UJudith
16:1 Waza uYudith waqalisa ukubulela kumaSirayeli onke nakwindawo yonke
abantu bacula emva kwakhe le ngoma yendumiso.
16:2 Wathi uYudith, Qalani kuThixo wam ngeengqongqo, niyibethele ingoma iNkosi yam.
Mguquleleni umhobe omtsha, Mphakamiseni, ninqule igama lakhe.
16:3 Ngokuba uThixo uyawaphula iimfazwe phakathi kweminquba, esazulwini somkhosi
Wandihlangula esandleni sabandisukelayo.
16:4 UAsiriya waphuma ezintabeni zasentla, weza enashumi-nye
amawaka omkhosi wakhe, ingxokolo eyavingca imilambo;
abamahashe balo bazigubungele iinduli.
16:5 Waqhayisa ukuba uya kuyitshisa imida yam, Awabulale amadodana am ngawo
ikrele, ukhahlele emhlabeni abantwana abanyayo, wenze
iintsana zam zibe lixhoba, neentombi zam zibe lixhoba.
16:6 Kodwa iNkosi uSomandla ubadanisile ngesandla somfazi.
16:7 Ngokuba igorha akawelanga kumadodana, noonyana
Bamxabela amaTitans, akwamiselwa izigantsontso;
Intombi kaMerari yamenza ukuba abe buthathaka ngenxa yobuhle bobuso bayo.
16:8 Kuba ekhulule ingubo yobuhlolokazi bakhe, ukuze aphakamise abo
abacudiswayo kwaSirayeli, bebuthambisa ubuso bakhe ngamafutha aqholiweyo
wazibopha iinwele zakhe ngeqhiya, wathabatha ingubo yelinen emhlophe, ukuba amlukuhle.
16:9 Iimbadada zakhe zawakroboza amehlo akhe, ubuhle bakhe bamenza entolongweni, kwaye
ifachion yadlula entanyeni yakhe.
16:10 AmaPersi ashukunyiswa bubuganga bayo, namaMedi oyika ngenxa yayo.
ubunzima.
16:11 Zamemelela ngovuyo olusizana lwam, nababuthathaka bam bamemelela; kodwa
bathi nqa; bona baphakamisa amazwi abo, bekunjalo;
ukubhukuqwa.
16:12 Oonyana bazo baziingxwelerha, bangxwelerhiwe ngokungathi
oonyana babasabayo, batshabalala emfazweni kaYehova.
16:13 Ndiya kuhlabela kuYehova ingoma entsha, ndithi, Umkhulu, Yehova, umkhulu
ozukileyo, omangalisayo ngamandla, nongenakoyiswa.
16:14 Zonke izinto eziphilileyo mazikukhonze; ngokuba wena wathetha, zona zenzeka;
Wathumela umoya wakho, wabadala, akukho namnye
uyakwazi ukumelana nelizwi lakho.
16:15 Ngokuba ziya kushukuma iintaba phezu kweziseko zazo ngamanzi;
Amawa aya kunyibilika njengomthwebeba ebusweni bakho, kodwa unenceba kuwe
abakoyikayo.
16:16 Ngokuba lincinane idini elinyukayo, ukuba libe livumba elithozamisayo kuwe nako konke
amanqatha akalingene idini lakho elinyukayo; ngowoyikayo
UNdikhoyo mkhulu ngamaxesha onke.
16:17 Yeha ke, iintlanga ezisukela phezulu emizalwaneni yam! iNkosi uSomandla
iya kubaphindezela ngemini yomgwebo, ngokubeka umlilo, ne
iimpethu enyameni yabo; baya kuziva, balile ngonaphakade.
16:18 Ke kaloku, bakungena eYerusalem, bamnqula uYehova;
bathi bakuhlanjululwa abantu, banyusa amadini abo
iminikelo yazo, neminikelo yazo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo, neminikelo yazo.
16:19 Kananjalo uYuditi wazingcwalisa zonke iimpahla zikaHolofernes, ababenazo abantu
wayinika, wayinika nesigubungelo abesithabathe kweyakhe
igumbi lokulala libe lidini elinyukayo kuYehova.
16:20 Babesenza ke abantu isidlo eYerusalem phambi kwengcwele
Wahlala iinyanga zantathu, wahlala nabo uYudite.
16:21 Emveni kwezi zinto, wabuyela elowo elifeni lakhe, noJudith
Waya eBhethuliya, wahlala kweyakhe inzuzo, wahlala kuyo
ixesha elibekekileyo kulo lonke ilizwe.
16:22 Bamlangazelela abaninzi, kodwa akubangakho namnye umaziyo yonke imihla yobomi bakhe, emveni koko
Wafa uManase indoda yakhe, wahlanganiselwa kwabakowabo.
16:23 Ke kaloku waya ezukile eba mkhulu ngokuba mkhulu, waya ebudaleni kuye
endlwini yendoda yakhe, eminyaka ilikhulu elinantlanu ezelwe, wayenza umkhonzazana wayo
simahla Wafa ke eBhethuli, bamngcwabela emqolombeni wakhe
umyeni uManase.
16:24 Indlu kaSirayeli yammbambazela imihla esixhenxe;
wababela iimpahla zakhe bonke abo bakufuphi kubo
uManase indoda yakhe, nabakufuphi kuyo yonke imizalwane yakhe.
16:25 Akwaba sabakho bangcangcazelisayo oonyana bakaSirayeli
imihla kaYudith, okanye ixesha elide emva kokufa kwakhe.