Judith 12

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Thomson 1808

Brenton 1851

Greek · Brenton

Thomson—

BrentonThen he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine.

GreekΚαὶ ἐκέλευσεν εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτὴν οὗ ἐτίθετο τὰ ἀργυρώματα, καὶ αὐτοῦ συνέταξε καταστρῶσαι αὐτῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀψοποιημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῦ οἴνου αὐτοῦ πίνειν.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπεν Ἰουδὶθ, οὐ φάγομαι ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ γένηται σκάνδαλον, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τῶν ἠκολουθηκότων μοι χορηγηθήσεται.

Thomson—

BrentonThen Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of thy nation.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ὀλοφέρνης, ἐὰν δὲ ἐκλίπῃ τὰ ὄντα μετὰ σοῦ, πόθεν ἐξοίσομέν σοι δοῦναι ὅμοια αὐτοῖς; οὐ γάρ ἐστι μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους σου.

Thomson—

BrentonThen said Judith unto him, As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπεν Ἰουδὶθ πρὸς αὐτὸν, ζῇ ἡ ψυχη σου, κύριέ μου, ὅτι οὐ δαπανήσι ἡ δούλη σου τὰ ὄντα μετʼ ἐμοῦ, ἕως ἂν ποιήσῃ Κὺριος ἐν χειρί μου ἃ ἐβουλεύσατο.

Thomson—

BrentonThen the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,

GreekΚαὶ ἠγάγοσαν αὐτὴν οἱ θεράποντες Ὀλοφέρνου εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν, καὶ ὕπνωσε μέχρι μεσούσης τῆς νυκτός· καὶ ἀνέστη πρὸς τὴν ἑωθινὴν φυλακὴν,

Thomson—

Brentonand sent to Holofernes, saying, Let my lord now command that thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer.

Greekκαὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς Ὀλοφέρνην, λέγουσα, ἐπιταξάτω δὴ ὁ κύριός μου, ἐᾶσαι τὴν δούλην σου ἐπὶ προσευχὴν ἐξελθεῖν.

Thomson—

BrentonThen Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp.

GreekΚαὶ προσέταξεν Ὀλοφέρνης τοῖς σωματοφύλαξι μὴ διακωλύειν αὐτήν· καὶ παρέμεινεν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ἡμέρας τρεῖς, καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο κατὰ νύκτα εἰς τὴν φάραγγα Βετυλούα, καὶ ἐβαπτίζετο ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.

GreekΚαὶ ὡς ἀνέβη, ἐδέετο τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ κατευθύναι τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς εἰς ἀνάστεμα τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.

Thomson—

BrentonSo she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.

GreekΚαὶ εἰσπορευομένη καθαρὰ παρέμενε τῇ σκηνῇ, μέχρις οὗ προσηνέγκατο τὴν τροφὴν αὐτῆς πρὸς ἑσπέραν.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.

GreekΚαὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ, ἐποίησεν Ὀλοφέρνης πότον τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ μόνοις, καὶ οὐκ ἐκάλεσεν εἰς τὴν χρῆσιν οὐδένα τῶν πρὸς ταῖς χρείαις.

Thomson—

BrentonThen said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπε Βαγώᾳ τῷ εὐνούχῳ, ὃς ἦν ἀφεστηκὼς ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ, πεῖσον δὴ πορευθεὶς τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν Ἑβραίαν ἥ ἐστι παρὰ σοὶ, τοῦ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν μεθʼ ἡμῶν.

Thomson—

BrentonFor, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her not unto us, she will laugh us to scorn.

GreekἸδοὺ γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τῷ προσώπῳ ἡμῶν, εἰ γυναῖκα τοιαύτην παρήσομεν οὐχ ὁμιλήσαντες αὐτῇ, ὅτι ἐὰν ταύτην μὴ ἐπισπασώμεθα, καταγελάσεται ἡμῶν.

Thomson—

BrentonThen went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be merry with us, and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor.

GreekΚαὶ ἐξῆλθε Βαγώας ἀπὸ προσώπου Ὀλοφέρνου, καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν, καὶ εἶπε, μὴ ὀκνησάτω δὴ ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ καλὴ αὕτη ἐλθοῦσα πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου, δοξασθῆναι κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ πίεσαι μεθʼ ἡμῶν εἰς εὐφροσύνην οἶνον, καὶ γενηθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ ὡς θυγάτηρ μία τῶν υἱῶν Ἀσσοὺρ, αἳ παρεστήκασιν ἐν οἴκῳ Ναβουχοδονόσορ.

Thomson—

BrentonThen said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἰουδίθ, καὶ τίς εἰμι ἐγὼ ἀντεροῦσα τῷ κυρίῳ μου; ὅτι πᾶν ὃ ἔσται ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ ἀρεστὸν, σπεύσασα ποιήσω, καὶ ἔσται τοῦτο ἀγαλλίαμα ἕως ἡμέρας θανάτου μου.

Thomson—

BrentonSo she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman's attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received of Bagoas for her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them.

GreekΚαὶ διαναστᾶσα ἐκοσμήθη τῷ ἱματισμῷ καὶ παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ τῷ γυναικείῳ· καὶ προσῆλθεν ἡ δούλη αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔστρωσεν αὐτῇ κατέναντι Ὀλοφέρνου χαμαὶ τὰ κώδια, ἃ ἔλαβε παρὰ Βαγώου εἰς τὴν καθημερινὴν δίαιταν αὐτῆς, εἰς τὸ ἐσθίειν κατακλινομένην ἐπʼ αὐτῶν.

Thomson—

BrentonNow when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her company: for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her.

GreekΚαὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἀνέπεσεν Ἰουδίθ, καὶ ἐξέστη ἡ καρδία Ὀλοφέρνου ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἦν κατεπίθυμος σφόδρα τοῦ συγγενέσθαι μετʼ αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐτήρει καιρὸν τοῦ ἀπατῆσαι αὐτὴν, ἀφʼ ἧς ἡμέρας εἶδεν αὐτήν.

Thomson—

BrentonThen said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with us.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ὀλοφέρνης, πίε δὴ, καὶ γενήθητι μεθʼ ἡμῶν εἰς εὐφροσύνην.

Thomson—

BrentonSo Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.

GreekΚαὶ εἶπεν Ἰουδὶθ, πίομαι δὴ, κύριε, ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη τὸ ζῇν μου ἐν ἐμοὶ σήμερον παρὰ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς γενέσεώς μου.

Thomson—

BrentonThen she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.

GreekΚαὶ λαβοῦσα ἔφαγε καὶ ἔπιε κατέναντι αὐτοῦ ἃ ἡτοίμασεν ἡ δούλη αὐτῆς.

Thomson—

BrentonAnd Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank much more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.

GreekΚαὶ ηὐφράνθη Ὀλοφέρνης ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔπιεν οἶνον πολὺν σφόδρα ὅσον οὐκ ἔπιε πώποτε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ ἀφʼ οὗ ἐγεννήθη.