Judith
12:1 Ipapo akaraira kuti apinzwe naye pakanga pakagadzikwa ndiro yake; ndokutaura kuti
vanofanira kumugadzirira zvokudya zvake, nokumwa
yewaini yake.
12:2 Judith ndokuti: Handingadyi pairi, zvimwe kungava nemhosva;
ndichagadzirirwa zvinhu zvandauya nazvo.
12:3 Ipapo Horofernesi akati kwaari, Kana mbuva yako yapera, seiko?
tinokupa zvakafanana here? nekuti hakuna mumwe werudzi rwenyu kwatiri.
12:4 Ipapo Judhisi akati kwaari, Nomweya wenyu mupenyu, ishe wangu, murandakadzi wenyu.
handingapedzi izvo zvandinazvo, Ishe asati ashanda nezvangu
ngaape zvinhu zvaakatema.
Ipapo varanda vaHorofernesi vakamuisa mutende, akavata
kusvikira pakati pousiku, akamuka yava nguva yokurinda;
vakatuma shoko kuna Horofernesi, vachiti, Ishe wangu ngaaraire izvo zvenyu
murandakadzi angaenda hake kunonyengetera.
Ipapo Horofernesi akaraira varindi vake kuti varege kumudzivisa;
akagara mumusasa mazuva matatu, akabuda usiku akapinda mumusasa
Mupata weBhethulia, akashamba mutsime remvura pedyo naro
camp.
12:8 Uye paakabuda, akakumbira kuna Jehovha Mwari waIsraeri kuti amutungamirire
nzira yokumutsa vana vavanhu vake.
12:9 Naizvozvo akapinda akachena, akagara mutende kusvikira amudya
nyama manheru.
12:10 Zvino nezuva rechina Horofernesi akaitira varanda vake chete mutambo.
haana kudanira mumwe wevatariri kumutambo.
12:11 Ipapo akati kuna Bhagoasi muchekwa, akanga ari mutariri zvose zvaakanga anazvo.
Chienda zvino unyengetedze mukadzi uyu muHebheru waunaye kuti auye
kwatiri, mudye nekumwa nesu.
12:12 Nokuti tarirai, zvichava kunyadziswa kwedu, kana tikarega mukadzi akadai
enda, usina kufambidzana naye; nekuti kana tikasamukweva kwatiri, angadaro
tiseke tichiseka.
12:13 Ipapo Bhagoasi akabva pamberi paHorofernes, akaenda kwaari, uye
akati, Musikana uyu akanaka ngaarege kutya kuuya kuna ishe wangu, kuti avepo
uchakudzwa pamberi pake, inwa waini, ufare nesu, uve
akaita zuva ranhasi somumwe wavakunda vaAsiria vanobata basa
imba yaNebhukadhinezari.
Judhisi akati kwaari, Ini zvino ndini aniko, kuti ndipikise ishe wangu?
zvirokwazvo chose chinomufadza ndichaita nokukurumidza, uye chichava changu
mufaro kusvikira pazuva rokufa kwangu.
12:15 Naizvozvo akasimuka, anozvishongedza nguo dzake uye dzose mukadzi wake
uye murandakadzi wake akaenda, akandomuisira matehwe akapfava pasi
pamusoro paHorofernes, yaakanga agamuchira kubva kuBagoasi kureba kwekushandisa kwake kwezuva nezuva;
kuti agare achidya pamusoro padzo.
12:16 Judhiti wakati apinda ndokugara pasi, Horofernesi moyo wake wakatsamwa.
naye, pfungwa dzake dzikadedera, akashuva kufambidzana naye;
nokuti akanga amirira nguva yokumunyengera kubva pazuva raakanga amuona.
Ipapo Horofeni akati kwaari, Imwa zvino, ufare nesu.
12:18 Judhiti akati, Ndichamwa ikozvino, ishe wangu, nekuti upenyu hwangu hwakudzwa.
mandiri nhasi kupfuura mazuva ose kubva pandakaberekwa.
12:19 Ipapo akatora, akadya, akanwa pamberi pake zvakanga zvagadzirwa nomurandakadzi wake.
Horofernesi akamufarira kwazvo, akamwa waini kupfuura iye
akanga ambonwa chero zuva rimwe chete kubva paakaberekwa.