14 — Giuditta

1And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls.Allora Giuditta disse a tutto il popolo; Ascoltate me, o fratelli sospendete questa testa dalle nostre mura;AND Iudith said to al the people: Heare me brethren, hang ye this head vpon our walles:Dixit autem Judith ad omnem populum: Audite me, fratres: suspendite caput hoc super muros nostros: 2And 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.È tosto che spunterà il sole prenda ognuno le sue armi, e uscite con gran fracasso non per iscendere a basso, ma come se fosse per venire alle mani.and it shal be, when the sunne shal rise, let euerie man take his armour, and yssue ye forth with violence, not that you goe downe beneath, but as it were inuading violently.et erit, cum exierit sol, accipiat unusquisque arma sua, et exite cum impetu, non ut descendatis deorsum, sed quasi impetum facientes. 3Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the battle.Allora necessariamente gli esploratori andranno a svegliare il lor comandante per la battaglia.Then the watchmen must of necessitie runne to rayse vp their prince to battel.Tunc exploratores necesse erit ut fugiant ad principem suum excitandum ad pugnam. 4And 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.E quando i capitani accorsi al padiglione di Oloferne troveranno il tronco busto involto nel proprio sangue, saran presi dallo spavento;And when the captaynces of them shal runne to the tabernacle of Holofernes, and shal finde him headles rowled in bloud, feare wil fal vpon them.Cumque duces eorum cucurrerint ad tabernaculum Holofernis, et invenerint eum truncum in suo sanguine volutatum, decidet super eos timor. 5And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them securely, for the Lord will destroy them under your feet.E quando vi accorgerete, che si danno alla fuga, andate francamente dietro ad essi, perchè il Signore farà, che li calpestiate coi vostri piedi.And when you shal know that they flee, goe after them securely, because our Lord wil destroy them vnder your feete.Cumque cognoveritis fugere eos, ite post illos securi, quoniam Dominus conteret eos sub pedibus vestris. 6Then 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.Allora Achior veggendo il prodigio operato da Dio a favor d'Israello, abbandonati i riti gentileschi credette in Dio, e si circoncise, ed entrò nel popolo d'Israele, come vi è anche in oggi tutta la sua discendenza.Then Achior seeing the power, that God of Israel wrought, forsaking the rite of gentilitie, beleued God, and circuncided the flesh of his prepuce, and was ioyned to the people of Israel, and al the succession of his kinred vntil this present day.Tunc Achior, videns virtutem quam fecit Deus Israël, relicto gentilitatis ritu, credidit Deo, et circumcidit carnem præputii sui, et appositus est ad populum Israël, et omnis successio generis ejus usque in hodiernum diem.

7And 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.Ma di lì a poco fattosi giorno sospesero dalle mura la testa di Oloferne, e ognuno prese le tue armi, e usciron fuori con fracasso, e strida grandi.And immediatly as day brake, they hong the head of Holofernes vpon the walles, and euerie man tooke his armour, and they went forth with great noyse and shouting.Mox autem ut ortus est dies, suspenderunt super muros caput Holofernis, accepitque unusquisque vir arma sua, et egressi sunt cum grandi strepitu et ululatu. 8And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes.Lo che avendo veduto gli esploratori corsero al padiglione di Oloferne.Which the watchmen seing, ranne to the tabernacle of Holofernes.Quod videntes exploratores, ad tabernaculum Holofernis cucurrerunt. 9And 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.Or quelli, che erano nel padiglione accostatisi alla porta della camera facevano del rumore per isvegliarlo, procurando con arte di rompergli il sonno, affinchè senza esser chiamato si scuotesse al frastuono Oloferme.Moreouer they that were in the tabernacle, coming, and before the dore of the tabernacle making a noyse, to rayse him, they endeuored by art to disquiet him, that Holofernes might awake not by them raysing him, but by them making a noyse.Porro hi qui in tabernaculo erant, venientes, et ante ingressum cubiculi perstrepentes, excitandi gratia, inquietudinem arte moliebantur, ut non ab excitantibus, sed a sonantibus Holofernes evigilaret. 10For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the general of the Assyrians.Perocché nissuno aveva ardimento di aprire, o di battere alla porta del comandante degli Assiri.For no man durst by knocking, or entring, to open the chamber of the chiefe of the Assyrians.Nullus enim audebat cubiculum virtutis Assyriorum pulsando aut intrando aperire. 11But 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:Ma essendosi là raunati i capitani, e i tribuni, e tutti i grandi dell'esercito del re Assiro, dissero ai camerieri:But when his dukes and tribunes were come, and al the chiefe of the armie of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlayns:Sed cum venissent ejus duces ac tribuni, et universi majores exercitus regis Assyriorum, dixerunt cubiculariis:

12Go in, and awake him, for the mice, coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.Entrate dentro, e svegliatelo, imperciocché quei topi usciti dalle loro buche ardiscono di provocarci a battaglia.Goe in, and awake him, becaufe the mice yssuing out of their holes, haue presumed to prouoke vs to battel.Intrate, et excitate illum, quoniam egressi mures de cavernis suis, ausi sunt provocare nos ad prælium. 13Then 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.Allora Vagao entrato nella camera si fermò dinanzi al cortinaggio, e battè insieme le mani, perocchè egli si immaginava, che fosse con Giuditta.Then Vagao entring into his chamber, stoode before the cortine, and made a clapping with his handes: for he thought that he slept with Iudith.Tunc ingressus Vagao cubiculum ejus, stetit ante cortinam, et plausum fecit manibus suis: suspicabatur enim illum cum Judith dormire. 14But 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.Ma benchè stesse con le orecchie tese, non sentendo movimento nissuno di un che dormisse, si accostò dappresso alla portiera, e alzatala vide il cadavere di Oloferne senza la testa steso per terra, bagnato del proprio sangue, esclamò ad alta voce piangendo, e straccio le sue vesti.But when with the sense of his eares he percieued no motion of person lying, he came neere to the cortine, and lifting it vp, and seing the bodie without the head of Holofernes weltred in his bloud lye vpon the ground, cried out in a lowd voyce with weeping, and rent his garmentes.Sed cum nullum motum jacentis sensu aurium caperet, accessit proximans ad cortinam, et elevans eam, vidensque cadaver absque capite Holofernis in suo sanguine tabefactum jacere super terram, exclamavit voce magna cum fletu, et scidit vestimenta sua. 15And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people,Ed essendo entrato nel padiglione di Giuditta non ve la trovò e corse fuori a dire a quelli:And going into the tabernacle of Iudith, he found her not, and he lept forth to the people,Et ingressus tabernaculum Judith, non invenit eam, et exiliit foras ad populum, 16And 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.Una donna Ebrea ha messa a soqquadro la casa del re Nabuchodonosor: imperocchè ecco la Oloferne steso per terra e senza testa.and sayd: One Hebrewe woman hath made confusion in the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for behold Holofernes lyeth vpon the ground, and his head is not vpon him.et dixit: Una mulier hebræa fecit confusionem in domo regis Nabuchodonosor: ecce enim Holofernes jacet in terra, et caput ejus non est in illo.

17Now 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.All'udire tal cosa tutti i capi dell'esercito Assiro stracciarono le loro vesti, e timore, e tremore eccessivo gli invase, e grandissimo fu il turbamento degli animi loro,Which when the princes of the power of the Assyrians had heard, they al rent their garmentes, and intollerable feare and dread fel vpon them, and theit mindes were trubled excedingly.Quod cum audissent principes virtutis Assyriorum, sciderunt omnes vestimenta sua, et intolerabilis timor et tremor cecidit super eos, et turbati sunt animi eorum valde. 18And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp.E incredibili furon le strida nel loro campo.And there was made an incomparable crie in the middes of their campe.Et factus est clamor incomparabilis in medio castrorum eorum.