Giuditta 1

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Anno duodecimo regni Nabu chodonosor, qui regnavit in As syriis in Ninevecivitate magna, in diebus Arphaxad, qui regnavit in Medis in Ecbatanis	1 And so Arphaxad, king of the Medes, subjugated many nations under his authority, and he built a very powerful 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 From stones, cut and squared, he made its walls: seventy cubits in height and thirty cubits in breadth. And, in truth, he set its towers one hundred cubits in height.
3 et turres eius constituit super portas eius cubitorum centum etlatitudinem earum fundavit in cubitos sexaginta.	3 In fact, at its corners, each side was extended for the space of twenty feet. And he set its gates 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 glorified it, in its power, with the force of his army and with 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 Thereafter, in the twelfth year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Nineveh the great city, fought against Arphaxad and prevailed over 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 Ragae, near the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Hydaspes, at the encampment of Arioch, king of the Elymaeans.
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 the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar was exalted, and his heart was elevated. And he sent to all who dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Lebanon,
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 Carmel and Kedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee, in the great plain of Esdrelon,
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 who were in Samaria and across the river Jordan, even to Jerusalem and to all the land of Jesse, until one passes through 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, Nebuchadnezzar, 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 whom they all with one mind contradicted, and they sent them back empty, and they rejected them without honor.
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 Nebuchadnezzar, being indignant against all that land, swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would defend himself against all those regions.
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.