Mosaico decorativo

1. Et miserunt ad eum legatos verbis pacificis dicentes:

1. So they sent messengers to sue for peace, and said,

2. “Ecce nos pueri Nabuchodonosor regis magni adstamus coram te; utere nobis, quemadmodum placet faciei tuae.

2. "Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great King, lie prostrate before you. Do with us whatever you will.

3. Ecce villae nostrae et omnis locus noster et omnis campus frumenti et greges et armenta et omnia stabula iumentorum nostrorum adstant ante faciem tuam; utere, quemadmodum placet tibi.

3. Behold, our buildings, and all our land, and all our wheat fields, and our flocks and herds, and all our sheepfolds with their tents, lie before you; do with them whatever you please.

4. Ecce et civitates nostrae et, qui inhabitant in eis, servi tui sunt; veniens occurre eis, sicut est bonum in oculis tuis”.

4. Our cities also and their inhabitants are your slaves; come and deal with them in any way that seems good to you."

5. Et venerunt viri ad Holofernen et nuntiaverunt ei secundum verba haec.

5. The men came to Holofernes and told him all this.

6. Et descendit ad maritimam ipse et virtus eius et custodivit civitates excelsas et accepit ex eis in auxilium viros electos.

6. Then he went down to the seacoast with his army and stationed garrisons in the hilltop cities and took picked men from them as his allies.

7. Et exceperunt eum ipsi et omnis circumregio eorum cum coronis et choris et tympanis.

7. And these people and all in the country round about welcomed him with garlands and dances and tambourines.

8. Et destruxit omnes fines eorum et lucos eorum excidit, et datum ei erat omnes deos terrae exterminare, ut ipsi soli Nabuchodonosor servirent omnes gentes, et omnes linguae et omnes tribus eorum invocarent eum deum.

8. And he demolished all their shrines and cut down their sacred groves; for it had been given to him to destroy all the gods of the land, so that all nations should worship Nebuchadnezzar only, and all their tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.

9. Et venit contra faciem Esdrelon prope Dothain, quae est contra descensum magnum Iudaeae,

9. Then he came to the edge of Esdraelon, near Dothan, fronting the great ridge of Judea;

10. et castra posuerunt inter Gabaa et Scytharum civitatem. Et erat ibi mensem dierum, ut colligeret omnia utensilia virtutis suae.

10. here he camped between Geba and Scythopolis, and remained for a whole month in order to assemble all the supplies for his army.



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