Judith 9:1 UJudith wawa ngobuso bakhe, wathela umlotha ekhanda lakhe, wambula indwangu yesaka ayembethe ngayo; kanye nesikhathi lapho i- impepho yakusihlwa yanikelwa eJerusalema endlini kaJehova INkosi uJudith yamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, yathi: 9:2 O Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kababa uSimeyoni, owamnika inkemba ukuthatha impindiselo yabafokazi, abathukulula ibhande lencekukazi ukuba balingcolise wakhe, wambula ithanga libe yihlazo lakhe, wangcolisa ubuntombi bakhe ekuhlazweni kwakhe; ngoba uthe: Kakuyikuba njalo; nokho benza kanjalo ngakho: 9:3 Ngakho wanikela ababusi babo ukuba babulawe, ukuze bafe zabo embhedeni egazini, ekhohliswa, futhi washaya izinceku namakhosi azo. namakhosi ezihlalweni zawo zobukhosi; 9:4 Futhi unikele omkabo babe yimpango, namadodakazi abo ukuba abe abathunjwa, nayo yonke impango yabo ihlukaniselwe abantwana bakho abathandekayo; abathukutheliswa yintshiseko yakho, banengwa ukungcoliswa kwabo igazi, ngacela usizo kuwe: Nkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu wami, ngizwe nami a umfelokazi. 9:5 Ngoba awuzange wenze lezo zinto kuphela, kodwa futhi izinto yawa ngaphambili, futhi okwalandela ngemva kwalokho; uke wacabanga izinto ezikhona manje nezizayo. 9:6 Yebo, lokho okunqumile kwase kuseduze, wathi: Bheka! silapha, ngokuba zonke izindlela zakho zilungisiwe, nezahlulelo zakho zisesandleni sakho ukwazi kusengaphambili. 9:7 Ngokuba bheka, abase-Asiriya bayanda emandleni abo; kunjalo ephakanyiswe ngehhashi nomuntu; bayaziqhenya ngamandla ezinyawo zabo; bathemba isihlangu, nomkhonto, nomnsalo, nendwayimana; futhi awukwazi lokho wena unguJehova ochitha izimpi; nguJehova igama lakho. 9:8 Phonsa amandla abo ngamandla akho, futhi wehlise amandla abo ulaka lwakho, ngokuba bahlosile ukungcolisa indlu yakho engcwele, noku ngcolisa itabernakele lapho igama lakho elitusekayo lihlezi khona, udilize ngenkemba uphondo lwe-altare lakho. 9:9 Bheka ukuziqhenya kwabo, futhi uthumele intukuthelo yakho phezu kwamakhanda abo, unikele kimi isandla, okuyinto ngingumfelokazi, amandla engiwakhulelwe. 9:10 Shaya ngenkohliso yezindebe zami inceku kanye nesikhulu, futhi isikhulu kanye nenceku: diliza ubukhosi babo ngesandla sika owesifazane. 9:11 Ngoba amandla akho awemi ngobuningi, namandla akho emadodeni anamandla wena unguNkulunkulu wohluphekayo, ungumsizi wabacindezelweyo, umsekeli kwababuthakathaka, umvikeli wabadangele, umsindisi walabo abahluphekayo ngaphandle kwethemba. 9:12 Ngiyakuncenga, O Nkulunkulu kababa, futhi Nkulunkulu wefa kaIsrayeli, Nkosi yezulu lomhlaba, uMdali wamanzi, inkosi ye zonke izidalwa, yizwa umkhuleko wami; 9:13 Futhi wenze inkulumo yami nenkohliso kube inxeba labo kanye umvimbo, abaye ucebe ububi ngesivumelwano sakho, nendlu yakho engcwele, ne esiqongweni saseSiyoni, naphezu kwendlu yefa lakho izingane. 9:14 Futhi wenze zonke izizwe nezizwe zivume ukuthi wena unguNkulunkulu onke amandla namandla, nokuthi akakho omunye ovikela uJehova abantu bakwa-Israyeli kodwa wena.