¹Tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium ac provinciarum reges ac principes,Then the kings as well as the princes of the provinces sent their emissaries from all of the cities:Syriæ scilicet Mesopotamiæ,from Syria, particularly Mesopotamia,et Syriæ Sobal,and Syria Sobal,et Libyæ, atque Ciliciæ:and Libya as well as Cilicia.qui venientes ad Holofernem,These, upon coming to Holofernes,dixerunt:said:

¹Tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium ac provinciarum reges ac principes,Then the kings as well as the princes of the provinces sent their emissaries from all of the cities:Syriæ scilicet Mesopotamiæ,from Syria, particularly Mesopotamia,et Syriæ Sobal,and Syria Sobal,et Libyæ, atque Ciliciæ:and Libya as well as Cilicia.qui venientes ad Holofernem,These, upon coming to Holofernes,dixerunt:said:

²Desinat indignatio tua circa nos:“Let your indignation concerning us cease.melius est enim ut viventes serviamus Nabuchodonosor regi magno,For it is better for us to live in service to Nebuchadnezzar, the great king,et subditi simus tibi,and to become subject to you,quam morientes cum interitu nostro ipsi servitutis nostræ damna patiamur.rather than to die, even though we may have to suffer our condemnation into the annihilation of slavery.

²Desinat indignatio tua circa nos:“Let your indignation concerning us cease.melius est enim ut viventes serviamus Nabuchodonosor regi magno,For it is better for us to live in service to Nebuchadnezzar, the great king,et subditi simus tibi,and to become subject to you,quam morientes cum interitu nostro ipsi servitutis nostræ damna patiamur.rather than to die, even though we may have to suffer our condemnation into the annihilation of slavery.

³Omnis civitas nostra, omnisque possessio,All our cities and all our possessions,omnes montes,all mountains,et colles,and hills,et campi,and fields,et armenta boum,and herds of cattle,gregesque ovium,and flocks of sheep,et caprarum,and goats,equorumque et camelorum,and horses, and camels,et universæ facultates nostræ atque familiæ, in conspectu tuo sunt:and all our resources and families are in your sight.

³Omnis civitas nostra, omnisque possessio,All our cities and all our possessions,omnes montes,all mountains,et colles,and hills,et campi,and fields,et armenta boum,and herds of cattle,gregesque ovium,and flocks of sheep,et caprarum,and goats,equorumque et camelorum,and horses, and camels,et universæ facultates nostræ atque familiæ, in conspectu tuo sunt:and all our resources and families are in your sight.

⁴sint omnia nostra sub lege tua.Let all that we have be subject to your law.

⁴sint omnia nostra sub lege tua.Let all that we have be subject to your law.

⁵Nos,We,et filii nostri,and our sons,servi tui sumus.are your servants.

⁵Nos,We,et filii nostri,and our sons,servi tui sumus.are your servants.

⁶Veni nobis pacificus dominus,Come to us as a peaceful lord,et utere servitio nostro,and use our service,sicut placuerit tibi.just as it pleases you.”

⁶Veni nobis pacificus dominus,Come to us as a peaceful lord,et utere servitio nostro,and use our service,sicut placuerit tibi.just as it pleases you.”

⁷Tunc descendit de montibus cum equitibus in virtute magna,Then he descended from the mountains with horsemen,et obtinuit omnem civitatem,in great power,et omnem inhabitantem terram.and he took charge of every city and of every inhabitant of the land.

⁷Tunc descendit de montibus cum equitibus in virtute magna,Then he descended from the mountains with horsemen,et obtinuit omnem civitatem,in great power,et omnem inhabitantem terram.and he took charge of every city and of every inhabitant of the land.

⁸De universis autem urbibus assumpsit sibi auxiliarios viros fortes,And, from all the cities, he took for himself auxiliaries:et electos ad bellum.strong men and well-chosen for war.

⁸De universis autem urbibus assumpsit sibi auxiliarios viros fortes,And, from all the cities, he took for himself auxiliaries:et electos ad bellum.strong men and well-chosen for war.

⁹Tantusque metus provinciis illis incubuit,And such a dread lay upon those provinces,ut universarum urbium habitatores principes et honorati simul cum populis exirent obviam venienti,that the leading and honored inhabitants of all the cities, together with the people, went out to meet him at his arrival.

⁹Tantusque metus provinciis illis incubuit,And such a dread lay upon those provinces,ut universarum urbium habitatores principes et honorati simul cum populis exirent obviam venienti,that the leading and honored inhabitants of all the cities, together with the people, went out to meet him at his arrival.

¹⁰excipientes eum cum coronis et lampadibus,They received him with garlands and lamps;ducentes choros in tympanis et tibiis.they were led by choirs with timbrels and flutes.

¹⁰excipientes eum cum coronis et lampadibus,They received him with garlands and lamps;ducentes choros in tympanis et tibiis.they were led by choirs with timbrels and flutes.

¹¹Nec ista tamen facientes,Yet,ferocitatem ejus pectoris mitigare potuerunt:not even by doing these things were they able to mitigate the ferocity of his chest.

¹¹Nec ista tamen facientes,Yet,ferocitatem ejus pectoris mitigare potuerunt:not even by doing these things were they able to mitigate the ferocity of his chest.

¹²nam et civitates eorum destruxit,For he both destroyed their citieset lucos eorum excidit.and cut down their sacred groves.

¹²nam et civitates eorum destruxit,For he both destroyed their citieset lucos eorum excidit.and cut down their sacred groves.

¹³Præceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terræ exterminaret,For king Nebuchadnezzar had instructed him to exterminate all the gods of the earth,videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quæ potuissent Holofernis potentia subjugari.evidently so that he alone might be called ‘god’ by those nations which were able to be subjugated by the power of Holofernes.

¹³Præceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terræ exterminaret,For king Nebuchadnezzar had instructed him to exterminate all the gods of the earth,videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quæ potuissent Holofernis potentia subjugari.evidently so that he alone might be called ‘god’ by those nations which were able to be subjugated by the power of Holofernes.

¹⁴Pertransiens autem Syriam Sobal,But when he had passed through Syria Sobal,et omnem Apameam,and all of Apamea,omnemque Mesopotamiam,and all Mesopotamia,venit ad Idumæos in terram Gabaa,he came to the Idumeans in the land of Gibeah.

¹⁴Pertransiens autem Syriam Sobal,But when he had passed through Syria Sobal,et omnem Apameam,and all of Apamea,omnemque Mesopotamiam,and all Mesopotamia,venit ad Idumæos in terram Gabaa,he came to the Idumeans in the land of Gibeah.

¹⁵accepitque civitates eorum,And he took their cities,et sedit ibi per triginta dies,and he sat there for thirty days,in quibus diebus adunari præcepit universum exercitum virtutis suæ.during which days he instructed all the troops of his army to regroup.

¹⁵accepitque civitates eorum,And he took their cities,et sedit ibi per triginta dies,and he sat there for thirty days,in quibus diebus adunari præcepit universum exercitum virtutis suæ.during which days he instructed all the troops of his army to regroup.