The children of Israel exceedingly fearing Holofernes forces, 3. provide to resist him, by the exhortation of the High priest, using both human, 8. and divine means.The children of Israel exceedingly fearing Holofernes forces, 3. prouide to resist him, by the exhortation of the High priest, vsing both humaine, 8. and diuine meanes.✦
The second part. God's people are in great fear and distress.The second part. Gods people are in great feare and distresse.
Then the children of Israel, which dwelt in the Land of Juda, hearing these things, were sore afraid of his presence.⟦left-margin, head (at 4:1)⟧ THEN the children of Israel, which dwelt in the Land of Iuda, hearing these thinges, were sore afrayd of his presence.Tunc audientes hæc filii Israël qui habitabant in terra Juda, timuerunt valde a facie ejus.
2Trembling also, and horror invaded their senses, lest he would do that to Jerusalem and to the temple of our Lord, which he had done to other cities, and their temples.Trembling also, and horrour inuaded their senses, lest he would doe that to Ierusalem and to the temple of our Lord, which he had done to other cities, and their temples.✦Tremor et horror invasit sensus eorum, ne hoc faceret Jerusalem et templo Domini, quod fecerat ceteris civitatibus et templis earum.
3And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and præoccupaverunt: seized beforehand, occupied in advance all the tops of mountains:And they sent into al Samaria round about, as for as Iericho, and preoccupated al the toppes of mountaynes:Et miserunt in omnem Samariam per circuitum usque Jericho, et præoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium :
4and they compassed their towns with walls, and gathered together corn for provision of battle.and they compassed their townes with walles, and gathered together corne for prouision of battel.✦et muris circumdederunt vicos suos, et congregaverunt frumenta in præparationem pugnæ.
5Eliachim the priest wrote to all, that were against Esdrelon, which is against the face of the great field beside Dothain, and to all, by whom there might be passage of way,Eliachim the priest wrote to al, that were against Esdrelon, which is against the face of the great fielde beside Dothain, and to al, by whom there might be passage of way,✦Sacerdos etiam Eliachim scripsit ad universos qui erant contra Esdrelon, quæ est contra faciem campi magni juxta Dothain, et universos per quos viæ transitus esse poterat,
6that they should take the ascents of the mountains, by which there might be way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch, where the way was narrow between the mountains.that they should take the ascentes of the mountaynes, by which there might be way to Ierusalem, and should keepe watch, where the way was narrow betwen the mountaynes.ut obtinerent ascensus montium, per quos via esse poterat ad Jerusalem, et illic custodirent ubi angustum iter esse poterat inter montes.
7And the children of Israel did according as the Priest of our Lord, Eliachim had appointed them.And the children of Israel did according as the Priest of our Lord, Eliachim had appointed them.Et fecerunt filii Israël secundum quod constituerat eis sacerdos Domini Eliachim.
8And all the people cried to our Lord with great instantia: urgent, insistent pleading, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers they and their wives.And al the people cried to our Lord with great instance, and they humbled their soules in fastings, and prayers they & their wiues.✦Et clamavit omnis populus ad Dominum instantia magna, et humiliaverunt animas suas in jejuniis et orationibus, ipsi et mulieres eorum.
9And the Priests put on ciliciis: sackcloth of coarse hair worn in penance, and they laid the infants prostrate against the face of the temple of our Lord, and the altar of our Lord they covered with haircloth:And the Priestes put on heareclothes, and they laide the infantes prostrate against the face of the temple of our Lord, and the altar of our Lord they couered with hearecloth:Et induerunt se sacerdotes ciliciis, et infantes prostraverunt contra faciem templi Domini, et altare Domini operuerunt cilicio :
10and they cried to our Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their infants might not be given into prædam: plunder, spoil, booty: not a hunted animal, and their wives into spoil, and their cities into destruction, and their holy things into pollution, and they be made a reproach to the Gentiles.and they cried to our Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their infantes might not be geue into praye, & their wiues into spoile, and their cities into destruction, and their holie thinges into pollution, and they be made a reproch to the Gentiles.et clamaverunt ad Dominum Deum Israël unanimiter ne darentur in prædam infantes eorum, et uxores eorum in divisionem, et civitates eorum in exterminium, et sancta eorum in pollutionem, et fierent opprobrium gentibus.
11Then Eliachim the high Priest of our Lord went about all Israel and spake to them,Then Eliachim the high Priest of our Lord went about al Israel and spake to them,✦Tunc Eliachim sacerdos Domini magnus circuivit omnem Israël, allocutusque est eos,
12saying: Know ye, that our Lord will hear your prayers, if continuing you continue in fastings and prayers in the sight of our Lord.saying: Know ye, that our Lord wil heare your prayers, if continewing you continew in fastinges and prayers in the sight of our Lord.dicens : Scitote quoniam exaudiet Dominus preces vestras, si manentes permanseritis in jejuniis et orationibus in conspectu Domini.
13Be mindful of Moyses the servant of our Lord, who overthrew Amalec trusting in his power, and in his might, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting, but with holy prayers:⟦left-margin (at 4:13)⟧ Be mindful of Moyses the seruant of our Lord, who ouerthrew Amalec trusting in his power, and in his might, and in his armie, & in his shieldes, & in his chariotes, & in his horsemen, not by fighting, but with holie prayers:✦Memores estote Moysi servi Domini, qui Amalec confidentem in virtute sua, et in potentia sua, et in exercitu suo, et in clypeis suis, et in curribus suis, et in equitibus suis, non ferro pugnando, sed precibus sanctis orando dejecit :
14so shall all the enemies of Israel be; if you persevere in this work, which you have begun.so shal al the enemies of Israel be; if you perseuere in this worke, which you haue begunne.sic erunt universi hostes Israël, si perseveraveritis in hoc opere quod cœpistis.
15They therefore at this exhortation of his, beseeching our Lord, continued in the sight of our Lord,They therfore at this exhortation of his, beseching our Lord, continewed in the sight of our Lord,Ad hanc igitur exhortationem ejus deprecantes Dominum, permanebant in conspectu Domini,
16so that they also, which offered the holocausts to our Lord, did offer the sacrifices to our Lord girded with haircloths, and there were ashes upon their head.so that they also, which offered the holocaustes to our Lod, did offer the sacrifices to our Lord girded with heareclothes, and there were ashes vpon their head.ita ut etiam hi qui offerebant Domino holocausta, præcincti ciliciis offerrent sacrificia Domino, et erat cinis super capita eorum.
17And they all prayed God with all their heart, that he would visit his people Israel.And they al prayed God with al their hart, that he would visite his people Israel.Et ex toto corde suo omnes orabant Deum, ut visitaret populum suum Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.