Livre de Judith 2

JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 La dix-huitième année, le vingt-deuxième jour du premier mois, le bruit courut au palais queNabuchodonosor, roi des Assyriens, allait tirer vengeance de toute la terre, comme il l'avait dit.	1 And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians that he should, as he said, avenge himself on all the earth.
2 Tous ses aides de camp et notables convoqués, il tint avec eux un conseil secret, et décida de sapropre bouche la destruction totale de toute la contrée.	2 So he called unto him all his officers, and all his nobles, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth.
3 Alors on décréta de faire périr quiconque n'avait pas répondu à l'appel du roi.	3 Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, that did not obey the commandment of his mouth.
4 Le conseil terminé, Nabuchodonosor, roi des Assyriens, fit appeler Holopherne, général en chef deses armées et son second. Il lui dit:	4 And when he had ended his counsel, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was next unto him, and said unto him.
5 "Ainsi parle le grand roi, maître de toute la terre: Pars, prends avec toi des gens d'une valeuréprouvée, à peu près 20.000 fantassins et un fort contingent de chevaux avec 12.000 cavaliers,	5 Thus saith the great king, the lord of the whole earth, Behold, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their own strength, of footmen an hundred and twenty thousand; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand.
6 puis marche contre toute la région occidentale, puisque ces gens ont résisté à mon appel.	6 And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment.
7 Mande-leur de préparer la terre et l'eau, car, dans ma fureur, je vais marcher contre eux. Des pieds demes soldats je couvrirai toute la surface du pays et je le livrerai au pillage.	7 And thou shalt declare unto that they prepare for me earth and water: for I will go forth in my wrath against them and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army, and I will give them for a spoil unto them:
8 Leurs blessés rempliront les ravins et, comblés de leurs cadavres, torrents et fleuves déborderont.	8 So that their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks and the river shall be filled with their dead, till it overflow:
9 Je les emmènerai en captivité jusqu'au bout du monde.	9 And I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth.
10 Va donc! Commence par me conquérir toute cette région. S'ils se livrent à toi, tu me les réserveraspour le jour de leur châtiment.	10 Thou therefore shalt go forth. and take beforehand for me all their coasts: and if they will yield themselves unto thee, thou shalt reserve them for me till the day of their punishment.
11 Quant aux insoumis, que ton oeil n'en épargne aucun. Voue-les à la tuerie et au pillage dans tout leterritoire qui t'est confié.	11 But concerning them that rebel, let not thine eye spare them; but put them to the slaughter, and spoil them wheresoever thou goest.
12 Car je suis vivant, moi, et vivante est la puissance de ma royauté! J'ai dit. Tout cela, je l'accompliraide ma main!	12 For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, whatsoever I have spoken, that will I do by mine hand.
13 Et toi, ne néglige rien des ordres de ton maître, mais agis strictement selon ce que je t'ai prescrit,sans plus tarder!"	13 And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded thee, and defer not to do them.
14 Sorti de chez son souverain, Holopherne convoqua tous les princes, les généraux, les officiers del'armée d'Assur,	14 Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called ail the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of Assur;
15 puis dénombra des guerriers d'élite, conformément aux ordres de son maître: environ 120.000hommes plus 12.000 archers montés.	15 And he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto an hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;
16 Il les disposa en formation normale de combat.	16 And he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.
17 Il prit ensuite des chameaux, des ânes, des mulets en immense quantité pour porter les bagages, desbrebis, des boeufs, des chèvres sans nombre pour le ravitaillement.	17 And he took camels and asses for their carriages, a very great number; and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision:
18 Chaque homme reçut d'amples provisions ainsi que beaucoup d'or et d'argent comptés par la maisondu roi.	18 And plenty of victual for every man of the army, and very much gold and silver out of the king's house.
19 Puis, avec toute son armée, il partit en expédition devant le roi Nabuchodonosor afin de submergertoute la contrée occidentale de ses chars, de ses cavaliers, de ses fantassins d'élite.	19 Then he went forth and all his power to go before king Nabuchodonosor in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen, and their chosen footmen.
20 Une foule composite marchait à sa suite, aussi nombreuse que les sauterelles, que les grains de sablede la terre. Aucun chiffre n'en pourrait évaluer la multitude.	20 A great number also sundry countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.
21 Ils quittèrent donc Ninive et marchèrent trois jours durant dans la direction de la plaine de Bektileth.De Bektileth ils s'en vinrent camper près des montagnes situées à gauche de la Haute-Cilicie.	21 And they went forth of Nineve three days' journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia.
22 De là, avec toute son armée, fantassins, cavaliers et chars, Holopherne s'engagea dans la régionmontagneuse.	22 Then he took all his army, his footmen, and horsemen and chariots, and went from thence into the hill country;
23 Il pourfendit Put et Lud, rançonna tous les fils de Rassis et ceux d'Ismaël cantonnés à l'orée dudésert au sud de Chéléôn,	23 And destroyed Phud and Lud, and spoiled all the children of Rasses, and the children of Israel, which were toward the wilderness at the south of the land of the Chellians.
24 longea l'Euphrate, traversa la Mésopotamie, détruisit de fond en comble toutes les villes fortifiéesqui dominent le torrent d'Abrona et parvint jusqu'à la mer.	24 Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, till ye come to the sea.
25 Puis il s'empara des territoires de la Cilicie, taillant en pièces quiconque lui résistait, arriva jusqu'auxlimites méridionales de Japhet, en face de l'Arabie,	25 And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.
26 encercla tous les Madianites, brûla leurs campements et pilla leurs bergeries,	26 He compassed also all the children of Madian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.
27 descendit ensuite dans la plaine de Damas à l'époque de la moisson des blés, mit le feu aux champs,fit disparaître menu et gros bétail, pilla les villes, dévasta les campagnes et passa au fil de l'épée tous les jeunesgens.	27 Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.
28 Crainte et tremblement s'emparèrent de tous les habitants de la côte: ceux de Sidon et de Tyr, ceuxde Sour, d'Okina et de Jamnia. La terreur régnait parmi les populations d'Azot et d'Ascalon.	28 Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea coasts, which were in Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Jemnaan; and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.