Holofernes lying in a drunken sleep, Judith cutteth off his head, 12. so returneth with her maid through the guard, as it were to pray, cometh to Bethulia, 16. exhorteth all to thank God, and showeth them the head. 22. She is blessed of all. 27. Achior also praiseth God and Judith.Holofernes lying in a druncken sleepe, Iudith cutteth of his head, 12. so returneth with her maide through the gard, as it were to pray, cometh to Bethulia, 16. exhorteth al to thanke God, and sheweth them the head. 22. She is blessed of al. 27. Achior also praiseth God and Iudith.✦
And when it was waxen late, his servants made haste to their lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way.AND when it was waxen late, his seruantes made hast to their lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doores, and went his way.✦Ut autem sero factum est, festinaverunt servi illius ad hospitia sua, et conclusit Vagao ostia cubiculi, et abiit.
2And they were all overladen with wine.And they were al ouerladen with wine.Erant autem omnes fatigati a vino,
3And Judith was alone in the chamber.And Iudith was alone in the chamber.eratque Judith sola in cubiculo.
4Moreover Holofernes lay in his bed, fast asleep with very much drunkenness.Moreouer Holofernes lay in his bed, fast a slepe with very much drunkennes.Porro Holofernes jacebat in lecto, nimia ebrietate sopitus.
5And Judith said to her maid that she should stand without before the chamber, and watch.And Iudith said to her mayd that she should stand without before the chamber, and watch.✦Dixitque Judith puellæ suæ ut staret foris ante cubiculum, et observaret.
6And Judith stood before the bed, praying with tears, and with moving of her lips in silence,And Iudith stood before the bed, praying with teares, and with mouing of her lippes in silence,✦Stetitque Judith ante lectum, orans cum lacrimis, et labiorum motu in silentio,
7saying: Confirm me O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour have respect to the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayest advance Jerusalem thy city: and I may bring to pass that which I believing that it may be done by thee, have purposed.saying: Confirme me o Lord God of Israel, and in this houre haue respect to the workes of my handes, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst aduance Ierusalem thy citie: and I may bring to passe that which I beleuing that it may be done by thee, haue purposed.dicens : Confirma me, Domine Deus Israël, et respice in hac hora ad opera manuum mearum, ut, sicut promisisti, Jerusalem civitatem tuam erigas : et hoc quod credens per te posse fieri cogitavi, perficiam.
8And when she had said these things, she went to the pillar, that was at his bed's head, and his sword that hung tied on it, she loosed.And when she had sayd these thinges, she went to the piller, that was at his beds head, and his sword that hong tyed on it, she loosed.✦Et cum hæc dixisset, accessit ad columnam quæ erat ad caput lectuli ejus, et pugionem ejus, qui in ea ligatus pendebat, exsolvit.
9And when she had drawn it out, she took him by the hair of his head, and said: Confirm me O Lord God in this hour,And when she had drawen it out, she tooke him by the heare of his head, and sayd: Confirme me o Lord God in this houre,✦Cumque evaginasset illum, apprehendit comam capitis ejus, et ait : Confirma me, Domine Deus, in hac hora.
10and she percussit: struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and took his canopy from the pillars, and rolled aside his body a truncum: a headless trunk.and she stroke twise vpon his necke, and cut of his head, and tooke his canopie from the pillers, and rolled aside his bodie a truncke.✦Et percussit bis in cervicem ejus, et abscidit caput ejus, et abstulit conopeum ejus a columnis, et evolvit corpus ejus truncum.
11And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her peram: a bag, pouch, not a billfold.And after a while she went out, and deliuered the head of Holofernes to her mayde, and bad her put it into her wallet.✦Et post pusillum exivit, et tradidit caput Holofernis ancillæ suæ, et jussit ut mitteret illud in peram suam.
12And they two went forth, according to their custom, as it were to prayer, and they passed the camp, and gyrantes: going around, encircling the valley, they came to the gate of the city.And they two went forth, according to their custome, as it were to prayer, and they passed the campe, and compassing the valley, they came to the gate of the citie.Et exierunt duæ, secundum consuetudinem suam, quasi ad orationem, et transierunt castra, et gyrantes vallem, venerunt ad portam civitatis.
13And Judith afar off said to the keepers of the walls: Open the gates, because God is with us, which hath wrought power in Israel.And Iudith a far of said to the keepers of the walles: Open the gates, because God is with vs, which hath wrought power in Israel.Et dixit Judith a longe custodibus murorum : Aperite portas, quoniam nobiscum est Deus, qui fecit virtutem in Israël.
14And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, they called the ancients of the city.And it came to passe, when the men had heard her voyce, they called the ancientes of the citie.Et factum est cum audissent viri vocem ejus, vocaverunt presbyteros civitatis.
15And they ran all to meet her, from the least to the greatest: because they hoped not that now she would come.And they ran al to meete her, from the least to the greatest: because they hoped not that now she would come.✦Et concurrerunt ad eam omnes, a minimo usque ad maximum : quoniam sperabant eam jam non esse venturam.
16And they lighting lights gathered round about her every one: and she going up into a higher place, commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace,And they lighting lightes gathered round about her euerie one: and she going vp into a higher place, commanded silence to be made. And when al had held their peace,Et accendentes luminaria, congyraverunt circa eam universi : illa autem ascendens in eminentiorem locum, jussit fieri silentium. Cumque omnes tacuissent,
17Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him:Iudith said: Prayse yee the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him:dixit Judith : Laudate Dominum Deum nostrum, qui non deseruit sperantes in se,
18and in me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed by my hand the enemy of his people this night.and in me his handmayde he hath fulfilled his mercie, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed by my hand the enemie of his people this night.et in me ancilla sua adimplevit misericordiam suam, quam promisit domui Israël : et interfecit in manu mea hostem populi sui hac nocte.
19And bringing forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet, she showed it them, saying: Lo the head of Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, and behold his canopy, wherein he lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God stroke him by the hand of a woman.And bringing forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet, she shewed it them, saying: Loe the head of Holofernes the general of the armie of the Assyrians, and behold his canopie, wherein he lay in his drunkennes, where the Lord our God stroke him by the hand of a woman.Et proferens de pera caput Holofernis, ostendit illis, dicens : Ecce caput Holofernis principis militiæ Assyriorum, et ecce conopeum illius, in quo recumbebat in ebrietate sua, ubi per manum feminæ percussit illum Dominus Deus noster.
20But the same our Lord liveth, that his Angel hath kept me, both going hence, and abiding there, and from thence returning hither: and our Lord hath not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled, but without pollution of sin he hath called me back to you, rejoicing in this victory, in my escape, and in your deliverance.But the same our Lord liueth, that his Angel hath kept me, both going hence, and abyding there, and from thence returning hither: and our Lord hath not suffered me his handmayde to be defyled, but without pollution of sinne he hath called me backe to you, reioysing in this victorie, in my escape, and in your deliuerie.✦Vivit autem ipse Dominus, quoniam custodivit me angelus ejus et hinc euntem, et ibi commorantem, et inde huc revertentem, et non permisit me Dominus ancillam suam coinquinari, sed sine pollutione peccati revocavit me vobis gaudentem in victoria sua, in evasione mea, et in liberatione vestra.
21Confess ye all to him, because he is good, because his mercy is for ever.Confesse ye al to him, because he is good, because his mercie is for euer.✦Confitemini illi omnes, quoniam bonus, quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.
22And they all adoring our Lord, said to her: Our Lord hath blessed thee in his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nothing.And they al adoring our Lord, said to her: Our Lord hath blessed thee in his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nothing.Universi autem adorantes Dominum, dixerunt ad eam : Benedixit te Dominus in virtute sua, quia per te ad nihilum redegit inimicos nostros.
23Moreover Ozias the prince of the people of Israel, said to her: Blessed art thou daughter of our Lord the high God above all women upon the earth.Moreouer Ozias the prince of the people of Israel, said to her: Blessed art thou daughter of our Lord the high God aboue al wemen vpon the earth.✦Porro Ozias princeps populi Israël dixit ad eam : Benedicta es tu, filia, a Domino Deo excelso præ omnibus mulieribus super terram.
24Blessed be our Lord, which made heaven and earth, which hath directed thee unto the wounds of the head of the prince of our enemies.Blessed be our Lord, which made heauen and earth, which hath directed thee vnto the woundes of the head of the prince of our enemies.Benedictus Dominus, qui creavit cælum et terram, qui te direxit in vulnera capitis principis inimicorum nostrorum :
25Because this day he hath so magnified thy name, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men, which shall be mindful of the power of our Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life for the distresses and tribulation of thy kindred, but hast subvenisti: helped the ruin before the presence of our God.Because this day he hath so magnified thy name, that thy prayse shal not depart out of the mouth of men, which shal be mindeful of the power of our Lord for euer, for that thou hast not spared thy life for the distresses and tribulation of thy kinred, but hast holpen the ruine before the presence of our God.quia hodie nomen tuum ita magnificavit, ut non recedat laus tua de ore hominum qui memores fuerint virtutis Domini in æternum, pro quibus non pepercisti animæ tuæ propter angustias et tribulationem generis tui, sed subvenisti ruinæ ante conspectum Dei nostri.
26And all the people said: So be it, so be it.And al the people sayd: So be it, so be it.Et dixit omnis populus : Fiat, fiat.
27Moreover Achior being called came, and Judith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unfaithful this night by my hand.Moreouer Achior being called came, and Iudith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gauest testimonie, that he reuengeth him self of his enemies, he hath cut of the head of al the vnfaithful this night by my hand.Porro Achior vocatus venit, et dixit ei Judith : Deus Israël, cui tu testimonium dedisti quod ulciscatur se de inimicis suis, ipse caput omnium incredulorum incidit hac nocte in manu mea.
28And that thou mayest prove that it is so, lo the head of Holofernes, who in the contempt of his pride contemned the God of Israel: and threatened thee death, saying: When the people of Israel shall be taken, I will command thy sides to be pierced with a sword.And that thou mayst proue that it is so, loe the head of Holofernes, who in the contempt of his pride contemned the God of Israel: and threatened thee death, saying: When the people of Israel shal be taken, I wil command thy sides to be pearsed with a sword.Et ut probes quia ita est, ecce caput Holofernis, qui in contemptu superbiæ suæ Deum Israël contempsit, et tibi interitum minabatur, dicens : Cum captus fuerit populus Israël, gladio perforari præcipiam latera tua.
29But Achior seeing the head of Holofernes, being in anguish for fear, fell on his face upon the earth, and his soul was sore troubled.But Achior seing the head of Holofernes, being in anguish for feare, fel on his face vpon the earth, and his soule was sore trubled.✦Videns autem Achior caput Holofernis, angustiatus præ pavore cecidit in faciem suam super terram, et æstuavit anima ejus.
30But after taking spirit again he was refreshed, and fell down at her feet, and adored her, and said:But after taking spirit agayne he was refreshed, & fel downe at her feete, and adored her, and sayd:Postea vero quam resumpto spiritu recreatus est, procidit ad pedes ejus, et adoravit eam, et dixit :
31Blessed art thou of thy God in every tabernacle of Jacob, because in every nation, which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified in thee.Blessed art thou of thy God in euerie tabernacle of Iacob, because in euerie nation, which shal heare thy name, the God of Israel shal be magnified in thee.Benedicta tu a Deo tuo in omni tabernaculo Jacob, quoniam in omni gente quæ audierit nomen tuum, magnificabitur super te Deus Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.