1 Makabe
7: 1 Mu mwaka ijana na mirongo itanu Demetiriyo mwene Selewusi
ava i Roma, azana n'abantu bake mu mujyi w'inyanja
inkombe, maze aganayo.
7: 2 Yinjira mu ngoro y'abasekuruza be, ni ko byari ibye
ingabo zari zafashe Antiyokusi na Liziya, kugira ngo zimuzanire.
7: 3 Ni cyo cyatumye abimenya, aravuga ati 'Reka ndebe mu maso habo.
4 Ingabo ziwe zirabica. Noneho igihe Demetiriyo yimikwa ku ntebe ye
ubwami,
5 Abagabo ba Isiraheli bose babi kandi batubaha Imana, bafite
Alcimus, wifuzaga kuba umutambyi mukuru, kubatware babo:
6: 6 Bashinja abantu umwami, bati: “Yuda n'abavandimwe be
Twishe inshuti zawe zose, kandi utwirukana mu gihugu cyacu.
7: 7 Noneho ohereza umuntu wizeye, hanyuma ugende urebe
Yateje ibyago muri twe, no mu gihugu cy'umwami, aramureka
kubahana hamwe nababafasha bose.
7: 8 Umwami ahitamo Bakidide, inshuti y'umwami, wategekaga hakurya
umwuzure, kandi yari umuntu ukomeye mu bwami, kandi wizerwa ku mwami,
9: 9 Awohereza hamwe na wa mubi Alcimusi, amugira umutambyi mukuru, kandi
yategetse ko yihorera abana ba Isiraheli.
7:10 Baragenda, baza bafite imbaraga nyinshi mu gihugu cya Yudaya,
aho bohereje intumwa kuri Yuda na barumuna be amahoro
amagambo kubeshya.
11 Ariko ntibumvira amagambo yabo; kuko babonye ko baje
n'imbaraga nyinshi.
7:12 Hanyuma bateranira kuri Alikimu na Bakidide, itsinda ry'abanditsi,
gusaba ubutabera.
7:13 Noneho Abanyasideya babaye aba mbere mu bana ba Isiraheli ko
yashakaga amahoro muri bo:
7:14 Kuberako bavugaga bati: Umwe ari umutambyi w'urubyaro rwa Aroni azanye
izi ngabo, kandi nta kibi azadukorera.
7:15 Nuko ababwira amahoro, arabasezeranya ati: "Tuzabikora."
kugura ibyangiritse haba muri mwe cyangwa inshuti zawe.
7:16 Ni ho bamwizeye: nubwo yabatwaye abagabo mirongo itandatu, kandi
yabishe umunsi umwe, ukurikije amagambo yanditse,
7:17 Bajugunye umubiri w'abatagatifu bawe, n'amaraso yabo barayafite
yasesekaye hafi ya Yeruzalemu, kandi nta n'umwe wabashyinguye.
7:18 Ni cyo cyatumye abantu bose bababwira bati:
Nta kuri cyangwa gukiranuka kurimo; kuko bavunitse
isezerano n'indahiro bagiranye.
7:19 Inyuma y'ivyo, akura Bakidide i Yeruzalemu, ashinga amahema ye
Bezeth, aho yohereje atwara benshi mu bagabo bari bamutaye,
na bamwe mu bantu na bo, amaze kubica, arabaterera
mu rwobo runini.
7:20 Hanyuma yegurira igihugu Alikimu, asigarana na we imbaraga
mumutabare: nuko Bakidide yagiye ku mwami.
7:21 Ariko Alcimusi yarwaniye ubutambyi bukuru.
7:22 Na we yitabaza abantu bose bahangayikishije abantu, nyuma yabo
yari yarabonye igihugu cya Yuda mububasha bwabo, byababaje cyane muri Isiraheli.
7:23 Yuda abonye ibibi byose Alikimu na bagenzi be bagize
bikozwe mu Bisiraheli, ndetse no hejuru y'amahanga,
7:24 Asohoka mu mpande zose za Yudaya hirya no hino, arihorera
muri bo bari barigometse kuri we, ku buryo batinyuka gusohoka
mu gihugu.
7:25 Ku rundi ruhande, Alukimu abonye Yuda na bagenzi be bafite
yabonye imbaraga, kandi yari azi ko adashobora kubahiriza ibyabo
mbaraga, yongera kujya ku mwami, avuga ibibi muri bo ko ari we
.
7:26 Umwami yohereza Nikanori, umwe mu batware be b'icyubahiro, umuntu
banga Isiraheli banga urunuka, bategetse kurimbura abantu.
7:27 Nikanori rero agera i Yerusalemu afite imbaraga nyinshi; yohereza kuri Yuda na
barumuna be kubeshya n'amagambo ya gicuti, bavuga,
7:28 Ntihakabe intambara hagati yanjye nawe; Nzazana n'abagabo bake,
kugira ngo nkubone mu mahoro.
7:29 Yaje kwa Yuda, basuhuzanya amahoro.
Nubwo abanzi bari biteguye gukuraho Yuda urugomo.
Ni ikihe kintu Yuda yari amaze kumenya, ko yaje iwe
n'uburiganya, yaramutinyaga cyane, kandi ntazongera kubona mu maso he.
7:31 Nikanori, abonye ko inama ye yavumbuwe, arasohoka
kurwana na Yuda iruhande rwa Capharsalama:
7:32 Aho hiciwe uruhande rwa Nikanori abantu bagera ku bihumbi bitanu, kandi
abasigaye bahungira mu mujyi wa Dawidi.
7:33 Nyuma y'ibyo, Nikanori azamuka umusozi wa Siyoni, havamo Uwiteka
ahera bamwe mu bapadiri na bamwe mu bakuru b'Uwiteka
abantu, kumusuhuza amahoro, no kumwereka igitambo cyoswa
ibyo byatangwaga ku mwami.
7:34 Ariko arabashinyagurira, arabaseka, abahohotera isoni, kandi
vuga wishimye,
7:35 Ararahira uburakari bwe, agira ati: "Keretse niba Yuda n'umutware we batakiriho."
nashyikirijwe amaboko yanjye, niba narongeye kugaruka mu mutekano, nzashya
iyi nzu: nuko arasohoka ararakara cyane.
7:36 Abatambyi barinjira, bahagarara imbere y'urutambiro n'urusengero,
kurira, akavuga ati,
7:37 Wowe, Mwami, wahisemo iyi nzu izitwa izina ryawe, kandi
ube inzu y'amasengesho kandi usabe ubwoko bwawe:
7:38 Ihorere uyu mugabo n'ingabo ze, nibagwe ku nkota:
ibuka gutukana kwabo, kandi ubareke ngo batagikomeza.
Nikanori asohoka i Yeruzalemu, ashinga amahema ye i Bethoroni,
aho umushyitsi uturutse muri Siriya yamusanze.
7:40 Ariko Yuda ashinga Adasa ari kumwe n'abantu ibihumbi bitatu, arahasengera,
kuvuga,
7:41 Uwiteka, igihe abatumwe n'umwami w'Abashuri
gutuka, marayika wawe arasohoka, akubita ijana na mirongo ine na
ibihumbi bitanu muri byo.
7:42 Ndetse rero urimbure iyi ngabo imbere yacu uyumunsi, kugirango abasigaye babone
menya ko yavuze nabi Imana yawe, kandi ucire urubanza
uri we ukurikije ububi bwe.
7:43 Nuko umunsi wa cumi na gatatu w'ukwezi Adari ingabo zinjira mu ntambara: ariko
Umucumbitsi wa Nikanor ntiyigeze amererwa nabi, kandi we ubwe yiciwe bwa mbere muri
intambara.
7:44 Abacumbitsi ba Nikanori babonye ko yiciwe, barirukana
intwaro, arahunga.
7:45 Hanyuma babakurikira urugendo rw'umunsi, kuva Adasa kugera i Gazera,
kuvuza induru nyuma yabo n'inzamba zabo.
Bavuye mu migi yose ya Yudaya hirya no hino, kandi
yabafunze; ku buryo bo, bahindukiriye ababakurikiranye,
bose bishwe inkota, kandi nta n'umwe muri bo wasigaye.
7:47 Nyuma yaho, bafata iminyago, n'umuhigo, bakubita Nikanors
mutwe, n'ukuboko kwe kw'iburyo, arambura ishema cyane, akazana
barabajyana, babamanika berekeza i Yeruzalemu.
7:48 Ni cyo cyatumye abantu bishima cyane, bakomeza uwo munsi ku munsi
y'ibyishimo byinshi.
7:49 Byongeye kandi, bashizeho kugumana buri mwaka uyumunsi, kuba cumi na gatatu
Adar.
7:50 Gutyo, igihugu ca Yuda cari kiruhutse umwanya muto.