Yudit 15

¹Çadırlarda olanlar bunu duyduklarında, meydana gelen olay karşısında sarsıldılar.

²Üzerlerine öyle bir korku ve titreme çöktü ki, artık hiç kimse komşusunun karşısında duramadı; aksine hep birlikte sel gibi dökülerek ovanın ve dağlık bölgenin her yolundan kaçtılar.

³Beytülva çevresindeki dağlık bölgede ordugah kurmuş olanlar da bozguna uğrayıp kaçtılar. O zaman İsrailoğulları arasından her savaşçı adam onların üzerine akın etti.

⁴Ozias; Betomastaim, Bebai, Kola ve tüm İsrail sınırlarına haberciler göndererek olup bitenleri bildirdi ve düşmanları tamamen ortadan kaldırmak için herkesin onların üzerine akın etmesini istedi.

⁵İsrailoğulları bunu duyunca, hep birlikte onların üzerine saldırdılar ve onları Hoba'ya kadar biçtiler; aynı şekilde Yeruşalim'den ve tüm dağlık bölgeden gelenler de onlara ulaştı, çünkü düşmanlarının ordugahında neler olduğu kendilerine bildirilmişti. Gilead ve Celile'dekiler de Şam'ı ve sınırlarını geçene dek büyük bir kırımla onları kanatlardan kuşattılar.

⁶Beytülva'da yaşayan geri kalan halk ise Asur'un ordugahına saldırıp orayı yağmaladı ve fazlasıyla zenginleşti.

⁷Kırımdan dönen İsrailoğulları geri kalan şeyleri ele geçirdiler; dağlık bölgedeki ve ovadaki köyler ile çiftlikler de çok miktarda ganimet elde etti, çünkü ganimetin miktarı son derece büyüktü.

⁸Başkâhin Yoakim ve Yeruşalim'de oturan İsrail oğullarının ihtiyar heyeti, Rab'bin İsrail'e yaptığı iyiliklere tanıklık etmek, Yudit'i görmek ve onunla esenlikle selamlaşmak için geldiler.

⁹Yudit'in yanına girdiklerinde, hepsi tek bir yürekle onu kutsayarak şöyle dediler: "Sen İsrail'in yüceliğisin, sen İsrail'in büyük gururusun, sen soyumuzun büyük övüncüsün!

¹⁰Bütün bunları kendi elinle başardın, İsrail'e büyük iyilikler yaptın ve Tanrı bunlardan hoşnut kaldı. Her şeye egemen Rab tarafından sonsuza dek kutsanmış olasın!" Bütün halk, "Amin!" dedi.

¹¹Bütün halk otuz gün boyunca ordugahı yağmaladı; Holofernes'in çadırını, tüm gümüş takımlarını, yataklarını, büyük kâselerini ve bütün eşyalarını Yudit'e verdiler. Yudit bunları alıp katırına yükledi, arabalarını hazırlayıp eşyaları üst üste yığdı.

¹²İsrail'in bütün kadınları onu görmek için koşup geldiler, onu kutsadılar ve onun onuruna aralarında bir dans grubu oluşturdular. Yudit ellerine sarmaşıklı değnekler aldı ve yanındaki kadınlara da verdi.

¹³Kendisi ve yanındaki kadınlar başlarına zeytin dallarından taçlar taktılar; Yudit bütün kadınların önünde liderlik ederek dansla tüm halkın önünden yürüdü. İsrail'in bütün erkekleri de silahlanmış olarak, başlarında taçlar ve ağızlarında ilahilerle onları takip ediyordu.

¹⁴Yudit, tüm İsrail halkı arasında bu şükran ezgisine öncülük etmeye başladı ve bütün halk da koro halinde bu övgü ezgisine karşılık vererek eşlik etti.

¹ΚΑΙ ὡς ἤκουσαν οἱ ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν ὄντες, ἐξέστησαν ἐπὶ τὸ γεγονός,

²καὶ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς φόβος καὶ τρόμος, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἄνθρωπος μένων κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ πλησίον ἔτι, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκχυθέντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἔφευγον ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ὁδὸν τοῦ πεδίου καὶ τῆς ὀρεινῆς·

³καὶ οἱ παρεμβεβληκότες ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ κύκλῳ Βαιτυλούα καὶ ἐτράπησαν εἰς φυγήν. καὶ τότε οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, πᾶς ἀνὴρ πολεμιστὴς ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἐξεχύθησαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.

⁴καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Οζίας εἰς Βαιτομασθαὶμ καὶ Βηβαΐ καὶ Κωλὰ καὶ εἰς πᾶν ὅριον ᾿Ισραὴλ τοὺς ἀπαγγέλλοντας ὑπὲρ τῶν συντετελεσμένων καὶ ἵνα πάντες ἐπεκχυθῶσι τοῖς πολεμίοις εἰς τὴν ἀναίρεσιν αὐτῶν.

⁵ὡς δὲ ἤκουσαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, πάντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπέπεσον ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔκοπτον αὐτοὺς ἕως Χωβά, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐκ πάσης τῆς ὀρεινῆς, ἀνήγγειλαν γὰρ αὐτοῖς τὰ γεγονότα τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν· καὶ οἱ ἐν Γαλαὰδ καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ ὑπερεκέρασαν αὐτοὺς πληγῇ μεγάλῃ, ἕως οὗ παρῆλθον Δαμασκὸν καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς.

⁶οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες Βαιτυλούα ἐπέπεσαν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ᾿Ασσοὺρ καὶ ἐπρονόμευσαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπλούτησαν σφόδρα.

⁷οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀναστρέψαντες ἀπὸ τῆς κοπῆς ἐκυρίευσαν τῶν λοιπῶν, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι καὶ αἱ ἐπαύλεις ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ καὶ πεδινῇ ἐκράτησαν πολλῶν λαφύρων, ἦν γὰρ πλῆθος πολὺ σφόδρα.

⁸καὶ ᾿Ιωακὶμ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας καὶ ἡ γερουσία τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἦλθον τοῦ θεάσασθαι τὰ ἀγαθά, ἃ ἐποίησε Κύριος τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὴν ᾿Ιουδὶθ καὶ λαλῆσαι μετ᾿ αὐτῆς εἰρήνην.

⁹ὡς δὲ εἰσῆλθον πρὸς αὐτήν, εὐλόγησαν αὐτὴν πάντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτήν· σὺ ὕψωμα ᾿Ισραήλ, σὺ γαυρίαμα μέγα τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, σὺ καύχημα μέγα τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν·

¹⁰ἐποίησας πάντα ταῦτα ἐν χειρί σου, ἐποίησας τὰ ἀγαθὰ μετὰ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ εὐδόκησεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός· εὐλογημένη γίνου παρὰ τῷ παντοκράτορι Κυρίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον. καὶ εἶπε ὁ λαός· γένοιτο

¹¹καὶ ἐλαφύρευσε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἐφ᾿ ἡμέρας τριάκοντα· καὶ ἔδωκαν τῇ ᾿Ιουδὶθ τὴν σκηνὴν ᾿Ολοφέρνου καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀργυρώματα καὶ τὰς κλίνας καὶ τὰ ὅλκια καὶ πάντα τὰ σκευάσματα αὐτοῦ. καὶ λαβοῦσα αὕτη ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τὴν ἡμίονον αὐτῆς καὶ ἔζευξε τὰς ἁμάξας αὐτῆς καὶ ἐσώρευσεν αὐτὰ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν.

¹²καὶ συνέδραμε πᾶσα γυνὴ ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῦ ἰδεῖν αὐτὴν καὶ εὐλόγησαν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῇ χορὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαβε θύρσους ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς καὶ ἔδωκε ταῖς γυναιξὶ ταῖς μετ᾿ αὐτῆς.

¹³καὶ ἐστεφανώσαντο τὴν ἐλαίαν, αὐτὴ καὶ αἱ μετ᾿ αὐτῆς, καὶ προῆλθε παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν χορείᾳ ἡγουμένη πασῶν τῶν γυναικῶν, καὶ ἠκολούθει πᾶς ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐνωπλισμένοι μετὰ στεφάνων καὶ ὕμνων ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν.

¹⁴καὶ ἐξῆρχεν ᾿Ιουδὶθ τὴν ἐξομολόγησιν ταύτην ἐν παντὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ὑπεφώνει πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὴν αἴνεσιν ταύτην.

¹And when they that were in the tents heard, they were astonished at the thing that was done.

²And fear and trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man that durst abide in the sight of his neighbour, but rushing out all together, they fled into every way of the plain, and of the hill country.

³They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away. Then the children of Israel, every one that was a warrior among them, rushed out upon them.

⁴Then sent Ozias to Betomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Cola and to all the coasts of Israel, such as should tell the things that were done, and that all should rush forth upon their enemies to destroy them.

⁵Now when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell upon them with one consent, and slew them unto Chobai: likewise also they that came from Jerusalem, and from all the hill country, (for men had told them what things were done in the camp of their enemies) and they that were in Galaad, and in Galilee, chased them with a great slaughter, until they were past Damascus and the borders thereof.

⁶And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assur, and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.

⁷And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, gat many spoils: for the multitude was very great.

⁸Then Joacim the high priest, and the ancients of the children of Israel that dwelt in Jerusalem, came to behold the good things that God had shewed to Israel, and to see Judith, and to salute her.

⁹And when they came unto her, they blessed her with one accord, and said unto her, Thou art the exaltation of Jerusalem, thou art the great glory of Israel, thou art the great rejoicing of our nation:

¹⁰Thou hast done all these things by thine hand: thou hast done much good to Israel, and God is pleased therewith: blessed be thou of the Almighty Lord for evermore. And all the people said, So be it.

¹¹And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days: and they gave unto Judith Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it and laid it on her mule; and made ready her carts, and laid them thereon.

¹²Then all the women of Israel ran together to see her, and blessed her, and made a dance among them for her: and she took branches in her hand, and gave also to the women that were with her.

¹³And they put a garland of olive upon her and her maid that was with her, and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women: and all the men of Israel followed in their armour with garlands, and with songs in their mouths.

¹⁴Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song of praise.