5
Now is the time to rescue your chosen people and to help me carry out my plan to destroy the enemies who are threatening us."
6
Judith went to the bedpost by Holofernes' head and took down his sword.
7
She came closer, seized Holofernes by the hair of his head, and said, "O Lord, God of Israel, give me strength now."
8
Then Judith raised the sword and struck him twice in the neck as hard as she could, chopping off his head.
9
She rolled his body off the bed and took down the mosquito net from the bedposts. Then she came out and gave Holofernes' head to her slave,