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Holofernes said to Judith, "Have confidence, woman, have no fear in your heart, I do not harm any person who has chosen to serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of all the earth. (Judith 11, 1)
Judith replied, "Listen to the words of your servant, so that I may speak freely in your presence and I will not lie to my lord tonight. (Judith 11, 5)
But Judith said, "I will not eat it for fear that it might be the occasion of my downfall. What I have brought with me is sufficient." (Judith 12, 2)
Judith said to him, "As your soul lives my lord, your servant will not have finished what I have brought with me before the Lord will have carried out by my hand what he has decided to do." (Judith 12, 4)
So Bagoas left Holofernes and entered Judith's tent, and said to her, "Will this beautiful slave not hesitate to come to my lord's tent to be honored in his presence, merrily to drink wine with us and to become this very day like an Assyrian woman who dwells in the house of Nebuchadnezzar?" (Judith 12, 13)
Judith said to him, "Who am I to go against the wishes of my Lord? All that pleases him I will hasten to do and that will be for me a joy until the day of my death." (Judith 12, 14)
Then she arose; she dressed in her beautiful garments and all the finery of a woman. Her servant went and spread on the ground, in front of Holofernes, the fleece which Judith had received from Bagoas for her daily use so that she could recline on it while she ate. (Judith 12, 15)
So Judith entered the tent and took her place. The heart of Holofernes was ravished by her beauty, his whole being was captivated and he had a passionate desire to possess her. Ever since the first day he had seen her, he had been waiting for an occasion to seduce her. (Judith 12, 16)
Judith said, "I will drink then, my lord, because today my life has become more precious to me than on any other day since my birth." (Judith 12, 18)
So Judith was left alone in the tent with Holofernes who, sodden with wine, had collapsed onto the bed. (Judith 13, 2)
Judith told her servant to stand outside the room and watch for her coming out because she would go out to pray, as she did each day. She also spoke to Bagoas in much the same way. (Judith 13, 3)
Everyone left the tent of Holofernes, not one - small or great - remained in the room. Judith, then, stood by Holofernes' bed and prayed in her heart, "Lord God all-powerful, help me now in what I will do for the glory of Jerusalem. (Judith 13, 4)