Judith 1

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	BIBBIA MARTINI
1 It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyriansin the great city of Nineveh. At that time Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana.	1 Adunque Arphaxad re de' Medi avea soggettate al suo impero molte nazioni, ed egli edificò una città fortissima, cui diede il nome di Ecbatana.
2 Around this city he built a wall of blocks of stone, each three cubits inheight and six in length. He made the wall seventy cubits high and fifty thick.	2 E fece le sue mura di pietre tagliate a squadra, le quali mura aveano settanta cubiti di larghezza, e trenta di altezza; e alle sue torri diede cento cubiti di altezza.
3 At the gates he raised towers of a hundred cubits, with a thickness of sixty cubits at the base.	3 E queste eran quadrate, e ognuno de lati teneva lo spazio di venti piedi; e fece le sue porte eguali in altezza alle torri:
4 The gateway he built to a height of seventy cubits, with an opening forty cubits wide for the passage of his chariot forces and the marshaling of his infantry.	4 E si gloriava come possente pel valore de suoi eserciti, e pe' famosi suoi cocchi.
5 Then King Nebuchadnezzar waged war against King Arphaxad in the vast plain, in the district of Ragae.	5 Adunque Nabucodonosor re degli Assiri, il quale regnava nella gran città di Ninive, l'ammo duodecimo del suo regno venne a battaglia con Arphaxad, e lo vinse.
6 To him there rallied all the inhabitants of the mountain region, all who dwelt along the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Hydaspes, and King Arioch of the Elamites, in the plain. Thus many nations came together to resist the people of Cheleoud.	6 Nella gran pianura detta Ragau presso all'Eufrate, e al Tigri, e a Jadason nella campagna di Erioch re degli Elici.
7 Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent messengers to all the inhabitants of Persia, and to all those who dwelt in the West: to the inhabitants of Cilicia and Damascus, Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, to all who dwelt along the seacoast,	7 Allora divenne famoso il regno di Nabucodonosor, e il suo cuoresi gonfiò, ed ei mandò ambasciatori a tutti gli abitatori della Cilicia, di Damasco, e del Libano,
8 to the peoples of Carmel, Gilead, Upper Galilee, and the vast plain of Esdraelon,	8 E a popoli, che dimorano sul Carmelo, e in Cedar, e agli abitanti della Galilea, e della vasta campagna di Esdrelon,
9 to all those in Samaria and its cities, and west of the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, Bethany, Chelous, Kadesh, and the River of Egypt; to Tahpanhes, Raamses, all the land of Goshen,	9 E a tutti quelli della Samaria, e di là dal Giordano fino a Gerusalemme, e in tutta la terra di Jesse sino ai confini di Etiopia.
10 Tanis, Memphis and beyond, and to all the inhabitants of Egypt as far as the borders of Ethiopia.	10 A tutti questi spedì ambasciatori Nabucodonosor re degli Assiri:
11 But the inhabitants of all that land disregarded the summons of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, and would not go with him to the war. They were not afraid of him but regarded him as a lone individual opposed to them, and turned away his envoys empty-handed, in disgrace.	11 E questi, tutti d'accordo non si piegarono a suoi voleri, rimandarono coloro colle mani vuote, e gli cacciarono con ignominia.
12 Then Nebuchadnezzar fell into a violent rage against all that land, and swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would avenge himself on all the territories of Cilicia and Damascus and Syria, and also destroy with his sword all the inhabitants of Moab, Ammon, the whole of Judea, and those living anywhere in Egypt as far as the borders of the two seas.	12 Allora Nabuchodonosor irato contro tutti que paesi, giurò pel suo trono, e pel suo regno, che avrebbe presa vendetta di tutte quelle genti.
13 In the seventeenth year he proceeded with his army against King Arphaxad, and was victorious in his campaign. He routed the whole force of Arphaxad, his entire cavalry and all his chariots,
14 and took possession of his cities. He pressed on to Ecbatana and took its towers, sacked its marketplaces, and turned its glory into shame.
15 Arphaxad himself he overtook in the mountains of Ragae, ran him through with spears, and utterly destroyed him.
16 Then he returned home with all his numerous, motley horde of warriors; and there he and his army relaxed and feasted for a hundred and twenty days.