Yudita
12: 1 Hanyuma ategeka kumuzana aho isahani ye yashyizwe; maze abisaba
bagomba kumutegurira inyama ze, kandi ko agomba kunywa
vino ye.
2: 2 Yudita ati: "Ntabwo nzarya, kugira ngo hatabaho icyaha: ariko
Nzateganyirizwa ibyo nazanye.
3: 3 Holofernes aramubwira ati: Niba ibyo utanze bitagenze neza, byagenze bite
turaguha ibisa nkibyo? kuko nta n'umwe muri twe wo mu bwoko bwawe.
12 Yudita aramubwira ati: "Databuja, umuja wawe, nk'uko umutima wawe ubaho."
Ntazakoresha ibyo mfite, mbere yuko Uwiteka akora ibyanjye
tanga ibintu yiyemeje.
5 Abagaragu ba Holofernes bamuzana mu ihema, araryama
kugeza mu gicuku, arabyuka ageze mu gitondo,
12: 6 Yohereza i Holofernes, ukiza, Reka databuja agutegeke ibyawe
umuja arashobora kujya gusenga.
7: 7 Holofernes ategeka umuzamu we ko batagomba kumugumana
amara iminsi itatu mu nkambi, asohoka nijoro yinjira mu
ikibaya cya Betuliya, kandi yiyuhagira mu isoko y'amazi na
ingando.
8: 8 Asohoka, yinginga Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli ngo amuyobore
inzira yo kurera abana b'abaturage be.
9 Nuko yinjira mu isuku, aguma mu ihema, kugeza igihe yariye
inyama nimugoroba.
10:10 Ku munsi wa kane, Holofernes akora ibirori ku bagaragu be gusa,
maze ahamagara n'umwe mu bapolisi mu birori.
12:11 Abwira Bagoas inkone, wari ushinzwe ibyo yari afite byose,
Genda nonaha, wemeze uyu mugore wigiheburayo uri kumwe nawe, ko aje
kuri twe, urye kandi unywe natwe.
12:12 Kuberako dore biteye isoni kumuntu, niba turetse umugore nkuyu
genda, udafite inshuti ye; kuko nitutwegera kuri twe, azabikora
uduseke.
12:13 Hanyuma Bagoas ava imbere ya Holofernes, aramwegera, maze
ati: "Ntukemere ko uyu mukobwa mwiza atinya kuza kwa databuja, no kuba
icyubahiro imbere ye, unywe vino, kandi tunezerwe natwe kandi ube
yakoze uyumunsi nkumwe mubakobwa ba Ashuri, bakorera
inzu ya Nabuchodonosor.
12:14 Yudita aramubaza ati: “Ndi nde, kugira ngo mbone databuja?
rwose ibimushimisha nzabikora byihuse, kandi bizaba ibyanjye
umunezero kugeza ku rupfu rwanjye.
15:15 Arahaguruka, yambara imyenda ye n'iy'umugore we wose
imyambarire, umuja we aragenda amushyira uruhu rworoshye hasi
kurwanya Holofernes, yari yakiriye Bagoas kure cyane ya buri munsi,
kugira ngo yicare abarye.
12:16 Yudita arinjira, aricara, Holofernes umutima we urahinda umushyitsi
hamwe na we, maze ibitekerezo bye birahinda umushyitsi, kandi yifuzaga cyane kubana na we;
kuko yategereje igihe cyo kumushuka, guhera umunsi yamubonye.
12:17 Holofernes aramubwira ati: "Nywa nonaha, wishimane natwe."
12:18 Yudita ati: "Noneho nywa, nzanywa, kuko ubuzima bwanjye bwakuze."
muri njye uyumunsi kurenza iminsi yose kuva navuka.
12:19 Hanyuma afata, ararya, anywa imbere ye ibyo umuja we yari yateguye.
Holofernes aramwishimira cyane, anywa divayi irenze we
yari yaranyweye umwanya uwariwo wose mumunsi umwe kuva yavuka.