Judith 2:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ But you, Holofernes, are ordered to go ahead of me and occupy all their territories in advance. If they surrender to you, hold them for me until I come to punish them. ¹¹ But if they resist, do not spare them. Kill them and loot the entire region under your control. ¹² I have taken a solemn vow, and at the risk of my life and my royal power I am determined to do what I have vowed to do.