Livro de Judite 14

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Então Judite disse a todo o povo: Ouvi-me, irmãos, pendurai esta cabeça no alto de nossas muralhas.	1 And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls.
2 Quando o sol se levantar, tome cada um as suas armas e saí com ímpeto, não para descerdes simplesmente (até o vale), mas como para atacá-los.	2 And as soon as the sun shall rise, let every man take his arms, and rush ye out, not as going down beneath, but as making an assault.
3 Será necessário que as sentinelas corram a acordar o seu general para o combate.	3 Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the battle.
4 Quando os seus chefes tiverem corrido à tenda de Holofernes e o encontrarem decapitado, jazendo no seu próprio sangue, serão tomados de pavor.	4 And when the captains of them shall run to the tent of Holofernes, and shall find him without his head wallowing in his blood, fear shall fall upon them.
5 E quando os virdes fugir, persegui-os destemidamente, porque o Senhor os esmagará sob os vossos pés.	5 And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them securely, for the Lord will destroy them under your feet.
6 Então Aquior, vendo o poder que manifestara o Deus de Israel, abandonou o culto pagão, creu em Deus, circuncidou-se e foi incorporado ao povo de Israel, assim como toda a sua descendência até o dia de hoje.	6 Then Achior seeing the power that the God of Israel had wrought, leaving the religion of the gentiles, he believed God, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the people of Israel, with all the succession of his kindred until this present day.
7 Logo que raiou o dia, penduraram nas muralhas a cabeça de Holofernes, cada um tomou as suas armas e saíram fazendo um grande alarido e soltando gritos agudos.	7 And immediately at break of day, they hung up the head of Holofernes upon the walls, and every man took his arms, and they sent out with a great noise and shouting.
8 Vendo isto, correram as sentinelas à tenda de Holofernes.	8 And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes.
9 Os que estavam na tenda vieram (ver) e fizeram grande barulho à porta do quarto para o despertar, e aumentavam cada vez mais o tumulto para que Holofernes acordasse com o ruído, sem que houvesse necessidade (de entrar) para o acordar.	9 And they that were in the tent came, and made a noise before the door of the chamber to awake him, endeavoring by art to break his rest, that Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him, but by their noise.
10 Porque ninguém ousava bater na porta nem entrar no quarto do marechal dos assírios.	10 For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the general of the Assyrians.
11 Mas chegando os generais com os tribunos e com todos os oficiais do exército do rei dos assírios, ordenaram aos camareiros:	11 But when his captains and tribunes were come, and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains
12 Entrai e despertai-o, porque os ratos saíram de seus buracos e se atrevem a nos provocar ao combate.	12 Go in, and awake him, for the mice coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.
13 Então Vagao, entrando no quarto, parou diante da cortina e bateu com as mãos, porque supunha que ele dormia com Judite.	13 Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith.
14 Aplicando, porém, os ouvidos e não percebendo movimento algum de um homem que dorme, aproximou- se da cortina e a levantou. À vista do cadáver de Holofernes decapitado, que jazia por terra num charco de sangue, soltou um forte grito, rompeu em lágrimas e rasgou as suas vestes.	14 But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, sweltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments.
15 Entrou então na tenda de Judite e não a encontrou. Correu para fora e disse ao povo:	15 And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people,
16 Uma judia pôs a confusão na casa do rei Nabucodonosor: Holofernes jaz ali caído por terra, e a sua cabeça não está com o corpo!	16 And said: One Hebrew woman hath made confusion in the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for behold Holofernes lieth upon the ground, and his head is not upon him.
17 Ouvindo estas palavras, todos os oficiais do exército assírio rasgaram suas vestes, um terror e um espanto extremos os invadiram, e os seus espíritos ficaram completamente desorientados, e um clamor indescritível levantou-se do acampamento.	17 Now when the chiefs of the army of the Assyrians had heard this, they all rent their garments, and an intolerable fear and dread fell upon them, and their minds were troubled exceedingly.
	18 And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp.