1.亚述人惊恐逃跑 当他们在帐篷里的人听见的时候,他们对所发生的事感到惊讶The Assyrians Flee in Panic When the men in the tents heard it, they were amazed at what had happened.
2.他们都害怕得发抖,以至于他们没有等待对方,而是一齐冲出,沿着平原和山地的所有道路逃跑。Fear and trembling came over them, so that they did not wait for one another, but with one impulse all rushed out and fled by every path across the plain and through the hill country.
3.围困伯多利亚山区的军队也纷纷逃跑,这时以色列的战士都冲了出来,向他们进攻。Those who had camped in the hills around Bethu′lia also took to flight. Then the men of Israel, every one that was a soldier, rushed out upon them.
4.乌西雅派人往伯特米施、伯拜、哥巴、歌拉和以色列一切边界,传报发生的事情,并催促众人出击敌人将他们剪除。And Uzzi′ah sent men to Betomastha′im and Be′bai and Choba and Kola, and to all the frontiers of Israel, to tell what had taken place and to urge all to rush out upon their enemies to destroy them.
5.以色列人听见就一同向敌人冲去,杀到基波亚。住在耶路撒冷和山地所有的人,也因为听见敌人营中出了这种事,都来攻打他们。在基列和加利利的人也从侧面攻击他们,杀戮他们,直到大马士革和其边界。And when the Israelites heard it, with one accord they fell upon the enemy, and cut them down as far as Choba. Those in Jerusalem and all the hill country also came, for they were told what had happened in the camp of the enemy; and those in Gil′ead and in Galilee outflanked them with great slaughter, even beyond Damas′cus and its borders.
6.伯多利亚其余的人民向亚述军营发起攻击,掠夺了它,并且大大地富足起来。The rest of the people of Bethu′lia fell upon the Assyrian camp and plundered it, and were greatly enriched.
7.以色列人杀败敌人回来以后,就夺取了剩下的财物和山地、平原、城镇、堡垒里的所有财物,因为财物极多。And the Israelites, when they returned from the slaughter, took possession of what remained, and the villages and towns in the hill country and in the plain got a great amount of booty, for there was a vast quantity of it.
8.以色列人庆祝胜利 然后大祭司约亚敬和以色列民的议会,耶路撒冷的居民,来见证上帝为以色列所做的美事,并见尤迪丝并问候她。The Israelites Celebrate Their Victory Then Jo′akim the high priest, and the senate of the people of Israel who lived at Jerusalem, came to witness the good things which the Lord had done for Israel, and to see Judith and to greet her.
9.当他们见到她时,他们都同心地称颂她,对她说:“你是耶路撒冷的荣耀,你是以色列的伟大光辉,你是我们民族的伟大自豪!And when they met her they all blessed her with one accord and said to her, “You are the exaltation of Jerusalem, you are the great glory of Israel, you are the great pride of our nation!
10.你独自完成了这一切,你为以色列做了伟大的善事,神也十分喜悦。全能的主永远会赐福给你。”众人都说:“阿们!”You have done all this singlehanded; you have done great good to Israel, and God is well pleased with it. May the Almighty Lord bless you for ever!” And all the people said, “So be it!”
11.于是所有的人在营地掠夺了三十天,他们把荷罗孚尼的帐篷和所有的银器和他的床和他的碗和所有的家具给了犹滴,她把它们拿来装载她的骡子并套好她的马车并把东西堆在上面。So all the people plundered the camp for thirty days. They gave Judith the tent of Holofer′nes and all his silver dishes and his beds and his bowls and all his furniture; and she took them and loaded her mule and hitched up her carts and piled the things on them.
12.于是,以色列所有的妇女都聚集在一起观看她,并为她祝福,其中一些人为她跳舞;她手里拿着树枝,交给与她同来的妇女;Then all the women of Israel gathered to see her, and blessed her, and some of them performed a dance for her; and she took branches in her hands and gave them to the women who were with her;
13.他们用橄榄枝编成的花环为自己和与她同来的妇女戴上花环,她在所有人面前跳舞,带领所有的妇女,而以色列所有的男人都跟随着,手持武器,头戴花环,嘴唇唱着歌。and they crowned themselves with olive wreaths, she and those who were with her; and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women, while all the men of Israel followed, bearing their arms and wearing garlands and with songs on their lips.