1.犹滴斩杀荷罗孚尼 当天晚上，仆人迅速退下，巴哥亚从外面关闭了帐篷，并将侍从挡在主人面外，他们都去睡觉了，因为宴会持续了很久。Judith Beheads Holofernes When evening came, his slaves quickly withdrew, and Bago′as closed the tent from outside and shut out the attendants from his master’s presence; and they went to bed, for they all were weary because the banquet had lasted long.
2.于是，犹滴留在帐幕里，独自一人，何乐弗尼斯躺在他的床上，因为他喝醉了酒。So Judith was left alone in the tent , with Holofer′nes stretched out on his bed, for he was overcome with wine.
3.现在，犹滴已经吩咐她的侍女站在卧室外面等她出来，就像她每天所做的那样，因为她说她要出去祷告。她也对巴格瓦斯说了同样的话。Now Judith had told her maid to stand outside the bedchamber and to wait for her to come out, as she did every day; for she said she would be going out for her prayers. And she had said the same thing to Bago′as.
4.于是众人都出去了， 无论大小， 没有人留在寝宫里。 于是犹滴站在他的床旁， 心里说， “万能的主耶和华， 现在求你看顾我手所做的工作， 为使耶路撒冷得尊荣。So every one went out, and no one, either small or great, was left in the bedchamber. Then Judith, standing beside his bed, said in her heart, “O Lord God of all might, look in this hour upon the work of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
5.现在是帮助你继承产业的时候，也是实施我的计划，消灭那些起来攻击我们敌人的时候。For now is the time to help thy inheritance, and to carry out my undertaking for the destruction of the enemies who have risen up against us.”
6.她走到床尾的柱子旁，正好在何乐弗尼头上方，取下了挂在那里他的剑。She went up to the post at the end of the bed, above Holofer′nes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there.
7.她走近他的床，抓住他头上的头发，说：“耶和华以色列的神啊，求你今天加添我力量！”She came close to his bed and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength this day, O Lord God of Israel!”
8.她尽全力把他的脖子击打了两下，于是他的头从身体上被砍下来了。And she struck his neck twice with all her might, and severed his head from his body.
9.然后她把他的尸体从床上推倒，并从柱子上拉下天篷；过了一会儿，她走出去，把荷罗孚尼的头颅交给她的侍女，Then she tumbled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts; after a moment she went out, and gave Holofer′nes’ head to her maid,
10.谁把它放在她的食物袋里。犹滴回归伯图利亚 然后他们两个人一起出去，就像他们习惯为祈祷一样；他们通过营地，绕过山谷，登上山到伯图利亚，来到它的城门。who placed it in her food bag. Judith Returns to Bethulia Then the two of them went out together, as they were accustomed to go for prayer; and they passed through the camp and circled around the valley and went up the mountain to Bethu′lia and came to its gates.
11.犹滴从远处呼叫守门的守卫说，开门，开门，我们的神与我们同在，要向以色列显明他的大能，向我们的敌人显明他的力量，就像他今天所做的一样。Judith called out from afar to the watchmen at the gates, “Open, open the gate! God, our God, is still with us, to show his power in Israel, and his strength against our enemies, even as he has done this day!”
12.当她城里的人听见她的声音时，他们急忙下到城门，聚集了城里的长老。When the men of her city heard her voice, they hurried down to the city gate and called together the elders of the city.
13.他们一起跑来，无论大小，都因为她竟然回来了而难以置信；他们打开门让他们进来，并为他们生火照明，围绕在他们身边。They all ran together, both small and great, for it was unbelievable that she had returned; they opened the gate and admitted them, and they kindled a fire for light, and gathered around them.
14.她大声对他们说：“赞美上帝，啊，赞美他！赞美上帝，他没有收回他对以色列家所施的慈爱，并且在今夜由我的手除灭了我们的敌人！”Then she said to them with a loud voice, “Praise God, O praise him! Praise God, who has not withdrawn his mercy from the house of Israel, but has destroyed our enemies by my hand this very night!”
15.她从袋子里取出头颅给他们看，说：“看哪，这是亚述军队的统帅荷罗孚尼的头颅，也是他醉酒躺卧的帐幕。主用一个女人的手打败了他。Then she took the head out of the bag and showed it to them, and said, “See, here is the head of Holofer′nes, the commander of the Assyrian army, and here is the canopy beneath which he lay in his drunken stupor. The Lord has struck him down by the hand of a woman.
16.主活着，他在我行的路上保护了我，竟是我自己的面容欺骗他导致他的灭亡，然而他并没有在我面前行任何不义之事来玷污和羞辱我。As the Lord lives, who has protected me in the way I went, it was my face that tricked him to his destruction, and yet he committed no act of sin with me, to defile and shame me.”
17.众人都非常惊讶，俯伏敬拜神，说同样的话：“我们的神，你是应当称颂的，你使你子民的敌人在今天受到羞辱。”All the people were greatly astonished, and bowed down and worshiped God, and said with one accord, “Blessed art thou, our God, who hast brought into contempt this day the enemies of thy people.”
18.乌西雅对她说，女儿啊，你被天上至高的神赐福，超过地上所有的女人；愿主神被称颂，他是创造天地的，他引导你击打我们敌人的首领。And Uzzi′ah said to her, “O daughter, you are blessed by the Most High God above all women on earth; and blessed be the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who has guided you to strike the head of the leader of our enemies.
19.你们的希望永不离开人们的心，因为他们记得上帝的力量。Your hope will never depart from the hearts of men, as they remember the power of God.
20.愿上帝使这成为你永恒的荣耀，并且他用福气来看顾你，因为当我们的国家被降卑的时候，你没有爱惜自己的生命，却为我们的毁灭报仇，在我们上帝面前行走在正直的道路上。”众人都说：“阿们，阿们！”May God grant this to be a perpetual honor to you, and may he visit you with blessings, because you did not spare your own life when our nation was brought low, but have avenged our ruin, walking in the straight path before our God.” And all the people said, “So be it, so be it!”