ΙΟΥΔΙΘ 3
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)Original language
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀγγέλους λόγοις εἰρηνικοῖς, λέγοντες,
1Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said:
2ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς οἱ παῖδες Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως μεγάλου παρακείμεθα ἐνώπιόν σου, χρῆσαι ἡμῖν καθὼς ἀρεστόν ἐστι τῷ προσώπῳ σου.
2Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery.
3Ἰδοὺ αἱ ἐπαύλεις ἡμῶν, καὶ πᾶν πεδίον πυρῶν, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια καὶ τὰ βουκόλια, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ μάνδραι τῶν σκηνῶν ἡμῶν παράκεινται πρὸ προσώπου σου· χρῆσαι καθʼ ὃ ἂν ἀρέσκῃ σοι.
3All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of cheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:
4Ἰδοὺ καὶ αἱ πόλεις ἡμῶν, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐταῖς δοῦλοί σου εἰσίν· ἐλθὼν ἀπάντησον αὐταῖς ὡς ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου.
4Let all we have be subject to thy law.
5Καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ ἄνδρες πρὸς Ὀλοφέρνην, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα.
5Both we and our children are thy servants.
6Καὶ κατέβη ἐπὶ τὴν παραλίαν αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφρούρησε τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὑψηλάς· καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτῶν εἰς συμμαχίαν ἄνδρας ἐπιλέκτους.
6Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee.
7Καὶ ἐδέξαντο αὐτὸν αὐτοὶ, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος αὐτῶν μετὰ στεφάνων καὶ χορῶν καὶ τυμπάνων.
7Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land.
8Καὶ κατέσκαψε πάντα τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐξέκοψε· καὶ ἦν δεδογμένον αὐτῷ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι πάντας τοὺς θεοὺς τῆς γῆς, ὅπως αὐτῷ μόνῳ τῷ Ναβουχοδονόσορ λατρεύσωσι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ γλῶσσαι καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπικαλέσωνται αὐτὸν εἰς θεόν.
8And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.
9Καὶ ἦλθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Ἐσδρηλὼν πλησίον τῆς Δωταίας, ἥ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι τοῦ πρίονος τοῦ μεγάλου τῆς Ἰουδαίας.
9And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming.
10Καὶ κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἀναμέσον Γαιβαὶ καὶ Σκυθῶν πόλεως, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ μῆνα ἡμερῶν εἰς τὸ συλλέξαι πᾶσαν τὴν ἀπαρτίαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.
10And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and tumbrels, and flutes.
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11And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
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12For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves.
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13For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.
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14And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,
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15And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united.
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