1 Maccabees
1:1 Zvino zvakaitika shure kuti Arekizanda, mwanakomana waFiripi, muMakedhonia, uyo
akabuda munyika yeKetiimi, akanga arova Dhariasi mambo weBhabhironi
vaPerisia navaMedhia, akatonga panzvimbo yake, iye wokutanga paGirisi;
1:2 Vakarwa hondo zhinji, vakakunda nhare zhinji, vakauraya madzimambo enyika
pasi,
1:3 Akafamba kusvikira kumigumo yenyika, akapamba zvizhinji
marudzi, zvekuti nyika yakanyarara pamberi pake; paakanga ari
akazvikudza uye mwoyo wake ukazvikudza.
1:4 Uye akaunganidza hondo ine simba, uye akatonga nyika, uye
marudzi, namadzimambo, avo vakamubatira mutero.
1:5 Zvino shure kweizvozvo wakarwara, uye akaona kuti waifanira kufa.
1:6 Saka akadana varanda vake avo vaikudzwa, uye vakanga varipo
akarerwa naye kubva pauduku hwake, akagovera ushe hwake pakati pavo;
achiri mupenyu.
1:7 Saka Alexander akatonga kwemakore gumi nemaviri, uye ipapo akafa.
1:8 Varanda vake vakabata ushe mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yake.
1:9 Zvino shure kwekufa kwake vakapfekedza vose korona; vakadarowo zvavo
vanakomana vakamutevera makore mazhinji; zvakaipa zvikawanda panyika.
1:10 Uye kwakabva kwavari mudzi wakaipa Antiochus anonzi Epiphanes;
mwanakomana waAntiochus mambo, akanga ari nhapwa muRoma, uye iye
akatonga mugore rezana namakumi matatu namanomwe roumambo hwaJehovha
VaGiriki.
1:11 Namazuva iwayo kwakabuda varume vakaipa pakati paIsiraeri, vakagombedzera vazhinji.
vachiti: Ngatiende kunoita sungano nevahedheni vakatipoteredza
nekuti kubva patakabva kwavari takava neshungu huru.
1:12 Saka mudziyo uyu wakavafadza kwazvo.
1:13 Zvino vamwe vanhu vakamhanyira mukati, vakaenda kuguta
mambo, akavapa mvumo yokuita sezvakarairwa navahedheni;
1:14 Naizvozvo vakavaka nzvimbo yekudzidzira paJerusarema maererano nemutemo
tsika dzavahedheni.
1:15 Vakazviita vasina kudzingiswa, vakasiya sungano tsvene, uye
vakazvibatanidza navahedheni, Vakatengeswa kuti vaite zvakaipa.
1:16 Zvino apo umambo hwakasimbiswa pamberi Antiochus, akafunga
atonge pamusoro peIjipiti kuti ave nesimba roumambo huviri.
1:17 Naizvozvo wakapinda Egipita neboka guru revanhu, vane ngoro dzehondo.
nenzou, navatasvi vamabhiza, nehondo huru;
1:18 akarwa naToremei mambo weEgipita, asi Toremei wakatya
akatiza; uye vazhinji vakakuvadzwa kusvikira vafa.
1:19 Nokudaro vakawana maguta ane simba munyika yeIjipiti, iye ndokutora
zvakapambwa zvayo.
1:20 Uye shure kwokunge Antiochus arova Egipita, akadzokera zvakare mukati
Gore remazana namakumi mana namatatu, akakwira kundorwa naIsiraeri neJerusaremu
nechaunga chikuru.
1:21 akapinda munzvimbo tsvene nekuzvikudza, akabvisa aritari yendarama.
nechigadziko chemwenje, nenhumbi dzacho dzose;
1:22 netafura yezvingwa zvokuratidza, nemidziyo yokudira, nembiya.
nezvaenga zvomoto zvendarama, nechidzitiro, nekorona, nendarama
zvishongo zvakanga zviri pamberi petemberi, zvose zvaakabvisa.
1:23 Akatorawo sirivha, nendarama, nemidziyo inokosha;
akatora pfuma yakavanzwa yaakawana.
1:24 Zvino wakati atora zvose, akaenda kunyika yekwake, agadzira
kuponda kukuru, uye akataura achizvikudza zvikuru.
1:25 Naizvozvo kuchema kukuru kwakavapo pakati paIsiraeri panzvimbo imwe neimwe
vaiva;
1:26 Naizvozvo machinda nevakuru vakachema, mhandara nemajaya vakachema
uye runako rwavakadzi rwakashandurwa.
1:27 Chikomba chimwe nechimwe chakachema, neiye wakange agere pamuchato
imba yairema,
1:28 Nyikawo yakadengenyeka pamusoro pavagere mairi, neimba yose;
yaJakobho yakazadzwa nenyonganyonga.
1:29 Zvino makore maviri akati apera, mambo akatuma mukuru wavateresi
mutero kumaguta aJudha, ivo vakasvika Jerusaremu nehondo huru
vazhinji,
1:30 Vakataura mashoko erugare kwavari, asi zvose zvaiva kunyengera;
akati avimba naye, akawira pamusoro peguta pakarepo, akarirova
akaparadza vanhu vazhinji vaIsraeri.
31 Zvino wakati atora zvakapambwa zveguta, ndokupisa nemoto, uye
akaputsa dzimba namadziro ayo kumativi ose.
1:32 Asi vakadzi nevana vakavatapa, vakatora mombe.
1:33 Ipapo vakavaka guta raDhavhidhi norusvingo rukuru uye rwakasimba, uye
neshongwe huru, akaiita nhare yavo.
1:34 Vakaisamo rudzi runotadza, vanhu vakaipa, vane nhare
ivo pachavo.
1:35 Vakaichengetawo nenhumbi dzokurwa, nezvokudya, uye pavakanga vaunganidza
pamwe chete zvakapambwa zveJerusarema, vakazvichengeta ikoko, uye vakaita saizvozvo
yakava musungo unorwadza;
1:36 Nokuti yaiva nzvimbo yokuvandira panzvimbo tsvene, uye yakaipa
muvengi waIsraeri.
1:37 Naizvozvo vakateura ropa risina mhosva kumativi ose enzvimbo tsvene, uye
akazvisvibisa:
1:38 zvekuti vagari veJerusarema vakatiza pamberi pavo.
guta rakazoitwa ugaro hwevatorwa, rikazova
zvinoshamisa kune vakaberekerwamo; uye vana vake vakamusiya.
1:39 Nzvimbo yaro tsvene yaparadzwa serenje, mitambo yaro yakashandurwa
kuva kuchema, masabata avo kuva chinhu chinozvidzwa nokukudzwa kwaro.
1:40 Sekukudzwa kwaro, kunyadziswa kwaro kwakawedzera, naiyewo
kunaka kwakashandurwa kukava kuchema.
1:41 Uyezve, mambo Antiochus akanyora kuumambo hwake hwose, kuti zvose zvinofanira kuitika
vanhu vamwe,
1:42 Uye mumwe nomumwe ngaasiye mitemo yake; naizvozvo vahedheni vose vakabvumirana saizvozvo
kumurayiro wamambo.
1:43 Hongu, vazhinji vevaIsraeriwo vakabvuma chitendero chake, uye
zvakabayirwa kuzvifananidzo, nokumhura sabata.
1:44 Nokuti mambo akanga atuma tsamba kuJerusarema nenhume
maguta aJudha kuti vatevere mitemo isingazikamwi yenyika,
1:45 zvirambidze pazvipiriso zvinopiswa, nezvibayiro, nezvipiriso zvinodururwa
temberi; uye kuti vamhure masabata nemitambo yemitambo;
1:46 Uye kusvibisa nzvimbo tsvene uye vanhu vatsvene.
1:47 Mumisei aritari, namatanda okunamata nawo, nedzimba dzokunamatira zvifananidzo, mubayire zvibayiro zvenguruve.
nyama, nemhuka dzisina kunaka;
1:48 kuti varege vana vavo vave vasina kudzingiswa, vagoita vana vavo
mweya inosemesa nemhando dzose dzetsvina nekusvibisa;
1:49 Kuti vakanganwe murayiro, vagoshandura zvakatemwa zvose.
1:50 Uye ani nani akaramba kuita maererano nemurairo wamambo, iye
akati, anofanira kufa.
1:51 Nenzira imwe cheteyo akanyorera ushe hwake hwose, akagadza
vatariri vavanhu vose, vachiraira maguta aJudha
chibayiro, guta neguta.
52 Zvino vazhinji vechaunga vakaunganira kwavari, vachizviona
akasiya murayiro; naizvozvo vakaita zvakaipa panyika;
1:53 Uye akadzinga vaIsraeri munzvimbo dzakavanda, kunyange pose pavaigona
tiza kuti ubatsirwe.
1:54 Zvino pazuva regumi namashanu romwedzi waKasreu, pamakore zana namakumi mana namaviri
mugore rechishanu, vakamisa chinyangadzo chinoparadza paatari.
akavaka aritari dzezvifananidzo pamaguta aJudha kumativi ose;
55 Vakapisira zvinonhuhwira pamakonhi edzimba dzavo, napanzira dzomumusha.
1:56 Zvino vakati vabvarura kuita zvidimbu mabhuku emurairo avakawana.
vakazvipisa nomoto.
1:57 Uye ani nani akawanikwa aine bhuku resungano, kana chero
Vakapiwa murayiro, murayiro wamambo wakanga uri wokuti vauise
kuti afe.
1:58 Vakaita saizvozvo maererano nesimba ravo kuvana vaIsiraeri mwedzi mumwe nomumwe, kuita sezva
vazhinji vakawanikwa mumaguta.
1:59 Zvino pazuva ramakumi maviri namashanu romwedzi, vakabayira pamusoro pezuva
atari yezvidhori, yakanga iri paatari yaMwari.
Ruka 1:60 Panguva iyoyo vakauraya vamwe maererano nomurayiro
vakadzi vakanga vaita kuti vana vavo vadzingiswe.
1:61 Uye vakaturika vacheche pamitsipa yavo, uye nepfuti dzimba dzavo.
uye akauraya vaya vakanga vavadzingisa.
Ruka 1:62 Asi vazhinji pakati pavaIsraeri vakanga vakatsunga uye vakasimbiswa mavari
musadya chinhu chipi nechipi chine tsvina.
1:63 Naizvozvo zviri nani kuti vafe, kuti varege kusvibiswa nezvokudya.
uye kuti varege kushatisa sungano tsvene; naizvozvo vakafa.
1:64 Kutsamwa kukuru kukavapo pamusoro paIsraeri.