2 Makabe
1: 1 Bavandimwe, Abayahudi bari i Yerusalemu no mu gihugu cya Yudaya,
kwifuriza abavandimwe, abayahudi bari muri Egiputa ubuzima bwiza kandi
amahoro:
1: 2 Imana ikugirire neza, kandi wibuke isezerano yagiranye
Aburahamu, Isaka, na Yakobo, abagaragu be b'indahemuka;
1: 3 Kandi ubahe umutima wose wo kumukorera, no gukora ibyo ashaka, ibyiza
ubutwari n'ubwenge bushaka;
Fungura imitima yawe mu mategeko ye no mu mategeko ye, kandi ubohereze amahoro,
1: 5 Kandi wumve amasengesho yawe, kandi ubane nawe, ntuzigere ugutererana
igihe cy'amakuba.
1: 6 Noneho turi hano turagusengera.
Ni ikihe gihe Demetiriyo yategetse, mu myaka mirongo itatu n'icyenda
mwaka, twe abayahudi twabandikiye mubibazo bikomeye byaje
kuri twe muri iyo myaka, guhera igihe Jason na kumwe na we
yigometse mu gihugu cyera n'ubwami,
1: 8 Atwika ibaraza, amena amaraso y'inzirakarengane, hanyuma dusenga Uwiteka
Nyagasani, barumvwa; twatanze kandi ibitambo nifu nziza, kandi
acana amatara, ashyiraho imigati.
1: 9 Noneho reba ko ukomeza umunsi mukuru w'ihema mu kwezi kwa Casleu.
1:10 Mu mwaka wa magana ane na munani, abantu bari kuri
Yeruzalemu no muri Yudaya, hamwe ninama, na Yuda, bohereza indamutso kandi
ubuzima kuri Arisitobulusi, umutware w'umwami Ptolémée, wari mu bubiko bwa
abatambyi basizwe, hamwe n'Abayahudi bari muri Egiputa:
1:11 Nkuko Imana yadukijije akaga gakomeye, turamushimira
cyane, nko kuba yarwanye n'umwami.
1:12 Kubirukana abarwanirira mu murwa mutagatifu.
1:13 Kuberako umuyobozi yinjiye mu Buperesi, n'ingabo hamwe na we
wasaga nkudatsindwa, biciwe mu rusengero rwa Nanea kubera uburiganya
y'abatambyi ba Naneya.
1:14 Kuberako Antiyokusi, nkaho azamurongora, yaje aho hantu, kandi
inshuti ze zari kumwe na we, kwakira amafaranga mu izina ry'ubukwe.
1:15 Ibyo abatambyi ba Naneya bahagurukiye, yinjira hamwe na
itsinda rito muri compas yurusengero, bafunga urusengero nk
Antiyokusi akimara kwinjira:
1:16 Bakingura urugi rwiherereye hejuru yinzu, batera amabuye nkaya
inkuba, ikubita kapiteni, irayikatamo ibice, ikubita
bava mu mutwe babajugunya kubatari hanze.
1:17 Imana yacu ihimbazwe muri byose, yarokoye abatubaha Imana.
1:18 Kubwibyo mugihe ubu dufite intego yo gukomeza kwezwa kwa
urusengero kumunsi wa gatanu na makumyabiri z'ukwezi Casleu, twatekereje
ni ngombwa kubyemeza, kugirango nawe ubigumane, nka
ibirori by'ihema, n'umuriro, twahawe igihe
Neemiya yatanze igitambo, nyuma yubaka urusengero nu
igicaniro.
1:19 Kuko abakurambere bacu bajyanywe mu Buperesi, abatambyi bariho icyo gihe
abihaye Imana bafashe umuriro w'urutambiro rwihishwa, babihisha ahantu hatagaragara
cy'urwobo rutagira amazi, aho barukomeje, ku buryo aho hantu hari
abantu bose ntibazwi.
1:20 Noneho nyuma yimyaka myinshi, igihe byashimishije Imana, Neemiya, yoherejwe kuva kuri
umwami w'Ubuperesi, yohereje urubyaro rw'abo bapadiri bari bihishe
ku muriro: ariko igihe batubwiraga basanze nta muriro, ariko mwinshi
amazi;
1:21 Hanyuma abategeka kuyishushanya, no kuyizana; n'igihe
ibitambo byatanzwe, Neemiya yategetse abapadiri kuminjagira Uwiteka
ibiti nibintu byashyizwemo n'amazi.
1:22 Ibyo birangiye, igihe kirageze izuba rirashe, byavuzwe haruguru
yari yihishe mu gicu, hari umuriro mwinshi waka, ku buryo buri muntu
yatangaye.
1:23 Abatambyi basenga mugihe igitambo cyari kimaze, ndavuga nti
abatambyi, n'abandi bose, Yonatani atangira, n'abandi
kubisubiza, nkuko Neemiya yabigenje.
1:24 Kandi isengesho ryabaye nyuma yibi; Nyagasani, Mwami Mana, Umuremyi wa byose
ibintu, abafite ubwoba nimbaraga, nabakiranutsi, nimbabazi, na
gusa n'Umwami w'impuhwe,
1:25 Utanga ibintu byose, umukiranutsi, ushoborabyose, n'iteka ryose,
wowe ukiza Isiraheli ingorane zose, ugahitamo Uwiteka
ba se, no kubeza:
1:26 Akira igitambo kubantu bawe bose Isiraheli, kandi urinde ibyawe
umugabane wawe bwite, kandi uweze.
1:27 Koranya abo batatanye muri twe, ubashyikirize ibyo
mukorere mubanyamahanga, reba abasuzuguritse kandi bangwa,
kandi abanyamahanga bamenye ko uri Imana yacu.
1:28 Nimuhane abadukandamiza, kandi twishima nabi.
1:29 Ongera utere ubwoko bwawe ahantu hera, nkuko Mose yabivuze.
1:30 Abatambyi baririmba zaburi zo gushimira.
1:31 Igitambo kirangiye, Neemiya yategetse amazi ko
yari asigaye gusukwa ku mabuye manini.
1:32 Ibyo birangiye, hacana umuriro, ariko urashya
urumuri rwamuritse ku gicaniro.
1:33 Icyo kibazo kimaze kumenyekana, babwirwa umwami w'u Buperesi, ko muri
ahantu, abapadiri bajyanywe bari bahishe umuriro, ngaho
yagaragaye amazi, kandi ko Neemiya yahanaguyeho ibitambo.
1:34 Umwami akingira aho hantu, ayera, amaze kugerageza Uwiteka
ikibazo.
1:35 Umwami afata impano nyinshi, ayiha abo we
byashimisha.
1:36 Neemiya yise iki kintu Naphthar, ni kimwe no kuvuga, a
kweza: ariko abagabo benshi babyita Nephi.