Giuditta 1

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Anno duodecimo regni Nabu chodonosor, qui regnavit in As syriis in Ninevecivitate magna, in diebus Arphaxad, qui regnavit in Medis in Ecbatanis	1 Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,
2 etaedificavit in Ecbatanis et in circuitu muros ex lapidibus excisis inlatitudinem cubitorum trium et in longitudinem cubitorum sex et fecitaltitudinem muri cubitorum septuaginta et latitudinem eius cubitorumquinquaginta	2 Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, and the towers thereof he made a hundred cubits high. But on the square of them, each side was extended the space of twenty feet.
3 et turres eius constituit super portas eius cubitorum centum etlatitudinem earum fundavit in cubitos sexaginta.	3 And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers:
4 Et fecit portas eius portasexsurgentes in altitudinem cubitorum septuaginta et in latitudinem earum cubitisquadraginta in exitum virtutis potentium eius et in dispositiones peditum eius.	4 And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the glory of his chariots.
5 Et fecit bellum in diebus illis rex Nabuchodonosor ad Arphaxad regem in campomagno, hic est campus in finibus Ragau.	5 Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad and overcame him,
6 Et convenerunt in pugnam omnesinhabitantes montanam et omnes inhabitantes Euphraten et Tigrin et Hidaspen etcampos Arioch regis Elymaeorum. Et convenerunt gentes multae valde ad bellumfiliorum Chaldaeorum.	6 In the great plain which is called Ragua, about the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of Erioch the king of the Elicians.
7 Et misit Nabuchodonosor rex Assyriorum ad omnesinhabitantes Persidem et ad omnes inhabitantes ad occasum: inhabitantes Ciliciamet Damascum et Libanum et Antilibanum et ad omnes inhabitantes circa faciemmaritimae;	7 Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor exalted, and his heart was elevated: and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, and Libanus,
8 et ad eos, qui sunt in nationibus Carmeli et Galaad, et adsuperiorem Galilaeam et ad campum magnum Esdrelon;	8 And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee in the great plain of Asdrelon,
9 et ad omnes, qui in Samariaet civitatibus eius et trans Iordanen usque in Ierusalem et Bathanam et Cheluset Cades et flumen Aegypti et Taphnas et Ramesses et omnem terram Gessen,	9 And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of Ethiopia.
10 usquedum veniatur supra Tanim et Memphin, et ad omnes inhabitantes Aegyptum,usquedum veniatur ad fines Aethiopiae.	10 To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, sent messengers:
11 Et contempserunt omnes inhabitantesuniversam terram verbum Nabuchodonosor regis Assyriorum et non convenerunt cumeo in pugnam, quoniam non timuerunt eum, sed erat adversus eos quasi vir unus.Et remiserunt legatos eius vacuos in despectu faciei eorum.	11 But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and rejected them without honour.
12 Et indignatus estrex Nabuchodonosor ad omnem terram istam vehementer. Et iuravit per thronum etregnum suum se vindicaturum esse omnes fines Ciliciae et Damascenae et Syriae,sublaturum se gladio suo et omnes inhabitantes Moab et filios Ammon et omnemIudaeam et omnes, qui in Aegypto, usquedum veniatur ad fines duorum marium.	12 Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those countries.
13 Et praeparavit se in virtute sua adversus regem Arphaxad in anno septimo decimoet invaluit in pugna sua et evertit omnem virtutem Arphaxad et omnem equitatumeius et omnes currus ipsius
14 et dominatus est civitatibus eius. Et abiit usquead Ecbatana et obtinuit turres et praedavit plateas eius et ornatum eius posuitin improperium illius.
15 Et cepit Arphaxad in montibus Ragau et iaculatus esteum iaculis suis et disperdidit eum usque in illum diem.
16 Et reversus estpostea in Nineven ipse et commixtura eius, multitudo hominum pugnatorum multavalde. Et erat ibi requiescens et epulans ipse et virtus eius per dies centumviginti.