8 — Giosuè

1And the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take with thee all the multitude of fighting men, arise, and go up to the town of Hai: Behold I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and the people, and the city, and the land.E il Signore disse a Giosuè: Non temere, e non ti sbigottire: prendi teco tutta la moltitudine de' combattenti, e levati su, e va alla città di Hai: ecco che io ho dato in tuo potere il suo re, e il popolo, e la città, e il paese.AND our Lord said to Iosue: Feare not, neither doe thou dread: take with thee al the multitude of fighting men, and rysing goe vp vnto the towne of Hai. behold I haue deliuered into thy hand the King therof, & the people, and the citie and the land.Dixit autem Dominus ad Josue: Ne timeas, neque formides: tolle tecum omnem multitudinem pugnatorum, et consurgens ascende in oppidum Hai. Ecce tradidi in manu tua regem ejus et populum, urbemque et terram. 2And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils, and all the cattle, you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.E farai alla città di Hai, e al suo re, come facesti a Gerico, e al suo re: ma vi prenderete tutta la preda, e tutti gli animali: metti gente in aguato dietro alla città.And thou shalt do to the citie of Hai, and to the King therof, as thou hast done to Iericho, and to the King therof: but the praye and al the cattel you shal spoyle for your selues: lay ambushmentes to the citie behind it.Faciesque urbi Hai, et regi ejus, sicut fecisti Jericho, et regi illius: prædam vero, et omnia animantia diripietis vobis: pone insidias urbi post eam. 3And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night,E Giosuè si mosse e dietro a lui tutte le schiere dei combattenti per andare ad Hai: e la notte mandò trenta mila scelti combattenti;And Iosue arose, and al the hoste of the men of warre with him, to goe vp into Hai: and thirtie thousand chosen valiant men he sent in the night,Surrexitque Josue, et omnis exercitus bellatorum cum eo, ut ascenderent in Hai: et electa triginta millia virorum fortium misit nocte, 4And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.E ordinò, e disse loro: Mettetevi in aguato dietro alla città, e non vi allontanate troppo, e state tutti in ordine:and commanded them, saying: Lay ambushmentes behinde the citie: neither retyre you farre of: and you shal al be readie.præcepitque eis, dicens: Ponite insidias post civitatem, nec longius recedatis: et eritis omnes parati.

5But I, and the rest of the multitude which is with me, will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:Io poi, e tutta l'altra gente che è meco, ci accosteremo scopertamente alla città. E quando quegli usciran fuora a combatterci, noi, come facemmo prima, fuggiremo voltando le spalle:But I and the rest of the multitude, which is with me, wil goe vp on the contrarie side against the citie. And when they shal issue out against vs, as we did before, we wil flee, and turne our backes:Ego autem, et reliqua multitudo, quæ mecum est, accedemus ex adverso contra urbem. Cumque exierint contra nos, sicut ante fecimus, fugiemus, et terga vertemus, 6Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.Perfino a tanto che inseguendoci siensi allontanati molto dalla città, credendo che fuggiam come prima.til pursewing they be drawen forward farre from the citie: for they wil thinck that we flee as before.donec persequentes ab urbe longius protrahantur: putabunt enim nos fugere sicut prius. 7And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall rise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands.Mentre adunque noi fuggiremo, e quelli ci terran dietro, voi uscirete dall'imboscata, ed espugnerete la città, e daralla il Signore Dio vostro in vostro potere.We therfore fleeing, and they pursewing, you shal rise out of the ambushmentes, and shal waist the citie: and our Lord your God wil deliuer it into your handes.Nobis ergo fugientibus, et illis persequentibus, consurgetis de insidiis, et vastabitis civitatem: tradetque eam Dominus Deus vester in manus vestras. 8And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.E quando l'avrete presa, le appiccherete il fuoco, e ogni cosa farete, come io vi ho comandato.And when you shal take it, burne it, and you shal doe al thinges so, as I haue commanded.Cumque ceperitis, succendite eam, et sic omnia facietis, ut jussi. 9And he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. But Josue staid that night in the midst of the people,E li licenziò, ed eglino andarono al luogo dell'imboscata, e si piantarono tra Bethel, e Hai dalla parte occidentale della città di Hai. Giosuè poi quella notte si stette in mezzo all'esercito.And he dismissed them away, and they went on to the place of the ambushment, and sate betwen Bethel and Hai, at the West side of the citie of Hai. But Iosue that night stayed in the middes of the people,Dimisitque eos, et perrexerunt ad locum insidiarum, sederuntque inter Bethel et Hai, ad occidentalem plagam urbis Hai: Josue autem nocte illa in medio mansit populi, 10And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army, environed with the aid of the fighting men.E alzatosi di grandissimo mattino fece la rassegna della sua gente, e si mise insieme co' seniori a fronte dell'esercito, essendo egli cinto da una guardia di buoni soldati:and rysing early he mustered his soldiars, and went vp with the ancientes in the fronte of the hoste, enuironed with the ayde of the fighting men.surgensque diluculo recensuit socios, et ascendit cum senioribus in fronte exercitus, vallatus auxilio pugnatorum.

11And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.Ma quando furono arrivati, e saliti dirimpetto alla città si fermarono dalla parte settentrionale della città, tra la quale, ed essi era di mezzo una valle.And when they were come, and were gone vp directly against the citie, they stoode on the North side of the citie, betwen which and them was a valley in the middes.Cumque venissent et ascendissent ex adverso civitatis, steterunt ad septentrionalem urbis plagam, inter quam et eos erat vallis media. 12And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:Or egli avea fatto scelta di cinque mila uomini, e gli avea messi in aguato tra Bethel e Hai all'occidente della stessa città.And fiue thousand men had he chosen, and sette in the embushmentes betwen Bethel and Hai on the West side of the same citie:Quinque autem millia viros elegerat, et posuerat in insidiis inter Bethel et Hai ex occidentali parte ejusdem civitatis: 13But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.E tutto il rimanente dell'esercito era ordinato in battaglia dalla parte di settentrione, in tal guisa che le ultime file dell'armata toccavano il lato occidentale della città. Giosuè adunque si mosse quella notte, e andò a porsi nel mezzo della valle.but al the rest of the hoste went in battel aray on the North side, so that the last of the multitude did reach to the West side of the citie. Iosue therfore went that night, and stoode in the middes of the valley.omnis vero reliquus exercitus ad aquilonem aciem dirigebat, ita ut novissimi illius multitudinis occidentalem plagam urbis attingerent. Abiit ergo Josue nocte illa, et stetit in vallis medio. 14And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array, toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.Lo che avendo veduto il re di Hai, uscì la mattina in fretta con tutto l'esercito della città, e dispose le schiere verso il deserto, non sapendo dell'imboscata, che gli stava alle spalle.Which when the King of Hai had seene, he made hast in the mourning, and issued forth with al the host of the citie, and bent his armie toward the desert, being ignorant that there lay embushmentes secretly behind his backe.Quod cum vidisset rex Hai, festinavit mane, et egressus est cum omni exercitu civitatis, direxitque aciem contra desertum, ignorans quod post tergum laterent insidiæ.

15But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.Ma Giosuè, e tutto Israele si ritirarono fingendo di aver paura, e fuggivano per la strada del deserto.But Iosue, and al Israel gaue backe, feyning feare, and fleeing by the way of the wildernes.Josue vero et omnis Israël cesserunt loco, simulantes metum, et fugientes per solitudinis viam. 16But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,E quegli, alzate tutti insieme le grida, e animandosi l'un l'altro gl'inseguivano, ed essendosi allontanati dalla città,But they cried alowde together, and encouraging one an other, pursewed them. And when they were gone from the citie,At illi vociferantes pariter, et se mutuo cohortantes, persecuti sunt eos. Cumque recessissent a civitate, 17And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,E non essendo rimaso neppur uno nella città di Hai, e di Bethel, che non inseguisse Israele, avendo lasciate aperte le porte, per cui erano usciti alla rinfusa.and not one remained in the citie of Hai and Bethel, that pursewed not Israel (euen as they had rushed out leauing the townes open,)et ne unus quidem in urbe Hai et Bethel remansisset qui non persequeretur Israël (sicut eruperant aperta oppida relinquentes), 18The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.Il Signore disse a Giosuè: Alza lo scudo che hai in mano verso la città di Hai, poiché io la darò in tuo potere.our Lord said to Iosue: Lift vp the shield, that is in thy hand, against the citie of Hai, for I wil deliuer it to thee.dixit Dominus ad Josue: Leva clypeum, qui in manu tua est, contra urbem Hai, quoniam tibi tradam eam. 19And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush, that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it, and set it on fire.E alzato ch'egli ebbe lo scudo incontro alla città, si alzaron subito quelli che erano in imboscata: e andarono alla città, e la presero, e vi misero il fuoco.And when he had lifted vp his shield against the citie, the embushementes, that lay hidde, rose vp immediately: and going to the citie, tooke and burnt it.Cumque elevasset clypeum ex adverso civitatis, insidiæ, quæ latebant, surrexerunt confestim: et pergentes ad civitatem, ceperunt, et succenderunt eam. 20And the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back, and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly against them that pursued.Ma gli uomini della città, i quali inseguivano Giosuè, volgendosi indietro, e veggendo il fumo che si alzava dalla città fino al cielo, non ebbero più il modo di fuggire in veruna parte, particolarmente quando quelli che facean vista di fuggire, e correvano verso il deserto, con gran valore si azzuffarono con quelli che gli incalzavano.And the men of the citie, that pursewed Iosue, looking backe and seeing the smoke of the citie rise vp euen to heauen, they could no more flee hither and thither: especially whereas they, that had feyned running away, and went toward the wildernes, most valiantly resisted against the pursewe•s.Viri autem civitatis, qui persequebantur Josue, respicientes et videntes fumum urbis ad cælum usque conscendere, non potuerunt ultra huc illucque diffugere: præsertim cum hi qui simulaverant fugam, et tendebant ad solitudinem, contra persequentes fortissime restitissent.

21So Josue, and all Israel, seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, returned, and slew the men of Hai.E veggendo Giosuè, e tutto Israele, come la città era già presa, e il fumo andava in alto, tornato indietro mise a fil di spada la gente di Hai.And Iosue and al Israel seeing that the citie was taken, and the smoke of the citie rose vp, returning he stroke the men of Hai.Vidensque Josue et omnis Israël quod capta esset civitas, et fumus urbis ascenderet, reversus percussit viros Hai. 22And they also that had taken and set the city on fire, issuing out of the city to meet their own men, began to cut off the enemies who were surrounded by them. So that the enemies being cut off on both sides, not one of so great a multitude was saved.Imperocché e quelli che avevan presa e data alle fiamme la città usciti da questa incontro alle loro genti, cominciarono a offendere i nemici, che erano messi in mezzo. Essendo adunque gli avversarii trucidati dall'una e dall'altra parte in tal guisa che nissuno di tanta moltitudine potè salvarsi,For they also that had taken and burnt the citie, issuing out of the citie against their owne men, beganne to strike the enemies in the middes of them. When the aduersaries therfore were slaine on both sides, so that none of so great a multitude was saued,Siquidem et illi qui ceperant et succenderant civitatem, egressi ex urbe contra suos, medios hostium ferire cœperunt. Cum ergo ex utraque parte adversarii cæderentur, ita ut nullus de tanta multitudine salvaretur, 23And they took the king of the city of Hai alive and brought him to Josue.Lo stesso re della città di Hai fu preso vivo, e presentato a Giosuè.they tooke the King of the citie of Hai aliue, and presented him to Iosue.regem quoque urbis Hai apprehenderunt viventem, et obtulerunt Josue. 24So all being slain that had pursued after Israel, in his flight to the wilderness, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city.Uccisi adunque tutti quelli che avevano inseguito gl'Israeliti fuggenti verso il deserto e fattone nello stesso luogo un macello, tornarono i figliuoli d'Israele a sterminar la città.Therfore al being slaine, that had pursewed Israel fleeing to the desertes, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returning stoke the citie.Igitur omnibus interfectis, qui Israëlem ad deserta tendentem fuerant persecuti, et in eodem loco gladio corruentibus, reversi filii Israël percusserunt civitatem. 25And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons, all of the city of Hai.Or il numero di quelli che perirono in quella giornata uomini e donne, fu di dodici mila, tutti della città di Hai.And there were that fel that same day from man vnto woman, twelue thousand men, al of the citie of Hai.Erant autem qui in eodem die conciderant a viro usque ad mulierem, duodecim millia hominum, omnes urbis Hai.

26But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.E Giosuè non ritirò la mano che aveva alzata in alto, tenendo lo scudo, fino a tanto che tutti gli abitanti di Hai non furono uccisi.But Iosue plucked not in his hand, which he had strethched forth on high, holding the shield til al the inhabitantes of Hai were slaine.Josue vero non contraxit manum, quam in sublime porrexerat, tenens clypeum donec interficerentur omnes habitatores Hai. 27And the children of Israel divided among them, the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.I bestiami poi, e la preda della città se la spartiron tra loro i figliuoli d'Israele, come il Signore aveva ordinato a Giosuè.And the cattel and the praye of the citie the children of Israel diuided among them, as our Lord had commanded Iosue.Jumenta autem et prædam civitatis diviserunt sibi filii Israël, sicut præceperat Dominus Josue. 28And he burnt the city, and made it a heap forever:E questi diede alle fiamme la città, e ne fece un cimitero eterno.Who burnt the citie, and made it a heape for euer:Qui succendit urbem, et fecit eam tumulum sempiternum: 29And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet, until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Josue commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day.E attaccò alla forca il suo re fino alla sera sul tramontar del sole; quando Giosuè ordinò, che levassero il cadavere di lui dalla croce; e lo gettarono all'entrata stessa della città, avendo ammassato sopra di lui un gran mucchio di sassi, che rimane anche al dì d'oggi.the king also therof he hong on a gibbet vntil euening and the going downe of the sunne. And he commanded, and they tooke downe his corps from the gibbet: and threw it in the verie entring of the citie, heaping vpon it a great heape of stones, which remaineth vntil this present day.regem quoque ejus suspendit in patibulo usque ad vesperam et solis occasum. Præcepitque Josue, et deposuerunt cadaver ejus de cruce: projeceruntque in ipso introitu civitatis, congesto super eum magno acervo lapidum, qui permanet usque in præsentem diem. 30Then Josue built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Hebal,Allora Giosuè edificò un altare al Signore Dio d'Israele sul monte Hebal:Then Iosue built an altar to our Lord the God of Israel in mount Hebal,Tunc ædificavit Josue altare Domino Deo Israël in monte Hebal, 31As Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of unhewn stones, which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.(Come avea comandato Mosè servo di Dio a' figliuoli d'Israele, e conforme sta scritto nel libro della legge di Mosè). E l'altare fu di pietre rozze non tocche col ferro: e offerse sopra di esso olocausti al Signore, e immolò ostie pacifiche.as Moyses the seruant of our Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the volume of the law of Moyses: an Altar of vnhewed stones which yron hath not touched; and he offered vpon it holocaustes to our Lord, and immolated pacifique victimes.sicut præceperat Moyses famulus Domini filiis Israël, et scriptum est in volumine legis Moysi: altare vero de lapidibus impolitis, quos ferrum non tetigit: et obtulit super eo holocausta Domino, immolavitque pacificas victimas.

32And he wrote upon stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.E sopra delle pietre scrisse il Deuteronomio della legge di Mosè, che questi aveva spiegato dinanzi a' figliuoli d'Israele.And he wrote vpon stones the Deuterenomie of the law of Moyses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.Et scripsit super lapides Deuteronomium legis Moysi, quod ille digesserat coram filiis Israël. 33And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by Mount Garizim, and half by Mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord, had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel.E tutto il popolo, e i seniori, e i capitani, e i giudici stavan dall'una e dall'altra parte dell'arca al cospetto de' sacerdoti che, portavan l'arca del testamento del Signore: eranvi e i nazionali, e i forestieri. La metà stava presso il monte Garizim, e l'altra metà presso il monte Hebal, come avea ordinato Mosè servo del Signore. E in primo luogo (Giosuè) benedisse il popolo d'Israele.And al the people, and the ancientes, and the princes and iudges stoode on both sides of the arke, in the sight of the priestes that caried the arke of the couenant of our Lord, as wel the stranger as also the man of the same countrie. the half part of them beside mount Garizim, and halfe beside mount Hebal, as Moyses the seruant of our Lord had commanded. And first in deede he blessed the people of Israel.Omnis autem populus, et majores natu, ducesque ac judices, stabant ex utraque parte arcæ, in conspectu sacerdotum qui portabant arcam fœderis Domini, ut advena, ita et indigena. Media pars eorum juxta montem Garizim, et media juxta montem Hebal, sicut præceperat Moyses famulus Domini. Et primum quidem benedixit populo Israël. 34After this, he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing, and all things that were written in the book of the law.E di poi lesse tutte le parole di benedizione, e di maledizione, e tutto quel che era scritto nel libro della legge.After this he reade al the wordes of the blessing & the cursing, and al thinges that were written in the volume of the law.Post hæc legit omnia verba benedictionis et maledictionis, et cuncta quæ scripta erant in legis volumine. 35He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and children, and strangers, that dwelt among them.Non trascurò alcuna delle cose ordinate da Mosè; ma tutte le rinovellò dinanzi a tutta la moltitudine d'Israele, e delle donne, e fanciulli, e forestieri che dimoravan con essi.Nothing of those thinges, which Moyses had commanded, did he leaue vntouched, but he repeated al thinges before al the multitude of Israel, the wemen and children and strangers, that dwelt among them.Nihil ex his quæ Moyses jusserat, reliquit intactum, sed universa replicavit coram omni multitudine Israël, mulieribus ac parvulis, et advenis qui inter eos morabantur.