1 Makabe
14: 1 Noneho mu mwaka wa magana atandatu na cumi na kabiri umwami Demetiri akoranya
ingabo ze hamwe, akajya mu Itangazamakuru kugirango amufashe kurwana
Kurwanya Terefone.
14: 2 Ariko Arsace, umwami w'u Buperesi n'Itangazamakuru, yumvise ko Demetiriyo yari
yinjira mu rubibe rwe, yohereza umwe mu batware be kumujyana
muzima:
3 Ninde wagiye gukubita ingabo za Demetiriyo, aramufata, aramuzana
kuri Arsaces, uwo yashyizwe mu cyumba.
4 Igihugu cya Yudaya cyari gituje iminsi yose ya Simoni. kuri we
yashakishije ibyiza by'igihugu cye mu bwenge, nk'ibihe byose
ubutware n'icyubahiro byabashimishije cyane.
14: 5 Kandi nk'uko yari afite icyubahiro mu bikorwa bye byose, ni ko byatumye afata Yopa
ahantu h'ubuhungiro, maze yinjirira mu birwa byo mu nyanja,
6 Yagura imbibi z'igihugu cye, agarura igihugu,
7 Akoranya iminyago myinshi, baraganje
ya Gazera, na Betsura, n'umunara, avanamo byose
umwanda, nta n'umwe wari uhari wamurwanyaga.
8 Baca barahinga ubutaka bwabo amahoro, isi imuha
kwiyongera, n'ibiti byo mu murima imbuto zabo.
14: 9 Abagabo ba kera bicaye mu mihanda, basangira ibyiza
ibintu, nabasore bambara imyenda yicyubahiro kandi imeze nkintambara.
Yahaye imigi ibyokurya, ayishyiramo uburyo bwose
amasasu, kugirango izina rye ryicyubahiro rizwi kugeza imperuka ya
isi.
Amahoro mu gihugu, Isiraheli yishima cyane:
12:12 Umuntu wese yicaye munsi yumuzabibu we nigiti cye cyumutini, ntihagira n'umwe uhari
kubatandukanya:
14:13 Nta n'umwe wasigaye mu gihugu ngo abarwanye: yego, Uwiteka
muri iyo minsi abami ubwabo barahiritswe.
14 Yakomeje ashimangira abo mu bwoko bwe bose bicishijwe bugufi:
amategeko yashakishije; n'umuntu wese wubahiriza amategeko n'ababi
umuntu yatwaye.
15:15 Yeza ubuturo bwera, agwiza ibikoresho byo mu rusengero.
14:16 Bimaze kumva i Roma, no muri Sparta, Yonatani yari
bapfuye, barababaye cyane.
14:17 Ariko bakimara kumva ko murumuna we Simoni yagizwe umutambyi mukuru
mu cyimbo cye, ategeka igihugu, n'imigi irimo:
14:18 Bamwandikira kumeza yumuringa, kugirango bavugurure ubucuti kandi
amasezerano bari baragiranye na Yuda na Yonatani barumuna be:
14:19 Ni izihe nyandiko zasomwe imbere y'itorero ry'i Yerusalemu.
14:20 Kandi iyi niyo kopi yinzandiko abo Lacedemoniya bohereje; Uwiteka
abategetsi b'Abalededoniya, hamwe n'umujyi, kwa Simoni umutambyi mukuru,
n'abakuru, abatambyi, n'ibisigisigi by'Abayahudi, abacu
bavandimwe, ohereza indamutso:
14:21 Abambasaderi boherejwe kubantu bacu batwemereye ibyawe
icyubahiro n'icyubahiro: niyo mpamvu twishimiye ukuza kwabo,
14:22 Yandika ibintu bavugiye mu nama y'abaturage
muri ubu buryo; Numeniyo mwene Antiyokusi, na Antipater mwene Jason,
ambasaderi w'Abayahudi, baza iwacu kuvugurura ubucuti bari bafitanye
hamwe natwe.
14:23 Kandi byashimishije abantu gushimisha abo bagabo mu cyubahiro, no gushira
kopi ya ambasade yabo mubyanditsweho, kugeza iherezo abantu ba
abanya Lacedemoniya barashobora kugira urwibutso rwarwo: ikindi dufite
yandikira kopi yacyo Simoni umutambyi mukuru.
14:24 Nyuma yibi Simoni yohereje Numeniyo i Roma afite ingabo nini ya zahabu a
ibiro ibihumbi pound kugirango yemeze shampiyona hamwe nabo.
14:25 Abantu bumvise, baravuga bati: "Turashimira iki?"
Simoni n'abahungu be?
26 Kuko we na barumuna be n'inzu ya se bashinze
Isiraheli, yirukana abanzi babo muri bo, arabyemeza
umudendezo wabo.
14:27 Noneho barabyandika mumeza yumuringa, bashira ku nkingi
umusozi Sion: kandi iyi niyo kopi yinyandiko; Umunsi wa cumi n'umunani wa
ukwezi Elul, mu ijana na mirongo itandatu na cumi na kabiri, kuba Uwiteka
umwaka wa gatatu wa Simoni umutambyi mukuru,
14:28 I Saramel mu itorero rinini ry'abatambyi, n'abantu, kandi
abategetsi b'igihugu, n'abakuru b'igihugu, bari ibyo bintu
twabimenyeshejwe.
14:29 Kenshi na kenshi habaye intambara mu gihugu, aho
kubungabunga ubuturo bwabo, n'amategeko, Simoni mwene
Matiyasi, wo mu rubyaro rwa Jarib, hamwe na barumuna be, bashyize
ubwabo bari mu kaga, no kurwanya abanzi b'igihugu cyabo barabikoze
igihugu cyabo icyubahiro cyinshi:
14:30 (Kuberako nyuma Yonatani, amaze gukoranya ubwoko bwe, kandi yabaye
umutambyi wabo mukuru, yongerewe mu bwoko bwe,
Abanzi babo biteguye gutera igihugu cyabo, kugira ngo barimbure
, hanyuma urambike ibiganza ahera:
14:32 Icyo gihe Simoni arahaguruka, arwanira ubwoko bwe, amara byinshi
y'ibintu bye bwite, kandi yitwaje intwari intwari z'igihugu cye aratanga
umushahara,
14:33 Akomeza imigi ya Yudaya, hamwe na Betura, iryamye
ku mipaka ya Yudaya, aho intwaro z'abanzi zari
mbere; ariko ahashinga ibirindiro by'Abayahudi:
14:34 Byongeye kandi akomeza Yopa, uryamye ku nyanja, na Gazera, ngo
ihana imbibi na Azoti, aho abanzi bari batuye mbere, ariko arashyira
Abayahudi bahari, babaha ibikoresho byose byoroheye Uwiteka
indishyi zayo.)
Abantu rero baririmbye ibikorwa bya Simoni, kandi ni ikihe cyubahiro
yatekereje kuzana ishyanga rye, amugira guverineri wabo n'umutambyi mukuru,
kuko yari yarakoze ibyo byose, n'ubutabera no kwizera
ibyo yabibitse mu gihugu cye, kandi kubwibyo yashakaga uburyo bwose
shyira hejuru ubwoko bwe.
14:36 Kuko mu gihe cye ibintu byateye imbere mu biganza bye, ku buryo abanyamahanga babayeho
bakuwe mu gihugu cyabo, ndetse n'abari mu mujyi wa Dawidi
i Yerusalemu, bari barigize umunara, bawuvamo,
kandi yanduye hirya no hino ahera, kandi ibabaza cyane ahera
ahantu:
14:37 Ariko ashyiramo Abayahudi. akanayishimangira umutekano wa
igihugu n'umujyi, bazamura inkike za Yeruzalemu.
14:38 Umwami Demetiriyo na we amwemeza mu butambyi bukuru nk'uko
ibyo bintu,
14:39 Amugira umwe mu ncuti ze, amwubaha cyane.
14:40 Kuko yari yarumvise bavuga, ko Abanyaroma bitaga Abayahudi inshuti zabo
n'abavandimwe n'abavandimwe; kandi ko bashimishije Uhoraho
abambasaderi ba Simoni mu cyubahiro;
14:41 Kandi Abayahudi n'abatambyi bishimiye ko Simoni agomba kuba
guverineri wabo n'umutambyi mukuru ubuziraherezo, kugeza igihe hazaduka a
umuhanuzi wizerwa;
14:42 Byongeye kandi, agomba kuba umutware wabo, kandi akayobora Uwiteka
ahera, kubashyira hejuru yimirimo yabo, no mugihugu, no hejuru
ibirwanisho, no hejuru y'ibihome, ngo, ndavuga, agomba gufata inshingano
ahera.
14:43 Usibye ibyo, kugira ngo yumvire abantu bose, kandi ko bose ari
inyandiko mu gihugu zigomba gukorwa mu izina rye, kandi ko agomba
wambare ibara ry'umuyugubwe, kandi wambare zahabu:
14:44 Kandi ko bikwiye ko hagira umuntu n'umwe cyangwa abapadiri bavunika
kimwe muri ibyo bintu, cyangwa gushaka amagambo ye, cyangwa guteranya iteraniro
mugihugu utamufite, cyangwa kwambara imyenda yisine, cyangwa kwambara indobo
ya zahabu;
14:45 Kandi umuntu wese ugomba gukora ukundi, cyangwa kumena kimwe muri ibyo, we
igomba guhanwa.
14:46 Nguko uko abantu bose bakundaga gukorana na Simoni, no gukora nk'uko byagenze
ati.
14:47 Simoni arabyemera, yishimira kuba umutambyi mukuru, kandi
umutware na guverineri w'Abayahudi n'abatambyi, no kubarengera bose.
14:48 Bategeka rero ko iyi nyandiko igomba gushyirwa mu meza y'umuringa,
kandi ko bigomba gushyirwaho muri compasse ahera muri a
ahantu hagaragara;
14:49 Kandi ko kopi zayo zigomba gushyirwa mububiko, kuri
nurangiza kugirango Simoni n'abahungu be babone.