3 — Giuditta

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:Allora i re, e i principi di tutte le città e provincie, vale a dire della Siria della Mesopotamia, e della Siria di Sobal, e della Libia, e della Cilicia spedirono i suoi ambasciatori, i quali giunti davanti ad Oloferne dissero:THEN the kinges and princes of al cities and prouinces namely of Syria and Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their embassadours, which coming to Holofernes, said:Tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium ac provinciarum reges ac principes, Syriæ scilicet Mesopotamiæ, et Syriæ Sobal, et Libyæ, atque Ciliciæ: qui venientes ad Holofernem, dixerunt: 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.Si plachi il tuo sdegno in verso di noi, perocchè meglio è, che noi vivendo siamo servi del gran re Nabuchodonosor, e dipendenti da te, che provare colla morte, e colla perdizione nostra, la calamità della nostra schiavitù.Let thy indignation towarde vs cease: For it is better that liuing we feare Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subiect to thee, then dying, we should with our destruction suffer the damages of our seruitude.Desinat indignatio tua circa nos: melius est enim ut viventes serviamus Nabuchodonosor regi magno, et subditi simus tibi, quam morientes cum interitu nostro ipsi servitutis nostræ damna patiamur. 3All 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:Tutte le nostre città, tutte le nostre possessioni, tutti i monti, e i colli, e i campi, e gli armenti de' bovi, e i branchi delle pecore, e delle capre, e i cavalli, e i cammelli, e tutte le nostre facoltà, e le nostre famiglie sono nelle tue mani:Euerie citie of ours, and al our possession, al mountaynes, and hilles, and fieldes, and heardes of oxen, and flockes of sheepe, and goates, and of horses, and camels, and al our goodes, and families are in thy sight:Omnis civitas nostra, omnisque possessio, omnes montes, et colles, et campi, et armenta boum, gregesque ovium, et caprarum, equorumque et camelorum, et universæ facultates nostræ atque familiæ, in conspectu tuo sunt: 4Let all we have be subject to thy law,Sieno tutte le cose nostre a tua disposizione.let al our thinges be vnder thy law.sint omnia nostra sub lege tua. 5Both we and our children are thy servants.Noi, e i nostri figliuoli siamo tuoi servi.We also, and our children are thy seruantes.Nos, et filii nostri, servi tui sumus.

6Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee,Vieni a noi Signore pacifico, e impiega i servigi nostri come a te piace.Come to vs a peaceable Lord, and vse our seruice, as it shal please thee.Veni nobis pacificus dominus, et utere servitio nostro, sicut placuerit tibi. 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.Allora egli scese da' monti colla cavalleria, e con grande esercito, e si fece padrone di tutte le città, e di tutti gli abitanti del paese.Then went he downe from the mountaynes with horsemen in a great powre, and tooke euerie citie, and euerie inhabiter of the land.Tunc descendit de montibus cum equitibus in virtute magna, et obtinuit omnem civitatem, et omnem inhabitantem terram. 8And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war,E di tutte quelle città assoldò gli uomini robusti, e buoni per la guerra,And of al the cities he tooke to helpe him valiant men, and chosen for battel.De universis autem urbibus assumpsit sibi auxiliarios viros fortes, et electos ad bellum. 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.E tanto fu lo spavento, che invase quelle provincie, che gli abitanti di tutte le città, e i principi, e le persone più distinte al suo arrivo gli andavano incontro insieme coi popoli;And so great feare lay vpon al those prouinces, that the inhabitantes of al cities, princes and honorable persons, together with the people went out to meete him coming,Tantusque metus provinciis illis incubuit, ut universarum urbium habitatores principes et honorati simul cum populis exirent obviam venienti, 10And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and timbrels, and flutes.Lo riceveano coronati con lampane accese, ballando al suono di timpani, e di trombe.receyuing him with garlandes, and torches, dauncing with timbrels, & shaulmes.excipientes eum cum coronis et lampadibus, ducentes choros in tympanis et tibiis. 11And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:Ma per quanto facessero non poterono ammansire la fierezza di quel core.Neither doing these thinges, could they for al that mitigate the fi•cenesse of his stomacke:Nec ista tamen facientes, ferocitatem ejus pectoris mitigare potuerunt: 12For he both destroyed their cities, and cut down their groves.Perocchè egli e distrusse le loro città, e recise i loro boschetti;for he did both destroy their cities, and cut downe their groues.nam et civitates eorum destruxit, et lucos eorum excidit.

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.Perocchè il re Nabucodonosor gli avea comandato di sterminare tutti gli dei della terra, come quegli che voleva egli solo essere chiamato dio da quelle nazioni, le quali fossero soggiogate dal valor di Oloferne.For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him, that he should destroy al the goddes of the earth, that he only might be called God of those nations, which could be subdewed with the might of Holofernes.Præceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terræ exterminaret, videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quæ potuissent Holofernis potentia subjugari. 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,E questi, scorsa la Siria di Sobal, e tutta l'Apamea, e tutta la Mesopotamia, giunse nell'Idumea nella terra di Gabaa.And passing through al Syria Sobal, and al Apamea, & al Mesopotamia he came to the Idumeians into the land of Gabaa,Pertransiens autem Syriam Sobal, et omnem Apameam, omnemque Mesopotamiam, venit ad Idumæos in terram Gabaa, 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.E prese quelle città, e ivi si fermò trenta giorni, nel qual tempo ordinò, che riunissero tutte le sue forze.and tooke their cities, and sate there for thirtie dayes, in which daies he commanded al the armie of his powre to be vnited.accepitque civitates eorum, et sedit ibi per triginta dies, in quibus diebus adunari præcepit universum exercitum virtutis suæ.