Liber Iudith

Iudith, chapter 13 in the Vulgate version.

There is no KJV of Judith, but it does appear in the Apocrypha, as shown below.

Chapter 13 Vulgate

   1 Et, ut vesper factus est, festinaverunt servi eius abire, et Bagoas conclusit tabernaculum a foris et dimisit adstantes a facie domini sui. Et abierunt omnes in cubilia sua; erant enim omnes fatigati, quoniam plurimus factus erat potus.
   2 Derelicta est autem sola Iudith in tabernaculo, et Holofernes prociderat in lectum suum; circumfusum enim erat ei vinum.
   3 Et dixit Iudith ancillae suae, ut staret extra cubiculum et observaret exitum eius sicut cotidie; exire enim se dixit ad orationem suam, et Bagoae locuta est secundum verba haec.
   4 Discesseruntque omnes a facie, et nemo relictus est in cubiculo eius, a minimo usque ad magnum. Et stans Iudith ad caput eius dixit: "Domine, Domine, Deus omnium virtutum, respice in hac hora ad opera manuum mearum, ut exaltetur Ierusalem.
   5 Quia nunc est tempus, ut suscipias hereditatem tuam et facias cogitationem meam in quassationem inimicorum, qui insurrexerunt super nos".
   6 Et accedens ad columnam lectus, quae erat ad caput Holofernis, deposuit pugionem illius ab illa.
   7 Et accedens ad lectum comprehendit comam capitis eius et dixit: "Deus Israel, confirma me, Domine, Deus Israel, in hoc die".
   8 Et percussit in cervicem eius bis in virtute sua et abstulit caput eius ab eo.
   9 Et volutavit corpus eius a toro et abstulit conopeum eius a columnis; et post pusillum exiit et tradidit abrae suae caput Holofernis,
   10 et misit illud in peram escarum suarum. Et exierunt ambae simul secundum consuetudinem suam quasi ad orationem. Transeuntesque castra gyraverunt totam vallem illam et subascenderunt montem Betuliae et venerunt ad portas eius.
   11 Et dixit Iudith a longe eis, qui custodiebant in portis: "Aperite, aperite portam! Nobiscum est Deus, Deus noster, ut faciat adhuc virtutem in Israel et potentiam adversus inimicos nostros, sicut et hodie fecit".
   12 Et factum est, ut audierunt viri civitatis vocem eius, festinaverunt descendere ad portam civitatis suae et convocaverunt seniores civitatis.
   13 Et concurrerunt omnes a minimo usque ad magnum, quoniam mirum erat eis illam reversam esse. Et aperuerunt portam et receperunt eas et accendentes ignem ad lumen congyraverunt eam.
   14 Quae dixit ad eos voce magna: "Laudate Dominum nostrum, laudate, quia non abstulit misericordiam suam a domo Israel, sed conteruit inimicos nostros per manum meam in hac nocte".
   15 Et proferens caput de pera sua ostendit et dixit eis: "Ecce caput Holofernis principis militiae virtutis Assyriorum, et ecce conopeum, in quo recumbebat in ebrietate sua. Et percussit eum Dominus in manu feminae.
   16 Et vivit Dominus, qui custodivit me in via mea, qua profecta sum, quoniam seduxit eum facies mea in perditionem eius, et non fecit peccatum mecum in coinquinationem et confusionem".
   17 Et obstupuit omnis populus valde et inclinantes se adoraverunt Deum et dixerunt unanimes: "Benedictus es, Deus noster, qui ad nihilum redegisti inimicos populi tui in hodierna die".
   18 Et dixit ad eam Ozias: "Benedicta tu es, filia, a Deo excelso prae omnibus mulieribus, quae sunt super terram. Et benedictus Dominus Deus noster, qui creavit caelum et terram, qui direxit te in vulnus capitis principis inimicorum nostrorum.
   19 Quoniam non discedet laus tua a corde hominum memorantium virtutis Dei usque in sempiternum.
   20 Et faciat tibi ea Deus in exaltationem aeternam, ut visitet te in bonis, pro eo quod non pepercisti animae tuae propter humilitatem generis nostri, sed prosilisti in ruinam nostram in directum ambulans in conspectu Dei nostri". Et dixit omnis populus: "Fiat, fiat!".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

Apocrypha

   1 Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
   2 And Judith was left along in the tent, and Holofernes lying along upon his bed: for he was filled with wine.
   3 Now Judith had commanded her maid to stand without her bedchamber, and to wait for her coming forth, as she did daily: for she said she would go forth to her prayers, and she spake to Bagoas according to the same purpose.
   4 So all went forth and none was left in the bedchamber, neither little nor great. Then Judith, standing by his bed, said in her heart, O Lord God of all power, look at this present upon the works of mine hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
   5 For now is the time to help thine inheritance, and to execute mine enterprizes to the destruction of the enemies which are risen against us.
   6 Then she came to the pillar of the bed, which was at Holofernes head, and took down his fauchion from thence,
   7 And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.
   8 And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.
   9 And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the canopy from the pillars; and anon after she went forth, and gave Holofernes his head to her maid;
   10 And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together according to their custom unto prayer: and when they passed the camp, they compassed the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.
   11 Then said Judith afar off, to the watchmen at the gate, Open, open now the gate: God, even our God, is with us, to shew his power yet in Jerusalem, and his forces against the enemy, as he hath even done this day.
   12 Now when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to go down to the gate of their city, and they called the elders of the city.
   13 And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was strange unto them that she was come: so they opened the gate, and received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round about them.
   14 Then she said to them with a loud voice, Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for he hath not taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by mine hands this night.
   15 So she took the head out of the bag, and shewed it, and said unto them, behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
   16 As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me.
   17 Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and worshipped God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, O our God, which hast this day brought to nought the enemies of thy people.
   18 Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
   19 For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of God for ever.
   20 And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee in good things because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God. And all the people said; So be it, so be it.