Giuditta 16

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Dixitque Iudith: “ Incipite Deo meo in tym panis, cantate Domino meo in cymbalis, modulamini illi psalmum novum, exaltate et invocate nomen ipsius.	1 Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying:
2 Tu es Deus conterens bella, qui ponis castra in medio populi tui, ut eripias me de manu persequentium me.	2 Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name.
3 Venit Assur a montibus, a borra, venit in milibus virtutum suarum, quorum multitudo obturavit torrentes, et equitatus ipsorum texit colles.	3 The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.
4 Et dixit incensurum se fines meos et iuvenes meos occisurum gladio et mammantes meos daturum ad solum et infantes meos daturum in partitionem et virgines spoliaturum.	4 He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver us from the hand of all our enemies.
5 Dominus omnipotens sprevit illos et confudit illos in manu feminae!	5 The Assyrians came out of the mountains from the north in the multitude of his strength: his multitude stopped up the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.
6 Non enimcecidit potens eorum a iuvenibus, nec filii Titanum percusserunt illum, nec alti gigantes superposuerunt se illi, sed Iudith filia Merari in specie faciei suae dissolvit illum.	6 He bragged that he would set my borders on fire, and kill my young men with the sword, to make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives.
7 Dispoliavit enim se stola viduitatissuae in exaltationem dolentium in Israel. Unxit faciem suam unguento	7 But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.
8 et colligavit capillos suos in mitra et accepit stolam lineam in seductionem eius.	8 For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face.
9 Sandalum eius rapuit oculum ipsius, et species eius captivam fecit animam illius, et transiit gladius cervicem eius.	9 For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.
10 Horruerunt Persae audaciam eius, et Medi turbati sunt constantia ipsius.	10 She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.
11 Tunc ululaverunt humiles mei, et exclamaverunt aegrotantes et territi sunt, in altum extulerunt vocem suam et conversi sunt.	11 Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.
12 Filii puellarum compunxerunt illos et tamquam pueros ultroneos vulnerabant; perierunt a praelio Domini mei.	12 The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.
13 Cantabo Deo meo hymnum novum: Domine, magnus es tu et clarus, mirabilis in virtute et insuperabilis.	13 Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst.
14 Tibi serviat omnis creatura tua, quoniam dixisti, et facta sunt, misisti spiritum tuum, et aedificata sunt, et non est qui resistat voci tuae.	14 The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and they have killed them like children fleeing away: they perished in battle before the face of the Lord my God.
15 Montes enim a fundamentis agitabuntur cum aquis, petrae autem a facie tua tamquam cera liquescent. Illis autem, qui timent te, propitius adhuc eris.	15 Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our God.
16 Quoniam pusillum omne sacrum ad odorem suavitatis, et minimus omnis adeps in holocaustum tibi. Qui autem timet Dominum, magnus apud eum semper.	16 O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no one can overcome thee.
17 Vae gentibus assurgentibus generi meo! Dominus omnipotens vindicabit illos, in die iudicii visitabit eos, ut det ignem et vermes in carnes eorum, et comburentur, ut sentiant usque in aeternum ”.	17 Let all thy creatures serve thee: because thou hast spoken, and they were made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created, and there is no one that can resist thy voice.
18 Ut autem venerunt in Ierusalem, adoraverunt Deum; et, postquam mundatus estpopulus, rettulerunt holocaustum Domino et voluntaria sua et munera.	18 The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: the rooks shall melt as wax before thy face.
19 Etattulit Iudith omnia vasa Holofernis, quaecumque dederat ei populus, etconopeum, quod sustulerat de cubiculo ipsius, in consecrationem Domino dedit.	19 But they that fear thee, shall be great with thee in all things.
20 Et populus laetabatur in Ierusalem contra faciem sanctorum per menses tres, etIudith cum illis mansit.	20 Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on them, in the day of judgment he will visit them.
21 Post illos autem dies rediit unusquisque in hereditatem suam, et Iudith abiitin Betuliam et demorata est in possessione sua. Et facta est secundum tempussuum clara in omni terra,	21 For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, that they may burn, and may feel for ever.
22 et multi concupierunt eam, et non cognovit virillam omnibus diebus vitae eius, ex qua die mortuus est Manasses maritus illiuset appositus est ad populum suum.	22 And it came to pass after these things, that all the people, after the victory, came to Jerusalem to adore the Lord: and as soon as they were purified, they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their promises.
23 Et procedens magna facta est valde etsenuit in domo mariti sui Manasses annos centum quinque; et dimisit abram suamliberam. Et mortua est in Betulia, et sepelierunt eam in spelunca.	23 And Judith offered for an anathema of oblivion all the arms of Holofernes, which the people gave her, and the canopy that she had taken away out of his chamber.
24 Et planxit eam omnis Israel diebus septem. Divisitque bona sua, priusquammoreretur, omnibus proximis viri sui Manasses et proximis ex genere suo.	24 And the people were joyful in the sight of the sanctuary, and for three months the joy of this victory was celebrated with Judith.
25 Etnon fuit adhuc, qui in timorem mitteret filios Israel in diebus Iudith et postmortem eius diebus multis.	25 And after those days every man returned to his house, and Judith was made great in Bethulia, and she was most renowned in all the land of Israel.
	26 And chastity was joined to her virtue, so that she knew no man all the days of her life, after the death of Manasses her husband.
	27 And on festival days she came forth with great glory.
	28 And she abode in her husband's house a hundred and five years, and made her handmaid free, and she died, and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.
	29 And all the people mourned for seven days.
	30 And all the time of her life there was none that troubled Israel, nor many years after her death.
	31 But the day of the festivity of this victory is received by the Hebrews in the number of holy days, and is religiously observed by the Jews from that time until this day.