5 It is now the time for you to rescue your people Israel and carry out my plan to defeat the enemies who are attacking us.”
6 She walked to the bedpost nearest Holofernes' head and took down his sword that was hanging there.
7 She moved closer to him and grabbed him by his hair, while praying, “Lord God of Israel, give me the strength to do this!”
8 Then she struck him two times in the neck with the sword as hard as she could and cut off his head.
9 She rolled his body off the bed and ripped down the mosquito net from the bedposts. Judith then left the tent and handed the head to her servant,
10 who put it in the bag used for carrying food.Judith and her servant woman left the Assyrian camp, just as they always did when they went to pray. They walked across the valley and up the hill to the town of Bethulia.As they got closer,
11 Judith called out to the guards on duty, “Open the gate! Open the gate! Our powerful God of Israel has shown his strength today by defeating our enemies.”