Judith said, “Begin a song to my God with timbrels. Sing to my Lord with cymbals. Make melody to him psalm and praise. Exalt him, and call upon his name.
因為耶和華是粉碎戰爭的神；他在自己的營中、在百姓中間，把我從追趕我之人的手中救了出來。
16:3
እስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይቀጠቅጥ፡ ፀብዐ፡ ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ስሙ።
For the Lord is the God that crushes battles. For in his armies in the midst of the people, he delivered me out of the hand of those who persecuted me.
亞述從北方的山上而來，帶著他千萬的軍兵；他們人數眾多，塞滿了溪流，他們的馬匹遮蓋了岡陵。
16:4
ወትዕይንቱ፡ ማዕከለ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ወአድኃነነ፡ እምእለ፡ ዴገኑነ።
Asshur came out of the mountains from the north. He came with ten thousands of his army. Its multitude stopped the torrents. Their horsemen covered the hills.
He said that he would burn up my borders, kill my young men with the sword, throw my nursing children to the ground, give my infants up as prey, and make my virgins a plunder.
For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did sons of the Titans strike him. Tall giants didn’t attack him, but Judith the daughter of Merari made him weak with the beauty of her countenance.
“For she put off the apparel of her widowhood for the exaltation of those who were distressed in Israel. She anointed her face with ointment, bound her hair in a tiara, and took a linen garment to deceive him.
用頭巾束起頭髮，穿上細麻衣，為要迷惑他。
16:9
ወኀደገት፡ አልባሰ፡ መበለታ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ለእለ፡ የሐምሙ፡ በውስተ፡ እስራኤል።
Her sandal ravished his eye. Her beauty took his soul prisoner. The scimitar passed through his neck.
Let all your creation serve you; for you spoke, and they were made. You sent out your spirit, and it built them. There is no one who can resist your voice.
For the mountains will be moved from their foundations with the waters, and the rocks will melt as wax at your presence: But you are yet merciful to those who fear you.
羣山連同眾水必從根基搖動，磐石在你面前必如蠟熔化；惟有那敬畏你的人，你必向他們施恩。
16:16
እግዚአብሔርሰ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወክቡር፡ ፈድፋደ፡ ወመድምም፡ ኃይሉ።
For all sacrifice is little for a sweet savor, And all the fat is very little for a whole burnt offering to you; But he who fears the Lord is great continually.
“Woe to the nations who rise up against my race! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgement, to put fire and worms in their flesh; and they will weep and feel their pain forever.”
Now when they came to Jerusalem, they worshipped God. When the people were purified, they offered their whole burnt offerings, their free will offerings, and their gifts.
Judith dedicated all Holofernes’ stuff, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken for herself out of his bedchamber, for a gift to the Lord.
And the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for three months, and Judith remained with them.
百姓在耶路撒冷聖所前歡樂了三個月，猶滴也與他們同住。
16:21
ወይፌኑ፡ እሳተ፡ ወእፄ፡ ውስተ፡ ሥጋሆሙ፡ ወይበክዩ፡ በሕማም፡ ዘለዓለም።
But after these days, everyone departed to his own inheritance. Judith went away to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was honorable in her time in all the land.
Many desired her, and no man knew her all the days of her life, from the day that Manasses her husband died and was gathered to his people.
許多人愛慕她，但自從她丈夫瑪拿西死後歸到他列祖那裡，終她一生的日子，沒有男人親近過她。
16:23
ወአንበረት፡ ዮዲት፡ ኵሎ፡ ንዋዮ፡ ለሆሎፎርኒስ፡ ዘወሀብዋ፡ ሕዝብ።
She increased in greatness exceedingly; and she grew old in her husband’s house, to one hundred five years, and let her maid go free. Then she died in Bethulia. They buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
The house of Israel mourned for her seven days. She distributed her goods before she died to all those who were nearest of kin to Manasses her husband, and to those who were nearest of her own kindred.