Giuditta 5

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Et renuntiatum est Holoferni principi militiae virtutis Assyriae quoniamfilii Israel praeparaverant se ad pugnam et transitus montanae concluserant etmuris cinxerant omnem verticem montis excelsi et posuerant in campisoffendicula.	1 Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
2 Et iratus est iracundia valde et convocavit omnes principes Moabet duces Ammon et omnes magistratus maritimae	2 Wherewith he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,
3 et dixit eis: “ Renuntiatemihi, filii Chanaan: Quis est iste populus, qui sedet in montanis? Quae suntautem, quas inhabitant, civitates, et quae est multitudo virtutis eorum? Et inquo est potestas et fortitudo eorum, et quis praeest super eos rex, dux militiaeeorum?	3 And he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Chanaan, who this people is, that dwelleth in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;
4 Et quare terga verterunt, ne venirent in obviam mihi prae omnibus, quiinhabitant ad occasum? ”.	4 And why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west.
5 Et dixit ad eum Achior dux filiorum Ammon: “Audiat dominus meus verbum ex ore servi tui, et referam tibi veritatem de populoisto, qui inhabitat montana ista iuxta te, et non exibit mendacium ex ore servitui.	5 Then said Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth near thee, and inhabiteth the hill countries: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy servant.
6 Populus hic est ex progenie Chaldaeorum	6 This people are descended of the Chaldeans:
7 et inhabitaverunt primum inMesopotamia, quoniam noluerunt sequi deos patrum suorum, qui fuerunt in terraChaldaeorum praeclari.	7 And they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
8 Et declinaverunt de via parentum suorum et adoraveruntDeum caeli, Deum, quem cognoverunt; et eiecerunt eos a facie deorum suorum, etfugerunt in Mesopotamiam et inhabitaverunt ibi dies multos.	8 For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
9 Et dixit Deuseorum, ut exirent de peregrinatione ipsorum et irent in terram Chanaan. Etinhabitaverunt ibi et repleti sunt auro et argento et pecoribus multis valde.	9 Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.
10 Et descenderunt in Aegyptum — cooperuerat enim fames faciem terrae Chanaan —et commorati sunt ibi, usquedum enutriti sunt et facti sunt ibi in multitudinemmagnam, nec erat numerus generis eorum.	10 But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan, they went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation.
11 Et insurrexerunt super eos Aegyptiiet circumvenerunt eos in luto et latere, humiliaverunt eos et posuerunt eos inservos.	11 Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtilly with them, and brought them low with labouring in brick, and made them slaves.
12 Et clamaverunt ad Deum suum, et percussit totam terram Aegyptiplagis, in quibus non erat medicina, et eiecerunt eos Aegyptii a facie sua.	12 Then they cried unto their God, and he smote all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
13 Et exsiccavit Deus Rubrum mare ante eos	13 And God dried the Red sea before them,
14 et eduxit eos in viam Sinai etCadesbarne. Et eiecerunt omnes inhabitantes in eremo	14 And brought them to mount Sina, and Cades-Barne, and cast forth all that dwelt in the wilderness.
15 et habitaverunt in terraAmorraeorum et omnes Hesebonitas exstirpaverunt in virtute sua. Et transeuntesIordanem possederunt totam montanam	15 So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing over Jordan they possessed all the hill country.
16 et eiecerunt a facie sua Chananaeum etPherezaeum et Iebusaeum et Sichem et omnes Gergesaeos et habitaverunt in eadiebus multis.	16 And they cast forth before them the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that country many days.
17 Et, usquedum non peccarent in conspectu Dei sui, erant cumipsis bona, quia Deus odiens iniquitatem cum ipsis est.	17 And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hateth iniquity was with them.
18 Sed, cum recesserunta via, quam disposuerat illis, exterminati sunt in bellis multis multum valde etcaptivi ducti sunt in terram non suam, et templum Dei eorum devenit ad solum, etcivitates eorum comprehensae sunt ab adversariis.	18 But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not their's, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
19 Et nunc revertentes ad Deumsuum ascenderunt a dispersione, qua dispersi fuerant, et possederunt Ierusalem,ubi sanctuarium eorum est, et inhabitaverunt in montana, quia erat deserta.	19 But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
20 Et nunc, dominator domine, siquidem est ignorantia in populo isto, et peccant inDeum suum, inspiciemus quoniam est in illis offendiculum hoc et ascendemus etexpugnabimus eos;	20 Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error against this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.
21 si autem non est iniquitas in ipsa gente, transeat dominusmeus, ne forte protegat eos Dominus eorum et Deus eorum, et erimus inimproperium coram omni terra ”.	21 But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproach before all the world.
22 Et factum est, ut desiit loqui Achior verbahaec, murmuravit omnis populus, qui erat in circuitu tabernaculi. Et dixeruntmagnates Holoferni et omnes, qui habitabant maritimam et Moab, ut configerenteum:	22 And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spake that he should kill him.
23 “ Non enim timebimus a filiis Israel; ecce enim populus, in quo nonest virtus neque potestas in pugnam validam.	23 For, say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of Israel: for, lo, it is a people that have no strength nor power for a strong battle
24 Propter hoc ascendemus, et eruntin escam militiae tuae, dominator Holofernes ”.	24 Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a prey to be devoured of all thine army.