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1And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber, as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying:Di lì a qualche tempo, essendo vicini i giorni di mietere il grano, si mosse Sansone, volendo visitare sua moglie, e portolle un capretto: e volendo al solito entrare nella sua camera, lo trattenne il padre di lei, e disse:AND after a certaine time, when the dayes of wheate haruest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visite his wife, and he brought her a kidde of goates. And when he would enter into her chamber as he was wont, her father prohibited him, saying:Post aliquantulum autem temporis, cum dies triticeæ messis instarent, venit Samson, invisere volens uxorem suam, et attulit ei hædum de capris. Cumque cubiculum ejus solito vellet intrare, prohibuit eum pater illius, dicens: 2I thought thou hadst hated her, and therefore I gave her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, who is younger and fairer than she, take her to wife instead of her.Io credetti che tu l'avessi in avversione, e per questo l'ho data ad un tuo amico: ma ella ha una sorella più giovane, e più bella di lei: sia ella tua moglie:I thought that thou hadst hated her, and therfore I deliuered her to thy friend: but she hath a sister, which is yonger & fayrer then she, let this be thy wife in steade of her.Putavi quod odisses eam, et ideo tradidi illam amico tuo: sed habet sororem, quæ junior et pulchrior illa est: sit tibi pro ea uxor. 3And Samson answered him: From this day I shall be blameless in what I do against the Philistines: for I will do you evils.Risposegli Sansone: Da questo dì in poi io sarò senza colpa riguardo a' Filistei, se farò a voi del male.To whom Samson answered: From this day there shal be no fault in me against the Philisthimes: for I wil doe you euils.Cui Samson respondit: Ab hac die non erit culpa in me contra Philisthæos: faciam enim vobis mala. 4And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails:E andò, e prese trecento volpi, e unille l'una all'altra per la coda, e nel mezzo vi legò de' tizzoni:And he went, caught three hundred foxes, and he coupled them tayle to tayle, and tyed fyrebrandes in the middes:Perrexitque et cepit trecentas vulpes, caudasque earum junxit ad caudas, et faces ligavit in medio: 5And setting them on fire he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they presently went into the standing corn of the Philistines. Which being set on fire, both the corn that was already carried together, and that which was yet standing, was all burnt, insomuch that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the oliveyards.Accesi i quali lasciolle in libertà, affinchè scorressero per ogni banda. Ed elle tosto entrarono tra le biade de' Filistei, e vi misero il fuoco, onde i grani già ammassati, e quelli che erano tuttora in piedi furono abbruciati talmente, che e le vigne stesse, e gli oliveti furon consumati dalle fiamme.which kindling with fyre, he let them goe, that they might runne abroade hither and thither. Who immediately went on into the corne of the Philisthimes. which being sette on fire, both the corne now caried together, and that which yet stoode in the stalke, was alburnt, in so much, that the flame consumed the vineyardes also and the oliuetes.quas igne succendens, dimisit ut huc illucque discurrerent. Quæ statim perrexerunt in segetes Philisthinorum. Quibus succensis, et comportatæ jam fruges, et adhuc stantes in stipula, concrematæ sunt, in tantum ut vineas quoque et oliveta flamma consumeret.

6Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson, the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father.E i Filistei dissero: Chi ha fatta tal cosa? E fu detto loro: Sansone, genero di quel cittadino di Thamnatha, ha fatto questo: perchè questi gli ha tolta la sua moglie, e l'ha data a un altro. E i Filistei andarono, e abbruciarono tanto la donna, come il padre di lei.And the Philisthijmes said: Who hath done this thing? To whom it was said: Samson the sonne in law of the Thamnathate: because he tooke his wife, and gaue her to an other, he hath wrought these thinges. And the Philisthims went vp, and burnt both the woman and her father.Dixeruntque Philisthiim: Quis fecit hanc rem ? Quibus dictum est: Samson gener Thamnathæi: quia tulit uxorem ejus, et alteri tradidit, hæc operatus est. Ascenderuntque Philisthiim, et combusserunt tam mulierem quam patrem ejus. 7But Samson said to them: Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will be quiet.Ma Sansone disse loro: Quantunque voi abbiate fatte queste cose, nulladimeno io mi prenderò vendetta di voi, e poi mi quieterò.To whom Samson said: Although you haue done these thinges, notwithstanding yet wil I require reuenge of you, and then I wil rest.Quibus ait Samson: Licet hæc feceritis, tamen adhuc ex vobis expetam ultionem, et tunc quiescam. 8And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.E fece di essi gran macello, talmente che per lo stupore mettevano le loro gambe sopra le coscie. E partitosi andò a stare nella caverna del masso di Etam.And he stroke them with a great plague, so that astonied they laid the calfe of the leg vpon the thigh. And going downe he dwelt in the caue of the rocke Etam.Percussitque eos ingenti plaga, ita ut stupentes suram femori imponerent. Et descendens habitavit in spelunca petræ Etam. 9Then the Philistines going up into the land of Juda, camped in the place which afterwards was called Lechi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army was spread abroad.Ma i Filistei entrarono nella terra di Giuda, e posero il campo in un luogo che poi fu chiamato Lechi, vale a dire Mascella, dove fu messo in fuga il loro esercito.Therfore the Philisthijms going vp into the Land of Iuda camped in the place, which afterward was called Lechi, that is, the iaw bone, where their armie was spred abrode.Igitur ascendentes Philisthiim in terram Juda, castrametati sunt in loco, qui postea vocatus est Lechi, id est, Maxilla, ubi eorum effusus est exercitus.

10And the men of the tribe of Juda said to them: Why are you come up against us? They answered: We are come to bind Samson, and to pay him for what he hath done against us.E quelli della tribù di Giuda disser loro: Per qual motivo vi siete mossi contro di noi? E quelli risposero: Siamo venuti per legare Sansone, e fargli pagare il fio di quel che ci ha fatto.And they of the tribe of Iuda said to them: Why are you come vp against vs? Who answered: That we may bind Samson, we are come, and may repay him the thinges that he hath wrought against vs.Dixeruntque ad eos de tribu Juda: Cur ascendistis adversum nos ? Qui responderunt: Ut ligemus Samson venimus, et reddamus ei quæ in nos operatus est. 11Wherefore three thousand men of Juda went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson: Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? Why wouldst thou do thus? And he said to them: As they did to me, so have I done to them.Andarono adunque tre mila uomini di Giuda alla spelonca del masso di Etam, e dissero a Sansone: Non sai tu che i Filistei comandano a noi? Perché hai tu voluto far tali cose? Disse egli loro: Ho fatto ad essi quello che han fatto a me.There went downe therfore three thousand men of Iuda, to the caue of the flint Etam, and said to Samson: knowest not thou that the Philisthijms reigne ouer vs? Why wouldest thou doe this thing? To whom he said: As they did to me so haue I done to them.Descenderunt ergo tria millia virorum de Juda ad specum silicis Etam, dixeruntque ad Samson: Nescis quod Philisthiim imperent nobis ? quare hoc facere voluisti ? Quibus ille ait: Sicut fecerunt mihi, sic feci eis. 12And they said to him: We are come to bind thee, and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them: Swear to me, and promise me that you will not kill me.Siam venuti, disser quelli, a legarti, e darti nelle mani de' Filistei. E Sansone ad essi: Giurate (disse), e fatemi promessa di non uccidermi.To bind thee, quoth they, we are come, and to deliuer thee into the handes of the Philisthijms. To whom Samson: Sweare, quoth he, & promise me that you kil me not.Ligare, inquiunt, te venimus, et tradere in manus Philisthinorum. Quibus Samson: Jurate, ait, et spondete mihi quod non occidatis me. 13They said: We will not kill thee: but we will deliver thee up bound. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him from the rock Etam.Dissero: Non ti ammazzeremo, ma ti daremo legato. E lo legarono con doppia fune nuova, e lo condussero via dal masso di Etam.They said: We wil not kil thee, but wil deliuer the bound. And they bound him with two new cordes, and tooke him from the rocke Etam.Dixerunt: Non te occidemus, sed vinctum trademus. Ligaveruntque eum duobus novis funibus, et tulerunt eum de petra Etam.

14Now when he was come to the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines shouting went to meet him, the Spirit of the Lord came strongly upon him: and as flax is wont to be consumed at the approach of fire, so the bands with which he was bound were broken and loosed.E giunto ch'ei fu al luogo della mascella, essendogli andati incontro con grande schiamazzo i Filistei, lo spinto del Signore lo investì: e come suole all'odore del fuoco consumarsi il lino, così le funi, ond'egli era legato, furon rotte, e disciolte.Who when he was come to the place of the Iawebone and the Philisthijms shouting were come against him, the Spirit of our Lord fel vpon him: and as flax is wont to be consumed at the sauour of fyre, so the bandes wherwith he was bound, were dissipated and loosed.Qui cum venisset ad locum Maxillæ, et Philisthiim vociferantes occurrissent ei, irruit spiritus Domini in eum: et sicut solent ad odorem ignis lina consumi, ita vincula, quibus ligatus erat, dissipata sunt et soluta. 15And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass, which lay there, catching it up, he slew therewith a thousand men.E trovata una mascella di asino che era per terra, la prese, e uccise con essa mille uomini.And finding a iawe bone, to witte, the iawe bone of an asse, which lay there, catching it, he slewe therwith a thousand men,Inventamque maxillam, id est, mandibulam asini, quæ jacebat, arripiens interfecit in ea mille viros, 16And he said: With the jawbone of an ass, with the jaw of the colt of asses, I have destroyed them, and have slain a thousand men.E disse: Colla mascella d'un asino, colla mandibula di un asinello gli ho sconfitti, e ho uccisi mille uomini.and said: In the iawe bone of an asse, in the iawe of the colt of she asses haue I destroyed them, and haue strooke a thousand men.et ait: In maxilla asini, / in mandibula pulli asinarum, / delevi eos, / et percussi mille viros. 17And when he had ended these words, singing, he threw the jawbone out of his hand, and called the name of that place Ramathlechi, which is interpreted the lifting up of the jawbone.E finito che ebbe di cantar queste parole gettò via di mano la mascella, e diede a quel luogo il nome di Ramathlechi, vale a dire l'elevazione della mascella.And when he had ended these wordes singing, he threw the iaw bone out of his hand, and called the name of that place Ramathlochi, which is interpreted the lifting vp of the iaw bone.Cumque hæc verba canens complesset, projecit mandibulam de manu, et vocavit nomen loci illius Ramathlechi, quod interpretatur, Elevatio maxillæ.

18And being very thirsty, he cried to the Lord, and said: Thou hast given this very great deliverance and victory into the hand of thy servant: and behold I die for thirst, and shall fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.E avendo gran sete sclamò, e disse al Signore: Tu hai operato per la mano del tuo servo questa salute, e vittoria grandissima: ecco ch'io muojo di sete, e cadrò nelle mani degl'incirconcisi.And being very thirstie, he cried to our Lord, and said: Thou hast geuen in the hand of thy seruant this very great saluation and victorie: and behold I die for thirst, and shal fal into the handes of the vncircumcised.Sitiensque valde, clamavit ad Dominum, et ait: Tu dedisti in manu servi tui salutem hanc maximam atque victoriam: en siti morior, incidamque in manus incircumcisorum. 19Then the Lord opened a great tooth in the jaw of the ass and waters issued out of it. And when he had drunk them, he refreshed his spirit, and recovered his strength. Therefore the name of that place was called The Spring of him that invoked from the jawbone, until this present day.Il Signore adunque aperse il dente molare della mascella di asino, e ne scaturiron dell'acque: donde egli bevve e ristorò lo spirito, e riprese forza. Quindi fu chiamato quel luogo fino al dì d'oggi Fontana dell'invocante a Lechi.Our Lord therfore opened a great tooth in the iawe of the asse, & there issued out of it waters which being drunke, he refreshed his spirit, and receiued strength againe. Therfore the name of that place was called: The fountaine of him that inuocated from the iawbone, vntil this present day.Aperuit itaque Dominus molarem dentem in maxilla asini, et egressæ sunt ex eo aquæ. Quibus haustis, refocillavit spiritum, et vires recepit. Idcirco appellatum est nomen loci illius, Fons invocantis de maxilla, usque in præsentem diem. 20And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.Ed ei fu giudice d'Israele per venti anni dominando i Filistei.And he iudged Israel in the daies of the Philisthijms twentie yeares.Judicavitque Israël in diebus Philisthiim viginti annis.