Livro de Judite 12

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1 Mandou então que a introduzissem onde estavam os seus tesouros, ordenando-lhe que ficasse ali, e regulou o que se lhe devia dar de sua mesa.	1 Then he ordered her to enter where his valuables were stored, and he ordered her wait there, and he appointed what should be given to her from his own feast.
2 Judite respondeu-lhe: Não posso agora comer do que me mandaste servir, para não cometer infração (contra a Lei); comerei do que trouxe comigo.	2 And Judith responded to him, and she said: “Now, I am not able to eat from these things which you instructed to be allotted to me, lest an offense come upon me. But I will eat from that which I have brought.”
3 Holofernes disse-lhe: E quando acabarem as provisões que trouxeste contigo, que poderemos fazer por ti?	3 And Holofernes said to her, “If these things that you have brought with you should fail you, what shall we do for you?”
4 Por tua vida; meu senhor, replicou Judite, juro que tua serva não gastará todas estas coisas, sem que Deus realize pela minha mão o que resolvi fazer. Os escravos de Holofernes introduziram-na então na tenda que ele tinha designado.	4 And Judith said, “As your soul lives, my lord, your maidservant will not expend all these things, until God accomplishes by my hand what I have in mind.” And his servants led her into the tabernacle, as he instructed.
5 Aí entrando, Judite pediu que lhe fosse permitido sair à noite e antes do amanhecer, para fazer suas devoções e orar ao Senhor.	5 And, as she was entering, she requested that it be permitted to her to go outside at night, before daylight, in order to pray and to petition the Lord.
6 Holofernes ordenou aos seus escravos que a deixassem sair e entrar como quisesse, durante três dias, para adorar o seu Deus.	6 And he instructed his chamberlains that she may exit and enter, just as it may please her, to adore her God, for three days.
7 Cada noite ela saía ao vale de Betúlia e fazia as suas abluções numa fonte.	7 And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and she washed herself in a fountain of water.
8 Ao voltar, rogava ao Senhor Deus de Israel que lhe dirigisse os passos para a libertação do seu povo.	8 And, as she climbed up, she prayed to the Lord God of Israel that he would direct her way, to the liberation of his people.
9 Entrava em seguida na sua tenda, e ali permanecia pura até que tomava a sua refeição pela tarde.	9 And entering, she remained pure in the tabernacle, until she received her own food in the evening.
10 No quarto dia, Holofernes deu um banquete aos seus oficiais. E disse a Vagao, seu eunuco: Vê se persuades a essa judia que consinta espontaneamente em tornar-se minha concubina.	10 And it happened on the fourth day that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and he said to Vagao his eunuch: “Go, and persuade that Hebrew woman to willingly consent to live with me.
11 (Entre os assírios era coisa vergonhosa que uma mulher zombasse de um homem, retirando-se sem se ter dado a ele.)	11 For it is disgraceful among the Assyrians, if a woman mocks a man, acting so as to pass through with immunity from him.”
12 Vagao foi ter com Judite e disse-lhe: Não tema a boa jovem entrar à presença de meu senhor; ser-lhe-ia uma honra comer em sua companhia e beber vinho alegremente.	12 Then Vagao entered toward Judith, and he said, “May she not dread, my good young woman, to enter to my lord, so that she may be honored before his face, so that she may eat with him and drink wine with cheerfulness.”
13 Quem sou eu, respondeu ela, para opor-me ao meu senhor?	13 Judith answered him: “Who am I, that I should contradict my lord?
14 Farei tudo o que parecer bom e melhor aos seus olhos; o que mais lhe agradar, isso será também para mim o melhor durante toda a minha vida.	14 All that will be good and best before his eyes, I will do. Moreover, whatever will please him, to me, that will be what is best, all the days of my life.”
15 Ela levantou-se e, trajada com requinte, apresentou-se diante dele.	15 And she arose and dressed herself with her garments, and entering, she stood before his face.
16 O coração de Holofernes agitou-se, porque ardia de paixão por ela.	16 But the heart of Holofernes was struck. For he was burning with desire for her.
17 Come e bebe alegremente, disse-lhe ele, pois encontraste graça aos meus olhos.	17 And Holofernes said to her, “Drink now, and recline with cheerfulness, for you have found favor before me.”
18 Ao que respondeu Judite: Eu beberei, senhor, porque nunca em minha vida me senti tão engrandecida como hoje.	18 And Judith said, “I will drink, my lord, because my soul has been magnified this day, beyond all my days.”
19 Mas ela tomou e comeu do que a sua serva lhe tinha preparado, e bebeu com ele.	19 And she accepted and ate and drank in his sight what her handmaid had prepared for her.
20 Holofernes alegrou-se grandemente por tê-la junto dele, e bebeu vinho como nunca tinha bebido.	20 And Holofernes became pleased with her, and he drank very much wine, more than he had ever drunk in his life.