Giuditta 11

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Dixitque ad eam Holofernes: “ Aequo animo esto, mulier, et noli paverecorde tuo, quoniam ego non nocui viro cuicumque placuit servire Nabuchodonosorregi totius terrae.	1 Then Holofernes said to her: “Be steadfast in soul, and do not be terrified in your heart. For I have never harmed a man who was willing to serve king Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Et nunc plebs tua, quae habitat montanam, nisi sprevissentme, non elevassem lanceam meam super ipsos, sed sibi ipsi fecerunt haec.	2 But if your people had not despised me, I would not have lifted up my lance over them.
3 Etnunc dic mihi: Qua ex causa recessisti ab eis et venisti ad nos? Venisti enim adsalutem. Aequo animo esto, in hac nocte vives et deinceps.	3 But now, tell me, for what reason have you withdrawn from them, and why has it pleased you to come to us?”
4 Non enim est quitibi noceat, sed bene tibi faciam, sicut fit servis domini mei ”.	4 And Judith said to him: “Receive the words of your maidservant. For, if you will follow the words of your maidservant, the Lord will accomplish an excellent thing by you.
5 Et dixit ad eum Iudith: “ Sume verba ancillae tuae, et loquatur ancilla tuaante faciem tuam et non nuntiabo mendacium domino meo in hac nocte.	5 For, as Nebuchadnezzar the king of the earth lives, and as his power lives, which is with you for the chastising of all straying souls: not only men serve him through you, but also the beasts of the field are submissive to him.
6 Et, sisecutus fueris verba ancillae tuae, consummabis omnia in manibus tuis, quaefaciet Deus tecum, et non excidet dominus meus de adinventionibus suisquoadusque vivit.	6 For the diligence of your mind is being reported to all nations, and it has been revealed to all of this age that you alone are good and powerful in all his kingdom, and your discipline is being announced beforehand in all the provinces.
7 Vivit enim Nabuchodonosor rex totius terrae, et vivit virtuseius, qui misit te in correctionem omnium animarum, quoniam non solum hominesper te servient ei, sed et bestiae agri et iumenta et volatilia caeli et pervirtutem tuam vivent in Nabuchodonosor et omni domo eius.	7 This is not hidden, what Achior has said, nor are we ignorant of what you have ordered to befall him.
8 Audivimus enim sapientiam tuam et adinventiones animi tui, et nuntiatum estuniversae terrae quoniam tu solus bonus in universo regno et potens in prudentiaet admirabilis in militia belli.	8 For it is agreed that our God is so offended with sins that he has commanded, through his prophets to the people, that he will deliver them up for their sins.
9 Et nunc, domine meus, verbum, quod locutusest Achior in consilio tuo, audivimus verba eius quoniam susceperunt viri inBetulia, et nuntiavit eis omnia, quae locutus est apud te.	9 And since the sons of Israel know that they have offended their God, your trembling is upon them.
10 Propter quod,dominator domine, non transeas verbum eius, sed conde illud in corde tuo, quiaest verum. Non enim ultio cadit in genus nostrum, neque dominatur gladius supereos, nisi peccent in Deum suum.	10 Moreover, now also a famine has assailed them, and, by drought of water, they are already counted among the dead.
11 Et nunc, ne fiat dominus meus frustratus etsine actu, cadet mors super faciem eorum, et comprehendet eos peccatum magnum,in quo exacerbaverint Dominum suum; mox ut fecerint illud, erunt tibi inconsummationem.	11 And finally, they have a plan to put to death their herds, and to drink their blood.
12 Postquam enim defecerunt eis escae, et vacuefactae sunt abeis aquae, voluerunt inicere manus iumentis suis et omnia, quae praecepit eisDeus legibus suis, ne manducarent, cogitaverunt consummare.	12 And the sacred things of the Lord their God, which God instructed them not to touch, among the grain, wine, and oil, these they have decided to expend, and they are willing to consume the things that they ought not to touch with their hands. Therefore, because they do these things, it is certain that they will be given over to perdition.
13 Et primitiasfrumenti et decimas vini et olei, quae conservaverunt sanctificantessacerdotibus, qui praesunt in Ierusalem ante faciem Dei nostri, iudicaveruntconsumere, quae nec manibus licet tangere neminem ex populo.	13 And I, your maidservant, knowing this, have fled from them, and the Lord has sent me to report to you these same things.
14 Et miserunt inIerusalem — quia et, qui ibi inhabitant, fecerunt omnia haec — eos, quitranstulerint eis illationem a senioribus.	14 For I, your maidservant, worship God even now that I am with you, and your maidservant will go out, and I will pray to God.
15 Et erit ut, cum nuntiatum fuerit,et fecerint, dentur tibi in perditionem in illa die.	15 And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will return and announce it to you, so that I may bring you through the midst of Jerusalem, and you will hold all the people of Israel, like sheep that have no shepherd, and there will not be so much as one dog that barks against you.
16 Unde ego ancilla tua, cum cognovissem haec omnia, refugi a facie eorum, etmisit me Deus facere tecum rem, in qua mirabitur tota terra, quicumque audierintea.	16 For these things have been told to me through the providence of God.
17 Quoniam ancilla tua Deum colit et servit nocte ac die Deo caeli. Et nuncmanebo penes te, domine meus, et exiet ancilla tua per noctem ad vallem et oraboad Deum, et indicabit mihi quando fecerint peccata eorum.	17 And because God has been angry with them, I have been sent to report these same things to you.”
18 Et veniens indicaboillud tibi, et exies in omni virtute tua, et non erit, qui resistat tibi ex eis.	18 And so, all these words were pleasing before Holofernes, and before his servants, and they wondered at her wisdom, and they said to one another:
19 Et adducam te per mediam Iudaeam, usque veniam contra Ierusalem et ponamsedem tuam in medio eius, et adduces eos sicut oves, quibus non est pastor. Etnon muttiet canis lingua sua contra te, quoniam haec dicta sunt mihi secundumpraescientiam meam et renuntiata sunt mihi, et missa sum nuntiare tibi ”.	19 “There is not another woman so great upon the earth: in appearance, in beauty, and in charming words.”
20 Et placuerunt verba eius coram Holoferne et coram omnibus famulis eius, etmirati sunt in specie et in sapientia eius et dixerunt:	20 And Holofernes said to her: “God has done well, who sent you ahead of the people, so that you may give them into our hands.
21 “ Non est talismulier a summo usque ad summum terrae in specie faciei et sensu verborum ”.	21 And if your promise is good, if your God will do this for me, he will also be my God, and you will be great in the house of Nebuchadnezzar, and your name will be renowned through all the earth.”
22 Et dixit Holofernes ad eam: “ Bene fecit Deus, qui misit te ante filios plebistuae, ut fiat in manibus nostris virtus, in eis autem, qui spreverunt dominummeum perditio.
23 Et nunc tu es speciosa in aspectu et bona in verbis tuis.Quoniam, si feceris secundum quod locuta es, Deus tuus erit Deus meus, et tu indomo Nabuchodonosor regis sedebis et eris nominata per omnem terram ”.