Judite 13
Bíblia Portuguesa Mundial (Brazilian Portuguese)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Quando chegou a noite, os servos de Holofernes se apressaram em sair. Bagoas fechou a tenda pelo lado de fora e dispensou os que serviam diante de seu senhor. Todos foram para suas camas, pois estavam cansados porque o banquete havia se prolongado.
1And when it was grown late, his servants made haste to their lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way.
2Judite ficou sozinha na tenda com Holofernes, que estava caído sobre a cama, embriagado de vinho.
2And they were all overcharged with wine.
3Judite havia dito à sua serva que permanecesse do lado de fora do quarto e esperasse que ela saísse, como fazia todos os dias, pois havia dito que sairia para orar. Também havia falado a Bagoas da mesma maneira.
3And Judith was alone in the chamber.
4Todos se retiraram da presença dela, e ninguém, pequeno ou grande, ficou no quarto. Judite, em pé junto à cama de Holofernes, disse em seu coração: “Ó Senhor, Deus de todo poder, olha nesta hora para a obra de minhas mãos, para a exaltação de Jerusalém.
4But Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, being exceedingly drunk.
5Pois este é o momento de ajudar tua herança e de realizar aquilo que planejei para destruir os inimigos que se levantaram contra nós.”
5And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber, and to watch:
6Ela foi até a coluna da cama que ficava junto à cabeça de Holofernes e tirou dali a espada dele.
6And Judith stood before the bed praying with tears, and the motion of her lips in silence,
7Aproximou-se da cama, agarrou-o pelos cabelos e disse: “Fortalece-me hoje, ó Senhor, Deus de Israel.”
7Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee.
8Então golpeou o pescoço dele duas vezes com toda a sua força e cortou-lhe a cabeça.
8And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his bed’s head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it.
9Fez o corpo dele rolar da cama e tirou o dossel das colunas. Pouco depois saiu e entregou a cabeça de Holofernes à sua serva,
9And when she had drawn it out, she took him by the hair of his head, and said: Strengthen me, O Lord God, at this hour.
10que a colocou na sacola de alimentos. As duas saíram juntas para orar, conforme seu costume. Atravessaram o acampamento, contornaram o vale, subiram a montanha de Betúlia e chegaram aos portões da cidade.
10And she struck twice upon his neck, and out off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body.
11De longe, Judite disse aos guardas dos portões: “Abram! Abram o portão agora! Deus está conosco, o nosso Deus, para manifestar ainda seu poder em Israel e sua força contra o inimigo, como fez neste dia.”
11And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet.
12Quando os homens da cidade ouviram a voz dela, correram para descer ao portão da cidade e convocaram os anciãos.
12And they two went out according to their custom, as it were to prayer, and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, they came to the gate of the city.
13Todos correram juntos, pequenos e grandes, pois lhes parecia inacreditável que ela tivesse voltado. Abriram o portão, receberam as duas, acenderam uma fogueira para iluminar e as cercaram.
13And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel.
14Judite lhes disse em alta voz: “Louvem a Deus! Louvem-no! Louvem a Deus, que não retirou sua misericórdia da casa de Israel, mas nesta noite destruiu nossos inimigos por minha mão!”
14And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they called the ancients of the city.
15Então tirou a cabeça da sacola, mostrou-a e disse: “Vejam! Esta é a cabeça de Holofernes, comandante-chefe do exército de Assur, e este é o dossel sob o qual ele estava deitado em sua embriaguez. O Senhor o feriu pela mão de uma mulher.
15And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come.
16Tão certo como vive o Senhor, que me protegeu no caminho por onde andei, minha aparência o enganou para sua destruição; mas ele não cometeu pecado comigo, nem me profanou ou desonrou.”
16And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace,
17Todo o povo ficou extremamente admirado, prostrou-se, adorou a Deus e disse em uníssono: “Bendito és tu, ó nosso Deus, que neste dia humilhaste os inimigos de teu povo.”
17Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him.
18Ozias lhe disse: “Bendita seja você, filha, diante do Deus Altíssimo, mais do que todas as mulheres sobre a terra; e bendito seja o Senhor Deus, que criou os céus e a terra e a conduziu para cortar a cabeça do chefe de nossos inimigos.
18And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night.
19A esperança que você demonstrou jamais desaparecerá do coração dos que se lembrarem para sempre do poder de Deus.
19Then she brought forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet, and shewed it them, saying: Behold the head of Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, and behold his canopy, wherein he lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God slew him by the hand of a woman.
20Que Deus transforme tudo isso em louvor eterno para você e a visite com coisas boas, porque você não poupou a própria vida diante da aflição de nosso povo, mas impediu nossa ruína, andando em retidão diante de nosso Deus.” E todo o povo disse: “Amém! Amém!”
20But as the same Lord liveth, his angel hath been my keeper both going hence, and abiding there, and returning from thence hither: and the Lord hath not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled, but hath brought me back to you without pollution of sin, rejoicing for his victory, for my escape, and for your deliverance.
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21Give all of you glory to him, because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.
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22And they all adored the Lord, and said to her: The Lord hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought.
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23And Ozias the prince of the people of Israel, said to her: Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth.
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24Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies.
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25Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God.
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26And all the people said: So be it, so be it.
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27And Achior being called for came, and Judith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night by my hand.
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28And that thou mayst find that it is so, behold the head of Holofernes, who in the contempt of his pride despised the God of Israel: and threatened thee with death, saying: When the people of Israel shall be taken, I will command thy sides to be pierced with a sword.
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29Then Achior seeing the head of Holofernes, being seized with a great fear he fell on his face upon the earth, and his soul swooned away.
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30But after he had recovered his spirits he fell down at her feet, and reverenced her and said:
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31Blessed art thou by thy God in every tabernacle of Jacob, for in every nation which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified on occasion of thee.
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