Giuditta 4

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Et audierunt filii Israel, qui habitabant in Iudaea, omnia, quaecumquefecerat gentibus Holofernes princeps militiae Nabuchodonosor regis Assyriorum,et quemadmodum spoliaverat omnia sancta eorum et dederat ea in exterminium.	1 Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were exceedingly afraid of him.
2 Ettimuerunt multum valde a facie eius et pro Ierusalem et pro templo Domini Deisui turbati sunt,	2 Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to other cities and their temples.
3 quoniam nuper ascenderant de captivitate, et nuper omnispopulus Iudaeae collectus erat, et vasa et altare et domus ex commaculationesanctificata erant.	3 And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and seized upon all the tops of the mountains:
4 Et miserunt in omnem finem Samariae et in vicos etBethoron et Abelmain et Iericho et Choba et Aisora et convallem Salem.	4 And they compassed their towns with walls, and gathered together corn for provision for war.
5 Etpraeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium excelsorum et muris circumdederuntvicos, qui in eis sunt, et reposuerunt epimenia in praeparationem pugnae,quoniam nuper erant campi eorum demessi.	5 And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against Esdrelon, which faceth the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom there might be a passage of way, that they should take possession of the ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains.
6 Et scripsit Ioachim sacerdos magnus,qui erat in diebus illis in Ierusalem, inhabitantibus Betuliam et Betomesthaim,quae est supra descensum contra Esdrelon, contra faciem campi prope Dothain,	6 And the children of Israel did as the priest of the Lord Eliachim had appointed them,
7 dicens ut obtinerent ascensus montanae, quoniam per eos erat introitus inIudaeam et erat facile prohibere ascendentes, eo quod angustus esset accessusviris plus quam duobus.	7 And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives.
8 Et fecerunt filii Israel, sicut constituerat illisIoachim sacerdos magnus et seniores totius plebis Israel, qui sedebant inIerusalem.	8 And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth.
9 Et exclamavit omnis vir Israel ad Deum in instantia magna, ethumiliaverunt animas suas in ieiunio magno;	9 And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles.
10 ipsi et mulieres eorum etinfantes eorum et iumenta eorum et omnis advena et mercennarius et argentoemptus eorum posuerunt cilicia super lumbos suos.	10 Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them,
11 Et omnis vir Israel etmulier et pueri, qui habitabant in Ierusalem, prociderunt ante faciem templi etcineraverunt capita sua et extenderunt cilicia sua contra faciem templi Domini.	11 Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord.
12 Et altare cilicio cooperuerunt et clamaverunt ad Deum Israel unanimesinstanter, ut non daret in rapinam infantes eorum et mulieres in praedam etcivitates hereditatis eorum in exterminium et sancta in maculationem et inimproperium, gaudium gentibus.	12 Remember Moses the servant of the Lord, who overcame Amalec that trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:
13 Et audivit Dominus vocem eorum et viditangustiam eorum; et erat populus ieiunans dies plures in tota Iudaea etIerusalem, et prociderunt contra faciem sanctorum Domini omnipotentis.	13 So shall all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work which you have begun.
14 EtIoachim sacerdos magnus et omnes adstantes ante conspectum Domini sacerdotes etdeservientes Domino praecincti ciliciis lumbos suos offerebant holocaustuminstantiae et vota et voluntaria munera populi.	14 So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord.
15 Et erat cinis super cidareseorum, et clamabant ad Dominum ex omni virtute, ut in bonum visitaret omnemdomum Israel.	15 So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head.
	16 And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would visit his people Israel.