Giuditta 6

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et, cum cessasset tumultus viro rum, qui erant in circuitu conci lii,dixit Holofernes princeps militiae virtutis Assyriae ad Achior coram omni populoalienigenarum et ad omnes filios Moab:	1 When the uproar of those crowding round the council had subsided, Holofernes, general-in-chief of theAssyrian army, reprimanded Achior in front of the whole crowd of foreigners and Ammonites.
2 “ Et quis es tu, Achior, etmercennarii Ephraim, quoniam prophetasti nobis sicut hodie et dixisti quoniamgenus filiorum Israel non expugnatur, quoniam Deus eorum proteget eos? Et quisest Deus, nisi Nabuchodonosor rex omnis terrae? Hic mittet potestatem suam etdisperdet eos a facie terrae, et non liberabit eos Deus eorum.	2 'Achior, who do you think you are, you and the Ephraimite mercenaries, playing the prophet like this withus today, and trying to dissuade us from making war on the people of Israel? You claim their God wil protectthem. And who is God if not Nebuchadnezzar? He himself wil display his power and wipe them off the face ofthe earth, and their God wil certainly not save them.
3 Sed nos serviillius percutiemus eos sicut hominem unum, nec sustinebunt vim equorumnostrorum.	3 But we, his servants, shal destroy them as easily as a single individual. They can never resist thestrength of our cavalry.
4 Inundabimus enim eos in ipsis, et montes eorum inebriabuntursanguine eorum, et campi eorum replebuntur mortuis eorum, et non resistetvestigium pedum eorum contra faciem nostram, sed perditione perient. Dicit rexNabuchodonosor, dominus universae terrae; dixit enim, et non frustrabuntur verbaoris eius.	4 We shal burn them all. Their mountains will be drunk with their blood and their plains filled with theircorpses. Far from being able to resist us, every one of them wil die; thus says King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of thewhole world. For he has spoken, and his words will not prove empty.
5 Tu autem, Achior, mercennari Ammon, qui locutus es verba haec indie iniquitatis tuae, non videbis faciem meam iam ex hac die, quoadusqueulciscar in genus illorum, qui ascenderunt ex Aegypto.	5 As for you, Achior, you Ammonite mercenary, who in a rash moment said these words, you wil not seemy face again until the day when I have taken my revenge on this brood from Egypt.
6 Et tunc pertransietferrum militiae meae et populus famulorum meorum latera tua, et cades cumvulneratis eorum, cum venero.	6 And then the swords of my soldiers and the spears of my officers wil pierce your sides. You wil falamong their wounded, the moment I turn on Israel.
7 Et deducent te servi mei in montanam et ponentte in una civitatum ascensuum	7 My servants wil now take you into the hill-country and leave you near one of the towns in the passes;
8 et non peries, donec extermineris cum eis.	8 you wil not die, until you share their ruin.
9 Et,si speras corde tuo quoniam non capientur, non concidat facies tua. Locutus sum,et nihil decidet verborum meorum ”.	9 No need to look so sad if you cherish the secret hope that they wil not be captured! I have spoken; noneof my words will prove idle.'
10 Et praecepit Holofernes servis suis, qui erant adstantes in tabernaculo eius,ut comprehenderent Achior et ducerent eum in Betuliam et traderent in manusfiliorum Israel.	10 Holofernes having commanded his tent-orderlies to seize Achior, to take him to Bethulia and to handhim over to the Israelites,
11 Et comprehenderunt eum servi eius et duxerunt illum extracastra in campum et promoverunt ex medio campo in montanam et advenerunt adfontes, qui erant sub Betulia.	11 the orderlies took him, escorted him out of the camp and across the plain, and then, making for the hil -country, reached the springs below Bethulia.
12 Et, ut viderunt eos viri civitatis superverticem montis, acceperunt arma sua et exierunt extra civitatem supra cacumenmontis, et omnis vir fundibalarius occupavit ascensus eorum et mittebat lapidessuper eos.	12 As soon as the men of the town sighted them, they snatched up their weapons, left the town and madefor the mountain tops, while al the slingers pelted them with stones to prevent them from coming up.
13 Et accedentes sub monte alligaverunt Achior et reliqueruntproiectum sub radice montis et reversi sunt ad dominum suum.	13 However, they managed to take cover at the foot of the slope, where they bound Achior and left himlying at the bottom of the mountain and returned to their master.
14 Descendentesautem filii Israel de civitate sua adstiterunt ei et solventes eum perduxeruntin Betuliam et adduxerunt eum ad principes civitatis suae,	14 The Israelites then came down from their town, stopped by him, unbound him and took him to Bethulia,where they brought him before the chief men of the town,
15 qui erant indiebus illis Ozias filius Michae de tribu Simeon et Chabris filius Gothoniel etCharmis filius Melchiel.	15 who at that time were Uzziah son of Micah of the tribe of Simeon, Chabris son of Gothoniel andCharmis son of Melchiel.
16 Et convocaverunt omnes seniores civitatis, etconcurrerunt omnes iuvenes eorum et mulieres et pueri eorum in ecclesiam; etstatuerunt Achior in medio omnis populi ipsorum, et interrogavit eum Ozias, quidcontigisset.	16 These summoned al the elders of the town. The young men and the women also hurried to theassembly. Achior was made to stand with al the people surrounding him, and Uzziah questioned him about whathad happened.
17 Et respondens indicavit eis verba consilii Holofernis et omniaverba, quaecumque locutus est in medio principum filiorum Assyriae, etquaecumque magniverbatus est Holofernes adversus domum Israel.	17 He answered by tel ing them what had been said at Holofernes' council, and what he himself had saidin the presence of the Assyrian leaders, and how Holofernes had bragged of what he would do to the House ofIsrael.
18 Et procidensomnis populus adoraverunt Deum et clamaverunt dicentes:	18 At this the people fel to the ground and worshipped God.
19 “ Domine, Deuscaeli, respice ad superbiam eorum et miserere humilitatis generis nostri etrespice ad faciem eorum, qui sanctificati sunt tibi in hac die ”.	19 'Lord God of heaven,' they cried, 'take notice of their arrogance and have pity on the humiliation of ourrace. Look kindly today on those who are consecrated to you.'
20 Etconsolati sunt Achior et laudaverunt eum valde.	20 They then spoke reassuringly to Achior and praised him warmly.
21 Et suscepit eum Ozias deecclesia in domum suam et fecit cenam senioribus, et invocaverunt Deum Israel in adiutorium per totam noctem illam.	21 After the assembly Uzziah took him home and gave a banquet for the elders; al that night they cal edon the God of Israel for help.