Yudita
Bukeye Holofernes ategeka ingabo ze zose, n'abantu be bose
baje kugira uruhare rwe, kugira ngo bakureho inkambi yabo
Bethulia, gufata mbere kuzamuka kuzamuka k'umusozi, no gukora
intambara yo kurwanya Abisirayeli.
2 Uwo munsi, ingabo zabo zikomeye zikuraho ingando zabo, n'ingabo za
abagabo b'intambara bari ibihumbi ijana na mirongo irindwi n'amaguru, na cumi na babiri
ibihumbi by'amafarashi, iruhande rw'imizigo, n'abandi bagabo bari hejuru
muri bo, imbaga nyamwinshi cyane.
3 Bakambika mu kibaya cyegereye Betuliya, hafi y'isoko, kandi
bakwirakwira hose muri Dotayimu no muri Belimayimu, no muri
uburebure kuva i Betuliya kugera i Cynamoni, hakurya ya Esdraelon.
4 Abayisraheli babonye ubwinshi bwabo
ahangayitse cyane, abwira buri wese umuturanyi we ati: Noneho ibi
abantu barigata isi; kuko ari imisozi miremire, cyangwa
ibibaya, cyangwa imisozi, birashobora kwihanganira uburemere bwabyo.
7: 5 Umuntu wese afata intwaro z'intambara, zimaze gucana
umuriro ku minara yabo, baraguma bareba iryo joro ryose.
7: 6 Ariko ku munsi wa kabiri, Holofernes azana abanyamafarasi be bose muri
kubona abana ba Isiraheli bari i Betuliya,
7: 7 Yitegereza ibice bigera mu mujyi, agera ku masoko ya
amazi yabo, arabafata, abashyiraho ibirindiro by'abasirikare barwanira,
na we ubwe yimukira mu bwoko bwe.
8 Umutware w'abana ba Esawu, n'abami bose baza aho ari
abatware b'abaturage ba Mowabu, n'abayobozi b'inyanja, na
ati,
7 Databuja noneho yumve ijambo, kugira ngo hatabaho guhirika ubwawe
ingabo.
7:10 Kuko aba bene Isirayeli batizeye amacumu yabo,
ariko mu burebure bw'imisozi batuyemo, kuko atari byo
byoroshye kuzamuka hejuru yimisozi yabo.
7:11 Noneho rero, databuja, ntubarwanye ku rugamba, kandi
Nta muntu umwe wo mu bwoko bwawe uzarimbuka.
Guma mu nkambi yawe, ukomeze abantu bose b'ingabo zawe, ureke abawe
abakozi binjira mu biganza byabo isoko y'amazi, isohoka
y'ikirenge cy'umusozi:
7:13 Kuko abatuye i Betuliya bose bafite amazi yabo; ni ko bizagenda
inyota irabica, bazatanga umujyi wabo, natwe natwe
abantu bazazamuka mu mpinga y'imisozi iri hafi, kandi babishaka
babakambike, kugira ngo barebe ko nta n'umwe uva mu mujyi.
7:14 Nabo rero, abagore babo n'abana babo bazatwikwa n'umuriro,
kandi mbere yuko inkota ibatera, bazahirika Uwiteka
imihanda aho batuye.
7:15 Nguko uko uzabaha ibihembo bibi; kuko bigometse, kandi
ntabwo yahuye numuntu wawe mumahoro.
7:16 Aya magambo ashimisha Holofernes n'abakozi be bose, na we
bashinzwe gukora nk'uko bari baravuze.
17 Inkambi y'abana ba Amoni iragenda, hamwe na batanu
ibihumbi by'Abashuri, bashinga mu kibaya, bafata Uhoraho
Amazi, n'amasoko y'amazi y'abana ba Isiraheli.
7:18 Abana ba Esawu barazamuka bajyana na Amoni, bakambika
mu misozi hakurya ya Dothayimu, bohereza bamwe muri bo
werekeza mu majyepfo, no mu burasirazuba hakurya ya Ekerebel, ari
hafi ya Chusi, iri ku mugezi wa Mochmur; ahasigaye
ingabo z'Abashuri zikambika mu kibaya, zitwikira mu maso h'Uwiteka
igihugu cyose; amahema yabo n'amagare yabo byubatswe bikomeye cyane
imbaga.
7 Abayisraheli batakambira Uhoraho Imana yabo, kuko ari bo
umutima wananiwe, kuko abanzi babo bose bari babakikuje hirya no hino, kandi
nta buryo bwo guhunga muri bo.
20 Nguko uko itsinda rya Assur ryagumye hafi yabo, haba ibirenge byabo,
amagare, n'abagendera ku mafarashi, iminsi ine na mirongo itatu, ku buryo ibikoresho byabo byose
y'amazi yananiwe kubuza Bethulia yose.
7:21 Amariba arayasiba, ntibagira amazi yo kunywa
kuzuza umunsi umwe; kuko babahaye kunywa ku rugero.
7:22 Kubwibyo abana babo bato ntibari bafite umutima, nabagore babo kandi
abasore bacitse intege kubera inyota, bagwa mu mihanda yo mu mujyi,
n'inzira z'amarembo, kandi nta mbaraga zari zikiriho
muri bo.
23 Abantu bose bateranira i Oziya no ku mutware w'umujyi,
abasore n'inkumi, n'abana, maze barira n'ijwi rirenga,
akavuga imbere y'abakuru bose,
7:24 Imana ibacire urubanza hagati yacu nawe, kuko mwatugiriye nabi cyane, muri
ko mutasabye amahoro y'abana ba Assur.
7:25 Kugeza ubu nta mufasha dufite, ariko Imana yatugurishije mu maboko yabo, ngo
dukwiye gutabwa imbere yabo bafite inyota no kurimbuka gukomeye.
7:26 Noneho rero, ubahamagare, maze utange umugi wose ngo usahure
ku baturage ba Holofernes, n'ingabo ze zose.
7:27 Kuberako aribyiza kuri twe kubagwa iminyago, kuruta gupfa
inyota: kuko tuzaba abagaragu be, kugirango imitima yacu ibeho, kandi ntitubeho
reba urupfu rw'impinja zacu imbere y'amaso yacu, cyangwa abagore bacu cyangwa abacu
abana gupfa.
7:28 Dufashe guhamiriza ijuru n'isi, Imana yacu na
Mwami wa ba sogokuruza, uduhana dukurikije ibyaha byacu na
ibyaha bya ba sogokuruza, ko adakurikiza nkuko twabivuze uyu munsi.
7:29 Haca haba amarira menshi hamwe n'ubwumvikane bumwe hagati ya
iteraniro; batakambira Uhoraho Imana n'ijwi rirenga.
7:30 Oziya arababwira ati: Bavandimwe, gira ubutwari, reka twihangane
iminsi itanu, muri uwo mwanya Uwiteka Imana yacu ishobora guhindura imbabazi zayo
twe; kuko atazadutererana rwose.
7:31 Niba iyi minsi irangiye, kandi ntidutabare, nzabikora
Ukurikije ijambo ryawe.
7:32 Yatatanya abantu, buri wese ku giti cye. na bo
yagiye ku rukuta n'iminara y'umujyi wabo, yohereza abagore na
abana mu ngo zabo: kandi bari hasi cyane bazanwa mu mujyi.