1 Makabe
3: 1 Umuhungu we Yuda witwa Makabe, arahaguruka mu cyimbo cye.
3: 2 Abavandimwe be bose baramufasha, hamwe n'abamufashe bose
se, kandi barwanye bishimye intambara ya Isiraheli.
3: 3 Aha abantu be icyubahiro cyinshi, yambara igituza nk'igihangange,
kandi akenyere ibikoresho bye bimeze nk'intambara, maze akora intambara, arinda
ingabo n'inkota ye.
3: 4 Mu bikorwa bye, yari ameze nk'intare, kandi nk'ibimuga by'intare bimutontomera
umuhigo.
3 Kuko yakurikiranye ababi, arabashakisha, atwika abo
yarababaje ubwoko bwe.
3 Ni yo mpamvu ababi bagabanutse kubera kumutinya, n'abakozi bose ba
gukiranirwa byari biteye impungenge, kuko agakiza kateye imbere mu ntoki.
3: 7 Yababaje abami benshi, anashimisha Yakobo ibikorwa bye, n'ibye
urwibutso ruhiriwe iteka ryose.
3: 8 Byongeye kandi, anyura mu migi ya Yuda, arimbura abatubaha Imana
muri bo, no guhindukirira uburakari muri Isiraheli:
3: 9 Kugira ngo amenyekane kugeza ku mpera y'isi, na we
yakiriwe n'abiteguye kurimbuka.
3:10 Apolloniyo akoranya abanyamahanga, hamwe n'ingabo nyinshi zivamo
Samariya, kurwanya Isiraheli.
3:11 Ni iki kintu Yuda abimenye, arasohoka amusanganira, na we
aramukubita, aramwica: benshi na bo baragwa, ariko abasigaye barahunga.
3:12 Ni cyo cyatumye Yuda atwara iminyago, n'inkota ya Apoloniyo, na
ni yo yarwanye ubuzima bwe bwose.
3:13 Seroni, umutware w'ingabo za Siriya, yumvise bavuga ko Yuda yari afite
amuteranyiriza hamwe imbaga nyamwinshi y'indahemuka ngo bajyane
amurwana;
3:14 Ati: Nzampa izina n'icyubahiro mu bwami; kuko ngiye
kurwana na Yuda n'abari kumwe na we, basuzugura umwami
itegeko.
3:15 Nuko amwitegura kuzamuka, ajyana na we ingabo nyinshi
abatubaha Imana ngo bamufashe, no kwihorera kubana ba Isiraheli.
3:16 Ageze hafi yo kuzamuka i Bethoroni, Yuda arasohoka
kumusanganira na sosiyete nto:
3:17 Ninde babonye ingabo ziza kubasanganira, abwira Yuda ati: Nigute
tuzashobora, kuba bake cyane, kurwanya imbaga nyamwinshi
kandi bikomeye cyane, kubona twiteguye gucika intege no kwiyiriza ubusa uyu munsi?
3:18 Yuda aramusubiza ati: Ntabwo bigoye ko benshi bafungwa
amaboko ya bake; kandi hamwe n'Imana yo mwijuru byose ni kimwe, gutanga
hamwe n'imbaga nyamwinshi, cyangwa isosiyete nto:
3:19 Kuberako intsinzi y'intambara idahagaze mu mbaga y'ingabo; ariko
imbaraga ziva mu ijuru.
3:20 Baraza kuturwanya mubwibone no gukiranirwa kwinshi kugirango baturimbure, kandi abacu
abagore n'abana, no kutwangiza:
3:21 Ariko turwanira ubuzima bwacu n'amategeko yacu.
3:22 Niyo mpamvu Uwiteka ubwe azabahirika imbere yacu: kandi nk
kubwanyu, ntimutinye.
3:23 Akimara kureka kuvuga, yahise abasimbukira kuri bo,
nuko Seroni n'umutware we bahirikwa imbere ye.
3:24 Barabakurikirana kuva i Betoroni kumanuka kugera mu kibaya,
aho biciwe abagabo bagera kuri magana inani muri bo; abasigaye barahunga
mu gihugu cy'Abafilisitiya.
3:25 Hanyuma ubwoba bwa Yuda n'abavandimwe be, butangira ubwoba bwinshi
ubwoba, kugwa ku mahanga azengurutse:
3:26 Kubera ko icyamamare cye cyageze ku mwami, amahanga yose akavuga Uwiteka
intambara za Yuda.
3:27 Umwami Antiyokusi yumvise ibyo, ararakara cyane:
Ni cyo cyatumye yohereza kandi akoranya imbaraga zose zo mu bwami bwe,
ndetse n'ingabo zikomeye cyane.
3:28 Afungura ubutunzi bwe, aha abasirikare be umwaka umwe,
kubategeka kwitegura igihe cyose azaba akeneye.
3:29 Nyamara, abonye ko amafaranga yubutunzi bwe yananiwe kandi
ko imisoro mu gihugu yari nto, kubera gutandukana
n'icyorezo, yari yazanye ku butaka mu gukuraho amategeko
cyahozeho;
3:30 Yatinyaga ko atagishoboye kwihanganira ibirego, cyangwa
kugira impano nkizo zo gutanga kubuntu nkuko yabigenzaga mbere: kuko yari afite
yagwiriye hejuru y'abami bamubanjirije.
3:31 Kubera iyo mpamvu, kubera ko yataye umutwe cyane, yiyemeje kujyamo
Ubuperesi, ngaho gufata imisoro y'ibihugu, no gukusanya byinshi
amafaranga.
3:32 Nuko asiga Liziya, umunyacyubahiro, akaba n'umwe mu bami b'amaraso, kugira ngo abigenzure
ibibazo by'umwami kuva ku ruzi rwa Efurate kugera ku mbibi za
Misiri:
3:33 Kurera umuhungu we Antiyokusi, kugeza igihe azagarukira.
3:34 Byongeye kandi, amushyikiriza kimwe cya kabiri cy'ingabo ze, na
inzovu, akamuha kuyobora ibintu byose yaba yarakoze, nk
no ku batuye i Yuda na Yeruzalemu:
3:35 Kumenya neza ko yohereje ingabo kubarwanya, kurimbura no gushinga imizi
imbaraga za Isiraheli, n'abasigaye ba Yeruzalemu, no gufata
kure y'urwibutso rwabo aho hantu;
3:36 Kandi ko ashyira abanyamahanga aho bari hose, bakagabana
Ubutaka bwabo ku bupfindo.
3:37 Umwami afata kimwe cya kabiri cy'ingabo zisigaye, arigendera
Antiyokiya, umujyi we wibwami, umwaka ijana na mirongo ine na karindwi; no kugira
yambutse uruzi rwa Efurate, anyura mu bihugu byo hejuru.
3:38 Lusiya ahitamo Putolemeyi mwene Doryimeni, Nikanori na Gorigiya,
abantu bakomeye b'inshuti z'umwami:
3:39 Ajyana na bo yohereza abanyamaguru ibihumbi mirongo ine, n'ibihumbi birindwi
abanyamafarasi, kujya mu gihugu cya Yuda, no kurimbura, nk'umwami
yategetse.
3:40 Nuko barasohoka n'imbaraga zabo zose, baraza bashinga na Emmaus
mu gihugu gisanzwe.
3:41 Abacuruzi bo mu gihugu bumvise icyamamare cyabo, bafata ifeza
na zahabu cyane, hamwe nabakozi, baza mu nkambi kugura Uwiteka
abana ba Isiraheli kubacakara: imbaraga na Siriya ndetse nigihugu cya
Abafilisitiya bifatanya na bo.
3:42 Yuda na barumuna be babonye ko amakuba yagwiriye, kandi
ko ingabo zikambitse ku mipaka yabo: kuko bari babizi
uko umwami yari yarategetse kurimbura abantu, kandi rwose
kubikuraho;
3:43 Barabwirana bati: Reka dusubize amahirwe yacu yangiritse
bantu, kandi reka turwanire ubwoko bwacu nubuturo bwera.
3:44 Itorero riraterana, kugira ngo bitegure
kurugamba, kugirango basenge, basabe imbabazi n'imbabazi.
3:45 Yeruzalemu irambaraye nk'ubutayu, nta mwana we wari uhari
ryinjiye cyangwa risohoka: ahera na ho hakandaguwe, n'abanyamahanga
yagumanye imbaraga; abanyamahanga bari batuye aho hantu;
maze umunezero ukurwa kuri Yakobo, umuyoboro ucuranga inanga urahagarara.
3:46 Ni cyo cyatumye Abisiraheli bateranira hamwe, baraza
Masfa, hakurya ya Yeruzalemu; kuko i Maspha niho hantu bari
yasenze kera muri Isiraheli.
3:47 Uwo munsi biyiriza ubusa, bambara ibigunira, bajugunya ivu
imitwe yabo, bakodesha imyenda yabo,
3:48 Afungura igitabo cy'amategeko, aho abanyamahanga bashakaga
shushanya ibishusho byabo.
3:49 Bazana kandi imyenda y'abatambyi, n'imbuto za mbere, n'Uwiteka
icya cumi: n'Abanazazi barabyutsa, abarangije ibyabo
iminsi.
3:50 Bavuza induru n'ijwi rirenga berekeza mu ijuru, bati: "Tugire dute?"
kora ibi, kandi tuzabajyana he?
3:51 Ahera kawe harakandaguwe kandi karahumanye, kandi abatambyi bawe barimo
uburemere, kandi bwazanye hasi.
3:52 Dore abanyamahanga bateraniye hamwe kugira ngo baturimbure:
ibyo batekereza kuturwanya, urabizi.
3:53 Tuzashobora dute kubarwanya, keretse wowe Mana, utubere uwacu
ubufasha?
3:54 Bavuza impanda, bararira n'ijwi rirenga.
3:55 Nyuma y'ibyo, Yuda ategeka abatware ku bantu, ndetse n'abatware
hejuru y'ibihumbi, no hejuru ya magana, no hejuru ya mirongo itanu, na mirongo.
3:56 Ariko kubijyanye no kubaka amazu, cyangwa gusezerana nabagore, cyangwa
gutera imizabibu, cyangwa ubwoba, abo yategetse ko bagomba
garuka, umuntu wese mu rugo rwe, nk'uko amategeko abiteganya.
3:57 Inkambi irahaguruka, ihagarara mu majyepfo ya Emmausi.
3:58 Yuda ati: "Nimwitwaze, mube intwari, murebe ko muri."
mwiteguye kurwanya igitondo, kugira ngo murwane n'ayo mahanga,
ziteraniye hamwe kuturwanya no kurimbura ahera hacu:
3:59 Erega nibyiza ko dupfa kurugamba, kuruta kureba ibyago
y'ubwoko bwacu n'ahantu heranda.
3:60 Nyamara, nkuko ubushake bw'Imana buri mu ijuru, niko abikore.