giorno, e dissero: Chiunque siasi, che venga per combatterci in giorno di sabato, noi combatteremo contro di lui; e non morremo tutti, come sono morti i nostri fratelli nelle caverne.And they thought in that day, saying: Euerie man whosoeuer shal come vnto vs in battel on the day of the Sabbaths, let vs fight against him: and we wil not al dye, as our bretheren died in secrete places.Et cogitaverunt in die illa, dicentes: Omnis homo, quicumque venerit ad nos in bello die sabbatorum, pugnemus adversus eum: et non moriemur omnes, sicut mortui sunt fratres nostri in occultis. 42Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.Allora andò ad unirsi con essi la congregazione degli Assidei, uomini i più valorosi d'Israele, e tutti zelo per la legge:Then was there gathered to them the synagoge of the Asside ans strong of force out of Israel, euerie voluntarie in the law:Tunc congregata est ad eos synagoga Assidæorum fortis viribus ex Israël, omnis voluntarius in lege: 43And all they that fled from the evils, joined themselves to them, and were a support to them.E tutti quelli, che astretti dalle calamità, si fuggivano, si incorporaron con essi, e accrebbero le loro forze.and al that fled from the euils, were added to them, & were made a strength to them.et omnes, qui fugiebant a malis, additi sunt ad eos, et facti sunt illis ad firmamentum.

44And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.E messo insieme un esercito, diedero addosso furiosamente ai peccatori e agl'inimici senza averne pietà: de' quali quei, che rimasero, fuggiron tra le nazioni per mettersi in salvo.And they gathered an armie, and stroke the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations to escape.Et collegerunt exercitum, et percusserunt peccatores in ira sua, et viros iniquos in indignatione sua: et ceteri fugerunt ad nationes, ut evaderent. 45And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:E Mathathia andò attorno co' suoi amici, e atterrarono gli altari.And Mathathias went round about, and his freindes, and they destroyed the altars:Et circuivit Mathathias et amici ejus, et destruxerunt aras: 46And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.E ai fanciulli incirconcisi, quanti ne trovarono per tutto il paese d'Israele, diedero coraggiosamente la circoncisione.and they circumcided the vncircumcised children, as manie as they found in the costs of Israel: and in strength.et circumciderunt pueros incircumcisos quotquot invenerunt in finibus Israël: et in fortitudine. 47And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:E perseguitarono i superbi, e riuscivano loro tutte le cose, che aveano per le mani,And they persecuted the children of pride, and the worke prospered in their handes:Et persecuti sunt filios superbiæ, et prosperatum est opus in manibus eorum: 48And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.E vendicarono la legge dalla possanza delle genti, e dalla possanza de' re, e non lasciarono alzar le corna al peccatore.and they obteyned the law out of the handes of the nations, and out of the handes of the kinges: & they gaue not the horne to the sinner.et obtinuerunt legem de manibus gentium, et de manibus regum, et non dederant cornu peccatori. 49Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:E appressandosi per Mathathia il giorno del morire, disse egli ai suoi figliuoli: Adesso domina la superbia; tempo di gastigo e di ruina e di sdegno e di furore egli è questa.And the dayes of Mathathias approched to dye, & he sayd to his sonnes: Now is pride strengthned, and chastisement, and the time of subuersion, & the wrath of indignation:Et appropinquaverunt dies Mathathiæ moriendi, et dixit filiis suis: Nunc confortata est superbia, et castigatio, et tempus eversionis, et ira indignationis.

50Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.Adesso adunque, o figliuoli, siate zelatori della legge, ed esponete le vostre vite per lo testamento dei padri vostri;Now therfore ô my sonnes, be ye emulatours of the law, & geue your liues for the testament of your fathers.Nunc ergo, o filii, æmulatores estote legis, et date animas vestras pro testamento patrum vestrorum, 51And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name.E ricordatevi delle opere fatte a tempo loro dai padri vostri, e vi acquisterete una gloria grande e un nome eterno.And remember the workes of the fathers, which they haue done in their generations: & you shal receiue great glorie, and an eternal name.et mementote operum patrum, quæ fecerunt in generationibus suis: et accipietis gloriam magnam, et nomen æternum. 52Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice?Abramo non fu egli trovato fedele nella tentazione, e fugli imputato a giustizia?Abraham was he not in tentation found faythful, and it was reputed to him vnto iustice?Abraham nonne in tentatione inventus est fidelis, et reputatum est ei ad justitiam ? 53Joseph, in the time of his distress, kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt.Giuseppe nel tempo di sua afflizione osservò i comandamenti, e divenne signor dell'Egitto.Ioseph in the time of his distresse kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Aegypt.Joseph in tempore angustiæ suæ custodivit mandatum, et factus est dominus Ægypti. 54Phinees, our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.Phinees padre nostra col suo gran zelo per l'onore di Dio riceve la promessa di un sacerdozio eterno.Phinees our father, feruent in the zele of God, receiued the testament of an euerlasting priesthood.Phinees pater noster, zelando zelum Dei, accepit testamentum sacerdotii æterni. 55Jesus, whilst he fulfilled the word, was made ruler in Israel.Giosuè per la sua obbedienza diventò condottiero d'Israele.Iesus whiles he accomplished the word, was made the duke in Israel.Jesus dum implevit verbum, factus est dux in Israël. 56Caleb, for bearing witness before the congregation, received an inheritance.Caleb per la testimonianza renduta nell'adunanza, ottenne l'eredità.Caleb whiles he testifieth in the church, receiued an inheritance.Caleb dum testificatur in ecclesia, accepit hæreditatem.

57David, by his mercy, obtained the throne of an everlasting kingdom.Davidde per la sua mansuetudine conseguì il trono reale in eterno.Dauid in his mercie obteyned the seate of the kingdom for euer.David in sua misericordia consecutus est sedem regni in sæcula. 58Elias, while he is full of zeal for the law, was taken up into heaven.Elia ardente di zelo per la legge fu ricevuto nel cielo.Elias whiles he zeleth the zele of the law, was receiued into heauen.Elias, dum zelat zelum legis, receptus est in cælum. 59Ananias and Azarias and Misael, by believing, were delivered out of the flame.Anania, Azaria e Misael per la loro fede furon liberati dalle fiamme.Ananias and Azarias and Misael beleuing, were deliuered out of the flame.Ananias et Azarias et Misaël credentes, liberati sunt de flamma. 60Daniel, in his innocency, was delivered out of the mouth of the lions.Daniele per la sua integrità fu liberato dalla gola de' lioni.Daniel in his simplicitie was deliuered out of the lions mouth.Daniel in sua simplicitate liberatus est de ore leonum. 61And thus consider, through all generations: that none that trust in him, fail in strength.E così andate rammentando di generazione in generazione: tutti quelli che in Dio confidano, non vengon meno.And so thinke ye through generation & generation: that al that hope in him, are not weakened.Et ita cogitate per generationem et generationem: quia omnes qui sperant in eum, non infirmantur. 62And fear not the words of a sinful man, for his glory is dung and worms:E non vi spaventino le parole di un uom peccatore, perocché la gloria di lui è sterco e vermini.And of the wordes of the sinful man be not afrayd: because his glorie is dung, & worme:Et a verbis viri peccatoris ne timueritis, quia gloria ejus stercus et vermis est: 63Today he is lifted up, and tomorrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his earth and his thought is come to nothing.Oggi si leva in alto, e domani sparisce; perché egli ritorna nella sua polvere, e tutti i suoi disegni sen vanno in fumo.to day he is extolled, & to morow he shal not be found: because he is turned into his earth, & his cogitation is perished.hodie extollitur, et cras non invenietur: quia conversus est in terram suam, et cogitatio ejus periit. 64You, therefore, my sons, take courage, and behave manfully in the law: for by it you shall be glorious.Voi adunque, o figliuoli, siate costanti, e adoperate virilmente per la legge; conciossiachè da lei avrete gloria.You therfore my sonnes take courege, & doe manfully in the law: because in it you shal be glorious.Vos ergo filii, confortamini, et viriliter agite in lege: quia in ipsa gloriosi eritis.

65And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel: give ear to him always, and he shall be a father to you.Ed ecco qui Simone vostro fratello; io so, che egli e uomo di consiglio; ascoltatelo sempre, ed ei vi terrà luogo di padre.And behold Simon your brother, I know that he is a man of counsel: heare ye him alwayes, & he shal be a father to you.Et ecce Simon frater vester, scio quod vir consilii est: ipsum audite semper, et ipse erit vobis pater. 66And Judas Machabeus, who is valiant and strong from his youth up, let him be the leader of your army, and he shall manage the war of the people.E Giuda Maccabeo valoroso e forte fin dalla sua giovinezza sia capo delle vostre milizie ed egli' condurrà il popolo nelle sue guerre.And Iudas Machabeus valiant of strength from his youth, let him be to you the prince of warfare, & he shal manage the battel of the people.Et Judas Machabæus, fortis viribus a juventute sua, sit vobis princeps militiæ, et ipse aget bellum populi. 67And you shall take to you all that observe the law: and revenge ye the wrong of your people.Riunite con voi tutti quelli, che osservan la legge, e fate le vendette del vostro popolo.And you shal bring to you al the doers of the law: and reuenge ye the reuenge of your people.Et adducetis ad vos omnes factores legis: et vindicate vindictam populi vestri. 68Render to the Gentiles their reward, and take heed to the precepts of the law.Rendete alle genti quel che han meritato, e stato intenti ai precetti della legge.Repay retribution to the Gentiles, and attend to the precept of the law.Retribuite retributionem gentibus, et intendite in præceptum legis. 69And he blessed them, and was joined to his fathers.Indi li benedisse, e andò a riunirsi coi padri suoi.And he blessed them, and was layd to his fathers.Et benedixit eos, et appositus est ad patres suos. 70And he died in the hundred and forty-sixth year: and he was buried by his sons in the sepulchres of his fathers, in Modin, and all Israel mourned for him with great mourning.Egli morì l'anno cento quarantasei, e fu sepolto da' suoi figliuoli nella sepoltura de' padri suoi in Modin, e tutto Israele lo pianse grandemente.And he died the hundreth and six and fourtith yeare and he was buried by his sonnes in the sepulchers of his fathers in Modin, and al Israel lamented him with great lamentation.Et defunctus est anno centesimo et quadragesimo sexto: et sepultus est a filiis suis in sepulchris patrum suorum in Modin, et planxerunt eum omnis Israël planctu magno.