Liber Iudith

Iudith, chapter 8 in the Vulgate version.

There is no KJV of Judith, but it does appear in the Apocrypha, as shown below.

Chapter 8 Vulgate

   1 Et erat in civitate commorans in diebus illis Iudith filia Merari filii Ox filii Ioseph filii Oziel filii Elchiae filii Ananiae filii Gedeon filii Rafain filii Achitob filii Eliab filii Nathanael filii Salamiel filii Surisaddai filii Simeon filii Israel.
   2 Et vir eius Manasses erat ex tribu eius et patria eius; et mortuus est in diebus messis hordiariae.
   3 Steterat enim super alligantes manipulos in campo, et aestus introivit in caput eius, et incidit in lectum et mortuus est in Betulia civitate sua. Et sepelierunt eum cum patribus suis in agro, qui est inter Dothain et Balamon.
   4 Et erat Iudith in domo sua vidua per annos tres et menses quattuor.
   5 Et fecit sibi tabernaculum super tectum domus suae et imposuit super lumbos suos cilicium, et erant super eam vestimenta viduitatis suae,
   6 et ieiunabat per omnes dies viduitatis suae praeter pridie sabbatorum et sabbata et pridie neomeniarum et neomenias et dies festos et gaudimonia domus Israel.
   7 Et erat bona in aspectu et formosa facie valde et prudens in corde et bona in sensu et erat honesta valde, quia reliquerat ei Manasses vir eius filius Ioseph filii Achitob filii Melchis filii Eliab filii Nathanael filii Surisaddai filii Simeon filii Israel aurum et argentum et pueros et puellas et pecora et praedia, et manebat in eis;
   8 et non erat qui inferret ei verbum malum, quia timebat Deum valde.
   9 Et audivit verba populi maligna super principem quoniam defecerunt animo super penuriam aquarum. Et audivit omnia verba Iudith, quae locutus est ad eos Ozias, quemadmodum iuraverat eis, ut post quinque dies traderet civitatem Assyriis.
   10 Et mittens abram suam, quae erat super omnia bona eius, vocavit Oziam et Chabrin et Charmin seniores civitatis suae.
   11 Et venerunt ad eam. Et dixit ad eos: "Audite me, principes inhabitantium in Betulia, quoniam non est rectum verbum vestrum, quod locuti estis coram plebe in hac die et statuistis iuramentum istud, quod locuti estis inter Deum et vos, et dixistis tradituros vos civitatem inimicis nostris, si non in illis diebus converterit Dominus Deus noster audiutorium nobis.
   12 Et nunc qui estis vos, qui tentastis Deum in hodierno die et astitistis pro Deo in medio filiorum hominum?
   13 Et nunc Dominum omnipotentem tentatis et nihil intellegetis usque in sempiternum.
   14 Quoniam altitudinem cordis hominis non invenietis et cogitatus sensus eius non comprehendetis, quomodo Deum, qui fecit omnia ista, inquiretis et sensum eius cognoscetis et cogitationem eius inspicietis? Minime, fratres, nolite exacerbare Dominum Deum nostrum,
   15 quoniam, si noluerit in his quinque diebus adiuvare nos, ipse habet potestatem, in quibus diebus velit, protegere aut disperdere nos ante faciem inimicorum nostrorum.
   16 Vos autem nolite praepignorare voluntates Domini Dei nostri, quoniam non sicut homo Deus est, ut minis terreatur, aut sicut filius hominis, ut iudicetur.
   17 Propter quod sustinentes salvationem ab eo, invocemus ipsum in adiutorium nostrum, et exaudiet vocem nostram, si fuerit ipsi placitum.
   18 Quoniam non exsurrexit in progenie nostra, nec est in hodierna die neque tribus neque patria neque populus neque civitas ex nobis, qui adorent deos manufactos, sicut factum est in primis diebus,
   19 pro quibus traditi sunt in gladium et in rapinam patres nostri et ceciderunt casum magnum ante conspectum inimicorum nostrorum.
   20 Nos autem alium Deum nescimus praeter eum, a quo speramus quia non despiciet nos nec auferet salutare suum a genere nostro.
   21 Quoniam in eo quod capti sumus, sic et capietur omnis Iudaea, et praedabuntur sancta nostra, et exquiret Deus coinquinationem eorum ex sanguine nostro
   22 et mortem fratrum nostrorum et captivitatem terrae et desertionem hereditatis nostrae reducet in caput nostrum in gentibus, ubicumque servierimus. Et erimus in offendiculum et in improperium ante omnes, qui possidebunt nos,
   23 quoniam non dirigetur servitus nostra in gratiam, sed in inhonorationem ponet eam Dominus Deus noster.
   24 Et nunc, fratres, ostendamus fratribus nostris quoniam ex nobis pendet anima eorum, et sancta et domus et altare incumbit in nobis.
   25 Praeter haec omnia gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro, qui tentat nos sicut et patres nostros.
   26 Memores estote quanta fecerit cum Abraham et Isaac, et quanta facta sint Iacob in Mesopotamia Syriae pascenti oves Laban fratris matris suae.
   27 Quia non sicut illos combussit in inquisitionem cordis illorum et in nos non ultus est, sed in monitionem flagellat Dominus appropinquantes sibi".
   28 Et dixit ad eam Ozias: "Omnia, quaecumque dixisti, in bono corde locuta es, et non est qui resistat verbis tuis,
   29 quoniam non ex hodierna die sapientia tua manifesta est, sed ab initio dierum tuorum scit omnis populus sensum tuum, quoniam bona sunt figmenta cordis tui.
   30 Sed populus sitiit valde, et coegerunt nos sic facere, ut locuti sumus eis, et inducere super nos iuramentum, quod non praeteriemus.
   31 Et nunc ora pro nobis, et forte exaudiet te Deus noster, quoniam tu mulier sancta es, et dimittet Dominus pluviam in repletionem lacuum nostrorum, et non deficiemus iam".
   32 Et dixit ad eos Iudith: "Audite me, et faciam opus prudentiae, quod perveniet in generationes generationum filiis generis nostri.
   33 Vos enim stabitis ad portam hac nocte, et exeam ego cum abra mea, et in diebus, post quos dixistis civitatem tradituros vos inimicis nostris, visitabit Dominus Israel in manu mea, sicut ego fido.
   34 Vos autem non scrutabitis actum meum; non enim renuntiabo vobis, quousque consummentur, quae ego facio".
   35 Et dixit Ozias et principes ad eam: "Vade in pacem, et Dominus Deus sit ante te in ultionem inimicorum nostrorum".
   36 Et revertentes descenderunt de tabernaculo eius et abierunt ad dispositiones suas.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

Apocrypha

   1 Now at that time Judith heard thereof, which was the daughter of Merari, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of Ozel, the son of Elcia, the son of Ananias, the son of Gedeon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Acitho, the son of Eliu, the son of Eliab, the son of Nathanael, the son of Samael, the son of Salasadal, the son of Israel.
   2 And Manasses was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who died in the barley harvest.
   3 For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in the city of Bethulia: and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothaim and Balamo.
   4 So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months.
   5 And she made her a tent upon the top of her house, and put on sackcloth upon her loins and ware her widows apparel.
   6 And she fasted all the days of her widowhood, save the eves of the sabbaths, and the sabbaths, and the eves of the new moons, and the new moons and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel.
   7 She was also of a goodly countenance, and very beautiful to behold: and her husband Manasses had left her gold, and silver, and menservants and maidservants, and cattle, and lands; and she remained upon them.
   8 And there was none that gave her an ill word; for she feared God greatly.
   9 Now when she heard the evil words of the people against the governor, that they fainted for lack of water; for Judith had heard all the words that Ozias had spoken unto them, and that he had sworn to deliver the city unto the Assyrians after five days;
   10 Then she sent her waitingwoman, that had the government of all things that she had, to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis, the ancients of the city.
   11 And they came unto her, and she said unto them, Hear me now, O ye governors of the inhabitants of Bethulia: for your words that ye have spoken before the people this day are not right, touching this oath which ye made and pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turn to help you.
   12 And now who are ye that have tempted God this day, and stand instead of God among the children of men?
   13 And now try the Lord Almighty, but ye shall never know any thing.
   14 For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or comprehend his purpose? Nay, my brethren, provoke not the Lord our God to anger.
   15 For if he will not help us within these five days, he hath power to defend us when he will, even every day, or to destroy us before our enemies.
   16 Do not bind the counsels of the Lord our God: for God is not as man, that he may be threatened; neither is he as the son of man, that he should be wavering.
   17 Therefore let us wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it please him.
   18 For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been aforetime.
   19 For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for a spoil, and had a great fall before our enemies.
   20 But we know none other god, therefore we trust that he will not dispise us, nor any of our nation.
   21 For if we be taken so, all Judea shall lie waste, and our sanctuary shall be spoiled; and he will require the profanation thereof at our mouth.
   22 And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our inheritance, will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage; and we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us.
   23 For our servitude shall not be directed to favour: but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonour.
   24 Now therefore, O brethren, let us shew an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend upon us, and the sanctuary, and the house, and the altar, rest upon us.
   25 Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God, which trieth us, even as he did our fathers.
   26 Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mothers brother.
   27 For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken vengeance on us: but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish them.
   28 Then said Ozias to her, All that thou hast spoken hast thou spoken with a good heart, and there is none that may gainsay thy words.
   29 For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding, because the disposition of thine heart is good.
   30 But the people were very thirsty, and compelled us to do unto them as we have spoken, and to bring an oath upon ourselves, which we will not break.
   31 Therefore now pray thou for us, because thou art a godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall faint no more.
   32 Then said Judith unto them, Hear me, and I will do a thing, which shall go throughout all generations to the children of our nation.
   33 Ye shall stand this night in the gate, and I will go forth with my waitingwoman: and within the days that ye have promised to deliver the city to our enemies the Lord will visit Israel by mine hand.
   34 But enquire not ye of mine act: for I will not declare it unto you, till the things be finished that I do.
   35 Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies.
   36 So they returned from the tent, and went to their wards.