2 Makabe
10: 1 Noneho Makabe na bagenzi be, Uwiteka ubayobora, bakiza Uwiteka
urusengero n'umujyi:
2 Ariko ibicaniro abanyamahanga bari barubatse mumuhanda ufunguye, kandi
amasengero, baramanutse.
3: 3 Bamaze kweza urusengero bakora ikindi gicaniro, barakubita
babakuyemo umuriro, batanga igitambo nyuma ya kabiri
imyaka, hanyuma ushireho imibavu, n'amatara, hamwe n'umugati.
10: 4 Ibyo birangiye, barikubita hasi, basaba Uwiteka ko ari bo
irashobora kutazongera kuza mubibazo nkibi; ariko niba baracumuye ukundi
kumurwanya, ko we ubwe yabahannye imbabazi, kandi ibyo
ntibashobora gushyikirizwa amahanga atuka kandi ateye ubwoba.
5: 5 Uwo munsi uwo munsi abanyamahanga bahumanya urusengero, ku
umunsi umwe cyane yongeye kwezwa, ndetse numunsi wa gatanu na makumyabiri wa
ukwezi kumwe, ariyo Casleu.
Bamara iminsi umunani banezerewe, nko mu minsi mikuru y'Uwiteka
amahema, wibuke ko bidatinze bari bakoze ibirori bya
amahema, mugihe bagendagendaga mumisozi nubwobo nka
inyamaswa.
10 Ni cyo cyatumye bambara amashami, amashami meza, n'imikindo, baririmba
zaburi kuri we wabahaye intsinzi nziza mu kweza ikibanza cye.
10: 8 Bashyizeho kandi amategeko n'amabwiriza rusange, Ko buri mwaka abo
iminsi ikwiye kubikwa mu gihugu cyose cyabayahudi.
10: 9 Kandi iherezo rya Antiyokusi, ryitwa Epifani.
10:10 Noneho tuzatangaza ibikorwa bya Antiyokusi Eupator, wari umuhungu wa
uyu mugome, akusanya muri make ibyago byintambara.
10:11 Ageze ku ikamba, ashyiraho Lusiya umwe ku bibazo
bwami bwe, amugira guverineri mukuru wa Celosiriya kandi
Fenice.
10:12 Kuri Putolemeyi, witwaga Makroni, ahitamo gukora ubutabera
ku Bayahudi kubera ikibi bari bakorewe, bagerageje
komeza amahoro hamwe nabo.
10:13 Aho bashinjwaga inshuti z'umwami imbere ya Eupator, barahamagara
umugambanyi kuri buri jambo kuko yari yavuye muri Kupuro, Philometor yari afite
amwiyegurira, agenda muri Antiyokusi Epifani, abibonye
ntabwo yari ahantu hiyubashye, yacitse intege cyane, kuburyo yaroze
ubwe arapfa.
10:14 Ariko igihe Gorigiya yari guverineri w'ingabo, yahaye abasirikare, kandi
kugaburira intambara ubudahwema hamwe nabayahudi:
10:15 Kandi hamwe na Idumeya, bamaze kugera mumaboko yabo cyane
ibicuruzwa byinshi, byatumaga abayahudi bigarurira, kandi bakakira abari
birukanwa i Yerusalemu, bagiye kugaburira intambara.
10:16 Abari kumwe na Makabe barasenga, basenga Imana
ko azabafasha; nuko biruka bafite urugomo kuri Uhoraho
ikomeye ikomeye ya Idumeans,
10:17 Barabakubita cyane, batsinze ibirindiro, babuza ibyo byose
yarwaniye ku rukuta, yica ibyaguye mu biganza byabo, kandi
yishe abantu batageze ku bihumbi makumyabiri.
10:18 Kandi kubera ko bamwe, batari munsi y'ibihumbi icyenda, bahunze
hamwe mubice bibiri bikomeye cyane, bifite ibintu byose
byoroshye gukomeza kugota,
10:19 Makabe yasize Simoni na Yozefu, na Zakayo na bo
hamwe na we, wari uhagije wo kubagota, arigendera
aho hantu hakenewe cyane ubufasha bwe.
10:20 Abari kumwe na Simoni, bayobowe n'irari, bari
yemeje amafaranga binyuze muri bamwe mubari mu gihome,
afata drachm ibihumbi mirongo irindwi, areka bamwe muribo barokoka.
10:21 Ariko babwiwe Makabe, ibyakozwe, ahamagara ba guverineri ba
abaturage hamwe, bashinja abo bagabo, ko bagurishije ababo
bavandimwe amafaranga, kandi babohore abanzi babo kubarwanya.
10:22 Yica rero abasanze ari abagambanyi, ahita afata bombi
ibigo.
10:23 Kandi gutsinda intwaro ze mubintu byose yafashe,
yishe muri bibiri afite ibirenga ibihumbi makumyabiri.
10:24 Noneho Timoteyo, Abayahudi bari baratsinze mbere, amaze gukoranya a
imbaga nyamwinshi y'abanyamahanga, n'amafarasi ava muri Aziya ntabwo ari mbarwa,
yaje nkaho yafata Abayahudi ku mbaraga.
10:25 Ageze hafi, abari kumwe na Makabe barahindukira
gusenga Imana, no kuminjagira isi ku mitwe yabo, no gukenyera
ikibuno n'igitambara,
10:26 Yikubita imbere y'urutambiro, amwinginga ngo agirire imbabazi
kuri bo, no kuba umwanzi w'abanzi babo, n'umwanzi wabo
abanzi, nk'uko amategeko abitangaza.
10:27 Nyuma y'isengesho bafata intwaro zabo, baragenda
umugi: kandi begereye abanzi babo, baragumya
ubwabo.
10:28 Izuba rimaze kuvuka, bahurira hamwe bombi; igice kimwe
kugira hamwe nibyiza byabo ubuhungiro bwabo na Nyagasani kubw a
umuhigo wo gutsinda no gutsinda: kurundi ruhande rurakara
umuyobozi w'intambara yabo
10:29 Ariko urugamba rumaze gukomera, abanzi babonekera
ijuru abantu batanu beza ku mafarasi, bafite imitwe ya zahabu, na babiri muri bo
bayobora Abayahudi,
10:30 Afata Makabe hagati yabo, amupfuka ku ntwaro zose,
aramurinda, ariko arasa imyambi n'inkuba ku banzi:
ku buryo bitiranya ubuhumyi, kandi byuzuye ibibazo, bari
yiciwe.
10:31 Hicwa abanyamaguru ibihumbi makumyabiri na magana atanu, kandi
amafarasi magana atandatu.
10:32 Naho Timoteyo ubwe, yahungiye mu kigo gikomeye cyane cyitwa Gawra,
aho Chereas yari guverineri.
10:33 Ariko abari kumwe na Makabe, bagota ikigo ntamenwa
ubutwari iminsi ine.
10:34 Abari imbere, bizeye imbaraga z'ahantu,
yatutse cyane, kandi avuga amagambo mabi.
10:35 Nyamara ku munsi wa gatanu, abasore makumyabiri ba Makabe '
isosiyete, yaka umujinya kubera gutukana, yibasiye Uwiteka
urukuta rwa kigabo, kandi nubutwari bukaze bwishe ibyo bahuye nabyo byose.
10:36 Abandi nabo bazamuka babakurikira, mugihe bari bahugiye hamwe nabo
byari imbere, gutwika iminara, no gucana umuriro byatwitse Uwiteka
abatuka bazima; abandi bakingura amarembo, kandi, bakiriye
mu ngabo zisigaye, bafata umujyi,
10:37 Yica Timoteyo, wari wihishe mu rwobo runaka, na Kereya
umuvandimwe, hamwe na Apollophanes.
10:38 Ibyo birangiye, basingiza Uwiteka bakoresheje zaburi no gushimira,
Wakoreye Isiraheli ibintu bikomeye, akabaha intsinzi.