Primus Macchabeorum 13
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Et audivit Simon quod congregavit Tryphon exercitum copiosum ut veniret in terram Juda, et attereret eam.
1Now when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it,
2Videns quia in tremore populus est, et in timore, ascendit Jerusalem, et congregavit populum:
2And saw that the people was in great trembling and fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and gathered the people together,
3et adhortans dixit: Vos scitis quanta ego, et fratres mei, et domus patris mei, fecimus pro legibus et pro sanctis, prælia, et angustias quales vidimus:
3And gave them exhortation, saying, Ye yourselves know what great things I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
4horum gratia perierunt fratres mei omnes propter Israël, et relictus sum ego solus.
4By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
5Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animæ meæ in omni tempore tribulationis: non enim melior sum fratribus meis.
5Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
6Vindicabo itaque gentem meam, et sancta, natos quoque nostros, et uxores: quia congregatæ sunt universæ gentes conterere nos inimicitiæ gratia.
6Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
7Et accensus est spiritus populi simul ut audivit sermones istos:
7Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
8et responderunt voce magna, dicentes: Tu es dux noster loco Judæ, et Jonathæ fratris tui:
8And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.
9pugna prælium nostrum: et omnia, quæcumque dixeris nobis, faciemus.
9Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever, thou commandest us, that will we do.
10Et congregans omnes viros bellatores, acceleravit consummare universos muros Jerusalem, et munivit eam in gyro.
10So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
11Et misit Jonathan filium Absalomi, et cum eo exercitum novum in Joppen, et ejectis his qui erant in ea, remansit illic ipse.
11Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were therein remained there in it.
12Et movit Tryphon a Ptolemaida cum exercitu multo, ut veniret in terram Juda, et Jonathas cum eo in custodia.
12So Tryphon removed from Ptolemaus with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him in ward.
13Simon autem applicuit in Addus contra faciem campi.
13But Simon pitched his tents at Adida, over against the plain.
14Et ut cognovit Tryphon quia surrexit Simon loco fratris sui Jonathæ, et quia commissurus esset cum eo prælium, misit ad eum legatos,
14Now when Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers unto him, saying,
15dicens: Pro argento, quod debebat frater tuus Jonathas in ratione regis propter negotia quæ habuit, detinuimus eum.
15Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the king’s treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.
16Et nunc mitte argenti talenta centum, et duos filios ejus obsides, ut non dimissus fugiat a nobis, et remittemus eum.
16Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
17Et cognovit Simon quia cum dolo loqueretur secum: jussit tamen dari argentum et pueros, ne inimicitiam magnam sumeret ad populum Israël, dicentem:
17Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spake deceitfully unto him yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
18Quia non misit ei argentum, et pueros, propterea periit.
18Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Jonathan dead.
19Et misit pueros, et centum talenta: et mentitus est, et non dimisit Jonathan.
19So he sent them the children and the hundred talents: howbeit Tryphon dissembled neither would he let Jonathan go.
20Et post hæc venit Tryphon intra regionem, ut contereret eam: et gyraverunt per viam quæ ducit Ador: et Simon et castra ejus ambulabant in omnem locum quocumque ibant.
20And after this came Tryphon to invade the land, and destroy it, going round about by the way that leadeth unto Adora: but Simon and his host marched against him in every place, wheresoever he went.
21Qui autem in arce erant, miserunt ad Tryphonem legatos, ut festinaret venire per desertum, et mitteret illis alimonias.
21Now they that were in the tower sent messengers unto Tryphon, to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilderness, and send them victuals.
22Et paravit Tryphon omnem equitatum, ut veniret illa nocte: erat autem nix multa valde, et non venit in Galaaditim.
22Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Galaad.
23Et cum appropinquasset Bascaman, occidit Jonathan et filios ejus illic.
23And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.
24Et convertit Tryphon, et abiit in terram suam.
24Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land.
25Et misit Simon, et accepit ossa Jonathæ fratris sui, et sepelivit ea in Modin civitate patrum ejus.
25Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
26Et planxerunt eum omnis Israël planctu magno, et luxerunt eum dies multos.
26And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him many days.
27Et ædificavit Simon super sepulchrum patris sui et fratrum suorum ædificium altum visu, lapide polito retro et ante.
27Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone behind and before.
28Et statuit septem pyramidas, unam contra unam, patri et matri, et quatuor fratribus:
28Moreover he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
29et his circumposuit columnas magnas: et super columnas arma, ad memoriam æternam: et juxta arma naves sculptas, quæ viderentur ab omnibus navigantibus mare:
29And in these he made cunning devices, about the which he set great pillars, and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual memory, and by the armour ships carved, that they might be seen of all that sail on the sea.
30hoc est sepulchrum, quod fecit in Modin usque in hunc diem.
30This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day.
31Tryphon autem cum iter faceret cum Antiocho rege adolescente, dolo occidit eum:
31Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and slew him.
32et regnavit loco ejus, et imposuit sibi diadema Asiæ, et fecit plagam magnam in terra.
32And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
33Et ædificavit Simon præsidia Judææ, muniens ea turribus excelsis, et muris magnis, et portis, et seris: et posuit alimenta in munitionibus.
33Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals therein.
34Et elegit Simon viros, et misit ad Demetrium regem ut faceret remissionem regioni: quia actus omnes Tryphonis per direptionem fuerant gesti.
34Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
35Et Demetrius rex ad verba ista respondit ei, et scripsit epistolam talem:
35Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote after this manner:
36Rex Demetrius Simoni summo sacerdoti et amico regum, et senioribus, et genti Judæorum, salutem.
36King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
37Coronam auream, et bahem, quam misistis, suscepimus: et parati sumus facere vobiscum pacem magnam, et scribere præpositis regis remittere vobis quæ indulsimus.
37The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent unto us, we have received: and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, yea, and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have granted.
38Quæcumque enim constituimus, vobis constant: munitiones, quas ædificastis, vobis sint:
38And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own.
39remittimus quoque ignorantias et peccata usque in hodiernum diem, et coronam quam debebatis: et si quid aliud erat tributarium in Jerusalem, jam non sit tributarium.
39As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown tax also, which ye owe us: and if there were any other tribute paid in Jerusalem, it shall no more be paid.
40Et si qui ex vobis apti sunt conscribi inter nostros, conscribantur, et sit inter nos pax.
40And look who are meet among you to be in our court, let then be enrolled, and let there be peace betwixt us.
41Anno centesimo septuagesimo, ablatum est jugum gentium ab Israël.
41Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken away from Israel in the hundred and seventieth year.
42Et cœpit populus Israël scribere in tabulis, et gestis publicis, anno primo sub Simone summo sacerdote, magno duce, et principe Judæorum.
42Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and leader of the Jews.
43In diebus illis applicuit Simon ad Gazam, et circumdedit eam castris, et fecit machinas, et applicuit ad civitatem, et percussit turrem unam, et comprehendit eam.
43In those days Simon camped against Gaza and besieged it round about; he made also an engine of war, and set it by the city, and battered a certain tower, and took it.
44Et eruperant qui erant intra machinam in civitatem, et factus est motus magnus in civitate.
44And they that were in the engine leaped into the city; whereupon there was a great uproar in the city:
45Et ascenderunt qui erant in civitate cum uxoribus et filiis supra murum, scissis tunicis suis, et clamaverunt voce magna, postulantes a Simone dextras sibi dari,
45Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
46et dixerunt: Non nobis reddas secundum malitias nostras, sed secundum misericordias tuas.
46And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
47Et flexus Simon, non debellavit eos: ejecit tamen eos de civitate, et mundavit ædes in quibus fuerant simulacra, et tunc intravit in eam cum hymnis benedicens Dominum:
47So Simon was appeased toward them, and fought no more against them, but put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were, and so entered into it with songs and thanksgiving.
48et ejecta ab ea omni immunditia, collocavit in ea viros qui legem facerent: et munivit eam, et fecit sibi habitationem.
48Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed such men there as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwellingplace for himself.
49Qui autem erant in arce Jerusalem, prohibebantur egredi et ingredi regionem, et emere ac vendere: et esurierunt valde, et multi ex eis fame perierunt,
49They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.
50et clamaverunt ad Simonem ut dextras acciperent: et dedit illis: et ejecit eos inde, et mundavit arcem a contaminationibus:
50Then cried they to Simon, beseeching him to be at one with them: which thing he granted them; and when he had put them out from thence, he cleansed the tower from pollutions:
51et intraverunt in eam tertia et vigesima die secundi mensis, anno centesimo septuagesimo primo, cum laude, et ramis palmarum, et cinyris, et cymbalis, et nablis, et hymnis, et canticis, quia contritus est inimicus magnus ex Israël.
51And entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month in the hundred seventy and first year, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel.
52Et constituit ut omnibus annis agerentur dies hi cum lætitia.
52He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with gladness. Moreover the hill of the temple that was by the tower he made stronger than it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company.
53Et munivit montem templi, qui erat secus arcem, et habitavit ibi ipse, et qui cum eo erant.
53And when Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man, he made him captain of all the hosts; and he dwelt in Gazera.
54Et vidit Simon Joannem filium suum, quod fortis prælii vir esset: et posuit eum ducem virtutum universarum: et habitavit in Gazaris.
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