Judith, Chapter 6
Introduction
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1και ωϲ κατεπαυϲε ο θορυβοϲ των αδρων των κυκλω τηϲ ϲυνεδριαϲ και ειπεν ολοφερνηϲ αρχιϲτρατηγοϲ δυναμεωϲ αϲϲουρ προϲ αχιωρ εναντιον παντοϲ του δημου αλλοφυλων 2και τιϲ ει ϲυ αχιωρ και προϲ πανταϲ υϊουϲ > μωαβ και οι μιϲθωτοι του εφραιμ οτι επροφητευϲαϲ εν ημιν καθωϲ ϲημερον και ειπαϲ το γενοϲ ιϲλ μη πολεμηϲαι οτι ο θϲ αυτων ϋπεραϲπιει αυτων και τιϲ θϲ ει μη ναβουχοδονοϲορ αυτοϲ εξαποϲτελει το κρατοϲ αυτου κ(αι) εξολεθρευϲει αυτουϲ απο προϲωπου τηϲ γηϲ και ου ρυϲεται αυτουϲ ο θϲ αυτων 3αλλα ημειϲ οι δουλοι αυτου παταξομεν αυτουϲ ωϲ ανθρωπο ενα και ουκ υπο>ϲτηϲονται το κρατοϲ των ϊππων ημων 4κατακαυϲομεν γαρ αυτουϲ και τα ορη αυτων μεθυϲθηϲεται ε τω αιματι αυτων και τα πεδια αυτω πληϲθηϲεται νεκρων και ουκ απατηϲεται το ϊχνοϲ του ποδοϲ αυτων κατα προϲωπον ημων αλλα απωλια απολουνται > λεγει ναβουχοδονοϲορ ο βαϲιλευϲ ο κυριοϲ παϲηϲ τηϲ γηϲ ειπεν γαρ ου ματαιωθηϲεται τα ρηματα του ϲτοματοϲ αυτου 5ϲυ δε αχιωρ μιϲθωτε του αμμων ωϲ ελαληϲαϲ τουϲ λογουϲ τουτουϲ εν ημερα αδικιαϲ ϲου ουκ οψη το προϲωπον μου απο τηϲ ημεραϲ ταυτηϲ εωϲ ου εκδικηϲω το γενοϲ των εξ αιγυπτου 6και τοτε διελευϲεται ο ϲι>δηροϲ τηϲ ϲτρατειαϲ μου και ο λαοϲ των θεραποντω μου ταϲ πλευραϲ ϲου και πεϲη εν τοιϲ τραυματιαιϲ αυτω οταν επιϲτρεψω 7και αποκαταϲτηϲουϲιν ϲε οι δουλοι μου ειϲ την ορινη και θηϲουϲιν εν μια των πολεω των αναβαϲεων 8και ουκ απολη εωϲ ου εξολεθρευθηϲ μετ αυτων
1And when the tumult of men that were about the council was ceased, Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Assur said unto Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other nations, 2And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hast prophesied against us as to day, and hast said, that we should not make war with the people of Israel, because their God will defend them? and who is God but Nabuchodonosor? 3He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God shall not deliver them: but we his servants will destroy them as one man; for they are not able to sustain the power of our horses. 4For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain. 5And thou, Achior, an hireling of Ammon, which hast spoken these words in the day of thine iniquity, shalt see my face no more from this day, until I take vengeance of this nation that came out of Egypt. 6And then shall the sword of mine army, and the multitude of them that serve me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slain, when I return. 7Now therefore my servants shall bring thee back into the hill country, and shall set thee in one of the cities of the passages: 8And thou shalt not perish, till thou be destroyed with them.
9και ειπερ ελπιζειϲ τη καρδια ϲου οτι ου λημφθηϲονται μη ϲυπεϲετω ϲου το προϲωπον ελαληϲα και ουδεν διαπεϲειται των ρηματων μου 10και προϲεταξεν ολοφερνηϲ τοιϲ δουλοιϲ αυτου οι ηϲαν παρεϲτηκοτεϲ αυτω ϲυλλαβειν τον αχιωρ και αποκαταϲτηϲαι αυτον ειϲ βαιτουλουα και παραδουναι αυτον ειϲ χειραϲ υϊων ιϲλ 11και ϲυνελαβο αυτον οι δουλοι αυτου και ηγαγο εξω τηϲ παρεμβοληϲ ειϲ το πεδιον και απηραν εκ μεϲου τηϲ πεδινηϲ ειϲ την ορινην και παρεγενοντο ειϲ ταϲ πηγαϲ αι ηϲαν ϋποκατω βαιτουλουα 12και ω ειδαν αυτουϲ οι ανδρεϲ τηϲ πολεωϲ επι την κορυφη του ορουϲ ανελαβον τα οπλα αυτω και επηλθον εξω τηϲ πολεωϲ επι > την κορυφην του ορουϲ και παϲ ανηρ ϲφενδονητηϲ διεκρατηϲαν τη αναβαϲιν αυτων και εβαλλον εν λιθοιϲ επ αυτουϲ 13κ(αι) ϋποδυϲαντεϲ ϋ>ποκατω του ορουϲ εδηϲαν τον αχιωρ και αφηκαν ερριμμενον ϋπο την ριζαν του ορουϲ και απωχοντο > προϲ τον κυριον αυτων 14καταβαντεϲ δε οι υϊοι ϊϲραηλ εκ τηϲ πολεωϲ αυτων επεϲτηϲαν αυτω και λυϲαν>τεϲ αυτον απηγαγον ειϲ την βαιτουλουα και κατεϲτηϲαν αυτον επι τουϲ αρχονταϲ τηϲ πολεωϲ αυτων 15οι ηϲαν εν ταιϲ ημεραιϲ εκειναιϲ οζειαϲ ο του μειχα εκ τηϲ φυληϲ ϲυμεων κ(αι) χαβρειϲ ο του γοθονιου και χαρμειϲ ο του ϲελλημ 16και ϲυνεκαλεϲαν παταϲ τουϲ πρεϲβυτερουϲ ϊϲραηλ και ϲυνεδραμον παϲ νεανιϲκοϲ αυτω και αι γυναικεϲ ειϲ την εκκληϲιαν > και εϲτηϲαν τον αχιωρ εν μεϲω πατοϲ του λαου και επηρωτηϲεν αυτον οζειαϲ το ϲυμβεβηκοϲ
9And if thou persuade thyself in thy mind that they shall be taken, let not thy countenance fall: I have spoken it, and none of my words shall be in vain. 10Then Holofernes commanded his servants, that waited in his tent, to take Achior, and bring him to Bethulia, and deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel. 11So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia. 12And when the men of the city saw them, they took up their weapons, and went out of the city to the top of the hill: and every man that used a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them. 13Nevertheless having gotten privily under the hill, they bound Achior, and cast him down, and left him at the foot of the hill, and returned to their lord. 14But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, and loosed him, and brought him to Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city: 15Which were in those days Ozias the son of Micha, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of Melchiel. 16And they called together all the ancients of the city, and all their youth ran together, and their women, to the assembly, and they set Achior in the midst of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of that which was done.
17και αποκριθειϲ απηγγειλεν αυτοιϲ τα ρη>ματα τηϲ ϲυνεδριαϲ ολοφερνου κ(αι) παντα τα ρηματα οϲα ελαληϲεν εν μεϲω των αρχοντων ϋϊων αϲϲουρ και οϲα εμεγαλορημονηϲεν ολοφερνηϲ ειϲ τον οικον ιϲλ 18και πεϲοντεϲ ο λαοϲ προϲεκυνηϲαν κω τω θω και εβοηϲαν λεγοντεϲ 19κε ο θϲ του ουρα>νου επιβλεψον επι ταϲ υπερηφανιαϲ αυτων και ελεηϲον την ταπινωϲιν του γενουϲ ημων και επιβλεψον επι το προϲωπον των ηγιαϲμενων ϲοι εν τη η>μερα ταυτη 20και παρεκαλεϲαν τον αχιωρ και επηνεϲαν αυτον ϲφοδρα 21κ(αι) παρελαβεν αυτο οζειαϲ εκ τηϲ εκ>κληϲιαϲ ειϲ οικον αυτου και εποιη>ϲεν ποτον τοιϲ πρεϲβυτεροιϲ και επεκαλεϲαντο τον θν ϊϲραηλ ειϲ βοηθειαν ολην την νυκτα εκειινην
17And he answered and declared unto them the words of the council of Holofernes, and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of Assur, and whatsoever Holofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel. 18Then the people fell down and worshipped God, and cried unto God. saying, 19O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day. 20Then they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly. 21And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.
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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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