1 Samuele 30
1 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;
And it came to pass when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the 'Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire;
2 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.
And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way.
3 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.
When therefore David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.
4 Laonde Davide, e la gente ch'[era] con lui, alzò la voce, e pianse, finchè non ebbero [più] potere di piangere.
And David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5 Le due mogli di Davide, Ahinoam Izreelita, e Abigail [ch'era stata] moglie di Nabal da Carmel, erano anch'esse state menate prigioni.
And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achino'am the Yizre'elitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 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;
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God.
7 e disse al sacerdote Ebiatar, figliuolo di Ahimelec: Deh! accostami l'Efod. Ed Ebiatar accostò l'Efod a Davide.
And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David.
8 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].
And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover [all].
9 Davide adunque andò co' seicent'uomini ch'egli avea seco; e, quando furono giunti al torrente di Besor, una parte di essi restò [quivi].
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed.
10 E Davide, con quattrocent'uomini, perseguitò [coloro]; e dugento ne restarono, i quali erano tanto stanchi, che non poterono passare il torrente di Besor.
But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.
11 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.
And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12 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.
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and then his spirit returned to him; for he had not eaten any bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
13 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].
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an 'Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago.
14 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.
We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.
15 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.
And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not surrender me into the hand of my master, and then will I bring thee down to this troop.
16 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.
And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 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.
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.
18 E Davide riscosse tutto quello che gli Amalechiti aveano preso; riscosse eziandio le sue due mogli.
And David recovered all that the 'Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue.
19 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.
And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back.
20 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.
And David took all the flocks and the herds: these they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
21 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.
And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well-being.
22 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.
Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go.
23 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.
Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 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.
And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share.
25 E [questo] è stato [osservato] da quel dì innanzi; e [Davide] lo stabilì per istatuto e legge in Israele, [che dura] infino ad oggi.
And it happened from that day and forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel until this day.
26 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.
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:
27 [Egli ne mandò] a quelli ch'[erano] in Betel, ed a quelli che'[erano] in Ramot meridionale, e a quelli che [erano] in Iatir,
To those who were in Beth-el, and to those who were in south Ramoth, and to those who were in Yattir,
28 ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Aroer, ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Sifmot, ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Estemoa,
And to those who were in 'Aro'er, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa',
29 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,
And to those who were in Rachal, and to those who were in the cities of Yerach-meelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Horma, e a quelli ch'[erano] in Corasan, ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Atac,
And to those who were in Chormah, and to those who were in Kor-'ashan, and to those who were in 'Athach,
31 ed a quelli ch'[erano] in Hebron, e in tutti gli [altri] luoghi, ne' quali Davide era andato e venuto con la sua gente.
And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.
