1 Makabe
Umwami wa Egiputa akoranya ingabo nyinshi, nk'umusenyi
aryamye ku nkombe y'inyanja, n'amato menshi, anyura mu buriganya
kubona ubwami bwa Alegizandere, no kuyihuza n'ubwiwe.
11: 2 Afata urugendo yerekeza muri Espanye mu mahoro, nk'uko nabo
imigi imukingurira, aramusanganira, kuko umwami Alegizandere yari afite
abategeka kubikora, kuko yari muramu we.
3 Putolemeyi yinjiye mu migi, ashyiramo buri wese muri bo a
garrison y'abasirikare kugirango bakomeze.
4 Ageze hafi ya Azoti, bamwereka urusengero rwa Dagoni
ibyo byatwitswe, na Azotusi no mu nkengero zacyo byarasenyutse,
n'imirambo yajugunywe mu mahanga kandi yari yatwitse muri
intambara; kuko bari barabakoze ibirundo mu nzira agomba kunyuramo.
5 Babwira umwami ibyo Yonatani yakoze byose, abigambiriye
ashobora kumushinja: ariko umwami araceceka.
6 Yonatani ahura n'umwami yishimye cyane i Yopa, aho basuhuza
umwe umwe, aracumbika.
7 Yonatani amaze kujyana n'umwami ku ruzi rwitwa
Eleutherus, asubira i Yeruzalemu.
11 Umwami Putolemeyi rero, amaze kwigarurira imigi ku Uwiteka
inyanja yerekeza muri Selewukiya ku nkombe z'inyanja, tekereza inama mbi zo kurwanya
Alexandre.
9 Awohereza abatumwa ku mwami Demetiriyo, ati: “Ngwino, reka.”
dukore amasezerano hagati yacu, nzaguha umukobwa wanjye uwo
Alegizandere afite, kandi uzategekera mu bwami bwa so:
11:10 Kuko nihannye ko namuhaye umukobwa wanjye, kuko yashakaga kunyica.
11 Nguko uko yamusebye, kuko yifuzaga ubwami bwe.
11:12 Ni cyo cyatumye amwambura umukobwa we, amuha Demetiriyo, na
yaretse Alexandre, kugirango urwango rwabo ruzamenyekane kumugaragaro.
11:13 Putolemeyi yinjira muri Antiyokiya, amwambika amakamba abiri
mutwe, ikamba rya Aziya, na Misiri.
11:14 Hagati aho, umwami Alegizandere muri Silisiya, kuko ibyo aribyo
yari atuye muri ibyo bice yari yarigometse kuri we.
15:15 Alegizandere abyumvise, aje kumurwanya
umwami Putolemeyi asohora ingabo ze, amusanganira n'imbaraga zikomeye,
aramuhunga.
11:16 Alegizandere ahungira muri Arabiya kugira ngo aburanire; ariko umwami Putolemeyi
yashyizwe hejuru:
11:17 Kubanga Zabdiyeli Umwarabu yakuye umutwe wa Alegizandere, awwohereza
Putolemee.
11:18 Umwami Putolemeyi na we apfa bukeye bwaho, n'abari muri Uhoraho
ibihome bikomeye byiciwe umwe umwe.
11:19 Muri ubwo buryo, Demetiriyo yategetse mu majana mirongo itatu na karindwi
umwaka.
11 Yonatani akoranya abari i Yudaya
fata umunara wari i Yerusalemu: akora moteri nyinshi zintambara
kubirwanya.
11:21 Hanyuma abantu batubaha Imana banga ubwoko bwabo, bajya kwa Uwiteka
umwami, amubwira ko Yonatani yagose umunara,
11:22 Amaze kubyumva, ararakara, ahita akuramo, araza
kuri Putolemeyi, yandikira Yonatani, ngo atagota
umunara, ariko ngwino uvugane nawe i Ptolémée yihuta cyane.
11:23 Yonatani abyumvise, ategeka kugota
na n'ubu: ahitamo bamwe mu bakuru ba Isiraheli n'abatambyi, kandi
yishyire mu kaga;
11:24 Afata ifeza, zahabu, imyambaro, n'impano zitandukanye, kandi
yagiye kwa Putolemeyi ku mwami, aho yamugiriye neza.
11:25 Nubwo abantu bamwe batubaha Imana bari bareze
we,
11:26 Nyamara umwami amwinginga nkuko abamubanjirije babigenzaga mbere, kandi
yamuzamuye imbere yinshuti ze zose,
27:27 Amwemeza mu butambyi bukuru, no mu cyubahiro cyose ko ari
yari afite mbere, kandi amuha umwanya wa mbere mu nshuti ze nkuru.
Yonatani yifuza umwami, kugira ngo akure Yudaya
amakoro, kimwe na guverinoma eshatu, hamwe n'igihugu cya Samariya; na
yamusezeranije impano magana atatu.
11:29 Umwami arabyemera, yandikira Yonatani amabaruwa muri ibyo byose
ibintu nyuma yubu buryo:
11:30 Umwami Demetiriyo abwira murumuna we Yonatani, n'ishyanga ry'igihugu
Abayahudi, bohereza indamutso:
11:31 Turaboherereje hano kopi yibaruwa twandikiye mubyara wacu
Lasthenes kukwerekeye, kugirango ubone.
11:32 Umwami Demetiriyo kwa se Lasthenes yoherereje indamutso:
11:33 Twiyemeje kugirira neza ubwoko bw'Abayahudi, abacu
nshuti, kandi ukomeze amasezerano natwe, kubera ubushake bwabo bwiza
twe.
11:34 Ni yo mpamvu twabemereye imbibi za Yudaya, hamwe n'Uwiteka
guverinoma eshatu za Apherema na Lydda na Ramathem, zongeyeho
Kuri Yudaya ukomoka mu gihugu cya Samariya, n'ibintu byose bifitanye isano
bo, kubantu bose batamba ibitambo i Yerusalemu, aho kwishyura
ibyo umwami yabakiriye buri mwaka mbere yimbuto za
isi n'ibiti.
11:35 Naho ku bindi bintu byacu, icya cumi n'imigenzo
bitureba, kimwe n'umunyu, n'imisoro yikamba, aribyo
tubikesha, turabasezerera bose kugirango baborohereze.
11:36 Kandi nta kintu na kimwe kizavaho kuva icyo gihe cyose.
11:37 Noneho rero, urebe ko ukora kopi yibi bintu, ukabireka
yashyikirijwe Yonatani, ashyira ku musozi wera ku buryo bugaragara
ikibanza.
11:38 Nyuma y'ibyo, umwami Demetiriyo abonye ko igihugu gituje imbere ye,
kandi ko nta barwanyi bamurwanyije, yohereje ibye byose
imbaraga, buriwese kumwanya we, usibye udutsiko tumwe na tumwe twabantu batazi,
uwo yari yakusanyije mu birwa by'amahanga: ni yo mpamvu Uwiteka
ingabo za ba sekuruza zaramwangaga.
11:39 Byongeye kandi, hariho Tryphon umwe, wari mu gice cya Alegizandere,
ninde, abonye ko abashyitsi bose bitotombera Demetiriyo, yagiye
Simalcue Umwarabu wareze Antiyokusi umuhungu muto wa
Alexandre,
11:40 Kandi aramuryamisha kugira ngo amurokore uyu musore Antiyokusi, kugira ngo ashobore
Ganza mu cyimbo cya se: amubwira ibyo byose Demetiriyo
yari yarakoze, n'uburyo abantu be b'intambara bamwangaga, kandi niho we
yagumye igihe kirekire.
Hagati aho, Yonatani yoherereza umwami Demetiriyo, kugira ngo atere
iz'umunara uva i Yerusalemu, ndetse n'abari mu bigo:
kuko barwanye na Isiraheli.
11:42 Demetiriyo yoherereza Yonatani ati: "Sinzabikora gusa."
wowe n'ubwoko bwawe, ariko nzakubaha cyane n'igihugu cyawe, niba
amahirwe yo gukorera.
11:43 Noneho rero, uzakora neza, uramutse unyohereje abantu ngo bamfashe; Kuri
ingabo zanjye zose zagiye kure yanjye.
11:44 Yonatani amwoherereza Antiyokiya abantu ibihumbi bitatu bakomeye: kandi
Bageze ku mwami, umwami yishimira cyane ukuza kwabo.
11:45 Ariko abari mu mujyi bateraniye hamwe muri Uhoraho
rwagati mu mujyi, kugeza ku bihumbi ijana na makumyabiri,
kandi yaba yarishe umwami.
11:46 Ni cyo cyatumye umwami ahungira mu gikari, ariko bo mu mujyi bakomeza Uwiteka
ibice by'umujyi, batangira kurwana.
11:47 Umwami ahamagara Abayahudi ngo bamutabare, baza aho ari hose
rimwe, no gutatanya mu mujyi bishe uwo munsi muri
umujyi kugeza ku bihumbi ijana.
11:48 Batwika umujyi, batwara iminyago myinshi uwo munsi, kandi
yarokoye umwami.
11:49 Bamaze kubona uwo mujyi babonye ko Abayahudi babonye umujyi uko bari
babishaka, ubutwari bwabo bwaragabanutse: niyo mpamvu basabye Uwiteka
umwami, ararira, avuga ati:
11:50 Duhe amahoro, kandi Abayahudi bareke kudutera no mu mujyi.
11:51 Bajugunya intwaro zabo, bagira amahoro; n'Abayahudi
bubashywe imbere y'umwami, no imbere y'ibyo byose
bari mu bwami bwe; basubira i Yeruzalemu, bafite iminyago myinshi.
11:52 Umwami Demetiriyo yicara ku ntebe y'ubwami bwe, igihugu cyari
ceceka imbere ye.
11:53 Nyamara yitandukanije mubyo yavugaga byose, aratandukana
ubwe ukomoka kuri Yonatani, nta nubwo yamuhembye akurikije inyungu
ibyo yari yaramwakiriye, ariko bimubabaza cyane.
11:54 Nyuma yo kugaruka Tryphon, hamwe na we umwana muto Antiyokusi, ninde
yimye ingoma, kandi yambikwa ikamba.
11:55 Bamuteranya n'abantu bose b'intambara, Demetiriyo yari yashyize
kure, barwana na Demetiriyo, amutera umugongo arahunga.
11:56 Byongeye kandi, Tryphon yafashe inzovu, atsinda Antiyokiya.
11:57 Muri icyo gihe, Antiyokusi akiri muto yandikira Yonatani, ati: Ndakwemereye
mu butambyi bukuru, akagushiraho umutware kuri bane
guverinoma, no kuba umwe mu nshuti z'umwami.
11:58 Amaze kumwoherereza inzabya zahabu kugira ngo ayikoremo, aramuha uruhushya
kunywa muri zahabu, no kwambara ibara ry'umuyugubwe, no kwambara zahabu
buckle.
11:59 Murumuna we Simoni na we agize umutware kuva aho bita urwego
ya Tiro kugera ku mbibi za Misiri.
Yonatani arasohoka, anyura mu migi yo hakurya ya
amazi, n'ingabo zose za Siriya ziramwegera
mumufashe: ageze i Asikaloni, bo mu mujyi baramusanganira
mu cyubahiro.
Kuva aho yagiye i Gaza, ariko bo muri Gaza baramufunga; Ni yo mpamvu
aragota, atwika inkengero zawo umuriro, kandi
yarabasahuye.
11:62 Nyuma yaho, igihe bo muri Gaza basengaga Yonatani, arasenga
amahoro nabo, bajyana abahungu b'abatware babo ho ingwate, kandi
abohereza i Yeruzalemu, banyura mu gihugu bajya i Damasiko.
11:63 Yonatani yumvise ko abatware ba Demetiriyo baza i Kadezi,
iri muri Galilaya, n'imbaraga nini, igamije kumukuraho
igihugu,
11:64 Ajya kubasanganira, asiga Simoni murumuna we mu gihugu.
11:65 Simoni akambika i Betsura, ayirwanya igihe kirekire
igihe, hanyuma ukayifunga:
11:66 Ariko bifuzaga kugirana amahoro na we, arabaha, hanyuma
babirukana aho, bafata umujyi, bashiramo ibirindiro.
11:67 Na Yonatani n'umutware we, bashinze amazi ya Gennesari,
kuva aho betimes mugitondo babateranya mukibaya cya Nasor.
11:68 Dore ingabo z'abanyamahanga zabasanze mu kibaya, bafite
bashira abantu bamutegeye kumusozi, baza hejuru
kumurwanya.
11:69 Nuko abaryamye mu gico bahaguruka mu bibanza byabo, bifatanya
intambara, abari mu ruhande rwa Yonatani bose barahunze;
11:70 Kubera ko nta n'umwe muri bo wasigaye, uretse Matiyasi mwene
Abusalomu na Yuda mwene Kalifi, abatware b'ingabo.
11:71 Yonatani ashishimura imyenda ye, ayijugunya isi ku mutwe, kandi
yarasenze.
11:72 Nyuma yongeye guhindukira ku rugamba, arabahunga, na bo
yahunze.
11:73 Abantu be bahunze babibonye, barahindukira
we, hamwe na we abakurikirana kuri Cade, ndetse no mu mahema yabo, kandi
bakambika aho.
11:74 Uwo munsi rero hicwa abanyamahanga bagera ku bihumbi bitatu:
ariko Yonatani asubira i Yeruzalemu.