2 Makabe
3: 1 Igihe umugi wera wari utuwe n'amahoro yose, kandi amategeko yari
yagumanye neza cyane, kubera kubaha Imana kwa Oniya umutambyi mukuru, kandi
yanga ububi,
3: 2 Abami ubwabo na bo bubahaga aho hantu, kandi
gukuza urusengero n'impano zabo nziza;
3: 3 Kubera ko Selewukusi wo muri Aziya yinjiza wenyine yishyuye ikiguzi cyose
ni umurimo wo gutamba ibitambo.
3 Simoni umwe wo mu muryango wa Benyamini, wagizwe umutware w'Uhoraho
urusengero, yaguye hamwe n'umutambyi mukuru kubyerekeye imvururu mu mujyi.
3: 5 Amaze kunesha Oniyasi, amusanga kwa Apoloniyo umuhungu
wa Thraseya, icyo gihe wari guverineri wa Celosiriya na Fenisiya,
3: 6 Amubwira ko ububiko bw'i Yerusalemu bwuzuye amafaranga atagira ingano
amafaranga, kugirango ubwinshi bwubutunzi bwabo, butajyanye
inkuru y'ibitambo, yari itabarika, kandi ko bishoboka
kuzana byose mu kuboko k'umwami.
3 Apolloniyo ageze ku mwami, amwereka amafaranga
abibwirwa, umwami atoranya Heliodori umubitsi, kandi
yamwoherereje itegeko ryo kumuzanira amafaranga yavuzwe mbere.
3: 8 Ako kanya Heliodori afata urugendo; munsi y'ibara ryo gusura i
imigi ya Celosiriya na Fenisiya, ariko mubyukuri kugirango isohoze umwami
intego.
3: 9 Ageze i Yeruzalemu, kandi yakiriwe neza
umutambyi mukuru wumujyi, amubwira icyo ubwenge bwatanzwe
amafaranga, atangaza impamvu yaje, abaza niba ibyo bintu
byari ukuri.
3:10 Umutambyi mukuru amubwira ko hari amafaranga nk'ayo yagenewe Uwiteka
gutabarwa kw'abapfakazi n'abana batagira se:
3:11 Kandi ko bimwe muri byo byari ibya Hirukano mwene Tobiya, umuntu ukomeye
icyubahiro, kandi ntabwo nkuko uriya mubi Simoni yari yabimenyesheje nabi: igiteranyo cyacyo
byose byari impano magana ane ya feza, na magana abiri ya zahabu:
3:12 Kandi ko bidashoboka rwose ko amakosa nkaya akwiye gukorwa
kuri bo, bari barayiyeguriye kwera kwaho, no
icyubahiro nicyubahiro cyera cyurusengero, cyubahwa kuri byose
isi.
3:13 Ariko Heliodori, kubera itegeko ry'umwami yamuhaye, aravuga ati: Ibyo
muburyo ubwo aribwo bwose bugomba kwinjizwa mububiko bwumwami.
Ku munsi yashyizeho, yinjira kugira ngo ategeke iki kibazo:
ni yo mpamvu nta mibabaro mito yabayeho mu mujyi wose.
3:15 Ariko abatambyi, bunamye imbere y'urutambiro rwabo
imyambaro y'abatambyi, yahamagaye ijuru kuri we washyizeho amategeko
yerekeye ibintu yahawe yabikomeje, kugira ngo bibungabungwe neza
kuko abari barabiyemeje gukomeza.
3:16 Umuntu wese warebye umutambyi mukuru mu maso, yari gukomeretsa
umutima we: mumaso ye no guhindura ibara rye byatangajwe
ububabare bw'imbere mu bwenge bwe.
3:17 Kuberako umuntu yari afite ubwoba bwinshi nubwoba bwumubiri, kuburyo
yagaragariye abamureba, mbega agahinda yari afite ubu
umutima.
3:18 Abandi biruka basohoka mu ngo zabo basaba muri rusange,
kuko aho hantu hari nko kuza gusuzugura.
3:19 Abagore, bakenyeye ibigunira munsi y'amabere yabo, bari benshi muri
imihanda, n'inkumi zabitswe ziruka, zimwe kugera kumarembo, na
bamwe kurukuta, abandi bareba hanze mumadirishya.
3:20 Bose, bafashe amaboko yerekeza mu ijuru, basenga.
3:21 Noneho byari kuba bibabaje umuntu kubona kugwa kwa rubanda
y'ubwoko bwose, no gutinya umutambyi mukuru kuba mububabare nkubwo.
3:22 Bahamagaye Umwami Ushoborabyose gukomeza ibintu byakozwe
wizere umutekano kandi wizewe kubari barabikoze.
3:23 Nyamara Heliodori asohoza ibyateganijwe.
3:24 Ubwo yari akiri aho, yitabye umurinzi we ku bubiko,
Nyir'imyuka, n'Umutware w'imbaraga zose, yateje igihangange
ibonekerwa, ku buryo abibwiraga ko bazanye nawe bari
yatangajwe n'imbaraga z'Imana, aracika intege, agira ubwoba bwinshi.
3:25 Kubagaragariza ifarashi irimo uyigenderaho uteye ubwoba,
kandi ashushanyijeho igipfukisho cyiza cyane, ariruka cyane, arakubita
Heliodori hamwe na forefeet ye, kandi wasaga nkuwicaye kuri
ifarashi yari ifite ibikoresho byose bya zahabu.
3:26 Byongeye kandi, abandi basore babiri bamubonekeye, bazwiho imbaraga,
mwiza cyane mubwiza, kandi mwiza wambaye imyenda, wamuhagararanye kuri bombi
uruhande; kandi yamukubitaga ubudahwema, kandi amuha ibisebe byinshi.
3:27 Heliodori agwa giturumbuka hasi, arikikiza
umwijima mwinshi: ariko abari kumwe na we baramujyana, baramushyira
mu myanda.
3:28 Nguko uko, vuba aha yaje afite gari ya moshi nini hamwe n'abamurinda bose
mu isanduku yavuzwe, barabikoze, badashobora kwifasha
n'intwaro ze: kandi biragaragara ko bemeye imbaraga z'Imana.
3:29 Kuberako yajugunywe ukuboko kwImana, aryama atavuga
ibyiringiro by'ubuzima.
3:30 Ariko basingiza Uwiteka, wubahaga igitangaza cye mu buryo bw'igitangaza:
ku rusengero; ibyo hejuru gato byuzuye ubwoba nibibazo, igihe
Umwami Ushoborabyose yagaragaye, yuzuye umunezero n'ibyishimo.
3:31 Ako kanya, bamwe mu nshuti za Heliodori basenga Oniya, ngo we
yahamagarira Isumbabyose kumuha ubuzima bwe, abiteguye
kureka umuzimu.
3:32 Umutambyi mukuru rero, akeka ko umwami atabyumva nabi
ubuhemu bumwe bwakorewe Heliodori n'Abayahudi, butanga a
igitambo kubuzima bwumugabo.
3:33 Igihe umutambyi mukuru yari arimo impongano, abasore bamwe barimo
imyenda imwe iragaragara ihagarara iruhande rwa Heliodori, iti: Tanga
Oniyasi umutambyi mukuru urakoze cyane, kuberako kubwawe Uwiteka
yaguhaye ubuzima:
3:34 Mumaze kubona ko mwakuwe mu ijuru, mubwire bose
abantu imbaraga zikomeye z'Imana. Bamaze kuvuga aya magambo, bo
ntakigaragara.
3:35 Heliodori rero, amaze gutambira Uhoraho ibitambo, akabitambira
indahiro ikomeye kumurokore ubuzima bwe, asuhuza Onias, aragaruka
hamwe n'ingabo ze ku mwami.
3:36 Hanyuma ahamiriza abantu bose imirimo y'Imana ikomeye yari afite
abonye n'amaso ye.
3:37 Kandi igihe umwami Heliodori, ushobora kuba umuntu ukwiriye koherezwa rimwe
yongera gusubira i Yeruzalemu, ati:
3:38 Niba ufite umwanzi cyangwa umugambanyi, ohereza aho ngaho
umwakire yakubiswe neza, aramutse ahunze ubuzima bwe: kuko muribyo
ahantu, nta gushidikanya; hariho imbaraga zidasanzwe z'Imana.
3:39 Kuberako utuye mwijuru aba afite ijisho aho hantu, akirwanaho
ni; akubita kandi akarimbura abaje kubabaza.
3:40 Ibintu bijyanye na Heliodori, no kubika ububiko,
yaguye kuri ubu bwoko.