中英对照

1. 1.犹滴的劝告 犹滴对他们说：“我的兄弟们，请听我说，把这头挂在你们城墙的城垛上。Judith’s Counsel Then Judith said to them, “Listen to me, my brethren, and take this head and hang it upon the parapet of your wall.💡
2. 2.天一亮，日一出，就让每个勇士拿起武器，从城里出发，派一个军官带领他们，假装要下去平原对付亚述人的前哨，只是不要下去。And as soon as morning comes and the sun rises, let every valiant man take his weapons and go out of the city, and set a captain over them, as if you were going down to the plain against the Assyrian outpost; only do not go down.💡
3. 3.他们将夺取武器，进入军营，惊动亚述军的官员，他们将冲入何乐弗尼的帐幕，却找不到他。这时，他们将受到惊吓，在你们面前逃跑，Then they will seize their arms and go into the camp and rouse the officers of the Assyrian army; and they will rush into the tent of Holofer′nes, and will not find him. Then fear will come over them, and they will flee before you,💡
4. 4.你们和以色列境内所有居民要追赶他们，击杀他们当他们逃跑时。and you and all who live within the borders of Israel shall pursue them and cut them down as they flee.💡
5. 5.但是在你们做这些事之前，先把亚扪人亚希奥带到我面前，让他看看并认出那个轻视以色列家的人，他竟然把亚希奥当作要被处死的人一样送到我们这里来。But before you do all this, bring Ach′ior the Am′monite to me, and let him see and recognize the man who despised the house of Israel and sent him to us as if to his death.”💡
6. 6.于是他们从乌西雅家把亚希奥尔叫了来，亚希奥尔来到那里，看见奥洛芬的头在聚集的人群中的一位男子手中，于是他面伏于地，精神也消失了。So they summoned Ach′ior from the house of Uzzi′ah. And when he came and saw the head of Holofer′nes in the hand of one of the men at the gathering of the people, he fell down on his face and his spirit failed him.💡
7. 7.当他们扶他起来时，他就倒在犹滴的脚前，跪在她面前，说：“你在犹大各帐篷中是有福的，在万国中，凡听见你名字的人都必惧怕。And when they raised him up he fell at Judith’s feet, and knelt before her, and said, “Blessed are you in every tent of Judah! In every nation those who hear your name will be alarmed.💡
8. 8.现在告诉我，你这些天做了什么。于是，犹滴在众人面前描述了她离开到与他们说话那一刻所做的一切。Now tell me what you have done during these days.” Then Judith described to him in the presence of the people all that she had done, from the day she left until the moment of her speaking to them.💡
9. 9.她一完毕，众人就大声欢呼，在城中发出欢乐的声音。And when she had finished, the people raised a great shout and made a joyful noise in their city.💡
10. 10.当亚希奥看到以色列的神所做的一切事后，他就坚定地信靠神，接受了割礼，加入了以色列人，直到今日仍然如此。And when Ach′ior saw all that the God of Israel had done, he believed firmly in God, and was circumcised, and joined the house of Israel, remaining so to this day.💡
11. 11.荷罗孚尼死的消息被发现黎明时分，他们把荷罗孚尼的头挂在城墙上，每个人都拿起武器，他们分成队伍前往山间的关口。Holofernes’ Death Is Discovered As soon as it was dawn they hung the head of Holofer′nes on the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went out in companies to the passes in the mountains.💡
12. 12.亚述人一见他们，就派人去见他们的首领，他们就到将军和队长，以及他们所有的官长那里。And when the Assyrians saw them they sent word to their commanders, and they went to the generals and the captains and to all their officers.💡
13. 13.他们来到何乐弗的帐幕，对管理他一切私事的管家说：“请叫我们的主起来，因为那些奴仆竟敢下来攻击我们，想要彻底消灭我们。”So they came to Holofer′nes’ tent and said to the steward in charge of all his personal affairs, “Wake up our lord, for the slaves have been so bold as to come down against us to give battle, in order to be destroyed completely.”💡
14. 14.于是巴古亚进去，敲了帐篷的门，因为他以为犹滴正在里面睡觉。So Bago′as went in and knocked at the door of the tent, for he supposed that he was sleeping with Judith.💡
15. 15.但没有人回答，他打开门，进入寝室，发现他倒在床上已经死了，头被砍断且不见了。But when no one answered, he opened it and went into the bedchamber and found him thrown down on the platform dead, with his head cut off and missing.💡
16. 16.他大声哭喊，哭泣哀嚎，痛苦大叫，并撕裂他的衣服。And he cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted, and rent his garments.💡
17. 17.他便往犹滴曾住的帐棚去，既没有找到她，就急忙跑到众人那里，大声喊叫，Then he went to the tent where Judith had stayed, and when he did not find her he rushed out to the people and shouted,💡
18. 18.“奴隶们欺骗了我们！一个希伯来女人给尼布甲尼撒王的家带来了耻辱！看哪，荷罗孚尼斯躺在地上，他的头不在他身上！”“The slaves have tricked us! One Hebrew woman has brought disgrace upon the house of King Nebuchadnez′zar! For look, here is Holofer′nes lying on the ground, and his head is not on him!”💡
19. 19.亚述军的首领听见这话，就撕裂衣服，极其惊惧，他们在营中大声哭喊。When the leaders of the Assyrian army heard this, they rent their tunics and were greatly dismayed, and their loud cries and shouts arose in the midst of the camp.💡