2 Makabe
8: 1 Hanyuma Yuda Makabe, n'abari kumwe na we, binjira mu mwiherero
imigi, ahamagara bene wabo hamwe, abajyana gutya
nkuko byakomeje mu idini ry'Abayahudi, maze akoranya abagera ku bihumbi bitandatu
abagabo.
2: 2 Bahamagara Uwiteka, ngo arebe abantu ibyo
yakandagiye muri bose; kandi ugirire impuhwe urusengero rwandujwe no kutubaha Imana
abagabo;
8: 3 Kandi ko yagirira impuhwe umujyi, akababara cyane, kandi yiteguye
gukorwa ndetse n'ubutaka; wumve amaraso yamutakambiye,
8: 4 Kandi wibuke iyicwa ribi ryimpinja zitagira ingaruka, na
gutuka izina rye; kandi ko azokwerekana ibye
kwanga ababi.
8: 5 Igihe Makabe yari afite inshuti ye kuri we, ntiyashoboraga kwihanganira
n'amahanga: kuko uburakari bw'Uwiteka bwahindutse imbabazi.
6 Ni yo mpamvu yaje atabizi, atwika imigi n'imijyi, arabona
mumaboko ye ahantu hacururizwa cyane, kandi yaratsinze ashyira
guhunga nta mubare muto w'abanzi be.
8: 7 Ariko cyane cyane yakoresheje ijoro kubera kugerageza kwiherera,
ku buryo imbuto z'ubutagatifu bwe zakwirakwiriye ahantu hose.
8: 8 Filipo abonye ko uyu mugabo yiyongereyeho buhoro buhoro, kandi
ko ibintu byateye imbere na we bikarushaho kwiyongera, yarandikiye
Ptolémée, guverineri wa Celosiriya na Fenisiya, kugira ngo atange ubufasha bwinshi kuri
ibibazo by'umwami.
8: 9 Ako kanya ahitamo Nikanori mwene Patroclus, umwe mu badasanzwe
nshuti, yamwohereje hamwe nibihumbi bitarenze ibihumbi makumyabiri mubihugu byose
munsi ye, kurandura ibisekuruza byose by'Abayahudi; hamwe na we
yinjiye kandi na Gorgiya umutware, mubibazo byintambara yari akomeye
uburambe.
8:10 Nikanori rero yiyemeza gushaka amafaranga menshi y'Abayahudi bari bajyanywe bunyago, nk
igomba kwishura umusoro wimpano ibihumbi bibiri, umwami yagombaga
kwishura Abanyaroma.
8 Ako kanya yahise yohereza mu migi iri ku nkombe z'inyanja,
gutangaza kugurisha Abayahudi bari bajyanywe bunyago, no gusezeranya ko bagomba
gira ibice bine hamwe numubiri icumi kubwimpano imwe, udategereje u
kwihorera kwagombaga kumukurikira bivuye ku Mana ishobora byose.
8:12 Ubwo babwiraga Yuda ukuza kwa Nikanori, araza
yahawe abari kumwe na we ko ingabo ziri hafi,
8:13 Abatinyaga, bakizera ubutabera bw'Imana, barahunze, kandi
bagejeje kure.
8:14 Abandi bagurisha ibyo basize byose, basaba Uwiteka
ubarokore, wagurishijwe na Nikanor mubi mbere yuko bahura:
8:15 Kandi niba atari kubwabo, ariko kubwamasezerano yagiranye
ba sekuruza, no kubwizina rye ryera kandi ryicyubahiro kubwabo
bahamagariwe.
8:16 Makabe rero ahamagaza abantu be bagera ku bihumbi bitandatu,
anabasaba kudaterwa ubwoba n’umwanzi, cyangwa se
utinye imbaga nyamwinshi y'abanyamahanga, baza kubarwanya nabi;
ariko kurwana n'ubugabo,
8:17 Kandi bashire imbere yabo igikomere bari barenganijwe
ahantu hera, hamwe nubugome bwumugi, aho bakoreye a
urw'agashinyaguro, kandi no kwambura guverinoma yabo
abakurambere:
8:18 Bavuga ko, bizeye intwaro zabo n'ubutwari bwabo; ariko ibyacu
icyizere kiri muri Ushoborabyose ushobora guterera bombi ibyo
ngwino uturinde, ndetse n'isi yose.
8:19 Byongeye kandi, yababwiye icyabafasha ba sekuruza kubona,
nuburyo batanzwe, mugihe munsi ya Senakeribu ibihumbi bine
n'ibihumbi bitanu bararimbuka.
8:20 Ababwira iby'urugamba barwanye i Babiloni hamwe n'Uwiteka
Abagalatiya, uko baje ariko ibihumbi umunani muri byose mubucuruzi, hamwe
ibihumbi bine by'Abanyamakedoniya, kandi ko Abanyamakedoniya bayobewe ,.
ibihumbi umunani yarimbuye ibihumbi ijana na makumyabiri kubera Uwiteka
imfashanyo bari bafite bava mwijuru, nuko bakira iminyago ikomeye.
8:21 Nguko uko yari amaze kubatinyuka akoresheje aya magambo, kandi yiteguye gupfa
amategeko n'igihugu, yagabanije ingabo ze ibice bine;
8:22 Yifatanije na benewabo, abayobozi ba buri tsinda, kugira ngo bamenye
Simoni, Yozefu, na Yonatani, baha buri wese abagabo magana atanu.
8:23 Ashiraho kandi Eleyazari gusoma igitabo cyera: kandi amaze gutanga
bo iri jambo ryo kureba, Ubufasha bw'Imana; ubwe ayoboye itsinda rya mbere,
8:24 Babifashijwemo na Ushoborabyose bishe hejuru y'ibihumbi icyenda byabo
abanzi, no gukomeretsa no kumugara igice kinini cyabakiriye Nikanor, nibindi
shyira byose mu ndege;
8:25 Afata amafaranga yabo yaje kubagura, arabakurikirana kure: ariko
kubura umwanya bagarutse:
8:26 Erega hari umunsi wabanjirije umunsi w'isabato, bityo ntibabishaka
igihe kirekire kubakurikirana.
8:27 Bamaze gukoranya ibirwanisho vyiwe, barabasahura
abanzi, bahugiye hafi yisabato, batanga birenze
shima kandi ushimire Uwiteka, wabarinze kugeza uwo munsi,
ikaba yari intangiriro yimbabazi zibatera.
8:28 Nyuma y'isabato, igihe bari barahaye Uwiteka igice cy'iminyago
abamugaye, n'abapfakazi, n'imfubyi, ibisigara bagabanije
ubwabo n'abakozi babo.
8:29 Ibyo birangiye, kandi bari basabiye hamwe
yinginze Umwami wimpuhwe kwiyunga nabakozi be ubuziraherezo.
8:30 Byongeye kandi abari kumwe na Timoteyo na Bakidide, barwanye
kubarwanya, bishe hejuru y'ibihumbi makumyabiri, kandi byoroshye cyane hejuru
kandi ikomeye, kandi igabanijwe hagati yabo iminyago myinshi, kandi
yatumye abamugaye, imfubyi, abapfakazi, yego, n'abasaza nabo, bangana muri
iminyago hamwe na bo.
8:31 Bamaze kwegeranya ibirwanisho byabo, babishyira byose
witonze ahantu heza, kandi ibisigisigi by'iminyago bo
azanwa i Yeruzalemu.
8:32 Bica kandi Philarches, uwo muntu mubi, wari kumwe na Timoteyo,
kandi yari yarakaje Abayahudi inzira nyinshi.
8:33 Byongeye kandi, mugihe bakomeje ibirori byo gutsinda muri bo
igihugu batwitse Callisthenes, yari yatwitse amarembo yera,
wari warahungiye mu nzu nto; nuko abona ibihembo byo guhura
ububi bwe.
8:34 Naho uriya Nikanori utagira impuhwe nyinshi, wazanye igihumbi
abacuruzi kugura Abayahudi,
8:35 Yabifashijwemo na Nyagasani yamanuwe nabo, uwo ari we
Konti; no kwiyambura imyenda ye myiza, kandi
gusezerera isosiyete ye, yaje nkumukozi watorotse anyuze muri
Hagati muri Antiyokiya afite agasuzuguro gakomeye cyane, kuko uwamwakiriye yari
yarimbuwe.
8:36 Nguko uko, uwamutwaye kugira ngo agirire neza Abanyaroma umusoro wabo
uburyo bw'abajyanywe bunyago i Yerusalemu, babwiye mu mahanga, ko Abayahudi bafite Imana
kubarwanirira, bityo ntibashobora kubabaza, kuko bo
yakurikije amategeko yabahaye.