Judith, 16

1. Then Judith sang this canticle to the Lord, saying:

1. Judita zapjeva: "Slavite Boga moga s bubnjevima, Gospodinu pjevajte s cimbalima, psalam i pohvalu izvijajte mu u èast, velièajte i zazivajte Ime njegovo!

2. “Call to the Lord with drums, sing to the Lord with cymbals, play for him a new psalm, exalt and invoke his name.

2. Jer Gospod Bog što dokonèava ratove, da bi udario tabor svoj usred naroda, izbavi me iz ruke progonitelja mojih.

3. The Lord crushes wars; the Lord is his name.

3. Asur siðe s planina sjevernih, doðe sa silnom vojskom svojom. Mnoštvo njihovo potoke zakrèi, konji njihovi bregove prekriše.

4. He has set up his camp in the midst of his people, to rescue us from the hand of all our enemies.

4. Kaza da æe kraj moj zapaliti, moje mladiæe maèem isjeæi, o tlo razmrskati moju dojenèad, kao plijen moju djecu uzeti, ugrabiti moje djevice.

5. Assur came from the mountains, from the North, with the multitude of his strength. His multitude blockaded the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.

5. Gospod Svevladar svlada ih rukom žene jedne!

6. He told himself that he would set fire to my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, to give my children into plunder and my virgins into captivity.

6. Nisu im mladiæi silnika slomili, Titanovi sinovi nisu ga oborili, divovi silni nisu ga napali, nego Judita, kæi Merarijeva, ljepotom svoga lica njega uništi!

7. But the almighty Lord has harmed him, and he has delivered him into the hands of a woman, and he has pierced him through.

7. Ona svuèe udovièke haljine, da bi Izraelce ugnjetene podigla, namaza lice mašæu mirisnom,

8. For their powerful one did not fall by young men, nor did the sons of Titan strike him, nor did lofty giants set themselves against him, but Judith, the daughter of Merari, dissolved him with the splendor of her face.

8. na kose prevjes stavi, lanene halje uze da ga opèini.

9. For she put away from herself the garments of widowhood, and she clothed herself with the garments of rejoicing, for the sake of the exultation of the sons of Israel.

9. Sandala njemu oko zatravi, ljepota njena dušu mu zarobi, maè mu kroza šiju proðe.

10. She anointed her face with ointment, and she gathered the locks of her hair with a headdress; she accepted a new dress in order to deceive him.

10. Perzijce njena hrabrost osupnu, a Medijce smionost zaprepasti.

11. Her sandals ravished his eyes; her beauty made his soul her captive; with a blade, she cut off his head.

11. Tad viknuše ponizni moji, a oni se prepadoše, nemoæni moji, a oni se prestraviše; podigoše glas, a oni u bijeg nagoše!

12. The Persians were horrified at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.

12. Djevojèica sasjekoše ih sinovi, pobiše ih kao sinove odmetnika, u boju Boga moga pogiboše.

13. Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my humble ones appeared, parched with thirst.

13. Bogu svom pjevat æu pjesmu novu. Velik si i slavan, Gospode! U sili divan i nepobjediv!

14. The sons of the servant girls have pierced them through, and, like fleeing servants, they have killed them. They perished in battle before the face of the Lord, my God.

14. Sva stvorenja tvoja tebi neka služe, jer ti samo reèe, i postadoše; posla duh svoj, i on ih oblikova. I glasu tvome nitko ne odolje.

15. Let us sing a canticle to the Lord; let us sing a new hymn to our God.

15. Planine æe se iz temelja s vodama potresti, hridi æe se pred tobom kao od voska istopiti, ali prema onima koji te se boje ti æeš i tada milostiv biti.

16. O Adonai, O Lord, you are great, and splendor is in your virtue, and no one is able to overcome you.

16. Neznatna ti je svaka žrtva na ugodan miris, još neznatnija pretilina paljenice, ali tko se boji Gospoda - velik je zauvijek.

17. Let all your creatures serve you. For you spoke, and they became. You sent forth your Spirit, and they were created. And there is no one who can withstand your voice.

17. Jao narodima koji ustanu na narod moj! Bog Svevladar kaznit æe ih na dan Suda: poslat æe oganj i crve u meso njihovo, a oni æe u boli jaukati zauvijek."

18. The mountains will be moved from the foundations by the waters. The rocks, like wax, will liquefy before your face.

18. Kada doðoše u Jeruzalem, pokloniše se Bogu, a pošto se narod oèisti, prinesoše paljenice, dragovoljne prinose i darove.

19. But those who fear you will be great with you, throughout all things.

19. Judita posveti kao "herem" sve Holofernove predmete koje joj puk bijaše predao i svilene tkanine koje bijaše uzela s postelje njegove.

20. Woe to the people that rises up against my people. For the Lord almighty will be vindicated against them; in the day of judgment, he will visit them.

20. Narod se veselio tri mjeseca u Jeruzalemu pred Svetištem i Judita je ostala s njima.

21. For he will bestow fire and worms on their flesh, so that they may burn and have sensations without ceasing.”

21. A nakon tih dana svaki se vrati na svoju baštinu. Judita se povuèe u Betuliju i osta na svom posjedu. I svega vijeka svojega bila je slavna na svoj zemlji.

22. And it happened that, after these things, all the people came to Jerusalem after the victory, to adore the Lord. And as soon as they were purified, they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their promises.

22. Mnogi su je prosili, ali ona ne upozna ni jednoga èovjeka u sve dane života svojega otkad joj umrije muž Manaše i bi pridružen narodu svome.

23. Moreover, Judith offered all the implements of war from Holofernes, which the people gave to her, and the canopy that she had taken away from his chamber, as an anathema unto oblivion.

23. Starjela je i u domu muža svojega postigla dob od sto i pet godina. Sluškinji svojoj dala je slobodu. Umrije u Betuliji. Pokopaše je u peæini Manašea, muža njezina.

24. But the people were cheerful before the face of the sanctuary, and for three months the gladness of this victory was celebrated with Judith.

24. Dom Izraelov oplakivaše je sedam dana. Prije smrti razdijelila je svoja dobra roðacima svojim i roðacima muža svojega Manašea.

25. And after those days, each one returned to his own house, and Judith became great in Bethulia, and she had great splendor in all the land of Israel.

25. U Juditino vrijeme, a i mnogo poslije smrti njezine, ne bijaše nikoga tko bi zadavao strah sinovima Izraelovim.

26. For chastity was one with her virtue, so that she did not know man all the days of her life, after the passing away of her husband, Manasseh.

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27. And then, on feast days, she came forth with great glory.

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28. But she remained in her husband’s house for one hundred and five years, and she set her handmaid free. And she passed away and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.

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29. And all the people mourned her, for seven days.

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30. And, during all the time of her life, there was no one who disturbed Israel, nor for many years after her death.

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31. Moreover, the day of the festivity of this victory was accepted by the Hebrews in the numbering of holy days, and it was religiously observed by the Jews, from that time, even to the present day.

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