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.