1 Samuel 30
1 It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that Amalek had made a raid on the Negev, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
ORA, tre giorni appresso, Davide essendo ritornato in Siclag con la sua gente, [trovò che] gli Amalechiti erano scorsi verso il Mezzodì, e in Siclag, e che aveano percossa Siclag, e l'aveano arsa col fuoco;
2 and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They did not kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
ed aveano menate prigioni le donne che vi [erano] dentro, [e tutte le persone] dal maggiore al minore; [ma] non aveano ucciso alcuno, anzi [li] aveano menati [tutti] via, e se ne erano andati a lor cammino.
3 When David and his men came to the city, look, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
Come dunque Davide, con la sua gente, fu venuto nella città, ecco, essa era arsa col fuoco; e le lor mogli, e i lor figliuoli, e le lor figliuole, erano state menate prigioni.
4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Laonde Davide, e la gente ch'[era] con lui, alzò la voce, e pianse, finchè non ebbero [più] potere di piangere.
5 David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Le due mogli di Davide, Ahinoam Izreelita, e Abigail [ch'era stata] moglie di Nabal da Carmel, erano anch'esse state menate prigioni.
6 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
E Davide era grandemente distretto; perciocchè il popolo parlava di lapidarlo; perchè tutto il popolo era in amaritudine d'animo, ciascuno per li suoi figliuoli e per le sue figliuole; ma Davide si fortificò nel Signore Iddio suo;
7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me here the ephod." Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
e disse al sacerdote Ebiatar, figliuolo di Ahimelec: Deh! accostami l'Efod. Ed Ebiatar accostò l'Efod a Davide.
8 David inquired of Jehovah, saying, "If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all."
E Davide domandò il Signore, dicendo: Perseguiterò io quegli scherani? li raggiungerò io? E [il Signore] gli disse: Perseguitali pure; perciocchè per certo tu [li] raggiungerai, e riscoterai [ogni cosa].
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Wadi Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
Davide adunque andò co' seicent'uomini ch'egli avea seco; e, quando furono giunti al torrente di Besor, una parte di essi restò [quivi].
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't cross the Wadi Besor.
E Davide, con quattrocent'uomini, perseguitò [coloro]; e dugento ne restarono, i quali erano tanto stanchi, che non poterono passare il torrente di Besor.
11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
Or essi trovarono un uomo Egizio per la campagna, e lo menarono a Davide, e gli diedero del pane, ed egli mangiò; poi gli diedero a ber dell'acqua.
12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
Gli diedero ancora un pezzo d'una massa di fichi secchi, e due grappoli d'uva secca; ed egli mangiò, e lo spirito gli rivenne; perciocchè egli non avea mangiato pane, nè bevuta acqua, da tre giorni, e da tre notti.
13 David asked him, "To whom do you belong? Where are you from?" He said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
E Davide gli disse: Di cui [sei] tu? e d'onde [sei] tu? Ed egli disse: Io [sono] un garzone Egizio, servo di un Amalechita; e il mio padrone mi ha lasciato, perciocchè io infermai oggi ha tre [giorni].
14 We made a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire."
Noi siamo scorsi nella contrada meridionale de' Cheretei, e nel [paese] di Giuda, e nella contrada meridionale di Caleb, e abbiamo arsa Siclag col fuoco.
15 David said to him, "Will you bring me down to this troop?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop." And he swore to him.
E Davide gli disse: Mi condurresti tu a quegli scherani? Ed egli gli disse: Giurami per Iddio che tu non mi farai morire, e che tu non mi darai in mano del mio padrone, ed io ti condurrò a quegli scherani.
16 When he had brought him down, look, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Colui adunque ve lo condusse; ed ecco, essi [erano] sparsi senza guardia su per tutta quella contrada, mangiando e bevendo, e facendo festa di tutta la gran preda che aveano portata dal paese de' Filistei, e dal paese di Giuda.
17 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day and he put them to death. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
E Davide li percosse dal vespro infino alla sera del giorno seguente; e non ne scampò alcuno, se non quattrocento giovani, i quali montarono sopra de' cammelli, e fuggirono.
18 He recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
E Davide riscosse tutto quello che gli Amalechiti aveano preso; riscosse eziandio le sue due mogli.
19 There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.
E non mancò loro alcuno, nè piccolo, nè grande, nè figliuolo, nè figliuola, nè robe, nè cosa veruna che avessero loro presa. Davide ricoverò tutto.
20 He took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, "This is David's spoil."
Davide prese eziandio tutto il bestiame, piccolo e grosso, [il qual] fu condotto davanti a quelle gregge. E si diceva: Questa è la preda di Davide.
21 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom he also had made to stay at the Wadi Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people, he greeted them.
Poi Davide venne a que' dugent'uomini, ch'erano stati tanto stanchi, che non erano potuti andar dietro a lui; onde egli li avea fatti rimanere al torrente di Besor; ed essi uscirono incontro a Davide, e incontro alla gente che [era] con lui. E Davide, accostatosi a quella gente, li salutò.
22 Then every wicked and worthless one of the men who had gone with David answered, and they said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to each man his wife and his children. And let them take them, and depart."
Ma tutti gli uomini malvagi e scellerati, d'infra coloro ch'erano andati con Davide, si mossero a dire: Poichè essi non son venuti con noi, noi non daremo loro nulla della preda che abbiamo riscossa, se non a ciascuno la sua moglie, e i suoi figliuoli; e se li menino via, e vadano.
23 Then David said, "You shall not do so after what Jehovah has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered into our hand the raiding party that came against us.
Ma Davide disse: Non fate così, fratelli miei, di ciò che il Signore ci ha dato; avendoci egli guardati, e avendoci dati nelle mani quegli scherani ch'eran venuti contro a noi.
24 So who will listen to you in this matter? For they are not inferior to you. For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so will his share be who remains with the supplies; they will share alike."
E chi vi acconsentirebbe in questo affare? perciocchè la parte di chi dimora appresso alla salmeria dev'essere uguale a quella di chi scende alla battaglia; essi debbono partir fra loro.
25 It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
E [questo] è stato [osservato] da quel dì innanzi; e [Davide] lo stabilì per istatuto e legge in Israele, [che dura] infino ad oggi.
26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah and to his friends, saying, "Look, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah."
Poi Davide, essendo tornato in Siclag, mandò di quella preda agli Anziani di Giuda, suoi amici, dicendo: Eccovi un presente della preda de' nemici del Signore.
27 He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramath Negev, and to those who were in Jattir,
[Egli ne mandò] a quelli ch'[erano] in Betel, ed a quelli che'[erano] in Ramot meridionale, e a quelli che [erano] in Iatir,
28 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,
ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Aroer, ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Sifmot, ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Estemoa,
29 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenizzites.
ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Racal, ed a quelli ch'[erano] nelle città de' Ierameeliti, e a quelli ch'[erano] nelle città de' Chenei,
30 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor Ashan, and to those who were in Athach,
ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Horma, e a quelli ch'[erano] in Corasan, ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Atac,
31 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Hebron, e in tutti gli [altri] luoghi, ne' quali Davide era andato e venuto con la sua gente.
