Judith 1

NEW JERUSALEM	Biblia Matos Soares
1 It was the twelfth year of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh.Arphaxad was then reigning over the Medes in Ecbatana.	1 Arfaxad, rei dos Medes, tinha sujeitado ao seu império muitas nações. Edificou uma cidade poderosíssima, a que chamou Ecbatana,
2 He surrounded this city with walls of dressed stones three cubits thick and six cubits long, making therampart seventy cubits high and fifty cubits wide.	2 de pedras cortadas à esquadria; fez os seus muros de setenta côvados de alto, de trinta côvados de largo, e pôs-lhes torres de cem côvados de altura.
3 At the gates he placed towers one hundred cubits high and, at the foundations, sixty cubits wide,	3 Estas eram quadradas, e cada lado estendia-se por espaço de vinte pés. Fez as suas portas proporcionadas à altura das torres,
4 the gates themselves being seventy cubits high and forty wide to al ow his forces to march out in a bodyand his infantry to parade freely.	4 e gloriava-se da invencível força do seu exército e da magnificência dos seus carros (de guerra).
5 About this time King Nebuchadnezzar gave battle to King Arphaxad in the great plain lying in the territoryof Ragae.	5 Porém, no ano duodécimo do seu reinado, Nabucodonosor, rei dos Assírios, que reinava na grande cidade de Nínive, fez guerra a Arfaxad, e venceu-o
6 Supporting him were al the peoples from the highlands, all from the Euphrates and Tigris andHydaspes, and those from the plains who were subject to Arioch, king of the Elymaeans. Thus many nations hadmustered to take part in the battle of the Cheleoudites.	6 na grande planície, que se chama de Ragau, junto do Eufrates. do Tigre e do Jadason, na planície de Eríoc, rei dos Elicos.
7 Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent a message to al the inhabitants of Persia, to all theinhabitants of the western countries, Cilicia, Damascus, Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, to al those along the coast,	7 Então elevou-se o reino de Nabucodonosor, e o seu coração ensoberbeceu-se. Enviou mensageiros a todos os que habitavam na Cilícia, em Damasco, no Líbano,
8 to the peoples of Carmel, Gilead, Upper Galilee, the great plain of Esdraelon,	8 aos povos que habitavam no Carmelo e em Cedar, aos habitantes da Galileia, na vasta campina de Esdrelon,
9 to the people of Samaria and its outlying towns, to those beyond Jordan, as far away as Jerusalem,Bethany, Chelous, Kadesh, the river of Egypt, Tahpanhes, Rameses and the whole territory of Goshen,	9 e a todos os que viviam na Samaria e da banda de além do rio Jordão, até Jerusalém, e em toda a terra de Gessen, até aos confins da Etiópia.
10 beyond Tanis too and Memphis, and to al the inhabitants of Egypt as far as the frontiers of Ethiopia.	10 A todos estes enviou Nabucodonosor, rei dos Assírios, mensageiros,
11 But the inhabitants of these countries ignored the summons of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyriansand did not ral y to him to make war. They were not afraid of him, since in their view he appeared isolated.Hence they sent his ambassadors back with nothing achieved and in disgrace.	11 mas todos, de comum acordo, protestaram, despediram-nos de mãos vazias, e até chegaram a lançá-los fora com desprezo.
12 Nebuchadnezzar was furious with al these countries. He swore by his throne and kingdom to takerevenge on al the territories of Cilicia, Damascus and Syria, of the Moabites and of the Ammonites, of Judaeaand Egypt as far as the limits of the two seas, and to ravage them with the sword.	12 Então o rei Nabucodonosor, indignado contra todas aquelas nações, jurou, pelo seu trono e pelo seu reino, que se havia de vingar de todas elas.
13 In the seventeenth year, he gave battle with his whole army to King Arphaxad and in this battledefeated him. He routed Arphaxad's entire army and al his cavalry and chariots;
14 he occupied his towns and advanced on Ecbatana; he seized its towers and plundered its marketplaces, reducing its former magnificence to a mockery.
15 He later captured Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragae and, thrusting him through with his spears,destroyed him once and for al .
16 He then retired with his troops and al who had joined forces with him: a vast horde of armed men.Then he and his army gave themselves up to carefree feasting for a hundred and twenty days.