Judith
Rev 12:1 Ndipo adalamulira kuti alowe naye pamene adayika mbale yake; ndipo adati
amkonzere zakudya za iye yekha, ndi kuti amwe
wa vinyo wake.
Act 12:2 Ndipo Judith adati, Sindidzadyako, kuti pangakhale chokhumudwitsa;
andikonzere zinthu zimene ndabwera nazo.
Act 12:3 Pamenepo Holoferne adati kwa iye, Ngati chakudya chako chachepa, bwanji?
tikukupatsani chonchi? pakuti palibe ndi ife wa mtundu wako.
12:4 Pamenepo Juditi adati kwa iye, Pali moyo wanu, mbuye wanga, mdzakazi wanu.
sindidzawononga zinthu zomwe ndili nazo, Ambuye asanagwire ntchito mwa ine
perekani zomwe adazipanga.
12:5 Pamenepo atumiki a Holoferne anapita naye m'hema, ndipo iye anagona
mpaka pakati pa usiku, ndipo anauka pamene unali ulonda wa m’mawa.
12:6 Ndipo anatumiza kwa Holofernes, kuti, Mulole mbuyanga alamulire izo zanu
mdzakazi akhoza kupita kukapemphera.
Act 12:7 Pamenepo Holoferne adalamulira alonda ake kuti asamletse;
anakhala m’cigono masiku atatu, naturuka usiku kunka kucigono
chigwa cha Bethulia, ndipo anasamba m’kasupe wa madzi pafupi ndi mtsinjewo
msasa.
12:8 Ndipo pamene iye anatuluka, iye anapempha Yehova Mulungu wa Isiraeli kuti amutsogolere
njira ya kulera ana a anthu a mtundu wake.
12:9 Choncho analowa woyera, ndipo anakhala m'chihema mpaka anadya
nyama usiku.
12:10 Ndipo tsiku lachinayi Holofernes anakonzera phwando atumiki ake okha.
ndipo sadayitana mmodzi wa akapitawo kuphwando.
12:11 Ndipo iye anati kwa Bagoasi mdindo, amene anali kuyang'anira zonse anali nazo.
Pita tsopano, ukamunyengerere mkazi wachihebri uyu amene ali ndi iwe, kuti abwere
kwa ife, ndi kudya ndi kumwa pamodzi ndi ife.
Act 12:12 Pakuti tawonani, kudzakhala manyazi kwa ife, ngati tilola mkazi wotere
pita, osayanjana naye; pakuti ngati sitimkoka iye kwa ife, adzatero
kuseka ife monyoza.
12:13 Pamenepo Bagoasi anachoka pamaso pa Holofernes, ndipo anafika kwa iye
nati, Mtsikana wokongola uyu asaope kubwera kwa mbuyanga ndi kukhala
kulemekezedwa pamaso pake, ndi kumwa vinyo, ndipo sangalalani ndi ife ndi kukhala
wapanga lero ngati mmodzi wa ana aakazi a Asuri, akutumikira m'nyumba
nyumba ya Nebukadinezara.
Joh 12:14 Pamenepo Juditi adati kwa iye, Ndine yani tsopano, kuti ndikane mbuye wanga?
Ndithu, chilichonse chimene chingamusangalatse, ndichita msanga, ndipo chidzakhala changa
chimwemwe kufikira tsiku la imfa yanga.
12:15 Choncho ananyamuka, ndipo anadzikongoletsa yekha ndi zovala zake, ndi zonse za mkazi wake
ndipo anamuka namwali wake, namgoneka pansi zikopa zofewa;
motsutsana ndi Holofernes, amene analandira kwa Bagoasi ntchito yake ya tsiku ndi tsiku,
kuti akhale ndi kudya pa izo.
12:16 Ndipo pamene Juditi analowa ndi kukhala pansi, Holofernes mtima wake unasweka.
ndi iye, ndipo maganizo ake anagwedezeka, ndipo iye anakhumba kwambiri kukhala naye;
pakuti adadikira nthawi kuti amunyenge, kuyambira tsiku lomwe adamuwona.
Act 12:17 Pamenepo Holoferne anati kwa iye, Imwanitu, musekere nafe.
12:18 Ndipo Yuda anati, Ndimwa tsopano, mbuyanga, chifukwa moyo wanga wakula.
mwa ine lero kuposa masiku onse chibadwire ine.
12:19 Pamenepo anatenga, nadya, namwa pamaso pake zimene mdzakazi wake adakonza.
Rev 12:20 Ndipo Holoferne adakondwera naye, namwa vinyo woposa iye
anali ataledzera nthawi iliyonse mu tsiku limodzi kuchokera pamene iye anabadwa.