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.