Yudita
16: 1 Hanyuma Yudita atangira kuririmba iyi shimwe muri Isiraheli yose, ndetse na bose
abantu baririmbye nyuma yiyi ndirimbo yo guhimbaza.
16: 2 Yudita ati: “Tangira ku Mana yanjye ukoresheje imbaho, uririmbire Umwami wanjye
cymbals: mumuririmbire zaburi nshya: umushyire hejuru, wambaze izina rye.
16 Kuko Imana isenya intambara, kuko mu nkambi ziri hagati y'Uwiteka
abantu yankuye mu maboko y'abantotezaga.
16: 4 Assur asohoka mu misozi avuye mu majyaruguru, azana icumi
ibihumbi by'ingabo ze, imbaga y'abantu yahagaritse imigezi, kandi
abanyamafarasi babo bitwikiriye imisozi.
16: 5 Yirata ko azatwika imipaka yanjye, akica abasore banjye
inkota, hanyuma wirukane abana bonsa hasi, hanyuma ukore
impinja zanjye nk'umuhigo, n'inkumi zanjye nk'iminyago.
16: 6 Ariko Umwami Ushoborabyose yabatengushye ukuboko k'umugore.
16 Kuko umunyembaraga ataguye mu basore, ndetse n'abahungu
y'Abanyatitani bamukubise, cyangwa ibihangange byo hejuru bimushiraho: ariko Yudita Uhoraho
umukobwa wa Merari yamugaye intege nubwiza bwo mumaso ye.
16 Kuko yambuye umwambaro w'ubupfakazi bwe kugira ngo abashyire hejuru
bakandamijwe muri Isiraheli, bakamusiga amavuta mu maso, kandi
aboshye umusatsi mu ipine, afata umwenda w'igitare kugira ngo amushuke.
Inkweto ze zamuhumye amaso, ubwiza bwe bumufata imbohe, kandi
fauchion yanyuze mu ijosi.
16:10 Abaperesi bahinda umushyitsi kubera ubutwari bwe, Abamedi baramutuka
gukomera.
16:11 Abababaye bavugije induru bishimye, abanyantege nke zanjye barataka cyane; ariko
baratangaye: aba bazamuye amajwi, ariko barumirwa
guhirika.
16:12 Abahungu b'abakobwa barabacengeye, barabakomeretsa nk'uko
abana b'impunzi: barimbuwe n'intambara ya Nyagasani.
Nzaririmbira Uwiteka indirimbo nshya: Mwami, uri igihangange kandi
icyubahiro, gitangaje mu mbaraga, kandi kidatsindwa.
16:14 Reka ibiremwa byose bigukorere, kuko wavuze, kandi byarakozwe, wowe
Ntabwo wohereje umwuka wawe, urabarema, kandi ntanumwe uhari
Irashobora kurwanya ijwi ryawe.
15:15 Kuko imisozi izava ku rufatiro rwabo n'amazi,
urutare ruzashonga nk'ibishashara imbere yawe, ariko ugirirwa imbabazi
Abagutinya.
16:16 Kuberako ibitambo byose ari bike cyane kubiryoheye kuri wewe, kandi byose
ibinure ntibihagije kubitambo byawe byoswa: ariko utinya
Uhoraho arakomeye ibihe byose.
Hagowe ishyano amahanga yahagurukiye kurwanya bene wacu! Uhoraho Ushoborabyose
Azabihorera kumunsi wurubanza, mugushira umuriro kandi
inyo mu mubiri wabo; kandi bazumva, barire ubuziraherezo.
16:18 Bakimara kwinjira i Yeruzalemu, basenga Uhoraho;
abantu bakimara kwezwa, batwitse
amaturo, n'amaturo yabo y'ubuntu, n'impano zabo.
16:19 Yudita kandi yeguriye ibintu byose bya Holofernes, abantu bari bafite
amuha, atanga igitereko yari yakuye mu bye
icyumba cyo kuryamamo, kugirango uhabwe Uwiteka.
16:20 Nuko abantu bakomeza gusangira i Yerusalemu imbere yera
umwanya w'amezi atatu na Yudita agumana nabo.
16:21 Nyuma y'iki gihe, buri wese yasubiye mu murage we, na Yudita
yagiye i Betuliya, aguma mu mutungo we, kandi yari muri we
igihe cyicyubahiro mugihugu cyose.
16:22 Benshi baramwifuzaga, ariko ntanumwe wigeze amumenya iminsi yose y'ubuzima bwe, nyuma
ko Manasses umugabo we yapfuye, akegeranya ubwoko bwe.
16:23 Ariko yarushijeho kwiyongera mu cyubahiro, kandi ashaje muri we
inzu y'umugabo, afite imyaka ijana n'itanu, amugira umuja
ubuntu; nuko apfira i Betuliya, bamushyingura mu buvumo bwe
umugabo Manasses.
24 Abayisraheli bamuririra iminsi irindwi, kandi mbere yuko apfa,
yagabanije ibicuruzwa bye byose byari hafi ya bene wabo
Manasses umugabo we, nabari hafi ya bene wabo.
16:25 Nta n'umwe watumye Abisirayeli bagira ubwoba bwinshi
iminsi ya Yudita, cyangwa igihe kinini nyuma y'urupfu rwe.