Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Judit 13
1Cuando se hizo tarde, se retiraron prontamente los criados a sus alojamientos; fuese también Vagao, después de cerrar las puertas de la cámara. So then, when it had become late, his servants hurried to their lodgings, and Vagao closed the chamber doors, and he went away.2Todos estaban tomados del vino, But they were all drowsy from the wine.3y Judit quedaba sola en la cámara. And Judith was alone in the chamber.4Holofernes estaba tendido en la cama, durmiendo profundamente a causa de su extraordinaria embriaguez. Moreover, Holofernes, being very inebriated, was fast asleep, reclining on his bed.5Judit había dicho a su criada que aguardara fuera de la cámara. And Judith told her handmaid to stand outside before the chamber, and to watch.6Entonces Judit, estando de pie delante de la cama, oró con lágrimas, y moviendo apenas los labios, And Judith stood in front of the bed, praying with tears, and her lips moved in silence,7dijo: “Dame valor, Señor, Dios de Israel, y echa en esta hora una mirada propicia sobre la obra de mis manos, para que ensalces, como lo tienes prometido, tu ciudad de Jerusalén; y ponga yo por obra lo que he pensado ejecutar con tu asistencia.” saying: “Confirm me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look kindly upon the works of my hands, so that, just as you promised, you may raise up Jerusalem, your city, and so that, believing through you that this plan is able to be accomplished, I may succeed.”8Dicho esto, se arrimó al pilar que estaba a la cabecera de la cama de Holofernes, descolgó el alfanje que colgaba de él, And when she had said this, she approached the pillar, which was at the head of the bed, and she released his blade, which was hanging tied to it.9y habiéndolo desenvainado, asió a Holofernes por los cabellos de la cabeza, y dijo: “Señor Dios, dame valor en este momento”; And when she had unsheathed it, she grabbed him by the hair of his head, and she said, “Confirm me, O Lord God, in this hour.”10y dándole dos golpes en la cerviz, le cortó la cabeza. Luego desprendió las cortinas de los pilares y volcó al suelo su cadáver hecho un tronco. And she struck him twice on his neck, and she cut off his head, and she took off his canopy from the pillars, and she rolled away the trunk of his body.11Inmediatamente salió y entregó la cabeza de Holofernes a su criada, mandándole que la metiese en su talego. And after a little while, she went out, and she delivered the head of Holofernes to her handmaid, and she ordered her to put it in her bag.12Después se fueron las dos, según costumbre, como para ir a la oración, y atravesando el campamento y rodeando el valle, llegaron a la puerta de la ciudad. And the two went out, according to their custom, as if to prayer, and they passed through the camp, and having circled around the valley, they came to the gate of the city.13Judit, desde lejos, gritó a los centinelas de la muralla: “Abrid las puertas, porque Dios está con nosotros y ha mostrado su poder en favor de Israel.” And Judith, from a distance, spoke to the watchmen on the walls, “Open the gates, for God is with us, and he has acted with his power in Israel.”14Luego que los centinelas reconocieron su voz, llamaron a los ancianos de la ciudad. And it happened that, when the men had heard her voice, they called the elders of the city.15Y vinieron corriendo a ella todos, desde el menor hasta el mayor, porque ya no esperaban que ella volviese. And all rushed toward her, from the least to the greatest. For, until then, they held no hope that she would return.16Encendieron luminarias, y se pusieron todos alrededor de ella. Entonces Judit, subiendo a un sitio elevado, mandó guardar silencio; y cuando todos callaron, And, enflaming the lights, they gathered all around her. But she climbed up to a higher place, and she ordered them to be made silent. And when all had quieted down,17habló de esta manera: “Alabad al Señor, Dios nuestro, que no ha desamparado a los que esperaban en Él. Judith said: “Praise the Lord our God, who has not abandoned those who hope in him.18Por medio de mí, esclava suya, ha cumplido la promesa de mostrar su misericordia para con la casa de Israel, y por mi mano ha quitado la vida esta noche al enemigo de su pueblo.” And by me, his handmaid, he has fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel. And he has killed the enemy of his people, by my hand this night.”19Y sacando del talego la cabeza de Holofernes, se la mostró, diciendo: “Ved aquí la cabeza de Holofernes, jefe del ejército de los asirios, y he aquí el cortinaje dentro del cual estaba acostado en su embriaguez, y donde el Señor, nuestro Dios, le ha degollado por mano de una mujer. Then, taking the head of Holofernes from the bag, she displayed it to them, saying: “Behold, the head of Holofernes the leader of the military of the Assyrians, and behold his canopy, under which he reclined in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God struck him by the hand of a woman.20Os juro por el mismo Señor que su ángel me ha guardado, así al ir de aquí, como estando allí, y al volver de allí para aquí; ni ha permitido el Señor que yo, su sierva, fuese amancillada, sino que me ha restituido a vosotros sin mancha de pecado, gozosa por su victoria, por mi salvación y por vuestra liberación. But, as the Lord himself lives, his angel has been my guardian both from my departure, and while staying there, and when returning from there. And the Lord has not permitted me, his handmaid, to be defiled, but he has called me back to you without the pollution of sin, rejoicing in his victory, in my escape, and in your liberation.21Alabadle todos por su bondad, porque es eterna su misericordia.” Confess everything to him, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.”22Entonces todos, adorando al Señor, dijeron a Judit: “El Señor te ha bendecido, dándote su poder; pues por medio de ti ha aniquilado a nuestros enemigos.” Then everyone adored the Lord, and they said to her, “The Lord has blessed you by his power, because, through you, he has reduced our enemies to nothing.”23Ocías, príncipe del pueblo de Israel, le dijo: “Bendita eres del Señor, Dios Altísimo, oh hija, sobre todas las mujeres de la tierra. Furthermore, Uzziah, the leader of the people of Israel, said to her: “O daughter, you have been blessed by the Lord, the most high God, above all the women on earth.24Bendito sea el Señor, creador del cielo y de la tierra, que ha dirigido tu mano para cortar la cabeza del caudillo de nuestros enemigos. Blessed is the Lord, who made heaven and earth, who has guided you in harming the head of the leader of our enemies.25Hoy ha hecho Él tan célebre tu nombre, que no cesarán de pregonar tus alabanzas los hombres, que conservarán para siempre la memoria del poder del Señor; pues has expuesto tu vida por tu pueblo, viendo las angustias y la tribulación de tu gente, y nos has salvado de la ruina, acudiendo a nuestro Dios.” For he has so magnified your name this day, that your praise will not retire from the mouth of men, who will be mindful of the power of the Lord forever, because you have risked your life for the sake of the distress and tribulation of your people, and you have prevented our ruin before the sight of our God.”26A lo que respondió todo el pueblo: “¡Así sea, así sea!” And all the people said: “Amen. Amen.”27También Aquior, al ser llamado, se presentó, y Judit le dijo: “El Dios de Israel, de quien tú diste testimonio de que sabe tomar venganza de sus enemigos, El mismo ha cortado esta noche por mi mano la cabeza de todos los incrédulos. And so, Achior was called, and he drew near, and Judith said to him: “The God of Israel, to whom you gave testimony, has avenged himself on his enemies. He has cut down the head of all unbelievers, by my hand this night.28Y para que conozcas que es así, ve aquí la cabeza de Holofernes, el que en su soberbia despreció al Dios de Israel y te amenazó con muerte, diciendo: «Después de mi triunfo sobre el pueblo de Israel, mandaré atravesarte el costado con la espada».” And, so that you may determine that this is so, behold, the head of Holofernes, who, in the contempt of his pride, despised the God of Israel and threatened Israel with ruin, saying, ‘When the people of Israel have been captured, I will instruct your sides to be pierced through with a sword.’ ”29Aquior, al ver la cabeza de Holofernes, se estremeció de pavor y cayó sobre su rostro en tierra, desmayándose su alma. Then Achior, seeing the head of Holofernes, and being distressed by fear, fell upon his face on the ground, and his soul became agitated.30Pero luego que recobrando el aliento, volvió en sí, se postró a los pies de Judit, y adorándola, dijo: In truth, after this, when he had recovered his breath, he fell down before her feet, and he showed reverence for her, and he said:31“Bendita eres tú de tu Dios en todos los tabernáculos de Jacob; porque en todos los pueblos que oyeren mentar tu nombre, será glorificado por causa de ti el Dios de Israel.” “Blessed are you by your God, in every tabernacle of Jacob, for in every nation that will hear of your name, the God of Israel will be magnified over you.”
