Judith 16:1 Khona-ke uJudith waqala ukuhlabelela lokhu ukubonga ku-Israyeli wonke, futhi bonke abantu bacula emva kwakhe le ngoma yokudumisa. 16:2 UJudith wathi: “Qalani kuNkulunkulu wami ngezigubhu, nihubele iNkosi yami ngezigubhu. amasimbali: mdumiseni ihubo elisha; mphakamiseni, nibize igama lakhe. 16:3 Ngoba uNkulunkulu udiliza izimpi, phakathi kwamakamu phakathi kwezizwe abantu wangikhulula esandleni sabangizingelayo. 16:4 U-Asiriya waphuma ezintabeni enyakatho, weza nabayishumi izinkulungwane zebutho lakhe, uquqaba olwavimba izifufula, futhi abamahhashi babo basibekele amagquma. 16:5 Waqhosha ngokuthi uzoshisa imingcele yami, futhi abulale izinsizwa zami nge inkemba, uphahlaze phansi abantwana abancelayo, wenze abantwana bami babe yimpango, nezintombi zami njengempango. 16:6 Kodwa iNkosi uMninimandla onke ibadumazile ngesandla sowesifazane. 16:7 Ngoba iqhawe akazange awele izinsizwa, noma amadodana amaTitans amshaya, noma iziqhwaga zemuka phezu kwakhe; kepha uJudith the indodakazi kaMerari yamenza buthakathaka ngobuhle bobuso bakhe. 16:8 Ngoba wakhumula ingubo yobufelokazi bakhe ukuze aphakanyiswe labo ababecindezelwe kwa-Israyeli, bagcoba ubuso bakhe ngamafutha, futhi wabopha izinwele zakhe ngethayi, wathatha ingubo yelineni ukumkhohlisa. 16:9 Izimbadada zakhe zadla amehlo akhe, ubuhle bakhe bathatha ingqondo yakhe isiboshwa, futhi umfene wadlula entanyeni yakhe. 16:10 AmaPheresiya athuthumela ngenxa yesibindi salo, namaMede esaba ngalo. ubunzima. 16:11 Khona abahluphekayo bami bakhamuluka ngokujabula, futhi ababuthakathaka bami bakhamuluka ngokuzwakalayo. kodwa bamangala; baphakamisa amazwi abo, kepha babe egumbuqelwa. 16:12 Amadodana amantombazane baye bababhoboza, futhi balimaza kubo njengoba abantwana bababaleki: babhubha ngempi yeNkosi. 16:13 Ngizohlabelela eNkosini ingoma entsha: O Nkosi, wena mkhulu futhi elikhazimulayo, elimangalisayo emandleni, nelingenakunqotshwa. 16:14 Zonke izidalwa makube kuwe, ngoba wena wakhuluma, futhi zadalwa, wena wathuma umoya wakho, wazidala, akakho lowo ingamelana nezwi lakho. 16:15 Ngokuba izintaba ziyakunyakaziswa emanzini ezisekelweni zazo. amadwala ayakuncibilika njengengcina ebusweni bakho, kepha wena unomusa abakwesabayo. 16:16 Ngoba yonke imihlatshelo mincane kakhulu, ukuze ibe yiphunga elimnandi kuwe, futhi bonke amanoni awaneli umnikelo wakho wokushiswa, kepha owesabayo uJehova mkhulu ngezikhathi zonke. 16:17 Maye kuzo izizwe ezivukela umkhaya wami! iNkosi uSomandla uyophindisela kubo ngosuku lokwahlulela, ngokubeka umlilo futhi izibungu enyameni yabo; bayakuziphatha, bakhale kuze kube phakade. 16:18 Manje lapho nje bengena eJerusalema, bakhuleka eNkosini; kwathi nje lapho abantu sebehlanziwe, banikela ngokushiswa kwabo iminikelo yabo, neminikelo yabo yesihle, neminikelo yabo. 16:19 UJudith naye wangcwelisa zonke izinto zikaHolofernes, abantu ababenazo wamnika, wamnika umbhede ayewuthathe kweyakhe ikamelo lokulala, libe yisipho eNkosini. 16:20 Ngakho abantu baqhubeka bedla eJerusalema phambi kwendlu engcwele isikhathi esingangezinyanga ezintathu uJudith wahlala nabo. 16:21 Ngemva kwalesi sikhathi, ngamunye wabuyela efeni lakhe siqu, futhi Judith waya eBethulia, wahlala kweyakhe, ehlala kuyo isikhathi esihloniphekile ezweni lonke. 16:22 Futhi abaningi babefisa wakhe, kodwa akekho owamazi zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, ngemva kwalokho ukuthi uManase umyeni wakhe wayefile, wabuthelwa kubantu bakubo. 16:23 Kodwa yena wakhula kakhulu udumo, futhi waguga kuye endlini yomyeni, eneminyaka eyikhulu nanhlanu, wamenza incekukazi mahhala; wafela eBethuliya; bammbela emhumeni wakhe umyeni Manase. 16:24 Indlu ka-Israyeli yamlilela izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, engakafi. wababela impahla yakhe bonke abayizihlobo eziseduze UManase umyeni wakhe, nalabo ababeseduze kwezihlobo zakhe. 16:25 Futhi kwakungekho noyedwa owayesabisa abantwana bakwa-Israyeli izinsuku zikaJudith, noma isikhathi eside ngemva kokufa kwakhe.