Iudith 12
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Tunc jussit eam introire ubi repositi erant thesauri ejus, et jussit illic manere eam, et constituit quid daretur illi de convivio suo.
1Then he ordered that she should go in where his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry there, and he appointed what should be given her from his own table.
2Cui respondit Judith, et dixit: Nunc non potero manducare ex his quæ mihi præcipis tribui, ne veniat super me offensio: ex his autem quæ mihi detuli, manducabo.
2And Judith answered him and said: Now I cannot eat of these things which thou commandest to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will eat of the things which I have brought.
3Cui Holofernes ait: Si defecerint tibi ista, quæ tecum detulisti, quid faciemus tibi?
3And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee?
4Et dixit Judith: Vivit anima tua, domine meus, quoniam non expendet omnia hæc ancilla tua, donec faciat Deus in manu mea hæc quæ cogitavi. Et induxerunt illam servi ejus in tabernaculum quod præceperat.
4And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till God do by my hand that which I have purposed. And his servants brought her into the tent which he had commanded.
5Et petiit dum introiret, ut daretur ei copia nocte et ante lucem egrediendi foras ad orationem, et deprecandi Dominum.
5And when she was going in, she desired that she might have liberty to go out at night and before day to prayer, and to beseech the Lord.
6Et præcepit cubiculariis suis ut sicut placeret illi, exiret et introiret ad adorandum Deum suum per triduum:
6And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.
7et exibat noctibus in vallem Bethuliæ, et baptizabat se in fonte aquæ.
7And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water.
8Et ut ascendebat, orabat Dominum Deum Israël ut dirigeret viam ejus ad liberationem populi sui.
8And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people.
9Et introiens, munda manebat in tabernaculo usque dum acciperet escam suam in vespere.
9And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her own meat in the evening.
10Et factum est, in quarto die Holofernes fecit cœnam servis suis, et dixit ad Vagao eunuchum suum: Vade, et suade Hebræam illam ut sponte consentiat habitare mecum.
10And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and said to Vagao his eunuch: Go, and persuade that Hebrew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me.
11Fœdum est enim apud Assyrios, si femina irrideat virum agendo ut immunis ab eo transeat.
11For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.
12Tunc introivit Vagao ad Judith, et dixit: Non vereatur bona puella introire ad dominum meum, ut honorificetur ante faciem ejus, ut manducet cum eo, et bibat vinum in jucunditate.
12Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.
13Cui Judith respondit: Quæ ego sum, ut contradicam domino meo?
13And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?
14omne quod erit ante oculos ejus bonum et optimum, faciam. Quidquid autem illi placuerit, hoc mihi erit optimum omnibus diebus vitæ meæ.
14All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life.
15Et surrexit, et ornavit se vestimento suo, et ingressa stetit ante faciem ejus.
15And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and going in she stood before his face.
16Cor autem Holofernes concussum est: erat enim ardens in concupiscentia ejus.
16And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her.
17Et dixit ad eam Holofernes: Bibe nunc, et accumbe in jucunditate, quoniam invenisti gratiam coram me.
17And Holofernes said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry for thou hast found favour before me.
18Et dixit Judith: Bibam, domine, quoniam magnificata est anima mea hodie præ omnibus diebus meis.
18And Judith said: I will drink my lord, because my life is magnified this day above all my days.
19Et accepit, et manducavit et bibit coram ipso ea quæ paraverat illi ancilla ejus.
19And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared for her.
20Et jucundus factus est Holofernes ad eam, bibitque vinum multum nimis, quantum numquam biberat in vita sua.
20And Holofernes was made merry on her occasion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life.
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