Judit 5

BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Se dio aviso a Holofernes, jefe supremo del ejército asirio, de que los israelitas se habían preparado para la guerra, que habían cerrado los pasos de las montañas, fortificado todas las alturas de los montes elevados y puesto obstáculos en las llanuras.	1 And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the ways of the mountains.
2 Esto le irritó sobremanera, y mandó llamar a todos los jefes de Moab, a los generales de Ammón y a todos los sátrapas del litoral,	2 And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation, and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Amman.
3 les dijo: «Hijos de Canaán, hacedme saber quién es este pueblo establecido en la montaña, qué ciudades habita, cuál es la importancia de su ejército y en qué estriba su poder y su fuerza, qué rey está a su frente y manda a sus soldados,	3 And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare:
4 y por qué, a diferencia de todos los demás pueblos de occidente, han desdeñado salir a recibirme».	4 And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?
5 Entonces Ajior, general de todos los ammonitas, le dijo: «Escuche mi señor las palabras de la boca de tu siervo y te diré la verdad sobre este pueblo que habita esta montaña junto a la que te encuentras. No saldrá mentira de la boca de tu siervo.	5 Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said: If thou vouch safe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth.
6 Este pueblo desciende de los caldeos.	6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.
7 Al principio se fueron a residir a Mesopotamia, porque no quisieron seguir a los dioses de sus padres, que vivían en Caldea.	7 They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.
8 Se apartaron del camino de sus padres y adoraron al Dios del Cielo, al Dios que habían reconocido. Por eso les arrojaron de la presencia de sus dioses y ellos se refugiaron en Mesopotamia, donde residieron por mucho tiempo.	8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,
9 Su Dios les ordenó salir de su casa y marchar a la tierra de Canaán; se establecieron en ella y fueron colmados de oro, de plata y de gran cantidad de ganado.	9 They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to depart from thence, and to dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine over all the land, they went down into Egypt, and there for four hundred years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered.
10 Bajaron después a Egipto, porque el hambre se extendió sobre la superficie de la tierra de Canaán, y permanecieron allí mientras tuvieron alimentos. Allí se hicieron muy numerosos, de modo que no se podía contar a los de su raza.	10 And when the king of Egypt oppressed them, and made slaves of them to labour in clay and brick, in the building of his cities, they cried to their Lord, and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers plagues.
11 Pero el rey de Egipto se alzó contra ellos y los engañó con el trabajo de los ladrillos, los humilló y los redujo a esclavitud.	11 And when the Egyptians had cast them out from them, and the plague had ceased from them, and they had a mind to take them again, and bring them back to their service,
12 Clamaron a su Dios, que castigó la tierra de Egipto con plagas incurables. Los egipcios, entonces, los arrojaron lejos de sí.	12 The God of heaven opened the sea to them in their flight, so that the waters were made to stand firm as a wall on either side, and they walked through the bottom of the sea and passed it dry foot.
13 Dios secó a su paso el mar Rojo,	13 And when an innumerable army of the Egyptians pursued after them in that place, they were so overwhelmed with the waters, that there was not one left, to tell what had happened to posterity.
14 y los condujo por el camino del Sinaí y Cadés Barnea. Arrojaron a todos los moradores del desierto,	14 And after they came out of the Red Sea, they abode in the deserts of mount Sina, in which never man could dwell, or son of man rested.
15 se establecieron en el país de los amorreos y aniquilaron por la fuerza a todos los jesbonitas. Pasaron el Jordán y se apoderaron de toda la montaña,	15 There bitter fountains were made sweet for them to drink, and for forty years they received food from heaven.
16 expulsaron ante ellos al cananeo, al perizita, al jebuseo, a los siquemitas y a todos los guirgasitas, y habitaron allí por mucho tiempo.	16 Wheresoever they went in without bow and arrow, and without shield and sword, their God fought for them and overcame.
17 Mientras no pecaron contra su Dios vivieron en prosperidad, porque está en medio de ellos un Dios que odia la iniquidad.	17 And there was no one that triumphed over this people, but when they departed from the worship of the Lord their God.
18 Pero cuando se apartaron del camino que les había impuesto, fueron duramente aniquilados por múltiples guerras, y deportados a tierra extraña; el Templo de su Dios fue arrasado y sus ciudades cayeron en poder de sus adversarios.	18 But as often as beside their own God, they worshipped any other, they were given to spoil, and to the sword, and to reproach.
19 Pero ahora, habiéndose convertido a su Dios, han vuelto de los diversos lugares en que habían sido dispersados, han tomado posesión de Jerusalén, donde se encuentra su santuario, y se han estabecido en la montaña que había quedado desierta.	19 And as often as they were penitent for having revolted from the worship of their God, the God of heaven gave them power to resist.
20 Así pues, dueño y señor, si hay algún extravío en este pueblo, si han pecado contra su Dios, y vemos que hay en ellos alguna causa de ruina, subamos y ataquémoslos.	20 So they overthrew the king of the Chanaanites, and of the Jebusites, and of the Pherezites, and of the Hethites, and of the Hevites, and of the Amorrhites, and all the mighty ones in Hesebon, and they possessed their lands, and their cities:
21 Pero si no hay iniquidad en esa gente, que mi señor se detenga, no sea que su Dios y Señor les proteja con su escudo y nos hagamos nosotros la irrisión de toda la tierra».	21 And as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God, it was well with them: for their God hateth iniquity.
22 En acabando de decir Ajior todas estas palabras, se alzó un murmullo entre toda la gente que estaba en torno de la tienda, y los magnates de Holofernes y los habitantes de la costa y de Moab hablaron de despedazarle.	22 And even some years ago when they had revolted from the way which God had given them to walk therein, they were destroyed in battles by many nations, and very many of them were led away captive into a strange land.
23 «¡No tememos a los israelitas! No son gente que tenga fuerza ni vigor para un encuentro violento.	23 But of late returning to the Lord their God, from the different places wherein they were scattered, they are come together and are gone up into all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again, where their holies are
24 ¡Subamos y serán un bocado para todo tu ejército, señor, Holofernes!»	24 Now therefore, my lord, search if there be any iniquity of theirs in the sight of their God: let us go up to them, because their God will surely deliver them to thee, and they shall be brought under the yoke of thy power:
	25 But if there be no offense of this people in the sight of their God, we can not resist them, because their God will defend them: and we shall be a reproach to the whole earth.
	26 And it came to pass, when Achior had ceased to speak these words, all the great men of Holofernes were angry, and they had a mind to kill him, saying to each other:
	27 Who is this, that saith the children of Israel can resist king Nabuchodonosor, and his armies, men unarmed, and without force, and without skill in the art of war?
	28 That Achior therefore may know that he deceiveth us, let us go up into the mountains: and when the bravest of them shall be taken, then shall he with them be stabbed with the sword:
	29 That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the earth, and besides him there is no other.