Judges 1
1 After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
Dopo la morte di Giosuè, i figliuoli d’Israele consultarono l’Eterno, dicendo: “Chi di noi salirà il primo contro i Cananei a muover loro guerra?”
2 Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
E l’Eterno rispose: “Salirà Giuda; ecco, io ho dato il paese nelle sue mani”.
3 The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
Allora Giuda disse a Simeone suo fratello: “Sali meco nel paese che m’è toccato a sorte, e combatteremo contro i Cananei; poi anch’io andrò teco in quello ch’è toccato a te”. E Simeone andò con lui.
4 When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
Giuda dunque salì, e l’Eterno diede nelle loro mani i Cananei e i Ferezei; e sconfissero a Bezek diecimila uomini.
5 During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
E, trovato Adoni-Bezek a Bezek, l’attaccarono, e sconfissero i Cananei e i Ferezei.
6 but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
Adoni-Bezek si diè alla fuga; ma essi lo inseguirono, lo presero, e gli tagliarono i pollici delle mani de’ piedi.
7 Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
E Adoni-Bezek disse: “Settanta re, a cui erano stati tagliati i pollici delle mani e de’ piedi raccoglievano gli avanzi del cibo sotto la mia mensa. Quello che ho fatto io, Iddio me lo rende”. E lo menarono a Gerusalemme, dove morì.
8 The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
I figliuoli di Giuda attaccarono Gerusalemme, e la presero; passarono gli abitanti a fil di spada e misero la città a fuoco e fiamma.
9 Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
Poi i figliuoli di Giuda scesero a combattere contro i Cananei che abitavano la contrada montuosa, il mezzogiorno e la regione bassa.
10 The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Giuda marciò contro i Cananei che abitavano a Hebron, (il cui nome era prima Kiriath-Arba) e sconfisse Sceshai, Ahiman e Talmai.
11 Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
Di la marciò contro gli abitanti di Debir, che prima si chiamava Kiriath-Sefer.
12 [Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
E Caleb disse: “A chi batterà Kiriath-Sefer e la prenderà io darò in moglie Acsa, mia figliuola”.
13 Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife.
La prese Othniel, figliuolo di Kenaz, fratello minore di Caleb, e questi gli diede in moglie Acsa sua figliuola.
14 When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
E quand’ella venne a star con lui, lo persuase a chiedere un campo al padre di lei. Essa scese di sull’asino, e Caleb le disse: “Che vuoi?”
15 She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
E quella rispose: “Fammi un dono; giacché tu m’hai data una terra arida dammi anche delle sorgenti d’acqua”. Ed egli le donò le sorgenti superiori e le sorgenti sottostanti.
16 The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
Or i figliuoli del Keneo, suocero di Mosè, salirono dalla città delle palme, coi figliuoli di Giuda, nel deserto di Giuda, che è a mezzogiorno di Arad; andarono, e si stabilirono fra il popolo.
17 The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
Poi Giuda partì con Simeone suo fratello, e sconfissero i Cananei che abitavano in Tsefath; distrussero interamente la città, che fu chiamata Hormah.
18 The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
Giuda prese anche Gaza col suo territorio, Askalon col suo territorio ed Ekron col suo territorio.
19 Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
L’Eterno fu con Giuda, che cacciò gli abitanti della contrada montuosa, ma non poté cacciare gli abitanti della valle, perché aveano de’ carri di ferro.
20 Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
E, come Mosè avea detto, Hebron fu data a Caleb, che ne scacciò i tre figliuoli di Anak.
21 But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
I figliuoli di Beniamino non cacciarono i Gebusei che abitavano Gerusalemme; e i Gebusei hanno abitato coi figliuoli di Beniamino in Gerusalemme fino al dì d’oggi.
22 The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
La casa di Giuseppe salì anch’essa contro Bethel, e l’Eterno fu con loro.
23 They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
La casa di Giuseppe mandò ad esplorare Bethel, città che prima si chiamava Luz.
24 The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill you].”
E gli esploratori videro un uomo che usciva dalla città, e gli dissero: “Deh, insegnaci la via per entrare nella città, e noi ti tratteremo benignamente”.
25 So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill his family.
Egli insegnò loro la via per entrare nella città, ed essi passarono la città a fil di spada, ma lasciarono andare quell’uomo con tutta la sua famiglia.
26 That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
E quell’uomo andò nel paese degli Hittei e vi edificò una città, che chiamò Luz: nome, ch’essa porta anche al dì d’oggi.
27 There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
Manasse pure non cacciò gli abitanti di Beth-Scean e delle città del suo territorio né quelli di Taanac e delle città del suo territorio, né quelli di Dor e delle città del suo territorio, quelli d’Ibleam e delle città del suo territorio, né quelli di Meghiddo e delle città del suo territorio, essendo i Cananei decisi a restare in quel paese.
28 Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
Però, quando Israele si fu rinforzato, assoggettò i Cananei a servitù, ma non li cacciò del tutto.
29 [The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
Efraim anch’esso non cacciò i Cananei che abitavano a Ghezer; e i Cananei abitarono in Ghezer in mezzo ad Efraim.
30 [The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
Zabulon non cacciò gli abitanti di Kitron, né gli abitanti di Nahalol; e i Cananei abitarono in mezzo a Zabulon e furon soggetti a servitù.
31 [The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
Ascer non cacciò gli abitanti di Acco, né gli abitanti di Sidone, né quelli di Ahlab, di Aczib, di Helba, di Afik, di Rehob;
32 So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
e i figliuoli di Ascer si stabilirono in mezzo ai Cananei che abitavano il paese, perché non li scacciarono.
33 [The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
Neftali non caccio gli abitanti di Beth-Scemesh, né gli abitanti di Beth-Anath, e si stabilì in mezzo ai Cananei che abitavano il paese; ma gli abitanti di Beth-Scemesh e di Beth-Anath furon da loro sottoposti a servitù.
34 The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
Gli Amorei respinsero i figliuoli di Dan nella contrada montuosa e non li lasciarono scendere nella valle.
35 The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
Gli Amorei si mostrarono decisi a restare a Har-Heres, ad Aialon ed a Shaalbim; ma la mano della casa di Giuseppe si aggravò su loro sì che furon soggetti a servitù.
36 The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
E il confine degli Amorei si estendeva dalla salita di Akrabbim, movendo da Sela, e su verso il nord.
