1 Makabe
8: 1 Yuda yumvise Abanyaroma, ko bakomeye kandi b'intwari
abagabo, kandi nkabashaka kwakira urukundo bose bifatanije nabo
bo, kandi mugirane ubwumvikane nibintu byose byabasanze;
8: 2 Kandi ko bari abantu b'intwari zikomeye. Yabwiwe kandi ibyabo
intambara n'ibikorwa byiza bari barakoze mu Bagalatiya, nuburyo
bari barabatsinze, babashyira mu misoro;
8: 3 Kandi ibyo bakoreye mugihugu cya Espagne, kugirango batsinde Uwiteka
ibirombe bya feza na zahabu bihari;
8: 4 Kandi ko kubera politiki yabo no kwihangana kwabo bigaruriye ahantu hose,
nubwo byari kure yabo; n'abami na bo baza kurwanya
bo kuva mu mpera z'isi, kugeza igihe batangiriye
bo, abaha guhirika bikomeye, ku buryo abasigaye babahaye
umusoro buri mwaka:
8: 5 Uretse ibyo, uko bari bameze nabi ku rugamba Filipo, na Perse,
umwami w'Abenegihugu, hamwe n'abandi bahagurukiye kubarwanya,
kandi yari yarabatsinze:
Nigute Antiyokiya umwami ukomeye wa Aziya, waje kubarwanya
ntambara, kugira inzovu ijana na makumyabiri, hamwe nabagendera ku mafarashi, na
amagare, n'ingabo zikomeye cyane, ntibigeze babuzwa amahwemo;
8: 7 Nukuntu bamutwaye ari bazima, basezerana ko we n'abami
nyuma ye agomba guha icyubahiro gikomeye, akanatanga ingwate, nicyo
byumvikanyweho,
8: 8 Nigihugu cyu Buhinde, Itangazamakuru na Lidiya nicyiza cyiza
bihugu, bamutwaye, baha Umwami Eumene:
8: 9 Byongeye kandi uburyo Abagereki bari biyemeje kuza kubatsemba;
8:10 Kandi ko, bafite ubumenyi bwabo bohereje kubarwanya runaka
capitaine, no kurwana nabo bishe benshi muribo, barabatwara
banyaga abagore babo n'abana babo, barabasahura, barafata
kwigarurira ibihugu byabo, no gukuramo ibirindiro byabo bikomeye, kandi
abazanira kuba abagaragu kugeza na n'ubu:
8:11 Yabwiwe usibye, uko barimbuye bakazana munsi yabo
kuganza ubundi bwami n'ibirwa byose igihe icyo aricyo cyose cyabarwanyaga;
8:12 Ariko hamwe ninshuti zabo kandi nkabishingikirije bakomeje kugirana ubucuti: kandi
ko batsinze ubwami haba kure cyane, hafi nkibyo byose
bumvise izina ryabo barabatinyaga:
8:13 Kandi ko, abo bazafasha mubwami, abo ngoma; na nde
na none barabishaka, barimura: amaherezo, ko bari benshi
yashyizwe hejuru:
8:14 Nyamara kuri ibyo byose, nta n'umwe muri bo wambaraga ikamba cyangwa ngo yambare ibara ry'umuyugubwe, kugeza
gukuzwa na byo:
8:15 Byongeye kandi uburyo bari barishyiriyeho inzu ya sena, aho batatu
abagabo ijana na makumyabiri bicaye mu nama buri munsi, bagisha inama buri gihe kuri
abantu, kugeza imperuka barashobora gutegekwa neza:
8:16 Kandi ko biyemeje guverinoma yabo umuntu umwe buri mwaka, ninde
yategekaga igihugu cyabo cyose, kandi ko bose bumviye uwo,
kandi ko nta ishyari cyangwa kwigana muri bo.
8:17 Urebye ibyo bintu, Yuda yahisemo Ewupolemu mwene Yohani,
mwene Accos, na Jason mwene Eleyazari, babohereza i Roma,
gukora ubumwe bwubwumvikane nubufatanye nabo,
8:18 Kandi kubasaba ko bazabakuramo ingogo; kuri bo
yabonye ko ubwami bw'Abagereki bwakandagiye Isiraheli n'ubucakara.
8:19 Baragenda rero bajya i Roma, urugendo rukomeye cyane, baraza
muri sena, aho bavugiye bakavuga.
8:20 Yuda Makabe hamwe na barumuna be, n'Abayahudi bohereje
natwe kuri wewe, kugira ngo tugirane ubumwe n'amahoro hamwe nawe, kandi tubishoboye
iyandikishe inshuti zawe n'inshuti.
8:21 Icyo kibazo rero cyashimishije Abanyaroma neza.
8:22 Kandi iyi niyo kopi yinzandiko sena yongeye kwandika
ameza y'umuringa, yoherezwa i Yerusalemu, kugira ngo bagereyo
ni urwibutso rw'amahoro n'ubufatanye:
8:23 Intsinzi nziza ku Baroma, no ku bwoko bw'Abayahudi, ku nyanja na
ku butaka ubuziraherezo: inkota n'umwanzi bibe kure yabo,
8:24 Niba haje kubaho intambara iyo ari yo yose ku Baroma cyangwa umwe muri bo
mu butegetsi bwabo bwose,
8:25 Ubwoko bw'Abayahudi buzabafasha, igihe cyagenwe,
n'umutima wabo wose:
8:26 Nta kintu na kimwe bazaha ikintu cyose kibatera kubarwanya, cyangwa
ubafashe ibiryo, intwaro, amafaranga, cyangwa amato, nkuko bigaragara ko ari byiza
ku Baroma; ariko bazubahiriza amasezerano yabo nta na kimwe bafashe
ikintu rero.
8:27 Muri ubwo buryo kandi, niba intambara ibaye iya mbere ku ishyanga ry'Abayahudi,
Abanyaroma bazabafasha n'umutima wabo wose, nkigihe
bazashyirwaho:
8:28 Nta nubwo indyo izahabwa abayigizemo uruhare, cyangwa
intwaro, cyangwa amafaranga, cyangwa amato, nkuko bigaragara ko ari byiza kubaroma; ariko
bazubahiriza amasezerano yabo, kandi ko nta buriganya.
8:29 Dukurikije izi ngingo Abanyaroma bagiranye isezerano na
ubwoko bw'Abayahudi.
8:30 Nubundi niba nyuma yumuburanyi umwe cyangwa undi batekereza guhura
ongeraho cyangwa ugabanye ikintu icyo aricyo cyose, barashobora kubikora uko bishakiye, kandi
ibyo bazongeraho cyangwa bakuramo byose bizemezwa.
8:31 Kandi nko gukora ku bibi Demetiriyo akorera Abayahudi, dufite
amwandikira ati: "Ni cyo cyatumye umutwaro wawe uremerera kuri twe
inshuti n'inshuti z'abayahudi?
8:32 Niba rero bakwitotombera, tuzabikora
ubutabera, kandi urwane nawe ku nyanja no ku butaka.