Yudita
13: 1 Bugorobye, abagaragu be bihutira kugenda,
Bagoas yafunze ihema rye hanze, yirukana abategereza kuri
imbere ya shebuja; nuko bajya ku buriri bwabo, kuko bose bari
tunaniwe, kuko ibirori byari bimaze igihe kirekire.
2 Yudita asigara mu ihema, Holofernes aryama
uburiri bwe: kuko yari yuzuye divayi.
13: 3 Yudita ategeka umuja we guhagarara adafite icyumba cye, kandi
kumutegereza. gusohoka, nkuko yabikoraga buri munsi: kuko yavuze ko azabikora
sohoka mu masengesho ye, maze avugana na Bagoas akurikije ibyo
intego.
13: 4 Nuko bose barasohoka, nta n'umwe wasigaye mu cyumba cyo kuryama, nta na gito
cyangwa bikomeye. Yudita ahagaze ku buriri bwe, avuga mu mutima we, Mwami
Mana yimbaraga zose, reba iki gihe kubikorwa byamaboko yanjye
kuzamurwa kwa Yeruzalemu.
13: 5 Ubu ni cyo gihe cyo gufasha umurage wawe, no gusohoza ibyawe
iharanira kurimbura abanzi bahagurukiye kurwanya
twe.
13: 6 Hanyuma agera ku nkingi yigitanda cyari ku mutwe wa Holofernes,
akuramo fauchion ye kuva aho,
13: 7 Yegera uburiri bwe, afata umusatsi wo mu mutwe we ,.
ati: 'Mukomere, Mwami Mana ya Isiraheli, uyu munsi.
13: 8 Yakubise ijosi inshuro ebyiri n'imbaraga ze zose, arigendera
umutwe we.
13: 9 Yikubita hasi umubiri we hasi ku buriri, akuramo umwobo
inkingi; na anon amaze gusohoka, aha Holofernes umutwe
ku muja we;
13:10 Ashyira mu gikapu cye cy'inyama, nuko bombi bajyana
ku mugenzo wabo wo gusenga: kandi iyo banyuze mu nkambi, bo
azenguruka ikibaya, azamuka umusozi wa Betuliya, araza
amarembo yacyo.
13:11 Yudita abwira kure, abwira abarinzi ku irembo, Fungura, fungura nonaha
irembo: Imana, ndetse n'Imana yacu, iri kumwe natwe, kugirango yerekane imbaraga zayo nyamara
Yerusalemu n'ingabo ze kurwanya abanzi, nk'uko yabikoze
umunsi.
13 Abagabo bo mu mujyi we bumvise ijwi rye, bihutira kumanuka
ku irembo ry'umujyi wabo, bahamagara abakuru b'umugi.
13:13 Hanyuma biruka bose hamwe, abato n'abakuru, kuko byari bidasanzwe
kuri bo ko yaje, nuko bakingura irembo barabakira,
akongeza umuriro, uhagarara hafi yabo.
13:14 Hanyuma ababwira n'ijwi rirenga ati: “Nimushime, shima Imana, shima Imana,
Ndabivuze, kuko atakuye imbabazi mu nzu ya Isiraheli,
ariko yarimbuye abanzi bacu n'amaboko yanjye muri iri joro.
15:15 Akura umutwe mu gikapu, arawereka, arababwira ati:
reba umutware wa Holofernes, umutware mukuru wingabo za Assur,
maze urebe igitereko, aho yari aryamye mu businzi bwe; na
Uwiteka yamukubise ukuboko k'umugore.
13 Uwiteka abaho, ni nde wankomeje mu nzira nagiye, uwanjye
mu maso haramushutse ngo arimbuke, ariko ntiyigeze abikora
nakoze icyaha nanjye, kugirango mpumanye kandi binteye isoni.
17:17 Abantu bose baratangara cyane, barunama
maze asenga Imana, avuga abigiranye ubwitonzi ati: Uragahirwa, yewe
Mana, uyu munsi watsembye abanzi b'ubwoko bwawe.
13:18 Oziya aramubwira ati, mukobwa we, urahirwa wo hejuru cyane
Imana isumba abagore bose bari kwisi; kandi Imana ihimbazwe,
Ni yo yaremye ijuru n'isi, ikuyobora
guca umutwe w'umutware w'abanzi bacu.
13:19 Kubwibyo, ibyiringiro byawe ntibizava mu mitima yabantu, aribyo
ibuka imbaraga z'Imana ubuziraherezo.
13:20 Kandi Imana iguhindure ibyo bintu kugirango ishimwe ubuziraherezo, kugirango igusure
mubintu byiza kuko utarinze ubuzima bwawe kubabazwa
y'igihugu cyacu, ariko wihoreye kurimbuka kwacu, tugenda inzira igororotse mbere
Mana yacu. Abantu bose baravuga bati: Bibe bityo, bibe.