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.