Judith 1

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
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 Anno duodecimo regni Nabu chodonosor, qui regnavit in As syriis in Ninevecivitate magna, in diebus Arphaxad, qui regnavit in Medis in Ecbatanis
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 etaedificavit in Ecbatanis et in circuitu muros ex lapidibus excisis inlatitudinem cubitorum trium et in longitudinem cubitorum sex et fecitaltitudinem muri cubitorum septuaginta et latitudinem eius cubitorumquinquaginta
3 At the gates he placed towers one hundred cubits high and, at the foundations, sixty cubits wide,	3 et turres eius constituit super portas eius cubitorum centum etlatitudinem earum fundavit in cubitos sexaginta.
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 Et fecit portas eius portasexsurgentes in altitudinem cubitorum septuaginta et in latitudinem earum cubitisquadraginta in exitum virtutis potentium eius et in dispositiones peditum eius.
5 About this time King Nebuchadnezzar gave battle to King Arphaxad in the great plain lying in the territoryof Ragae.	5 Et fecit bellum in diebus illis rex Nabuchodonosor ad Arphaxad regem in campomagno, hic est campus in finibus Ragau.
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 Et convenerunt in pugnam omnesinhabitantes montanam et omnes inhabitantes Euphraten et Tigrin et Hidaspen etcampos Arioch regis Elymaeorum. Et convenerunt gentes multae valde ad bellumfiliorum Chaldaeorum.
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 Et misit Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum ad omnesinhabitantes Persidem et ad omnes inhabitantes ad occasum: inhabitantes Ciliciamet Damascum et Libanum et Antilibanum et ad omnes inhabitantes circa faciemmaritimae;
8 to the peoples of Carmel, Gilead, Upper Galilee, the great plain of Esdraelon,	8 et ad eos, qui sunt in nationibus Carmeli et Galaad, et adsuperiorem Galilaeam et ad campum magnum 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 et ad omnes, qui in Samariaet civitatibus eius et trans Iordanen usque in Ierusalem et Bathanam et Cheluset Cades et flumen Aegypti et Taphnas et Ramesses et omnem terram Gessen,
10 beyond Tanis too and Memphis, and to al the inhabitants of Egypt as far as the frontiers of Ethiopia.	10 usquedum veniatur supra Tanim et Memphin, et ad omnes inhabitantes Aegyptum,usquedum veniatur ad fines Aethiopiae.
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 Et contempserunt omnes inhabitantesuniversam terram verbum Nabuchodonosor regis Assyriorum et non convenerunt cumeo in pugnam, quoniam non timuerunt eum, sed erat adversus eos quasi vir unus.Et remiserunt legatos eius vacuos in despectu faciei eorum.
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 Et indignatus estrex Nabuchodonosor ad omnem terram istam vehementer. Et iuravit per thronum etregnum suum se vindicaturum esse omnes fines Ciliciae et Damascenae et Syriae,sublaturum se gladio suo et omnes inhabitantes Moab et filios Ammon et omnemIudaeam et omnes, qui in Aegypto, usquedum veniatur ad fines duorum marium.
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;	13 Et praeparavit se in virtute sua adversus regem Arphaxad in anno septimo decimoet invaluit in pugna sua et evertit omnem virtutem Arphaxad et omnem equitatumeius et omnes currus ipsius
14 he occupied his towns and advanced on Ecbatana; he seized its towers and plundered its marketplaces, reducing its former magnificence to a mockery.	14 et dominatus est civitatibus eius. Et abiit usquead Ecbatana et obtinuit turres et praedavit plateas eius et ornatum eius posuitin improperium illius.
15 He later captured Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragae and, thrusting him through with his spears,destroyed him once and for al .	15 Et cepit Arphaxad in montibus Ragau et iaculatus esteum iaculis suis et disperdidit eum usque in illum diem.
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.	16 Et reversus estpostea in Nineven ipse et commixtura eius, multitudo hominum pugnatorum multavalde. Et erat ibi requiescens et epulans ipse et virtus eius per dies centumviginti.