Giuditta 9

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Iudith autem procidit in faciem suam et imposuit cinerem super caput suumet scidit tunicam suam et denudavit, quod induerat, cilicium; et, in ipso quodoblatum erat in Ierusalem in domum Dei incensum vespere illo, clamavit Iudithvoce magna ad Dominum et dixit:	1 And when they were gone, Judith entered her place of prayer. And clothing herself with haircloth, she placed ashes on her head. And prostrating herself to the Lord, she cried out to the Lord, saying:
2 “ Domine, Deus patris mei Simeon, cuidedisti in manu gladium in ultionem alienigenarum, qui solverunt cingulumvirginis in coinquinationem et denudaverunt femur in confusionem etcoinquinaverunt matricem in improperium. Dixisti enim: “Non sic erit!”; etfecerunt.	2 “O Lord, God of my father Simeon, you gave him a sword to defend against foreigners, who stood out as violators by their defilement, and who uncovered the thigh of the virgin unto shame.
3 Pro quibus dedisti principes eorum in occisionem et torum eorum, quierubuit seductione eorum, seductum in sanguinem; et percussisti servos superpotentes et potentes super thronos eorum.	3 And you gave their wives into plunder, and their daughters into captivity, and all their spoils to be divided to the servants, who were zealous with your zeal. Bring help, I ask you, O Lord my God, to me, a widow.
4 Et dedisti mulieres eorum in praedamet filias in captivitatem et omnia spolia in divisionem filiorum a tedelectorum, qui zelaverunt zelum tuum et abominaverunt coinquinationem sanguinissui et invocaverunt te in adiutorium. Deus, Deus meus, exaudi me viduam.	4 For you have acted in the past, and you have decided one thing after another. And what you have willed, this too has happened.
5 Tuenim fecisti priora illorum et illa et, quae postea et quae nunc et quae futurasunt, cogitasti; et facta sunt, quae cogitasti.	5 For all your ways have been prepared, and you have placed your judgments within your providence.
6 Et astiterunt, quae voluisti,et dixerunt: “Ecce adsumus”. Omnes enim viae tuae paratae, et creatura tuain praescientia.	6 Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, just as you deigned to look upon the camp of the Egyptians, when their weapons rushed after your servants, trusting in their four-horse chariots, and in their horsemen, and in a multitude of warriors.
7 Ecce enim Assyrii repleti sunt in virtute sua et exaltati sunt in equo etascensore, gloriati sunt in brachio peditum, speraverunt in clipeis et lancea etarcu et fundibula et nescierunt quoniam tu es Dominus, qui conteris bella;	7 But you gazed upon their camp, and darkness wearied them.
8 Dominus nomen est tibi. Tu allide illorum vires, aeterne Deus, comminue illorumplenitudinem in virtute tua et deduc fortitudinem eorum in ira tua. Volueruntenim polluere sancta tua, coinquinare tabernaculum requiei nominis maiestatistuae et deicere ferro cornu altaris tui.	8 The abyss took hold of their feet, and the waters covered them.
9 Respice in superbiam eorum, dimitteiram tuam in capita eorum; da in manu mea viduae, quam cogitavi, virtutem,	9 So may it be with these also, O Lord, who trust in their multitude, and in their swift chariots, and in their pikes, and in their shields, and in their arrows, and the glory in their lances.
10 etpercute servum ex labiis seductionis meae super principem et principem superservum eius; quassa elationem in manu viduae.	10 And they do not know that you are our God, who crushes wars from the beginning, and the Lord is your name.
11 Non enim in multitudine virtustua, nec potentia tua neque datum tuum in fortibus, sed humilium es Deus etminorum adiutorium, infirmorum susceptor, abiectorum protector, desperatorumsalvator.	11 Raise up your arm, just as from the beginning, and throw down their power by your power. Let their power fall, in their anger, for they promise themselves to violate your sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle of your name, and to cut down by their sword the horn of your altar.
12 Etiam, etiam, Deus patris mei et Deus hereditatis Israel, dominator caelorumet terrae, creator aquarum, rex totius creaturae tuae, exaudi deprecationem meam	12 Act, O Lord, so that his arrogance may be cut off with his own sword.
13 et da verbum meum et suasionem in vulnus et livorem eorum, qui adversumtestamentum tuum et domum tuam sanctam et verticem Sion et domum retentionisfiliorum tuorum cogitaverunt dura.	13 Let him be seized by the snare of his own eyes in my regard, and may you strike him by the attraction of my lips.
14 Et fac super omnem gentem tuam et omnemtribum scientiam, ut sciant quoniam tu Deus es universae potestatis et virtutis,et non est alius defensor generis Israel praeter te ”.	14 Give me constancy in my soul, so that I may hold him in contempt, and give me virtue, so that I may overthrow him.
	15 For this will be a memorial to your name, when he will be overthrown by the hand of a woman.
	16 For your power, O Lord, is not in numbers, nor is your will with the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the arrogant been pleasing to you. But the pleas of the humble and the meek have always pleased you.
	17 O God of the heavens, Creator of the waters, and Lord of all creation, heed me, a miserable thing, pleading you and depending on your mercy.
	18 Remember, O Lord, your covenant, and put your words in my mouth, and reinforce the plan in my heart, so that your house may continue with your sanctification,
	19 and so that all the nations may acknowledge that you are God, and there is no other beside you.”