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.
16:3
እስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይቀጠቅጥ፡ ፀብዐ፡ ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ስሙ።
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。
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.
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.
“The Almighty Lord brought them to nothing by the hand of a woman.
16:7
ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኵሎ፡ ይመልክ፡ ቀተሎሙ፡ በእደ፡ ብእሲት።
原來她為了以色列受苦之人的高舉，脫去守寡的衣服，用香膏抹臉，
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.
16:9
ወኀደገት፡ አልባሰ፡ መበለታ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ለእለ፡ የሐምሙ፡ በውስተ፡ እስራኤል።
她的鞋奪去了他的眼目，她的美貌擄掠了他的心；短刀穿透了他的頸項。
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.
16:15
አነብብ፡ ስብሐተ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ አነብብ፡ ስብሐተ፡ ሐዲሰ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር።
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。
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.
16:16
እግዚአብሔርሰ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወክቡር፡ ፈድፋደ፡ ወመድምም፡ ኃይሉ።
因為一切祭物作為馨香之氣都算微小，一切脂油作為獻給你的燔祭都算極少；惟有敬畏耶和華的人永遠為大。
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.
16:21
ወይፌኑ፡ እሳተ፡ ወእፄ፡ ውስተ፡ ሥጋሆሙ፡ ወይበክዩ፡ በሕማም፡ ዘለዓለም።
這些日子之後，眾人各歸自己的產業。猶滴回到伯夙利亞，住在自己的產業中，在她的時代於全地享有尊榮。
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.
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.