Giuditta 3

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Et miserunt ad eum legatos verbis pacificis dicentes:	1 Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said:
2 “ Ecce nospueri Nabuchodonosor regis magni adstamus coram te; utere nobis, quemadmodumplacet faciei tuae.	2 Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery.
3 Ecce villae nostrae et omnis locus noster et omnis campusfrumenti et greges et armenta et omnia stabula iumentorum nostrorum adstant antefaciem tuam; utere, quemadmodum placet tibi.	3 All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of cheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:
4 Ecce et civitates nostrae et, quiinhabitant in eis, servi tui sunt; veniens occurre eis, sicut est bonum inoculis tuis ”.	4 Let all we have be subject to thy law.
5 Et venerunt viri ad Holofernen et nuntiaverunt ei secundumverba haec.	5 Both we and our children are thy servants.
6 Et descendit ad maritimam ipse et virtus eius et custodivitcivitates excelsas et accepit ex eis in auxilium viros electos.	6 Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee.
7 Et exceperunteum ipsi et omnis circumregio eorum cum coronis et choris et tympanis.	7 Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land.
8 Etdestruxit omnes fines eorum et lucos eorum excidit, et datum ei erat omnes deosterrae exterminare, ut ipsi soli Nabuchodonosor servirent omnes gentes, et omneslinguae et omnes tribus eorum invocarent eum deum.	8 And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.
9 Et venit contra faciemEsdrelon prope Dothain, quae est contra descensum magnum Iudaeae,	9 And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming.
10 et castraposuerunt inter Gabaa et Scytharum civitatem. Et erat ibi mensem dierum, utcolligeret omnia utensilia virtutis suae.	10 And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and tumbrels, and flutes.
	11 And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
	12 For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves.
	13 For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.
	14 And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,
	15 And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united.