16 — Judith

1Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying:Allora Giuditta cantò questa laude al Signore, e disse:THEN sang Iudith this song to our Lord, saying:Tunc cantavit canticum hoc Domino Judith, dicens: 2Begin 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.Lodate il Signore al suono de' timpani, celebrate il Signore al suono de' cimbali, intuonate un nuovo salmo in onore di lui, fate festa, invocate il suo nome.Beginne ye to our Lord in timbrels, sing ye to our Lord in cymbals, tune to him a new psalme, reioyse, and inuocate his name.Incipite Domino in tympanis; / cantate Domino in cymbalis; / modulamini illi psalmum novum: / exaltate, et invocate nomen ejus. 3The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.Il Signore strugge gli eserciti, il suo nome egli è il Signore.Our Lord confoundeth battels, Lord is his name.Dominus conterens bella, / Dominus nomen est illi. 4He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver us from the hand of all our enemies.Egli si è attendato in mezzo al suo popolo a fine di liberarci dalle mani di tutti i nostri nemici.Who hath set his campe in the middes of his people, that he might deliuer vs from the hand of al our enemies.Qui posuit castra sua in medio populi sui, / ut eriperet nos de manu omnium inimicorum nostrorum. 5The 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.L'Assiro è venuto dai monti, da settentrione colle molte, e forti sue schiere: la sua moltitudine seccò i torrenti, e i suoi cavalli ricoperser le valli.Assur came out of the mountaynes from the North in the multitude of his strength: whose multitude stopped vp the torrentes, and their horses couered the valles.Venit Assur ex montibus ab aquilone / in multitudine fortitudinis suæ: / cujus multitudo obturavit torrentes, / et equi eorum cooperuerunt valles. 6He 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.Egli giurò di dare alle fiamme tutto il mio paese, di far perire di spada la mia gioventù, di rubarmi i miei fanciulli, e di fare schiave le vergini.He said that he would set my borders on fyre, and kil my yongmen with the sword, to geue my infantes into praye, and virgins into captiuitie.Dixit se incensurum fines meos, / et juvenes meos occisurum gladio; / infantes meos dare in prædam, / et virgines in captivitatem. 7But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.Ma il Signore onnipotente lo ha gastigato, e lo ha dato in poter di una donna, la quale lo ha ucciso.But our Lord omnipotent hath hurt him, and hath deliuered him into the hands of a woman, and hath pearsed him.Dominus autem omnipotens nocuit eum, / et tradidit eum in manus feminæ, et confodit eum.

8For 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.Imperocchè il più possente tra loro non fu disteso al suolo da giovani (guerrieri), ne fu percorso da figliuoli di Titan, nè contro a lui si son mossi gli eccelsi giganti, ma Giuditta figliuola di Merari coll'avvenenza del suo volto lo ha domato.For, not by yongmen is their mightie one fallen, neither haue the sonnes of Titan strooken him, neither did the high giantes set them selues vpon him, but Iudith the daughter of Merari in the beautie of her face dissolued him.Non enim cecidit potens eorum a juvenibus, / nec filii Titan percusserunt eum, / nec excelsi gigantes opposuerunt se illi: / sed Judith filia Merari in specie faciei suæ dissolvit eum. 9For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.Perocchè ella si spogliò degli abiti vedovili, e prese vesti di letizia in argomento di gaudio pe' figliuoli d'Israele.For she put from her the garmentes of widowhood, and put on her the garmentes of ioy, in the reioysing of the children of Israel.Exuit enim se vestimento viduitatis, / et induit se vestimento lætitiæ / in exultatione filiorum Israël. 10She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.Ella si unse con unguento la faccia, e i suoi capelli intrecciò alla mitra, si pose in dosso una nuova veste per ingannarlo.She anoynted her face with oyntment, and tyed together her lockes with a crowne, she tooke a new stole to deceiue him.Unxit faciem suam unguento, / et colligavit cincinnos suos mitra; / accepit stolam novem ad decipiendum illum. 11Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.I suoi sandali trassero a se gli occhi di lui, e la beltà di lei vinse l'animo di lui: ed ella col pugnale troncogli la testa.Her sandals rauished his eies, her beautie made his soule captiue, she with a sword cut of his head.Sandalia ejus rapuerunt oculos ejus; / pulchritudo ejus captivam fecit animam ejus: / amputavit pugione cervicem ejus. 12The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.I Persiani furono sbigottiti di sua costanza, e i Medi del suo ardimento.The Persians did quake at her constancie, and the Medes at her boldnesse.Horruerunt Persæ constantiam ejus, / et Medi audaciam ejus. 13Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst.Allora gettò urla il campo degli Assiri, quando i miei meschinelli arsi dalla sete comparver fuora.Then did the campe of the Assyrians howle, when my humble ones appeared, withering in thirst.Tunc ululaverunt castra Assyriorum, / quando apparuerunt humiles mei, arescentes in siti.

14The 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.I figli delle giovani spose gli hanno trafitti, e gli hanno messi a morte come fanciulli, che sono periti nella battaglia all'apparire del Signore Dio mio,The sonnes of yongwemen haue pearsed them, and they haue killed them as boyes fleing away: they haue perished in battel before the face of the Lord my God.Filii puellarum compunxerunt eos, / et sicut pueros fugientes occiderunt eos: / perierunt in prælio a facie Domini Dei mei. 15Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our God.Cantiamo un inno al Signore; cantiamo un nuovo inno al Signore Dio nostro.Let vs sing an hymne to our Lord, let vs sing a new hymne to our God.Hymnum cantemus Domino; / hymnum novum cantemus Deo nostro. 16O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no one can overcome thee.Signore, Signor mio, tu se' grande, e insigne per tua possanza, e nissuno può superarti.Adonai ô Lord great art thou, and noble in thy power, and whom no man can ouercome.Adonai Domine, magnus es tu, / et præclarus in virtute tua: / et quem superare nemo potest. 17Let 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.A te obbediscono tutte le tue creature, perchè alla parola tua furon fatte, mandasti il tuo spirito, e furon create; e nissuno resiste alla tua voce,Let euerie creature of thyne serue thee: because thou saydst, and they were made: thou didst send thy spirit, and they were created, and there is none that can resist thy voyce.Tibi serviat omnis creatura tua, / quia dixisti, et facta sunt; / misisti spiritum tuum, et creata sunt: / et non est qui resistat voci tuæ. 18The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face.Saranno scossi da fondamenti i monti, e le acque, e le pietre qual cera si struggeranno dinanzi alla tua faccia.The mountaynes with the waters shal be moued with the foundations: the rockes shal melt as waxe before thy face.Montes a fundamentis movebuntur cum aquis; / petræ, sicut cera, liquescent ante faciem tuam. 19But they that fear thee, shall be great with thee in all things.Ma quei, che temono te, saranno grandi in tutte le cose dinanzi a te.But they that feare thee, shal be great with thee in al thinges.Qui autem timent te, / magni erunt apud te per omnia.

20Woe 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.Guai alla nazione, che si leverà contro il mio popolo imperocchè l'onnipotente farà sue vendette sopra di lei, la visiterà nel dì del giudizio.Wo be to the nation, that ryseth vp vpon my kinred: for our Lord omnipotent wil be reuenged on them, in the day of iudgement he wil visite them.Væ genti insurgenti super genus meum: / Dominus enim omnipotens vindicabit in eis; / in die judicii visitabit illos. 21For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, that they may burn, and may feel for ever.Perocchè egli manderà sopra le loro carni il fuoco, e i vermi, affinchè ardano, e sieno rosi in eterno.For he wil geue fyre, and wormes into their flesh, that they may be burnt, and may feele for euer.Dabit enim ignem et vermes in carnes eorum, / ut urantur et sentiant usque in sempiternum. 22And 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.E dopo tali cose, e dopo la vittoria tutto il popolo andò a Gerusalemme ad adorare il Signore, e tosto che furon purificati offerser tutti i loro olocausti, e sciolsero i loro voti, e le promesse.And it came to passe after these thinges, al the people after the victorie came into Ierusalem to adore our Lord: and forthwith as they were purified, they al offered holocaustes, and vowes, and their promises.Et factum est post hæc, omnis populus post victoriam venit in Jerusalem adorare Dominum: et mox ut purificati sunt, obtulerunt omnes holocausta, et vota, et repromissiones suas. 23And 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.Ma Giuditta offerse per monumento sacro contro l'oblivione tutte le armi di Oloferne donate a lei dal popolo, e il cortinaggio, che ella stessa avea tolto dal letto di lui.Moreouer Iudith offered for an anathema of obliuion al the instrumentes of warre of Holofernes, which the people gaue her, and the canopie that her self had taken away out of his chamber.Porro Judith universa vasa bellica Holofernis, quæ dedit illi populus, et conopeum quod ipsa sustulerat de cubili ipsius, obtulit in anathema oblivionis. 24And the people were joyful in the sight of the sanctuary, and for three months the joy of this victory was celebrated with Judith.E tutto il popolo era in festa dinanzi al luogo santo, e per tre mesi fu celebrata con Giuditta la letizia di questa vittoria.And the people was pleasant according to the face of sainctes, and for three monethes the ioy of this victorie was celebrated with Iudith.Erat autem populus jucundus secundum faciem sanctorum: et per tres menses gaudium hujus victoriæ celebratum est cum Judith.

25And 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.E passato quel tempo ciascuno se ne tornò a sua casa, e Giuditta era famosa in Betulia, e la più illustre di tutto il paese d'Israele.And after those daies euerie man returned into his house, and Iudith was made great in Bethulia, and she was more glorious to al the land of Israel.Post dies autem illos, unusquisque rediit in domum suam: et Judith magna facta est in Bethulia, et præclarior erat universæ terræ Israël. 26And 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.Perocchè alla virtù univa ella la castità, talmente che dopo la morte di suo marito Manasse non conobbe uomo per tutto il tempo di sua vita.There was also chastitie ioyned to her vertue, so that she knew not man al the daies of her life, after that Manasses her husband was dead.Erat enim virtuti castitas adjuncta, ita ut non cognosceret virum omnibus diebus vitæ suæ, ex quo defunctus est Manasses vir ejus. 27And on festival days she came forth with great glory.E i giorni di festa, usciva fuori con molta gloria.And on festiual daies she came forth with great glorie.Erat autem, diebus festis, procedens cum magna gloria. 28And 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.E stette nella casa di suo marito fino ai cento cinque anni, e diede la libertà alla sua serva, e morì, e fu sepolta in Betulia presso a suo marito.And she abode in her husbands house, an hundred fiue yeares, and dismist her abra free, and she died and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.Mansit autem in domo viri sui annos centum quinque, et dimisit abram suam liberam: et defuncta est ac sepulta cum viro suo in Bethulia. 29And all the people mourned for seven days.E tutto il popolo la pianse per sette giorni.And al the people mourned for her seuen dayes. And in al the spaceLuxitque illam omnis populus diebus septem. 30And all the time of her life there was none that troubled Israel, nor many years after her death.E in tutto il tempo, che ella visse, e per molti anni dopo la sua morte non v'ebbe chi turbasse Israele.of her life there was not that trubled Israel, and after her death manie yeares.In omni autem spatio vitæ ejus non fuit qui perturbaret Israël, et post mortem ejus annis multis. 31But 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.Or il giorno, in cui ricorre la festa di questa vittoria, fu messo dagli Ebrei nel numero de' giorni santi, ed è onorato da Giudei da quel tempo insino al dì d'oggi.But the day of the festiuitie of this victorie is receiued of the Hebrewes in the number of holie daies, and is worshiped of the Iewes from that time vntil this present day.Dies autem victoriæ hujus festivitatis ab Hebræis in numero sanctorum dierum accipitur, et colitur a Judæis ex illo tempore usque in præsentem diem.