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Chap. VII.
Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia, 6. cutteth their conduite of water, 9. kepeth
their fountaines. 12. the people murmure, and mutenie, 18. yet they pray
to God, 23. and the high priest determineth, if aide come not within fiue
dayes, to deliuer the citie to the Assyrians.
1 Bvt Holofernes the next day commanded his armies, that
they should goe vp against Bethulia.
2 And there were
of warre foote men an hundred twentie thousand, and horse
men two and twentie thousand, besides the preparations
of those men, whom the captiuitie had taken, and had beene
led away out of the prouinces and cities, of al youth.
3 Al
prepared them selues together to the fight agaynst the children
of Israel, and they came by the hil side vnto the toppe,
which looketh toward Dothaim, from the place which is called
Belma vnto Chelmon, which is against Esdrelon.
4 But
notethe children of Israel, as they saw the multitude of them,
laid themselues prostrate vpon the earth, casting ashes vpon
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their heades, praying with one accord, that the God of Israel
would shew his mercie vpon his people.
5 And taking their
weapons of warre, they fate at the places, which by a narrow
path way lead directly betwen the mountaynes, and they
were keping them al day and night.
6 Moreouer Holofernes,
whiles he compasseth round about, found that the fo&ubar;tayne,
which ranne in, went directly to their conduite on the
south side without the citie: and he commanded their conduite
to be cut asunder.
7 Neuerthelesse there were fountaynes
not far from the walles, out of which secretly they
semed to draw water to refresh them selues, rather then to
drinke.
8 But the children of Ammon, & Moab came to Holofernes,
saying: The children of Israel trust not in speare,
nor in arrow, but the mountaynes defend them, & the hilles
standing meruelous stipe gard them.
9 Therfore that thou
mayst ouercome them without ioyning battel, set kepers of
the fountaynes, that they may not draw water of them, and
without sword thou shalt kil them, or at the least being wearied
they wil yeld their citie, which they thinck being set in
the mountaynes, can not be ouercome.
10 And these wordes
pleased Holofernes, and his souldiars, and he placed round
about an hundred men at euerie fountayne.
11 And when
that watch had beene fully kept for twentie dayes, the cesternes
sayled, and the collections of waters to al the inhabitantes
of Bethulia, so that there was not within the citie, wherof
they might be satisfied no not for one day, because water was
dayly geuen to the people by measure.
12 Then al the men,
and wemen, yong men, and children, being gathered together
to note Ozias, al together with one voice,
13 said: God iudge
betwen vs and thee, because thou hast done euil agaynst vs,
in that thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the Assyrians,
and for this cause God hath sold vs into their handes.
14 And there is none to helpe, wheras we lye prostrate before
their eies in thirst, & great destruction.
15 And now assemble
ye al, that are in the citie, that we may of our owne accord
yeld vs al to the people of Holofernes.
16 For it is better, that
captiues we blesse our Lord liuing, then we should die, and be
a reproch to al flesh, when we shal see our wiues, and our
infantes die before our eies.
17 We cal to witnes this day heauen
and earth, and the God of our fathers, which taketh vengeance
of vs according to our sinnes, that now you deliuer
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the citie into the hand of Holofernes armie, that our end
may be short in the edge of the sword, which is made longer
in the drught of thirst.
18 And when they had said these thinges,
there was made great weeping and howling of al in the
assemble, and for manie houres with one voice they cried to
God, saying:
19 We haue sinned with our fathers, we haue
done vniustly, we haue committed iniquitie.
20 Thou because
thou art gracious, haue mercie vpon vs, or in thy scourge
reuenge our iniquities, and deliuer not them that trust in thee
to a people, that knoweth not thee,
21 that they say not among
the Gentiles: Where is their God?
22 And when they wearied
with these cries, and tyred with these weepings, had held
their peace,
23 Ozias rysing vp embrued with teares, said: Be
of good chere bretheren, and these fiue daies let vs expect
mercie of our Lord.
24 For peraduenture he wil cut of his indignation,
and wil geue glorie to his name.
25 But if after fiue
daies be past there come no aide, we wil doe these wordes,
which you haue spoken.
Rheims Douai [1582], THE NEVV TESTAMENT OF IESVS CHRIST, TRANSLATED FAITHFVLLY INTO ENGLISH out of the authentical Latin, according to the best corrected copies of the same, diligently conferred vvith the Greeke and other editions in diuers languages: Vvith Argvments of bookes and chapters, Annotations, and other necessarie helpes, for the better vnderstanding of the text, and specially for the discouerie of the Corrvptions of diuers late translations, and for cleering the Controversies in religion, of these daies: In the English College of Rhemes (Printed... by Iohn Fogny, RHEMES) [word count] [B09000].
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