Yudita
2: 1 No mu mwaka wa cumi n'umunani, umunsi wa kabiri na makumyabiri wambere
ukwezi, habaye ibiganiro mu nzu ya Nabuchodonosor umwami wa
Abashuri ko agomba, nkuko yabivuze, yihorere kwisi yose.
2 Yahamagaye abatware be bose, n'abanyacyubahiro be bose ,.
yavuganye nabo inama ye y'ibanga, arangiza abababaye
isi yose ivuye mu kanwa kayo.
3: 3 Hanyuma biyemeza kurimbura inyama zose, zitumvira Uwiteka
itegeko ry'akanwa ke.
2: 4 Amaze kurangiza inama, Nabukodoni umwami w'Abashuri
yitwa Holofernes umutware mukuru w'ingabo ze, wari ukurikira
aramubwira ati:
2: 5 Uku ni ko umwami ukomeye, umutware w'isi yose avuga ati: Dore wowe
Usohoke uve imbere yanjye, ujyane n'abagabo bizera
imbaraga zabo bwite, z'abanyamaguru ibihumbi ijana na makumyabiri; na
umubare w'amafarashi hamwe nabayagenderaho ibihumbi cumi na bibiri.
2 Uzajye kurwanya igihugu cyose cy'iburengerazuba, kuko batumviye
itegeko ryanjye.
2: 7 Kandi uzabwire ko banyitegurira isi n'amazi:
kuko nzasohokera uburakari bwanjye, kandi nzabapfukirana byose
isura y'isi n'amaguru y'ingabo zanjye, kandi nzabaha a
kubanyaga:
2: 8 Kugira ngo abiciwe buzure ibibaya byabo, imigezi n'uruzi
Azuzura abapfuye babo, kugeza igihe izarenga:
2: 9 Nzobayobora mpiri mu mpande zose z'isi.
2:10 Urasohoka rero. kandi umfate mbere yanjye
inkombe: kandi nibakwegurira, uzabike
bo kuri njye kugeza umunsi w'igihano cyabo.
2:11 Ariko ku bigometse, ijisho ryawe ntiririnde; ariko shyira
kubica, no kubanyaga aho uzajya hose.
2:12 Kuko nkiriho, n'imbaraga z'ubwami bwanjye, ibyo navuze byose,
Ibyo nzabikora mu kuboko kwanjye.
2:13 Kandi witondere ko utarenze ku mategeko yawe
nyagasani, ariko ubisohoze byuzuye, nkuko nabigutegetse, ntutinye
kubikora.
2:14 Holofernes asohoka imbere ya shebuja, ahamagara bose
ba guverineri n'abatware, n'abasirikare b'ingabo za Assur;
15 akoranya abantu batoranijwe kurugamba, nkuko shebuja yari yabitegetse
we, kugeza ku bihumbi ijana na makumyabiri, n'ibihumbi cumi na bibiri abarashi
ifarashi;
2:16 Arabahamagara, nk'uko ingabo nyinshi zitegekwa kurugamba.
2:17 Afata ingamiya n'indogobe ku magare yabo, ari menshi cyane;
n'intama, ibimasa n'ihene bitagira umubare kubyo batanze:
2:18 Kandi intsinzi nyinshi kuri buri muntu wingabo, na zahabu nyinshi kandi
ifeza mu nzu y'umwami.
2:19 Hanyuma arasohoka, n'imbaraga ze zose zo kujya imbere y'umwami Nabukodoni
urugendo, no gupfuka isi yose iburengerazuba iburengerazuba
amagare, n'abagendera ku mafarashi, hamwe n'abagendera ku maguru.
2:20 Umubare munini kandi ibihugu byizuba byazanye nabo nkinzige, kandi
nk'umusenyi w'isi: kuko rubanda rutagira umubare.
2:21 Bahaguruka i Nineve urugendo rw'iminsi itatu berekeza mu kibaya
Bectileth, kandi yashinze kuva Bectileth hafi yumusozi uri kuri
ukuboko kw'ibumoso kwa Cilisiya yo hejuru.
2:22 Hanyuma afata ingabo ze zose, abanyamaguru be, abanyamafarasi n'amagare, kandi
ava aho yerekeza mu gihugu cy'imisozi;
2:23 Arimbura Phud na Lud, kandi asahura abana bose ba Rasses, kandi
Abayisraheli, berekeje mu butayu bwo mu majyepfo
igihugu c'Abakeliyani.
24 Yambuka Efurate, anyura muri Mezopotamiya, ararimbura
imigi miremire yose yari ku ruzi Arbonai, kugeza igihe uzazira
inyanja.
2:25 Afata imbibi za Silisiya, yica abamurwanyaga bose,
agera ku rubibi rwa Yafeti, werekeza mu majyepfo, hakurya
kurwanya Arabiya.
2:26 Yagose kandi abana ba Madiyani bose, atwika ababo
amahema, kandi yonona intama zabo.
2:27 Hanyuma aramanuka mu kibaya cya Damasiko mu gihe cy'ingano
gusarura, no gutwika imirima yabo yose, no kurimbura imikumbi yabo kandi
amashyo, kandi yangije imigi yabo, kandi asesagura ibihugu byabo rwose,
akubita abasore babo bose inkota.
2:28 Ni cyo cyatumye abantu bose ba Nyagasani bamutinya
inkombe z'inyanja, zari i Sidoni na Tiro, n'abatuye Sur
na Ocina, n'abari batuye i Jemnaan; n'abatuye muri Azoti
na Asikaloni baramutinyaga cyane.