UJudith
6:1 Ke kaloku, sakuba siphelile isiphithiphithi samadoda aphezu kwentlanganiso yamatyala.
Wathi uHolofernes, umthetheli womkhosi waseAsiriya, kuAhiyore
onke amaMowabhi phambi kwebandla lonke lezinye iintlanga;
6:2 Ungubani na wena Achiyore, baqeshwa bakwaEfrayim, ukuba ubadle?
waprofeta ngathi unanamhla, wathi, masingayenzi
Ngaba uya kulwa noonyana bakaSirayeli, kuba uThixo wabo uya kubakhusela? kwaye
Ngubani na onguThixo, ingenguye uNebhukadenetsare?
6:3 Uya kuthuma amandla akhe, abatshabalalise, bangabikho ebusweni bukaYehova;
emhlabeni, noThixo wabo akayi kubahlangula; ke thina bakhonzi bakhe siya kubahlangula
batshabalalise njengamntu mnye; kuba abanako ukugcina amandla abo
amahashe ethu.
6:4 Kuba siya kubanyathela kunye nabo, neentaba zabo
baya kunxila ligazi labo, azalise amasimi abo ligazi labo
izidumbu, neenyawo zazo aziyi kuma phambi kwethu;
ngokuba baya kutshabalala, utsho ukumkani uNebhukadenetsare, inkosi yeento zonke
ngokuba wathi, Akukho nalinye lamazwi am liya kuba lilambatha.
6:5 Wena ke, Ahiyore, umqeshwa wakwa-Amon, owathetha la mazwi kuye
imini yobugwenxa bakho, akusayi kuba sabubona ubuso bam, kususela kule mini;
ndide ndiphindezele impindezelo kolu hlanga luphume eYiputa.
6:6 Kwaye ngoko ikrele lomkhosi wam, kunye nengxokolo yabo
ndikhonze, ucande emacaleni akho, uwe phakathi kwababuleweyo babo;
xa ndibuya.
6:7 Ke ngoko abakhonzi bam baya kukubuyisela entabeni;
akumise komnye wemizi yeendawo ezikuyo.
6:8 Kwaye akuyi kutshabalala, ude utshabalale kunye nabo.
6:9 Ke ukuba uthe wazimisela entliziyweni yakho ukuba babanjwe, yeka
andisayi kuwa ngobuso bakho; ndithethile, akukho nalinye kumazwi am
ibe lilize.
6:10 UHolofernes wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, ababehleli ententeni yakhe, ukuba bathabathe
noAhiyore, nimse eBhethuliya, nimnikele ezandleni zabazalwana
oonyana bakaSirayeli.
6:11 Bamthabatha ke abakhonzi bakhe, bamkhuphela ngaphandle kweminquba, bamsa phakathi
Bahamba ke phakathi kwentili, baya kweleentaba;
bafika emithonjeni ephantsi kweBhethuliya.
6:12 Akubona amadoda aloo mzi, athabatha iintonga zawo, alungisa
aphuma esixekweni, aya encotsheni yenduli;
isilingi sabathintela ukuba bangenyuki ngokubagibisela ngamatye.
6:13 Noko ke, bakuthelekela phantsi kwentaba, bambopha uAchiyore;
yamphosa ezantsi, yayishiya ezantsi kwentaba, yaza yabuyela kuyo
inkosi yabo.
6:14 Behla ke oonyana bakaSirayeli emzini wabo, beza kuye
wamkhulula, wamsa eBhethuliya, wammisa phambi kwakhe
abalawuli besixeko:
6:15 ababekho ngaloo mihla u-Uziya, unyana kaMika, wesizwe sakwaSimon;
noKebheri unyana kaGotonyeli, noKarmis unyana kaMalekiyeli.
6:16 Bawabizela ndawonye amadoda amakhulu aloo mzi, nawo onke amadoda awo
Bagidima ndawonye abafana nabafazi babo, baya ebandleni, bahlala
UAchiyore phakathi kwabo bonke abantu babo. U-Oziya wambuza ngaloo nto
eyenziwayo.
6:17 Waphendula ke wabaxelela amazwi entlanganiso yamatyala;
kaHolofernes, nawo onke amazwi awawathethayo phakathi kwebandla
nabathetheli baseAsiriya, nento yonke abeyithethile uHolofernes ngekratshi
indlu kaSirayeli.
6:18 Bawa abantu, baqubuda kuThixo, bakhala kuye uThixo.
esithi,
6:19 Yehova, Thixo wamazulu, ulikhangele uqhayiya lwabo, ube nenceba ukuthobeka kwethu
uhlanga, ukhangele ubuso babangcwalisiweyo kuwe
namhlanje.
6:20 Baza bamthuthuzela uAchiyore, bamdumisa kakhulu.
6:21 U-Uziya wamthabatha ebandleni, wamsa endlwini yakhe, wenza isidlo
kumadoda amakhulu; Bamnqula uThixo kaSirayeli bonke obo busuku
Nceda.