Giuditta 12

BIBBIA MARTINI	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Allora egli ordinò, che fosse condotta dove stavano i suoi tesori, e ordinò, che ivi ella stesse, e stabilì quello, che doveva esserle portato 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 rispose a lui,e disse: Io non posso adesso mangiare di quello, che tu ordini, che mi sia dato, affinchè non venga l'ira sopra di me; mangerò di quelle cose, che meco ho portate.	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 E Oloferne disse a lei. E quando non avrai più di quelle cose, che hai portate, cosa 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 E Giuditta disse: Giuro per la tua vita signore mio, che non consumerà la tua serva tutto quello, che ha portato, prima che Dio eseguisca per mezzo mio quello, che ho in mente. E i servi di lui la menarono al padiglione assegnatole.	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 E in entrando ella chiese la permissione di uscir fuora la notte, e avanti giorno adorare, e invocare 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 E quegli comandò agli uscieri, che la lasciassero andare, e venire come le era in grado ad adorare il suo Dio per tre giorni.	6 And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
7 Ed ella andava la notte nella valle di Betulia, e si lavava a una fontana.	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 E nel ritorno pregava il Signore Dio d'Israele, che dirigesse i suoi passi alla liberazione del popolo suo.	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 nel padiglione purificata, ivi si stava sino a tanto che si ristorava sulla sera.	9 So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.
10 Ed avvenne, che il quarto di Oloferne diede una cena a suoi servi, e disse a Vagao, suo eunuco: Va, ed esorta quell'Ebrea, che spontaneamente si risolva a coabitare con me.	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 Perocchè è cosa vergognosa tra gli Assiri, che una donna si burli di un uomo, facendo in guisa che da lui se ne parta senza fare suo piacere.	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 entro da Giuditta, e disse: Non abbi ritrosìa, o buona fanciulla divenire al signore mio per essere onorata da lui, e per mangiare con lui, e bere in allegria.	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 E Giuditta a lui. Chi son io, che ardisca di contraddire 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 Io farò tutto quello, che buono,e meglio parrà a lui: e tutto quello, che piacierà a lui sarà il meglio per me per tutti i giorni 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 E si alzò, e si adornò delle sue vesti, e andò a presentarsi dinanzi 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 E il cuore di Oloferne si scosse: perocche egli ardeva di desiderio 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 ora, e mangia allegramente; perocchè hai trovata grazia dinanzi a me.	17 Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with us.
18 E Giuditta disse: Io berò o signore, perocchè in questo giorno io mi trovo glorificata più che in tutto il resto della 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 ella, e mangio, e bevve dinanzi a lui quello, che le era stato preparato dalla sua serva,	19 Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.
20 E Oloferne le fece gran festa, e bevve del vino for misura, quanto non avea mai bevuto a suoi giorni.	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.