Giudici 1
1 Dopo la morte di Giosuè, gli Israeliti consultarono il Signore dicendo: «Chi di noi andrà per primo a combattere contro i Cananei?».
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Il Signore rispose: «Andrà Giuda: ecco, ho messo il paese nelle sue mani».
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Allora Giuda disse a Simeone suo fratello: «Vieni con me nel paese, che mi è toccato in sorte, e combattiamo contro i Cananei; poi anch'io verrò con te in quello che ti è toccato in sorte». Simeone andò con lui.
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.
4 Giuda dunque si mosse e il Signore mise nelle loro mani i Cananei e i Perizziti; sconfissero a Bezek diecimila uomini.
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].
5 Incontrato Adoni-Bezek a Bezek, l'attaccarono e sconfissero i Cananei e i Perizziti.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Adoni-Bezek fuggì, ma essi lo inseguirono, lo catturarono e gli amputarono i pollici delle mani e dei piedi.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Adoni-Bezek disse: «Settanta re con i pollici delle mani e dei piedi amputati, raccattavano gli avanzi sotto la mia tavola. Quello che ho fatto io, Dio me lo ripaga». Lo condussero poi a Gerusalemme dove morì.
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.
8 I figli di Giuda attaccarono Gerusalemme e la presero; la passarono a fil di spada e l'abbandonarono alle fiamme.
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.
9 Poi andarono a combattere contro i Cananei che abitavano le montagne, il Negheb e la Sefela.
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].
10 Giuda marciò contro i Cananei che abitavano a Ebron, che prima si chiamava Kiriat-Arba, e sconfisse Sesai, Achiman e Talmai.
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.
11 Di là andò contro gli abitanti di Debir, che prima si chiamava Kiriat-Sefer.
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Allora Caleb disse: «A chi batterà Kiriat-Sefer e la prenderà io darò in moglie Acsa mia figlia».
[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.”
13 La prese Otniel, figlio di Kenaz, fratello minore di Caleb, e questi gli diede in moglie sua figlia Acsa.
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.
14 Ora, mentre andava dal marito, egli la indusse a chiedere un campo a suo padre. Essa scese dall'asino e Caleb le disse: «Che hai?».
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?”
15 Essa rispose: «Fammi un dono; poiché tu mi hai dato una terra arida, dammi anche qualche fonte d'acqua». Egli le donò la sorgente superiore e la sorgente inferiore.
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.
16 I figli del suocero di Mosè, il Kenita, salirono dalla città delle Palme con i figli di Giuda nel deserto di Giuda, a mezzogiorno di Arad; andarono dunque e si stabilirono in mezzo al popolo.
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].
17 Poi Giuda marciò con Simeone suo fratello: sconfissero i Cananei che abitavano in Sefat, votarono allo sterminio la città, che fu chiamata Corma.
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’].
18 Giuda prese anche Gaza con il suo territorio, Ascalon con il suo territorio ed Ekron con il suo territorio.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 Il Signore fu con Giuda, che scacciò gli abitanti delle montagne, ma non potè espellere gli abitanti della pianura, perché muniti di carri di ferro.
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.
20 Come Mosè aveva ordinato, Ebron fu data a Caleb, che da essa scacciò i tre figli di Anak.
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.
21 I figli di Beniamino non scacciarono i Gebusei che abitavano Gerusalemme, perciò i Gebusei abitano con i figli di Beniamino in Gerusalemme fino ad oggi.
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.
22 Anche la casa di Giuseppe marciò contro Betel e il Signore fu con loro.
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 La casa di Giuseppe mandò a esplorare Betel, città che prima si chiamava Luz.
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Gli esploratori videro un uomo che usciva dalla città e gli dissero: «Insegnaci una via di accesso alla città e noi ti faremo grazia».
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].”
25 Egli insegnò loro la via di accesso alla città ed essi passarono la città a fil di spada, ma risparmiarono quell'uomo con tutta la sua famiglia.
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.
26 Quell'uomo andò nel paese degli Hittiti e vi edificò una città che chiamò Luz: questo è il suo nome fino ad oggi.
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.
27 Manàsse non scacciò gli abitanti di Beisan e delle sue dipendenze, né quelli di Taanach e delle sue dipendenze, né quelli di Dor e delle sue dipendenze, né quelli d'Ibleam e delle sue dipendenze, né quelli di Meghiddo e delle sue dipendenze; i Cananei continuarono ad abitare in quel paese.
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.
28 Quando Israele divenne più forte, costrinse ai lavori forzati i Cananei, ma non li scacciò del tutto.
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.
29 Nemmeno Efraim scacciò i Cananei, che abitavano a Ghezer, perciò i Cananei abitarono in Ghezer in mezzo ad Efraim.
[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.
30 Zàbulon non scacciò gli abitanti di Kitron, né gli abitanti di Naalol; i Cananei abitarono in mezzo a Zàbulon e furono ridotti in schiavitù.
[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.
31 Aser non scacciò gli abitanti di Acco, né gli abitanti di Sidòne, né quelli di Aclab, di Aczib, di Elba, di Afik, di Recob;
[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.
32 i figli di Aser si stabilirono in mezzo ai Cananei che abitavano il paese, perché non li avevano scacciati.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Nèftali non scacciò gli abitanti di Bet-Semes, né gli abitanti di Bet-Anat e si stabilì in mezzo ai Cananei che abitavano il paese; ma gli abitanti di Bet-Semes e di Bet-Anat furono da loro costretti ai lavori forzati.
[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.
34 Gli Amorrei respinsero i figli di Dan sulle montagne e non li lasciarono scendere nella pianura.
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.
35 Gli Amorrei continuarono ad abitare Ar-Cheres, Aialon e Saalbim; ma la mano della casa di Giuseppe si aggravò su di loro e furono costretti ai lavori forzati.
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.
36 Il confine degli Amorrei si estendeva dalla salita di Akrabbim, da Sela in su.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
