1 Makabe
16: 1 Hanyuma haza Yohana avuye i Gazera, abwira se Simoni icyo Cendebeyo
yari yarakoze.
2 Ni cyo cyatumye Simoni ahamagara abahungu be bakuru bombi, Yuda na Yohana, baravuga
Kuri bo, njye n'abavandimwe, n'inzu ya data, kuva kera
urubyiruko kugeza na n'ubu rwarwanye n'abanzi ba Isiraheli; n'ibintu
twateye imbere cyane mu biganza byacu, ku buryo twakijije Isiraheli
Kenshi.
16: 3 Ariko ubu ndashaje, kandi mwebwe ku bw'imbabazi z'Imana, mufite imyaka ihagije: mube
mu mwanya wanjye na murumuna wanjye, genda urwanire igihugu cyacu, na
imfashanyo ivuye mwijuru ibane nawe.
4 Nuko atoranya mu gihugu abantu ibihumbi makumyabiri barwana n'amafarasi,
wasohotse kurwanya Cendebeus, aruhukira muri Modin.
5: 5 Babyutse mu gitondo, binjira mu kibaya, dore, a
Ingabo zikomeye zikomeye zaba amaguru n'abagendera ku mafarashi baza kubarwanya:
nonese hariho umugezi wamazi hagati yabo.
6 Nuko we n'abantu be barabahagurukira, abonye Uwiteka
abantu batinyaga kwambuka umugezi wamazi, yabanje hejuru
ubwe, hanyuma abagabo bamubonye banyuze inyuma ye.
7: 7 Ibyo birangiye, agabanya abantu be, ashyira abanyamafarasi hagati ya
ibirenge: kuberako abanyamafarasi b'abanzi bari benshi cyane.
8 Bavuza impanda zera: Cendebeus na we
umushyitsi yashyizwe mu ndege, ku buryo benshi muri bo bishwe, na
abasigaye barabatwara kugirango bakomere.
9 Muri icyo gihe murumuna wa Yuda yakomeretse; ariko Yohana aracyakurikira
nyuma yabo, kugeza ageze i Cedron, Cendebeus yari yarubatse.
16:10 Nuko bahungira mu minara yo mu murima wa Azoti; Ni yo mpamvu
ayitwika n'umuriro: ku buryo hapfuye abagera ku bihumbi bibiri
abagabo. Nyuma asubira mu gihugu cya Yudaya amahoro.
16:11 Byongeye kandi, mu kibaya cya Yeriko, Putolemeyi mwene Abubusi yaremye
umutware, kandi yari afite ifeza na zahabu byinshi:
16:12 Kuko yari umukwe w'umutambyi mukuru.
16:13 Ni yo mpamvu umutima we washyizwe hejuru, yatekereje kugeza igihugu
ubwe, nuko agisha inama abeshya Simoni n'abahungu be
kubatsemba.
16:14 Simoni asura imigi yari mu gihugu, arafata
kwita kuri gahunda nziza yabo; Icyo gihe aramanuka
i Yeriko hamwe n'abahungu be, Matiyasi na Yuda, mu ijana
mirongo itatu na cumi na karindwi, mukwezi kwa cumi na rimwe, bita Sabat:
16:15 Aho umuhungu wa Abubusi yabakiriye abigiranye uburiganya,
yitwa Docus, yari yarubatse, yabagize ibirori bikomeye: nubwo we
yari yarahishe abantu.
16:16 Simoni n'abahungu be basinze cyane, Putolemeyi n'abantu be barahaguruka
hejuru, bafata intwaro zabo, baza kuri Simoni mu birori
umwanya, aramwica, n'abahungu be bombi, na bamwe mu bagaragu be.
16:17 Muri ibyo, yakoze ubuhemu bukomeye, kandi yishyura ibibi
byiza.
16:18 Putolemeyi yandika ibyo bintu, yoherereza umwami, kugira ngo abikore
mumwohereze umushyitsi kumufasha, kandi azamugezaho igihugu kandi
imigi.
16:19 Yohereza kandi abandi i Gazera kwica Yohana, no mu nkiko
yohereje amabaruwa ngo aze aho ari, kugira ngo abahe ifeza, na zahabu,
n'ibihembo.
16:20 Abandi yohereza gufata Yeruzalemu, n'umusozi w'urusengero.
16:21 Umuntu umwe yirukiye i Gazera, abwira Yohana ko se na
abavandimwe barishwe, kandi, Putolemeyi yohereje kukwica
na.
16:22 Amaze kubyumva, aratangara cyane, nuko abarambikaho ibiganza
abaje kumurimbura, barabica; kuko yari azi ko
yashakaga kumwirukana.
16:23 Kubijyanye nibindi bikorwa bya Yohana, nintambara ze, kandi birakwiriye
ibikorwa yakoze, no kubaka inkuta yakoze, n'ibye
gukora,
16:24 Dore ibyo byanditswe mu mateka y'ubusaserdoti bwe, uhereye kuri Uwiteka
igihe yagizwe umutambyi mukuru nyuma ya se.