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chapter 6
1
And it
came to pass when they had left off speaking, that Holofernes being in a
violent passion, said to Achior:
2 Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That
the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no
God, but Nabuehodonosor:
3 When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou
also shalt die with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall
perish with thee:
4 And thou shalt find that Nabuchodonosor is lord of
the whole earth: and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy
sides, and thou shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of Israel, and thou
shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them.
5 But if thou think thy prophecy true, let not thy
countenance sink, and let the paleness that is in thy face, depart from thee,
if thou imaginest these my words cannot be accomplished.
6 And that thou mayst know that thou shalt experience
these things together with them, behold from this hour thou shalt be associated
to their people, that when they shall receive the punishment they deserve from
my sword, thou mayst fall under the same vengeance.
7 Then Holofernes commanded his servants to take
Achior, and to lead him to Bethulia, and to deliver him into the hands of the
children of Israel.
8 And the servants of Holofernes taking him, went
through the plains: but when they came near the mountains, the slingers came
out against them.
9 Then turning out of the way by the side of the
mountain, they tied Achior to a tree hand and foot, and so left him bound with
ropes, and returned to their master.
10 And the children of Israel coming down from
Bethulia, came to him, and loosing him they brought him to Bethulia, and
setting him in the midst of the people, asked him what was the matter, that the
Assyrians had left him bound.
11 In those days the rulers there, were Ozias the son
of Micha of the tribe of Simeon, and Charmi, called also Gothoniel.
12 And Achior related in the midst of the ancients, and
in the presence of all the people, all that he had said being asked by
Holofernes: and how the people of Holofernes would have killed him for this
word,
13 And how Holofernes himself being angry had commanded
him to be delivered for this cause to the Israelites: that when he should
overcome the children of Israel, then he might command Achior also himself to
be put to death by diverse torments, for having said: The God of heaven is
their defender.
14 And when Achior had declared all these things, all
the people fell upon their faces, adoring the Lord, and all of them together
mourning and weeping poured out their prayers with one accord to the Lord,
15 Saying: O Lord God of heaven and earth, behold their
pride, and look on our low condition, and have regard to the face of thy
saints, and shew that thou forsakes not them that trust on thee, and that thou
humblest them that presume of themselves, and glory in their own strength.
16 So when their weeping was ended, and the peoples
prayer, in which they continued all the day, was concluded, they comforted
Achior,
17 Saying: the God of our fathers, whose power thou
hast set forth, will make this return to thee, that thou rather shalt see their
destruction.
18 And when the Lord our God shall give this liberty to
his servants, let God be with thee also in the midst of us: that as it shall
please thee, so thou with all thine mayst converse with us.
19 Then Ozias, after the assembly was broken up,
received him into his house, and made him a great supper.
20 And all the ancients were invited, and they
refreshed themselves together after their fast was over.
21 And afterwards all the people were called together,
and they prayed all the night long within the church, desiring help of the God
of Israel.
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