Contestamur hodie cælum et terram, et Deum patrum nostrorum, qui ulciscitur nos secundum peccata nostra, ut jam tradatis civitatem in manu militiæ Holofernis, et sit finis noster brevis in ore gladii, qui longior efficitur in ariditate sitis.
We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst.
Contesta hodie caelo et terra, et Deo de patres nostro, qui ulciscor nos secundo peccatos nostro, ut jam trade civitate in manu de militia de Holoferno, et es fine nostro brevi in ore de gladio, qui longo efficie in ariditate es.