Yudita 12: 1 Hanyuma ategeka kumuzana aho isahani ye yashyizwe; maze abisaba bagomba kumutegurira inyama ze, kandi ko agomba kunywa vino ye. 2: 2 Yudita ati: "Ntabwo nzarya, kugira ngo hatabaho icyaha: ariko Nzateganyirizwa ibyo nazanye. 3: 3 Holofernes aramubwira ati: Niba ibyo utanze bitagenze neza, byagenze bite turaguha ibisa nkibyo? kuko nta n'umwe muri twe wo mu bwoko bwawe. 12 Yudita aramubwira ati: "Databuja, umuja wawe, nk'uko umutima wawe ubaho." Ntazakoresha ibyo mfite, mbere yuko Uwiteka akora ibyanjye tanga ibintu yiyemeje. 5 Abagaragu ba Holofernes bamuzana mu ihema, araryama kugeza mu gicuku, arabyuka ageze mu gitondo, 12: 6 Yohereza i Holofernes, ukiza, Reka databuja agutegeke ibyawe umuja arashobora kujya gusenga. 7: 7 Holofernes ategeka umuzamu we ko batagomba kumugumana amara iminsi itatu mu nkambi, asohoka nijoro yinjira mu ikibaya cya Betuliya, kandi yiyuhagira mu isoko y'amazi na ingando. 8: 8 Asohoka, yinginga Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli ngo amuyobore inzira yo kurera abana b'abaturage be. 9 Nuko yinjira mu isuku, aguma mu ihema, kugeza igihe yariye inyama nimugoroba. 10:10 Ku munsi wa kane, Holofernes akora ibirori ku bagaragu be gusa, maze ahamagara n'umwe mu bapolisi mu birori. 12:11 Abwira Bagoas inkone, wari ushinzwe ibyo yari afite byose, Genda nonaha, wemeze uyu mugore wigiheburayo uri kumwe nawe, ko aje kuri twe, urye kandi unywe natwe. 12:12 Kuberako dore biteye isoni kumuntu, niba turetse umugore nkuyu genda, udafite inshuti ye; kuko nitutwegera kuri twe, azabikora uduseke. 12:13 Hanyuma Bagoas ava imbere ya Holofernes, aramwegera, maze ati: "Ntukemere ko uyu mukobwa mwiza atinya kuza kwa databuja, no kuba icyubahiro imbere ye, unywe vino, kandi tunezerwe natwe kandi ube yakoze uyumunsi nkumwe mubakobwa ba Ashuri, bakorera inzu ya Nabuchodonosor. 12:14 Yudita aramubaza ati: “Ndi nde, kugira ngo mbone databuja? rwose ibimushimisha nzabikora byihuse, kandi bizaba ibyanjye umunezero kugeza ku rupfu rwanjye. 15:15 Arahaguruka, yambara imyenda ye n'iy'umugore we wose imyambarire, umuja we aragenda amushyira uruhu rworoshye hasi kurwanya Holofernes, yari yakiriye Bagoas kure cyane ya buri munsi, kugira ngo yicare abarye. 12:16 Yudita arinjira, aricara, Holofernes umutima we urahinda umushyitsi hamwe na we, maze ibitekerezo bye birahinda umushyitsi, kandi yifuzaga cyane kubana na we; kuko yategereje igihe cyo kumushuka, guhera umunsi yamubonye. 12:17 Holofernes aramubwira ati: "Nywa nonaha, wishimane natwe." 12:18 Yudita ati: "Noneho nywa, nzanywa, kuko ubuzima bwanjye bwakuze." muri njye uyumunsi kurenza iminsi yose kuva navuka. 12:19 Hanyuma afata, ararya, anywa imbere ye ibyo umuja we yari yateguye. Holofernes aramwishimira cyane, anywa divayi irenze we yari yaranyweye umwanya uwariwo wose mumunsi umwe kuva yavuka.