1 Maccabees · Clementine Vulgate
1 Maccabees 4 Clementine Vulgate
1 Et assumpsit Gorgias quinque millia virorum, et mille equites electos: et moverunt castra nocte,
1 Gorgias took five thousand infantry, a thousand chosen cavalry, and the army moved out at night,
2 ut applicarent ad castra Judæorum, et percuterent eos subito: et filii, qui erant ex arce, erant illis duces.
2 that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides.
3 Et audivit Judas, et surrexit ipse et potentes percutere virtutem exercituum regis, qui erant in Emmaum:
3 Judas heard of this, and he and the valiant men moved, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus
4 adhuc enim dispersus erat exercitus a castris.
4 while the forces were still dispersed from the camp.
5 Et venit Gorgias in castra Judæ noctu, et neminem invenit: et quærebat eos in montibus, quoniam dixit: Fugiunt hi a nobis.
5 Gorgias came into the camp of Judas at night and found no man. He sought them in the mountains; for he said, “These men are running away from us.”
6 Et cum dies factus esset, apparuit Judas in campo cum tribus millibus virorum tantum, qui tegumenta et gladios non habebant:
6 As soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. However they didn’t have the armor and swords they desired.
7 et viderunt castra gentium valida, et loricatos et equitatus in circuitu eorum, et hi docti ad prælium.
7 They saw the camp of the Gentiles strong and fortified, with cavalry all around it; and these were expert in war.
8 Et ait Judas viris, qui secum erant: Ne timueritis multitudinem eorum, et impetum eorum ne formidetis.
8 Judas said to the men who were with him, “Don’t be afraid of their numbers, or when they charge.
9 Mementote qualiter salvi facti sunt patres nostri in mari Rubro, cum sequeretur eos Pharao cum exercitu multo.
9 Remember how our fathers were saved in the Red sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.
10 Et nunc clamemus in cælum: et miserebitur nostri Dominus, et memor erit testamenti patrum nostrorum, et conteret exercitum istum ante faciem nostram hodie:
10 Now let’s cry to heaven, if he will have us, and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this army before our face today.
11 et scient omnes gentes quia est qui redimat et liberet Israël.
11 Then all the Gentiles will know that there is one who redeems and saves Israel.
12 Et elevaverunt alienigenæ oculos suos, et viderunt eos venientes ex adverso.
12 The foreigners lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming near them.
13 Et exierunt de castris in prælium, et tuba cecinerunt hi qui erant cum Juda.
13 They went out of the camp to battle. Those who were with Judas sounded their trumpets
14 Et congressi sunt: et contritæ sunt gentes, et fugerunt in campum.
14 and joined battle. The Gentiles were defeated, and fled into the plain.
15 Novissimi autem omnes ceciderunt in gladio, et persecuti sunt eos usque Gezeron, et usque in campos Idumææ, et Azoti, et Jamniæ: et ceciderunt ex illis usque ad tria millia virorum.
15 But all those in the rear fell by the sword. They pursued them to Gazara, and to the plains of Idumaea, Azotus, and Jamnia. About three thousand of those men fell.
16 Et reversus est Judas, et exercitus ejus sequens eum.
16 Then Judas and his army returned from pursuing them;
17 Dixitque ad populum: Non concupiscatis spolia: quia bellum contra nos est,
17 and he said to the people, “Don’t be greedy for the spoils, because there is a battle before us.
18 et Gorgias et exercitus ejus prope nos in monte: sed state nunc contra inimicos nostros, et expugnate eos, et sumetis postea spolia securi.
18 Gorgias and his army are near us on the mountain. But stand now against our enemies and fight against them, and afterwards take the spoils with boldness.”
19 Et adhuc loquente Juda hæc, ecce apparuit pars quædam prospiciens de monte.
19 While Judas was finishing this speech, a part of them appeared looking out from the mountain.
20 Et vidit Gorgias quod in fugam conversi sunt sui, et succenderunt castra: fumus enim, qui videbatur, declarabat quod factum est.
20 They saw that their army had been put to flight, and that the Jews were burning the camp; for the smoke that was seen declared what was done.
21 Quibus illi conspectis timuerunt valde, aspicientes simul et Judam, et exercitum in campo paratum ad prælium.
21 But when they perceived these things, they were very afraid. Perceiving also the army of Judas in the plain ready for battle,
22 Et fugerunt omnes in campum alienigenarum:
22 they all fled into the land of the Philistines.
23 et Judas reversus est ad spolia castrorum, et acceperunt aurum multum, et argentum, et hyacinthinum, et purpuram marinam, et opes magnas.
23 Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they took much gold, silver, blue, sea purple, and great riches.
24 Et conversi, hymnum canebant, et benedicebant Deum in cælum, quoniam bonus est, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
24 Then they returned home, and sang a song of thanksgiving, and gave praise to heaven, because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
25 Et facta est salus magna in Israël in die illa.
25 Israel had a great deliverance that day.
26 Quicumque autem alienigenarum evaserunt, venerunt, et nuntiaverunt Lysiæ universa quæ acciderant.
26 The foreigners who had escaped came and told Lysias all the things that had happened.
27 Quibus ille auditis, consternatus animo deficiebat: quod non qualia voluit, talia contigerunt in Israël, et qualia mandavit rex.
27 When he heard of it, he was confounded and discouraged, because the things he desired had not been done to Israel, nor had such things happened as the king commanded him.
28 Et sequenti anno, congregavit Lysias virorum electorum sexaginta millia, et equitum quinque millia, ut debellaret eos.
28 In the next year, he gathered together sixty thousand chosen infantry and five thousand cavalry, that he might subdue them.
29 Et venerunt in Judæam, et castra posuerunt in Bethoron, et occurrit illis Judas cum decem millibus viris.
29 They came into Idumaea and encamped at Bethsura. Judas met them with ten thousand men.
30 Et viderunt exercitum fortem, et oravit, et dixit: Benedictus es, salvator Israël, qui contrivisti impetum potentis in manu servi tui David, et tradidisti castra alienigenarum in manu Jonathæ filii Saul, et armigeri ejus.
30 He saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said, “Blessed are you, O Savior of Israel, who defeated the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of your servant David, and delivered the army of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armor bearer.
31 Conclude exercitum istum in manu populi tui Israël, et confundantur in exercitu suo et equitibus.
31 Hem in this army in the hand of your people Israel, and let them be ashamed for their army and their cavalry.
32 Da illis formidinem, et tabefac audaciam virtutis eorum, et commoveantur contritione sua.
32 Give them faintness of heart. Cause the boldness of their strength to melt away, and let them quake at their destruction.
33 Dejice illos gladio diligentium te: et collaudent te omnes, qui noverunt nomen tuum, in hymnis.
33 Strike them down with the sword of those who love you, and let all who know your name praise you with thanksgiving.”
34 Et commiserunt prælium: et ceciderunt de exercitu Lysiæ quinque millia virorum.
34 They joined in battle; and about five thousand men of Lysias’ army fell. They fell down near them.
35 Videns autem Lysias fugam suorum, et Judæorum audaciam, et quod parati sunt aut vivere, aut mori fortiter, abiit Antiochiam, et elegit milites, ut multiplicati rursus venirent in Judæam.
35 But when Lysias saw that his troops were put to flight, and the boldness that had come upon those who were with Judas, and how they were ready either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch, and gathered together hired soldiers, that he might come again into Judea with an even greater army.
36 Dixit autem Judas, et fratres ejus: Ecce contriti sunt inimici nostri: ascendamus nunc mundare sancta, et renovare.
36 But Judas and his kindred said, “Behold, our enemies are defeated. Let’s go up to cleanse the holy place and to rededicate it.”
37 Et congregatus est omnis exercitus, et ascenderunt in montem Sion.
37 All the army was gathered together, and they went up to mount Zion.
38 Et viderunt sanctificationem desertam, et altare profanatum, et portas exustas, et in atriis virgulta nata sicut in saltu vel in montibus, et pastophoria diruta.
38 They saw the sanctuary laid desolate, the altar profaned, the gates burned up, shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest or as on one of the mountains, and the priests’ chambers pulled down;
39 Et sciderunt vestimenta sua, et planxerunt planctu magno, et imposuerunt cinerem super caput suum,
39 and they tore their clothes, made great lamentation, put ashes upon their heads,
40 et ceciderunt in faciem super terram, et exclamaverunt tubis signorum, et clamaverunt in cælum.
40 fell on their faces to the ground, blew with the solemn trumpets, and cried toward heaven.
41 Tunc ordinavit Judas viros ut pugnarent adversus eos qui erant in arce, donec emundarent sancta.
41 Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those who were in the citadel until he had cleansed the holy place.
42 Et elegit sacerdotes sine macula, voluntatem habentes in lege Dei:
42 He chose blameless priests who were devoted to the law;
43 et mundaverunt sancta, et tulerunt lapides contaminationis in locum immundum.
43 and they cleansed the holy place and carried the defiled stones out to an unclean place.
44 Et cogitavit de altari holocaustorum, quod profanatum erat, quid de eo faceret.
44 They deliberated what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which had been profaned.
45 Et incidit illis consilium bonum ut destruerent illud: ne forte illis esset in opprobrium, quia contaminaverunt illud gentes, et demoliti sunt illud.
45 A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar
46 Et reposuerunt lapides in monte domus in loco apto, quoadusque veniret propheta, et responderet de eis.
46 and laid up the stones on the temple hill in a convenient place, until a prophet would come to give an answer concerning them.
47 Et acceperunt lapides integros secundum legem, et ædificaverunt altare novum secundum illud quod fuit prius:
47 They took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar like the former.
48 et ædificaverunt sancta, et quæ intra domum erant intrinsecus: et ædem, et atria sanctificaverunt.
48 They built the holy place and the inner parts of the house; and they consecrated the courts.
49 Et fecerunt vasa sancta nova, et intulerunt candelabrum, et altare incensorum, et mensam, in templum.
49 They made new holy vessels, and they brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table into the temple.
50 Et incensum posuerunt super altare, et accenderunt lucernas quæ super candelabrum erant, et lucebant in templo.
50 They burned incense on the altar, and they lit the lamps that were upon the lampstand, and they gave light in the temple.
51 Et posuerunt super mensam panes, et appenderunt vela, et consummaverunt omnia opera quæ fecerant.
51 They set loaves upon the table, hung up the curtains, and finished all the work which they had done.
52 Et ante matutinum surrexerunt quinta et vigesima die mensis noni (hic est mensis Casleu) centesimi quadragesimi octavi anni:
52 They rose up early in the morning, on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month Chislev, in the one hundred forty eighth year,
53 et obtulerunt sacrificium secundum legem super altare holocaustorum novum, quod fecerunt.
53 and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of burnt offerings which they had made.
54 Secundum tempus et secundum diem in qua contaminaverunt illud gentes, in ipsa renovatum est in canticis, et citharis, et cinyris, et in cymbalis.
54 At the time and day the Gentiles had profaned it, even then it was dedicated with songs, harps, lutes, and with cymbals.
55 Et cecidit omnis populus in faciem, et adoraverunt, et benedixerunt in cælum eum, qui prosperavit eis.
55 All the people fell on their faces, worshiped, and gave praise toward heaven, which had given them good success.
56 Et fecerunt dedicationem altaris diebus octo, et obtulerunt holocausta cum lætitia, et sacrificium salutaris et laudis.
56 They celebrated the dedication of the altar eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
57 Et ornaverunt faciem templi coronis aureis et scutulis, et dedicaverunt portas et pastophoria, et imposuerunt eis januas.
57 They decorated the front of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields. They dedicated the gates and the priests’ chambers, and made doors for them.
58 Et facta est lætitia in populo magna valde, et aversum est opprobrium gentium.
58 There was exceedingly great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.
59 Et statuit Judas, et fratres ejus, et universa ecclesia Israël, ut agatur dies dedicationis altaris in temporibus suis ab anno in annum per dies octo a quinta et vigesima die mensis Casleu, cum lætitia et gaudio.
59 Judas and his kindred and the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their seasons from year to year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, with gladness and joy.
60 Et ædificaverunt in tempore illo montem Sion, et per circuitum muros altos et turres firmas, nequando venirent gentes, et conculcarent eum sicut antea fecerunt.
60 At that time, they fortified mount Zion with high walls and strong towers around it, lest perhaps the Gentiles might come and trample them down, as they had done before.
61 Et collocavit illic exercitum, ut servarent eum, et munivit eum ad custodiendum Bethsuram, ut haberet populus munitionem contra faciem Idumææ.
61 Judas stationed a garrison to guard it. They fortified Bethsura to keep it, that the people might have a stronghold near Idumaea.