Giuditta 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et miserunt ad eum legatos verbis pacificis dicentes:	1 They therefore sent envoys to him to sue for peace, to say,
2 “ Ecce nospueri Nabuchodonosor regis magni adstamus coram te; utere nobis, quemadmodumplacet faciei tuae.	2 'We are servants of the great King Nebuchadnezzar; we lie prostrate before you. Treat us as you thinkfit.
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 Our cattle-farms, al our land, al our wheat fields, our flocks and herds, all the sheep-folds in ourencampments are at your disposal. Do with them as you please.
4 Ecce et civitates nostrae et, quiinhabitant in eis, servi tui sunt; veniens occurre eis, sicut est bonum inoculis tuis ”.	4 Our towns and their inhabitants too are at your service; go and treat them as you think fit.'
5 Et venerunt viri ad Holofernen et nuntiaverunt ei secundumverba haec.	5 These men came to Holofernes and delivered the message as above.
6 Et descendit ad maritimam ipse et virtus eius et custodivitcivitates excelsas et accepit ex eis in auxilium viros electos.	6 He then made his way down to the coast with his army and stationed garrisons in al the fortified towns,levying outstanding men there as auxiliaries.
7 Et exceperunteum ipsi et omnis circumregio eorum cum coronis et choris et tympanis.	7 The people of these cities and of al the other towns in the neighbourhood welcomed him, wearinggarlands and dancing to the sound of tambourines.
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 But he demolished their shrines and cut down their sacred trees, carrying out his commission to destroyal local gods so that the nations should worship Nebuchadnezzar alone and people of every language andnationality should hail him as a god.
9 Et venit contra faciemEsdrelon prope Dothain, quae est contra descensum magnum Iudaeae,	9 Thus he reached the edge of Esdraelon, in the neighbourhood of Dothan, a vil age facing the great ridgeof Judaea.
10 et castraposuerunt inter Gabaa et Scytharum civitatem. Et erat ibi mensem dierum, utcolligeret omnia utensilia virtutis suae.	10 He pitched camp between Geba and Scythopolis and stayed there a ful month to re-provision hisforces.