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 on 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,
10 who put it in the food bag.Then the two women left together, as they always did when they went to pray. After they had walked through the Assyrian camp, they crossed the valley and went up the mountainside until they came to the gates of Bethulia.
11 When they were a short distance away, Judith called out to the guards at the gate, “Open the gate! Open the gate! Our God is still with us. Today he has once again shown his strength in Israel and used his power against our enemies.”