1 Samuel 11

Saul rescues Jabesh-gilead

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1 Rg 11:1Et factum est quasi post mēnsem, ascendit Naas Ammonītēs, et pugnāre coepit adversum Jabes Galaad.And it came about, about a month later, Nahash the Ammonite went up, and began to fight against Jabesh-gilead. 1 Rg 11:1Dīxēruntque omnēs virī Jabes ad Naas: Habētō nōs foederātōs, et serviēmus tibi.And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash: "Have us as allies, and we will serve you." 1 Rg 11:2Et respondit ad eōs Naas Ammonītēs: In hōc feriam vōbīscum foedus, ut ēruam omnium vestrum oculōs dextrōs, pōnamque vōs opprobrium in ūniversō Isrāël.And Nahash the Ammonite answered them: "On this condition I will strike a treaty with you, that I gouge out the right eyes of all of you, and make you a reproach in all Israel." 1 Rg 11:3Et dīxērunt ad eum seniōrēs Jabes: Concēde nōbīs septem diēs, ut mittāmus nūntiōs ad ūniversōs terminōs Isrāël, et sī nōn fuerit quī dēfendat nōs, ēgrediēmur ad tē.And the elders of Jabesh said to him: "Grant us seven days, so that we may send messengers to all the boundaries of Israel, and if there is no one to defend us, we will come out to you."

1 Rg 11:4Vēnērunt ergō nūntiī in Gabaa Saulis: et locūtī sunt verba haec, audiente populō: et levāvit omnis populus vōcem suam, et flēvit.So the messengers came into Gibeah of Saul: and they spoke these words, with the people listening: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 1 Rg 11:5Et ecce Saul veniēbat, sequēns bovēs dē agrō, et ait: Quid habet populus quod plōrat?And look, Saul was coming, following oxen from the field, and he said: "What is wrong with the people that they are weeping?" 1 Rg 11:5Et narrāvērunt eī verba virōrum Jabes.And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. 1 Rg 11:6Et īnsilīvit spīritus Dominī in Saul cum audīsset verba haec, et īrātus est furor ejus nimis.And the spirit of the Lord leapt upon Saul when he had heard these words, and his fury was angered exceedingly. 1 Rg 11:7Et assūmēns utrumque bovem, concīdit in frusta, mīsitque in omnēs terminōs Isrāël per manum nūntiōrum, dīcēns: Quīcumque nōn exierit, et secūtus fuerit Saul et Samuēl, sīc fīet bōbus ejus.And taking both oxen, he cut them into pieces, and sent them into all the boundaries of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying: "Whoever does not go out, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen."

1 Rg 11:7Invāsit ergō timor Dominī populum, et ēgressī sunt quasi vir ūnus.So the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man. 1 Rg 11:8Et recēnsuit eōs in Bezech: fuēruntque fīliōrum Isrāël trecenta mīllia, virōrum autem Jūda trīgintā mīllia.And he counted them in Bezek: and there were of the sons of Israel three hundred thousand, and of the men of Judah thirty thousand. 1 Rg 11:9Et dīxērunt nūntiīs quī vēnerant: Sīc dīcētis virīs quī sunt in Jabes Galaad: Crās erit vōbīs salūs, cum incaluerit sōl.And they said to the messengers who had come: "Thus you shall say to the men who are in Jabesh-gilead: Tomorrow there will be safety for you, when the sun has grown hot." 1 Rg 11:9Vēnērunt ergō nūntiī, et annūntiāvērunt virīs Jabes: quī laetātī sunt.So the messengers came, and announced it to the men of Jabesh: who rejoiced. 1 Rg 11:10Et dīxērunt: Māne exībimus ad vōs: et faciētis nōbīs omne quod placuerit vōbīs.And they said: "In the morning we will come out to you: and you shall do to us everything which pleases you."

1 Rg 11:11Et factum est, cum diēs crāstinus vēnisset, cōnstituit Saul populum in trēs partēs: et ingressus est media castra in vigiliā mātūtīnā, et percussit Ammōn ūsque dum incalēsceret diēs: reliquī autem dispersī sunt, ita ut nōn relinquerentur in eīs duo pariter.And it came about, when the next day had come, Saul arranged the people in three parts: and he entered the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck Ammon until the day grew hot: and the rest were scattered, so that there were not left among them two together. 1 Rg 11:12Et ait populus ad Samuelem: Quis est iste quī dīxit: Saul num regnābit super nōs?And the people said to Samuel: "Who is this who said: Will Saul reign over us? 1 Rg 11:12Date virōs, et interficiēmus eōs.Give us the men, and we will kill them." 1 Rg 11:13Et ait Saul: Nōn occīdētur quisquam in diē hāc, quia hodiē fēcit Dominus salūtem in Isrāël.And Saul said: "No one will be killed on this day, because today the Lord has wrought salvation in Israel." 1 Rg 11:14Dīxit autem Samuēl ad populum: Venīte, et eāmus in Galgala, et innovēmus ibi regnum.And Samuel said to the people: "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and let us renew the kingdom there."

1 Rg 11:15Et perrēxit omnis populus in Galgala, et fēcērunt ibi rēgem Saul cōram Dominō in Galgalā, et immolāvērunt ibi victimās pācificās cōram Dominō.And all the people went on to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed peace victims before the Lord. 1 Rg 11:15Et laetātus est ibi Saul, et cūnctī virī Isrāël nimis.And Saul rejoiced there, and all the men of Israel, exceedingly.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (139 words)

et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
quasi, conj.	as if
post, adv.	after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
mēnsis, -is m.	month
ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb to, ascend, mount
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	fight
coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action)	have begun, began
adversum (prep. + acc.; also adversus)	against, opposite
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
que, enclitic conj.	and
omnis, -e	all, every
vir, virī, m.	man
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
nōs	plur. of ego
foederātus, -a, -um	allied by treaty
serviō, -ire, -īvī, -ītus	be subject to, serve
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus	reply, answer
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
feriō, -īre	strike, hit
vōs	plur. of tū
foedus, -eris n.	treaty, alliance
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
ēruō, -ere, -ruī, -rutus	dig out; overthrow, destroy
oculus, -ī, m.	eye
dexter, -tra, -trum	right
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
opprobrium, -ī n.	reproach, disgrace
ūniversus, -a, -um	all together, whole, entire, all
senior, -ōris m.	elder; seniores: the elders (of the people)
concēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus	grant, yield
septem	seven
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus	send
nūntius, -ī, m.	messenger; message
terminus, -ī m.	boundary, limit
sī, conj.	if
nōn, adv.	not
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
dēfendō, -fendere, -fendī, -fēnsus	ward off; defend
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus	go out or forth, go ashore, disembark
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
verbum, -ī, n.	word
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
levō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	lift; lighten, relieve
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
fleō, -ēre, flēvī, flētum	weep
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
sequor, sequī, secūtus	follow
bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f.	ox, bull, cow
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
ager, agri, m.	field, land
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
plōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	weep aloud, wail
narrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	tell, relate, narrate
īnsiliō, -īre, īnsiluī	leap on, jump onto
spīritus, -ūs m.	breath; (pl.) pride, arrogance
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
īrāscor, īrāscī, īrātus	be angry
furor, -ōris, m.	rage, fury, frenzy, madness
nimis (adv.)	too much, too
assūmō, -ere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptus	take up, receive; take to oneself
uterque, utraque, utrumque	each, either, both
concīdō, -ere, concīdī, concīsum	cut down, kill
frustum, -ī n.	piece, bit, morsel
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque	whoever, whatever
exeō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go out
sīc, adv.	so, thus
fīō, fierī, factus sum	be done or made, become, happen
invādō, -ere, -vāsī, -vāsus	go into, attack, seize; come upon
timor, -ōris, m.	fear
ūnus, -a, -um	one; only, alone
recēnseō, -ēre, -uī, -sus	count, review, muster
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
trecentī, -ae, -a	three hundred
mīlle, indecl. adj.	a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands;
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
trīgintā (indecl.)	thirty
crās, adv.	tomorrow
salūs, salūtis, f.	safety, deliverance, escape
incalēscō, -ere, -caluī	grow warm; be heated (with wine)
sōl, sōlis, m.	sun
annūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	announce, report, tell
laetor, -ārī, -ātus sum	rejoice, be glad
māne, adv.	in the morning, early in the morning
placeō, -ēre, placuī, placitum (+ dat.)	please (placuit eī: he decided)
crāstinus, -a, -um	of tomorrow; in crāstinum (diem): on the next day
cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus	set together or up; appoint; determine
trēs, tria, plur. adj.	three
pars, partis, f.	part, side, direction
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sum	go into, enter
medius, -a, -um	mid, middle
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.	camp
vigilia, -ae, f.	watch
mātūtīnus, -a, -um	of the morning, early
percutiō, -cutere, -cussī, -cussus	strike through, strike
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
dum, conj.	while, as; as long as; until
reliquus, -a, -um	left, the remaining, the other, the rest of
dispergō, -ere, -spersī, -spersum	scatter
ita, adv.	in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus	leave behind, leave
duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj.	two
pariter (adv.)	equally, alike; at the same time
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
num, adv., introducing a question to which a negative answer is expected	untranslatable
regnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	reign, rule
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	put out of the way, kill
occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsus	cut down, kill
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.	any one, anything
quia (conj.)	because
hodiē (adv.)	today
eō, īre, iī, itus	go
innovō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	renew, restore; begin afresh
ibi, adv.	in that place, there
regnum, -ī, n.	royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm
pergō, -ere, perrēxī, perrēctum	go on, press on
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
cōram (adv.)	face to face, in person
immolō, -molāre, -molāvī, -molātus	sacrifice (the victim was sprinkled with consecrated meal)
victima, -ae, f.	victim
pācificus, -a, -um	peace-making, peaceful; (n. pl.) peace offerings; greetings of peace
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole

Vulgate, 1 Samuel 1–15. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.