Yudita
14 Yudita arababwira ati: “Bavandimwe, nyumva, nimwumve
mutwe, ukimanika ahantu hirengeye h'urukuta rwawe.
14: 2 Bukeye bwaho, izuba rirashe
ku isi, fata buri wese intwaro ze, kandi usohoke buri wese
intwari ivuye mu mujyi, ibashyireho umutware, nkaho
Wamanuka mu murima werekeza ku barinzi b'Abashuri; ariko
ntumanuke.
3 Hanyuma bazafata ibirwanisho byabo, bajye mu nkambi yabo, kandi
uzamure abatware b'ingabo za Assur, uzirukire ku ihema rya
Holofernes, ariko ntazamubona: noneho ubwoba buzabageraho, kandi
Bazahunga imbere yawe.
14: 4 Namwe rero, n'ababa ku nkombe zose za Isiraheli, muzabakurikira, kandi
ubahirike uko bagiye.
14: 5 Ariko mbere yuko mukora ibyo, nyita Akiyoroni w'Abamoni, kugira ngo abone
reba kandi umenye uwasuzuguye inzu ya Isiraheli, kandi wamutumye
twe nkuko byari bimeze ku rupfu rwe.
6 Bahamagara Akiyori mu nzu ya Oziya; agezeyo,
abona umutwe wa Holofernes mu ntoki z'umuntu mu iteraniro rya
abantu, yikubita hasi yubamye, umwuka we urananirwa.
7: 7 Bamaze kumukiza, yikubita imbere ya Yudita, maze
aramwubaha, ati: Urahirwa mu mahema yose ya
Yuda, no mu mahanga yose, bumvise izina ryawe bazatangara.
14 Noneho 8 Mbwira ibyo wakoze byose muri iyi minsi.
Yudita amubwira hagati y'abantu ibyo ari byo byose
yari yarakoze, guhera umunsi yasohotse kugeza kuri iyo saha avuga
Kuri bo.
14: 9 Amaze kuvuga, abantu bavuza induru n'ijwi rirenga
ijwi, maze basakuza mu mujyi wabo.
Achior amaze kubona ibyo Imana ya Isiraheli yakoze byose
yizeraga Imana cyane, kandi yakebwa inyama zuruhu rwe, kandi
yifatanije n'inzu ya Isiraheli kugeza na n'ubu.
14:11 Bumaze gucya, bamanika umutwe wa Holofernes
ku rukuta, umuntu wese afata intwaro ze, barasohoka
bande kugeza ku nkombe z'umusozi.
14:12 Abashuri bababonye, bohereza abayobozi babo baza
ku batware babo, no kuri buri mutware wabo.
14:13 Bageze ku ihema rya Holofernes, babwira uwari ufite inshingano
ibintu bye byose, Kanguka noneho databuja: kuko imbata zashize amanga
manuka kuturwanya kugira ngo barimburwe rwose.
14:14 Hanyuma yinjira i Bagoas, akomanga ku rugi rw'ihema; kuko yatekereje
ko aryamanye na Yudita.
15:15 Ariko kubera ko nta n'umwe wasubije, arakingura, yinjira mu cyumba cyo kuryama,
amusanga yikubise hasi yapfuye, bamwambura umutwe.
14:16 Ni cyo cyatumye ataka n'ijwi rirenga, arira, asuhuza umutima, a
gutaka cyane, ukodesha imyenda ye.
14:17 Ajya mu ihema Yudita yari acumbitsemo, aramubona
atari, asimbukira mu bantu, ararira,
14:18 Aba bagaragu barahemutse; umugore umwe w'Abaheburayo afite
Biteye isoni inzu y'umwami Nabukodoni, kuko,
Holofernes aryamye hasi nta mutwe.
14:19 Abatware b'ingabo z'Abashuri bumvise ayo magambo, barakodesha
amakoti yabo n'ubwenge bwabo byari biteye ubwoba bidasanzwe, kandi hariho a
kurira n'urusaku rwinshi cyane mu nkambi.