1 Maccabees 6
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold.
1Et rex Antiochus perambulabat superiores regiones, et audivit esse civitatem Elymaidem in Perside nobilissimam, et copiosam in argento et auro,
2And that there was in it a temple, exceeding rich: and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields which king Alexander, son of Philip the Macedonian that reigned first in Greece, had left there.
2templumque in ea locuples valde, et illic velamina aurea, et loricæ, et scuta, quæ reliquit Alexander Philippi rex Macedo, qui regnavit primus in Græcia.
3Lo, he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it: But he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city.
3Et venit, et quærebat capere civitatem, et deprædari eam: et non potuit, quoniam innotuit sermo his qui erant in civitate:
4And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.
4et insurrexerunt in prælium, et fugit inde, et abiit cum tristitia magna, et reversus est in Babyloniam.
5And whilst he was in Persia, there came one that told him, how the armies that were in the land of Juda were put to flight:
5Et venit qui nuntiaret ei in Perside, quia fugata sunt castra quæ erant in terra Juda:
6And that Lysias went with a very great power, and was put to flight before the face of the Jews, and that thy were grown strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten out of the camps which they had destroyed:
6et quia abiit Lysias cum virtute forti in primis, et fugatus est a facie Judæorum, et invaluerunt armis, et viribus, et spoliis multis, quæ ceperunt de castris, quæ exciderunt:
7And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also his city.
7et quia diruerunt abominationem, quam ædificaverat super altare quod erat in Jerusalem: et sanctificationem, sicut prius, circumdederunt muris excelsis, sed et Bethsuram civitatem suam.
8And it came to pass when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined.
8Et factum est ut audivit rex sermones istos, expavit, et commotus est valde: et decidit in lectum, et incidit in languorem præ tristitia, quia non factum est ei sicut cogitabat.
9And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die.
9Et erat illic per dies multos, quia renovata est in eo tristitia magna, et arbitratus est se mori.
10And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety.
10Et vocavit omnes amicos suos, et dixit illis: Recessit somnus ab oculis meis, et concidi, et corrui corde præ sollicitudine:
11And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow, wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!
11et dixi in corde meo: In quantam tribulationem deveni, et in quos fluctus tristitiæ, in qua nunc sum: qui jucundus eram, et dilectus in potestate mea !
12But now I remember the evils that I have done in Jerusalem, from whence also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver that were in it, and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.
12Nunc vero reminiscor malorum quæ feci in Jerusalem, unde et abstuli omnia spolia aurea et argentea quæ erant in ea, et misi auferre habitantes Judæam sine causa.
13I know therefore that for this cause these evils have found me: and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.
13Cognovi ergo quia propterea invenerunt me mala ista: et ecce pereo tristitia magna in terra aliena.
14Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.
14Et vocavit Philippum, unum de amicis suis, et præposuit eum super universum regnum suum:
15And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he should go to Antiochus his son, and should bring him up for the kingdom.
15et dedit ei diadema, et stolam suam, et annulum, ut adduceret Antiochum filium suum, et nutriret eum, et regnaret.
16So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.
16Et mortuus est illic Antiochus rex anno centesimo quadragesimo nono.
17And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.
17Et cognovit Lysias quoniam mortuus est rex, et constituit regnare Antiochum filium ejus, quem nutrivit adolescentem: et vocavit nomen ejus Eupator.
18Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.
18Et hi qui erant in arce, concluserant Israël in circuitu sanctorum: et quærebant eis mala semper, et firmamentum gentium.
19And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.
19Et cogitavit Judas disperdere eos: et convocavit universum populum, ut obsiderent eos.
20And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
20Et convenerunt simul, et obsederunt eos anno centesimo quinquagesimo, et fecerunt ballistas et machinas.
21And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.
21Et exierunt quidam ex eis qui obsidebantur: et adjunxerunt se illis aliqui impii ex Israël,
22And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute the judgment, and to revenge our brethren?
22et abierunt ad regem, et dixerunt: Quousque non facis judicium, et vindicas fratres nostros?
23We determined to serve thy father and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts:
23Nos decrevimus servire patri tuo, et ambulare in præceptis ejus, et obsequi edictis ejus:
24And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances.
24et filii populi nostri propter hoc alienabant se a nobis, et quicumque inveniebantur ex nobis, interficiebantur, et hæreditates nostræ diripiebantur.
25Neither have they put forth their hand against us only, but also against all our borders.
25Et non ad nos tantum extenderunt manum, sed et in omnes fines nostros:
26And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the stronghold of Bethsura:
26et ecce applicuerunt hodie ad arcem Jerusalem occupare eam, et munitionem Bethsuram munierunt:
27And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.
27et nisi præveneris eos velocius, majora quam hæc facient, et non poteris obtinere eos.
28Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over the horsemen.
28Et iratus est rex, ut hæc audivit: et convocavit omnes amicos suos, et principes exercitus sui, et eos qui super equites erant:
29There came also to him from other realms, and from the islands of the sea hired troops.
29sed et de regnis aliis et de insulis maritimis venerunt ad eum exercitus conductitii.
30And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants, trained to battle.
30Et erat numerus exercitus ejus, centum millia peditum, et viginti millia equitum, et elephanti triginta duo, docti ad prælium.
31And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth and burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.
31Et venerunt per Idumæam, et applicuerunt ad Bethsuram, et pugnaverunt dies multos: et fecerunt machinas, et exierunt, et succenderunt eas igni, et pugnaverunt viriliter.
32And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king’s camp.
32Et recessit Judas ab arce, et movit castra ad Bethzacharam contra castra regis.
33And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:
33Et surrexit rex ante lucem, et concitavit exercitus in impetum contra viam Bethzacharam: et comparaverunt se exercitus in prælium, et tubis cecinerunt:
34And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.
34et elephantis ostenderunt sanguinem uvæ et mori, ad acuendos eos in prælium:
35And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for every beast.
35et diviserunt bestias per legiones, et astiterunt singulis elephantis mille viri in loricis concatenatis, et galeæ æreæ in capitibus eorum: et quingenti equites ordinati unicuique bestiæ electi erant.
36These before the time wheresoever the beast was, the were there: and withersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.
36Hi ante tempus, ubicumque erat bestia, ibi erant: et quocumque ibat, ibant, et non discedebant ab ea.
37And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers, which covered every one of them: and engines upon them: and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above; and an Indian to rule the beast.
37Sed et turres ligneæ super eos firmæ protegentes super singulas bestias: et super eas machinæ: et super singulas viri virtutis triginta duo, qui pugnabant desuper: et Indus magister bestiæ.
38And the rest of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side at the two wings, with trumpets to stir up the army, and to hasten them forward that stood thick together in the legions thereof.
38Et residuum equitatum hinc et inde statuit in duas partes, tubis exercitum commovere, et perurgere constipatos in legionibus ejus.
39Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.
39Et ut refulsit sol in clypeos aureos et æreos, resplenduerunt montes ab eis, et resplenduerunt sicut lampades ignis.
40And part of the king’s army was distinguished by the high mountains, and the other part by the low places: and they marched on warily and orderly.
40Et distincta est pars exercitus regis per montes excelsos, et alia per loca humilia: et ibant caute et ordinate.
41And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.
41Et commovebantur omnes inhabitantes terram a voce multitudinis, et incessu turbæ, et collisione armorum: erat enim exercitus magnus valde, et fortis.
42And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king’s army six hundred men.
42Et appropiavit Judas et exercitus ejus in prælium, et ceciderunt de exercitu regis sexcenti viri.
43And Eleazar the son of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king’s harness: and it was higher than the other beasts: and it seemed to him that the king was on it:
43Et vidit Eleazar filius Saura unam de bestiis loricatam loricis regis: et erat eminens super ceteras bestias, et visum est ei quod in ea esset rex:
44And he exposed himself to deliver his people and to get himself an everlasting name.
44et dedit se ut liberaret populum suum, et acquireret sibi nomen æternum.
45And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and that side.
45Et cucurrit ad eam audacter in medio legionis, interficiens a dextris et a sinistris, et cadebant ab eo huc atque illuc.
46And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.
46Et ivit sub pedes elephantis, et supposuit se ei, et occidit eum: et cecidit in terram super ipsum, et mortuus est illic.
47Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.
47Et videntes virtutem regis, et impetum exercitus ejus, diverterunt se ab eis.
48But the king’s army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king’s army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.
48Castra autem regis ascenderunt contra eos in Jerusalem, et applicuerunt castra regis ad Judæam, et montem Sion.
49And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
49Et fecit pacem cum his qui erant in Bethsura: et exierunt de civitate, quia non erant eis ibi alimenta conclusis, quia sabbata erant terræ.
50And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.
50Et comprehendit rex Bethsuram: et constituit illic custodiam servare eam.
51And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.
51Et convertit castra ad locum sanctificationis dies multos: et statuit illic ballistas, et machinas, et ignis jacula, et tormenta ad lapides jactandos, et spicula, et scorpios ad mittendas sagittas, et fundibula.
52And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days.
52Fecerunt autem et ipsi machinas adversus machinas eorum, et pugnaverunt dies multos.
53But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.
53Escæ autem non erant in civitate, eo quod septimus annus esset: et qui remanserant in Judæa de gentibus, consumpserant reliquias eorum, quæ repositæ fuerant.
54And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place.
54Et remanserunt in sanctis viri pauci, quoniam obtinuerat eos fames: et dispersi sunt unusquisque in locum suum.
55Now Lysias heard that Philip, whom king Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, and to reign, to be king,
55Et audivit Lysias quod Philippus, quem constituerat rex Antiochus cum adhuc viveret, ut nutriret Antiochum filium suum, et regnaret,
56Was returned from Persia, and Media, with the army that went with him, and that he sought to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom:
56reversus esset a Perside et Media, et exercitus qui abierat cum ipso, et quia quærebat suscipere regni negotia:
57Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.
57festinavit ire, et dicere ad regem, et duces exercitus: Deficimus quotidie, et esca nobis modica est; et locus, quem obsidemus, est munitus, et incumbit nobis ordinare de regno.
58Now therefore let us come to an agreement with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation.
58Nunc itaque demus dextras hominibus istis, et faciamus cum illis pacem, et cum omni gente eorum:
59And let us covenant with them, that they may live according to their own laws as before. For because of our despising their laws, they have been provoked, and have done all these things.
59et constituamus illis ut ambulent in legitimis suis sicut prius: propter legitima enim ipsorum, quæ despeximus, irati sunt, et fecerunt omnia hæc.
60And the proposal was acceptable in the sight of the king, and of the princes: and he sent to them to make peace: and they accepted of it.
60Et placuit sermo in conspectu regis et principum: et misit ad eos pacem facere, et receperunt illam.
61And the king and the princes swore to them: and they came out of the stronghold.
61Et juravit illis rex et principes, et exierunt de munitione.
62Then the king entered into mount Sion, and saw the strength of the place: and he quickly broke the oath that he had taken, and gave commandment to throw down the wall round about.
62Et intravit rex montem Sion, et vidit munitionem loci: et rupit citius juramentum quod juravit, et mandavit destruere murum in gyro.
63And he departed in haste, and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip master of the city: and he fought against him, and took the city.
63Et discessit festinanter, et reversus est Antiochiam, et invenit Philippum dominantem civitati: et pugnavit adversus eum, et occupavit civitatem.
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