1. Then Holofernes said to her: “Take courage, woman! Have no fear in your heart! I have never harmed anyone who chose to serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of all the earth.
2. As for your people who live in the hill country, I would never have raised my spear against them, had they not insulted me. They have brought this upon themselves.
3. But now tell me why you have fled from them and come to us? In any case, you have come to safety. Take courage! Your life is spared tonight and for the future.
4. No one at all will harm you. Rather, you will be well treated, as are the servants of my lord, King Nebuchadnezzar.”