中英对照

1. 1.犹滴准备去见奥洛芬 犹滴向以色列的神祈祷完毕，并说完了这些话，Judith Prepares to Go to Holofernes When Judith had ceased crying out to the God of Israel, and had ended all these words,💡
2. 2.她从俯伏的地方起来，叫了她的使女，下到她在安息日和节日居住的房子里；she rose from where she lay prostrate and called her maid and went down into the house where she lived on sabbaths and on her feast days;💡
3. 3.她脱掉一直穿着的麻衣，换掉了寡妇的衣服，用水洗了身子，涂上贵重的香膏，梳妆打扮，戴上头饰，穿上最华丽的衣服，就是她丈夫玛拿西在世的时候常穿的衣服。and she removed the sackcloth which she had been wearing, and took off her widow’s garments, and bathed her body with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and combed her hair and put on a tiara, and arrayed herself in her gayest apparel, which she used to wear while her husband Manas′seh was living.💡
4. 4.她用鞋子穿在脚上，又用脚环、手镯、戒指和耳环，以及所有的装饰品，打扮自己，变得非常美丽，目的是要吸引所有看见她的人的眼目。And she put sandals on her feet, and put on her anklets and bracelets and rings, and her earrings and all her ornaments, and made herself very beautiful, to entice the eyes of all men who might see her.💡
5. 5.她给她的使女一个酒瓶和一个油壶，并用烘焙的谷物、干果饼和细面包填满一个袋子，并把她所有的器皿包起来交给使女拿着。And she gave her maid a bottle of wine and a flask of oil, and filled a bag with parched grain and a cake of dried fruit and fine bread; and she wrapped up all her vessels and gave them to her to carry.💡
6. 6.他们于是走到伯特利的城门，发现乌西亚和伯特利城的长老哈布里和哈米斯站在那里。Then they went out to the city gate of Bethu′lia, and found Uzzi′ah standing there with the elders of the city, Chabris and Charmis.💡
7. 7.他们一见到她，并注意到她的面容改变了，衣服也换了，他们就非常佩服她的美貌，对她说，When they saw her, and noted how her face was altered and her clothing changed, they greatly admired her beauty, and said to her,💡
8. 8.愿我们祖先的神使你蒙恩，成就你的计划，使以色列人得荣耀，耶路撒冷得高举。于是她敬拜神。“May the God of our fathers grant you favor and fulfil your plans, that the people of Israel may glory and Jerusalem may be exalted.” And she worshiped God.💡
9. 9.于是她对他们说：“吩咐人开城门，我就出去，照你们对我所说的话去做。”他们就吩咐少年人照她说的开门给她。Then she said to them, “Order the gate of the city to be opened for me, and I will go out and accomplish the things about which you spoke with me.” So they ordered the young men to open the gate for her, as she had said.💡
10. 10.他们这样做完了以后，犹滴和她的侍女一同出发，城里的人一直看着她，直到她下了山，穿过山谷，直到他们再也看不到她。When they had done this, Judith went out, she and her maid with her; and the men of the city watched her until she had gone down the mountain and passed through the valley and they could no longer see her.💡
11. 11.犹滴被俘 女人们一直往山谷走去，遇到一队亚述巡逻队，巡逻队就遇见了她Judith Is Captured The women went straight on through the valley; and an Assyrian patrol met her💡
12. 12.并将她拘留，问她：“你是哪个民族的，你从哪里来，你要去哪里？”她回答说：“我是希伯来人的女儿，但我要逃离他们，因为他们就要被交给你们来吞噬。and took her into custody, and asked her, “To what people do you belong, and where are you coming from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I am a daughter of the Hebrews, but I am fleeing from them, for they are about to be handed over to you to be devoured.💡
13. 13.我正前往你们军队的统帅何乐弗尼面前，向他报告真实的情况，并且我会指给他一条路，让他可以毫无损失地夺取整个山区，不会有一个士兵被俘或被杀。I am on my way to the presence of Holofer′nes the commander of your army, to give him a true report; and I will show him a way by which he can go and capture all the hill country without losing one of his men, captured or slain.”💡
14. 14.当那些人听见她的话，并且看着她的脸——在他们眼里她是奇妙地美丽的——他们对她说，When the men heard her words, and observed her face—she was in their eyes marvelously beautiful—they said to her,💡
15. 15.你赶快到我们主人的面前去，才保住了你的生命，马上到他的帐幕里去，我们有人会护送你，把你交给他。“You have saved your life by hurrying down to the presence of our lord. Go at once to his tent; some of us will escort you and hand you over to him.💡
16. 16.当你站在他面前的时候，不要在心中害怕，只要把你所说的话告诉他，他就会好好待你。And when you stand before him, do not be afraid in your heart, but tell him just what you have said, and he will treat you well.”💡
17. 17.他们从中选出一百个人陪伴她和她的侍女，并将她们带到荷罗孚尼的帐篷里。They chose from their number a hundred men to accompany her and her maid, and they brought them to the tent of Holofer′nes.💡
18. 18.整个军营里一片兴奋，因为她的到来从一个帐篷传到另一个帐篷，人们都来到她身边，站在她周围，当时她站在何罗孚尼的帐篷外面，众人将有关她的消息报告给他。There was great excitement in the whole camp, for her arrival was reported from tent to tent, and they came and stood around her as she waited outside the tent of Holofer′nes while they told him about her.💡
19. 19.他们对她的美丽感到惊奇，并且钦佩以色列人，以她来评判他们，每个人对邻居说：“谁能轻视这些人，他们中间有这样的女人？他们中间绝不能留下一个男人，因为如果我们放他们走，他们就能诱惑全世界！”And they marveled at her beauty, and admired the Israelites, judging them by her, and every one said to his neighbor, “Who can despise these people, who have women like this among them? Surely not a man of them had better be left alive, for if we let them go they will be able to ensnare the whole world!”💡
20. 20.犹滴被带到何乐弗尼面前 于是何乐弗尼的同伴和所有的仆人都出来，引领她进入帐幕。Judith Is Brought before Holofernes Then Holofer′nes’ companions and all his servants came out and led her into the tent.💡
21. 21.荷罗孚尼躺在他的床上，床上方有一顶由紫色和金色和翡翠以及宝石织成的天篷。Holofer′nes was resting on his bed, under a canopy which was woven with purple and gold and emeralds and precious stones.💡
22. 22.他们告诉他有关她的事情后，他走到帐篷前面，前面有人提着银灯。When they told him of her he came forward to the front of the tent, with silver lamps carried before him.💡
23. 23.当犹滴进入荷罗孚尼和他的侍从面前时，他们都对她的面貌美丽感到惊奇，她俯伏在地向他行礼，他的奴仆扶她起来。And when Judith came into the presence of Holofer′nes and his servants, they all marveled at the beauty of her face; and she prostrated herself and made obeisance to him, and his slaves raised her up.💡