UJudith 13:1 Ke kaloku, kwakuhlwa, abakhonzi bakhe bemka buphuthuphuthu UBagoas wavala intente yakhe ngaphandle, waza wabandulula abagadi ebusweni benkosi yakhe; baya ezingqengqelweni zabo, kuba babekho bonke bediniwe, ngokuba ixesha belilikhulu. 13:2 Ke uYudith wasala ententeni, uHolofernes elele ecaleni kwakhe umandlalo wakhe: ngokuba ebezele yiwayini. 13:3 UYudite wamwisela umthetho umkhonzazana wakhe, ukuba eme ngaphandle kwegumbi lakhe lokulala, alale ukumlinda. ephuma njengoko ebesenza imihla ngemihla; kuba ebesithi, uya kwenjenjalo waphuma waya emithandazweni yakhe, wathetha noBhagoha kwangokunjalo injongo. 13:4 Baphuma ke bonke, akwasala nasinye egumbini lokulala, nokuba kuncinane hayi mkhulu. Wema uYudith ngasesililini sakhe, wathi entliziyweni yakhe, Nkosi Thixo onamandla onke, jonga lo ngoku kwimisebenzi yezandla zam ukuphakanyiswa kweYerusalem. 13:5 Ngokuba ngoku lixesha lokunceda ilifa lakho, wenze okwakho ingenisa intshabalalo yeentshaba ezivukelayo thina. 13:6 Waya ke emqaleni wesilili, esentlokweni kaHolofene; Wawuthula apho ukhuko lwakhe. 13:7 Wasondela esingqengqelweni sakhe, wambamba ngeenwele zentloko yakhe, wambamba wathi, Ndimomeleze, Yehova, Thixo kaSirayeli, namhla. 13:8 Kwaye wambetha entanyeni yakhe kabini ngamandla akhe onke, wemka intloko yakhe kuye. 13:9 Wawuwisa umzimba wakhe esingqengqelweni, wawuhlisa ukhuko elukhukweni iintsika; waphuma kwaoko, wayinika uHolofernes intloko yakhe kumkhonzazana wayo; 13:10 Wawubeka engxoweni yakhe etyebileyo, bahamba bobabini ndawonye ngokwesiko labo ekuthandazeni; bakudlula eminqubeni, bemka wayijikeleza intlambo, wenyuka intaba yaseBhethuliya, wafika amasango ayo. 13:11 Wathi uYudith emgama kubaboniseli esangweni, Vulani, vulani ngoku. isango: UThixo, uThixo wethu, unathi, ukubonakalisa amandla akhe iYerusalem, nemikhosi yayo ngokuchasene notshaba, njengoko yenjenjalo nje usuku. 13:12 Aliva amadoda omzi wayo ilizwi layo, ehla ngokukhawuleza beza esangweni lomzi wabo, bawabiza amadoda amakhulu aloo mzi. 13:13 Bagidima ke bonke kunye, abancinane kwanabakhulu, ngokuba kwaba yinto engaqhelekanga Balivula ke isango, babamkela; wabeka umlilo phezu kwawo, wema phezu kwawo ngeenxa zonke. 13:14 Wathi ke kubo ngezwi elikhulu, Dumisani, bulelani uThixo, bulelani uThixo, Ndithi, kuba akayisusanga inceba yakhe kwindlu kaSirayeli; uzitshabalalisile iintshaba zethu ngesandla sam ngobu busuku. 13:15 Wayikhupha ke intloko engxoweni, wayibonisa, wathi kubo. nantso intloko kaHolofernes, umthetheli womkhosi waseAsiriya; nantso ikhuselo, elele kulo enxileni lakhe; kwaye i INkosi imbethe ngesandla somfazi. 13:16 Ehleli nje uYehova, ondigcineyo endleleni yam, endahamba ngayo, mfo wam Ubuso bakho bumkhohlisile, ukuba atshabalale, noko akaboni Benza isono kum, ukuze bandingcolise, bandihlaze. 13:17 Bathi nqa ke bonke abantu ngokubalulekileyo, baqubuda baqubuda kuye uThixo, besithi ngamxhelo mnye, Mawubongwe, wena wethu Thixo, lo uzitshitshisileyo namhla iintshaba zabantu bakho. 13:18 Wathi u-Uziya kuye, Ntombi yam, usikelelwe wena kOsenyangweni UThixo ngaphezu kwabafazi bonke abasehlabathini; kwaye mayibongwe iNkosi uYehova, uMdali wezulu nehlabathi, ulowo wakuyalelayo ekunqunyulweni kwentloko yeentshaba zethu. 13:19 Kuba oko ukukholosa kwakho akuyi kumka kuyo intliziyo yabantu, abayithembayo Khumbulani amandla kaThixo ngonaphakade. 13:20 Wazijika ke uThixo ezo zinto kuwe, ukuba zibe yindumiso engunaphakade, ukuba avele kuwe ngokuba ungawuconganga umphefumlo wakho ngenxa yobubi yesizwe sethu, kodwa uliphindezele intshabalalo yethu, ehamba ngendlela ethe tye ngaphambili uThixo wethu. Bathi bonke abantu; Makube njalo, makube njalo.