¹Tunc cantavit canticum hoc Domino Judith,Then Judith sang this canticle to the Lord,dicens:saying:

¹Tunc cantavit canticum hoc Domino Judith,Then Judith sang this canticle to the Lord,dicens:saying:

²Incipite Domino in tympanis;“Call to the Lord with drums,cantate Domino in cymbalis;sing to the Lord with cymbals,modulamini illi psalmum novum:play for him a new psalm,exaltate,exaltet invocate nomen ejus.and invoke his name.

²Incipite Domino in tympanis;“Call to the Lord with drums,cantate Domino in cymbalis;sing to the Lord with cymbals,modulamini illi psalmum novum:play for him a new psalm,exaltate,exaltet invocate nomen ejus.and invoke his name.

³Dominus conterens bella,The Lord crushes wars;Dominus nomen est illi.the Lord is his name.

³Dominus conterens bella,The Lord crushes wars;Dominus nomen est illi.the Lord is his name.

⁴Qui posuit castra sua in medio populi sui,He has set up his camp in the midst of his people,ut eriperet nos de manu omnium inimicorum nostrorum.to rescue us from the hand of all our enemies.

⁴Qui posuit castra sua in medio populi sui,He has set up his camp in the midst of his people,ut eriperet nos de manu omnium inimicorum nostrorum.to rescue us from the hand of all our enemies.

⁵Venit Assur ex montibus ab aquilone in multitudine fortitudinis suæ:Assur came from the mountains, from the North, with the multitude of his strength.cujus multitudo obturavit torrentes,His multitude blockaded the torrents,et equi eorum cooperuerunt valles.and their horses covered the valleys.

⁵Venit Assur ex montibus ab aquilone in multitudine fortitudinis suæ:Assur came from the mountains, from the North, with the multitude of his strength.cujus multitudo obturavit torrentes,His multitude blockaded the torrents,et equi eorum cooperuerunt valles.and their horses covered the valleys.

⁶Dixit se incensurum fines meos,He told himself that he would set fire to my borders,et juvenes meos occisurum gladio;and kill my young men with the sword,infantes meos dare in prædam,to give my children into plunderet virgines in captivitatem.and my virgins into captivity.

⁶Dixit se incensurum fines meos,He told himself that he would set fire to my borders,et juvenes meos occisurum gladio;and kill my young men with the sword,infantes meos dare in prædam,to give my children into plunderet virgines in captivitatem.and my virgins into captivity.

⁷Dominus autem omnipotens nocuit eum,But the almighty Lord has harmed him,et tradidit eum in manus feminæ,and he has delivered him into the hands of a woman,et confodit eum.and he has pierced him through.

⁷Dominus autem omnipotens nocuit eum,But the almighty Lord has harmed him,et tradidit eum in manus feminæ,and he has delivered him into the hands of a woman,et confodit eum.and he has pierced him through.

⁸Non enim cecidit potens eorum a juvenibus,For their powerful one did not fall by young men,nec filii Titan percusserunt eum,nor did the sons of Titan strike him,nec excelsi gigantes opposuerunt se illi:nor did lofty giants set themselves against him,sed Judith filia Merari in specie faciei suæ dissolvit eum.but Judith, the daughter of Merari, dissolved him with the splendor of her face.

⁸Non enim cecidit potens eorum a juvenibus,For their powerful one did not fall by young men,nec filii Titan percusserunt eum,nor did the sons of Titan strike him,nec excelsi gigantes opposuerunt se illi:nor did lofty giants set themselves against him,sed Judith filia Merari in specie faciei suæ dissolvit eum.but Judith, the daughter of Merari, dissolved him with the splendor of her face.

⁹Exuit enim se vestimento viduitatis,For she put away from herself the garments of widowhood,et induit se vestimento lætitiæ in exultatione filiorum Israël.and she clothed herself with the garments of rejoicing, for the sake of the exultation of the sons of Israel.

⁹Exuit enim se vestimento viduitatis,For she put away from herself the garments of widowhood,et induit se vestimento lætitiæ in exultatione filiorum Israël.and she clothed herself with the garments of rejoicing, for the sake of the exultation of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰Unxit faciem suam unguento,She anointed her face with ointment,et colligavit cincinnos suos mitra;and she gathered the locks of her hair with a headdress;accepit stolam novam ad decipiendum illum.she accepted a new dress in order to deceive him.

¹⁰Unxit faciem suam unguento,She anointed her face with ointment,et colligavit cincinnos suos mitra;and she gathered the locks of her hair with a headdress;accepit stolam novam ad decipiendum illum.she accepted a new dress in order to deceive him.

¹¹Sandalia ejus rapuerunt oculos ejus;Her sandals ravished his eyes;pulchritudo ejus captivam fecit animam ejus:her beauty made his soul her captive;amputavit pugione cervicem ejus.with a blade, she cut off his head.

¹¹Sandalia ejus rapuerunt oculos ejus;Her sandals ravished his eyes;pulchritudo ejus captivam fecit animam ejus:her beauty made his soul her captive;amputavit pugione cervicem ejus.with a blade, she cut off his head.

¹²Horruerunt Persæ constantiam ejus,The Persians were horrified at her constancy,et Medi audaciam ejus.and the Medes at her boldness.

¹²Horruerunt Persæ constantiam ejus,The Persians were horrified at her constancy,et Medi audaciam ejus.and the Medes at her boldness.

¹³Tunc ululaverunt castra Assyriorum,Then the camp of the Assyrians howled,quando apparuerunt humiles mei,when my humble ones appeared,arescentes in siti.parched with thirst.

¹³Tunc ululaverunt castra Assyriorum,Then the camp of the Assyrians howled,quando apparuerunt humiles mei,when my humble ones appeared,arescentes in siti.parched with thirst.

¹⁴Filii puellarum compunxerunt eos,The sons of the servant girls have pierced them through,et sicut pueros fugientes occiderunt eos:and, like fleeing servants, they have killed them.perierunt in prælio a facie Domini Dei mei.They perished in battle before the face of the Lord, my God.

¹⁴Filii puellarum compunxerunt eos,The sons of the servant girls have pierced them through,et sicut pueros fugientes occiderunt eos:and, like fleeing servants, they have killed them.perierunt in prælio a facie Domini Dei mei.They perished in battle before the face of the Lord, my God.

¹⁵Hymnum cantemus Domino;Let us sing a canticle to the Lord;hymnum novum cantemus Deo nostro.let us sing a new hymn to our God.

¹⁵Hymnum cantemus Domino;Let us sing a canticle to the Lord;hymnum novum cantemus Deo nostro.let us sing a new hymn to our God.

¹⁶Adonai Domine,O Adonai, O Lord,magnus es tu,you are great,et præclarus in virtute tua:and splendor is in your virtue,et quem superare nemo potest.and no one is able to overcome you.

¹⁶Adonai Domine,O Adonai, O Lord,magnus es tu,you are great,et præclarus in virtute tua:and splendor is in your virtue,et quem superare nemo potest.and no one is able to overcome you.

¹⁷Tibi serviat omnis creatura tua,Let all your creatures serve you.quia dixisti,For you spoke,et facta sunt;and they became.misisti spiritum tuum,You sent forth your Spirit,et creata sunt:and they were created.et non est qui resistat voci tuæ.And there is no one who can withstand your voice.

¹⁷Tibi serviat omnis creatura tua,Let all your creatures serve you.quia dixisti,For you spoke,et facta sunt;and they became.misisti spiritum tuum,You sent forth your Spirit,et creata sunt:and they were created.et non est qui resistat voci tuæ.And there is no one who can withstand your voice.

¹⁸Montes a fundamentis movebuntur cum aquis;The mountains will be moved from the foundations by the waters.petræ,The rocks,sicut cera,like wax,liquescent ante faciem tuam.will liquefy before your face.

¹⁸Montes a fundamentis movebuntur cum aquis;The mountains will be moved from the foundations by the waters.petræ,The rocks,sicut cera,like wax,liquescent ante faciem tuam.will liquefy before your face.

¹⁹Qui autem timent te,But those who fear you will be great with you,magni erunt apud te per omnia.throughout all things.

¹⁹Qui autem timent te,But those who fear you will be great with you,magni erunt apud te per omnia.throughout all things.

²⁰Væ genti insurgenti super genus meum:Woe to the people that rises up against my people.Dominus enim omnipotens vindicabit in eis;For the Lord almighty will be vindicated against them;in die judicii visitabit illos.in the day of judgment, he will visit them.

²⁰Væ genti insurgenti super genus meum:Woe to the people that rises up against my people.Dominus enim omnipotens vindicabit in eis;For the Lord almighty will be vindicated against them;in die judicii visitabit illos.in the day of judgment, he will visit them.

²¹Dabit enim ignem et vermes in carnes eorum,For he will bestow fire and worms on their flesh,ut urantur et sentiant usque in sempiternum.so that they may burn and have sensations without ceasing.”

²¹Dabit enim ignem et vermes in carnes eorum,For he will bestow fire and worms on their flesh,ut urantur et sentiant usque in sempiternum.so that they may burn and have sensations without ceasing.”

²²Et factum est post hæc,And it happened that,omnis populus post victoriam venit in Jerusalem adorare Dominum:after these things, all the people came to Jerusalem after the victory, to adore the Lord.et mox ut purificati sunt,And as soon as they were purified,obtulerunt omnes holocausta,they all offered holocausts,et vota,and vows,et repromissiones suas.and their promises.

²²Et factum est post hæc,And it happened that,omnis populus post victoriam venit in Jerusalem adorare Dominum:after these things, all the people came to Jerusalem after the victory, to adore the Lord.et mox ut purificati sunt,And as soon as they were purified,obtulerunt omnes holocausta,they all offered holocausts,et vota,and vows,et repromissiones suas.and their promises.

²³Porro Judith universa vasa bellica Holofernis,Moreover, Judith offered all the implements of war from Holofernes,quæ dedit illi populus,which the people gave to her,et conopeum quod ipsa sustulerat de cubili ipsius,and the canopy that she had taken away from his chamber,obtulit in anathema oblivionis.as an anathema unto oblivion.

²³Porro Judith universa vasa bellica Holofernis,Moreover, Judith offered all the implements of war from Holofernes,quæ dedit illi populus,which the people gave to her,et conopeum quod ipsa sustulerat de cubili ipsius,and the canopy that she had taken away from his chamber,obtulit in anathema oblivionis.as an anathema unto oblivion.

²⁴Erat autem populus jucundus secundum faciem sanctorum:But the people were cheerful before the face of the sanctuary,et per tres menses gaudium hujus victoriæ celebratum est cum Judith.and for three months the gladness of this victory was celebrated with Judith.

²⁴Erat autem populus jucundus secundum faciem sanctorum:But the people were cheerful before the face of the sanctuary,et per tres menses gaudium hujus victoriæ celebratum est cum Judith.and for three months the gladness of this victory was celebrated with Judith.

²⁵Post dies autem illos,And after those days,unusquisque rediit in domum suam:each one returned to his own house,et Judith magna facta est in Bethulia,and Judith became great in Bethulia,et præclarior erat universæ terræ Israël.and she had great splendor in all the land of Israel.

²⁵Post dies autem illos,And after those days,unusquisque rediit in domum suam:each one returned to his own house,et Judith magna facta est in Bethulia,and Judith became great in Bethulia,et præclarior erat universæ terræ Israël.and she had great splendor in all the land of Israel.

²⁶Erat enim virtuti castitas adjuncta,For chastity was one with her virtue,ita ut non cognosceret virum omnibus diebus vitæ suæ,so that she did not know man all the days of her life,ex quo defunctus est Manasses vir ejus.after the passing away of her husband, Manasseh.

²⁶Erat enim virtuti castitas adjuncta,For chastity was one with her virtue,ita ut non cognosceret virum omnibus diebus vitæ suæ,so that she did not know man all the days of her life,ex quo defunctus est Manasses vir ejus.after the passing away of her husband, Manasseh.

²⁷Erat autem,And then,diebus festis,on feast days,procedens cum magna gloria.she came forth with great glory.

²⁷Erat autem,And then,diebus festis,on feast days,procedens cum magna gloria.she came forth with great glory.

²⁸Mansit autem in domo viri sui annos centum quinque,But she remained in her husband’s house for one hundred and five years,et dimisit abram suam liberam:and she set her handmaid free.et defuncta est ac sepulta cum viro suo in Bethulia.And she passed away and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.

²⁸Mansit autem in domo viri sui annos centum quinque,But she remained in her husband’s house for one hundred and five years,et dimisit abram suam liberam:and she set her handmaid free.et defuncta est ac sepulta cum viro suo in Bethulia.And she passed away and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.

²⁹Luxitque illam omnis populus diebus septem.And all the people mourned her, for seven days.

²⁹Luxitque illam omnis populus diebus septem.And all the people mourned her, for seven days.

³⁰In omni autem spatio vitæ ejus non fuit qui perturbaret Israël,And, during all the time of her life, there was no one who disturbed Israel,et post mortem ejus annis multis.nor for many years after her death.

³⁰In omni autem spatio vitæ ejus non fuit qui perturbaret Israël,And, during all the time of her life, there was no one who disturbed Israel,et post mortem ejus annis multis.nor for many years after her death.

³¹Dies autem victoriæ hujus festivitatis ab Hebræis in numero sanctorum dierum accipitur,Moreover, the day of the festivity of this victory was accepted by the Hebrews in the numbering of holy days,et colitur a Judæis ex illo tempore usque in præsentem diem.and it was religiously observed by the Jews, from that time, even to the present day.

³¹Dies autem victoriæ hujus festivitatis ab Hebræis in numero sanctorum dierum accipitur,Moreover, the day of the festivity of this victory was accepted by the Hebrews in the numbering of holy days,et colitur a Judæis ex illo tempore usque in præsentem diem.and it was religiously observed by the Jews, from that time, even to the present day.