Judith 5:5-8

Good News Translation

⁵ Then Achior, the leader of all the Ammonites, answered Holofernes,
    Sir, if you will please be so kind as to listen to me, I will tell you the truth about these people who live in the mountains near your camp. I will not lie to you. ⁶ These people are the descendants of some Babylonians ^7-8 who abandoned the ways of their ancestors in order to worship the God of heaven. Finally, they were driven out of their land because they refused to worship their ancestors' gods. Then they fled to Mesopotamia, where they settled and lived for a long time.