Judith, 2

1. In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, on the twenty-second day of the first month, the word went forth from the house of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, that he would defend himself.

1. Godine osamnaeste, prvoga mjeseca, dana dvadeset i drugoga, u kraljevskoj palaèi Nabukodonozora, kralja asirskoga, smisliše tajnu osnovu o izvršenju osvete nad svakom pokrajinom, kako on veæ bijaše kazao.

2. And he called all the native leaders, and all the commanders, and his officers of war, and he met with them in his secret council.

2. Sazva sve svoje pomoænike i sve svoje dostojanstvenike i saopæi im svoju tajnu osnovu i svojim usnama odluèi potpuno uništenje onih pokrajina.

3. And he said to them that his thoughts were to subjugate all the earth to his authority.

3. I bi odluèeno da se unište posvema svi oni koji se ne bijahu pokorili naredbi njegovih usta.

4. And when this saying pleased them all, king Nebuchadnezzar called Holofernes, the leader of his military.

4. Zatim, kako završi vijeæanje, Nabukodonozor, kralj Asiraca, dozva k sebi Holoferna, vrhovnog zapovjednika sve vojske, drugoga po redu iza sebe, i kaza mu:

5. And he said to him: “Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and against those in particular who showed contempt for my authority.

5. "Ovako govori veliki kralj, gospodar sve zemlje: otiæi æeš od mene i povest æeš sa sobom ljude svjesne svoje snage, otprilike stotinu i dvadeset tisuæa pješaka i mnoštvo od dvanaest tisuæa konja i konjanika.

6. Your eye must not spare any kingdom, and all the fortified cities you will subjugate to me.”

6. Poæi æeš protiv sve zemlje na zapadu, jer se ne odazva nalogu mojih usta.

7. Then Holofernes called the commanders and the magistrates of the army of the Assyrians. And he numbered men for the expedition, just as the king had instructed him: one hundred and twenty thousand foot-soldiers, and twelve thousand archers on horseback.

7. Naredit æeš im da pripreme zemlju i vodu, jer æu u svome bijesu nasrnuti na njih. Prekrit æu svu zemlju nogama svojih vojnika i pustit æu da je temeljito opljaèkaju.

8. And he caused his entire expeditionary force to go ahead with an innumerable multitude of camels, with whatever was needed in abundance for the armies, and with herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep, which could not be numbered.

8. Njihovi æe ranjenici ispuniti doline; svaki potok i rijeka razlit æe se nabujavši od njihovih mrtvih tijela.

9. He appointed grain to be prepared from all of Syria, as he passed through it.

9. Otjerat æu ih kao prognanike do nakraj svijeta.

10. In fact, he took up gold and silver from the house of the king in great abundance.

10. Ti dakle kreni pa mi zauzmi sve njihovo podruèje. Ako ti se predaju, ti æeš mi ih saèuvati za dan njihove kazne.

11. And he set out, he and all the army, with the four-horse chariots, and horsemen, and archers. And they covered the face of the earth like locusts.

11. Neka tvoje oko ne zna milosti prema odmetnicima, nego kamo god doðeš, podvrgni ih smrti i pljaèki u svoj zemlji koja ti je povjerena.

12. And when he had crossed over the borders of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountains of Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia. And he ascended to all their castles, and he prevailed over all the fortifications.

12. Kazah i svojom æu rukom izvesti, kunem se životom i snagom svoga kraljevstva.

13. Moreover, he broke open the renowned city of Melothus, and he pillaged all the sons of Tarshish, and the sons of Ishmael, who were opposite the face of the desert and to the south of the land of Cellon.

13. Ti nemoj prekršiti ni jedne od zapovijedi svoga gospodara, nego izvrši doslovce sve ono što sam ti naredio i nemoj oklijevati da to provedeš."

14. And he crossed over the Euphrates and came into Mesopotamia. And he crushed all the lofty cities that were there, from the torrent of Mambre, even until one passes through to the sea.

14. Holoferno ode od svoga gospodara i sakupi sve vrhovne zapovjednike, vojskovoðe i èasnike vojske asirske,

15. And he occupied its furthest regions, from Cilicia all the way to the coastlines of Japheth, which are towards the south.

15. prebroja ljude koje izabra za bojni raspored kao što je naredio gospodar njegov: stotinu dvadeset tisuæa ljudi i dvanaest tisuæa strijelaca na konjima

16. And he carried away all the sons of Midian, and he plundered them in all their wealthy regions. And all who resisted him, he slew with the edge of the sword.

16. i svrsta ih kako se svrstavaju bojni redovi velika mnoštva.

17. And after these things, he descended to the plains of Damascus, in the days of the harvest, and he set fire to all the crops, and he caused all the trees and the vineyards to be cut down.

17. Uze silan broj deva, magaraca i mazgi za prijenos njihove opreme, a tako i velik broj ovaca, volova i koza njima za opskrbu

18. And the fear of them fell upon all the inhabitants of the land.

18. i za hranu svakog pojedinog vojnika te napokon golemu kolièinu zlata i srebra iz kraljeva dvora.

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19. Krenu sa svom vojskom da bi kao prethodnica Nabukodonozorova prekrio sve lice zemlje na zapadu kolima, konjanicima i izabranim pješacima.

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20. Silno, izmiješano mnoštvo, kao skakavci ili kopneni pijesak nebrojeni, iðaše za njim.

21.

21. Krenuše iz Ninive i nakon tri dana hoda stigoše do ravnice Bektileta, pa se utaboriše za Bektiletom, blizu planine koja se nalazi nalijevo od Gornje Cilicije.

22.

22. Holoferno pokrenu svu vojsku, pješake, konjanike i kola, pa se odande uputi prema planinskim predjelima.

23.

23. Razori Fud i Lud, orobi sve Rasisove sinove i sinove Izmaelove koji borave suèelice pustinji, južno od zemlje heleonske.

24.

24. Prijeðe Eufrat, proðe kroz Mezopotamiju, razori sve gradove koji se nalaze na uzvisinama uzduž potoka Abrona, da bi izbio na more.

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25. Zauze podruèje Cilicije, isjeèe na komade sve one koji mu se opirahu i stiže do meða Jafata na jug, nasuprot Arabiji.

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26. Opkoli sve sinove Madijanove, zapali im šatore, ugrabi stada.

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27. Za žetve žita siðe u nizinu Damaska, zapali im sve njive, uništi im stada i stoku, opljaèka im gradove, opustoši polja i oštricom maèa pobi sve mlado.

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28. Tada spopade strah i užas sve stanovnike obala Sidona i Tira, žitelje Sura i Okine i sve žitelje Jamnije. I graðane koji su živjeli u Azotu i Askalonu zahvati silan strah pred njim.