Yudita
8: 1 Icyo gihe Yudita arabyumva, umukobwa wa Merari,
mwene Ox, mwene Yozefu, mwene Ozel, mwene Elisiya ,.
mwene Ananiya, mwene Gedeyoni, mwene Rafayimu, mwene
Acitho, mwene Eliu, mwene Eliyabu, mwene Natanayeli, umuhungu
wa Samayeli, mwene Salasadali, mwene Isiraheli.
8: 2 Manase yari umugabo we, wo mu muryango we no mu muryango we, bapfiriye mu
gusarura ingano.
3 Kuko yari ahagaze abareba imigozi iboshye mu murima, Uwiteka
ubushyuhe buza ku mutwe, agwa ku buriri bwe, apfira mu mujyi wa
Bethulia: bamushyingura hamwe na ba sekuruza mu murima uri hagati
Dothaim na Balamo.
8 Yudita rero yari umupfakazi mu rugo rwe imyaka itatu n'amezi ane.
5 Amugira ihema hejuru y'inzu ye, yambara ibigunira
ku rukenyerero rwe no kwambara imyenda y'umupfakazi.
8: 6 Yiyiriza ubusa iminsi yose y'ubupfakazi bwe, usibye eve z'Uwiteka
Isabato, n'Isabato, na eve z'ukwezi gushya, n'ibishya
ukwezi n'iminsi mikuru n'iminsi mikuru y'inzu ya Isiraheli.
8: 7 Yari afite isura nziza, kandi yari mwiza cyane kubona: kandi
umugabo we Manasses yari yarasize zahabu ye, na feza, n'abakozi be na
abaja, n'inka, n'ubutaka; akomeza kuguma kuri bo.
8: 8 Kandi nta n'umwe wamuhaye ijambo ribi; nkuko yatinyaga Imana cyane.
8: 9 Amaze kumva amagambo mabi y'abaturage barwanya guverineri,
ko bacitse intege kubera kubura amazi; kuko Yudita yari yumvise ayo magambo yose
ko Oziya yavuganye nabo, kandi ko yarahiriye kuzarokora Uwiteka
umugi ku Bashuri nyuma y'iminsi itanu;
8:10 Yohereza umugore we wari utegereje, wari ufite ubutegetsi bwa byose
ko yari afite, guhamagara Ozias na Chabris na Charmis, abakera ba
umujyi.
8:11 Baramwegera, arababwira ati: "Nyumva, noneho
abatware b'abatuye i Betuliya: kubera amagambo yawe ufite
kuvugwa imbere yabaturage uyumunsi ntabwo arukuri, gukora kuriyi ndahiro
ibyo wakoze kandi ubitangaza hagati y'Imana nawe, kandi wasezeranije
shyira umugi abanzi bacu, keretse muri iyi minsi Uwiteka ahindukiye
kugufasha.
8:12 Noneho ninde muri mwe wagerageje Imana uyu munsi, uhagarare aho
Imana mu bana b'abantu?
8:13 Noneho gerageza Uhoraho Ushoborabyose, ariko ntuzigera umenya ikintu na kimwe.
8:14 Ntushobora kubona ubujyakuzimu bw'umutima w'umuntu, kandi ntushobora
menya ibintu atekereza: none nigute ushobora gushakisha Imana,
yaremye ibyo byose, ikamenya ibitekerezo bye, cyangwa gusobanukirwa ibye
intego? Oya, bavandimwe, ntukarakaze Uwiteka Imana yacu.
15:15 Niba atadufasha muri iyi minsi itanu, afite imbaraga
kuturwanirira igihe azabishaka, ndetse na buri munsi, cyangwa kuturimbura imbere yacu
abanzi.
8:16 Ntugahambire inama z'Uwiteka Imana yacu, kuko Imana itameze nk'umuntu,
kugira ngo abangamiwe; eka kandi si nk'umwana w'umuntu, ngo ni we
igomba guhungabana.
8:17 Reka rero dutegereze agakiza kiwe, kandi tumuhamagarire kudufasha
twe, kandi azumva ijwi ryacu, niba bimushimishije.
8:18 Kuberako nta n'umwe wabayeho muri iki gihe cyacu, nta n'umwe uhari muri iyi minsi
yaba umuryango, cyangwa umuryango, cyangwa abantu, cyangwa umujyi muri twe usenga
imana yakozwe n'amaboko, nkuko byahoze kera.
8:19 Nicyo cyatumye ba sogokuruza bahabwa inkota, kandi a
gusahura, kandi yaguye cyane imbere y'abanzi bacu.
8:20 Ariko ntayindi mana tuzi, niyo mpamvu twizeye ko itazasuzugura
twe, cyangwa igihugu icyo ari cyo cyose.
8:21 Kuberako nitutwarwa gutya, Yudaya yose izaryama ubusa, n'ahantu heranda hacu
izononekara; kandi azakenera gutukwa kwacu
umunwa.
8:22 N'ubwicanyi bwa benewacu, n'iminyago y'igihugu, kandi
ubutayu bw'umurage wacu, azahindukira imitwe yacu muri
Abanyamahanga, aho tuzaba turi mu bubata; kandi tuzaba icyaha
n'igitutsi kubadutunze bose.
8:23 Kuberako uburetwa bwacu butagomba gutoneshwa, ahubwo ni Uwiteka Imana yacu
Azabihindura agasuzuguro.
8:24 None rero, bavandimwe, reka duhe urugero abavandimwe bacu,
kuberako imitima yabo ishingiye kuri twe, ahera, n'inzu,
n'urutambiro.
8:25 Byongeye kandi, dushimire Uwiteka Imana yacu itugerageza, ndetse
nk'uko yabigenzaga kuri ba sogokuruza.
8:26 Ibuka ibyo yakoreye Aburahamu, nuburyo yagerageje Isaka, niki
byabaye kuri Yakobo muri Mezopotamiya ya Siriya, igihe yarishaga intama za
Labani murumuna wa nyina.
8:27 Kuko atatugerageje mu muriro nk'uko yabikoze, ku bw'Uwiteka
gusuzuma imitima yabo, nta nubwo yaduhoreye: ariko
Uwiteka azakubita abamwegera, kugira ngo abahanure.
8:28 Oziya aramubwira ati: "Ibyo wavuze byose wabivuze."
umutima mwiza, kandi ntanumwe ushobora kunguka amagambo yawe.
8:29 Erega uyu siwo munsi wa mbere aho ubwenge bwawe bugaragarira; ariko kuva
intangiriro yiminsi yawe abantu bose bamenye gusobanukirwa kwawe,
kuberako umutima wawe ari mwiza.
8:30 Ariko abantu bari bafite inyota nyinshi, baduhatira kubikora natwe
twavuze, no kwirahira ubwacu, ibyo tutazabikora
kuruhuka.
8:31 Noneho rero udusabire, kuko uri umugore wubaha Imana, kandi
Uwiteka azatwoherereza imvura kugirango yuzuze amariba yacu, kandi ntituzongera gucika intege.
8:32 Yudita arababwira ati: "Nyumva, nzakora ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose."
genda ibisekuruza byose kubana b'igihugu cyacu.
8:33 Uzahagarara muri iri joro, nanjye nsohokane nanjye
umugore utegereje: kandi muminsi wasezeranije gutanga Uwiteka
Umudugudu kubanzi bacu Uwiteka azasura Isiraheli ukuboko kwanjye.
Ntimubaze ibyo nkora, kuko ntazabibabwira kugeza ubwo
ibintu birangiye nkora.
8:35 Oziya n'abaganwa baramubwira bati: "Genda amahoro, kandi Uwiteka Imana."
ube imbere yawe, kwihorera ku banzi bacu.
8:36 Nuko basubira mu ihema, bajya mu cyumba cyabo.