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1 Then he ordered that she should go in where
his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry there, and he appointed what
should be given her from his own table.
2 And Judith answered him and said: Now I
cannot eat of these things which thou commandest to
be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will eat of the things which I have
brought.
3 And Holofernes
said to her: If these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee,
what shall we do for thee?
4 And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend all these
things till God do by my hand that which I have purposed. And his servants
brought her into the tent which he had commanded.
5 And when she was going in, she desired that
she might have liberty to go out at night and before day to prayer, and to
beseech the Lord.
6 And he commanded his chamberlains, that she
might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.
7 And she went out in the nights into the
valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a
fountain of water.
8 And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord
the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his
people.
9 And going in, she remained pure in the
tent, until she took her own meat in the evening.
10 And it came to pass on the fourth day, that
Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and said
to Vagao his eunuch: so, and persuade that Hebrew
woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me.
11 For it is looked upon as shameful among
the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.
12 Then Vagao
went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my
lord, that she may be honoured before his face,
that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.
13 And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I
should gainsay my lord?
14 All that shall be good and best before his
eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that
shall be best to me all the days of my life.
15 And she arose and dressed herself out with
her garments, and going in she stood before his face.
16 And the heart of Holofernes
was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her.
17 And Holofernes
said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry for thou hast found favour before me.
18 And Judith said: I will drink my lord,
because my life is magnified this day above all my days.
19 And she took and ate and drank before him
what her maid had prepared for her.
20 And Holofernes
was made merry on her occasion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as he
had never drunk in his life.
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1- حينئذ امرهم ان يدخلوها موضع
خزائنه و امر ان تمكث هناك و اوصى بما يعطى لها من مائدته.
2- فاجابته يهوديت و قالت اني لا استطيع ان
اكل مما امرت ان يعطى لي لئلا تكون علي خطيئة و لكني اكل مما اتيت به.
3- فقال لها اليفانا اذا فرغ هذا الذي اتيت به
فما نصنع بك.
4- فقالت يهوديت تحيا نفسك يا سيدي ان امتك لا
تنفق هذه جميعها حتى يصنع الله بيدي ما في خاطري فادخلها عبيده الخيمة التي امر
بها.
5- فلما صارت في داخلها سالت ان يرخص لها ان
تخرج في الليل قبل الصباح لتصلي و تتضرع الى الرب.
6- فاوصى اصحاب مخدعه ان ياذنوا
لها كما تحب في ان تخرج و تدخل لتعبد الهها ثلاثة ايام.
7- فكانت تخرج ليلا الى وادي بيت فلوى و تغتسل
في عين الماء.
8- و بعد صعودها كانت تتضرع الى اله اسرائيل
ان يرشد طريقها لتخلص شعبها.
9- ثم تدخل و تقيم في خيمتها طاهرة الى ان
تاخذ طعامها في المساء.
10- و كان في اليوم الرابع ان اليفانا صنع
عشاء لعبيده و قال لبوغا خصيه انطلق الان و اقنع تلك العبرانية ان ترضى بالاقامة
معي طوعا.
11- فانه عار عند الاشوريين ان تسخر المراة من
الرجل و تمضي عنه نقية.
12- فدخل حينئذ بوغا على يهوديت و قال لا
تحتشمي ايتها الفتاة الصالحة ان تدخلي على سيدي و تكرمي امام وجهه و تاكلي معه و
تشربي خمرا بفرح.
13- فاجابته يهوديت من انا حتى اخالف سيدي.
14- كل ما حسن و جاد في عينيه فانا اصنعه و كل
ما يرضى به فهو عندي حسن جدا كل ايام حياتي.
15- ثم قامت و تزينت بملابسها و دخلت فوقفت
امامه.
16- فاضطرب قلب اليفانا لانه كان قد اشتدت
شهوته.
17- و قال لها اليفانا اشربي الان و اتكئي
بفرح فانك قد ظفرت امامي بحظوة.
18- فقالت يهوديت اشرب يا سيدي من اجل انها قد
عظمت نفسي اليوم اكثر من جميع ايام حياتي.
19- ثم اخذت و اكلت و شربت بحضرته مما كانت قد
هياته لها جاريتها.
20- ففرح اليفانا بازائها و شرب من الخمر شيئا
كثيرا جدا اكثر مما شرب في جميع حياته
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