Iudith 9

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Quibus ascendentibus, Judith ingressa est oratorium suum : et induens se cilicio, posuit cinerem super caput suum : et prosternens se Domino, clamabat ad Dominum, dicens :	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, qui dedisti illi gladium in defensionem alienigenarum, qui violatores extiterunt in coinquinatione sua, et denudaverunt femur virginis in confusionem :	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 et dedisti mulieres illorum in prædam, et filias illorum in captivitatem : et omnem prædam in divisionem servis tuis, qui zelaverunt zelum tuum : subveni, quæso te, Domine Deus meus, mihi viduæ.	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 Tu enim fecisti priora, et illa post illa cogitasti : et hoc factum est quod ipse voluisti.	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 Omnes enim viæ tuæ paratæ sunt, et tua judicia in tua providentia posuisti.	5 For all your ways have been prepared, and you have placed your judgments within your providence.
6 Respice castra Assyriorum nunc, sicut tunc castra Ægyptiorum videre dignatus es, quando post servos tuos armati currebant, confidentes in quadrigis, et in equitatu suo, et in multitudine bellatorum.	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 Sed aspexisti super castra eorum, et tenebræ fatigaverunt eos.	7 But you gazed upon their camp, and darkness wearied them.
8 Tenuit pedes eorum abyssus, et aquæ operuerunt eos.	8 The abyss took hold of their feet, and the waters covered them.
9 Sic fiant et isti, Domine, qui confidunt in multitudine sua, et in curribus suis, et in contis, et in scutis, et in sagittis suis, et in lanceis gloriantur,	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 et nesciunt quia tu ipse es Deus noster, qui conteris bella ab initio, et Dominus nomen est tibi.	10 And they do not know that you are our God, who crushes wars from the beginning, and the Lord is your name.
11 Erige brachium tuum sicut ab initio, et allide virtutem illorum in virtute tua : cadat virtus eorum in iracundia tua, qui promittunt se violare sancta tua, et polluere tabernaculum nominis tui, et dejicere gladio suo cornu altaris tui.	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 Fac, Domine, ut gladio proprio ejus superbia amputetur :	12 Act, O Lord, so that his arrogance may be cut off with his own sword.
13 capiatur laqueo oculorum suorum in me, et percuties eum ex labiis caritatis meæ.	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 Da mihi in animo constantiam ut contemnam illum, et virtutem, ut evertam illum.	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 Erit enim hoc memoriale nominis tui, cum manus feminæ dejecerit eum.	15 For this will be a memorial to your name, when he will be overthrown by the hand of a woman.
16 Non enim in multitudine est virtus tua, Domine, neque in equorum viribus voluntas tua est, nec superbi ab initio placuerunt tibi : sed humilium et mansuetorum semper tibi placuit deprecatio.	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 Deus cælorum, creator aquarum, et Dominus totius creaturæ, exaudi me miseram deprecantem, et de tua misericordia præsumentem.	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 Memento, Domine, testamenti tui, et da verbum in ore meo, et in corde meo consilium corrobora, ut domus tua in sanctificatione tua permaneat :	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 et omnes gentes agnoscant quia tu es Deus, et non est alius præter te.	19 and so that all the nations may acknowledge that you are God, and there is no other beside you.”