Judith
6:1 Kwathi ukuba isiphelile isiyaluyalu phakathi komkhandlu.
uHolofernesi induna yempi yase-Asiriya wathi ku-Ahiyori
bonke abakwaMowabi phambi kwebandla lonke lezinye izizwe,
6:2 Futhi ungubani, Ahiyori, futhi abaqashwa bakwa-Efrayimi, ukuthi unawo?
waprofetha ngathi njenganamuhla, wathi singakwenzi
Impi nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngoba uNkulunkulu wabo uyobavikela? futhi
ngubani uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaNebukadinesari na?
6:3 Uyakuthuma amandla akhe, ababhubhise ebusweni bukaJehova;
umhlaba, noNkulunkulu wabo akayikubakhulula, kepha thina zinceku zakhe siyakwenza
babhubhise njengomuntu munye; ngoba azikwazi ukusekela amandla
amahhashi ethu.
6:4 Ngoba nabo sizobanyathela phansi, futhi izintaba zabo ngeke
badakwe yigazi labo, amasimu abo agcwale ngegazi labo
izidumbu, nezinyathelo zazo aziyikuma phambi kwethu;
ngokuba bayakubhubha nokubhubha, isho inkosi uNebukadinesari, inkosi yakho konke
emhlabeni, ngokuba wathi: “Awakho amazwi ami ayoba yize.
6:5 Futhi wena, Achiyori, oqashiwe bakwa-Amoni, okhulume la mazwi ngo
ngosuku lobubi bakho, kawusayikubona ubuso bami kusukela kulolusuku,
ngize ngiphindisele kulesi sizwe esaphuma eGibithe.
6:6 Khona-ke kuyoba inkemba yebutho lami, futhi uquqaba labo ukuthi
ngikhonze, udabule izinhlangothi zakho, uwele phakathi kwababuleweyo babo;
lapho ngibuya.
6:7 Manje izinceku zami ziyakukuyisa entabeni,
uyakukumisa komunye wemizi yasemazibukweni.
6:8 Futhi ngeke ubhubhe, uze ubhujiswe kanye nabo.
6:9 Futhi uma uzikholisa engqondweni yakho ukuthi bayothathwa, ake
ungakhumbuli ubuso bakho; ngikukhulumile, alikho nelilodwa emazwini ami ayakukhuluma
kube yize.
6:10 Khona-ke Holofernes wayala izinceku zakhe, ababehlala etendeni lakhe, ukuthatha
u-Ahiyori, nimlethe eBethuliya, nimnikele ezandleni zenkosi
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
6:11 Ngakho izinceku zakhe bamthatha, bamkhiphela ngaphandle kwekamu, bamyisa ekamu
ethafeni, basuka phakathi kwethafa baya entabeni;
wafika emithonjeni engaphansi kweBethulia.
6:12 Futhi lapho amadoda omuzi ebabona, bathatha izikhali zabo, futhi
waphuma emzini esiqongweni segquma: futhi wonke umuntu owayesebenzisa a
indwayimane yabavimbela ukuba bakhuphuke ngokubajikijela ngamatshe.
6:13 Nokho, sebengenile ngasese ngaphansi kwentaba, bambopha u-Achiyori.
wayiphonsa phansi, wayishiya phansi kwentaba, wabuyela kuyo
inkosi yabo.
6:14 Kodwa abantwana bakwa-Israyeli behla emzini wabo, futhi beza kuye, futhi
wamthukulula, wamyisa eBethuliya, wamethula phambi kwakhe
ababusi bedolobha:
6:15 Ngalezo zinsuku ababekhona u-Oziya indodana kaMika, owesizwe sakwaSimeyoni,
noHabris indodana kaGothoniyeli, noKarmisi indodana kaMelkiyeli.
6:16 Futhi babizela ndawonye bonke abadala bomuzi, futhi wonke wabo
izinsizwa zagijima kanyekanye, nabesifazane babo, baya emhlanganweni, bahlala
Achior phakathi kwabo bonke abantu babo. U-Oziya wabe esembuza ngalokho
okwakwenziwa.
6:17 Futhi waphendula futhi wamemezela kubo amazwi omkhandlu we
uHoloferne, nawo onke amazwi awakhulumayo phakathi kwethempeli
izikhulu zase-Asiriya, nakho konke uHolofenesi akukhulume ngokuzidla
indlu ka-Israyeli.
6:18 Khona-ke abantu bawa phansi futhi bakhuleka kuNkulunkulu, futhi bakhala kuNkulunkulu.
ethi,
6:19 O Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wezulu, bheka ukuzigqaja kwabo, futhi uhawukele indawo ephansi yethu
isizwe, ubuke ubuso balabo abangcweliselwe wena
namuhla.
6:20 Khona-ke bamduduza Achior, futhi bamdumisa kakhulu.
6:21 U-Oziya wamkhipha ebandleni, wamyisa endlini yakhe, wenza idili
kwabadala; bakhuleka kuNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli bonke lobo busuku
Usizo.