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.