2 Makabe
11: 1 Ntibyatinze nyuma ya Lisiya, umurinzi w'umwami na mubyara we, na we
yacungaga ibintu, afata uburakari bukabije kubintu byari
byakozwe.
2 Akoranya abagendera ku mafarasi bagera ku bihumbi mirongo ine,
Yaje kurwanya Abayahudi, atekereza guhindura umujyi ubamo Uwiteka
Abanyamahanga,
11: 3 Kandi kugira ngo bungukire mu rusengero, kimwe n'andi masengero ya
abanyamahanga, no gushyiraho ubupadiri bukuru kugurisha buri mwaka:
11: 4 Ntabwo rwose ureba imbaraga zImana ahubwo yishyize hejuru icumi
ibihumbi n'ibirenge, hamwe n'ibihumbi by'amafarasi ye, hamwe na bine
inzovu.
5 Nuko agera i Yudaya, yegera Betsura, umujyi wari ukomeye,
ariko kure ya Yerusalemu nko muri furlongs eshanu, aragota cyane
Kuri.
6 Abari kumwe na Makabe bumvise ko yagose ibirindiro,
bo hamwe n'abantu bose bafite icyunamo n'amarira basaba Uwiteka
ko azohereza umumarayika mwiza kurokora Isiraheli.
11: 7 Hanyuma Makabe ubwe abanza gufata intwaro, ashishikariza undi
ko bari kwibangamira hamwe na we kugirango babafashe
bavandimwe: nuko basohokana hamwe nubushake.
8 Bageze i Yerusalemu, baboneka imbere yabo bagendera ku ifarashi
umwe wambaye imyenda yera, azunguza intwaro ze zahabu.
9: 9 Hanyuma basingiza Imana y'impuhwe bose hamwe, bahumeka,
kuburyo batiteguye kurwana nabagabo gusa, ahubwo nabenshi
inyamaswa z'ubugome, no gutobora mu rukuta rw'icyuma.
11:10 Nuko baragenda imbere mu ntwaro zabo, bafite umufasha uva mu ijuru:
kuko Uhoraho yabagiriye imbabazi
11 Bica abanzi babo nk'intare, bica cumi n'umwe
ibihumbi byamaguru, hamwe nabamafarasi magana atandatu, bagashyira abandi bose kuri
kuguruka.
11:12 Benshi muribo nabo bakomeretse barokotse bambaye ubusa; Lusiya na we arahunga
kure biteye isoni, nuko aratoroka.
11:13 Ninde, nkuko yari umuntu usobanukiwe, yikuramo wenyine icyo yatakaje
yari afite, kandi urebye ko Abaheburayo badashobora gutsinda, kuko
Imana Ishoborabyose yarabafashije, irabatumaho,
11:14 Kandi abemeza ko bemera ibintu byose bifatika, kandi basezerana
ko yakwemeza umwami ko agomba gukenera kuba inshuti
bo.
11:15 Hanyuma Makabe yemeye ibyo Lusiya yifuzaga byose, abyitondera
inyungu rusange; n'icyo Makabe yandikiye Liziya
abayahudi, umwami arabimwemerera.
11:16 Kuberako hariho amabaruwa yandikiwe Abayahudi kuva i Lusiya kugeza ubu:
Liyasi ku Bayahudi yoherereza indamutso:
11:17 Yohana na Absolom, boherejwe nawe, bampaye icyifuzo
kwiyandikisha, no gusaba icyifuzo cyo gukora ibirimo
yacyo.
11:18 Ni co gituma ibintu vyose bihura kugira ngo bimenyeshe umwami, jewe
barabitangaje, kandi yatanze ibishoboka byose.
11:19 Kandi nimukomeza, muzakomeza kuba abizerwa kuri leta, nyuma yaho
Nzihatira kuba inzira y'ibyiza byawe.
11:20 Ariko mubintu byihariye natanze itegeko kuri ibi nibindi
ibyo byaturutse kuri njye, kuvugana nawe.
11:21 Mureke neza. Umwaka ijana n'umunani na mirongo ine, ine na
umunsi wa makumyabiri w'ukwezi Dioscorinthius.
11:22 Ibaruwa y'umwami yarimo aya magambo: Umwami Antiyokiya yandikiye ibye
umuvandimwe Lysias yohereje indamutso:
11:23 Kubera ko data yahinduwe imana, ibyo dushaka ni uko
ibyo mu karere kacu babaho bucece, kugirango buri wese yitabe ibye
ibibazo byawe bwite.
11:24 Twumva kandi ko abayahudi batemeraga data, kuberako
Zanwa mu muco w'Abanyamahanga, ahubwo zahisemo gukomeza izabo
uburyo bwo kubaho: kubwimpamvu badusaba, ko twe
bagomba kubareka bakabaho bakurikiza amategeko yabo.
11:25 Niyo mpamvu ibitekerezo byacu ari uko iri shyanga rizaruhuka, natwe dufite
biyemeje kubasubiza urusengero rwabo, kugirango babeho bakurikije
imigenzo ya ba sekuruza.
11:26 Ni byiza rero kuboherereza, no kubaha amahoro,
ko mugihe byemejwe nibitekerezo byacu, bishobora guhumurizwa neza,
kandi ujye uhora wishimye kubibazo byabo.
Ibaruwa umwami yandikiye ishyanga ry'Abayahudi yari nyuma y'ibyo
buryo: Umwami Antiyokusi yohereje indamutso mu nama, n'abandi
y'Abayahudi:
11:28 Niba mumeze neza, dufite ibyifuzo byacu; natwe dufite ubuzima bwiza.
11:29 Menelasi yatubwiye ko icyifuzo cyawe ari ugusubira imuhira, kandi
kurikira ubucuruzi bwawe bwite:
11:30 Niyo mpamvu abagenda bazagira imyitwarire itekanye kugeza i
umunsi wa mirongo itatu wa Xanthicus n'umutekano.
11:31 Kandi Abayahudi bazakoresha ubwoko bwabo bw'inyama n'amategeko, nka mbere; na
ntanumwe murimwe muburyo ubwo aribwo bwose azasambanywa kubintu atabizi
byakozwe.
Nohereje kandi Menelasi kugira ngo aguhumurize.
11:33 Muraho neza. Mu mwaka ijana na mirongo ine n'umunani, na cumi na gatanu
umunsi w'ukwezi Xanthicus.
11:34 Abanyaroma nabo baboherereza ibaruwa ikubiyemo aya magambo: Quintus
Memmius na Tito Manlius, intumwa z'Abaroma, boherereza indamutso
ubwoko bw'Abayahudi.
11:35 Ibyo Lisiya mubyara w'umwami yatanze byose, natwe turi kumwe
ndishimye cyane.
11:36 Ariko akora ku bintu nk'uko yabonaga ko byerekejwe ku mwami, nyuma
mwabigiriye inama, ohereza umwe ako kanya, kugirango tubimenyeshe nkuko
ni byiza kuri wewe: kuko ubu tugiye muri Antiyokiya.
11:37 Noneho ohereza bamwe bafite umuvuduko, kugirango tumenye icyo utekereza.
Muraho. Uyu mwaka ijana n'umunani na mirongo ine, umunsi wa cumi na gatanu wa
ukwezi kwa Xantiki.