Judith, 14

1. Then Judith said to all the people: “Hear me, brothers. Suspend this head over our walls.

1. Judita im reèe: "Poslušajte me, braæo! Uzmite ovu glavu i objesite je na krunište naših zidina.

2. And, as soon as the sun rises, let everyone take up his weapons and go out to attack, not going down all the way, but only to seem as if making an assault.

2. Èim zora zarudi te sunce obasja zemlju, neka se svatko maši svog oružja i svi hrabri muževi neka izaðu iz grada. Izabrat æete im voðu kao da tobože hoæete siæi u ravnicu, na asirske predstraže. Ali neæete siæi.

3. Then the scouts will have to hurry to awaken their leader for the fight.

3. Oni æe pograbiti svoje oružje, otiæi æe u tabor i probudit æe zapovjednike asirske vojske. Zajedno æe otrèati k Holofernovu šatoru, i kad Holoferna ne naðu, spopast æe ih užas i pobjeæi æe ispred vas.

4. And when their commanders rush into the tabernacle of Holofernes, and they find his headless body wallowing in his blood, fear will fall over them.

4. Vi i svi koji žive u granicama Izraela, progonite ih i uništite na putu njihova uzmaka.

5. And when you realize that they are fleeing, go after them in security, for the Lord will crush them under your feet.”

5. Ali prije nego sve to izvedete, pozovite mi Ahiora Amonca da svojim oèima prepozna onoga koji je prezreo kuæu Izraelovu a njega poslao k nama u smrt."

6. Then Achior, seeing the power that the God of Israel had wrought, left behind the rituals of the Gentiles. He believed in God, and he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and he was placed among the people of Israel, and so were all the succession of his kindred, even until this present day.

6. Pozvaše Ahiora iz Ozijine kuæe. Kako doðe i vidje Holofernovu glavu u rukama jednog od èlanova narodnoga zbora, sruši se na zemlju i onesvijesti.

7. And soon, at the rising of day, they suspended the head of Holofernes above the walls, and every man took up his weapons, and they went out with a great uproar and howling.

7. Kada se osvijestio, baci se do nogu Juditi, pokloni joj se i uskliknu: "Blagoslovljena da si u svakome šatoru Judinu i u svakom narodu! Svatko æe drhtati od straha kad èuje tvoje ime!

8. When the scouts saw this, they rushed to the tent of Holofernes.

8. A sada mi pripovjedi što si sve izvela ovih dana." Judita mu usred mnoštva pripovjedi sve što je uèinila od onoga dana kad je otišla pa do tada, do toga razgovora s njima.

9. Moreover, those who were in the tent came and made a loud noise before the entrance to the bedchamber, hoping to awaken him by an attempt at skillful noise-making, not by intruding on him, so that Holofernes might be roused from sleep.

9. Kad je završila kazivanje, narod poène klicati od radosti: svim gradom odjeknuše radosni povici.

10. For no one dared to knock, or to open and enter, the bedchamber of the powerful leader of the Assyrians.

10. Tada Ahior, vidjevši što je sve uèinio Bog Izraelov, povjerova èvrsto u Boga te se dade obrezati i tako bi pribrojen narodu Izraelovu.

11. But when his commanders and tribunes had arrived, with all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:

11. A kad zarudje zora, objesiše Holofernovu glavu na zidine. Svaki pograbi svoje oružje te jurnuše u odredima niz padine.

12. “Enter and awaken him, for the mice have come out of their holes, intending to challenge us to fight.”

12. Kada ih Asirci ugledaše, obavijestiše svoje zapovjednike. Ovi poðoše zapovjednicima, tisuænicima i ostalim èasnicima svojim.

13. Then Vagao, entering his bedchamber, stood before the curtain, and he made a clapping noise with his hands. For he suspected that he was sleeping with Judith.

13. Doðoše do Holofernova šatora pa kazaše upravitelju njegovih dobara: "DÓe probudi našega gospodara. Oni su se robovi usudili siæi i napasti nas da zauvijek budu uništeni."

14. But when, with attentiveness, he perceived no motion of anyone reclining, he approached the curtain. And lifting it up, he saw the dead body of Holofernes, without a head, lying on the ground, soaked in his own blood. He cried out with a loud voice and weeping, and he tore his garments.

14. Bagoa uðe i pljesnu rukama pred šatorskim zastorom: mišljaše da Holoferno spava s Juditom.

15. And he entered the tent of Judith and did not find her. And he ran out to the people,

15. Ali kako se nitko ne odazva, razmaknu zastore, uðe u ložnicu i naðe truplo baèeno na prag: glave nigdje, bijaše odnesena.

16. and he said: “One Hebrew woman has caused confusion in the house of Nebuchadnezzar the king. For behold, Holofernes lies on the ground, and his head is not with him.”

16. Kriknu iza glasa te plaèuæi, jecajuæi i snažno zapomažuæi rastrga na sebi haljine.

17. Now when the leaders of the army of the Assyrians had heard this, they all tore their garments, and an intolerable fear and trembling fell over them, and their minds were greatly disturbed.

17. Uðe zatim u šator u kojem je boravila Judita i ne naðe je. Onda otrèa k narodu i povika:

18. And there was an unprecedented outcry in the midst of their camp.

18. "Ovi su robovi podmukli: jedna sama Hebrejka osramotila je dom kralja Nabukodonozora. Evo Holoferna na zemlji, ali glave na njemu nema."

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19. Kad zapovjednici vojske asirske èuše te rijeèi, razderaše na sebi haljine, dušu im spopade silan strah, a taborom im se prolomiše oštri krikovi i silna kuknjava.