¹Post verba autem hæc,And after these things,tempore illo vinea erat Naboth Jezrahelitæ,in that time, there was a vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite,quæ erat in Jezrahel,who was in Jezreel,juxta palatium Achab regis Samariæ.beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.

¹Post verba autem hæc,And after these things,tempore illo vinea erat Naboth Jezrahelitæ,in that time, there was a vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite,quæ erat in Jezrahel,who was in Jezreel,juxta palatium Achab regis Samariæ.beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.

²Locutus est ergo Achab ad Naboth,Therefore, Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying:dicens: Da mihi vineam tuam,“Give your vineyard to me, so that I may make for myself a garden of herbs.ut faciam mihi hortum olerum,For it is nearby and is beside my house.quia vicina est,And I will give to you,et prope domum meam:in place of it, a better vineyard.daboque tibi pro ea vineam meliorem,Or if you consider it to be more convenient for you,aut si commodius tibi putas, argenti pretium,I will give you the price in silver,quanto digna est.whatever it is worth.”

²Locutus est ergo Achab ad Naboth,Therefore, Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying:dicens: Da mihi vineam tuam,“Give your vineyard to me, so that I may make for myself a garden of herbs.ut faciam mihi hortum olerum,For it is nearby and is beside my house.quia vicina est,And I will give to you,et prope domum meam:in place of it, a better vineyard.daboque tibi pro ea vineam meliorem,Or if you consider it to be more convenient for you,aut si commodius tibi putas, argenti pretium,I will give you the price in silver,quanto digna est.whatever it is worth.”

³Cui respondit Naboth:Naboth responded to him,Propitius sit mihi Dominus,“May the Lord be gracious to me,ne dem hæreditatem patrum meorum tibi.lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

³Cui respondit Naboth:Naboth responded to him,Propitius sit mihi Dominus,“May the Lord be gracious to me,ne dem hæreditatem patrum meorum tibi.lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

⁴Venit ergo Achab in domum suam indignans,Then Ahab went into his house,et frendens super verbo quod locutus fuerat ad eum Naboth Jezrahelites,angry and gnashing his teeth over the word that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had spoken to him,dicens:saying,Non dabo tibi hæreditatem patrum meorum.“I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.”Et projiciens se in lectulum suum,And casting himself on his bed,avertit faciem suam ad parietem,he turned away his face to the wall,et non comedit panem.and he would not eat bread.

⁴Venit ergo Achab in domum suam indignans,Then Ahab went into his house,et frendens super verbo quod locutus fuerat ad eum Naboth Jezrahelites,angry and gnashing his teeth over the word that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had spoken to him,dicens:saying,Non dabo tibi hæreditatem patrum meorum.“I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.”Et projiciens se in lectulum suum,And casting himself on his bed,avertit faciem suam ad parietem,he turned away his face to the wall,et non comedit panem.and he would not eat bread.

⁵Ingressa est autem ad eum Jezabel uxor sua,Then Jezebel, his wife, entered to him,dixitque ei:and she said to him:Quid est hoc,“What is this matter,unde anima tua contristata est?by which your soul has been saddened?et quare non comedis panem?And why do you not eat bread?”

⁵Ingressa est autem ad eum Jezabel uxor sua,Then Jezebel, his wife, entered to him,dixitque ei:and she said to him:Quid est hoc,“What is this matter,unde anima tua contristata est?by which your soul has been saddened?et quare non comedis panem?And why do you not eat bread?”

⁶Qui respondit ei:And he responded to her:Locutus sum Naboth Jezrahelitæ,“I spoke to Naboth, the Jezreelite,et dixi ei:and I said to him:Da mihi vineam tuam,‘Give your vineyard to me,accepta pecunia:and accept money.aut, si tibi placet,Or if it pleases you,dabo tibi vineam meliorem pro ea.I will give to you a better vineyard,Et ille ait:in place of it.’Non dabo tibi vineam meam.And he said, ‘I will not give my vineyard to you.’”

⁶Qui respondit ei:And he responded to her:Locutus sum Naboth Jezrahelitæ,“I spoke to Naboth, the Jezreelite,et dixi ei:and I said to him:Da mihi vineam tuam,‘Give your vineyard to me,accepta pecunia:and accept money.aut, si tibi placet,Or if it pleases you,dabo tibi vineam meliorem pro ea.I will give to you a better vineyard,Et ille ait:in place of it.’Non dabo tibi vineam meam.And he said, ‘I will not give my vineyard to you.’”

⁷Dixit ergo ad eum Jezabel uxor ejus:Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him:Grandis auctoritatis es,“You are of great authority,et bene regis regnum Israël. Surge,and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel.et comede panem,Rise up and eat bread,et æquo animo esto:and be even-tempered.ego dabo tibi vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ.I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you.”

⁷Dixit ergo ad eum Jezabel uxor ejus:Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him:Grandis auctoritatis es,“You are of great authority,et bene regis regnum Israël. Surge,and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel.et comede panem,Rise up and eat bread,et æquo animo esto:and be even-tempered.ego dabo tibi vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ.I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you.”

⁸Scripsit itaque litteras ex nomine Achab,And so,et signavit eas annulo ejus,she wrote letters in the name of Ahab,et misit ad majores natu,and she sealed these with his ring.et optimates,And she sent to those greater by birth,qui erant in civitate ejus,and to the nobles who were in his cityet habitabant cum Naboth.and living with Naboth.

⁸Scripsit itaque litteras ex nomine Achab,And so,et signavit eas annulo ejus,she wrote letters in the name of Ahab,et misit ad majores natu,and she sealed these with his ring.et optimates,And she sent to those greater by birth,qui erant in civitate ejus,and to the nobles who were in his cityet habitabant cum Naboth.and living with Naboth.

⁹Litterarum autem hæc erat sententia:And this was the judgment of the letters:Prædicate jejunium,“Proclaim a fast,et sedere facite Naboth inter primos populi:and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.

⁹Litterarum autem hæc erat sententia:And this was the judgment of the letters:Prædicate jejunium,“Proclaim a fast,et sedere facite Naboth inter primos populi:and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.

¹⁰et submittite duos viros filios Belial contra eum,And send out two men, sons of Belial, against him.et falsum testimonium dicant:And let them speak the false testimony:Benedixit Deum et regem:‘He has blasphemed God and king.’et educite eum,And then lead him away,et lapidate,and stone him,sicque moriatur.and so let him die.”

¹⁰et submittite duos viros filios Belial contra eum,And send out two men, sons of Belial, against him.et falsum testimonium dicant:And let them speak the false testimony:Benedixit Deum et regem:‘He has blasphemed God and king.’et educite eum,And then lead him away,et lapidate,and stone him,sicque moriatur.and so let him die.”

¹¹Fecerunt ergo cives ejus majores natu et optimates,Then his fellow citizens,qui habitabant cum eo in urbe,those greater by birth and the nobles who were living with him in the city,sicut præceperat eis Jezabel,did just as Jezebel had instructed them,et sicut scriptum erat in litteris quas miserat ad eos:and just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them.

¹¹Fecerunt ergo cives ejus majores natu et optimates,Then his fellow citizens,qui habitabant cum eo in urbe,those greater by birth and the nobles who were living with him in the city,sicut præceperat eis Jezabel,did just as Jezebel had instructed them,et sicut scriptum erat in litteris quas miserat ad eos:and just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them.

¹²prædicaverunt jejunium,They proclaimed a fast,et sedere fecerunt Naboth inter primos populi.and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.

¹²prædicaverunt jejunium,They proclaimed a fast,et sedere fecerunt Naboth inter primos populi.and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.

¹³Et adductis duobus viris filiis diaboli,And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil,fecerunt eos sedere contra eum:they caused them to sit opposite him.at illi,And they,scilicet ut viri diabolici,acting indeed like diabolical men,dixerunt contra eum testimonium coram multitudine:spoke testimony against him before the multitude:Benedixit Naboth Deum et regem:“Naboth has blasphemed God and king.”quam ob rem eduxerunt eum extra civitatem,For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city,et lapidibus interfecerunt.and they put him to death by stoning.

¹³Et adductis duobus viris filiis diaboli,And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil,fecerunt eos sedere contra eum:they caused them to sit opposite him.at illi,And they,scilicet ut viri diabolici,acting indeed like diabolical men,dixerunt contra eum testimonium coram multitudine:spoke testimony against him before the multitude:Benedixit Naboth Deum et regem:“Naboth has blasphemed God and king.”quam ob rem eduxerunt eum extra civitatem,For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city,et lapidibus interfecerunt.and they put him to death by stoning.

¹⁴Miseruntque ad Jezabel,And they sent to Jezebel,dicentes:saying,Lapidatus est Naboth,“Naboth has been stoned,et mortuus est.and he has died.”

¹⁴Miseruntque ad Jezabel,And they sent to Jezebel,dicentes:saying,Lapidatus est Naboth,“Naboth has been stoned,et mortuus est.and he has died.”

¹⁵Factum est autem,Then it happened that,cum audisset Jezabel lapidatum Naboth et mortuum,when Jezebel had heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead,locuta est ad Achab:she said to Ahab:Surge,“Rise up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth,et posside vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ,the Jezreelite,qui noluit tibi acquiescere,who was not willing to acquiesce to you,et dare eam accepta pecunia:and to give it to you in exchange for money.non enim vivit Naboth,For Naboth is not alive,sed mortuus est.but dead.”

¹⁵Factum est autem,Then it happened that,cum audisset Jezabel lapidatum Naboth et mortuum,when Jezebel had heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead,locuta est ad Achab:she said to Ahab:Surge,“Rise up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth,et posside vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ,the Jezreelite,qui noluit tibi acquiescere,who was not willing to acquiesce to you,et dare eam accepta pecunia:and to give it to you in exchange for money.non enim vivit Naboth,For Naboth is not alive,sed mortuus est.but dead.”

¹⁶Quod cum audisset Achab,And when Ahab had heard this,mortuum videlicet Naboth,namely, that Naboth was dead,surrexit, et descendebat in vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ,he rose up and descended to the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite,ut possideret eam.so that he might take possession of it.

¹⁶Quod cum audisset Achab,And when Ahab had heard this,mortuum videlicet Naboth,namely, that Naboth was dead,surrexit, et descendebat in vineam Naboth Jezrahelitæ,he rose up and descended to the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite,ut possideret eam.so that he might take possession of it.

¹⁷Factus est igitur sermo Domini ad Eliam Thesbiten,Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite,dicens:saying:

¹⁷Factus est igitur sermo Domini ad Eliam Thesbiten,Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite,dicens:saying:

¹⁸Surge,“Rise up,et descende in occursum Achab regis Israël,and descend to meet Ahab, the king of Israel,qui est in Samaria:who is in Samaria. Behold,ecce ad vineam Naboth descendit,he is descending to the vineyard of Naboth,ut possideat eam.so that he may take possession of it.

¹⁸Surge,“Rise up,et descende in occursum Achab regis Israël,and descend to meet Ahab, the king of Israel,qui est in Samaria:who is in Samaria. Behold,ecce ad vineam Naboth descendit,he is descending to the vineyard of Naboth,ut possideat eam.so that he may take possession of it.

¹⁹Et loqueris ad eum,And you shall speak to him,dicens:saying:Hæc dicit Dominus:‘Thus says the Lord:Occidisti,You have killed.insuperMoreover you have also taken possession.’et possedisti.And after this,Et post hæc addes:you shall add:Hæc dicit Dominus:‘Thus says the Lord:In loco hoc,In this place,in quo linxerunt canes sanguinem Naboth,where the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth,lambent quoque sanguinem tuum.they shall also lick your blood.’”

¹⁹Et loqueris ad eum,And you shall speak to him,dicens:saying:Hæc dicit Dominus:‘Thus says the Lord:Occidisti,You have killed.insuperMoreover you have also taken possession.’et possedisti.And after this,Et post hæc addes:you shall add:Hæc dicit Dominus:‘Thus says the Lord:In loco hoc,In this place,in quo linxerunt canes sanguinem Naboth,where the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth,lambent quoque sanguinem tuum.they shall also lick your blood.’”

²⁰Et ait Achab ad Eliam:And Ahab said to Elijah,Num invenisti me inimicum tibi?“Have you discovered me to be your enemy?”Qui dixit:And he said:Inveni, eo quod venundatus sis,“I have discovered you to have been sold,ut faceres malum in conspectu Domini.so that you would do evil in the sight of the Lord:

²⁰Et ait Achab ad Eliam:And Ahab said to Elijah,Num invenisti me inimicum tibi?“Have you discovered me to be your enemy?”Qui dixit:And he said:Inveni, eo quod venundatus sis,“I have discovered you to have been sold,ut faceres malum in conspectu Domini.so that you would do evil in the sight of the Lord:

²¹Ecce ego inducam super te malum,‘Behold, I will lead evil over you.et demetam posteriora tua,And I will cut down your posterity.et interficiam de Achab mingentem ad parietem,And I will put to death of Ahab whatever urinates against a wall,et clausum et ultimum in Israël.and whatever is lame, and whatever is last in Israel.

²¹Ecce ego inducam super te malum,‘Behold, I will lead evil over you.et demetam posteriora tua,And I will cut down your posterity.et interficiam de Achab mingentem ad parietem,And I will put to death of Ahab whatever urinates against a wall,et clausum et ultimum in Israël.and whatever is lame, and whatever is last in Israel.

²²Et dabo domum tuam sicut domum Jeroboam filii Nabat,And I will cause your house to be like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat,et sicut domum Baasa filii Ahia:and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah.quia egisti ut me ad iracundiam provocares,For you have acted so that you provoked me to anger,et peccare fecisti Israël.and so that you caused Israel to sin.’

²²Et dabo domum tuam sicut domum Jeroboam filii Nabat,And I will cause your house to be like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat,et sicut domum Baasa filii Ahia:and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah.quia egisti ut me ad iracundiam provocares,For you have acted so that you provoked me to anger,et peccare fecisti Israël.and so that you caused Israel to sin.’

²³SedAnd about Jezebel also,et de Jezabel locutus est Dominus,the Lord spoke,dicens:saying:Canes comedent Jezabel in agro Jezrahel.‘The dogs shall consume Jezebel in the field of Jezreel.

²³SedAnd about Jezebel also,et de Jezabel locutus est Dominus,the Lord spoke,dicens:saying:Canes comedent Jezabel in agro Jezrahel.‘The dogs shall consume Jezebel in the field of Jezreel.

²⁴Si mortuus fuerit Achab in civitate,If Ahab will have died in the city,comedent eum canes:the dogs will consume him.si autem mortuus fuerit in agro,But if he will have died in the field,comedent eum volucres cæli.the birds of the air will consume him.’”

²⁴Si mortuus fuerit Achab in civitate,If Ahab will have died in the city,comedent eum canes:the dogs will consume him.si autem mortuus fuerit in agro,But if he will have died in the field,comedent eum volucres cæli.the birds of the air will consume him.’”

²⁵Igitur non fuit alter talis sicut Achab,And so, there was no other person similar to Ahab,qui venundatus est ut faceret malum in conspectu Domini:who was sold so that he did evil in the sight of the Lord.concitavit enim eum Jezabel uxor sua,For his wife, Jezebel, urged him on.

²⁵Igitur non fuit alter talis sicut Achab,And so, there was no other person similar to Ahab,qui venundatus est ut faceret malum in conspectu Domini:who was sold so that he did evil in the sight of the Lord.concitavit enim eum Jezabel uxor sua,For his wife, Jezebel, urged him on.

²⁶et abominabilis factus est,And he became abominable,in tantum ut sequeretur idola quæ fecerant Amorrhæi,so much so that he followed the idols that the Amorites had made,quos consumpsit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.whom the Lord consumed before the face of the sons of Israel.

²⁶et abominabilis factus est,And he became abominable,in tantum ut sequeretur idola quæ fecerant Amorrhæi,so much so that he followed the idols that the Amorites had made,quos consumpsit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.whom the Lord consumed before the face of the sons of Israel.

²⁷Itaque cum audisset Achab sermones istos,Then, when Ahab had heard these words,scidit vestimenta sua,he tore his garments,et operuit cilicio carnem suam,and he put haircloth on his body,jejunavitque et dormivit in sacco,and he fasted, and he slept in sackcloth,et ambulavit demisso capite.and he walked with his head downcast.

²⁷Itaque cum audisset Achab sermones istos,Then, when Ahab had heard these words,scidit vestimenta sua,he tore his garments,et operuit cilicio carnem suam,and he put haircloth on his body,jejunavitque et dormivit in sacco,and he fasted, and he slept in sackcloth,et ambulavit demisso capite.and he walked with his head downcast.

²⁸Et factus est sermo Domini ad Eliam Thesbiten,And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite,dicens:saying:

²⁸Et factus est sermo Domini ad Eliam Thesbiten,And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite,dicens:saying:

²⁹Nonne vidisti humiliatum Achab coram me?“Have you not seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me?quia igitur humiliatus est mei causa,Therefore, since he has humbled himself because of me,non inducam malum in diebus ejus,I will not lead in the evil during his days. Instead,sed in diebus filii sui inferam malum domui ejus.during the days of his son, I will bring in the evil to his house.”

²⁹Nonne vidisti humiliatum Achab coram me?“Have you not seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me?quia igitur humiliatus est mei causa,Therefore, since he has humbled himself because of me,non inducam malum in diebus ejus,I will not lead in the evil during his days. Instead,sed in diebus filii sui inferam malum domui ejus.during the days of his son, I will bring in the evil to his house.”