1
Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine.
2
And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought.
3
Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of thy nation.
4
Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.
5
Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.