Exodus - douay rheims

Chapter 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.
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.
³ And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee?
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.
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.
⁶ And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.
⁷ And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water.
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.
⁹ And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her own meat in the evening.
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.
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.
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.
¹³ And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?
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.
¹⁵ And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and going in she stood before his face.
¹⁶ And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her.
¹⁷ And Holofernes said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry for thou hast found favour before me.
¹⁸ And Judith said: I will drink my lord, because my life is magnified this day above all my days.
¹⁹ And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared for her.
²⁰ And Holofernes was made merry on her occasion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life.

Exodus - world english bible

Chapter 12

¹ he commanded them to bring her in to where his plate was set; and he directed them to prepare for her from his own meats and that she should drink from his own wine.
² Judith said, "I will not eat of it, lest there be an offence, but provision will be made for me from the things which I have brought."
³ Holofernes said to her, "If your provisions should fail, how should we give you the like? For there are none among us from your nation."
⁴ Judith said to him, "As your soul lives, my lord, your handmaid will not use up those things which I have before the Lord works by my hand the things he has determined."
⁵ the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept until midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch.
⁶ she sent to Holofernes, saying, "Let my lord now command that your handmaid may go forth to prayer."
⁷ Holofernes commanded his guard not to prevent her; thus she resided in the camp for three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia and washed herself in a spring of water by the camp.
⁸ when she came out, she beseeched the Lord God of Israel to direct her way in order to accomplish the raising up of the children of her people.
⁹ she came in clean and remained in the tent until she ate her meat in the evening.
¹⁰ on the fourth day, Holofernes made a feast for his own servants only, and he called none of the officers to the banquet.
¹¹ he said to Bagoas the eunuch, who was in charge of all that he had, "Go now and persuade this Hebrew woman who is with you that she should come to us, and eat and drink with us.
¹² see, it will be a shame upon our person, if we let such a woman go without having had her company; for if we do not draw her to us, she will laugh at us in scorn."
¹³ Bagoas went from the presence of Holofernes, and he came to her and said, "Let not this fair gentlewoman fear to approach my lord and to be honored in his presence, and to drink wine and be merry with us, and to become this day like one of the daughters of the Assyrians, who serve in the house of Nebuchadnezzar."
¹⁴ Judith said to him, "Who am I now, that I should contradict my lord? Surely whatever pleases him I will do without hesitation, and it will be my joy until the day of my death."
¹⁵ she arose, and she decked herself out with her apparel and all her woman's attire. And her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for her opposite Holofernes, which she had received from Bagoas for her daily use, so that she might sit and eat upon them.
¹⁶ when Judith came in and sat down with Holofernes, his heart was inflamed with her, and his mind was stirred up, and he greatly desired her company; for he had been waiting for sometime to deceive her, even from the day that he had first seen her.
¹⁷ Holofernes said to her, "Drink now and be merry with us."
¹⁸ Judith said, "I will drink now, my lord, because my life is exalted in me this day more than all the days since I was born."
¹⁹ she took and ate and drank before him the things which her maid had prepared.
²⁰ Holofernes took great delight in her, and he drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.