Xhosa - 2nd Maccabees

ISAHLUKO 1 1 Abazalwana baseYerusalem, baseYerusalem nakwelakwaYuda, banqwenela ukuphiliswa noxolo kubazalwana bakulo lonke elaseJiputa.

2 Ngamana uThixo wanibabala, awukhumbule umnqophiso wakhe awawenzayo noAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi, abakhonzi bakhe abathembekileyo; 3 Kwaye aninike yonke intliziyo yokumkhonza, nokwenza ukuthanda kwakhe, ngokukhalipha okukhulu, nangengqondo evumayo; 4 Zivuleni iintliziyo zenu emyalelweni wakhe nasemithethoni yakhe, ninithumele uxolo; 5 Kwaye yiva imithandazo yakho, kwaye ube banye nawe, kwaye ungaze unishiye ngexesha lembandezelo.

6 Kwaye ngoku silapha sinithandazela.

7 Ngexesha lokulawula kukaDemetriyo, ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci asixhenxe anesithoba, sanibhalela thina maYuda ngembandezelo enkulu, eyasifikelayo ngaloo minyaka, kususela ekuvukeni kukaYason neqela lakhe, bephuma emhlabeni ongcwele nobukumkani; 8 Wayitshisa ivaranda, waphalaza igazi elimsulwa; sathandaza ke kuYehova, saviwa; sabingelela imibingelelo nomgubo ocoliweyo, sakhanyisa izibane, sabeka izonka ezo.

9 Khangelani ke, niwenze umthendeleko weminquba ngenyanga enguKasilevu.

10 Ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci asibhozo anesibhozo, abantu ababeseYerusalem nakwelakwaYuda, nentlanganiso yamatyala, noYuda, bathumela imibuliso nempilo kuAristobhulo, inkosi kaPtolemeyu, obengowendlu yababingeleli abathanjiswayo; amaJuda awayeseYiputa.

11 Ekubeni ke uThixo esihlangule kwiingozi ezinkulu, sinokubulela kuye ngokugqithiseleyo, ngathi besikumfazwe nokumkani; 12 Wabakhupha abo balwayo phakathi komzi ongcwele.

13 Kwathi, ekufikeni kwenkokeli yasePersi, nomkhosi lowo, kunye naye lowo ubonakala engenakoyiswa, babulawa endlwini kaNaneha ngobuqhetseba bababingeleli bakaNaneha.

14 Kuba uAntiyoko, engathi uza kumzeka, weza kuloo ndawo nezihlobo zakhe ezazinaye, ukuze amkele imali egameni lekhazi.

15 Bakuba bephumile ababingeleli bakaNaneha, wangena neqela elincinane evarandeni yetempile, bayivala itempile, akuba engene uAntiyoko; 16 Bawuvula ke ucango olungaphakathi eluphahleni, bagibisela amatye okududuma, bamxabela umphathi, abaqwenga, abanqumla iintloko, babaphosa ngaphandle.

17 Makabongwe uThixo wethu ezintweni zonke, obanikeleyo abangahloneli Thixo.

18 Ekubeni ke sigqibe kwelokuba senze intlambululo yetempile ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu enyangeni enguKaslehu, sibé kuyimfuneko ukuba sinazise, ukuze nani niyenze, ngokomthendeleko weminquba, nowomthendeleko weminquba. umlilo, esawunikwayo xa uNeemia enikela idini, emva kokuba wayakha itempile nesibingelelo.

19 Kuba xeshikweni oobawo bangeniswayo ePersi, ababingeleli abo bahlonela uThixo bawuthabatha ngasese umlilo wesibingelelo, bawufihla emhadini womhadi ongenamanzi, ukuze uwugcine, ukuze ungaziwa ndawo. onke amadoda.

20 Ke kaloku kwathi, emva kweminyaka emininzi, ekuthandeni kukaThixo, uNehemiya, ethunywe kukumkani wasePersi, wathumela kowembewu yababingeleli ababewufihle emlilweni; ; 21 Wabawisela umthetho wokuba bawurhole, bawuzise; Kwathi xa kwakunikelwa amadini, uNehemiya wabayalela ababingeleli ukuba bafefe iinkuni nezinto ezibekwe phezu kwazo ngamanzi.

22 Kuthe ke kwakwenzeka oko, lada lafika ixesha lokuphuma kwelanga, ebelifihliwe ngaphambili efini, kwabakho umlilo omkhulu, ngokokude bamangaliswa bonke.

23 Bathandaza ababingeleli xa udliwayo umbingelelo, ndathi ke ababingeleli, kwanabanye bonke; 24 Kwaye umthandazo waba ngolu hlobo; Nkosi, Nkosi, Thixo, Mdali wezinto zonke, wena woyikeka, onamandla, olilungisa, onenceba, uKumkani yedwa, onobabalo, 25 Wena ungumenzi wezinto zonke, wena wedwa olilungisa, uSomandla, ngonaphakade, wena umkhululiyo amaSirayeli embandezelweni yonke, wabanyula ooyihlo, wabangcwalisa; 26 Wamkele umbingelelo wabantu bakho bonke amaSirayeli, usigcine isabelo sakho, usingcwalise.

27 Zihlanganiseni eziziintsali kuthi, nibahlangule abakhonza phakathi kweentlanga, bakhangele kwabadelekileyo, abasikizileyo, zazi iintlanga ukuba unguThixo wethu.

28 Bathethise abasibandezelayo, Unekratshi; 29 Batyale abantu bakho kwakhona endaweni yakho engcwele, njengoko wathethayo uMoses.

30 Ababingeleli bavuma iindumiso zombulelo.

31 Kwathi, lakuba lidliwe idini, uNehemiya wathi makugalelwe amanzi aseleyo phezu kwamatye amakhulu.

32 Kwenziwa oko, kwavutha umlilo, wesuka watsha kukukhanya obengezela esibingelelweni.

33 Yaziwa ke loo nto, waxelelwa ukumkani wasePersi, ukuba kuloo ndawo, apho ababingeleli ababefudusiwe bewufihle khona umlilo, kwabonakala amanzi, uNehemiya ewahlambulule amadini ngayo.

34 Waza ukumkani, wayivala loo ndawo, wayingcwalisa, wayigqiba loo ndawo.

35 Kwaye ukumkani wathabatha izipho ezininzi, waza wazinika abo wayethanda ukubasikelela.

36 Kwaye uNemiya wayibiza le nto ngokuba yiNafetare, ephantse yatsho, ukuhlanjululwa; kodwa abantu abaninzi bayibiza ngokuba nguNifayi.

ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kananjalo kubhaliwe ezincwadini, okokuba uYeremiya umprofeti wabawisela umthetho abo babethatyathwe, ukuba bathabathe emlilweni, njengoko kuthethiweyo; 2 Kwaye ukuba umprofeti, akuba ebanike umthetho, wabayala ukuba bangayilibali imiyalelo yeNkosi, nokuba bangalahleki ezingqondweni zabo, xa bebona imifanekiso yesilivere negolide, kunye nezihombiso zabo.

3 Wayebavuselela nangezinye iilwimi, ukuba ungasuki umthetho ezintliziyweni zabo.

4 Kanjalo kwakubhalwe kwaloo mbhalo, ukuba umprofeti, evuselelwe nguThixo, wathi umnquba netyeya mazihambe naye, ekuphumeni kwakhe entabeni, apho uMoses wenyukayo khona, walibona ilifa likaThixo.

5 Efikile ke uYeremiya, wafumana umqolomba abewubeke kuwo umnquba, netyeya, nesibingelelo sesiqhumiso, waluvala ke ucango.

6 Kweza ke abathile kwababemlandela, bebona indlela, abayifumananga.

7 Uthe ke uYeremiya, ekwazi oko, wabasola, esithi, Yona loo ndawo iya kwaziwa, kude kube lixesha lokuba uThixo abahlanganisele ndawonye abantu bakhe, abamkelele inceba.

8 UNdikhoyo uya kubabonisa ezi zinto, bubonakale ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova, nelifu, njengoko laboniswayo phantsi koMoses, nanjengoko uSolomon wayenqwenelayo ukuba ingcwaliswe, ingcwaliswe.

9 Kananjalo kwaxelwa ukuba, ebelumkile, walisondeza idini lokuyisungula, nelokugqitywa kwetempile.

10 Kwathi, xa uMoses wathandazayo kuYehova, kwehla umlilo ezulwini, walidla imibingelelo; wenjenjalo ke uSolomon, wehla umlilo ezulwini, walidla idini elinyukayo.

11 Wathi uMoses, Ngokuba lingadliwa idini lesono, ladliwa ladliwa.

12 Wazigcina ke uSolomon ezo ntsuku zisibhozo.

13 Kwaye kwabhalwa kwaezo zinto kuzo nemibhalo kaNemiya; Waza wafumana ithala leencwadi, wazihlanganisa izinto zookumkani, nezabaprofeti, nezikaDavide, neencwadi zookumkani, ezisingisele kwizipho ezingcwele.

14 Ngokukwanjalo ke uYuda, wabaqokelela ndawonye zonke izinto ezazilahlekile ngenxa yemfazwe esibe nayo, waza wahlala nathi.

15 Ke ngoko, ukuba niyiswele, thuma abathile ukuba bazithabathele kuni.

16 Ekubeni ngoko siza kwenza nyulu, sanibhalela, yaye niyatyapha ukuba nithe nazigcina kwangazo ezo.

17 Ke sinethemba lokuba uThixo, lowo wabahlangulayo bonke abantu bakhe, wabanika ilifa lonke, nobukumkani, nobubingeleli, nengcwele; 18 Njengoko wathembisayo emthethweni, uya kusenzela inceba kamsinya, asihlanganisele ndawonye, siphuma kuwo wonke umhlaba ophantsi kwezulu, sisiwe kwengcwele; 19 Ke kaloku, ngoYudas Maccabeus, nabazalwana bakhe, nokuhlanjululwa kwetempile enkulu, nokuvulwa kwesibingelelo, 20 Kwaye iimfazwe ezichasene noAntiyoko uEpiphanes, noYupatori unyana wakhe, 21 nemiqondiso ecacileyo evela ezulwini, kwabo baziphatha ngokwamadoda ukuba babe ngamaYuda, ngokokude bathi, bembalwa, bawuthi hlasi ilizwe lonke, basukela izihlwele eziziziyatha; 22 Yabuya yawubuyisa umva itempile, yaba negama ehlabathini lonke, yawukhulula umzi, yawugcina imithetho ehlayo, uYehova ebababala ngobubele bonke.

23 Zonke ezi zinto, ndithi, zibhengezwe nguYason waseKirene kwiincwadi ezintlanu, siya kuzama ukushwankathela kumqulu omnye.

24 Kuba beqwalasela inani elingenasiphelo, kunye nobunzima abawufumanayo umnqweno wokukhangela amabali ebali, ngenxa yobuninzi bomcimbi, 25 Silumkele ke, ukuze abo bafundayo babe nokuyoliswa, nokuze abo banqwenela ukukhumbula babe nokukhululeka, nokuze bonke abo ifikayo ezandleni zabo babe nokungenelwa.

26 Ke ngoko kuthi, abathe bathabatha phezu kwethu lo msebenzi unzima wokunciphisa, bekungelula, kodwa kungumba wokubila nokubukela; 27 Kwanjengokuba kungekuyo lula kulowo wenza isidlo, efuna okwabanye abantu; 28 Ukushiyela kumbhali indlela echanekileyo yokuphathwa kwayo yonke into, kunye nokusebenza ukulandela imigaqo yoshwankathelo.

29 Kuba njengokuba umakhi wendlu entsha umelwe kukuthi anyamekele isakhiwo siphela; ke yena othe wazama ukuyibeka, wayiqaba, wayiqaba, makazifunele izinto eziyifaneleyo ukuyivathisa; 30 Ukuma phezu kweengongoma zonke, nokuhamba phezu kwezinto ngokubanzi, nokufuna ukwazi iinkcukacha, kokokuqala kombhali webali; 31 Ke ukwenza ubucukubhede, ukuwuyeka umsebenzi omninzi, inikwe lowo uvalayo.

32 Masiliqale apha ke ibali; kuphela songeza kakhulu koko kwathethwayo, kukuthi, bubudenge ukwenza isandulela, sibe mfutshane ebalini ngokwalo.

ISAHLUKO 3 1 Ke kaloku, wakubon' ukuba umzi ongcwele ubumiwe ngoxolo lonke, nemithetho igcinwe kakuhle kakhulu, ngenxa yokuhlonela u-Oniya umbingeleli omkhulu, nokuyithiya kwakhe inkohlakalo; 2 kwenzekile okokuba nookumkani ngokwabo baye bayihlonela le ndawo, baza bayenza nkulu itempile ngezipho zabo ezizezona zilungileyo; 3 Kangangokuba uSeleuko waseAsiya wazithwala zonke iindleko zenkonzo yemibingelelo.

4 Ke kaloku uSimon wesizwe sakwaBhenjamin, obengurhuluneli wetempile, waphambana nombingeleli omkhulu malunga nesiphithiphithi phakathi komzi.

5 Uthe akuba engenako ukumoyisa u-Onias, wamsa kuApoloniyo unyana kaTraseya, owayeyirhuluneli yaseKelosriya nelaseFenike ngoko; 6 Bamxelela ukuba ubuncwane obuseYerusalem buzele ziimali ezingenakulinganiswa nanto, ngoko ke ubutyebi babo obungafanelanga nokubalwa kwemibingelelo, bungenakubalwa, nokuba bekunokwenzeka ukuzisa konke endlwini yokumkani. isandla.

7 Ke kaloku xa uApoloniyo weza kukumkani waza wamxelela ngemali awayexelelwe ngayo, ukumkani wanyula uHeliodoro unondyebo wakhe, waza wamthumela ngomyalelo wokuba azisele imali eyayixelwe kwangaphambili.

8 Wathabatha kwaoko uHeliodoro uhambo lwakhe; phantsi kombala wokutyelela izixeko zaseCelosyria naseFenike, kodwa ngokwenene ukuzalisekisa injongo yokumkani.

9 Uthe ke akufika eYerusalem, wamkelwa ngobubele ngumbingeleli omkhulu womzi, wamxelela ukuba bekuqiqeke ntoni na ngemali leyo; 10 Umbingeleli omkhulu ke wamxelela, ukuba imali ingaka ebekelelwe ukunceda abahlolokazi neenkedama; 11 Inxenye yayo ibiyekaHircano unyana kaTobhiya, indoda enewonga elikhulu, engenjengalaa Simon ungendawo, owambekayo ubuxoki; 12 Nokokuba kwakungenakwenzeka ngokupheleleyo ukuba kwenziwe ezo ziphoso kubo, ababezinikele ebungcweleni bendawo, nakubungangamsha nobungcwele

obungenakophulwa betempile, obubekekileyo phezu kwehlabathi lonke.

13 Wathi uEliodoro, ngenxa yelizwi lokumkani abemwisele umthetho ngako, wathi, Nokuba kutheni, imele isiwe endlwini yendyebo yokumkani.

14 Ngoko ke ngemini awayeyimisele wayilungisa loo nto, kwaza akwabakho ntlungu incinane kuwo wonke umzi.

15 Kodwa ababingeleli, bequbuda phambi kwesibingelelo bekwizambatho zababingeleli babo, babiza ezulwini kulowo wawisa umthetho ngokunxulumene nezinto ezinikelwe kuye ukuba azigcine, ukuze zibe nokulondolozwa ngokukhuselekileyo kwabo bathe bazinikela ukuba zigcinwe.

16 Ngoko othe wakhangela umbingeleli omkhulu ebusweni, ebeya kumenza buhlungu intliziyo; 17 Kuba umntu lowo ube kunkwantya nokoyika umzimba, ngokokude babone ukuba buhlungu kwakhe ngoku entliziyweni yakhe.

18 Abanye babaleka bephuma ezindlwini zabo, besiya kwisikhungo, ngenxa yokuba loo ndawo yayifana nendelelo.

19 Abafazi, bezibhinqe ezirhwexayo emabeleni, bephuphuma ezitratweni, neentombi ezigcinwe zibalekela, ezinye emasangweni, ezinye ezindongeni, abanye bekroba ngeefestile.

20 Baza bonke, baphakamisela phezulu izandla zabo, bakhunga.

21 Kothi kube koba nosizi ngomntu ukubona isiwa inkitha yazo zonke iintlobo zeentlobo ngeentlobo, nokoyika kombingeleli omkhulu entlungwini enjalo.

22 Baza ke babiza iNkosi enguSomandla, ukuba igcine izinto ezithenjiweyo zikhuselekile, zihlale ziqinisekile kwabo bazenzileyo.

23 Noko ke uHeliodoro wakwenza oko bekugqitywe.

24 Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba wayekhona apho ndawonye nabagcini bakhe ngasemkhumbini wokulondoloza imali, iNkosi yemimoya, uMthetheli wamandla onke, yesuka yavelisa isiphithiphithi esikhulu, ngokokude bathi khamnqa ngamandla kaThixo bonke abo babecinga ukungena naye. wawa isiduli, woyika kakhulu.

25Kuba kwabonakala kubo ihashe, linomkhweli walo owoyikekayo, elivathe ingubo ende entle kunene, wagidima kakhulu, wambetha uHeliodoro ngamanqina angaphambili, kwaba ngathi lowo uhleli phezu kwehashe uneentonga ezipheleleyo. igolide.

26 Kwabonakala phambi kwakhe amadodana amabini, ema emacaleni, emandleni, emhle imbonakalo, enomkhitha oqaqambileyo, emi ngakuye ngapha nangapha. wamana emtyakatya, emnika imivumbo emininzi.

27 UHeliodoro wawa ngesiquphe emhlabeni, egutyungelwe bubumnyama obukhulu; 28 Ngokunjalo lo uthe esandula ukubuya enesihlwele esikhulu, enabo bonke abalindi bakhe, emkhumbini wokulondoloza imali, bakhupha ke, engenako ukuzinceda ngezikhali; 29 Kuba wakhahlelwa phantsi ngesandla sikaThixo, walala engakwazi ukuthetha, engenathemba lakuphila.

30 Bamdumisa uYehova, othe wayizukisa indawo yayo indlu; eyathi ngaphambili izele luloyiko naziimbandezelo, yakuvela iNkosi enguSomandla, yazaliswa luvuyo nemivuyo.

31 Ngoko nangoko abathile kubahlobo bakaHeliodoro bamthandazela uOnias ukuba abize koPhezukonke ukuba

amnike ubomi bakhe, owayesele eza kuphuma umphefumlo.

32 Uthe ke umbingeleli omkhulu, ecinga ukuba ukumkani angakhe acinge ukuba ubuqhophololo benziwe kuHeliodoro ngamaYuda, wenyusa idini ngenxa yempilo yendoda leyo.

33 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba umbingeleli omkhulu wayecamagushela, kwathi gqi abafana abo, benxibe kwaengubo enye, bema ngakuHeliodoro, besithi, Mbulele kakhulu uOnia, umbingeleli omkhulu, ede ekuphe ubomi, iNkosi ngenxa yakhe.

34 Kwaye ubonile ukuba ukatyiwe uvela ezulwini, vakalisa kubo bonke abantu amandla amakhulu kaThixo. Bakuba betshilo, ababi sabonakala.

35 Waza uEliodoro, emva kokubingelela kwakhe kuYehova, wenza izibhambathiso ezikhulu kulowo wawusindisile umphefumlo wakhe, wambulisa uOnias, wabuya nempi yakhe, waya kukumkani.

36 Waza waqononondisa kubo bonke abantu imisebenzi kaThixo omkhulu, ayibonayo ngamehlo akhe.

37 Uthe ke ukumkani, uHeliodoro, ngubani na ofanele ukuthunyelwa kwakhona eYerusalem, wathi, 38 Ukuba uthe wanotshaba, nokuba ngumngcatshi, mthumele khona; kukho amandla akhethekileyo kaThixo.

39 Kuba lowo uhleli emazulwini, uliso lakhe likuloo ndawo, ayikhusele; kwaye uyababetha, abatshabalalise abo beza kuwonakalisa.

40 Zawa ngokunjalo ke izinto eziphathelele uHeliodoro, nokugcina ubuncwane.

ISAHLUKO 4 1 USimon lo, besithetha ngaye ngenxa engaphambili, engumngcatshi wemali nelizwe lakowabo, wamhleba uOnias, ngokungathi wayemoyikile uHeliodoro, engumenzi wezo zinto zingendawo.

2 Ngaloo ndlela waba nenkalipho yokumbiza ngokuba ngumngcatshi, owayefanelwe kukulingwa sisixeko, yaye ethantamisa isizwe sakowabo, kwaye wayeyizondelele kangako imithetho.

3 Kuthe ke, yakuba intiyo yabo yada yada, ngokokuba lelinye leqela likaSimon libulawe.

4 UOnias, ebona ukuba ubungozi bale mbambano, noApoloniyo, irhuluneli yelaseKelosi nelaseFenike, waba nomsindo kakhulu, emangalela kaSimon; 5 Waza waya kukumkani, kungekhona ukuba abe ngummangaleli kumawabo; 6 Kuba wabona ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ilizwe lithe cwaka, aze uSimon abushiye ubudenge bakhe, ukuba ukumkani akakhange akukhangele oko.

7 Ke kaloku, emva kokufa kukaSeleucus, xa uAntiyoko, okuthiwa nguEpiphanes, wabuthabathayo ubukumkani, uYason, umzalwana ka-Onias, wasebenza ngenzondelelo ukuba abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu; 8 owathetha kukumkani wathethela amakhulu amathathu anamanci mathandathu eetalente zesilivere, nomnye amashumi asibhozo eetalente zesilivere; 9 Ngaphandle koko, wathembisa ukumisela ikhulu elinamanci mahlanu, ukuba uthe wafumana imvume yokummisela indawo yokukhenkcela, yokuqeqeshela ukuqeqesha abantwana ngeempahla zeentlanga, nokuzibhala ezizweni zaseYerusalem. igama lamaAntiyokiya.

10 Ethe akuba eyivumile ukumkani, kwaye elufumene ulawulo esandleni sakhe, kwaoko waluzisa uhlanga lwakhe kwimo yamaGrike.

11 Kwaye amalungelo asebukhosini awayenikwe ubabalo olukhethekileyo kumaYuda ngoYohane uyise kaYupolemo, owathi waya unozakuzaku eRoma ngenxa yobubele noncedo, wathabatha; wabatshitshisa oorhulumente obungokomthetho, wenyusa amasiko amatsha ngokunxamnye nomthetho; 12 Kuba wakhela indawo yokusetyenzwa phantsi kwenqaba ngokwayo, wawathoba amadodana abathetheli, wawathwesa umnqwazi.

13 Ke kaloku, bekunjalo ukuphakama kwesimilo samaGrike, nokukhula kwezithethe zeentlanga, ngokugqithisela kokuzihlambela kukaYason, usisidenge, ongenabubi, ongenambingeleli mkhulu; 14 Ukuze ababingeleli bangabi nabuganga bokukhonza esibingelelweni, kodwa beyidela itempile, bewatyeshela amadini, bangxamele ukuba nenxaxheba kwisibonelelo esingekho mthethweni kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, emva kokuba umdlalo weDiscus ubabizile; 15 bengabekwanga yimbeko yooyise, bathanda uzuko lwamaGrike.

16 Behlelwa yinkxwaleko enkulu; 17 Kuba ukwenza okungendawo okuchasene nomthetho kaThixo akunto elula; 18 Ke kaloku, kwakuqhutywa umdlalo wokholo iminyaka ngeminyaka eTire, ebekhona ukumkani; 19 UYason lo, ukhohlakeleyo, wathumela abathunywa abakhethekileyo bevela eYerusalem, ababengamaAntiyokiya, ukuba bathabathe amakhulu amathathu eedrarhima zesilivere, baye kubingelela idini likaHercules, abathi nabathwali balo bacinga ukuba akufanelekanga ukulinikela edinini, ngenxa yokuba lalingenakulungeleka, kodwa lalifanele ukwenziwa. ibekelwe ezinye iintlawulo.

20 Le mali ngoko, ngokomthumeli, yamiselwa idini likaHercules; kodwa ngenxa yabathwali bayo, yayisetyenziselwa ukwenza iigala.

21 Ke kaloku, xa uApoloniyo unyana kaMenesta wathunyelwa eYiputa ukuba kubekwe etroneni ukumkani uPtolemeyu Filometori, uAntiyoko, eqonda ukuba wayengaziphathi kakuhle izinto zakhe, wazilungiselela ngokwakhe ukhuseleko lwakhe; : 22 apho wamkelwa khona ngokubekekileyo nguYason nakumzi lowo, weziswa enezibane ezivuthayo, kusenziwa intswahla enkulu; 23 Ke kaloku, kwiminyaka emithathu emva koko, uYason wathuma uMeneyu, lowo ukhankanywe ngaphambili, umntakwabo Simon, ukuba ayithabathe imali leyo kukumkani, aze amkhumbule ngemibandela ethile eyimfuneko.

24 Ke yena, waziswa ebusweni bokumkani, wakumenza mkhulu ngenxa yobungangamsha begunya lakhe, wazuza ububingeleli, wanikela ngaphezu kukaYason ngeetalente zesilivere ezimakhulu mathathu.

25 Weza ke ngokomyalelo wokumkani, engazisanga nto ibufanelekeleyo ububingeleli obukhulu; 26 Waza ke uYason, owayemjongele phantsi umntakwabo, ecinezelwe ngomnye, wanyanzelwa ukuba asabele kwilizwe lama-Amon.

27 Wayizuza ke uMeneyu irhuluneli.

28 Kuba kwakukhona yena ukuhlanganisa amasiko.

Babizwa ke bobabini phambi kokumkani.

29 Ngoku uMeneyo wamshiya umntakwabo uLisimako esikhundleni sakhe kububingeleli; waza uSostrato wamshiya uKrates, irhuluneli yamaSipro.

30 Ke kaloku, kwakubon’ ukuba kusenjalo ezo zinto, kwabakho isiphithiphithi abaseTarso naseMalo; 31 Waza ukumkani wangxama ukuba acamagushele, eshiya uAndroniko, oyigosa kwisekela lakhe.

32 Ke kaloku uMeneyu, eba uzuze ixesha elimlungeleyo, weba iimpahla zegolide etempileni, wazinika uAndroniko, inxenye wayithengisa eTire nakwimizi ngeenxa zonke.

33 Uthe ke uOnias, ekwazi okunene, wamohlwaya, wesuka waya engcweleni eDafene, yakwa-Antiyokiya.

34 Uthe ngoko uMeneyo, emthabathele yedwa uAndroniko, wamthandazela ukuba u-Onias amfake ezandleni zakhe; owathi, oyisekile kuloo nto, weza kuOnias ekhohlisa, wamnika isandla sokunene, efunga; nakuba ekrokrelwa nguye, wesuka wamana ukumcenga ukuba aphume engcweleni, wamvalela kwaoko, akwabakho bulungisa.

35 Ngenxa yoko, kungengamaYuda odwa, kwaba nabaninzi bezinye iintlanga, abacaphuka kakhulu, baba buhlungu kakhulu ngokubulawa kwabantu ngokungekho sikweni.

36 Ke kaloku, akuba ebuyile ukumkani kwiindawo ezikufuphi neKiliki, amaYuda aloo mzi, namaGrike athile acekisayo, akhalaza ngokuba u-Onia ebulewe kungekho sizathu.

37 Waba buhlungu ke uAntiyoko, wasikwa yimfesane, walila ngenxa yesimilo esithozamileyo salowo ufileyo.

38 Evutha ke ngumsindo, wayithabatha kwaoko uAndroniko ebomvu, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wamrhola, ecanda umzi uphela, ukuya kuloo ndawo wayeyenze ubutshijolo ku-Onia, wambulala khona lowo utshabhisiweyo. Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo wambuyisela kuye njengoko wayemfanele.

39 Ke kaloku, kwakubon’ ukuba kwenziwe izinto ezininzi ezingcwele emzini nguLisimako ngemvume kaMenelayo, saza isiqhamo sawo sasasazeka, yahlanganisana inkitha ngakuLisimako, izitya ezininzi zegolide sele zikhutshiwe.

40 Kuthe ke, besuka abantu abaqhelekileyo, bezala ngumsindo, uLisimako waxhobela amadoda akumawaka amathathu, waqala ke ukugonyamela; omnye uAuranus eyinkokeli, indoda esele ihambile ngeminyaka, yaye hayi ngaphantsi kobudenge.

41 Ke kaloku, bakukubona ukwenza oko kukaLisimako, inxenye yabamba amatye, enye neentonga; 42 Ke kaloku into eninzi kubo bayingxwelerha, inxenye yabaxabela emhlabeni, bonke babasaba; ke yena umphangi webandla, bambulalela yena ngasemkhumbini wokulondoloza imali.

43 Kwabakho ke isityholo ngakuMenelayo ngezo ndawo.

44 Ke kaloku, akufika ukumkani eTire, amadoda amathathu, abethunyiwe evela kwindlu enkulu, amncenga ukuba athethe ityala phambi kwakhe.

45 Uthe ke uMeneyu, ekuba egwetyiwe, wathembisa uToleme, unyana kaDorimene, ukuba womnika imali eninzi, ukuba uthe wamxolela ukumkani kuye.

46 Uthe ngoko uPtoleme wamthabathela bucala ukumkani kwindawo ethile egalari, malunga nenqwelomoya, wamzisa ntliziyo yimbi; 47 Waza ke wamkhulula uMeneyu kuzo zonke izimangalo ezibe zimmangalela, yena lowo ubengunobangela wabo bonke ububi; athi ke loo madoda angamahlwempu, athe, ukuba ebelicacisile ityala lawo, agwetywe emsulwa

phambi kwamaSkitiya, wona wawagweba ukuba agwetywe ukufa. .

48 Ngaloo ndlela ke abo babewulandela umcimbi wesixeko, nabantu, neempahla ezingcwele, bakhawuleza bafumana isohlwayo esingekho sikweni.

49 Ngenxa yoko kwanabaseTire, beyithiyile eso senzo sibi, babenza bangcwatywa; 50 Ke kaloku, ngenxa yokubawa kwabo banegunya, uMeneyo wahlala enegunya, ehambela phambili elunya, waba ngumngcatshi omkhulu kubantu.

ISAHLUKO 5 1 Malunga nelo xesha uAntiochus walungiselela uhambo lwakhe lwesibini lokuya eYiputa.

2 Kwathi, kuwo wonke umzi, malunga neentsuku ezingamashumi amane, kwabonakala abakhweli-mahashe, bebaleka esibhakabhakeni, bevathe iingubo zegolide, bexhobe iincula, ngathi ngumkhosi wokulwa; 3 nabamahashe beluluhlu, bagilana, omnye komnye, eshukuma amakhaka, nengxokolo yeepiki, nokurhola amakrele, nokujuxuza, nokumenyezela kwezidanga zegolide, nezikrweqe zeentlobo zonke.

4 Wathandaza ngoko wonke umntu, ukuba loo mbono uguquke, ube mhle.

5 Ke kaloku kwakuba kuphume urheme lobuxoki, ngokungathi uAntiyochus ufile, uYason wathabatha ubuncinane iwaka lamadoda, waza ngesiquphe wahlasela isixeko; bathi ke abo babephezu kweendonga zibuyiswe, kwathi, ukuphela komzi, wasabela uMenelayo enqabeni yomkhosi.

6 Ke kaloku uYason wababulala abantu bakowabo ngokungenalusini, engacinganga ukuba imini yakhe yayiya kuba ngummiselo onzima kuye; kodwa becinga ukuba babeziintshaba zakhe, bengengabo abantu bakowabo, abo waboyisayo.

7 Noko ke, ngako konke oku, akazange abufumane ubungangamsha, kodwa ekugqibeleni wafumana ihlazo ngenxa yomvuzo wokungcatsha kwakhe, waza wasabela kwakhona kwilizwe loonyana baka-Amon.

8 Ke kaloku ekugqibeleni wabuya engonwabanga, emangalelwe phambi koAreta, ukumkani wama-Arabhi, ebaleka imizi ngemizi, esukelana noluntu lonke, ethiyiwe ngokuba ngumshisekeli wemithetho, enyanyeliswa njengotshaba olusekuhleni. ilizwe lakhe nelizwe lakhe, wagxothwa eYiputa.

9 Wenjenjalo owabagxothayo abaninzi ezweni labo, watshabalala ezweni lasemzini, wemka waya kumaLakedemoni, ecinga khona ukuba angafumana uncedo ngenxa yemizalwane yakhe.

10 Ke yena lowo, wakhupha abaninzi, ababengekangcwatywa, akabanga namntu uzilileyo ngenxa yakhe, kwanendawo yomngcwabo, nengcwaba nooyise.

11 Ke kaloku, yakuba ifikile loo nto emotweni yokumkani, wacinga ukuba amaYuda akreqile; 12 Waza wawayalela amadoda akhe emfazwe ukuba angabasindi abo bahlangana nawo, aze ababulale abo banyukayo besiya ezindlwini.

13 Kwabulawa amadoda nabafazi nabantwana, kwabulawa iintombi neentombi.

14 Kwatshatyalaliswa ngeentsuku ezintathu zonke iintsuku ezimashumi asibhozo amawaka, kwabulawa emfazweni

amashumi amane amawaka; kwaye akukho mbalwa kuthengiswayo kwababuleweyo.

15 Kanti akanelisekanga koku, kodwa wasukela ukuya kweyona tempile ingcwele kulo lonke ihlabathi; uMeneus, umngcatshi wemithetho, nakwilizwe lakowabo, engumkhokeli wakhe; 16 Wazithabatha iimpahla ezingcwele ngezandla eziziinqambi, wazidiliza izinto ezibe zingcwaliswe ngabanye ookumkani, ezo bezingcwele, ukuba zikhulise indawo leyo, zibe nozuko nozuko lwaloo ndawo.

17 Kwaye wayenekratshi kakhulu uAntiyochus engqondweni, kangangokuba akazange acinge ukuba iNkosi yaba nomsindo okwethutyana ngenxa yezono zabo babehleli esixekweni, kwaye ke ngoko iliso lakhe lalingekho kuloo ndawo.

18 Kuba, ukuba bebengabotshwanga ngenxa yezono ezininzi, lo mntu uthe, akuba efikile, watyakatywa kwaoko, warhoxa ekuzicingeni kwakhe, njengoHeliodoro, owathi uSeleucus ukumkani wamthuma ukuba abone umkhumbi wokulondoloza imali.

19 Noko ke uThixo akabanyulanga ngenxa yaloo ndawo; wanyula indawo ngenxa yabantu.

20 Naloo ndawo ke, eyayinesabelo nabo ngobubi obenzekeleyo uhlanga, yathi emveni koko yaba yeyabo ngobubele obuvela eNkosini, njengoko yalahlwayo ngomsindo woSomandla, yabuya yakwanjalo iNkosi enkulu. lixolelanisiwe, lamiswa ngalo lonke uzuko.

21 Ke akuba uAntiochus ekhuphe etempileni iwaka elinamakhulu asibhozo eetalente, wemka ngobungxamo bonke waya kwa-Antiyokiya, elila ngekratshi lakhe lokuwenza umhlaba ube nokuhamba ngeenyawo, nolwandle lugqithise ngeenyawo; 22 Washiya iirhuluneli ukuba ziludubedube uhlanga; eYerusalem, uFilipu, umFrigi wakowabo, ephethe ubuqhetseba kunalowo wayemmise khona; 23 eGarizim nguAndroniko; kananjalo noMenelayo, okhohlakeleyo kunabo bonke, wayephethe ngesandla esinzima phezu kwabemi bakowabo, ebaphethe kakubi abazalwana bakhe amaYuda.

24 Wathuma noApoloniyo, inginginya elizothe, enomkhosi wamawaka amashumi mabini anamabini, wathi makabulawe bonke abakhulileyo, bathengise ngabafazi nabancinane; 25 owathi akufika eYerusalem, esenza ngathi soxolo, wayeka kwada kwayimini engcwele yesabatha, ekufikeni kwawo amaYuda awenza umthendeleko, wathi amadoda akhe makaxhobe.

26 Wababulala ke bonke ababeyibhiyozele isabatha, wabaleka phakathi komzi ngezikhali, wabulala izihlwele ezininzi.

27 Ke uJudas Maccabeus, nabanye abasithoba, okanye malunga nabo, wemka waya entlango, wahlala ezintabeni ngokulandela amarhamncwa, neqela lakhe, babesidla imifuno ngamaxesha onke, ukuze bangabi nasabelo ekungcoleni.

ISAHLUKO 6 1 Kwathi emva koko, ukumkani wathuma indoda enkulu yaseAtene, ukuba iya kuwanyanzela amaYuda ukuba emke emithethweni yooyise, angahambi ngemithetho kaThixo.

2 nokungcolisa itempile eseYerusalem, nokuyithi yitempile kaJupiter Olympius; naseGarizim, kwaZeyus, uMthetheleli

wabasemzini, njengoko babenqwenela abemiyo kuloo ndawo.

3 Ukufika kobu bubi kwaba kubi, kubi, ebantwini; 4 Kuba itempile yazala sisidubedube nokuchwayitha phakathi kweentlanga, zirhwebeshe namahenyukazi, zinento yokwenza nabafazi phakathi kweendawo ezingcwele, kwanabebengenisa izinto ezingavumelekileyo.

5 Isibingelelo eso sazala zizinto ezihlambelayo, owalelayo umthetho.

6 Kananjalo bekungavumelekile ukuba umntu azigcine iisabatha, nokuzila ukudla kwakudala, nokuba athi ngokwakhe ungumYuda.

7 Kwathi, ngomhla wokuzalwa kokumkani, inyanga nenyanga babesithwaxwa bukrakra, ukuba badle imibingelelo; yaye xa uzilo lukaBacchus lwalugcinwa, amaYuda anyanzelwa ukuba ahambe ngomngcelele ukuya eBacchus, ethwele iviya.

8 Kwaye kwaphuma umyalelo kwimizi ekufuphi neentlanga, ngecebo likaPtolemeha, ngamaYuda, wokuba enze kwaloo masiko, abe nesabelo kwimibingelelo yawo.

9 Kwaye nabani na ongafuniyo ukulandela isithethe seentlanga makabulawe. Inokuba indoda yayibona intlupheko yangoku.

10 Kuba kwaziswa abafazi ababini ababeluse abantwana babo; abathe ke, bakuba bewurhangqile umzi ekuhleni, zasuka iintsana zazichukumisa izifuba, baziwisa eweni, ephuma eludongeni.

11 Bathe ke abanye, babalekela ndawonye emiqolombeni ekufuphi, ukuze bagcine isabatha ngokufihlakeleyo, bafunyanwa nguFilipu, batshiswa bonke kunye, ngenxa yokuba babenesazela sokuzilungiselela ukuzukisa owona mhla ungcwele.

12 Ngoku ndiyababongoza abo bayifundayo le ncwadi, ukuba bangatyhafi ngenxa yezi ntlekele, kodwa bagwebe ezo zohlwayo njengezentshabalalo, kodwa zibe zezohlwayo lwesizwe sethu.

13 Kuba oko kungumqondiso wokulunga kwakhe okukhulu, Xa abenzi bobubi bangabandezelwa ixesha elide, basuke bohlwaywe kwaoko.

14 Kuba ayinjengezinye iintlanga, ethe iNkosi yazeka kade ukuyohlwaya, zide zifikelele ekuzalisekeni kwesono sazo, yenjenjalo ke ukusiphatha; 15 hleze athi, efikelele encotsheni yesono, aze emva koko asiphindezelele.

16 Kungoko engayirhoxisi inceba yakhe kuthi; Naxa esohlwaya ngokubandezela, akabashiyi abantu bakhe.

17 Kodwa le nto siyithethileyo mayibe sisilumkiso kuthi.

Kwaye ngoku siza kuza ekubhengezeni lo mba ngamazwi ambalwa.

18 UElazare, omnye wakubabhali abaziintloko, indoda eyalupheleyo, ehleli emile kakuhle, kwafuneka ukuba awuvule umlomo wakhe, ayidle inyama yehagu.

19 Ke yena, enyula kanye ukuba afe ngobuqaqawuli, kunokuba adle ubomi, engcoliswe lisikizi elinjalo, wayitshica, weza ngokwakhe, waya kuntuthumbo; 20 njengoko bamelwe kukufika, bazimisele ukuchasa izinto ezinjalo, ekungavumelekileyo ukuba bangcamle ukuthanda ubomi.

21 Ke kaloku abo babephethe eso sidlo sibi, ngenxa yokuba babeqhelene kakhulu nendoda leyo, bemthabathele ecaleni, bambongoza ukuba azise inyama yomphako wakhe, njengoko kuvumelekileyo ukuba ayisebenzise, aze ayenze

ngokungathi uyayidla. wadla kwinyama ethatyathwe kumbingelelo, abewise umthetho ngawo ukumkani; 22 ukuze ngokwenjenjalo abe ahlangulwe ekufeni, athi ngenxa yamaxesha angaphambili afumane inceba.

23 Kodwa waqalisa ukucinga ngobulumko, njengoko kwaba bubudala bakhe, nokongama kweminyaka yakhe yamandulo, nozuko lwengwevu yakhe, awayefikele kuyo, neyona mfundo yakhe inyanisekileyo ukususela ebuntwaneni, okanye kanye umthetho ongcwele owenziweyo nowawumiselwe.

Waza waphendula ngokunjalo, wabayalela ukuba bamse engcwabeni kwaoko.

24 Wathi, akufanelekile ngokwexesha lethu ukuba siqhayise, into ebeya kuthi ulutsha oluninzi lube kuthi uElazare, eminyaka imashumi asibhozo ezelwe, ukuba ube uthe waya elunqulweni olungaqhelekanga; 25 Kwaye ke bona ngohanahaniso lwam, kwaye banqwenela ukuphila ixesha elincinane nethutyana elide, bamele ukulahlekiswa ndim, kwaye ndifumane ibala ebudaleni bam, ndize ndikwenze kube lisikizi.

26 Kuba ndingade ndisinde ngenxa yeli xesha lakalokunje, andisinde esandleni soSomandla; 27 Ngoko ke, ngoku ndibuguqula ngokwendoda obu bomi, ndiya kuzibonakalalisa ngokwam, njengoko ubomi bam bubizayo; 28 Kwaye bashiye umzekelo ophawulekayo kwabanjalo ukuba bafe ngokuzithandela nangenkalipho ngenxa yemithetho ebekekileyo nengcwele. Akutsho, wasuka kwaoko waya kwintuthumbo.

29 Bathi ke abo bamkhokelayo ekuguquleni okulungileyo, bammisela intiyo kancinane; 30 Uthe ke, xa eza kufa enemivumbo, wancwina wathi, Ityhilekile iNkosi, yona inokwazi okungcwele, ukuba ndithe, ndihlangulwe nje ekufeni, ngoku ndithwele iintlungu emzimbeni ngokubethwa. : kodwa emphefumlweni ndikholekile ukubuva obu bunzima, ngokuba ndiyamoyika.

31 Kwaye njalo le ndoda yafa, ishiya ukufa kwayo kube ngumzekelo wenkalipho ebekekileyo, nesikhumbuzo sokulunga, kungekuphela kwabafana, kodwa kuso sonke isizwe sayo.

ISAHLUKO 7 1 Kwathi kananjalo, ukuba abazalwana abasixhenxe kunye nonina bathatyathwa, baza banyanzelwa ngukumkani ngokuchasene nomthetho ukuba bangcamle inyama yehagu, kwaye batyakatywe ngezikatsi nangemivumbo.

2 Wathi ke omnye wababethetha ekuqaleni, Yini na ukuba ubuze kuthi? sikulungele ukufa, kunokuba sigqithise imithetho yoobawo bethu.

3 Waza ukumkani, equmbile, wathi mazitshiswe iipani neepani; 4 Akuba eshushu kwaoko, wathi makanqunyulwe ulwimi lwalowo uthetha kuqala, anqunyulwe amalungu omzimba wakhe, abaseleyo abazalwana nonina bekhangele.

5 Uthe ke, akubon' ukuba uphanjelwe ngokunjalo ke phakathi kwawo onke amalungu alo, wathi makangeniswe emlilweni, esadla ubomi, agcajelwe ngepani. omnye nonina ukuba abhubhe njengendoda, esithi, 6 INkosi uYehova yasibona, yasithuthuzela ngokwenyaniso, njengoko waxelayo uMoses engomeni yakhe, owangqinayo ebusweni babo, esithi, Uya kuthuthuzeleka ngabakhonzi bakhe.

7 Kwathi ke akuba efile owokuqala emva kwelo nani, bamzisa nowesibini, ukuba amenze intlekisa. Bamhluba ulusu lwentloko ngeenwele, bambuza, besithi, Uya kudla na, ungekahlawuliswa na? Onke amalungu omzimba wakho?

8 Waphendula ke yena ngolwimi lwakhe, wathi, Hayi; 9 Ke kaloku, ekupheleni komoya wakhe, wathi, Uyasikhupha njengobushushu kobu bomi; 10 Emva kwakhe kwenziwa intlekisa nowesithathu; kwaza kwafunwa yena, wakhupha ulwimi lwakhe, waza kwaoko wazibamba izandla zakhe njengomntu.

11 wathi, Ezi zinto bendinazo ziphuma emazulwini; nangenxa yemithetho yakhe ndiyabacekisa; kwaye ke ndithembe ukubuya ndiwamkele kuye.

12 Waza ukumkani, nababenaye, bamangaliswa bubukroti bendodana leyo; 13 Akuba efile naye lo, bamthuthumbisa, bamngxwelerha nowesine kwangokunjalo.

14 Uthe ke, xa wayesele eza kufa, wathi, Kulungile ukuba ubulawe ngabantu, ulinde ithemba kuThixo, ukuba ubuye uvuswe ngaye; 15 Bamzisa nowesihlanu emveni koko, bamginya; 16 Wandula ke wondela kukumkani, wathi, Unegunya phezu kwabantu; wonakele; ukanti ungacingi ukuba uhlanga lwethu lushiyiwe nguThixo; 17 Kodwa khawume umzuzwana, ubone amandla akhe amakhulu, ukuba aya kukuthuthumbisa njani na, nembewu yakho; 18 Kweza nowesithandathu emva kwakhe, obeza kufa, bathi, Musani ukulahlekiswa kungekho sizathu; 19 Ke wena usazamela ukulwa noThixo, ukuba uya kusinda umsulwa.

20 Ke kaloku unina ubengummangaliso ngaphezu kweento zonke, ebekekekileyo ekukhunjweni; kuba wabona oonyana bakhe abasixhenxe bebulewe, ngamini-nye, wabathwala ngenkalipho, ngenxa yethemba abenalo eNkosini.

21 Ewe, wababongoza bonke ngabanye ngolwimi lwakhe, ezaliswe ngoomoya abakhaliphileyo; Wazivusa iingcinga zobufazi ngesisu sendoda, wathi kubo.

22 Andikwazi ukuba ningene kanjani na esizalweni sam; 23 Kodwa ke, uMdali wehlabathi, lowo wenza isizukulwana somntu, wafumanisa ingqalo yeento zonke, uya kuthi nangenceba yakhe aninike umoya wokuphila, nibuye nidle ubomi, njengokuba nithe ke ngoko ningayihloniphi imithetho yakhe; ngenxa.

24 Ke kaloku uAntiyokwe, ecinga ukuba udelekile, ecinga ukuba yintetho etshabhisayo, ngoxa omncinane wayesaphila, akazange anele nje ukumbongoza ngamazwi, kodwa wamqinisekisa ngezifungo, ukuba uya kumenza isityebi nolonwabo. umntu, ukuba uthe wabuya emyalelweni wooyise; nokuba uya kumthabatha abe ngumhlobo wakhe, amthembe ngemicimbi.

25 Uthe ke umfana, akavumanga ukumphulaphula, ukumkani wabiza unina, wambongoza ukuba amcebise umfana lowo ukuba asindise ubomi bakhe.

26 Uthe ke, emvuselela ngamazwi amaninzi, wamthembisa ukuba uya kumluleka unyana wakhe.

27 Waqubuda kuye, Wamgculela, umtyholi, ethetha ngolwimi lwakowabo.

Nyana wam, ndíbabale, endakuzalayo iinyanga ezisithoba esizalweni sam, wakunika iminyaka emithathu engaka, wakukondla,

wakukhulisela kweli phakade, wabuthwala ubunzima bemfundo.

28 Ndiyakukhunga, nyana wam, ulikhangele izulu nomhlaba, neento zonke ezikhona, ubone, ukuba uThixo wazenza ngezinto ezingekhoyo; noluntu lwenziwa ngokunjalo.

29 Musa ukumoyika lowo umthuthumbisi; 30 Esawathetha loo mazwi, yathi indodana leyo, Nilinde bani na? Andiyi kuwuthobela umthetho wokumkani; ndowuthobela umthetho womyalelo abawunikwa oobawo ngoMoses.

31 Ke wena, ube ngunobangela wabo bonke ububi nxamnye namaHebhere, akuyi kusinda ezandleni zikaThixo.

32 Kuba sibandezeleka ngenxa yezono zethu; 33 Kwaye nangona iNkosi ephilayo isicaphukele okwethutyana ngenxa yokusiqeqesha nokusiqeqesha, kodwa iya kuphinda ihlangane nabakhonzi bayo.

34 Ke wena, mntundini ungendawo, nakubani na?

35 Kuba awukasindi ekugwetyweni koThixo uSomandla, ozibona zonke izinto.

36 Kuba abazalwana bethu abakhe bava iintlungu ngomzuzwana, bafa ngokomnqophiso kaThixo wobomi obungunaphakade; 37 Kodwa mna, njengabazalwana bam, ndinikela umzimba wam nobomi ngenxa yemithetho yoobawo, ndibongoza uThixo ukuba akhawuleze abe nenceba kuso isizwe sethu; 16 R nokuba uthi ngeentuthumbo nangezibetho, ube nokuvuma ukuba unguThixo yedwa; 38 nokokuba kum nabazalwana bam ingqumbo kaSomandla, eziswe ngokusesikweni phezu kwesizwe sethu, ibe nokuphela.

39 Kwaba phezu kobushushu bokumkani, yamnikela embi kunabo bonke abanye; 40 Wafa ke lo mntu egqibelele, ekholose ngoYehova ngentliziyo yonke.

41 Ekugqibeleni kwabo bonke, emva kokufa koonyana unina.

42 Oku makwanele ngoku ukuthetha ngokunxulumene nemithendeleko yezithixo, neentuthumbo ezigqithisileyo.

ISAHLUKO 8 1 Basuka ke uYudas Maccabeus, nababenaye ngasese, baya emizini, babizela ndawonye imizalwane yabo, babathabathela kubo bonke ababebambelele elunqulweni lwamaYuda, bahlanganisa amadoda akumawaka amathandathu.

2 Kwaye bayibiza iNkosi, ukuba ibakhangele abantu ababenyathelwe phantsi ngabo bonke; kwanetempile, ehlanjelweyo ngabantu abangahloneli Thixo; 3 wasikwa yimfesane ngenxa yomzi lowo, wona umdaka, ulungele ukwenziwa kanye nomhlaba; ulive igazi elalikhala kuye.

4 Kwaye khumbulani ukubulala okukhohlakeleyo kweentsana, nezinyeliso ezenziwa ngokuchasene negama lakhe; nokuba uya kuyibonakalisa intiyo yakhe kongendawo.

5 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uMaccabe wayekunye naye, akabanga nakuchaswa ziintlanga, kuba ingqumbo yeNkosi yaba yinceba.

6 Ke ngoko wafika ngempazamo, wayitshisa imizi nemizi, wafumana esandleni sakhe iindawo ezinoburhalarhume, wazoyisa, wazigxotha iintshaba zakhe ezininzi; 7 Kodwa ngokukhethekileyo wasebenzisa ubusuku kwimigudu yangasese enjalo, kangangokuba isiqhamo sobungcwele bakhe sasasazwa kuyo yonke indawo.

8 Uthe ke uFilipu, akubona ukuba lo mntu uhambela phambili kancinane, nokuba uyahambela phambili ngakumbi, wabhalela uPtolemeyu, irhuluneli yaseKelosiya nelaseFenike, ukuba ayinike uncedo olungakumbi kwimibandela yokumkani.

9 Kwangoko wanyula uNikanore unyana kaPatroko, omnye wakubahlobo bakhe, wamthuma phantsi kwakhe, kunye nezizwe eziphantsi kwakhe ezingaphantsi kwamashumi amabini amawaka, ukuba asincothule sonke isizukulwana samaYuda; kunye naye wathelela noGorgia, umthetheli-waka, owaba namava amakhulu ngemicimbi yemfazwe.

10 Ngoko uNikanor wazimisela ukwenza imali eninzi kangako kumaYuda asekuthinjweni, njengoko yayiza kuhlawula irhafu yamawaka amabini eetalente, awayefanele ukumkani ayihlawule kumaRoma.

11 Wathumela ke kwaoko emizini engaselunxwemeni lolwandle, evakalisa ukuthengiswa kwamaYuda asekuthinjweni, ethembisa ukuba abe nemizimba emashumi asibhozo aneshumi ngetalente enye, engalindelanga impindezelo eya kulandela phezu kwakhe evela kuThixo uSomandla.

12 Ke kaloku, akuxelelwa uYudas waseNikanore, wathi wabaxelela ababenaye ukuba impi isondele.

13 Abo babesoyika, bengabuthembi ubulungisa bukaThixo, basaba, baziqhubela kude.

14 Abanye bathengisa ngako konke ababekushiyile, baza ngokunjalo babongoza iNkosi ukuba ibahlangule, ababethengiswe nguNikanore okhohlakeleyo ngaphambi kokuba bahlangane kunye.

15 Kwaye ukuba kwakungengenxa yezabo ezizezabo, kanti kungenxa yeminqophiso awayenzayo nooyise babo, nangenxa yegama lakhe elingcwele nelizukileyo, ababebizwa ngalo.

16 Ngako oko uMakhayi wawabizela ndawonye amadoda akhe inani lamawaka amathandathu, wabavuselela ukuba bangankwantya lutshaba, bangankwantya ke ingxokolo yeentlanga ezifike ngobugwenxa; kodwa ukulwa ngamandla, 17 babeke phambi kwamehlo abo ububi ababenzayo engcweleni, nempatho embi yaloo mzi, abayenze intlekisa, nokuhluthwa nolawulo looyise; 18 Wathi, Bakholose ngezikhali zabo, nangokungafihlisi kwabo; kodwa intembeko yethu ikuSomandla onokuthi ngokukhawuleza abawise phantsi bobabini abo basichasayo, kananjalo nalo lonke ihlabathi.

19 Ngaphezu koko, wababalisela uncedo ababelufumene ookhokho babo, kwanokuhlangulwa kwabo, xa kwabulawa ikhulu elinamashumi asibhozo anesihlanu lamawaka phantsi koSaneribhe.

20 Wababalisela ngomlo ababenawo eBhabheli namaGalati, ukuba bafikela eshishinini, amawaka asibhozo ewonke, namawaka amane amaMakedoni; athi abeMakedoni badidekile, isibhozo samawaka atshabalalisa ikhulu elinamanci mabini lamawaka. ngenxa yoncedo ababenalo luvela ezulwini, benjenjalo ukubamba namaxhoba amaninzi.

21 Uthe ke, akubabomeleza ngaloo mazwi, waza wafela umthetho nelizwe, wawahlula impi yakhe yaba zahlulo ezine; 22 Wanamathela kuye abazalwana bakhe abaziintloko bamaqela ngamaqela, ooSimon, noYosefu, noYonatan, bamnika elowo ishumi elinesihlanu lamakhulu.

23 Wamisela uElazare ukuba ayilese incwadi engcwele; yena ekhokela iqela lokuqala, 24 Kwaye ngoncedo lukaSomandla abulala ngaphezu kwamawaka alithoba eentshaba zawo, aza angxwelerha aza angxwelerha inxalenye enkulu yomkhosi kaNikanore, aza ke abenza basabe bonke; 25 Bayithabatha imali yabo abeze kubathenga, abasukela, babuya ke bakuba kungekho xesha.

26 Kuba loo mini yayingaphambi kwesabatha, yaye ngenxa yoko babengabasukela.

27 Ke ngoko bakuba bezihlanganisele kunye izikrweqe zabo, baza baziphanga iintshaba zabo, bazixakekisa malunga nesabatha, benikela indumiso egqithileyo nemibulelo eNkosini, eyathi yabalondoloza kwada kwaloo mhla, eyayisisiqalo senceba eqhubeka phezu kwabo.

28 Kwathi emva kwesabatha, bakunika iziqhwala, nabahlolokazi, neenkedama, inxenye yamaxhoba, abaseleyo bababela bona nabakhonzi babo.

29 Bakuba ke bekwenzile oko, bakubon’ ukuba bakhunga ngokufana, bayikhunga iNkosi enenceba, ukuba baxolelaniswe nabakhonzi bayo ngonaphakade.

30 Ngaphezu koko, kwabo babenoTimoti noBhakides, abalwa nxamnye nabo, babulala ngaphezu kwamashumi amabini amawaka, kwaye ngokulula kakhulu bafikelela kwiinqaba eziphakamileyo, baza bahlulelana ngokwabo ngamaxhoba amaninzi ngakumbi, benza iziqhwala, iinkedama, abahlolokazi, ewe; kananjalo abalupheleyo baya kuphanga ngokuphanga.

31 Bathe ke bakuziqokelela izikrweqe zabo, bazibeka zonke endaweni ekhuselekileyo; 32 Kananjalo ambulala ke uFilarsi, lowo ungendawo, obenoTimoti; 33 Ngaphezu koko ngelo xesha xa babesenza umthendeleko woloyiso kwilizwe labo batshisa iKalelisithene, eyabeka umlilo phezu kwamasango angcwele, awayebalekele kwindlu encinane; waza ke wafumana umvuzo wobugwenxa bakhe.

34 UNikanore lowo ulitshijolo, wazisa iwaka labarhwebi ukuba bathenge amaYuda.

35 Yena uYehova wawathoba ngabo, awabanga nanceba kubo; Athi ke, eyihlubile ingubo yakhe ezukileyo, ayikhuphele ngaphandle kweqela lakhe, weza ecanda phakathi kwelizwe, njengesicaka, esiza kwa-Antiyokwe, ehlazekile kakhulu, ngenxa enokuba umkhosi wakhe watshatyalaliswa.

36 Ngaloo ndlela, lowo wathabatha phezu kwakhe ukuhlawulela amaRoma irhafu yawo ngokubathinjwa eYerusalem, waxela ngokubanzi, ukuba amaYuda ayenoThixo owawalwelayo, yaye ke ngoko ayengenako ukwenzakaliswa, ngenxa yokuba ayeyilandela imithetho awayeyilandela. wabanika.

ISAHLUKO SE-9 1 Ngelo xesha kwafika uAntiochus ehlazekile ephuma kwilizwe lamaPersi

2 Kuba ebengene emzini obizwa ngokuba yiPersepoli; ekwathi ngoko inkitha ebalekayo ukuya kuzikhusela ngezixhobo zayo yabasaba; kwaye kwenzekile, ukuba uAntiyochus agxothwe kubemi wabuya ehlazekile.

3 Ke kaloku, akufika e-Ekbhatane, waxelelwa izinto ezihlele ooNikanore noTimoti.

4 Emva koko ukudumba ngumsindo. ebefuna ukuphindezela kumaYuda ungcikivo awayelwenzile, ngabo bambambisileyo.

Wamwisela umthetho umqhubi wenqwelo yakhe yokulwa, ukuba aqhube, angayeki, ayigqithisele indlela, ngoku umgwebo kaThixo umlandele.

Kuba ethethe eqhayisa ngelokuba, uza kuza eYerusalem, ayenze indawo yokungcwaba yamaYuda.

5 Waza uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, wambetha ngesibetho esinganyangekiyo, esingenakubonwa; 6 Ke oko kwakusesikweni kanye; 7 Noko ke akaphezanga nto konke konke ekuqhayiseni kwakhe, wesuka wazala likratshi, efuthela umlilo ngobushushu bakhe kumaYuda, wathi makube ikhawuleze ihambe; wathi ke, wawa enqwelweni yakhe, wathwalwa ngamandla. ; ngokokude esiwa kabuhlungu, aba buhlungu amalungu onke.

8 Kwaye njalo wathi lowo kancinane wacinga ukuba angawayalela amaza olwandle, (wayenekratshi ngaphaya kwemeko yomntu) kwaye wazilinganisa iintaba eziphakamileyo ngesikali, ngoku waphoswa emhlabeni, waza wathwalwa ngenqwelo yehashe. , ebonakalalisa kuwo onke amandla abonakalisiweyo kaThixo.

9 Zathi ke iimpethu zenyuka emzimbeni wale ndoda ingendawo, yaye ngoxa yayiphila entlungwini neentlungu, inyama yayo yawa, nobunqambi bevumba layo baba libhongo kumkhosi wakhe wonke.

10 Kwaye indoda, eyayicinga kancinane ngaphambili ukuba ingafikelela kwiinkwenkwezi zezulu, akukho mntu wayenokunyamezela ukuthwala ngenxa yevumba lakhe elinganyamezelekiyo.

11 Wathi ke ngoko, ethabathekile apho, waqala ukulahla ikratshi lakhe elikhulu, efikelele kukwazi kwakhe ngesibetho sikaThixo; 12 Ke yena, akuba engenako ukumamela elilelakhe ivumba, wathetha la mazwi, Kufanelekile ukuzithoba kuThixo, nokuba umntu ofayo angazicingeli ngokwakhe, ukuba ebenguThixo.

13 Kananjalo lo ungendawo wabhambathisa kuYehova, ongasayi kuba saphinda abe nanceba kuye, esithi, 14 ukuba umzi ongcwele abesiya kuwo wangxama, ukuba awubeke kunye nomhlaba, awenze ube yindawo yokungcwaba yesiqhelo, awukhulule; 15 Ke kaloku, ngokuphathelele amaYuda, awayethe akafanelekanga nokungcwatywa, kodwa ukuba alahlwe ngaphandle kunye nabantwana bawo ukuze aqwengwe ziintaka namarhamncwa, wayewenza onke alingane nabemi baseAtene; 16 Netempile engcwele, leyo ibingaphambi kokuyiphanga, wayihombisa ngezipho ezilungileyo, wazivuselela zonke iimpahla ezingcwele, ngezinye ezininzi, aze awarhole ngokwengeniso yakhe imibingelelo; 17 Ewe, nokokuba wayeya kuba ngumYuda ngokwakhe, aze ahambe kulo lonke ihlabathi elimiweyo, aze abhengeze amandla kaThixo.

18 Kodwa kuyo yonke loo nto yayingayeki ukubandezeleka kwakhe, kuba umgwebo kaThixo wawumfikele, yaye ngenxa yokuba wayephelelwe lithemba

ngenxa yempilo yakhe, wabhalela amaYuda incwadi eyayibhalwe phantsi, ikunye nemo yokutarhuzisa, + ngolo hlobo.

19 UAntiyoko, ukumkani nerhuluneli, kumaYuda alungileyo, abemi bakowabo ubanqwenelela uvuyo olukhulu, nempilo entle, nempumelelo; 20 Ukuba nihambe kakuhle, nabantwana benu, niye naneliseka, ndibulela kakhulu kuye uThixo, ndinethemba lokuphila ezulwini.

21 Ke mna, bendibuthathaka, ukuba bekunge ndikhumbule inceba yakho, nokulungelwa kwakho ndivela ePersi, ndibanjwe sisifo esibulalayo, kwaba kufanelekile ukuba ndisibekeke sonke; 22 Andiyithembi impilo yam, kodwa ndinethemba elikhulu lokubaleka esi sigulo.

23 Kodwa ekubeni nobawo, ngelo xesha wayekhokela umkhosi ukuya kumazwe aphakamileyo. wamisela umntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zakhe, 24 ukuze, xa kuthe kwabakho into echaseneyo nokulindelweyo, nokuba kuthe kwasiwa udaba olubi olubi, bangabi naxhala abo belizwe elo, besazi ukuba ilizwe lishiyeke kubo; 25 Kwakhona, ndicingela ukuba iinkosana ezisemdeni nabamelwane bobukumkani bam zilindele amathuba, kwaye nilindele ukuba yintoni na eya kwenzeka. Unyana wam uAntiyochus ndammisela ukumkani, endambeka ngokufuthi, ndaza ndamncoma kwabaninzi kuni, ekunyukeni kwam ndaya emazweni aphakamileyo; endibabhalele ngolu hlobo: 26 Ke ngoko ndiyathandaza kwaye ndiyanicela ukuba nikhumbule iinzuzo endizenzileyo kuni ngokubanzi, kwaye ngokukhethekileyo, nokokuba wonke umntu uya kuhlala ethembekile kum nakunyana wam.

27 Kuba ndikholosekile kukuba uyawuqonda umphefumlo wam, uya kunika iminqweno yenu.

28 Ke kaloku umbulali lowo, nomnyelisi, eve ubunzima obukhulu kakhulu, njengoko wabavuselelayo abanye abantu, wenjenjalo ukufa okulusizi ezweni elingekuko, ezintabeni; 29 Ke kaloku uFilipu, owayekhuliselwe kunye naye, wawuthwala umzimba wakhe, owathi naye ngokoyika unyana ka-Antiyoko, waya eYiputa kuPtolemeus Philometor.

ISAHLUKO SE-10 1 Ke kaloku uMakabhiyu nebandla lakhe, uYehova ebakhokela, wayibuyisa ke itempile, nomzi lowo; 2 Ke zona izibingelelo, ezazakhayo iintlanga kwindawo evulekileyo yembutho, bazidiliza neengcwele; 3 Behlambulule ke itempile, benza esinye isibingelelo, babetha amatye amatye, bathabatha umlilo kuwo, banyusa umbingelelo emva kweminyaka emibini, babeka isiqhumiso, nezibane, nezonka zokubonisa.

4 Kwakuba kusenziwa oko, bawa phantsi, baza bayibongoza iNkosi ukuba bangabi saphinda beze kwiimbandezelo ezinjalo; kodwa ukuba bathe bona kuye, uya kubohlwaya ngenceba, ukuze banganikelwa kuzo iintlanga ezinganyelisiyo, ezingamanyala.

5 Ke kaloku, kwangaloo mini, ababeyihlambele ngayo itempile, yahlanjululwa kwangayo loo mini, ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu waloo nyanga enguKasilevu.

6 Benza ke iintsuku ezisibhozo ngovuyo, njengasemthendelekweni weminquba, bekhumbula ukuba kwakungekudala bawenza umthendeleko weminquba, bebhadula ezintabeni nesemiqolombeni, njengamarhamncwa.

7 Bathwala ke amasebe, namasebe amahle, namasundu, bavuma iindumiso kulowo ubenzele impumelelo ukuyihlambulula indawo yakhe.

8 Kananjalo bamisa ngommiselo nommiselo, wokuba loo mihla igcinwe iminyaka ngeminyaka kuhlanga lwamaYuda.

9 Kwaye oku kwaba sisiphelo sika-Antiyochus, obizwa ngokuba nguEpiphanes.

10 Ngoku siza kubhengeza izenzo zika-Antiochus Eupator, owayengunyana wale ndoda ingendawo, ehlanganisa ngokufutshane iintlekele zeemfazwe.

11 Uthe ngoko, akufika esithsaba, wamisa uLisiya othile phezu kwemicimbi yobukumkani bakhe, wammisa ukuba abe yirhuluneli eKelosiriya nelaseFenike.

12 Kuba uPtolemeyu, owayebizwa ngokuba nguMakron, enyula kanye ukuwenza ubulungisa kumaYuda ngenxa yobugwenxa obenziwe kuwo, wazama ukuhlala eluxolweni nawo.

13 Ethe ke ngoko, wamangalelwa zizihlobo zokumkani phambi koEwupatori, ebiza umngcatshi kuwo onke amazwi, ngenxa yokuba wayephumile eSipro, athe uFilometori wayenikele kuye, wemka waya kuAntiyoko Epiphanes, ebona ukuba akabekekanga, wesuka wadakumba kakhulu. , ukuba wazidlisa ityhefu waza wafa.

14 Uthe ke uGorgi, yirhuluneli yenqaba, waqesha amasoldati; 15 Kwathi ngenxa yoko amaIdumeya, eyithabathele ezandleni zawo eyona mizi inexabiso, agcina amaYuda exakekile, ethabatha ke nabo babegxothiwe eYerusalem, azama ukuyondla imfazwe.

16 Baza abo babenoMakabheyu bekhunga, bekhunga kuThixo, ukuba abe ngumncedi wabo; abaleka ngokomelela kwiinqaba zakwaIdume; 17 babaxabela ke, baphuma umkhosi, baxhakamfula bonke ababesilwa eludongeni, bababulala bonke ababewele ezandleni zabo, bababulala abangaphantsi kwamashumi amabini amawaka.

18 Kuthe ngenxa yokuba abathile, ababengekho ngaphantsi kwamawaka alithoba, basabela kunye kwiinqaba ezimbini eziqine kakhulu, zineento zonke ezilungele ungqingo; 19 UMakayi wabashiya ooSimon noYosefu, noZakeyu, nabo babenaye, ukuze babangqinge, wemka yena, waya kwezo ndawo zibe ziswele uncedo lwakhe kuzo.

20 Ke kaloku abo babenoSimon, berholwe ngokubawa, barhwebeshwa ngemali ngabanye ababesenqabeni yomkhosi, bathabatha amashumi asixhenxe amawaka eedrarhima, basaba inxenye kubo.

21 Ke kaloku, akuxelelwa ooMakayiyo oko kwenzekileyo, wawabizela ndawonye amarhuluneli abantu, wawamangalela loo madoda, esithi, athengise ngabazalwana bawo ngemali, azikhulula iintshaba zawo, ukuba alwe nabo.

22 Wababulala ke abo bafunyenwe bengabangcatshi, wazithimba kwaoko iinqaba zombini.

23 Yaye enempumelelo kwizixhobo zakhe kuzo zonke izinto awayezixhasile, wabulala kwezo ntsibo zombini ngaphezu kwamashumi amabini amawaka.

24 Ke kaloku uTimoti, lowo wayemoyisile amaYuda ngenxa engaphambili, oko wahlanganisa inkitha enkulu

yempi yasemzini, namahashe aphuma eAsiya, engembalwa, weza ngathi uza kuwathimba ngezikhali amaYuda.

25 Ke kaloku, akusondela abo babenoMakabheyu, baguquka bathandaza kuThixo, bazigalela ngomhlaba entloko, babhinqe ezirhwexayo ezinqeni zabo.

26 Baza bawa phantsi emazantsi esibingelelo, bambongoza ukuba abe nenceba kubo, kwaye abe lutshaba kwiintshaba zabo, nomchasi kubabandezeli bawo, njengoko uxelayo umthetho.

27 Emva kokuthandaza azithabatha izixhobo zawo, agqitha umzi, asondela ezintshabeni zawo, alinda wodwa.

28 Ke kaloku, lakuphuma ilanga, bahlangana bobabini; elinye icala, kunye nokulunga kwalo, libe lihlathi kuYehova, libe sisibambiso sempumelelo noloyiso lwabo; elinye icala libenza ingqumbo yabo ibe yinkokeli yedabi labo.

29 Kuthe ke ukuba namandla idabi, kwabonakala kuzo iintshaba, ziphuma ezulwini amadoda amahlanu, ukuba akhwele emahasheni, anemikhala yegolide; amabini kuwo akhokela amaYuda.

30 Bamthabatha uMakabhi phakathi kwabo, bamgubungela ngezikrweqe ngeenxa zonke, bamlondoloza; kodwa badubula ngeentolo nemibane phezu kweentshaba zabo; 31 Kwabulawa amadoda ahamba ngeenyawo amashumi amabini amawaka, anamakhulu mahlanu, anamakhulu amathandathu abamahashe.

32 Ke yena uTimoti, wabalekela kwinqaba enqabileyo kakhulu, ebizwa ngokuba yiGawra, apho wayeyirhuluneli uKereya.

33 Ke kaloku abo babenoMakabhi bayingqinga inqaba leyo ngenkalipho iintsuku ezine.

34 Ke kaloku abo bangaphakathi, bekholose ngokuqina kwendawo, batshabhisa kakhulu, bathetha amazwi angendawo.

35 Noko ke, ngomhla wesihlanu kwakusasa, abafana abangamashumi amabini eqela likaMaccabeus, bevutha ngumsindo ngenxa yezinyeliso, baluhlasela udonga lwamadoda, baza ngenkalipho eyoyikekayo babulala bonke abadibana nabo.

36 Benyuka kanjalo abanye emva kwabo, bakubon’ ukuba bayaphangela nabangaphakathi, batshisa iinqaba ezinde; Bawavula ke amasango, bawamkela umkhosi oseleyo, bawuthimba umzi; 37 bambulala uTimoti, owayefihliwe emhadini, noKereya umninawa wakhe, kunye noApolofane.

38 Bakuba bekwenzile oko, bamdumisa uYehova ngeendumiso nombulelo, owenze izinto ezinkulu amaSirayeli, owawoyisayo.

ISAHLUKO SE-11 1Kwathi kungadlulanga thuba lide, uLisiya, umkhuseli wokumkani, nomzala wakhe, obephethe imicimbi, waba nomsindo omkhulu ngenxa yezinto ezenziwayo.

2 Kuthe ke, ehlanganisele ndawonye amawaka amashumi asibhozo, nabamahashe bonke, weza nxamnye namaYuda, ecinga ukuwenza umzi ube likhaya leentlanga; 3 nasekuzuzeni itempile, njengezinye iitempile zeentlanga, nokuze kuthengiswe ububingeleli obukhulu iminyaka ngeminyaka; 4 Engawacingeli tu amandla kaThixo, wasuka wakhukhumala ngamashumi amawaka alishumi lamawaka

omqikela, namawaka abamahashe, namashumi asibhozo eendlovu.

5 Ngoko wafika kwelakwaYuda, wasondela eBhetesra, umzi oseliqele, umgama ongathi uzizitadiya ezihlanu, wawungqinga ke.

6 Ke kaloku, bakuva abo babenoMakabheyu ukuba ungqinge iinqaba, bona nabo bonke abantu besenza isijwili neenyembezi, bambongoza uYehova ukuba athumele isithunywa esilungileyo, ukuba sihlangule uSirayeli.

7 Ke kaloku uMacabeus ngokwakhe waqala waphatha izixhobo, ebavuselela nabanye ukuba bazibeke esichengeni kunye naye ukuze bancede abazalwana babo.

8 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba baseYerusalem, kwabonakala phambi kwabo ekhwele ihashe, omnye enxibe iingubo ezimhlophe, ehlunguza isikrweqe sakhe segolide.

9 Bamdumisa kunye uThixo onenceba, bakhalipha, bada balungela ukulwa nabantu kodwa namarhamncwa akhohlakeleyo, nokuhlaba iindonga zesinyithi.

10 Banduluka benxibe iimpahla zabo, benoMncedi ophuma emazulwini; ngokuba uYehova wayenenceba kubo.

11 Baziwisela umthetho iintshaba zabo njengeengonyama, zabulala ishumi elinanye lamawaka angumqikela, namawaka alishumi elinamathandathu amahashe akhwelwayo, abasabisa bonke abanye.

12 Ke kaloku nento eninzi kuwo yasinda yaba ze; noLisiya wabaleka eneentloni, wasinda wenjenjalo.

13 Owathi, njengoko ebeyindoda enengqondo, eyilahlela ngaphakathi kwayo ilahleko ebinayo, ibona ukuba amaHebhere akanakoyiswa, ngokuba uThixo uSomandla wawanceda, wathumela kuwo; 14 Waza wabacenga ukuba bavumelane nayo yonke imiqathango esengqiqweni, kwaye wathembisa okokuba uya kumcenga ukumkani ukuba kufuneka abe ngumhlobo wabo.

15 Ke kaloku uMakabhiyo wakuvuma konke akucelayo uLisiya, exhalele ukulungelwa komntu wonke; yaye konke oko uMakabhiyu wayekubhalele uLisiya ngokuphathelele amaYuda, ukumkani wakuvumela.

16 Kuba zazibhalwe iincwadi kumaYuda, zivela kuLisiya, ezithi, uLisiya uyabulisa kumaYuda.

17 UYohane noAbhisolom, abo babethunywe kuni bevela kuni, bandinikela incwadi yokubhala, nesicelo sokusebenza kwayo.

18 Ngako oko, zonke izinto ebekufanele ukuba zixelwe kukumkani, ndizixelile; 19 Kwaye ukuba ngoko niya kuzigcina ninyanisekile kulo ilizwe, kananjalo emva koku ndiya kuzama ukuba yindlela yokulunga kwenu.

20 Ke zona ezi, kwanabanye aba baphuma kum, ndibayalele, ukuba bathethe nani.

21 Hlalani kakuhle. Umnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mane anesibhozo, ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesine wenyanga enguDioscorinthius.

22 Ke kaloku incwadi yokumkani inawo la mazwi:Ukumkani uAntiyoko uyabulisa kuLisiya umzalwana wakhe; 23 Ekubeni ubawo lowo ekhutshelwe koothixo nje, siyathanda ukuba abasebukumkanini bethu bahlale ngokuzola, elowo anyamekele okwakhe.

24 Ke siyaqonda ke ukuba amaYuda akavumanga kuye ubawo, ukuba aziswe esikweni leentlanga; baphile ngokwemithetho yabo.

25 Ngako oko ingqondo yethu ikukuba esi sizwe siya kuphumla, kwaye sizimisele ukubabuyisela itempile yabo, ukuze babe nokuphila ngokwezithethe zooyisemkhulu.

26 uyatyapha ukubathuma, ubaxolisele, ukuze bathi, bancwine ezintliziyweni zethu, babe nokuzola, behamba bechwayithile.

27 Kwaye incwadi yokumkani kwisizwe samaYuda yaphuma ngolu hlobo: Ukumkani uAntiyoko uthumela imibuliso kwintlanganiso yamatyala nakwamanye amaYuda.

28 Ukuba nihambe kakuhle, soba nomnqweno wethu; sikwasempilweni entle.

29 Wasazisa uMeneyu, ukuba nifuna ukugoduka, nihambe ngokwenu; 30 Ngako oko abaya kumka baya kuhlala bekhuselekile kude kube ngumhla wamashumi amathathu eXanthiko bekholosile.

31 Kwaye amaYuda aya kusebenzisa uhlobo lwawo lokutya nemithetho, njengangaphambili; kwaye akukho nanye kuzo nayiphi na indlela eya kukhathazwa ngezinto ezenziwa ngokungazi.

32 Nam ndithumile noMeneyo, ukuze anithuthuzele.

33 Hlalani kakuhle. Kunyaka wekhulu elinamashumi amane anesibhozo, nangomhla weshumi elinesihlanu wenyanga uXanthicus.

34 Kananjalo amaRoma ayithumela incwadi kubo, inala mazwi, ethi, UKinto Memmiyo noTito Manliyo, oonozakuzaku bamaRoma, bayanibulisa abantu bamaYuda.

35 Ekwenzeni oko uLisiya, uyisezala wokumkani, sikholisile nathi kuyo.

36 Ke kaloku, izinto ebeze zisiwe kukumkani, nakuba nithe naqiqa, thumelani kwaoko, sichaze into enilungeleyo, kuba ngoku sesisiya kwa-Antiyokwe.

37 Thumelani ngoko kamsinya, ukuze sazi into enisukuba niyithetha.

38 Salani kakuhle. Lo nyaka wekhulu elinamashumi amane anesibhozo, umhla weshumi elinesihlanu wenyanga uXanthicus.

ISAHLUKO SE-12 1 Ke kaloku, kwakubon’ ukuba kwenziwe le minqophiso, uLisiya waya kukumkani; 2 Ke kaloku uTimoti, noApoloniyo unyana kaGeneyo, noHieronymo, noDemophon, ababephethe iindawo ezininzi, noNikanore, irhuluneli yaseSipro, babengabavumeli ukuba bazole, bahlale ngoxolo.

3 Namadoda aseYopa enza ububi obunjalo, abongoza amaYuda abehleli phakathi kwawo, ukuba angene nabafazi bawo nabantwana bawo emikhombeni abeyilungisile, engathi akabenzakalisi.

4 abasamkelayo ngokomthetho womzi, befuna ukuhlala ngoxolo, bengakrokreli; 5 Akuyiva uYudas loo nkohlakalo yenziweyo kubantu bakowabo, wabayalela ababenaye ukuba babalungiselele.

6 Wabiza uThixo, uMgwebi olilungisa, wabafikela abo babulali abazalwana bakhe, walitshisa ichweba ebusuku, wazitshisa izikhephe, wababulala abo babesabele khona.

7 Wakuba uvaliwe umzi, wabuya umva, ngokungathi uya kubuya, aze abancothule bonke eYopa.

8 Uthe ke akuva ukuba amaYam afuna ukwenza kwangokunjalo kumaYuda amiyo phakathi kwawo,

9 Wawafikela namaYam ebusuku, wafaka umlilo echwebeni naselwandle, kwabonakala ukukhanya komlilo eYerusalem, kumgama wezitadiya ezimakhulu mabini anamanci mane.

10 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bemkile khona iizitadiya ezisithoba, besiya kuTimoti, bemka amadoda ahamba ngeenyawo engaphantsi kwamawaka amahlanu amadoda, namakhulu amahlanu abamahashe bama-Arabhi; 11 Kwabakho imfazwe enzima kunene; kodwa icala likaYudas ngoncedo lukaThixo lwaloyisa uloyiso; Athi ke wona aloo mimandla yaseArabhi, ambongoza uYuda ukuba acele uxolo, ethembisa nokumnika imfuyo, nokumkholisa.

12 UYuda ke, eba eneneni uya kuncedakala ngezinto ezininzi, wabanika uxolo. Baxhawulana ke, bemka baya ezintenteni zabo.

13 Wahamba wakha ibhulorho lokuya emzini othile onqatyisiweyo, obiyelwe ngeendonga, omiwe ngabantu bezizwe ngezizwe; igama layo laliyiKaspi.

14 Kodwa abo babekuyo bakholose ngolo hlobo ukomelela kweendonga nasekuboneleleni ngokutya, kangangokuba baziphatha ngendlela ekrwada kwabo babekunye noYudas, benyelisa yaye benyelisa, bethetha amazwi angazange athethwe.

15 Waza uYuda, enebandla lakhe, ebiza iNkosi enkulu yehlabathi, eyayidilizayo iYeriko ngexesha likaYoshuwa, engenazinkunzi zezimvu, namkhosi wokulwa, ngexesha likaYoshuwa, wazihlasela ngamandla.

16 Yawuthabatha umzi ngokuthanda kukaThixo, yawubulala amadini angathethekiyo, lada labonakala idike eliziimitha ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ububanzi, kufuphi nawo, lizele ligazi, labonakala libaleka ligazi.

17 Bemka ke apho, izitadiya ezimakhulu asixhenxe anamanci mahlanu, beza kufika eHaraka, kumaYuda okuthiwa ngamaTubhini.

18 Ke yena uTimoti abamfumananga ezindaweni, kuba ngaphambi kokuba athumele nantoni na, wemka apho, eshiye ibutho elinamandla kakhulu kwindawo ethile.

19 Baphuma ke ooDosithu noSosipatro, ababengabaphathimikhosi bakaMakabheyu, bababulala abo babebashiyile uTimoti enqabeni, amadoda angaphezu kweshumi lamawaka.

20 UMakabhayi wawuhlanganisa umkhosi wakhe ngamatutu, wawumisa phezu kwamasoldati, waphuma waya kuTimoti, enamadoda angamawaka alikhulu elinamanci mabini anamanci mabini, enabamahashe angamawaka amabini, anamakhulu mahlanu.

21 Uthe ke uTimoti, ekwazi ukuza kukaYuda, wesusa abafazi nabantwana, nempahla, enqabeni, ekuthiwa yiKarniyon; .

22 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uYudas akubona ibutho lakhe lokuqala, iintshaba zoyika nokoyika nokunkwantya ngokubonakala kwalowo ozibona zonke izinto, zasaba, omnye ebalekela ngapha, omnye ngaloo ndlela, ngokokude benzakale futhi. bamadoda abo, bahlatywe kwangamakrele awo.

23 Kananjalo uYuda wabasukela, wababulala abo bangendawo, awababulalayo kubo amadoda angathi amashumi amathathu amawaka.

24 Ke yena noTimoti wawela ezandleni zikaDositiyo noSosipatro, awababongozayo ngobuqhetseba obuninzi, ukuba amkhulule ahambe nobomi bakhe; ukuba afe, akufanelanga acingelwe.

25 Uthe ngoko, eqinisele kubo ngamazwi amaninzi, ukuba wobabuyisela entwenini, ngokwesivumelwano eso, bamndulula ukuba basindise abazalwana babo.

26 Waphuma uMakabheyu, waya eKarnion, nasetempileni ka-Atargati, wabulala khona abantu abangamashumi amabini anamahlanu amawaka.

27 Akuba ebasabile, wabatshabalalisa, uYuda wawufudusela umkhosi kuEfron, umzi onqatyisiweyo, awayehlala kuwo uLisiya, nenkitha enkulu yezizwe ngezizwe; amadodana anobukroti agcina iindonga ezo, ezikhusela ngokunamandla. kwakhona ilungiselelo elikhulu leenjini kunye needati.

28 Uthe ke uYuda neqela lakhe, bambiza uThixo uSomandla, owathi ngamandla akhe waziqhekeza iintshaba zakhe, bawuthimba umzi, babulala ababekuyo amawaka angamashumi amabini anamahlanu; 29 Banduluka khona apho, baya eSkitopoli, umgama oziitadiya ezingamakhulu amathandathu eYerusalem.

30 Athe ke amaYuda abemi khona, angqina ukuba amaSkititolite abebaphethe ngothando, abaphatha ngenceba ngexesha lokubandezeleka kwawo; 31 Bathe ke bona babulela, becela ukuba bahlale nabo.

Beza ke ngoko eYerusalem, umthendeleko weeveki wawusondela.

32 Ke kaloku, emveni komthendeleko, ekuthiwa yipentekoste, baphuma baya kuGorgia, irhuluneli yelakwaEdom.

33 eyaphuma inamawaka amathathu eenyawo, namakhulu amane amahashe akhwelwayo.

34 Kwaye kwenzeka ukuba ekulweni kwawo kunye imbinana yamaYuda yabulawa.

35 Ngelo xesha uDositheus, omnye weqela likaBacenore, owayekhwele ihashe, nendoda eyomeleleyo, wayesaphezu kweGorgias, wayibamba ingubo yakhe yokwaleka, wamtsala ngenkani; Waza wathi xa efuna ukubamba ephila loo mntu uqalekisiweyo, kweza umkhweli-hashe waseTrakiya wambetha egxalabeni, kangangokuba uGorgia wabalekela eMarisa.

36 Ngoku bakuba abo babenoGorgia belwe ixesha elide, kwaye bediniwe, uYudas wayibiza iNkosi, ukuba izibonakalise njengomncedi wabo nenkokeli edabini.

37 Ke kaloku, waqala ngolwimi lwakhe, wavuma iindumiso ngezwi elikhulu, wawathi xhakamfu phezu kwamadoda kaGorgi, wawasabisa.

38 Wayihlanganisa ke uYudas impi yakhe, weza emzini oyiOdolam. Kwathi kwakufika umhla wesixhenxe, bazenza nyulu ngokwesiko, bayigcina isabatha kuloo ndawo.

39 Ngengomso, njengoko kwakuqhelekile, uYuda neqela lakhe beza kuzithabatha izidumbu zababuleweyo, bazingcwabe nabazalwana babo emangcwabeni ooyise.

40 Ngoku phantsi kweengubo zabo bonke ababuleweyo bafumana izinto ezingcwaliselwe kwizithixo zamaYamni, ezalelweyo ngamaYuda ngumthetho. Babona ke bonke abantu ukuba naso isizathu sokuba babulawe.

41 Bonke ngoko ke, beyidumisa iNkosi, uMgwebi olilungisa, owazivulayo izinto ezifihlakeleyo, 42 Bazingisa emthandazweni, bambongoza ukuba isono esenziweyo singabi sakhunjuzwa ngokupheleleyo. Ngapha koko, eso sinene uYudas wababongoza abantu ukuba bazigcine esonweni, ekubeni babebona phambi kwamehlo abo izinto ezazihlelelwe izono zabo babulawayo.

43 Uthe akulihlanganisela ndawonye ibandla lonke, waya kumawaka amabini esilivere, wayithumela eYerusalem, ukuba inyuse idini lesono ngalo; 44 Kuba ukuba ebengathembanga ukuba abo babuleweyo baya kuvuka kwakhona, bekuyimfuneko kwaye kulilize ukuthandazela abafileyo.

45 Kananjalo ekuboneni kwakhe ukuba kwakukho ubabalo olukhulu olugcinelwe abo bafa behlonela uThixo, yayiyingcinga engcwele nelungileyo. Ekuthe ke ngoko wabacamagushela abafileyo, ukuze bakhululwe esonweni.

ISAHLUKO SE-13 1 Ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mane anesithoba, waxelelwa uYuda, ukuba uAntiyokus Yupatori uyeza enamandla amakhulu kwelakwaYuda, 2 Waye noLisiya umkhuseli wakhe, nomphathi wemicimbi yakhe, enamadoda amaGrike alikhulu elinashumi-nye lamawaka, nabamahashe bangamawaka amahlanu anamakhulu mathathu, neendlovu, amashumi amabini anesibini, namakhulu amathathu eenqwelo zokulwa. amagwegwe.

3 NoMenelayo wanamathela kubo, waza ngohanahaniso olukhulu wamkhuthaza uAntiyoko, kungekhona ngenxa yokulondoloza ilizwe, kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayecinga ukuba umiselwe ukuba abe yirhuluneli.

4 Kodwa ukumkani wookumkani wayixhokonxa ingqondo ka-Antiyokus nxamnye nesi sihelegu, waza uLisiya waxelela ukumkani ukuba le ndoda yayingunobangela wabo bonke ububi. indlela ikhona kule ndawo.

5 Ke kaloku kwakukho kuloo ndawo inqaba ephakamileyo eziikubhite ezimashumi mahlanu ukuphakama kwayo, izele luthuthu; 6 Kwaye nabani na owayegwetyelwe ukwenza umbingelelo ongcwele, okanye owenza naluphi na olunye ulwaphulo-mthetho olumanyumnyezi, apho bonke abantu bamjulela ekufeni.

7 Ke kaloku kwathi, kwakunjalo ukuba afe ongendawo, engekangcwatywa emhlabeni; kwaye oko kulungile kakhulu: 8 Kuba, njengoko oneyo izono ezininzi esibingelelweni, esimlilo nothuthu lwaso ungcwele, wakwamkela ukufa kwakhe eluthuthwini.

9 Ke kaloku ukumkani weza ngoburhalarhume, enekratshi, ukuba enze okubi ngakumbi kumaYuda, kunako kwakwenziweyo ngexesha likayise.

10 Ezikwazi ke oko uYuda, wathi kwizihlwele, mayiyibongoze iNkosi ubusuku nemini, ukuze ithi, nangaliphi na elinye ixesha, ize ngoku ibuye ibasize, eselephulwe emthethweni wabo, angabikho ezweni labo; nakwitempile engcwele.

11 nokuze angabayekeli abantu, abo bebehlaziyeke kancinane ngoku, ukuba babalulamele iintlanga ezinyelisayo.

12 Bakuba ke bekwenzile oku bonke ngandawonye, bayibongoza iNkosi enenceba ngokulila nokuzila ukudla, belele phantsi emhlabeni iintsuku ezintathu, uYuda, ebabongozile, wathi mabahlale belungile.

13 UYuda ke, ekunye namadoda amakhulu, wagqiba kwelokuba angene kwelakwaYuda phambi komkhosi wokumkani, awuthabathe umzi, aphume ayicikide le nto ngesandla sikaYehova.

14 Ke akuba enikele konke kuMdali wehlabathi, waza wabongoza amajoni akhe ukuba alwe ngamandla, kwanokude kuse ekufeni, esenzela imithetho, itempile, isixeko, ilizwe, noluntu, wamisa inkampu ngakuModin: 15 Uthe ke ebacacisele abamngqongileyo, wathi, Uloyiso luphuma kuThixo; enamadoda anobukroti, ahleliweyo, wangena ententeni yokumkani ebusuku, waxabela emkhosini wamadoda akumawaka amane, nabathetheli beendlovu, kwanabo bonke abenabo.

16 Ekugqibeleni bayizalisa iminquba ngoloyiko nesiphithiphithi, bahamba benempumelelo.

17 Le nto ke wenziwa kwakusa, ngokuba inqaba kaYehova yamnceda.

18 Ke kaloku, akubuva ukumkani ubuntu bamaYuda, wafuna ukuzibamba ngeqhinga.

19 Waza wasinga eBhete-tsura, leyo yayiyinqaba yamaYuda; 20 Kuba uYuda wabathumekela abo babekuyo ezo zinto zifunekayo.

21 Ke kaloku uRodoko, lowo usomkhosini wamaYuda, wazityhilela iintshaba ezo iimfihlelo; ke ngoko wafunwa, baza bakuba bemfumene, bamfaka entolongweni.

22 Ukumkani wabaphatha eBhetesum okwesibini, wabamba isandla sakhe, wazithabatha ezabo, wemka, walwa noYuda, woyiswa; 23 Wathi akuva ukuba uFilipu, owayeshiyeke kwimicimbi yakwa-Antiyokwe, wathi khunubembe, wadubadubeka, wawabongozela amaYuda, wazithoba, wafunga ngazo zonke iimeko ezilungeleleneyo, wavumelana nawo, wanikela idini, wayizukisa itempile, wenza inceba. Indawo, 24 wathi, owamkeleka kakuhle kuMakabheyu, wamenza irhuluneli ethabathela eTolemayi kwesa kwabaseGerheni; 25 Bafika eTolemayi: abantu ababelapho babebuhlungu ngenxa yeminqophiso; ngokuba baqhankqalaza, ngokuba beyitshitshisile iminqophiso yabo; 26 Wenyuka ke uLisiya, waya esihlalweni sokugweba, wathetha ngako konke ebenako ukuziphendulela ityala, wabeyisela, exolile, wabaphilisa, wabuyela kwaAntiyokwe. Ngaloo ndlela lalichukumisa ukufika nokuhamba kokumkani.

ISAHLUKO SE-14 1 Ke kaloku, emva kweminyaka emithathu, waxelelwa uYudas, ukuba uDemetriyo, unyana kaSeluko, ungene echwebeni laseTripoli, enamandla amakhulu nomkhosi waselwandle, 2 Walithabatha ilizwe, wambulala uAntiochus, noLisiya umkhuseli wakhe.

3 Ke kaloku uAlkimo omnye, obengumbingeleli omkhulu, ozenze inqambi ngabom, ngamaxesha okuxubana kwabo neentlanga, engasenako nokuba nako ukuzisindisa, engasenako ukungena esibingelelweni esingcwele; 4 Weza kukumkani uDemetriyo, ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mahlanu anamnye, emphathele isithsaba segolide nesundu, kwanamasebe amiselweyo etempileni; wathi cwaka ngaloo mini.

5 Uthe ke, efumene ithuba lokuhambisela phambili ubutyhakala bakhe, ebizwe nguDemetriyo, wabuza ukuba amaYuda angathini na ukuma, nokuba angathini na, waphendula wathi.

6 AmaYuda awawabiza ngokuba ngama-Assides, umthetheli wawo nguYudas Maccabeus, aqhuba imfazwe, aphembelela uqhushululu; 7 Kungoko mna, ndihluthiweyo eluzuko koobawo, ndithetha ububingeleli obukhulu, ngoku ndifikile; 8 Kuqala, inene, kukungahanahanisi kwam kukunyamekela izinto eziphathelele kukumkani; okwesibini, nokokuba ndibanqwenelela okulungileyo abantu bakowethu; kuba lonke uhlanga lwethu lusebugxwayibeni obukhulu, ngokuba lusebugxwayibeni.

9 Ngako oko, kumkani, uyazazi zonke ezi zinto, linyamekele ilizwe lakowethu, nohlanga lwakowethu, olubandezelekileyo macala onke, ngokwenceba oyenzayo kubo bonke.

10 Kuba yonke imihla kaYudas, ilizwe alinakwenzeka ukuba lizole.

11 Oku akuzange kuthethwe ngaye, kodwa abanye kubahlobo bokumkani bamnyelisa uYudas bamqhumisela ngakumbi uDemetriyo.

12 Ebize kwaoko uNikanore, umphathi weendlovu, wammisa ukuba abe yirhuluneli kwelakwaYuda, wamthuma; 13 bemthethela ukuba ambulale uYuda, abachithachithe abo babenaye, enze uAlkimo abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu wetempile enkulu.

14 Ke kaloku iintlanga, ezazisabile ziphuma kwelakwaYuda, ziphuma kuYuda, zeza ngemihlambi kuNikanore, zicinga ukuba ububi nobubi bamaYuda bubomi bawo.

15 Ngoku akuva amaYuda ngokuza kukaNikanore, nokokuba abahedeni babachasile, bagalela umhlaba phezu kweentloko zabo, baza benza isikhungo kuye lowo wabamiselayo abantu bakhe ngonaphakade, nalowo usoloko encedisa isabelo sakhe ngokubonakaliswa kobukho bakhe. .

16 Banduluka kwaoko, bemka apho ngokomlomo womthetheli, basondela kubo emzini waseDesawu.

17 Ngoku uSimon, umntakwabo Yuda, wayengenele idabi kunye noNikanore, kodwa ngandlel’ ithile waphazamiseka ngokuthula ngesiquphe kweentshaba zakhe.

18 Noko ke, uNikanore, akuva ngobuntu babo babekunye noYudas, nobukroti ababenabo ukulwela ilizwe labo, akazange abe nabuganga bakuwuzama umcimbi ngekrele.

19 Wathuma uPosidoniyo, noTeodoto, noMatatiya, ukuba baxolelane.

20 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bacebisane ixesha elide, waza umthetheli-waka, eyiqhelanisa nalo isihlwele, kwabonakala ukuba bamphefumlo mnye bonke, bavumelana kuyo iminqophiso.

21 bamisa imini yokuhlangana bodwa, kwada kwafika imini, kwamiselwa izihlalo; 22 OoLudas babeka amadoda axhobileyo ezindaweni ezifanelekileyo, ukuze iintshaba zingenziwa ngesiquphe, bahlanganisana ngoxolo.

23 Ke uNikanore wasala eYerusalem, akenza nto; wabandulula abantu ababesiza kuye.

24 ubengavumi ke ukumsusa uYuda ebusweni bakhe; 25 Wamthandazela ke ukuba athabathe umfazi, azale abantwana; 26 Ke kaloku uAlekimo, elwazi uthando oluphakathi kwabo, kwaye eyicingela iminqophiso eyabakho, weza kuDemetriyo, wamxelela ukuba uNikonore wayengaphathekanga kakuhle kweso sizwe; kuba

wayemisele uYudas, umngcatshi kubukumkani bakhe, ukuba angene ezihlangwini zokumkani.

27 Waza ukumkani, equmbile, ecaphukile ngezityholo zoyena mntu ukhohlakeleyo, wabhalela uNikanore, ebonisa ukuba wayengakholiswanga kakhulu yiminqophiso, waza wamyalela ukuba amkhuphele umbanjwa kaMakabhiyo buphuthuphuthu kwa-Antiyokwe.

28 Uthe ke akukuva oko uNikanore, waneentloni kakhulu ngokwakhe, kwada kwanyanzeleka ukuba azitshitshise ezo zinto kuvunyelwene ngazo, ekubeni umntu engenatyala.

29 Kodwa ngenxa yokuba kungekho kuphathana kukumkani, waligcina ixesha lakhe ukuze ayifeze loo nto ngomgaqo.

30 Uthe ke, akubona uMakabheyu ukuba uNikanore uqalile ukuba nenqala kuye, nokuba wayembongoza kakhulu kunokuba aqhele ukwenza, ebona ukuba ihambo emuncu enjalo ayibanga kulunga, wawabizela ndawonye amadoda akhe angabi mbalwa, wemka. ukusuka eNicanor.

31 Uthe ke omnye, esazi ukuba uthintelwe nguYuda, wangena etempileni enkulu engcwele, wabawisela umthetho ababingeleli, ukuba banyuse amadini abo ngokwesiqhelo, bamnikele umntu lowo.

32 Bafunga ke, ukuba abayazi indawo abemfuna kuyo, 33 Wasolula isandla sakhe sokunene ngasetempileni, wafunga wathi, Ukuba anithanga nindinikele uYudas, umbanjwa, ndoyidiliza phantsi le tempile kaThixo, ndisichithe isibingelelo; kwaye wamisa itempile ephawulekayo kuBacchus.

34 Emva kwaloo mazwi wemka. Ababingeleli baziphakamisela ezulwini izandla zabo, bambongoza lowo uhleli engumkhuseli wohlanga lwabo, besithi, Wenjenje: 35 Wena, Nkosi yeento zonke, wena ungaswele nto, kwakholeka ukuba itempile yendawo yakho ibe phakathi kwethu; 36 Ke ngoko, Nkosi engcwele yobungcwele, yigcine le ndlu ingabi yinqambi, isahlanjululwa mva nje; 37 Ke kaloku wayemangalelwe kuNikanore uRazi, omnye wakumadoda amakhulu aseYerusalem, umthandi wowakowabo, umfo odume kunene, owathi ngenxa yenceba yakhe wayebizwa ngokuba nguyise wamaYuda.

38 Kuba ngaphambili, ekungazibalulani kwabo phakathi kweentlanga, wayemangalelwe bubuYuda, wawubeka esichengeni umzimba wakhe nobomi bakhe, ngako konke ukuzondelela unqulo lwamaYuda.

39 Ngoko uNikanor, ethanda ukuvakalisa intiyo awayeyinikele kumaYuda, wathumela amadoda okulwa angaphezu kwamakhulu amahlanu ukuba ambambe.

40 Kuba ubesithi, yena angawenza ububi obukhulu kumaYuda.

41 Ke kaloku xa isihlwele sasifuna ukuyithabatha inqaba, salugqobhoza ucango olungaphandle, saza sathi makuziswe umlilo ukuze uyitshise, yena sele elungele ukubanjwa macala onke wawela phezu kwekrele lakhe; 42 enyula ukufa eyindoda, kunokuba eze ezandleni zongendawo, ukuba aphathwe kakubi, kunokuba abe yingangamsha yakhe; 43 Ithe ke, yakuba ingabi namdla kukubetha kwakhe, yatsho isihlwele sangxama phakathi kweengcango, yabalekela eludongeni ngokukhaliphileyo, yawa ngobuso phakathi kweentshinyela zawo ezinkulu.

44 Kodwa bakhawuleza ukumbuyisela; kwathi, kwakuba mzuzu, wawa esazulwini sendawo engenanto.

45 Uthe ke akubon' ukuba usengumoya ngaphakathi kwakhe, evutha ngumsindo, wesuka wesuka; nakuba igazi lakhe lampompoza njengamanzi, namanxeba akhe abe mabi, wesuka wabaleka phakathi kwengxokolo leyo; kwaye emi phezu kwelitye eliliqhina.

46 Akuba igazi lakhe seliphelile, wazikhupha izibilini zakhe, wawathabatha ezandleni zakhe zozibini, waziphosela esihlweleni eso, ebiza iNkosi yobomi nomoya ukuba imbuyisele ezo zinto, wafa ngokunjalo.

ISAHLUKO SE-15 1 Ke kaloku uNikanore, akuva ukuba uYuda neqela lakhe baseziqeleni ngaseSamariya, walungisa, kungekho tyala lokubambisa ngomhla wesabatha.

2 Athi ke amaYuda abeza kuthabatheka naye, athi, Musani ukutshabalalisa ngolu hlobo, ngolunya; 3 Sathi ke oyena ulitshijolo, ukuba ukho na uSomandla emazulwini, owawisa umthetho wokuba isabatha igcinwe.

4 Bathi ke bona, Kukho iNkosi ephilileyo emazulwini, enamandla, eyawisa umthetho wokuthi, usuku lwesixhenxe lugcinwe.

5 Wathi omnye, Nam ndiseligorha emhlabeni; Kanti akazuzanga ukuba kwenziwe ukuthanda kwakhe okungendawo.

6 Ngoko uNikanore ngekratshi eligqithiseleyo nangekratshi wazimisela ukumisa ilitye lesikhumbuzo likawonke-wonke lokoyisa kwakhe uYudas nabo babekunye naye.

7 Kodwa uMacabeus wayenentembelo eqinisekileyo yokuba iNkosi yayiya kumnceda: 8 Ngako oko wababongoza abantu bakhe ukuba bangoyiki ukuza kwabahedeni ngokuchasene nabo, kodwa bakhumbule uncedo ababelufumene kumaxesha angaphambili ukusuka ezulwini, kwaye ngoku balindele uloyiso noncedo, oluya kuza kubo luvela kuSomandla.

9 Ebathuthuzela ke ngomthetho nabaprofeti, ebuye ebakhumbuza ngeemfazwe ababezoyisa ngaphambili, wabachwayitisa ngakumbi.

10 Uthe ke, eyixhokonxile, wabawisela umthetho, ebonakalalisa ngawo ubuxoki beentlanga, ukwaphulwa kwezifungo.

11 Wabaxhobisa bonke ngabanye, kungengamakhaka nezikhali, njengamazwi atofotofo, alungileyo; waza phezu koko wabaxelela iphupha elifanele ukukholwa, njengokuba bekunjalo ngokwenene. hayi kancinci, bavuye.

12 Ke kaloku umbono wakhe wawusithi: UOnias, obengumbingeleli omkhulu, enesidima, indoda elungileyo, ebekekileyo ngentetho, enobulali, ethetha kakuhle, eqeqeshe kwasebuncinaneni bakhe bonke ubulungisa, eziphakamisa izandla zakhe. wathandazela wonke umzimba wamaYuda.

13 Kwangokunjalo kwabonakala indoda enengwevu, ezuke ngokuncamisileyo, enobungangamsha obuncamisileyo, obuncamisayo.

14 Waphendula uOniyas, wathi, Lo usisithandwa sabazalwana, obathandazela kakhulu abantu, nawo umzi ongcwele, uYeremiya umprofetiumprofeti kaThixo.

15 Waza uYeremiya, esolula isandla sakhe sokunene, wamnika uYuda ikrele legolide, wathetha wenjenje, 16 Thabatha eli krele lingcwele, isisipho sikaThixo; 17 Bethuthuzelekile ke ngamazwi kaYuda, ukuba abe mahle kunene, enako ukuxhokonxa ubukroti, nokuzithuthuzela iintliziyo zamadodana, bagqiba

kwelokuba bangawumiseli mkhosi, basuka bakhalipha, bawamisa phezu kwabo. ukuze awuvavanye lo mbandela ngongquzulwano, kuba isixeko nengcwele netempile zazisengozini.

18 Kuba inkathalelo ababeyinyamekele abafazi bawo, nabantwana babo, nabazalwana babo, nabantu babo, yayingento yanto kubo; 19 Kwanabasemizini yabo abazange bakhathale, bakhathazeka ngenxa yemfazwe.

20 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bonke bakubonile oko kuza kuvavanywa, zabe iintshaba sele zisondele, umkhosi uxhotyisiwe, amarhamncwa abekwe endaweni efanelekileyo, nabamahashe benamaphiko; 21 UMacabeus, ebona ukuza kwesihlwele, neentlobo ngeentlobo zezikhali, noburhalarhume bamarhamncwa, wazolulela ezulwini izandla zakhe, wabiza iNkosi eyenza imimangaliso, esazi ukuba uloyiso aluzi ngazikhali, kodwa njengokuba lunjalo. oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe, ulinika abasukuba kufanelekile.

22 Watsho emthandazweni wakhe ngolu hlobo; Yehova, wasithuma isithunywa sakho ngexesha likaHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, wabulala emkhosini kaSaneribhe ikhulu elinamanci asibhozo anesihlanu lamawaka.

23 Ngako oko, Nkosi yamazulu, thuma isithunywa esilungileyo, phambi kwethu, ukuze soyike kuso; 24 nangamandla engalo yakho mababethwe kukoyika, ababafikelayo abangcwele bakho, ukuba banyelise.

Wagqiba ke ngoko.

25 Weza ke uNikanore, nabo babenaye, benamaxilongo, neengoma; 26 Kodwa uYudas neqela lakhe baqubisana neentshaba ngezibongozo nangomthandazo.

27 Bathi ke, besilwa ngezandla zabo, bethandaza kuThixo ngeentliziyo zabo, babulala amadoda angengaphantsi kwamashumi amathathu anesihlanu amawaka; ngokuba babevuya kunene ebusweni bukaThixo.

28 Ngoku lakuba liphelile idabi, libuyela kwakhona ngovuyo, baqonda ukuba uNkaninore wayelele efile eluvimbeni lwakhe.

29 Baduma ke, nesandi esikhulu, bemdumisa uSomandla ngolwimi lwabo.

30 UYuda ke, lowo ubengumveleli wabemi bonke, ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni, owabophelelayo eluthandweni lwakhe abazalwana bakhe bonke ubomi bakhe, wathi makaxatyelwe intloko, nesandla esisixhantini bakhe, aziswe eYerusalem. .

31 Uthe ke akuba ekhona, wababizela ndawonye abantu bohlanga lwakowabo, wabamisa ababingeleli esibingelelweni, wabiza abo bakwinqaba leyo; 32 Wababonisa intloko kaNikanore ecekisekayo, nesandla somnyelisi, Othe ngokuqhayisa kwakhe, wazigwagwisa kuyo itempile engcwele kaSomandla.

33 Waza walunqumla ulwimi lwaloo Nikanore ongahloneli Thixo, wathi mazinikwe iintaka zibe ngamaqhekeza, ziwuxhome phambi kwetempile umvuzo wobugeza bakhe.

34 Bayidumisa ke bonke abantu, beyidumisa iNkosi, emazulwini, besithi, Makabongwe lowo uyigcinayo indawo yakhe, egqibelele.

35 Kananjalo wayixhoma intloko kaNikanore phezu kwenqaba, umqondiso ocacileyo nobonakalayo kulo lonke uncedo lweNkosi.

36 Bamisela bonke ngommiselo omnye, wokuba ingagqithi loo mini ngaphandle komthendeleko, kodwa ukuba

kubhiyozelwe umhla weshumi elinesithathu wenyanga yeshumi elinesibini, leyo ngesiSiriya kuthiwa nguAdare, ngosuku olungaphambi kwekaMardokeyu.

37 Wenjenjalo ke noNikanore. Ukususela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili umzi wamaHebhere wawuphantsi kolawulo lwawo. Kwaye apha ndiya kugqiba.

38 Ukuba ke ndenze okulungileyo, ndilingene ibali, oko ndikunqwenelayo oko; kodwa ukuba ndimbethile, ndinobutyebi; 39 Kuba njengoko kuyingozi ukusela iwayini okanye amanzi wodwa; Imnandi njengewayini ephithikezwe ngamanzi, síkholisa isongo; ngokunjalo nentetho exutyiweyo imnandi iindlebe zabaliselayo. Kwaye apha kuya kuba nesiphelo.