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.