Judith, Chapter 12
Introduction
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- Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown (uncial letters, lunate sigma, nomina sacra preserved).
- English translation: King James Version Apocrypha (1611; 1769 text), public domain, retrieved verbatim from ebible.org eng-kjv USFM (KJV with Apocrypha).
Numbering: English verses 4, 17 have no Greek under that number in the codex as transcribed. Compare by content.
How was this verified? (Provenance)
1και εκελευϲεν ειϲαγαγειν αυτην ου ετιθετο τα αργυρωματα αυτου και ϲυνεταξε καταϲτρωϲαι αυτη απο των οψοποιηματων αυτου και απο του οινου αυτου πινειν · 2και ειπεν ιουδειθ ου φαγομαι εξ αυτων ϊνα μη γενηται ϲκανδαλον αλλ εκ των ηκολουθηκοτων μοι χορηγηθηϲεται 3και ειπεν προϲ αυτη̣ν ολοφερνηϲ εαν δε εκλιπη τα ον̣τα μετα ϲου · ποθεν εξοιϲομε ϲοι̣ δουναι ομοια αυτοιϲ ου γαρ εϲτι μεθ ημων εκ του ϲου γενουϲ 5χρ̣ι̣ μ̣εϲουϲηϲ̣ νυκ̣τ̣ο̣ϲ̣ και ανε̣ϲτη προϲ την ε̣ωθινην φυλ̣α̣κ̣η̣ν̣
1Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine. 2And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought. 3Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of thy nation. 4Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined. 5Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
6και απεϲτειλεν̣ προϲ ολοφερνην λεγουϲα επιταξατω δη ο κυριοϲ εαϲαι την δουλη ϲου επι προϲευχην ελθειν 7και προϲεταξεν ολοφερνηϲ τοιϲ ϲωματοφυλ̣α̣ξιν μη διακωλ̣υειν̣ αυτην και παρε̣μεινεν εν τη π̣αρεμβολη ημε̣ρα̣ϲ̣ τρειϲ και εξεπορευε̣το κατα νυκτα ει̣ϲ̣ την φαραγγα β̣αιτουλουα και εβαπτιζετο εν τη παρεμβολη ε̣πι τηϲ πηγηϲ του υδατοϲ 8και ωϲ ανε̣βη εδεετο του κυ θυ ϊϲλ κατευθυναι την οδ̣ον αυτηϲ ειϲ αναϲτημα των υϊων του λαου αυτου 9και ειϲπορευομε̣νη καθ 10π̣ρ̣ο̣ϲ ταιϲ χ̣ρ̣ειαιϲ
6And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer. 7Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp. 8And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people. 9So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening. 10And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
11κα̣ι̣ ε̣ι̣πεν β̣αγωα τω ευνουχω̣ πειϲον δη πορευθειϲ την γυναικα την εβραιαν η εϲτιν παρα ϲοι του ελ̣θ̣ειν προϲ ημαϲ κα̣ι φ̣αγειν και πιει μεθ ημων 12ϊδου γαρ αιϲχρον τω προϲωπω ημων ει γυναικ̣α τοιαυτην̣ παρηϲομεν ουχ̣ ομιληϲαντεϲ αυτη ο̣τι εαν ταυτην μ̣η επιϲπαϲωμεθα καταγελαϲεται ημων 13και εξηλθεν βαγωαϲ απο προϲωπου ολοφερνου και ειϲηλθεν προϲ α̣υτην και ειπε προϲ αυτην μη οκνηϲατω η παιδι̣̣ϲκη η καλη ελθουϲα προϲ τον κν μου δοξαϲ̣θηναι κατα προϲωπων̣ των αυτου 14τοιϲ οφθ̣αλμοι̣ϲ̣ αυτου αρεϲτον ϲπευϲαϲα ποιηϲ̣ω̣ και εϲται τουτο μοι αγαλμα εωϲ ημεραϲ θανατου μου 15και αναϲταϲα εκοϲμηθη τω ιματιϲμω και πα̣τι τω κοϲμω τω γυναικειω και προϲηλθεν η δουλη αυτηϲ και εϲτρωϲεν αυτη κατεναντι ολοφερνου χαμαι τα κωδια α ελαβεν παρα βαγωου ειϲ την καθημερινην διαιταν αυτηϲ ειϲ το εϲθιειν κατακλινομενην επ αυτων
11Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us. 12For, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her not unto us, she will laugh us to scorn. 13Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor. 14Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death. 15So she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman’s attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received of Bagoas for her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them.
16και ειϲελθουϲα ανεπεϲε ϊουδειθʼ και εξεϲτη η καρδια ολοφερνου επ αυτην και εϲ̣αλευθη η ψυχη αυ̣του και ην κατεπιθυμοϲ ϲφοδρα του ϲυγγενεϲθαι μετ αυτηϲ και ετ̣ηρει καιρον του 18ραϲ τ̣ηϲ γενεϲεωϲ μου 19και λαβουϲα ε̣π̣ι̣εν και εφαγεν κατε̣ναντι αυτου α η̣τ̣ο̣ιμαϲεν η δο̣υλη αυτηϲ 20και ευφρανθη ολοφερνηϲ απ αυτηϲ και επιεν̣ οινον πολυν ϲφοδρα οϲον ουκ επιε̣ν πωποτε εν ημερα μια αφ ου εγεν̣νηθη
16Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her. 17Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with us. 18So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born. 19Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared. 20And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.
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- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + King James Version Apocrypha (1611; 1769 text) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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