Giuditta 12

BIBBIA RICCIOTTI	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 - Allora la fece entrare dove eran custoditi i suoi tesori, ordinò che ivi ella stesse, e stabili quel che le si doveva dare dalla sua mensa.	1 Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine.
2 Ma Giuditta gli rispose: « Io non posso mangiare di quelle cose che tu hai ordinato mi sian portate, per non incorrere nell' ira [di Dio]; mangerò di quelle che ho portate con me ».	2 And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought.
3 Ed Oloferne a lei: « Se viene a mancarti ciò che hai portato con te, come faremo?».	3 Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of thy nation.
4 Disse Giuditta: «Giuro per la tua vita, signor mio, che la tua serva non consumerà tutte queste cose prima che Dio mi faccia eseguire quel che mi sta in mente ». Allora i servi di Oloferne la condussero nella tenda da lui assegnatale.	4 Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.
5 Essa entrandovi chiese che le fosse concesso di uscire la notte, avanti giorno, a fare orazione e supplicare il Signore.	5 Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
6 Ed egli comandò a' suoi servi che per tre giorni la lasciassero andare e venire a suo piacimento ad adorare il suo Dio.	6 And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
7 Essa usciva, la notte, nella valle di Betulia, e si lavava ad una fonte.	7 Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp.
8 Poi, ritornando, pregava il Signore Dio di Israele che dirigesse la sua impresa alla liberazione di Israele.	8 And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.
9 E rientrata, si serbava monda nella sua tenda, sinché a sera prendeva il suo cibo.	9 So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.
10 Al quarto giorno, Oloferne dette una cena a' suoi ministri, e disse a Vagao suo eunuco: « Va', e persuadi quell'ebrea ad acconsentire spontaneamente d'esser mia.	10 And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
11 È vergogna presso gli Assiri che una donna si burli di un uomo uscendo libera dalle sue mani ».	11 Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.
12 Allora Vagao si presentò a Giuditta, e le disse: « Non tema la buona fanciulla di venire al mio signore, per ricevere innanzi a lui l'onore di mangiar con lui, e di bere vino allegramente ».	12 For, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her not unto us, she will laugh us to scorn.
13 Bispose Giuditta: « Chi sono io da contradire al mio signore?	13 Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor.
14 Tutto quello che a lui piacerà, sarà ottimo anche a me, ogni giorno della mia vita».	14 Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.
15 Si alzò dunque, s'ornò delle sue vesti, ed entrò davanti a lui.	15 So she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman's attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received of Bagoas far her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them.
16 Il cuore di Oloferne si scosse, ardendo egli di possederla;	16 Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her.
17 e disse a lei Oloferne: « Bevi dunque, e mangia allegramente, chè hai trovato favore dinanzi a me»,	17 Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with us.
18 Giuditta disse: « Beverò, signore; perché oggi io mi trovo più glorificata che in tutta la mia vita ».	18 So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.
19 E prese e mangiò e bevve dinanzi a lui quel che le aveva preparato la sua ancella.	19 Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.
20 Ed Oloferne dette Sfogo alla sua gioia, e bevve vino fuor di misura, quanto non n'aveva mai bevuto in vita sua.	20 And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.