Douay Bible - Judith Chapter 12

Judith 12:1
Then he ordered that she should go in where his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry there, and he appointed what should be given her from his own table.

Judith 12:2
And Judith answered him and said: Now I cannot eat of these things which thou commandest to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will eat of the things which I have brought.

Judith 12:3
And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee?

Judith 12:4
And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till God do by my hand that which I have purposed. And his servants brought her into the tent which he had commanded.

Judith 12:5
And when she was going in, she desired that she might have liberty to go out at night and before day to prayer, and to beseech the Lord.

Judith 12:6
And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.

Judith 12:7
And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water.

Judith 12:8
And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people.

Judith 12:9
And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her own meat in the evening.

Judith 12:10
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and said to Vagao his eunuch: so, and persuade that Hebrew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me.

Judith 12:11
For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.

Judith 12:12
Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.

Judith 12:13
And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?

Judith 12:14
All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life.

Judith 12:15
And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and going in she stood before his face.

Judith 12:16
And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her.

Judith 12:17
And Holofernes said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry for thou hast found favour before me.

Judith 12:18
And Judith said: I will drink my lord, because my life is magnified this day above all my days.

Judith 12:19
And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared for her.

Judith 12:20
And Holofernes was made merry on her occasion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life.

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