Judite 3
Bíblia Portuguesa Mundial (Brazilian Portuguese)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Eles enviaram a Holofernes mensageiros com palavras de paz, dizendo:
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:
2“Nós, servos do grande rei Nabucodonosor, nos prostramos diante de você. Faça conosco o que lhe parecer bom.
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.
3Nossas casas, toda a nossa terra, todos os nossos campos de trigo, nossos rebanhos e manadas e todos os apriscos de nossas tendas estão diante de você. Use-os como lhe agradar.
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:
4Nossas cidades e seus habitantes também são seus servos. Venha e faça com eles o que lhe parecer bom.”
4Let all we have be subject to thy law.
5Os homens foram até Holofernes e lhe transmitiram essas palavras.
5Both we and our children are thy servants.
6Então ele desceu com seu exército em direção ao litoral, estabeleceu guarnições nas cidades fortificadas e escolheu dentre seus habitantes homens para servirem como aliados.
6Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee.
7Eles e toda a região ao redor o receberam com coroas de flores, danças e tamborins.
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.
8Mas ele destruiu todos os santuários deles e derrubou seus bosques sagrados. Havia recebido a missão de destruir todos os deuses da terra, para que todas as nações adorassem somente Nabucodonosor e para que todos os povos e tribos o invocassem como deus.
8And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.
9Depois veio em direção a Esdrelom, perto de Doteia, que fica diante da grande serra da Judeia.
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.
10Acampou entre Geba e Citópolis. Permaneceu ali um mês inteiro, para reunir toda a bagagem de seu exército.
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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