Judith, 12

1. Then he ordered her to enter where his valuables were stored, and he ordered her wait there, and he appointed what should be given to her from his own feast.

1. Zapovjedi da je odvedu na mjesto gdje je bilo pohranjeno srebrno posuðe i naredi da joj daju od jela njegovih i od vina njegova.

2. And Judith responded to him, and she said: “Now, I am not able to eat from these things which you instructed to be allotted to me, lest an offense come upon me. But I will eat from that which I have brought.”

2. Ali Judita odgovori: "Neæu toga jesti da ne bude sablazni, nego neka mi se jelo prireðuje od onoga što sam donijela sa sobom."

3. And Holofernes said to her, “If these things that you have brought with you should fail you, what shall we do for you?”

3. Holoferno je zapita: "Kad ti ponestane što imaš uza se, odakle æemo ti davati takva jela kad meðu nama nema nikoga od tvoga roda?"

4. And Judith said, “As your soul lives, my lord, your maidservant will not expend all these things, until God accomplishes by my hand what I have in mind.” And his servants led her into the tabernacle, as he instructed.

4. Judita odgovori: "Života mi tvoga, gospodaru, ropkinja tvoja neæe ni utrošiti što je sa sobom donijela, a Gospod æe veæ rukom njezinom izvesti što je odluèio."

5. And, as she was entering, she requested that it be permitted to her to go outside at night, before daylight, in order to pray and to petition the Lord.

5. Onda je sluge Holofernove odvedoše u šator. Spavala je do ponoæi. Ustade o jutarnjoj straži.

6. And he instructed his chamberlains that she may exit and enter, just as it may please her, to adore her God, for three days.

6. Poruèi Holofernu: "Neka gospodar moj dopusti da sluškinja njegova iziðe radi molitve."

7. And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and she washed herself in a fountain of water.

7. Holoferno naredi svojim stražarima da je u tome ne ometaju. Ostala je tako tri dana u taboru. Noæu je išla u dolinu Betulije i umivala se na studencu u taboru.

8. And, as she climbed up, she prayed to the Lord God of Israel that he would direct her way, to the liberation of his people.

8. Kad bi tako izišla, molila bi Gospoda, Boga Izraelova, da joj korake upravi na slavu sinova naroda njezina.

9. And entering, she remained pure in the tabernacle, until she received her own food in the evening.

9. Vrativši se èista, zadržala bi se u šatoru dok joj ne bi naveèer priredili jelo.

10. And it happened on the fourth day that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and he said to Vagao his eunuch: “Go, and persuade that Hebrew woman to willingly consent to live with me.

10. Èetvrtoga dana Holoferno priredi gozbu samo za svoje èasnike. Ne pozva nikoga od posluge.

11. For it is disgraceful among the Assyrians, if a woman mocks a man, acting so as to pass through with immunity from him.”

11. Reèe dvoraninu Bagoi, upravitelju svih svojih dobara: "Idi i nagovori onu Hebrejku koja je kod tebe da doðe jesti i piti s nama.

12. Then Vagao entered toward Judith, and he said, “May she not dread, my good young woman, to enter to my lord, so that she may be honored before his face, so that she may eat with him and drink wine with cheerfulness.”

12. Bila bi nam prava sramota imati uza se takvu ženu a ne biti s njom; jer ako je ne predobijemo, rugat æe nam se."

13. Judith answered him: “Who am I, that I should contradict my lord?

13. Bagoa izaðe od Holoferna, uðe k njoj i reèe joj: "Neka ljepojka ne oklijeva doæi k mome gospodaru da bude èašæena u njegovoj nazoènosti, da veselo pije vino s nama i postane ovoga dana kao jedna od asirskih kæeri koje žive u dvoru Nabukodonozorovu."

14. All that will be good and best before his eyes, I will do. Moreover, whatever will please him, to me, that will be what is best, all the days of my life.”

14. Judita mu odgovori: "Tko sam ja da se usprotivim svome gospodaru? Uèinit æu smjesta sve što je drago oku njegovu. Bit æe mi to radost sve do smrti."

15. And she arose and dressed herself with her garments, and entering, she stood before his face.

15. Ustade, ukrasi se haljinama i svakakvim ženskim uresima. Sluškinja ode prije nje te prostrije po zemlji pred Holoferna ovnujske kože koje je dobila od Bagoe za svakidašnju upotrebu da na njima svakoga dana udobno blaguje.

16. But the heart of Holofernes was struck. For he was burning with desire for her.

16. Judita uðe i smjesti se. Holofernu se srce uzbudi, duša mu se uznemiri i spopade ga ognjena žudnja da bude s njom. Od onoga dana kad ju je prvi put vidio, samo je vrebao priliku da je zavede.

17. And Holofernes said to her, “Drink now, and recline with cheerfulness, for you have found favor before me.”

17. Kaza joj Holoferno: "DÓe pij i veseli se s nama!"

18. And Judith said, “I will drink, my lord, because my soul has been magnified this day, beyond all my days.”

18. Judita odgovori: "Hoæu, pit æu, gospodaru, jer osjeæam da je danas moj život tako velik kako nije bio nikada od moga roðenja."

19. And she accepted and ate and drank in his sight what her handmaid had prepared for her.

19. Uzela je, jela je i pila pred njim što joj njezina sluškinja bijaše priredila.

20. And Holofernes became pleased with her, and he drank very much wine, more than he had ever drunk in his life.

20. Holoferno je uživao u njoj i pio je toliko vina koliko ga nije pio nikad u životu.