2 Makabe
1: 1 Amasezerano amaze gukorwa, Liziya yagiye ku mwami, no ku Bayahudi
byari bijyanye n'ubworozi bwabo.
2 Ariko abatware b'ahantu henshi, Timoteyo, na Apolloniyo Uwiteka
mwene Genneyo, na Hiyeronimusi, na Demofoni, kandi iruhande rwabo Nikanori
guverineri wa Kupuro, ntiyari kubabuza guceceka no kubamo
amahoro.
Abagabo ba Yopa na bo bakoze igikorwa nk'iki kitubaha Imana: basenga Abayahudi
yabaga muri bo ngo bajyane n'abagore babo n'abana mu bwato
ibyo bari barabiteguye, nkaho bashakaga kubababaza.
12: 4 Ninde wabyemeye akurikije itegeko rusange ry'umujyi, nkaho ari
bifuza kubaho mu mahoro, kandi ntacyo ukeka: ariko igihe bari
basohoka mu nyenga, bararohama bitarenze magana abiri muri bo.
12: 5 Yuda yumvise ubwo bugome bwakorewe abenegihugu be, arategeka
abari kumwe nawe kugirango babategure.
6: 6 Yahamagaye Imana Umucamanza ukiranuka, arwanya abo
abicanyi benewabo, batwika ijoro nijoro, bashiraho Uwiteka
amato yaka umuriro, n'abahungiyeyo arabica.
7 Umujyi umaze gufungwa, asubira inyuma, nk'aho azagaruka
kurandura burundu umujyi wa Yopa.
12: 8 Ariko yumvise ko aba Jamnite batekereje kubikora
ku Bayahudi babaga muri bo,
9 Nijoro nijoro, agera kuri Jamnite, atwika aho hantu kandi
navy, ku buryo urumuri rw'umuriro rwagaragaye i Yerusalemu ebyiri
ijana na mirongo ine furlongs.
12:10 Noneho ubwo bavaga aho, furlongs icyenda murugendo rwabo
werekeza kuri Timoteyo, abantu batageze ku bihumbi bitanu n'amaguru na batanu
abanyamafarasi ijana b'Abarabu baramushiraho.
12:11 Aho habaye intambara ikomeye cyane; ariko uruhande rwa Yuda ubifashijwemo na
Imana yabonye intsinzi; kugirango Nomade ya Arabiya, itsinde,
yinginze Yuda amahoro, asezeranya ko azamuha inka, kandi
umwishimire ukundi.
12:12 Hanyuma Yuda, atekereza rwose ko bazunguka muri benshi
ibintu, babaha amahoro: aho bahana amaboko, nuko nabo
Bajya mu mahema yabo.
12:13 Yagiye kandi gukora ikiraro mu mujyi runaka ukomeye, wari
uruzitiro ruzengurutse inkuta, kandi rutuwe n'abantu bo mu bihugu bitandukanye;
n'izina ryayo yari Caspis.
12:14 Ariko abari muri yo barizeraga imbaraga z'urukuta
no gutanga ibiryo, ko bitwaye nabi
abari kumwe na Yuda, gutukana no gutukana, no kuvuga gutya
amagambo nkuko bitagomba kuvugwa.
15:15 Ni yo mpamvu Yuda ari kumwe na we, bahamagara Umwami ukomeye w'Uhoraho
isi, udafite impfizi y'intama cyangwa moteri y'intambara yajugunye Yeriko muri
gihe cya Yozuwe, yagabye igitero gikaze ku rukuta,
12:16 Afata umugi kubushake bw'Imana, yica abantu batavugwa,
kuburyo ikiyaga furlongs ebyiri zagutse hafi yacyo, kuba
yuzuye yuzuye, yagaragaye yiruka n'amaraso.
12:17 Hanyuma barahaguruka, bava aho magana arindwi na mirongo itanu, kandi
yaje i Characa ku Bayahudi bitwa Tubieni.
18 Naho Timoteyo we bamusanze atari ahantu, kuko imbere ye
yari yohereje ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose, ava aho, asize cyane
ingabo zikomeye zirinda umutekano.
12:19 Ariko Dositheus na Sosipater, bari abatware ba Makabe, baragiye
hanze, yica abo Timoteyo yari yasize mu gihome, hejuru ya cumi
abagabo ibihumbi.
12:20 Makabe abambika ingabo ze mu matsinda, abashyira hejuru y'imigwi, kandi
yagiye kurwanya Timoteyo, wari ufite ibihumbi ijana na makumyabiri
abantu b'amaguru, n'ibihumbi bibiri na magana atanu.
12:21 Timoteyo amaze kumenya ukuza kwa Yuda, yohereza abo bagore kandi
abana n'indi mitwaro ku gihome cyitwa Karnion: kuri
umujyi byari bigoye kugota, kandi ntibyoroshye kuhagera, kubera Uwiteka
ubukana bwahantu hose.
12:22 Ariko Yuda itsinda rye rya mbere rimaze kubona, abanzi barabakubita
n'ubwoba n'iterabwoba binyuze mu kugaragara k'umuntu ubona byose,
yahunze amain, umwe yiruka muriyi nzira, undi muri ubwo buryo, kugirango nabo
bakunze kubabaza abagabo babo, bagakomereka ningingo zabo
inkota.
12:23 Yuda na we yari umunyamwete mu kubakurikirana, yica abo babi
ishyano, muri bo yishe abantu bagera ku bihumbi mirongo itatu.
12:24 Byongeye kandi, Timoteyo ubwe yaguye mu maboko ya Dosito na
Sosipater, uwo yinginze nubukorikori bwinshi ngo amureke agende ubuzima bwe,
kuko yari afite ababyeyi benshi b'Abayahudi, na barumuna ba bamwe
bo, niba, niba bamwishe, ntibakagombye kwitabwaho.
12:25 Ubwo rero yari amaze kubizeza n'amagambo menshi ko azabagarura
nta kubabaza, nk'uko amasezerano abiteganya, baramuretse ajya kwizigama
y'abavandimwe babo.
12:26 Makabe rero aragenda yerekeza i Karnion, no mu rusengero rwa Atargatis,
ngaho yica abantu ibihumbi bitanu na makumyabiri.
Yuda amaze guhunga arabatsemba, Yuda akuraho Uhoraho
yakiriye Efuroni, umujyi ukomeye, aho Lusiya yari atuye, kandi ukomeye
imbaga y'amahanga atandukanye, kandi abasore bakomeye bakomeje inkuta,
akanabarwanirira bikomeye: aho kandi harimo gutanga moteri ikomeye
n'imyambi.
12:28 Ariko igihe Yuda na bagenzi be batakambiye Imana Ishoborabyose, ari kumwe na bo
imbaraga ze zica imbaraga abanzi be, batsinze umujyi, kandi
yishe ibihumbi makumyabiri na bitanu muri bo bari imbere,
Kuva aho, bahaguruka i Scythopolis, ireshya na magana atandatu
furlongs kuva i Yerusalemu,
12:30 Ariko igihe Abayahudi bahatuye bari bahamya ko Abasikopi
yabakoranye urukundo, kandi abinginga neza mugihe cyabo
ingorane;
12:31 Barabashimira, bifuza ko babagirira urugwiro: kandi
nuko baza i Yerusalemu, umunsi wibyumweru wegereje.
12:32 Nyuma y'ibirori byitwa Pentekote, barasohoka bajya kurwanya Gorigiya
guverineri wa Idumeya,
12:33 Ninde wasohotse afite abantu ibihumbi bitatu bamaguru n'amaguru magana ane.
12:34 Kandi murugamba rwabo hamwe nabayahudi bake
bishwe.
12:35 Icyo gihe Dositheus, umwe mu bari kumwe na Bacenor, wari ku ifarashi,
n'umuntu ukomeye, yari akiri kuri Gorigiya, afata ikoti rye
yamukwegeye ku ngufu; n'igihe yaba yatwaye uriya mugabo wavumwe ari muzima, a
umunyamafarasi wa Thracia uza kuri we amukubita urutugu, kugirango
Gorgiya yahungiye i Marisa.
12:36 Igihe abari kumwe na Gorigiya barwanaga igihe kirekire, bakaruha,
Yuda yatakambiye Uhoraho, ngo yerekane ko ari bo
umufasha n'umuyobozi w'urugamba.
12:37 Aca atangura mu rurimi rwe, aririmba zaburi n'ijwi rirenga
ijwi, kandi yihuta atabizi ku bagabo ba Gorgiya, arabahunga.
Yuda akoranya ingabo ze, yinjira mu mujyi wa Odollamu, kandi ryari
umunsi wa karindwi uraza, barisukura, nkuko byari bisanzwe, kandi
bakomeza isabato ahantu hamwe.
Bukeye bwaho, nk'uko Yuda na bagenzi be babikoresheje
yaje gufata imirambo y'abiciwe, no kubashyingura
hamwe na bene wabo mu mva ya ba se.
12:40 Munsi yamakoti yumuntu wese wishwe basanze ibintu
yeguriwe ibigirwamana bya Jamnite, bibujijwe Abayahudi na
amategeko. Umuntu wese abona ko aricyo cyabateye
bishwe.
12:41 Abantu bose rero basingiza Uwiteka, Umucamanza ukiranuka, wafunguye
ibintu byari bihishe,
12:42 Biyegurira gusenga, bamwinginga ngo icyaha cyakozwe
Birashobora gukurwaho rwose kwibuka. Byongeye kandi, uwo Yuda w'icyubahiro
yashishikarije abantu kwirinda ibyaha, kuko babibonye
imbere yabo ibintu byaje gusohoza ibyaha byabo
bishwe.
12:43 Amaze gukoranira hamwe mu bantu bose hamwe
ibihumbi bibiri by'ifeza, yohereje i Yerusalemu gutanga icyaha
gutanga, kubikoramo neza cyane kandi mubyukuri, muburyo yatekerezaga
y'izuka:
12:44 Kuberako atizeye ko abiciwe bari guhaguruka
na none, byari birenze kandi ubusa gusengera abapfuye.
12:45 Kandi muburyo yamenye ko hari ubutoni bukomeye bwashyizweho
abapfuye bubaha Imana, cyari igitekerezo cyera kandi cyiza. Aho
yiyunze n'abapfuye, kugira ngo bakizwe
icyaha.