Iudith 11

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Tunc Holofernes dixit ei : Æquo animo esto, et noli pavere in corde tuo : quoniam ego numquam nocui viro qui voluit servire Nabuchodonosor regi :	1 Then Holofernes said to her: “Be steadfast in soul, and do not be terrified in your heart. For I have never harmed a man who was willing to serve king Nebuchadnezzar.
2 populus autem tuus, si non contempsisset me, non levassem lanceam meam super eum.	2 But if your people had not despised me, I would not have lifted up my lance over them.
3 Nunc autem dic mihi, qua ex causa recessisti ab illis, et placuit tibi ut venires ad nos ?	3 But now, tell me, for what reason have you withdrawn from them, and why has it pleased you to come to us?”
4 Et dixit illi Judith : Sume verba ancillæ tuæ, quoniam si secutus fueris verba ancillæ tuæ, perfectam rem faciet Dominus tecum.	4 And Judith said to him: “Receive the words of your maidservant. For, if you will follow the words of your maidservant, the Lord will accomplish an excellent thing by you.
5 Vivit enim Nabuchodonosor rex terræ, et vivit virtus ejus, quæ est in te ad correptionem omnium animarum errantium : quoniam non solum homines serviunt illi per te, sed et bestiæ agri obtemperant illi.	5 For, as Nebuchadnezzar the king of the earth lives, and as his power lives, which is with you for the chastising of all straying souls: not only men serve him through you, but also the beasts of the field are submissive to him.
6 Nuntiatur enim animi tui industria universis gentibus, et indicatum est omni sæculo quoniam tu solus bonus et potens es in omni regno ejus : et disciplina tua omnibus provinciis prædicatur.	6 For the diligence of your mind is being reported to all nations, and it has been revealed to all of this age that you alone are good and powerful in all his kingdom, and your discipline is being announced beforehand in all the provinces.
7 Nec hoc latet, quod locutus est Achior, nec illud ignoratur, quod ei jusseris evenire.	7 This is not hidden, what Achior has said, nor are we ignorant of what you have ordered to befall him.
8 Constat enim Deum nostrum sic peccatis offensum, ut mandaverit per prophetas suos ad populum quod tradat eum pro peccatis suis.	8 For it is agreed that our God is so offended with sins that he has commanded, through his prophets to the people, that he will deliver them up for their sins.
9 Et quoniam sciunt se offendisse Deum suum filii Israël, tremor tuus super ipsos est.	9 And since the sons of Israel know that they have offended their God, your trembling is upon them.
10 Insuper etiam fames invasit eos, et ab ariditate aquæ jam inter mortuos computantur.	10 Moreover, now also a famine has assailed them, and, by drought of water, they are already counted among the dead.
11 Denique hoc ordinant, ut interficient pecora sua, et bibant sanguinem eorum :	11 And finally, they have a plan to put to death their herds, and to drink their blood.
12 et sancta Domini Dei sui, quæ præcepit Deus non contingi, in frumento, vino, et oleo, hæc cogitaverunt impendere, et volunt consumere quæ nec manibus deberent contingere : ergo quoniam hæc faciunt, certum est quod in perditionem dabuntur.	12 And the sacred things of the Lord their God, which God instructed them not to touch, among the grain, wine, and oil, these they have decided to expend, and they are willing to consume the things that they ought not to touch with their hands. Therefore, because they do these things, it is certain that they will be given over to perdition.
13 Quod ego ancilla tua cognoscens, fugi ab illis, et misit me Dominus hæc ipsa nuntiare tibi.	13 And I, your maidservant, knowing this, have fled from them, and the Lord has sent me to report to you these same things.
14 Ego enim ancilla tua Deum colo, etiam nunc apud te : et exiet ancilla tua, et orabo Deum,	14 For I, your maidservant, worship God even now that I am with you, and your maidservant will go out, and I will pray to God.
15 et dicet mihi quando eis reddat peccatum suum, et veniens nuntiabo tibi, ita ut ego adducam te per mediam Jerusalem, et habebis omnem populum Israël, sicut oves quibus non est pastor, et non latrabit vel unus canis contra te :	15 And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will return and announce it to you, so that I may bring you through the midst of Jerusalem, and you will hold all the people of Israel, like sheep that have no shepherd, and there will not be so much as one dog that barks against you.
16 quoniam hæc mihi dicta sunt per providentiam Dei,	16 For these things have been told to me through the providence of God.
17 et quoniam iratus est illis Deus, hæc ipsa missa sum nuntiare tibi.	17 And because God has been angry with them, I have been sent to report these same things to you.”
18 Placuerunt autem omnia verba hæc coram Holoferne, et coram pueris ejus, et mirabantur sapientiam ejus, et dicebant alter ad alterum :	18 And so, all these words were pleasing before Holofernes, and before his servants, and they wondered at her wisdom, and they said to one another:
19 Non est talis mulier super terram in aspectu, in pulchritudine, et in sensu verborum.	19 “There is not another woman so great upon the earth: in appearance, in beauty, and in charming words.”
20 Et dixit ad illam Holofernes : Benefecit Deus, qui misit te ante populum, ut des illum tu in manibus nostris :	20 And Holofernes said to her: “God has done well, who sent you ahead of the people, so that you may give them into our hands.
21 et quoniam bona est promissio tua, si fecerit mihi hoc Deus tuus, erit et Deus meus, et tu in domo Nabuchodonosor magna eris, et nomen tuum nominabitur in universa terra.	21 And if your promise is good, if your God will do this for me, he will also be my God, and you will be great in the house of Nebuchadnezzar, and your name will be renowned through all the earth.”