1 Makabe
15: 1 Byongeye kandi, Antiyokusi mwene Demetiriyo umwami yohereje amabaruwa avuye mu birwa
y'inyanja kuri Simoni umutambyi n'umutware w'Abayahudi, no kuri bose
abantu;
15: 2 Ibirimo byari bikubiyemo: Umwami Antiyokusi kwa Simoni umutambyi mukuru
n'umutware w'igihugu cye, n'ubwoko bw'Abayahudi, muramutsa:
15: 3 Nkuko abantu bamwe b'ibyorezo bigaruriye ubwami bwacu
ba se, kandi intego yanjye ni ukongera kuyirwanya, kugirango nsubireyo
ku isambu ishaje, kandi kuri iyo ntego yakusanyije abanyamahanga benshi
abasirikare hamwe, bategura amato y'intambara;
15: 4 Icyo nshaka kuvuga ni ukunyura mu gihugu, kugira ngo nihorere
muri bo barayisenye, bakora imigi myinshi mu bwami
ubutayu:
15: 5 Noneho rero ndakwemereye amaturo yose abami
mbere yanjye naguhaye, n'impano zose usibye ko batanze.
15: 6 Ndaguhaye ikiruhuko kugira ngo uhishe amafaranga igihugu cyawe hamwe n'igihugu cyawe
kashe.
7 Ku byerekeye Yerusalemu n'ahantu heranda, nibibohore; na byose
ibirwanisho wakoze, n'ibihome wubatse, kandi
uzigame mu biganza byawe, nibagume kuri wewe.
15: 8 Kandi niba hari ikintu kibaye, cyangwa kizaba, kubera umwami, kibabarirwe
kuva icyo gihe cyose.
15: 9 Byongeye kandi, nitumara kubona ubwami bwacu, tuzakubaha, kandi
ishyanga ryanyu, n'urusengero rwawe, n'icyubahiro cyinshi, kugira ngo icyubahiro cyawe kibe
kumenyekana kwisi yose.
15:10 Mu myaka ijana na mirongo itandatu na cumi na kane yagiye Antiyokusi muri
igihugu cya ba sekuruza: icyo gihe ingabo zose zishyira hamwe
we, ku buryo bake basigaye hamwe na Tryphon.
15:11 Ni cyo cyatumye umwami Antiyokiya akurikiranwa, ahungira i Dora, ari na we
aryamye ku nyanja:
15:12 Yabonye ko ibibazo bimugwirira icyarimwe, n'ingabo ze
yari yaramutaye.
15:13 Hanyuma bakambika Antiyokusi kurwanya Dora, bajyana na ijana na
ibihumbi makumyabiri by'intambara, n'abagendera ku mafarasi ibihumbi umunani.
15:14 Amaze kuzenguruka umujyi, azenguruka amato hafi
mu mujyi uri ku nyanja, yababaje umujyi ku butaka no ku nyanja,
nta nubwo yigeze yemerera umuntu gusohoka cyangwa kwinjira.
15:15 Hagati aho, Numenius na bagenzi be bavuye i Roma, bafite
amabaruwa yandikiwe abami n'ibihugu; aho handitswe ibi bintu:
15:16 Lucius, umujyanama w’Abaroma ku mwami Putolemeyi, aramutsa:
15:17 Abambasaderi b'Abayahudi, inshuti zacu n'incuti zacu, baradusanze
vugurura ubucuti bwa kera na ligue, woherejwe na Simoni muremure
umutambyi, no mu bwoko bw'Abayahudi:
15:18 Bazana ingabo ya zahabu y'ibiro igihumbi.
15:19 Twatekereje ko ari byiza rero kwandikira abami n'ibihugu, ngo
Ntibagomba kubagirira nabi, cyangwa kubarwanya, imigi yabo, cyangwa
bihugu, cyangwa nyamara gufasha abanzi babo kubarwanya.
15:20 Byasaga naho ari byiza kuri twe kwakira ingabo yabo.
15:21 Niba rero hari abagenzi b'ibyorezo bahunze ababo
Igihugu kuri wewe, ubashyikirize Simoni umutambyi mukuru, kugira ngo abone
kubahana bakurikije amategeko yabo bwite.
Ibintu nk'ibyo yandikira Demetiriyo umwami, na Attalusi,
Kuri Ariarathes, na Arsaces,
15:23 No mu bihugu byose no kuri Sampsames, na Lacedemoniya, no kuri
Delus, na Myndus, na Sicyoni, na Kariya, na Samos, na Pamfiliya, na
Lusiya, na Halikarnasi, na Rodusi, na Aradusi, na Cos, na Side, na
Aradus, na Gortyna, na Cnido, na Kupuro, na Cyrene.
Kopi yandikira Simoni umutambyi mukuru.
15:25 Umwami Antiyokusi akambika Dora ku munsi wa kabiri, aratera
ubudahwema, no gukora moteri, bivuze ko yafunze Tryphon, ibyo
ntiyashoboraga gusohoka cyangwa kwinjira.
15:26 Icyo gihe Simoni amwoherereza abantu ibihumbi bibiri batoranijwe kumufasha; ifeza
na zahabu, n'intwaro nyinshi.
15:27 Nyamara ntiyabyakira, ahubwo yishe amasezerano yose
ibyo yari yarakoranye na we mbere, bikamubera igitangaza.
15:28 Byongeye kandi, amwoherereza Atenobius, umwe mu ncuti ze, kugira ngo asabane
hamwe na we, maze uvuge uti: Mwahagaritse Yopa na Gazera; n'umunara uri
i Yerusalemu, iyo ikaba ari imigi yo mu bwami bwanjye.
15:29 Imipaka yacyo wayapfushije ubusa, kandi wagiriye nabi cyane mu gihugu, kandi
yabonye ubutware bwahantu henshi mubwami bwanjye.
15:30 Noneho mutange imigi mwafashe, n'imisoro
by'ahantu, aho wabonye ubutware nta mbibi za
Yudaya:
15:31 Cyangwa ubundi umpe impano magana atanu ya feza; na Kuri
kugirira nabi ibyo wakoze, n'amakoro y'imijyi, andi atanu
impano ijana: niba atari byo, tuzaza kukurwanya
15:32 Atenobiya rero inshuti y'umwami i Yeruzalemu, abonye Uwiteka
icyubahiro cya Simoni, n'akabati ka zahabu na feza, n'ibikomeye
kwitabira, aratangara, amubwira ubutumwa bw'umwami.
15:33 Simoni aramusubiza, aramubwira ati: "Ntabwo twafashe undi."
ubutaka bwabantu, cyangwa ngo ufate ibyerekeranye nabandi, ariko
umurage wa ba sogokuruza, abanzi bacu bari bafite nabi
gutunga igihe runaka.
15:34 Niyo mpamvu, dufite amahirwe, dufite umurage wa ba sogokuruza.
15:35 Mugihe usaba Yopa na Gazera, nubwo bagiriye nabi cyane
kubantu bo mugihugu cyacu, nyamara tuzaguha impano ijana
kuri bo. Hano Athenobius ntiyamushubije;
15:36 Ariko agarukira umwami arakaye, amumenyesha ibyo
disikuru, n'icyubahiro cya Simoni, n'ibyo yabonye byose:
Umwami ararakara cyane.
Hagati aho, yahunze Tryphon mu bwato yerekeza muri Orthosias.
15:38 Umwami agira Cendebeus umutware w'inyanja, amuha an
ingabo z'abanyamaguru n'abagendera ku mafarashi,
15:39 Amutegeka kuvana ingabo ziwe kuri Yudaya; amutegeka
kubaka Cedroni, no gushimangira amarembo, no kurwanya Uwiteka
abantu; ariko ku mwami ubwe, yakurikiranye Tryphon.
15:40 Cendebeus rero agera i Jamnia atangira gushotora abantu no
gutera Yudaya, no gufata abantu imbohe, no kubica.
15:41 Amaze kubaka Cedrou, ahashyira abanyamafarasi, n'ingabo nyinshi
ibirenge, kugeza kurangiza ko gutanga bashobora gukora inzira kuri
inzira za Yudaya, nk'uko umwami yari yaramutegetse.