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+Title: The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 18: Judith
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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS, BOOK 18***
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+This eBook was produced by David Widger
+from etext #1581 prepared by Dennis McCarthy, Atlanta, Georgia
+and Tad Book, student, Pontifical North American College, Rome.
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+THE HOLY BIBLE
+
+
+
+
+Translated from the Latin Vulgate
+
+
+Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,
+and Other Editions in Divers Languages
+
+
+THE OLD TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Douay
+A.D. 1609 & 1610
+
+and
+
+THE NEW TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Rheims
+A.D. 1582
+
+
+With Annotations
+
+
+The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with
+the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner
+A.D. 1749-1752
+
+
+
+
+
+THE BOOK OF JUDITH
+
+The sacred writer of this Book is generally believed to be the high
+priest Eliachim (called also Joachim). The transactions herein related,
+most probably happened in his days, and in the reign of Manasses, after
+his repentance and return from captivity. It takes its name from that
+illustrious woman, by whose virtue and fortitude, and armed with prayer,
+the children of Israel were preserved from the destruction threatened
+them by Holofernes and his great army. It finishes with her canticle of
+thanksgiving to God.
+
+
+Judith Chapter 1
+
+Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians overcometh Arphaxad king of the
+Medes.
+
+1:1. Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his
+dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,
+
+Arphaxad... He was probably the same as is called Dejoces by Herodotus;
+to whom he attributes the building of Ecbatana, the capital city of
+Media.
+
+1:2. Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy
+cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, and the towers thereof he made a
+hundred cubits high. But on the square of them, each side was extended
+the space of twenty feet.
+
+1:3. And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the
+towers:
+
+1:4. And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the
+glory of his chariots.
+
+1:5. Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor king of the
+Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad
+and overcame him,
+
+Nabuchodonosor... Not the king of Babylon, who took and destroyed
+Jerusalem, but another of the same name, who reigned in Ninive: and is
+called by profane historians Saosduchin. He succeeded Asarhaddan in the
+kingdom of the Assyrians, and was contemporary with Manasses king of
+Juda.
+
+1:6. In the great plain which is called Ragua, about the Euphrates, and
+the Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of Erioch the king of the
+Elicians.
+
+1:7. Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor exalted, and his heart was
+elevated: and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, and
+Libanus,
+
+1:8. And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and to the
+inhabitants of Galilee in the great plain of Asdrelon,
+
+1:9. And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even
+to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of
+Ethiopia.
+
+1:10. To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, sent
+messengers:
+
+1:11. But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and
+rejected them without honour.
+
+1:12. Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore
+by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those
+countries.
+
+Judith Chapter 2
+
+Nabuchodonosor sendeth Holofernes to waste the countries of the west.
+
+2:1. In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and
+twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of
+Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself.
+
+2:2. And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his
+officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel:
+
+2:3. And he said that his thoughts were to bring all the earth under his
+empire.
+
+2:4. And when this saying pleased them all, Nabuchodonosor, the king,
+called Holofernes the general of his armies,
+
+2:5. And said to him: Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and
+against them especially that despised my commandment.
+
+2:6. Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom, and all the strong cities thou
+shalt bring under my yoke.
+
+2:7. Then Holofernes called the captains, and officers of the power of
+the Assyrians: and he mustered men for the expedition, and the king
+commanded him, a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men on foot, and
+twelve thousand archers, horsemen.
+
+2:8. And he made all his warlike preparations to go before with a
+multitude of innumerable camels, with all provisions sufficient for the
+armies in abundance, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, without
+number.
+
+2:9. He appointed corn to be prepared out of all Syria in his passage.
+
+2:10. But gold and silver he took out of the king's house in great
+abundance.
+
+2:11. And he went forth he and all the army, with the chariots, and
+horsemen, and archers, who covered the face of the earth, like locusts.
+
+2:12. And when he had passed through the borders of the Assyrians, he
+came to the great mountains of Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia:
+and he went up to all their castles, and took all the strong places.
+
+2:13. And he took by assault the renowned city of Melothus, and pillaged
+all the children of Tharsis, and the children of Ismahel, who were over
+against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon.
+
+2:14. And he passed over the Euphrates and came into Mesopotamia: and he
+forced all the stately cities that were there, from the torrent of
+Mambre, till one comes to the sea:
+
+2:15. And he took the borders thereof, from Cilicia to the coasts of
+Japheth, which are towards the south.
+
+2:16. And he carried away all the children of Madian, and stripped them
+of all their riches, and all that resisted him he slew with the edge of
+the sword.
+
+2:17. And after these things he went down into the plains of Damascus in
+the days of the harvest, and he set all the corn on fire, and he caused
+all the trees and vineyards to be cut down.
+
+2:18. And the fear of them fell upon all the inhabitants of the land.
+
+Judith Chapter 3
+
+Many submit themselves to Holofernes. He destroyeth their cities, and
+their gods, that Nabuchodonosor only might be called God.
+
+3:1. Then 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:
+
+3:2. Let 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.
+
+3:3. All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and
+fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and goats, and horses,
+and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:
+
+3:4. Let all we have be subject to thy law,
+
+3:5. Both we and our children are thy servants.
+
+3:6. Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please
+thee,
+
+3:7. Then 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.
+
+3:8. And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen
+for war,
+
+3:9. And 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.
+
+3:10. And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and
+timbrels, and flutes.
+
+3:11. And though they did these things, they could not for all that
+mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
+
+3:12. For he both destroyed their cities, and cut down their groves.
+
+3:13. For 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.
+
+3:14. And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea,
+and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,
+
+3:15. And 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.
+
+Judith Chapter 4
+
+The children of Israel prepare themselves to resist Holofernes. They cry
+to the Lord for help.
+
+4:1. Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing
+these things, were exceedingly afraid of him.
+
+4:2. Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the
+same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to
+other cities and their temples.
+
+4:3. And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and
+seized upon all the tops of the mountains:
+
+4:4. And they compassed their towns with walls and gathered together
+corn for provision for war.
+
+4:5. And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against
+Esdrelon, which faceth the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom
+there might be a passage of way, that they should take possession of the
+ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem,
+and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains.
+
+4:6. And the children of Israel did as the priests of the Lord Eliachim
+had appointed them.
+
+4:7. And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and
+they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their
+wives.
+
+4:8. And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little
+children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar
+of the Lord they covered with haircloth.
+
+4:9. And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that
+their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off,
+and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that
+they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles.
+
+4:10. Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel
+and spoke to them,
+
+4:11. Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you
+continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the
+Lord.
+
+4:12. Remember Moses the servant of the Lord overcame Amalec that
+trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in
+his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting
+with the sword, but by holy prayers:
+
+4:13. So all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work
+which you have begun.
+
+4:14. So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the
+Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord.
+
+4:15. So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered
+the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon
+their head.
+
+4:16. And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would
+visit his people Israel.
+
+Judith Chapter 5
+
+Achior gives Holofernes an account of the people of Israel.
+
+5:1. And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the
+Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist,
+and had shut up the ways of the mountains.
+
+5:2. And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation,
+and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Ammon.
+
+5:3. And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the
+mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great:
+also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king
+over their warfare:
+
+5:4. And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us,
+and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?
+
+5:5. Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said;
+If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight
+concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall
+not a false word come out of my mouth.
+
+5:6. This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.
+
+5:7. They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the
+gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.
+
+5:8. Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which
+consisted in the worship of many gods,
+
+5:9. They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to
+depart from thence, and to dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine
+over all the land, they went down into Egypt, and there for four hundred
+years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered.
+
+5:10. And when the king of Egypt oppressed them, and made slaves of them
+to labour in clay and brick, in the building of his cities, they cried
+to their Lord, and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers
+plagues.
+
+5:11. And when the Egyptians had cast them out from them, and the plague
+had ceased from them, and they had a mind to take them again, and bring
+them back to their service,
+
+5:12. The God of heaven opened the sea to them in their flight, so that
+the waters were made to stand firm as a wall on either side, and they
+walked through the bottom of the sea and passed it dry foot.
+
+5:13. And when an innumerable army of the Egyptians pursued after them
+in that place, they were so overwhelmed with the waters, that there was
+not one left, to tell what had happened to posterity.
+
+5:14. After they came out of the Red Sea, they abode in the deserts of
+mount Sina, in which never man could dwell, or son of man rested.
+
+5:15. There bitter fountains were made sweet for them to drink, and for
+forty years they received food from heaven.
+
+5:16. Wheresoever they went in without bow and arrow, and without shield
+and sword, their God fought for them and overcame.
+
+5:17. And there was no one that triumphed over this people, but when
+they departed from the worship of the Lord their God.
+
+5:18. But as often as beside their own God, they worshipped any other,
+they were given to spoil and to the sword, and to reproach.
+
+5:19. And as often as they were penitent for having revolted from the
+worship of their God, the God of heaven gave them power to resist.
+
+5:20. So they overthrew the king of the Chanaanites, and of the
+Jebusites, and of the Pherezites, and of the Hethites, and of the
+Hevites, and of the Amorrhites, and all the mighty ones in Hesebon, and
+they possessed their lands, and their cities:
+
+5:21. And as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God, it was
+well with them: for their God hateth iniquity.
+
+5:22. And even some years ago when they had revolted from the way which
+God had given them to walk therein, they were destroyed in battles by
+many nations and very many of them were led away captive into a strange
+land.
+
+5:23. But of late returning to the Lord their God, from the different
+places wherein they were scattered, they are come together and are gone
+up into all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again, where their
+holies are.
+
+5:24. Now therefore, my lord, search if there be any iniquity of theirs
+in the sight of their God: let us go up to them, because their God will
+surely deliver them to thee, and they shall be brought under the yoke of
+thy power:
+
+5:25. But if there be no offence of this people in the sight of their
+God, we cannot resist them because their God will defend them: and we
+shall be a reproach to the whole earth.
+
+5:26. And it came to pass, when Achior had ceased to speak these words,
+all the great men of Holofernes were angry, and they had a mind to kill
+him, saying to each other:
+
+5:27. Who is this, that saith the children of Israel can resist king
+Nabuchodonosor, and his armies, men unarmed, and without force, and
+without skill in the art of war?
+
+5:28. That Achior therefore may know that he deceiveth us, let us go up
+into the mountains: and when the bravest of them shall be taken, then
+shall he with them be stabbed with the sword,
+
+5:29. That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the
+earth, and besides him there is no other.
+
+Judith Chapter 6
+
+Holofernes in great rage sendeth Achior to Bethulia, there to be slain
+with the Israelites.
+
+6:1. And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that
+Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior:
+
+6:2. Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of
+Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but
+Nabuchodonosor:
+
+6:3. When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt die
+with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall perish
+with thee:
+
+6:4. And thou shalt find that Nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth:
+and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides, and thou
+shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of Israel, and thou shalt
+breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them.
+
+6:5. But if thou think thy prophecy true, let not thy countenance sink,
+and let the paleness that is in thy face, depart from thee, if thou
+imaginest these my words cannot be accomplished.
+
+6:6. And that thou mayst know that thou shalt experience these things
+together with them, behold from this hour thou shalt be associated to
+their people, that when they shall receive the punishment they deserve
+from my sword, thou mayst fall under the same vengeance.
+
+6:7. Then Holofernes commanded his servants to take Achior, and to lead
+him to Bethulia, and to deliver him into the hands of the children of
+Israel.
+
+6:8. And the servants of Holofernes taking him, went through the plains:
+but when they came near the mountains, the slingers came out against
+them.
+
+6:9. Then turning out of the way by the side of the mountain, they tied
+Achior to a tree hand and foot, and so left him bound with ropes, and
+returned to their master.
+
+6:10. And the children of Israel coming down from Bethulia, came to him,
+and loosing him they brought him to Bethulia, and setting him in the
+midst of the people, asked him what was the matter that the Assyrians
+had left him bound.
+
+6:11. In those days the rulers there, were Ozias the son of Micha of the
+tribe of Simeon, and Charmi, called also Gothoniel.
+
+6:12. And Achior related in the midst of the ancients, and in the
+presence of all the people, all that he had said being asked by
+Holofernes: and how the people of Holofernes would have killed him for
+this word,
+
+6:13. And how Holofernes himself being angry had commanded him to be
+delivered for this cause to the Israelites: that when he should overcome
+the children of Israel, then he might command Achior also himself to be
+put to death by diverse torments, for having said: The God of heaven is
+their defender.
+
+6:14. And when Achior had declared all these things, all the people fell
+upon their faces, adoring the Lord, and all of them together mourning
+and weeping poured out their prayers with one accord to the Lord,
+
+6:15. Saying: O Lord God of heaven and earth, behold their pride, and
+look on our low condition, and have regard to the face of thy saints,
+and shew that thou forsakest not them that trust on thee, and that thou
+humblest them that presume of themselves, and glory in their own
+strength.
+
+6:16. So when their weeping was ended, and the people's prayer, in which
+they continued all the day, was concluded, they comforted Achior,
+
+6:17. Saying: The God of our fathers, whose power thou hast set forth,
+will make this return to thee, that thou rather shalt see their
+destruction.
+
+6:18. And when the Lord our God shall give this liberty to his servants,
+let God be with thee also in the midst of us: that as it shall please
+thee, so thou with all thine mayst converse with us.
+
+6:19. Then Ozias, after the assembly was broken up, received him into
+his house, and made him a great supper.
+
+6:20. And all the ancients were invited, and they refreshed themselves
+together after their fast was over.
+
+6:21. And afterwards all the people were called together, and they
+prayed all the night long within the church, desiring help of the God of
+Israel.
+
+The church... That is, the synagogue or place where they met for prayer.
+
+Judith Chapter 7
+
+Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia. The distress of the besieged.
+
+7:1. But Holofernes on the next day gave orders to his army, to go up
+against Bethulia.
+
+7:2. Now there were in his troops a hundred and twenty thousand footmen,
+and two and twenty thousand horsemen, besides the preparations of those
+men who had been taken, and who had been brought away out of the
+provinces and cities of all the youth.
+
+7:3. All these prepared themselves together to fight against the
+children of Israel, and they came by the hillside to the top, which
+looketh toward Dothain, from the place which is called Belma, unto
+Chelmon, which is over against Esdrelon.
+
+7:4. But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them,
+prostrated themselves upon the ground, putting ashes upon their heads,
+praying with one accord, that the God of Israel would shew his mercy
+upon his people.
+
+7:5. And taking their arms of war, they posted themselves at the places,
+which by a narrow pathway lead directly between the mountains, and they
+guarded them all day and night.
+
+7:6. Now Holofernes, in going round about, found that the fountain which
+supplied them with water, ran through an aqueduct without the city on
+the south side: and he commanded their aqueduct to be cut off.
+
+7:7. Nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls, out of
+which they were seen secretly to draw water, to refresh themselves a
+little rather than to drink their fill.
+
+7:8. But the children of Ammon and Moab came to Holofernes, saying: The
+children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows, but
+the mountains are their defence, and the steep hills and precipices
+guard them.
+
+7:9. Wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle, set
+guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them, and thou
+shalt destroy them without sword, or at least being wearied out they
+will yield up their city, which they suppose, because it is situate in
+the mountains, to be impregnable.
+
+7:10. And these words pleased Holofernes, and his officers, and he
+placed all round about a hundred men at every spring.
+
+7:11. And when they had kept this watch for full twenty days, the
+cisterns, and the reserve of waters failed among all the inhabitants of
+Bethulia, so that there was not within the city, enough to satisfy them,
+no not for one day, for water was daily given out to the people by
+measure.
+
+7:12. Then all the men and women, young men, and children, gathering
+themselves together to Ozias, all together with one voice,
+
+7:13. Said: God be judge between us and thee, for thou hast done evil
+against us, in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably with the Assyrians,
+and for this cause God hath sold us into their hands.
+
+7:14. And therefore there is no one to help us, while we are cast down
+before their eyes in thirst, and sad destruction.
+
+7:15. And now assemble ye all that are in the city, that we may of our
+own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of Holofernes.
+
+7:16. For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the
+Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we
+have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes.
+
+7:17. We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our
+fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring
+you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes,
+that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer
+by the drought of thirst.
+
+7:18. And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and
+lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice
+they cried to God, saying:
+
+7:19. We have sinned with our fathers, we have done unjustly, we have
+committed iniquity:
+
+7:20. Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our
+iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in
+thee to a people that knoweth not thee,
+
+7:21. That they may not say among the Gentiles: Where is their God?
+
+7:22. And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these
+weepings, they held their peace,
+
+7:23. Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my
+brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.
+
+7:24. For perhaps he will put a stop to his indignation, and will give
+glory to his own name.
+
+7:25. But if after five days be past there come no aid, we will do the
+things which you have spoken.
+
+Judith Chapter 8
+
+The character of Judith: her discourse to the ancients.
+
+8:1. Now it came to pass, when Judith a widow had heard these words, who
+was the daughter of Merari, the son of Idox, the son of Joseph, the son
+of Ozias, the son of Elai, the son of Jamnor, the son of Gedeon, the son
+of Raphaim, the son of Achitob, the son of Melchias, the son of Enan,
+the son of Nathanias, the son of Salathiel, the son of Simeon, the son
+of Ruben:
+
+Simeon the son of Ruben... In the Greek, it is the son of Israel. For
+Simeon the patriarch, from whom Judith descended, was not the son, but
+the brother of Ruben. It seems more probable that the Simeon and the
+Ruben here mentioned are not the patriarchs: but two of the descendants
+of the patriarch Simeon: and that the genealogy of Judith, recorded in
+this place, is not carried up so high as the patriarchs. No more than
+that of Elcana the father of Samuel, 1 Kings 1.1, and that of king Saul,
+1 Kings 9.1.
+
+8:2. And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley
+harvest:
+
+8:3. For he was standing over them that bound sheaves in the field; and
+the heat came upon his head, and he died in Bethulia his own city, and
+was buried there with his fathers.
+
+8:4. And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months.
+
+8:5. And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her
+house, in which she abode shut up with her maids.
+
+8:6. And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of
+her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the
+house of Israel.
+
+8:7. And she was exceedingly beautiful, and her husband left her great
+riches, and very many servants, and large possessions of herds of oxen,
+and flocks of sheep.
+
+8:8. And she was greatly renowned among all, because she feared the Lord
+very much, neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her.
+
+8:9. When therefore she had heard that Ozias had promised that he would
+deliver up the city after the fifth day, she sent to the ancients Chabri
+and Charmi.
+
+8:10. And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by
+which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if
+within five days there come no aid to us?
+
+8:11. And who are you that tempt the Lord?
+
+8:12. This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may
+stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation.
+
+8:13. You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have
+appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.
+
+8:14. But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this
+same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:
+
+8:15. For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like
+the son of man.
+
+8:16. And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing
+in an humble spirit, in his service:
+
+8:17. Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he
+would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their
+pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.
+
+8:18. For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook
+their God, and worshipped strange gods.
+
+8:19. For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword,
+and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him.
+
+8:20. Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will
+require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble
+all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to
+disgrace.
+
+8:21. And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of
+God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your
+speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they
+might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly.
+
+8:22. They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being
+proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God.
+
+8:23. So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God,
+passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful.
+
+8:24. But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the
+Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring
+against the Lord,
+
+8:25. Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents.
+
+8:26. As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things
+which we suffer.
+
+8:27. But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins
+deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like
+servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for
+our destruction.
+
+8:28. And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All things which thou hast
+spoken are true, and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words.
+
+8:29. Now therefore pray for us, for thou art a holy woman, and one
+fearing God.
+
+8:30. And Judith said to them: As you know that what I have been able to
+say is of God:
+
+8:31. So that which I intend to do prove ye if it be of God, and pray
+that God may strengthen my design.
+
+8:32. You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my
+maidservant: and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord
+may look down upon his people Israel.
+
+8:33. But I desire that you search not into what I am doing, and till I
+bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the Lord
+our God.
+
+8:34. And Ozias the prince of Juda said to her: Go in peace, and the
+Lord be with thee to take revenge of our enemies. So returning they
+departed.
+
+Judith Chapter 9
+
+Judith's prayer, to beg of God to fortify her in her undertaking.
+
+9:1. And when they were gone, Judith went into her oratory: and putting
+on haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and falling down prostrate before
+the Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying:
+
+9:2. Lord God of my father Simeon, who gavest him a sword to execute
+vengeance against strangers, who had defiled by their uncleanness, and
+uncovered the virgin unto confusion:
+
+Gavest him a sword, etc... The justice of God is here praised, in
+punishing by the sword of Simeon the crime of the Sichemites: and not
+the act of Simeon, which was justly condemned by his father, Gen. 49.5.
+Though even with regard to this act, we may distinguish between his zeal
+against the crime committed by the ravishers of his sister, which zeal
+may be considered just: and the manner of his punishing that crime,
+which was irregular and excessive.
+
+9:3. And who gavest their wives to be made a prey, and their daughters
+into captivity: and all their spoils to be divided to the servants, who
+were zealous with thy zeal: assist, I beseech thee, O Lord God, me a
+widow.
+
+9:4. For thou hast done the things of old, and hast devised one thing
+after another: and what thou hast designed hath been done.
+
+9:5. For all thy ways are prepared, and in thy providence thou hast
+placed thy judgments.
+
+9:6. Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, as thou wast pleased to
+look upon the camp of the Egyptians, when they pursued armed after thy
+servants, trusting in their chariots, and in their horsemen, and in a
+multitude of warriors.
+
+9:7. But thou lookedst over their camp, and darkness wearied them.
+
+9:8. The deep held their feet, and the waters overwhelmed them.
+
+9:9. So may it be with these also, O Lord, who trust in their multitude,
+and in their chariots, and in their pikes, and in their shields, and in
+their arrows, and glory in their spears,
+
+9:10. And know not that thou art our God, who destroyest wars from the
+beginning, and the Lord is thy name.
+
+9:11. Lift up thy arm as from the beginning, and crush their power with
+thy power: let their power fall in their wrath, who promise themselves
+to violate thy sanctuary, and defile the dwelling place of thy name, and
+to beat down with their sword the horn of thy altar.
+
+9:12. Bring to pass, O Lord, that his pride may be cut off with his own
+sword.
+
+9:13. Let him be caught in the net of his own eyes in my regard, and do
+thou strike him by the graces of the words of my lips.
+
+9:14. Give me constancy in my mind, that I may despise him: and
+fortitude that I may overthrow him.
+
+9:15. For this will be a glorious monument for thy name, when he shall
+fall by the hand of a woman.
+
+9:16. For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure
+in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been
+acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath
+always pleased thee.
+
+9:17. O God of the heavens, creator of the waters, and Lord of the whole
+creation, hear me a poor wretch, making supplication to thee, and
+presuming of thy mercy.
+
+9:18. Remember, O Lord, thy covenant, and put thou words in my mouth,
+and strengthen the resolution in my heart, that thy house may continue
+in thy holiness:
+
+9:19. And all nations may acknowledge that thou art God, and there is no
+other besides thee.
+
+Judith Chapter 10
+
+Judith goeth out towards the camp, and is taken, and brought to
+Holofernes.
+
+10:1. And it came to pass, when she had ceased to cry to the Lord, that
+she rose from the place wherein she lay prostrate before the Lord.
+
+10:2. And she called her maid, and going down into her house she took
+off her haircloth, and put away the garments of her widowhood,
+
+10:3. And she washed her body, and anointed herself with the best
+ointment, and plaited the hair of her head, and put a bonnet upon her
+head, and clothed herself with the garments of her gladness, and put
+sandals on her feet, and took her bracelets, and lilies, and earlets,
+and rings, and adorned herself with all her ornaments.
+
+10:4. And the Lord also gave her more beauty: because all this dressing
+up did not proceed from sensuality, but from virtue: and therefore the
+Lord increased this her beauty, so that she appeared to all men's eyes
+incomparably lovely.
+
+10:5. And she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to carry, and a vessel
+of oil, and parched corn, and dry figs, and bread and cheese, and went
+out.
+
+10:6. And when they came to the gate of the city, they found Ozias, and
+the ancients of the city waiting.
+
+10:7. And when they saw her they were astonished, and admired her beauty
+exceedingly.
+
+10:8. But they asked her no question, only they let her pass, saying:
+The God of our fathers give thee grace, and may he strengthen all the
+counsel of thy heart with his power, that Jerusalem may glory in thee,
+and thy name may be in the number of the holy and just.
+
+10:9. And they that were there said, all with one voice: So be it, so be
+it.
+
+10:10. But Judith praying to the Lord, passed through the gates, she and
+her maid.
+
+10:11. And it came to pass, when she went down the hill, about break of
+day, that the watchmen of the Assyrians met her, and stopped her,
+saying: Whence comest thou or whither goest thou?
+
+10:12. And she answered: I am a daughter of the Hebrews, and I am fled
+from them, because I knew they would be made a prey to you, because they
+despised you, and would not of their own accord yield themselves, that
+they might find mercy in your sight.
+
+Because I knew, etc... In this and the following chapter, some things
+are related to have been said by Judith, which seem hard to reconcile
+with truth. But all that is related in scripture of the servants of God
+is not approved by the scripture; and even the saints in their good
+enterprises may sometimes slip into venial sins.
+
+10:13. For this reason I thought with myself, saying: I will go to the
+presence of the prince Holofernes, that I may tell him their secrets,
+and shew him by what way he may take them, without the loss of one man
+of his army.
+
+10:14. And when the men had heard her words, they beheld her face, and
+their eyes were amazed, for they wondered exceedingly at her beauty.
+
+10:15. And they said to her: Thou hast saved thy life by taking this
+resolution, to come down to our lord.
+
+10:16. And be assured of this, that when thou shalt stand before him, he
+will treat thee well, and thou wilt be most acceptable to his heart. And
+they brought her to the tent of Holofernes, telling him of her.
+
+10:17. And when she was come into his presence, forthwith Holofernes was
+caught by his eyes.
+
+10:18. And his officers said to him: Who can despise the people of the
+Hebrews, who have such beautiful women, that we should not think it
+worth our while for their sakes to fight against them?
+
+10:19. And Judith seeing Holofernes sitting under a canopy, which was
+woven of purple and gold, with emeralds and precious stones:
+
+10:20. After she had looked on his face, bowed down to him, prostrating
+herself to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by
+the command of their master.
+
+Judith Chapter 11
+
+Judith's speech to Holofernes.
+
+11:1. Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in
+thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve
+Nabuchodonosor the king.
+
+11:2. And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted
+up my spear against them.
+
+11:3. But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it
+hath pleased thee to come to us?
+
+11:4. And Judith said to him: Receive the words of thy handmaid, for if
+thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a
+perfect thing.
+
+11:5. For as Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth liveth, and his power
+liveth which is in thee for chastising of all straying souls: not only
+men serve him through thee, but also the beasts of the field obey him.
+
+11:6. For the industry of thy mind is spoken of among all nations, and
+it is told through the whole world, that thou only art excellent, and
+mighty in all his kingdom, and thy discipline is cried up in all
+provinces.
+
+11:7. It is known also what Achior said, nor are we ignorant of what
+thou hast commanded to be done to him.
+
+11:8. For it is certain that our God is so offended with sins, that he
+hath sent word by his prophets to the people, that he will deliver them
+up for their sins.
+
+11:9. And because the children of Israel know they have offended their
+God, thy dread is upon them.
+
+11:10. Moreover also a famine hath come upon them, and for drought of
+water they are already to be counted among the dead.
+
+11:11. And they have a design even to kill their cattle, and to drink
+the blood of them.
+
+11:12. And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God
+forbade them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed
+to make use of, and they design to consume the things which they ought
+not to touch with their hands: therefore because they do these things,
+it is certain they will be given up to destruction.
+
+11:13. And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord
+hath sent me to tell thee these very things.
+
+11:14. For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and
+thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,
+
+11:15. And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I
+will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of
+Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that
+have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against
+thee:
+
+11:16. Because these things are told me by the providence of God.
+
+11:17. And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very
+things to thee.
+
+11:18. And all these words pleased Holofernes, and his servants, and
+they admired her wisdom, and they said one to another:
+
+11:19. There is not such another woman upon earth in look, in beauty,
+and in sense of words.
+
+11:20. And Holofernes said to her: God hath done well who sent thee
+before the people, that thou mightest give them into our hands:
+
+11:21. And because thy promise is good, if thy God shall do this for me,
+he shall also be my God, and thou shalt be great in the house of
+Nabuchodonosor, and thy name shall be renowned through all the earth.
+
+Judith Chapter 12
+
+Judith goeth out in the night to pray: she is invited to a banquet with
+Holofernes.
+
+12:1. Then 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.
+
+12:2. And 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.
+
+12:3. And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast
+brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee?
+
+12:4. And 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.
+
+12:5. And 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.
+
+12:6. And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in,
+to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.
+
+12:7. And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and
+washed herself in a fountain of water.
+
+12:8. And 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.
+
+12:9. And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her
+own meat in the evening.
+
+12:10. And 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.
+
+12:11. For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman
+mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.
+
+12:12. Then 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.
+
+12:13. And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?
+
+12:14. All 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.
+
+12:15. And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and
+going in she stood before his face.
+
+12:16. And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with
+the desire of her.
+
+12:17. And Holofernes said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry;
+for thou hast found favour before me.
+
+12:18. And Judith said: I will drink my lord, because my life is
+magnified this day above all my days.
+
+12:19. And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had
+prepared for her.
+
+12:20. And Holofernes was made merry on her occasion, and drank
+exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life.
+
+Judith Chapter 13
+
+Judith cutteth off the head of Holofernes, and returneth to Bethulia.
+
+13:1. And when it was grown late, his servants made haste to their
+lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way.
+
+13:2. And they were all overcharged with wine.
+
+13:3. And Judith was alone in the chamber.
+
+13:4. But Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, being exceedingly
+drunk.
+
+13:5. And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber,
+and to watch:
+
+13:6. And Judith stood before the bed praying with tears, and the motion
+of her lips in silence,
+
+13:7. Saying: 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.
+
+13:8. And 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.
+
+13:9. And 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.
+
+13:10. And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and
+took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body.
+
+13:11. And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of
+Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet.
+
+13:12. And 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.
+
+13:13. And 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.
+
+13:14. And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they
+called the ancients of the city.
+
+13:15. And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they
+now had no hopes that she would come.
+
+13:16. And 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,
+
+13:17. Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken
+them that hope in him.
+
+13:18. And 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.
+
+13:19. Then 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.
+
+13:20. But 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.
+
+13:21. Give all of you glory to him, because he is good, because his
+mercy endureth for ever.
+
+13:22. And 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.
+
+13:23. And 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.
+
+13:24. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed
+thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies.
+
+13:25. Because 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.
+
+13:26. And all the people said: So be it, so be it.
+
+13:27. And 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.
+
+13:28. And 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 them with death, saying: When the people of Israel shall
+be taken, I will command thy sides to be pierced with a sword.
+
+13:29. Then 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.
+
+13:30. But after he had recovered his spirits he fell down at her feet,
+and reverenced her, and said:
+
+13:31. Blessed 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.
+
+Judith Chapter 14
+
+The Israelites assault the Assyrians, who finding their general slain,
+are seized with a panic fear.
+
+14:1. And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye
+up this head upon our walls.
+
+14:2. 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.
+
+14:3. Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the
+battle.
+
+14:4. 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.
+
+14:5. And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them
+securely, for the Lord will destroy them under your feet.
+
+14:6. 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.
+
+14:7. And immediately at break of day, they hung up the head of
+Holofernes upon the walls, and every man took his arms, and they went
+out with a great noise and shouting.
+
+14:8. And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes.
+
+14:9. And they that were in the tent came, and made a noise, before the
+door of the chamber to awake him, endeavouring by art to break his rest,
+that Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him, but by their
+noise.
+
+14:10. For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the
+general of the Assyrians.
+
+14:11. 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:
+
+14:12. Go in, and awake him, for the mice, coming out of their holes,
+have presumed to challenge us to fight.
+
+14:13. 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.
+
+14:14. 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, weltering in his
+blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his
+garments.
+
+14:15. And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran
+out to the people,
+
+14:16. 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.
+
+14:17. 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.
+
+14:18. And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp.
+
+Judith Chapter 15
+
+The Assyrians flee: the Hebrews pursue after them, and are enriched by
+their spoils.
+
+15:1. And when all the army heard that Holofernes was beheaded, courage
+and counsel fled from them, and being seized with trembling and fear
+they thought only to save themselves by flight.
+
+15:2. So that no one spoke to his neighbour, but hanging down the head,
+leaving all things behind, they made haste to escape from the Hebrews,
+who, as they heard, were coming armed upon them, and fled by the ways of
+the fields, and the paths of the hills.
+
+15:3. So the children of Israel seeing them fleeing, followed after
+them. And they went down sounding with trumpets and shouting after them.
+
+15:4. And because the Assyrians were not united together, they went
+without order in their flight; but the children of Israel pursuing in
+one body, defeated all that they could find.
+
+15:5. And Ozias sent messengers through all the cities and countries of
+Israel.
+
+15:6. And every country, and every city, sent their chosen young men
+armed after them, and they pursued them with the edge of the sword until
+they came to the extremities of their confines.
+
+15:7. And the rest that were in Bethulia went into the camp of the
+Assyrians, and took away the spoils which the Assyrians in their flight
+had left behind them, and they were laden exceedingly,
+
+15:8. But they that returned conquerors to Bethulia, brought with them
+all things that were theirs, so that there was no numbering of their
+cattle, and beasts, and all their moveables, insomuch that from the
+least to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils.
+
+15:9. And Joachim the high priest came from Jerusalem to Bethulia with
+all his ancients to see Judith.
+
+15:10. And when she was come out to him, they all blessed her with one
+voice, saying: Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of
+Israel, thou art the honour of our people:
+
+15:11. For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has been strengthened,
+because thou hast loved chastity, and after thy husband hast not known
+any other: therefore also the hand of the Lord hath strengthened thee,
+and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.
+
+15:12. And all the people said: So be it, so be it.
+
+15:13. And thirty days were scarce sufficient for the people of Israel
+to gather up the spoils of the Assyrians.
+
+15:14. But all those things that were proved to be the peculiar goods of
+Holofernes, they gave to Judith in gold, and silver, and garments and
+precious stones, and all household stuff, and they all were delivered to
+her by the people.
+
+15:15. And all the people rejoiced, with the women, and virgins, and
+young men, playing on instruments and harps.
+
+Judith Chapter 16
+
+The canticle of Judith: her virtuous life and death.
+
+16:1. Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying:
+
+16:2. Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with
+cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name.
+
+16:3. The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.
+
+16:4. He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver us
+from the hand of all our enemies.
+
+16:5. The Assyrian came out of the mountains from the north in the
+multitude of his strength: his multitude stopped up the torrents, and
+their horses covered the valleys.
+
+16:6. He bragged that he would set my borders on fire, and kill my young
+men with the sword, to make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives.
+
+16:7. But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into
+the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.
+
+16:8. For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the
+sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but
+Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face.
+
+16:9. For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the
+garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.
+
+16:10. She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with
+a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.
+
+16:11. Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her
+captive, with a sword she cut off his head.
+
+16:12. The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her
+boldness.
+
+16:13. Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones
+appeared, parched with thirst.
+
+16:14. The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and they have
+killed them like children fleeing away: they perished in battle before
+the face of the Lord my God.
+
+16:15. Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our
+God.
+
+16:16. O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no
+one can overcome thee.
+
+16:17. Let all thy creatures serve thee: because thou hast spoken, and
+they were made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created,
+and there is no one that can resist thy voice.
+
+16:18. The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the
+waters: the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face.
+
+16:19. But they that fear thee, shall be great with thee in all things.
+
+16:20. Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the
+Lord almighty will take revenge on them, in the day of judgment he will
+visit them.
+
+16:21. For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, that they may
+burn, and may feel for ever.
+
+16:22. And it came to pass after these things, that all the people,
+after the victory, came to Jerusalem to adore the Lord: and as soon as
+they were purified, they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their
+promises.
+
+16:23. And Judith offered for an anathema of oblivion all the arms of
+Holofernes, which the people gave her, and the canopy that she had taken
+away out of his chamber.
+
+An anathema of oblivion... That is, a gift or offering made to God, by
+way of an everlasting monument, to prevent the oblivion or forgetting so
+great a benefit.
+
+16:24. And the people were joyful in the sight of the sanctuary, and for
+three months the joy of this victory was celebrated with Judith.
+
+16:25. And after those days every man returned to his house, and Judith
+was made great in Bethulia, and she was most renowned in all the land of
+Israel.
+
+16:26. And chastity was joined to her virtue, so that she knew no man
+all the days of her life, after the death of Manasses her husband.
+
+16:27. And on festival days she came forth with great glory.
+
+16:28. And she abode in her husband's house a hundred and five years,
+and made her handmaid free, and she died, and was buried with her
+husband in Bethulia.
+
+16:29. And all the people mourned for seven days.
+
+16:30. And all the time of her life there was none that troubled Israel,
+nor many years after her death.
+
+16:31. But the day of the festivity of this victory is received by the
+Hebrews in the number of holy days, and is religiously observed by the
+Jews from that time until this day.
+
+
+
+
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