UJudith
5:1 Kwaxelwa kuHolofernes, umthetheli-mkhosi womkhosi
iAsiriya, ababeyilungisele oonyana bakaSirayeli imfazwe, bayivalela
iingcango zeentaba, wazenza inqambi zonke iincopho zentaba
iinduli eziphakamileyo kwaye zabeka izithintelo kumazwe anqabileyo:
5:2 Waba noburhalarhume obukhulu, wababiza bonke abathetheli bakwaMowabhi, nabakwaMowabhi
abathetheli bakwa-Amon, namabamba onke onxweme lolwandle;
5:3 Wathi kubo, Ndixeleleni, nyana bakaKanan, ukuba ngoobani na aba bantu?
ngulowo uhlala ezintabeni, nokuba zinjani na ezo zixeko?
uya kuhlala kuyo, injani na ingxokolo yomkhosi wabo, iphi na?
amandla nokomelela, nokuba nguwuphi na ukumkani omisiweyo phezu kwabo, nokuba ngumthetheli wabo
umkhosi;
5:4 Kwaye kutheni ke ukuba azimisele ukuza kundihlangabeza, ngaphezu kwabo bonke?
abemi basentshona.
5:5 Wathi uAhiyore, umthetheli woonyana baka-Amon, Mayincede inkosi yam
live ilizwi emlonyeni womkhonzi wakho, ndikuxelele
inyaniso ngaba bantu bahleli kufuphi nawe, kwaye
umi ezintabeni, akuphumi buxoki
umlomo womkhonzi wakho.
5:6 Aba bantu bayinzala yamaKaledi.
5:7 Babefudula bengabaphambukeli eMesopotami, ngokuba babengavumi
balandela oothixo booyise, ababesezweni lamaKaledi.
5:8 Bayishiya indlela yooyise, baqubuda kuElohim
izulu, uThixo abamaziyo; babagxotha ebusweni belizwe
abalekela eMesopotami, aphambukela khona apho abaninzi
iintsuku.
5:9 UThixo wabo wabawisela umthetho, ukuba bemke kuloo ndawo babekuyo
baphambukela ezweni lakwaKanan, bahlala khona, bahlala khona
zanda igolide, nesilivere, neenkomo ezininzi kunene.
5:10 Kuthe ke, yakuba indlala yaligubungela lonke ilizwe lakwaKanan, behla baya kulo
aphambukela khona, okunene ahlala khona
yabe yindimbane enkulu, ngokokude ubani angabi nako ukulubala uhlanga lwabo.
5:11 Wesuka ukumkani waseYiputa phezu kwabo, wenza ngobuqhophololo
wabathoba kunye nomsebenzi wezitena, wabenza
amakhoboka.
5:12 Bakhala kuThixo wabo, walibetha lonke ilizwe laseYiputa
izibetho ezinganyangekiyo, azigxotha amaYiputa phambi kwamehlo awo.
5:13 Walomisa uThixo uLwandle oluBomvu phambi kwabo;
5:14 Wabazisa entabeni yaseSina, naseKadeshe-bharne, waziphosa phandle zonke ezo zinto
wahlala entlango.
5:15 Bahlala ke ezweni lama-Amori, batshabalalisa phambi kwabo
yonke into eyayingamandla ase-Eshbhon, ababewela iYordan bawahlutha onke
ilizwe leenduli.
5:16 Bawajula phambi kwabo amaKanan, namaPerezi
amaYebhusi, namaShekem, namaGergasi onke; ahlala khona
elo lizwe iintsuku ezininzi.
5:17 Bangonanga phambi koThixo wabo, baba nempumelelo; ngokuba uYehova waba nempumelelo
UThixo obuthiyileyo ubugwenxa ubenabo.
5:18 Ke kaloku, bakuba bemkile endleleni abebamisele yona, baba
batshatyalaliswa kumadabi amaninzi amabi kakhulu, kwaye bakhokelelwa abathinjwa elizweni
yayingeyiyo eyabo leyo, yaphoswa phantsi phambi kwetempile yoThixo wabo
umhlaba, nemizi yabo yathinjwa ziintshaba.
5:19 Ngoku ke babuyele kuThixo wabo, banyukile bevela ezindaweni
apho babechithachitheke khona, bayihlutha iYerusalem, apho babeya khona
singcwele, sihleli entabeni; ngokuba bekusenkangala.
5:20 Ke ngoko, nkosi yam, rhuluneli, ukuba kukho bugwenxa ngale nto
abantu, bamona kuThixo wabo, masiqonde ukuba oko kuya kuba njalo
sibe linxuwa kubo, sinyuke, sisuke sibabethe.
5:21 Ke ukuba abukho bugqwetha eluhlangeni lwabo, mayidlule inkosi yam ngoku.
Hleze iNkosi yabo ibakhusele, uThixo wabo abe ngakubo, sibe ngabakho
ihlazo phambi kwehlabathi lonke.
5:22 Kwaye xa Achiyore wagqiba la mazwi, bonke abantu bema
Zakrokra ngeenxa zonke ententeni, nabathetheli bakaHolofernes, nabo bonke bephela
ababehleli ngaselwandle nakwaMowabhi, bathi makabulawe.
5:23 Ngokuba, bathi, Asiyi kuba naloyiko ebusweni babantwana belizwe
uSirayeli: ngokuba, yabonani, ngabantu abangenamandla, abangenamandla;
idabi elinamandla
5:24 Ke ngoko, Nkosi Holofernes, siya kunyuka, sibe lixhoba
ukuba iqwengwe ngumkhosi wakho wonke.