1 Maccabees · Clementine Vulgate
1 Maccabees 9 Clementine Vulgate
1 Interea, ut audivit Demetrius quia cecidit Nicanor et exercitus ejus in prælio, apposuit Bacchidem et Alcimum rursum mittere in Judæam, et dextrum cornu cum illis.
1 Demetrius heard that Nicanor had fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wing of his army with them.
2 Et abierunt viam quæ ducit in Galgala, et castra posuerunt in Masaloth, quæ est in Arbellis: et occupaverunt eam, et peremerunt animas hominum multas.
2 They went by the way that leads to Gilgal, and encamped against Mesaloth, which is in Arbela, and took possession of it, and killed many people.
3 In mense primo anni centesimi et quinquagesimi secundi, applicuerunt exercitum ad Jerusalem:
3 The first month of the one hundred fifty-second year, they encamped against Jerusalem.
4 et surrexerunt, et abierunt in Beream viginti millia virorum, et duo millia equitum.
4 Then they marched away and went to Berea with twenty thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry.
5 Et Judas posuerat castra in Laisa, et tria millia viri electi cum eo:
5 Judas was encamped at Elasa with three thousand chosen men.
6 et viderunt multitudinem exercitus, quia multi sunt, et timuerunt valde: et multi subtraxerunt se de castris, et non remanserunt ex eis nisi octingenti viri.
6 They saw the multitude of the forces, that they were many, and they were terrified. Many slipped away out of the army. There were not left of them more than eight hundred men.
7 Et vidit Judas quod defluxit exercitus suus, et bellum perurgebat eum, et confractus est corde, quia non habebat tempus congregandi eos, et dissolutus est.
7 Judas saw that his army slipped away and that the battle pressed upon him, and he was very troubled in spirit, because he had no time to gather them together, and he became faint.
8 Et dixit his qui residui erant: Surgamus, et eamus ad adversarios nostros, si poterimus pugnare adversus eos.
8 He said to those who were left, “Let’s arise and go up against our adversaries, if perhaps we may be able to fight with them.”
9 Et avertebant eum, dicentes: Non poterimus, sed liberemus animas nostras modo, et revertamur ad fratres nostros, et tunc pugnabimus adversus eos: nos autem pauci sumus.
9 They tried to dissuade him, saying, “There is no way we are able; but let’s rather save our lives now. Let’s return again with our kindred, and fight against them; but we are too few.”
10 Et ait Judas: Absit istam rem facere ut fugiamus ab eis: et si appropiavit tempus nostrum, moriamur in virtute propter fratres nostros, et non inferamus crimen gloriæ nostræ.
10 Judas said, “Let it not be so that I should do this thing, to flee from them. If our time has come, let’s die in a manly way for our kindred’s sake, and not leave a cause of reproach against our honor.”
11 Et movit exercitus de castris, et steterunt illis obviam: et divisi sunt equites in duas partes, et fundibularii et sagittarii præibant exercitum, et primi certaminis omnes potentes.
11 The army marched out from the camp, and stood to encounter them. The cavalry was divided into two companies, and the slingers and the archers went before the army, and all the mighty men that fought in the front of the battle.
12 Bacchides autem erat in dextro cornu, et proximavit legio ex duabus partibus, et clamabant tubis:
12 Bacchides was in the right wing. The phalanx advanced on the two parts, and they blew with their trumpets.
13 exclamaverunt autem et hi qui erant ex parte Judæ etiam ipsi, et commota est terra a voce exercituum: et commissum est prælium a mane usque ad vesperam.
13 The men by Judas’ side sounded with their trumpets, and the earth shook with the shout of the armies, and the battle was joined, and continued from morning until evening.
14 Et vidit Judas quod firmior est pars exercitus Bacchidis in dextris, et convenerunt cum ipso omnes constantes corde:
14 Judas saw that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side, and all that were brave in heart went with him,
15 et contrita est dextera pars ab eis, et persecutus est eos usque ad montem Azoti.
15 and the right wing was defeated by them, and he pursued after them to the mount Azotus.
16 Et qui in sinistro cornu erant, viderunt quod contritum est dextrum cornu, et secuti sunt post Judam, et eos qui cum ipso erant, a tergo:
16 Those who were on the left wing saw that the right wing was defeated, and they turned and followed in the footsteps of Judas and of those who were with him.
17 et ingravatum est prælium, et ceciderunt vulnerati multi ex his et ex illis.
17 The battle became desperate, and many on both sides fell wounded to death.
18 Et Judas cecidit, et ceteri fugerunt.
18 Judas fell, and the rest fled.
19 Et Jonathas et Simon tulerunt Judam fratrem suum, et sepelierunt eum in sepulchro patrum suorum in civitate Modin.
19 Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the tomb of his ancestors at Modin.
20 Et fleverunt eum omnis populus Israël planctu magno, et lugebant dies multos,
20 They wept for him. All Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said,
21 et dixerunt: Quomodo cecidit potens, qui salvum faciebat populum Israël !
21 “How the mighty has fallen, the savior of Israel!”
22 Et cetera verba bellorum Judæ, et virtutum, quas fecit, et magnitudinis ejus, non sunt descripta: multa enim erant valde.
22 The rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, are not written; for they were exceedingly many.
23 Et factum est: post obitum Judæ emerserunt iniqui in omnibus finibus Israël, et exorti sunt omnes qui operabantur iniquitatem.
23 It came to pass after the death of Judas, that the lawless emerged within all the borders of Israel. All those who did iniquity rose up.
24 In diebus illis facta est fames magna valde, et tradidit se Bacchidi omnis regio eorum cum ipsis.
24 In those days there was an exceedingly great famine, and the country went over to their side.
25 Et elegit Bacchides viros impios, et constituit eos dominos regionis:
25 Bacchides chose the ungodly men and made them rulers of the country.
26 et exquirebant, et perscrutabantur amicos Judæ, et adducebant eos ad Bacchidem, et vindicabat in illos, et illudebat.
26 They inquired and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them and used them spitefully.
27 Et facta est tribulatio magna in Israël, qualis non fuit ex die qua non est visus propheta in Israël.
27 There was great suffering in Israel, such as was not since the time prophets stopped appearing to them.
28 Et congregati sunt omnes amici Judæ, et dixerunt Jonathæ:
28 All the friends of Judas were gathered together, and they said to Jonathan,
29 Ex quo frater tuus Judas defunctus est, vir similis ei non est, qui exeat contra inimicos nostros, Bacchidem et eos qui inimici sunt gentis nostræ.
29 “Since your brother Judas has died, we have no man like him to go out against our enemies and Bacchides, and among those of our nation who hate us.
30 Nunc itaque, te hodie elegimus esse pro eo nobis in principem, et ducem ad bellandum bellum nostrum.
30 Now therefore we have chosen you this day to be our prince and leader in his place, that you may fight our battles.”
31 Et suscepit Jonathas tempore illo principatum, et surrexit loco Judæ fratris sui.
31 So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas.
32 Et cognovit Bacchides, et quærebat eum occidere.
32 When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill him.
33 Et cognovit Jonathas, et Simon frater ejus, et omnes qui cum eo erant: et fugerunt in desertum Thecuæ et consederunt ad aquam lacus Asphar.
33 Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all who were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoah, and encamped by the water of the pool of Asphar.
34 Et cognovit Bacchides, et die sabbatorum venit ipse et omnis exercitus ejus trans Jordanem.
34 Bacchides found this out on the Sabbath day, and came—he and all his army—over the Jordan.
35 Et Jonathas misit fratrem suum ducem populi, et rogavit Nabuthæos amicos suos, ut commodarent illis apparatum suum, qui erat copiosus.
35 Jonathan sent his brother, a leader of the multitude, and implored his friends the Nabathaeans, that they might store their baggage, which was much, with them.
36 Et exierunt filii Jambri ex Madaba, et comprehenderunt Joannem et omnia quæ habebat, et abierunt habentes ea.
36 The children of Jambri came out of Medaba, and seized John and all that he had, and went their way with it.
37 Post hæc verba, renuntiatum est Jonathæ et Simoni fratri ejus, quia filii Jambri faciunt nuptias magnas, et ducunt sponsam ex Madaba filiam unius de magnis principibus Chanaan cum ambitione magna.
37 But after these things, they brought word to Jonathan and Simon his brother that the children of Jambri were celebrating a great wedding, and were bringing the bride, a daughter of one of the great nobles of Canaan, from Nadabath with a large escort.
38 Et recordati sunt sanguinis Joannis fratris sui: et ascenderunt, et absconderunt se sub tegumento montis.
38 They remembered John their brother, and went up, and hid themselves under the cover of the mountain.
39 Et elevaverunt oculos suos, et viderunt: et ecce tumultus, et apparatus multus: et sponsus processit, et amici ejus, et fratres ejus obviam illis cum tympanis, et musicis, et armis multis.
39 They lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a great procession with much baggage. The bridegroom came out with his friends and his kindred to meet them with timbrels, musicians, and many weapons.
40 Et surrexerunt ad eos ex insidiis, et occiderunt eos, et ceciderunt vulnerati multi, et residui fugerunt in montes: et acceperunt omnia spolia eorum:
40 They rose up against them from their ambush and killed them, and many fell wounded to death. The remnant fled into the mountain, and the Jews took all their spoils.
41 et conversæ sunt nuptiæ in luctum, et vox musicorum ipsorum in lamentum.
41 So the wedding was turned into mourning, and the voice of their musicians into lamentation.
42 Et vindicaverunt vindictam sanguinis fratris sui: et reversi sunt ad ripam Jordanis.
42 They avenged fully the blood of their brother, and turned back to the marshes of the Jordan.
43 Et audivit Bacchides, et venit die sabbatorum usque ad oram Jordanis in virtute magna.
43 Bacchides heard it, and he came on the Sabbath day to the banks of the Jordan with a great army.
44 Et dixit ad suos Jonathas: Surgamus, et pugnemus contra inimicos nostros: non est enim hodie sicut heri et nudiustertius:
44 Jonathan said to his company, “Let’s stand up now and fight for our lives, for things are different today than they were yesterday and the day before.
45 ecce enim bellum ex adverso, aqua vero Jordanis hinc et inde, et ripæ, et paludes, et saltus: et non est locus divertendi.
45 For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us. Moreover the water of the Jordan is on this side and on that side, and marsh and thicket. There is no place to escape.
46 Nunc ergo, clamate in cælum, ut liberemini de manu inimicorum vestrorum. Et commissum est bellum.
46 Now therefore cry to heaven, that you may be delivered out of the hand of your enemies.”
47 Et extendit Jonathas manum suam percutere Bacchidem, et divertit ab eo retro:
47 So the battle was joined, and Jonathan stretched out his hand to strike Bacchides, and he turned away back from him.
48 et desiliit Jonathas, et qui cum eo erant, in Jordanem, et transnataverunt ad eos Jordanem.
48 Jonathan and those who were with him leapt into the Jordan, and swam over to the other side. The enemy didn’t pass over the Jordan against them.
49 Et ceciderunt de parte Bacchidis die illa mille viri. Et reversi sunt in Jerusalem,
49 About a thousand men of Bacchides’ company fell that day;
50 et ædificaverunt civitates munitas in Judæa, munitionem quæ erat in Jericho, et in Ammaum, et in Bethoron, et in Bethel, et Thamnata, et Phara, et Thopo muris excelsis, et portis, et seris.
50 and he returned to Jerusalem. They built strong cities in Judea, the stronghold that was in Jericho, and Emmaus, Bethhoron, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls and gates and bars.
51 Et posuit custodiam in eis, ut inimicitias exercerent in Israël:
51 He set garrisons in them to harass Israel.
52 et munivit civitatem Bethsuram, et Gazaram, et arcem, et posuit in eis auxilia, et apparatum escarum:
52 He fortified the city Bethsura, Gazara, and the citadel, and put troops and stores of food in them.
53 et accepit filios principum regionis obsides, et posuit eos in arce in Jerusalem in custodiam.
53 He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.
54 Et anno centesimo quinquagesimo tertio, mense secundo, præcepit Alcimus destrui muros domus sanctæ interioris, et destrui opera prophetarum: et cœpit destruere.
54 And in the one hundred fifty-third year, in the second month, Alcimus gave orders to pull down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary. He also pulled down the works of the prophets.
55 In tempore illo percussus est Alcimus: et impedita sunt opera illius, et occlusum est os ejus, et dissolutus est paralysi, nec ultra potuit loqui verbum, et mandare de domo sua.
55 He began to pull down. At that time was Alcimus stricken, and his works were hindered; and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, and he could no more speak anything and give orders concerning his house.
56 Et mortuus est Alcimus in tempore illo cum tormento magno.
56 Alcimus died at that time with great torment.
57 Et vidit Bacchides quoniam mortuus est Alcimus, et reversus est ad regem. Et siluit terra annis duobus.
57 Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, and he returned to the king. Then the land of Judah had rest for two years.
58 Et cogitaverunt omnes iniqui, dicentes: Ecce Jonathas, et qui cum eo sunt, in silentio habitant confidenter: nunc ergo adducamus Bacchidem, et comprehendet eos omnes una nocte.
58 Then all the lawless men took counsel, saying, “Behold, Jonathan and his men are dwelling at ease and in security. Now therefore we will bring Bacchides, and he will capture them all in one night.
59 Et abierunt, et consilium ei dederunt.
59 They went and consulted with him.
60 Et surrexit ut veniret cum exercitu multo: et misit occulte epistolas sociis suis qui erant in Judæa, ut comprehenderent Jonathan, et eos qui cum eo erant: sed non potuerunt, quia innotuit eis consilium eorum.
60 He marched out and came with a great army, and sent letters secretly to all his allies who were in Judea, that they should seize Jonathan and those who were with him; but they couldn’t, because their plan was known to them.
61 Et apprehendit de viris regionis, qui principes erant malitiæ, quinquaginta viros, et occidit eos:
61 Jonathan’s men seized about fifty of the men of the country who were authors of the wickedness, and he killed them.
62 et secessit Jonathas, et Simon, et qui cum eo erant, in Bethbessen, quæ est in deserto: et exstruxit diruta ejus, et firmaverunt eam.
62 Jonathan, Simon, and those who were with him, went away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and he built up that which had been pulled down, and they made it strong.
63 Et cognovit Bacchides, et congregavit universam multitudinem suam: et his, qui de Judæa erant, denuntiavit.
63 Bacchides found out about it, and he gathered together all his multitude, and sent orders to those who were of Judea.
64 Et venit, et castra posuit desuper Bethbessen: et oppugnavit eam dies multos, et fecit machinas.
64 He went and encamped against Bethbasi and fought against it many days, and made engines of war.
65 Et reliquit Jonathas Simonem fratrem suum in civitate, et exiit in regionem, et venit cum numero:
65 Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went out into the country, and he went with a few men.
66 et percussit Odaren et fratres ejus, et filios Phaseron in tabernaculis ipsorum: et cœpit cædere, et crescere in virtutibus.
66 He struck Odomera and his kindred, and the children of Phasiron in their tents.
67 Simon vero, et qui cum ipso erant, exierunt de civitate, et succenderunt machinas,
67 They began to strike them, and to go up with their forces. Then Simon and those who were with him went out of the city, and set the engines of war on fire,
68 et pugnaverunt contra Bacchidem, et contritus est ab eis: et afflixerunt eum valde, quoniam consilium ejus et congressus ejus erat inanis.
68 and fought against Bacchides, and he was defeated by them. They afflicted him severely; for his counsel and expedition was in vain.
69 Et iratus contra viros iniquos, qui ei consilium dederant ut veniret in regionem ipsorum, multos ex eis occidit: ipse autem cogitavit cum reliquis abire in regionem suam.
69 They were very angry with the lawless men who gave him counsel to come into the country, and they killed many of them. Then he decided to depart into his own land.
70 Et cognovit Jonathas: et misit ad eum legatos componere pacem cum ipso, et reddere ei captivitatem.
70 Jonathan learned of this and sent ambassadors to him, to the end that they should make peace with him, and that he should restore to them the captives.
71 Et libenter accepit, et fecit secundum verba ejus, et juravit se nihil facturum ei mali omnibus diebus vitæ ejus.
71 He accepted the thing, and did according to his words, and swore to him that he would not seek his harm all the days of his life.
72 Et reddidit ei captivitatem, quam prius erat prædatus de terra Juda: et conversus abiit in terram suam, et non apposuit amplius venire in fines ejus.
72 He restored to him the captives which he had taken before out of the land of Judah, and he returned and departed into his own land, and didn’t come any more into their borders.
73 Et cessavit gladius ex Israël: et habitavit Jonathas in Machmas, et cœpit Jonathas ibi judicare populum, et exterminavit impios ex Israël.
73 Thus the sword ceased from Israel. Jonathan lived at Michmash. Jonathan began to judge the people; and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel.