UJudith
9:1 Wawa ngobuso uYudite, wazigalela ngothuthu entloko, waba ze;
iingubo ezirhwexayo abezinxibe; kwaye malunga nexesha apho i
Kwakusenziwa isiqhumiso sangokuhlwa apho eJerusalem endlwini kaNdikhoyo
INkosi uYudith yadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, yathi,
9:2 Yehova, Thixo kabawo uSimeyon, owamnika ikrele ukuba amthabathe
impindezelo yabasemzini, bawukhulule umbhinqo womkhonzazana ukuba awenze inqambi
Wawutyhila umlenze lowo ukuba ube lihlazo, wangcolisa ubuntombi bakhe
yingcikivo; ngokuba ubusithi, Hayi; ukanti benjenjalo
ngoko:
9:3 Wabanikela abathetheli babo ukuba babulawe, bafa bona
emandlalweni egazi, elukuhlwe, wababetha abakhonzi ngezikhulu zabo;
neenkosi ezitroneni zazo;
9:4 Abafazi babo wabanikela ukuba baphangwe, neentombi zabo zibe lixhoba
abathinjwa, namaxhoba abo onke abelwe abantwana bakho abaziintanda;
ababetshiswe likhwele lakho, bacekisayo ngokungcola kwabo
Ngegazi, ndabiza kuwe, Thixo, Thixo wam, ndiphendule nam
umhlolokazi.
9:5 Kuba akusebenzanga ezo zodwa, wenze nezinto ozenzileyo
yawa ngaphambili, kwaza kwenzeka emva koko; ucinge ngako
izinto ezikhoyo ngoku, neziza kubakho.
9:6 Ke izinto ozimisile, sezikufuphi, wathi, Yabona!
ngokuba zonke iindlela zakho zilungisiwe, namasiko akho aphambi kwakho
ukwazi kwangaphambili.
9:7 Ngokuba yabonani, ama-Asiriya aba maninzi ngobugorha bawo; bazi
uphakanyiswe ngamahashe namadoda; baqhayisa ngamandla eenyawo zabo;
bakholose ngengweletshetshe, nangentshuntshe, nangesaphetha, nangenkwitshi; kwaye awukwazi oko
UnguNdikhoyo ochitha iimfazwe; nguNdikhoyo igama lakho.
9:8 Wawise amandla abo ngamandla akho, Uyiwise phantsi inqaba yabo
nokuvutha komsindo wakho;
Yihlambele umnquba, apho lihleli khona igama lakho elizukileyo, uyigungxule
Uphondo lwesibingelelo sakho ngekrele.
9:9 Libone ikratshi labo, uthume ubushushu bakho entlokweni yabo;
isandla, into engumhlolokazi, amandla endiwakhawuleyo.
9:10 Wambetha ngenkohliso yomlomo wam umkhonzi kunye nenkosi, kunye nendoda
Yaphula ubungangamsha babo ngesandla somlibo
umfazi.
9:11 Ngokuba akakho phezu kobuninzi bamandla akho, nokuba ngamagorha akho kumagorha
wena unguThixo woxhwalekileyo, ungumncedi wabacinezelweyo, umxhasi
wabaswele amandla, ngumkhuseli wabaxhwalekileyo, umsindisi wababandezelekileyo
ngaphandle kwethemba.
9:12 Khawuncede, Thixo kabawo, Thixo welifa
kaSirayeli, Nkosi yezulu nehlabathi, uMdali wamanzi, uKumkani welizwe
zonke izidalwa, wuve umthandazo wam;
9:13 ndiyenze intetho yam nenkohliso ibe linxeba labo nomvumbo, abanaso
baceba ubutshijolo ngomnqophiso wakho, nangendlu yakho engcwele
phezu kwencopho yeZiyon, nakwindlu yelifa lakho
abantwana.
9:14 Mazise zonke iintlanga, nezizwe, ukuba unguThixo wabo
onke amandla nobugorha, akukho wumbi umkhuselayo uYehova
abantu bakwaSirayeli kodwa wena.