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.