2 Makabe
13: 1 Mu mwaka ijana na mirongo ine n'icyenda babwiwe Yuda, ko Antiyokusi
Eupator yazanaga n'imbaraga nyinshi muri Yudaya,
13 Liyasi amurinda, umutware w’ibikorwa bye, afite
umwe muribo imbaraga zubugereki bwabanyamaguru, ibihumbi ijana na icumi,
n'abagendera ku mafarasi ibihumbi bitanu na magana atatu, n'inzovu ebyiri na
amagare makumyabiri, na magana atatu bitwaje inkoni.
13: 3 Menelasi na we yifatanije na bo, kandi abasenya cyane
yashishikarije Antiyokusi, atari ukurinda igihugu, ahubwo kubera
yatekereje ko yagizwe guverineri.
13: 4 Ariko Umwami w'abami yahinduye imitekerereze ya Antiyokusi kuri uyu mubi mubi,
Liziya amenyesha umwami ko uyu mugabo ari we nyirabayazana wa bose
amahano, ku buryo umwami yategetse kumuzana i Bereya, no gushyira
kumwica, nkuko inzira iri aho hantu.
5 Aho hantu hari umunara ufite uburebure bwa metero mirongo itanu, wuzuye ivu,
kandi yari ifite igikoresho kizengurutse impande zose zimanikwa muri
ivu.
13: 6 Kandi umuntu wese waciriweho iteka, cyangwa uwakoze ikindi
ubugizi bwa nabi, abantu bose bamusunitse kugeza apfuye.
13: 7 Urupfu nk'urwo rwabaye ko umuntu mubi apfa, adafite byinshi
gushyingura mu isi; kandi ibyo birenganuye:
13: 8 Kubera ko yari yarakoze ibyaha byinshi ku gicaniro, umuriro wacyo
ivu ryera, yakiriye urupfu rwe mu ivu.
13: 9 Umwami aje afite ibitekerezo bibi kandi byishyira hejuru kugira ngo akore nabi cyane
abayahudi, kuruta uko byakorwaga mugihe cya se.
Ni ibihe bintu Yuda abimenye, ategeka rubanda guhamagara
kuri Nyagasani ijoro n'umurango, ko niba ari ikindi gihe icyo ari cyo cyose, yabikora
ubungubu nanone ubafashe, kuba mugihe cyo gukurwa mumategeko yabo, kuva
igihugu cyabo, no mu rusengero rwera:
13:11 Kandi ko atazababara abantu, byahozeho ariko a
kugarura ubuyanja, kugandukira amahanga atuka.
13:12 Ubwo rero bose babikoreye hamwe, basaba Umwami wimpuhwe
hamwe no kurira no kwiyiriza ubusa, no kuryama hasi iminsi itatu
maremare, Yuda, amaze kubashishikariza, ategeka ko bagomba kuba muri a
kwitegura.
13:13 Yuda, atandukana n'abakuru, yiyemeza imbere y'umwami
umushyitsi agomba kwinjira muri Yudaya, akabona umujyi, kugirango asohoke agerageze
ikibazo murugamba ubifashijwemo na Nyagasani.
13:14 Ubwo rero yari amaze kwiyegurira Umuremyi w'isi, kandi akangurira
abasirikari be kurwana nintwari, kugeza no gupfa, kubera amategeko, Uwiteka
urusengero, umujyi, igihugu, hamwe na Commonwealth, yakambitse na Modin:
13:15 Amaze guha ijambo abamureba, Intsinzi ni
y'Imana; hamwe nabasore b'intwari kandi bahisemo yinjiye muri
Ihema ry'umwami nijoro, yica mu nkambi abantu bagera ku bihumbi bine, kandi
umutware w'inzovu, hamwe n'ibiri kuri we byose.
13:16 Amaherezo, buzura inkambi ubwoba n'umuvurungano, baragenda
intsinzi nziza.
13:17 Ibi byakozwe mugitondo, kuko kurinda Uwiteka
Uwiteka yaramufashe.
13:18 Umwami amaze kuryoherwa n'ubugabo bw'Abayahudi, we
yagiye gufata ibyemezo na politiki,
13:19 Baragenda berekeza i Betsura, aho Abayahudi bari bakomeye cyane, ariko we
yarahunze, birananirana, abura abantu be:
13:20 Kuko Yuda yari yaragejeje abari muri yo ibintu bimeze
ngombwa.
13:21 Ariko Rodokusi wari mu ngabo z'Abayahudi, yahishuriye Uwiteka amabanga
abanzi; ni yo mpamvu yashakishijwe, bamaze kumubona, bo
mushyire muri gereza.
Umwami abonana na bo i Betsumu ku nshuro ya kabiri, atanga ikiganza cye,
bafata ibyabo, baragenda, barwana na Yuda, baratsinzwe;
13:23 Yumvise ko Filipo wari usigaye muri Antiyokiya, yari
yunamye cyane, arumirwa, yinginga abayahudi, aritanga, kandi
kurahira ibintu byose bingana, bemeranijwe nabo, kandi batanga igitambo,
yubashye urusengero, kandi agirira neza aho hantu,
13:24 Yakiriye Makabe, amugira guverineri mukuru kuva
Ptolémée kubadage;
13:25 Haza Ptolémée: abantu baho bababajwe n'amasezerano; Kuri
barahuhuta, kuko bari gutuma amasezerano yabo aba impfabusa:
13:26 Liziya yazamutse ku cyicaro cy'urubanza, avuga uko bishoboka kose
y'impamvu, yemeje, ituje, ituma bagira ingaruka nziza, bagaruka
Antiyokiya. Nguko uko byagenze bikora ku mwami kuza no kugenda.