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.