Comparison
Judith 3
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said: | Tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium ac provinciarum reges ac principes, Syriae scilicet Mesopotamiae, et Syriae Sobal, et Libyae, atque Ciliciae: qui venientes ad Holofernem, dixerunt: | Καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀγγέλους λόγοις εἰρηνικοῖς, λέγοντες, |
| 2 | Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery. | Desinat indignatio tua circa nos: melius est enim ut viventes serviamus Nabuchodonosor regi magno, et subditi simus tibi, quam morientes cum interitu nostro ipsi servitutis nostrae damna patiamur. | ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς οἱ παῖδες Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως μεγάλου παρακείμεθα ἐνώπιόν σου, χρῆσαι ἡμῖν καθὼς ἀρεστόν ἐστι τῷ προσώπῳ σου. |
| 3 | All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of cheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight: | Omnis civitas nostra, omnisque possessio, omnes montes, et colles, et campi, et armenta boum, gregesque ovium, et caprarum, equorumque et camelorum, et universae facultates nostrae atque familiae, in conspectu tuo sunt: | Ἰδοὺ αἱ ἐπαύλεις ἡμῶν, καὶ πᾶν πεδίον πυρῶν, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια καὶ τὰ βουκόλια, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ μάνδραι τῶν σκηνῶν ἡμῶν παράκεινται πρὸ προσώπου σου· χρῆσαι καθʼ ὃ ἂν ἀρέσκῃ σοι. |
| 4 | Let all we have be subject to thy law. | sint omnia nostra sub lege tua. | Ἰδοὺ καὶ αἱ πόλεις ἡμῶν, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐταῖς δοῦλοί σου εἰσίν· ἐλθὼν ἀπάντησον αὐταῖς ὡς ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου. |
| 5 | Both we and our children are thy servants. | Nos, et filii nostri, servi tui sumus. | Καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ ἄνδρες πρὸς Ὀλοφέρνην, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα. |
| 6 | Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee. | Veni nobis pacificus dominus, et utere servitio nostro, sicut placuerit tibi. | Καὶ κατέβη ἐπὶ τὴν παραλίαν αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφρούρησε τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὑψηλάς· καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτῶν εἰς συμμαχίαν ἄνδρας ἐπιλέκτους. |
| 7 | Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land. | Tunc descendit de montibus cum equitibus in virtute magna, et obtinuit omnem civitatem, et omnem inhabitantem terram. | Καὶ ἐδέξαντο αὐτὸν αὐτοὶ, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος αὐτῶν μετὰ στεφάνων καὶ χορῶν καὶ τυμπάνων. |
| 8 | And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war. | De universis autem urbibus assumpsit sibi auxiliarios viros fortes, et electos ad bellum. | Καὶ κατέσκαψε πάντα τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐξέκοψε· καὶ ἦν δεδογμένον αὐτῷ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι πάντας τοὺς θεοὺς τῆς γῆς, ὅπως αὐτῷ μόνῳ τῷ Ναβουχοδονόσορ λατρεύσωσι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ γλῶσσαι καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπικαλέσωνται αὐτὸν εἰς θεόν. |
| 9 | And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming. | Tantusque metus provinciis illis incubuit, ut universarum urbium habitatores principes et honorati simul cum populis exirent obviam venienti, | Καὶ ἦλθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Ἐσδρηλὼν πλησίον τῆς Δωταίας, ἥ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι τοῦ πρίονος τοῦ μεγάλου τῆς Ἰουδαίας. |
| 10 | And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and tumbrels, and flutes. | excipientes eum cum coronis et lampadibus, ducentes choros in tympanis et tibiis. | Καὶ κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἀναμέσον Γαιβαὶ καὶ Σκυθῶν πόλεως, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ μῆνα ἡμερῶν εἰς τὸ συλλέξαι πᾶσαν τὴν ἀπαρτίαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ. |
| 11 | And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart: | Nec ista tamen facientes, ferocitatem eius pectoris mitigare potuerunt: | — |
| 12 | For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves. | nam et civitates eorum destruxit, et lucos eorum excidit. | — |
| 13 | For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes. | Praeceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terrae exterminaret, videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quae potuissent Holofernis potentia subiugari. | — |
| 14 | And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa, | Pertransiens autem Syriam Sobal, et omnem Apameam, omnemque Mesopotamiam, venit ad Idumaeos in terram Gabaa, | — |
| 15 | And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united. | accepitque civitates eorum, et sedit ibi per triginta dies, in quibus diebus adunari praecepit universum exercitum virtutis suae. | — |
