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23 Forsooth Judith gave then into the cursing of forgetting all the armours, (or all the arms, or all the weapons) of battle of Holofernes, which the people had given to her, also the curtain, which she had taken away. [Forsooth Judith all the arms of battle of Holofernes, that the people gave to her, and the canopy, that she had taken, she took into the curse of forgetting.]

24 Certainly all the people was merry after (or before) the face of (the) holy men; and by three months the joy of this victory was hallowed with Judith. [Forsooth all the people was joyful after the face of saints; and by three months the joy of this victory is solemnized with Judith.]

25 And after those days each man went again into his own things, or into his own dwelling place; and Judith was made great in Bethulia, and she was more clear (or more glorious) than all the women of the land of Israel. [After those days forsooth each went again into his own; and Judith is made great in Bethulia, and was more clear to all men of the land of Israel.]

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