Iudith e Holoferne

(Languages of this post: Interlingua, Latin, English)

Durante le quarte die Holoferne preparava un cena pro su servos e diceva a Vagao, su eunucho: "Vade, e persuade illa Hebraea a viver con me voluntarimente. Nam il es dishonorable apud le assyrios si un femina deride un homine e vade via de ille indemne.

Tunc vadeva Vagao a Judith et diceva, "Non time, bon puella. Vade a mi domino. Ille te honorara e tu mangiara con ille, et tu bibera vino in gaudimento."

Iudith respondeva a ille, "Naturalmente vos non volera que io contradice mi domino, nonne? Omne lo que essera bon e optime ante su oculos io facera, e lo que place a ille essera optime pro me omne le dies de mi vita."

E illa se altiava e se ornava con su vestimentos, e, post vader a ille, stava ante ille. Le corde de Holoferne esseva colpite, e ille ardeva in concupiscentia pro illa.

E Holoferne diceva a illa, "Bibe alique nunc e reposa te, proque io te estima multo."

E Judith diceva, "Io bibera, domine, proque hodie mi spirto es exaltate plus que in omne le altere dies de mi vita." E illa mangiava e bibeva con ille lo que su serva habeva preparate pro illa.

Holoferne deveniva multissimo felice e vermente bibeva troppo vino, plus que ille habeba bibite in omne su vita.

Ma, quando il esseva multissimo tarde, su servos vadeva a lor cameras, e Vagao claudeva le portas del camera de Holoferne e vadeva via. Omnes esseva fatigatissime a causa del vino, e Judith esseva sol in le camera. Holofernes jaceva in su lecto, dormiente a causa de su ebrietate excessive.

Judith stava ante le lecto, orante cum lacrimos e movente su labios in silentio, dicente, "Confirma me, Domine, Deo de Israel, e regiarda mi manos in iste hora e, exactemente como tu promitteva, erige Jerusalem, tu civitate, e lo que io complira con isto, credente que per te illo poteva facer se."

E quando illa habeva dicite iste cosas, illa vadeva al columna al capite de su lecto e disnodava le daga de Holoferne. Illa sasiva su capillatura, dicente, "Confirma me, Domine Deo, in iste hora de mi necessitate."

Illa dava a ille duo colpos in su collo e cortava via su capite.

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Iudith et Holofernes

In quarto die Holofernes fecit cenam servis suis, et dixit ad Vagao, eunuchum suum: "Vade, et suade Hebraeam illiam sponte habitare mecum. Foedum est enim apud Assyrios si femina irridet virum et immunis ab eo transit."

Tunc introivit Vagao ad Iudith, et dixit: "Noli timere, bona puella, vade ad dominum meum; honorificabit te et manducabis cum eo, et bibes vinum in iucunditate."

Cui Iudith respondit, "Num contradicam domino meo? Omne quod erit ante oculos eius bonum et optimum faciam; quidquid autem illi placuerit, hoc mihi erit optimum omnibus diebus vitae meae."

Et surrexit, et ornavit se vestimento suo; et ingressa stetit ante faciem eius. Cor Holofernis concussum est, erat enim ardens in concupiscentia eius.

Et dixit ad eam Holofernes, "Bibe nunc, et accumbe in iucunditate, quoniam invenisti gratiam coram me."

Et dixit Iudith, "Bibam, domine, quoniam magnificata est anima mea hodie prae omnibus diebus meis." Et manducavit, et bibit coram ipso, ea quae paraverat ille ancilla eius.

Holofernes iucundissimus factus est, bibitque vinum multum nimis, quantum numquam biberat in vita sua.

Ut autem sero erat, iverunt servi illius ad hospitia sua; et conclusit Vagao portas cubiculi Holofernis, et abiit. Erant autem omnes fatigatissimi a vino; eratque Iudith sola in cubiculo. Porro Holofernes iacebat in lecto, nimia ebrietate sopitus.

Stetitque Iudeth ante lectum, orans cum lacrimis, et labiorum motu in silentio, dicens, "Confirma me, Domine, Deus Israel, et respice in hac hora ad opera manuum mearum, et sicut promisisti, Ierusalem, civitatem tuam, erige, et hoc quod per te posse fieri cogitavi, perficiam."

Et cum haec dixerat, accessit ad columnam quae erat ad caput lectulis Holofernis. Apprehendit comam capitis eius dicens "Confirma me, Domine Deus, in hac hora necessitatis meae."

Et percussit bis in cervicem eius, absciditque caput eius.

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Judith and Holofernes

On the fourth day Holofernes made dinner for his servants, and said to Vagao, his eunuch: "Go and persuade that Hebrew woman to live with me voluntarily. For it is dishonorable among the Assyrians if a woman makes fun of a man and goes away from him unharmed.

Then Vagao went in to Judith and said: "Don't be afraid, my dear girl. Go see my master. He will honor you and you will eat with him, and you will enjoy drinking some wine with him."

Judith responded to him, "You don't want me to contradict my master, do you? I will do everything that is best for him to see. Whatever he likes will be the greatest thing for me for the rest of the days of my life.

And she arose and adorned herself with her clothing; and, after going to him, stood in front of him. Holofernes' heart was stricken, and he found himself lusting after her.

And Holofernes said to her, "Have something to drink and relax. I really think a great deal of you."

And Judith said, "I will drink, master, because today my spirit is elated more than it ever has been in my life." And she ate, and drank in front of him what her servant girl had prepared for her.

Holofernes became very happy and drank too much, more than he had ever drunk in his entire life.

But when it was very late, his servants went to their quarters, and Vagao closed the doors to Holofernes's room and went away. Everyone was very tired because of the wine, and Judith remained alone in the room. Holofernes was lying in bed asleep because of his excessive drinking.

Judith stood in front of the bed, praying tearfully and moving her lips in silence, saying, "Strengthen me, O Lord, the God of Israel, and look upon the works of my hands in this hour and just as you promised, raise up Jerusalem, your city; and I will do this, believing it could be done through you."

And when she had said these things, she went to the column at the head of his bed and untied Holofernes' dagger. She seized the hair on his head and said, "Strengthen me, O Lord God, in this, my hour of need."

She she struck at his neck twice and cut off his head.