2 Makabe
Muri icyo gihe, Antiyokusi yateguye urugendo rwe rwa kabiri muri Egiputa:
5: 2 Hanyuma bibera mu mujyi wose, umwanya uri hafi ya
iminsi mirongo ine, habonetse abanyamafarasi biruka mu kirere, bambaye imyenda ya
zahabu, kandi yitwaje amacumu, nk'itsinda ry'abasirikare,
5: 3 N'abasirikare bagendera ku mafarashi biteguye, bahura kandi biruka umwe
ikindi, hamwe no kunyeganyeza ingabo, n'ubwinshi bwa pikes, no gushushanya
inkota, no guta imyambi, no kurabagirana imitako ya zahabu, na
ibikoresho byose.
5: 4 Ni yo mpamvu umuntu wese yasenze kugira ngo ibonekerwa rihinduke ryiza.
5: 5 Noneho havutse ibihuha bitari byo, nkaho Antiyokusi yari afite
yarapfuye, Jason yatwaye byibuze abagabo igihumbi, ahita akora an
igitero ku mujyi; n'abari ku rukuta basubizwa inyuma,
n'umujyi muremure wafashwe, Menelasi ahungira mu gihome:
5: 6 Ariko Jason yishe abenegihugu be nta mbabazi, atabitekereje
kubona umunsi wabo wigihugu cye cyaba umunsi utishimye cyane
we; ariko twibwira ko bari abanzi be, ntabwo ari abenegihugu be,
uwo yatsinze.
5: 7 Ariko kubwibyo byose ntiyabonye igikomangoma, ariko amaherezo
yakiriye isoni kubera ibihembo by'ubuhemu bwe, yongera guhungira muri
igihugu cy'Abamoni.
5: 8 Amaherezo rero yagarutse atishimye, aregwa mbere
Aretas umwami wabarabu, ahunga umujyi ujya mumujyi, arabakurikirana
abantu bose, bangaga kureka amategeko, kandi bakagira ikizira
nk'umwanzi ufunguye igihugu cye ndetse nabenegihugu, yirukanwe
Misiri.
9 Gutyo, uwirukanye benshi mu gihugu cabo yarimbutse mu buryo budasanzwe
butaka, gusezera kuri Lacedemonians, no gutekereza ngaho gushaka umutabazi
kubera bene wabo:
5:10 Kandi uwirukanye benshi batashyinguwe, nta n'umwe wari kumuririra, cyangwa se
gushyingura kwose na gato, cyangwa imva hamwe na ba se.
5:11 Ibyo bimaze gukorwa bigeze mu modoka y'umwami, aratekereza
Yudaya yari yarigometse: aho yavuye muri Egiputa afite uburakari bwinshi,
yafashe umujyi akoresheje intwaro,
5:12 Ategeka abantu be b'intambara kutarinda abo bahuye, no kwica
nko kuzamuka ku mazu.
5:13 Nguko uko habaye kwica abato n'abakuru, bikuraho abagabo, abagore, na
abana, kwica inkumi n'impinja.
5:14 Kandi harasenyutse mugihe cyiminsi itatu yose
igihumbi, aho ibihumbi mirongo ine bishwe muri ayo makimbirane; na oya
bike byagurishijwe kuruta abiciwe.
5:15 Nyamara ntiyanyuzwe nibi, ahubwo yibwiraga ko yinjira mubyera cyane
urusengero rw'isi yose; Menelasi, uwo mugambanyi ku mategeko, no ku bye
igihugu cye, kuba umuyobozi we:
Kandi ufata ibikoresho byera ukoresheje amaboko yanduye, n'amaboko yanduye
gukuramo ibintu byeguriwe abandi bami kuri
kwiyongera n'icyubahiro n'icyubahiro cyaho, yarabahaye.
5:17 Kandi Antiyokusi yari umunyabwibone, ku buryo atabona ko Uwiteka
Uhoraho yararakaye igihe gito kubera ibyaha by'abatuye mu mujyi,
Ni cyo cyatumye ijisho rye ritareba aho hantu.
5:18 Kuberako bataba barapfunyitse mubyaha byinshi, uyu mugabo, vuba
nk'uko yari yaje, yahise akubitwa, asubizwa mu bye
kwibwira, nk'uko Heliodori yari, uwo Selewukusi umwami yohereje kureba
ikigega.
5:19 Nyamara Imana ntabwo yahisemo abantu kubwahantu, ahubwo ni Uwiteka
shyira kure abantu.
5:20 Kandi rero ikibanza ubwacyo, cyari gisangiye nabo
ingorane zabaye ku gihugu, zakoze nyuma kuvugana muri
inyungu zoherejwe na Nyagasani: kandi nkuko zatereranywe n'uburakari bw'Uwiteka
Ishoborabyose, na none, Umwami ukomeye yiyunze, yashizweho na
icyubahiro cyose.
5:21 Igihe Antiyokusi yari amaze gusohora urusengero igihumbi n'umunani
impano ijana, yahise yihuta yerekeza muri Antiyokiya, yambika ibye
ishema ryo gutuma igihugu kigenda, ninyanja ikanyura n'amaguru: nkibyo
ubwibone bwo mu bwenge bwe.
5:22 Asiga abategetsi gutoteza ishyanga: i Yeruzalemu, Filipo, ku bwe
igihugu cya Firigiya, kandi kubwimyitwarire ikabije kurenza uwamushizeho
ngaho;
5:23 Kandi i Garizimu, Andoronike; kandi usibye, Menelasi, mubi kurusha bose
abasigaye bambaye ukuboko kuremereye kubenegihugu, bafite ibitekerezo bibi
kurwanya abenegihugu be Abayahudi.
5:24 Yohereje kandi uwo mutware uteye ishozi Apolloniyo hamwe n'ingabo ebyiri
n'ibihumbi makumyabiri, amutegeka kwica abari bose
imyaka myiza, no kugurisha abagore nubwoko buto:
5:25 Abaje i Yerusalemu, bakigira nk'amahoro, birinze kugeza ahera
umunsi w'isabato, igihe yafataga abayahudi kubahiriza umunsi wera, yategetse
abantu be bitwaje intwaro.
5:26 Nuko abica abari bagiye kwizihiza Uhoraho
Isabato, no kwiruka mu mujyi bitwaje intwaro byishe bikomeye
imbaga y'abantu.
5:27 Ariko Yuda Makabe hamwe n'abandi icyenda, cyangwa hafi yabo, arigendera
mu butayu, kandi aba mu misozi akurikije uburyo
inyamaswa, hamwe na sosiyete ye, bagaburira ibyatsi ubudahwema, kugirango batabikora
kugira uruhare mu kwanduza.