Judith 3

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	BIBLIA
1 Then the kings as well as the princes of the provinces sent their emissaries from all of the cities: from Syria, particularly Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya as well as Cilicia. These, upon coming to Holofernes, said:	1 Entonces le enviaron mensajeros para decirle en son de paz:
2 “Let your indignation concerning us cease. For it is better for us to live in service to Nebuchadnezzar, the great king, and to become subject to you, rather than to die, even though we may have to suffer our condemnation into the annihilation of slavery.	2 «Nosotros, siervos del gran rey Nabucodonosor, nos postramos ante ti. Trátanos como mejor te parezca.
3 All our cities and all our possessions, all mountains, and hills, and fields, and herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our resources and families are in your sight.	3 Nuestras granjas y todo nuestro territorio, nuestros campos de trigo, los rebaños de ovejas y bueyes, todas las majadas de nuestros campamentos, están a tu disposición. Haz con ellos lo que quieras.
4 Let all that we have be subject to your law.	4 También nuestras ciudades y los que las habitan son siervos tuyos. Ven, dirígete a ellas y haz lo que te parezca bien».
5 We, and our sons, are your servants.	5 Los enviados se presentaron ante Holofernes y le comunicaron estas palabras.
6 Come to us as a peaceful lord, and use our service, just as it pleases you.”	6 Entonces él bajó con todo su ejército al litoral, puso guarniciones en las ciudades altas, y les tomó los mejores hombres en calidad de tropas auxiliares.
7 Then he descended from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and he took charge of every city and of every inhabitant of the land.	7 Los habitantes de las ciudades y todos los de los contornos salieron a recibirle con coronas y danzando al son de tambores.
8 And, from all the cities, he took for himself auxiliaries: strong men and well-chosen for war.	8 El saqueó sus santuarios y taló sus bosques sagrados, pues había recibido la orden de destruir todas las divinidades del país para que todas las gentes adorasen únicamente a Nabucodonosor y todas las lenguas y todas las tribus le proclamasen dios.
9 And such a dread lay upon those provinces, that the leading and honored inhabitants of all the cities, together with the people, went out to meet him at his arrival.	9 Llegó después frente a Esdrelón, junto a Dotán, que está ante la gran sierra montañosa de Judea,
10 They received him with garlands and lamps; they were led by choirs with timbrels and flutes.	10 acamparon entre Gueba y Escitópolis y se detuvo allí un mes, haciendo acopio de provisiones para su ejército.
11 Yet, not even by doing these things were they able to mitigate the ferocity of his chest.
12 For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their sacred groves.
13 For king Nebuchadnezzar had instructed him to exterminate all the gods of the earth, evidently so that he alone might be called ‘god’ by those nations which were able to be subjugated by the power of Holofernes.
14 But when he had passed through Syria Sobal, and all of Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans in the land of Gibeah.
15 And he took their cities, and he sat there for thirty days, during which days he instructed all the troops of his army to regroup.