Judith 1

NEW JERUSALEM	BIBBIA RICCIOTTI
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 re de' Medi aveva soggiogato al suo impero molti popoli, e costruita una città fortissima, che chiamò Ecbatane,
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 di pietre tagliate e squadrate. Ne fece le mura alte settanta cubiti, e larghe trenta; le sue torri poi fece alte cubiti cento,
3 At the gates he placed towers one hundred cubits high and, at the foundations, sixty cubits wide,	3 quadrate, di venti piedi per ogni lato, con le porte della medesima altezza delle torri.
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 si gloriava come un potente per la forza del suo esercito, e per la ricchezza delle sue quadrighe.
5 About this time King Nebuchadnezzar gave battle to King Arphaxad in the great plain lying in the territoryof Ragae.	5 Ma nell'anno dodicesimo del suo regno, Nabucodonosor re degli Assiri, che regnava nella gran città di Ninive, venne a battaglia con Arfaxad, e lo sconfisse
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 nella gran pianura chiamata Ragau, presso l'Eufrate il Tigri e il Jadason, nella pianura d'Erioc re degli Elici.
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 Allora il regno di Nabucodonosor crebbe in fama, ed il suo cuore montò in superbia. E mandò messaggi a tutti gli abitanti della Cilicia, di Damasco e del Libano,
8 to the peoples of Carmel, Gilead, Upper Galilee, the great plain of Esdraelon,	8 a' popoli che sono sul Carmelo ed in Cedar, agli abitatori della Galilea e della gran pianura di 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 a tutti quelli che erano nella Samaria, ed al di là del fiume Giordano sino a Gerusalemme, ed a tutta la terra di Jesse sino al confini dell'Etiopia.
10 beyond Tanis too and Memphis, and to al the inhabitants of Egypt as far as the frontiers of Ethiopia.	10 A tutti questi mandò messaggi Nabucodonosor re degli Assiri.
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 Ma tutti d'accordo gli resisterono, rimandando a mani vuote que' messaggeri, e scacciandoli disonorati.
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 Allora, indignato il re Nabucodonosor contro tutti quei paesi, giurò per il trono e per il regno suo che farebbe vendetta di tutte quelle regioni.
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.