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Judith
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Judith said to them, “Hear me now, my kindred, and take this head, and hang it upon the battlement of your wall. It will be, so soon as the morning appears, and the sun comes up on the earth, you shall each take up his weapons of war, and every valiant man of you go out of the city. You shall set a captain over them, as though you would go down to the plain toward the watch of the children of Asshur; but you men shall not go down. These will take up their full armor, and shall go into their camp and rouse up the captains of the army of Asshur. They will run together to Holofernes’ tent. They won’t find him. Fear will fall upon them, and they will flee before your face. You men, and all that inhabit every border of Israel, shall pursue them and overthrow them as they go. But before you do these things, summon Achior the Ammonite to me, that he may see and know him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to us, as it were to death. And they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; but when he came, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man’s hand in the assembly of the people, he fell upon his face, and his spirit failed. But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith’s feet, bowed down to her, and said, “Blessed are you in every tent of Judah! In every nation, those who hear your name will be troubled. Now tell me all the things that you have done in these days.” And Judith declared to him in the midst of the people all the things that she had done, from the day that she went out until the time that she spoke to them. But when she finished speaking, the people shouted with a loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city. But when Achior saw all the things that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God exceedingly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the house of Israel, to this day. But as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took up his weapons, and they went forth by bands to the ascents of the mountain. But when the children of Asshur saw them, they sent word to their leaders, and they went to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers. They came to Holofernes’ tent, and said to him that was over all that he had, “Wake our lord up, now, for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly destroyed.” Bagoas went in, and knocked at the outer door of the tent; for he supposed that Holofernes was sleeping with Judith. But when no one answered, he opened it, went into the bedchamber, and found him cast upon the threshold dead; and his head had been taken from him. He cried with a loud voice, with weeping, groaning, and shouting, and tore his garments. He entered into the tent where Judith lodged, and he didn’t find her. He leaped out to the people, and cried aloud, “The slaves have dealt treacherously! One woman of the Hebrews has brought shame upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar; for, behold, Holofernes lies upon the ground, and his head is not on him!” But when the rulers of the army of Asshur heard this, they tore their tunics, and their souls were troubled exceedingly. There were cries and an exceedingly great noise in the midst of the camp.
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Notes · Haydock (1859, domaine public)Notes : 9
Notes en anglais Commentaire catholique du XIXᵉ siècle du P. George Leo Haydock, tel qu’il a été publié.
Ces notes gardent les polémiques de leur époque : certaines parlent durement du peuple juif ou d'autres chrétiens. L'Église enseigne autrement aujourd'hui. On ne peut imputer au peuple juif la mort du Christ (Nostra Aetate 4 ; Catéchisme 597–598), et les chrétiens des autres communautés sont nos frères dans le Seigneur (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). L'unité des chrétiens
Judith 14:1
Ver. 1. Walls. Gr. adds, "upon the pinnacle." H.
↑ 1Judith 14:2
Ver. 2. Beneath. Into the valley; but make your appearance just out of the walls, as if you were rushing upon the enemy. Gr. adds after arms, "and you shall appoint a leader over them, as if descending into the plain to the advanced guard of the Assyrians; but ye shall not go down. Then these seizing all their armour, will go to the camp, and awaken the leaders of the Assyrians, and they will run to the tent of Holofernes, and shall not find him. Then fear shall seize upon them, and they will flee before us. Whereupon ye, and all who inhabit the confines of Israel, shall follow after, and strew them in their paths," slain and wounded, v. 6. H.
↑ 2Judith 14:6
Ver. 6. Then. Gr. &c. "But before ye do this, call to me Achior, the Ammonite, that seeing, he may recognize the contemner of the house of Israel, and the man who sent him away to us unto certain death. And they called Achior from the house of Ozias. But as soon as he came, and saw the head of Holofernes in the hand of one of the assembly of the people, he fell," &c. as C. xiii.
29, 30. "Blessed art thou in every tent of Juda, and in every nation. All who shall hear thy name shall be amazed. But now tell me what thou hast done during these days. And Judith, in the midst of the people, informed him of all that she had performed, since the day of her departure till the time when she was speaking. She had no sooner ended her speech, than all the people set up a loud shout of joy in their city. Then," &c. --- Leaving. Gr. "He believed in God greatly, or with the utmost sincerity. H. --- Hitherto Achior had only considered the Deity as the peculiar God of Israel, (C.) or as the common gods "revered by all nations;" (Virg. xii. Servius) but not as the only supreme Being. He now becomes a proselyte, not merely, like Naaman, to adore one God; but also to observe all the rites of the Jewish religion. The latter was a matter of choice. C.
vi.
18. It is not still clear that he could enjoy the privileges of the nation as a magistrate, or even marry, (C.) which shews his greater fervour. Grotius. --- It is certain that no nation could be forbidden to worship God. Deut. xxiii. 3. S.
Thomas (1. 2. q. 105. a. 3.) believes that a dispensation was granted to Achior, (C.) so that he might be treated like an Israelite in all respects. Serar. q. 1. M. ---
The evinces that only the impenitent Ammonites, &c. were excluded from the Church. W. --- With. Gr. "till this day."
↑ 6Judith 14:7
Ver. 7. With. Gr. "In companies, to the ascent of the mountain."
↑ 7Judith 14:8
Ver. 8. Ran. Gr. "Sent to their officers. But they went to the leaders and captains of thousands, and to every chief among them, and they proceeded to the tent of Holofernes, and said to his chief steward: Awaken now our lord, for the slaves have been so bold as to come down to offer us battle for their utter ruin. The Bagoas," &c. v. 13. H.
↑ 8Judith 14:12
Ver. 12. Mice. They speak contemptuously of their foes, like the Philistines. 1
K. xiv. 11. M.
↑ 12Judith 14:13
Ver. 13. Into. Gr. "In, knocked at the hall, ( aule, or antichamber) of the tent, for he suspected that he was sleeping with Judith. But as no one answered, he opened and went into the bed-chamber, and found him thrown upon the floor, dead, and his head taken from him, and he cried,"
&c. --- Curtain, which separated this apartment from the rest, (H.) and hung before the door, as Heraclides describes the tent of the Persian kings.
Holofernes assumed the like importance, and was treated almost as a deity. C.
--- Hence he must not be awaked, in a rude manner. H. ---
Civility requires that we should knock modestly at the doors of the great. C.
↑ 13Judith 14:16
Ver. 16. Said. Gr. "cried aloud, the slaves have prevaricated. One," &c. H. ---
Perhaps he thought that Judith had introduced some of the Jews. C.
↑ 16Judith 14:18
Ver. 18. Cry. Gr. adds, "and shouting of them (the captains) in," &c. H.
↑ 18Licence: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Crédits et licences