Yudita 4: 1 Abayisraheli batuye muri Yudaya bumvise ibyo byose Holofernes umutware mukuru wa Nabukodonosori umwami wa Ashuri yari afite yakoreye amahanga, kandi ni mu buhe buryo yari yangije ibyabo byose insengero, akazizana ubusa. 4: 2 Ni cyo cyatumye bamutinya cyane, kandi bahangayitse Yerusalemu, no ku rusengero rw'Uwiteka Imana yabo: 3 Kuko basubijwe mu bunyage, n'abantu bose Yudaya aherutse gukoranira hamwe: n'ibikoresho, n'urutambiro, na inzu, bejejwe nyuma yo gutukwa. 4 Ni cyo cyatumye bohereza ku nkombe zose za Samariya, n'imidugudu kandi i Bethoroni, na Belumeni, na Yeriko, na Choba, na Esora, no kuri ikibaya cya Salemu: 4: 5 Kandi barigaruriye mbere yimisozi miremire imisozi, akomeza imidugudu yari irimo, arashiraho intsinzi yo gutanga intambara: kuko imirima yabo yatinze gusarurwa. 4: 6 Nanone Yowaki umutambyi mukuru, wari muri iyo minsi i Yeruzalemu kubatuye i Betuliya, na Betomestamu, birangiye Esdraelon yerekeza mugihugu cyuguruye, hafi ya Dothaim, 4: 7 Kubasaba kubika ibice byigihugu cyimisozi: kuberako ari bo hari umuryango winjira muri Yudaya, kandi byari byoroshye kubahagarika ibyo yazamuka, kuko igice cyari kigororotse, kubagabo babiri kuri byinshi. 8 Abayisraheli bakora nk'uko Yowasi umutambyi mukuru yari yabitegetse bo, hamwe nabakera b'Abisiraheli bose, babaga Yeruzalemu. 9: 9 Umuntu wese wo muri Isiraheli yatakambiye Imana n'ishyaka ryinshi, hamwe na hamwe gukomera kwinshi bicishije bugufi imitima yabo: 4:10 Bombi, abagore babo, abana babo, n'amatungo yabo, kandi umuntu wese utazi no guha akazi, nabakozi babo baguze amafaranga, bashyira umwambaro wo mu rukenyerero. 4:11 Nguko uko abagabo n'abagore bose, abana bato, n'abahatuye y'i Yerusalemu, yikubita imbere y'urusengero, asuka ivu mu mutwe, Bambura imifuka yabo imbere y'Uwiteka: na bo shyira ibigunira hafi y'urutambiro, 4:12 Yatakambiye Imana ya Isiraheli bose babyumvikanyeho cyane, ko ari we ntibari guha abana babo umuhigo, n'abagore babo ngo babone iminyago, n'imigi y'umurage wabo kurimbuka, n'ahantu heranda gutukwa no gutukwa, kandi amahanga akishima. 4:13 Imana yumva amasengesho yabo, ireba imibabaro yabo: kubwa Uwiteka abantu biyiriza ubusa iminsi myinshi muri Yudaya na Yeruzalemu yose imbere yubuturo bwera y'Uwiteka Ushoborabyose. 4:14 Yowasi umutambyi mukuru, n'abatambyi bose bahagaze imbere y'Uwiteka Mwami, n'abakoreraga Uwiteka, bakenyeye imifuka, kandi itanga amaturo yatwitse burimunsi, hamwe nindahiro nubuntu impano z'abaturage, 4:15 Afite ivu kuri mitres zabo, atakambira Uhoraho hamwe n'ibyabo byose mbaraga, ko azareba inzu yose ya Isiraheli abigiranye ubuntu.