1. So then, when it had become late, his servants hurried to their lodgings, and Vagao closed the chamber doors, and he went away.
2. But they were all drowsy from the wine.
3. And Judith was alone in the chamber.
4. Moreover, Holofernes, being very inebriated, was fast asleep, reclining on his bed.
5. And Judith told her handmaid to stand outside before the chamber, and to watch.
6. And Judith stood in front of the bed, praying with tears, and her lips moved in silence,
7. saying: "Confirm me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look kindly upon the works of my hands, so that, just as you promised, you may raise up Jerusalem, your city, and so that, believing through you that this plan is able to be accomplished, I may succeed."
8. And when she had said this, she approached the pillar, which was at the head of the bed, and she released his blade, which was hanging tied to it.