1 Maccabees
8:1 Zvino Judhasi akanga anzwa kuti vaRoma vakanga vane simba noumhare
varume, uye vanoda kugamuchira norudo vose vakazvibatanidza navo
ivo, moita sungano navose vaipinda kwavari;
8:2 Uye kuti vakanga vari varume vakashinga zvikuru. Akaudzwawo zvavo
hondo nezviito zvakanaka zvavakanga vaita pakati pavaGaratia, uye sei
vakanga vavakunda, uye vakavaisa pasi pemutero;
8:3 Uye zvavakanga vaita munyika yeSpeini, kuti vatore chikamu
migodhi yesirivha nendarama iripo;
8:4 Uye kuti nehurongwa hwavo nekutsungirira kwavo vakange vakunda nzvimbo yese.
kunyange zvakanga zviri kure kwazvo navo; namadzimambo aimukirawo
kubva kumigumo yenyika kusvikira vavhundutswa
akavaparadza, akavaparadza chose, zvokuti vakasara vakavapa
mutero gore negore:
8:5 Kunze kweizvi, kuti vakanga vanyonganiswa sei pakurwa kwaFiripi naPerseus,
mambo weKitimu, nevamwe vaizvikudza kwavari;
uye akanga avakunda.
8:6 seiwo Antiochus, mambo mukuru weAsia, akauya kuzorwa navo
hondo yakanga ine nzou zana namakumi maviri navatasvi vamabhiza, uye
ngoro nehondo huru kwazvo ikavhundutswa navo;
7 uye kuti vakamubata sei ari mupenyu, ndokuita sungano kuti iye nevamwe vaitonga
shure kwake vanofanira kubhadhara mutero mukuru, uye kupa nhapwa, uye izvo
zvakabvumiranwa,
8:8 nenyika yeIndia, neMedhia, neRidhia, nenyika yakaisvonaka
nyika dzavakatora kwaari, vakapa mambo Eumenesi;
8:9 Uyezve, vaGiriki vakanga vafunga kuuya kuzovaparadza;
8:10 Uye vakati vachiziva, vakatuma mumwe kwavari
mukuru, akarwa navo akauraya vazhinji vavo, akaenda navo
vakatapa vakadzi vavo navana vavo, vakavapamba, vakavatapa
vakatora nyika dzavo, vakakoromora nhare dzavo, uye
vakavaita varanda vavo kusvikira nhasi.
Ruka 8:11 Akaudzwawo kuti vakaparadza sei, nokuisa pasi pavo
kutonga humwe ushe hwose nezvitsuwa zvaimbovadzivisa;
8:12 Asi vakachengeta rudo neshamwari dzavo uye navaya vaivimba navo
kuti vakanga vakunda umambo huri kure nepedyo, kusvikira zvose izvozvo
vakanzwa zita ravo, vakavatya;
8:13 Uyezve, vaya vavaizobatsira kuva mambo, ndivo vanotonga; uye ndiani
vakadazve, vakatamisazve; pakupedzisira vakazova vazhinji
kukwidziridzwa:
8:14 Zvakadaro zvese, hapana kana mumwe wavo aipfeka korona kana kupfeka nguo yepepuru,
vakudzwe nazvo:
8:15 Uye kuti vakanga vazvivakira imba huru, ine vatatu
varume mazana maviri namakumi maviri vaigara padare zuva rimwe nerimwe, vachirangana nguva dzose
vanhu, kusvika pakupedzisira vanogona kurongeka zvakanaka:
8:16 Uye kuti vakapa hurumende yavo kumunhu mumwe gore negore, uyo
akabata ushe panyika yavo yose, uye kuti vose vaimuteerera iyeye;
uye pakanga pasina godo kana godo pakati pavo.
8:17 Mukurangarira zvinhu izvi, Judhasi akasarudza Eupolemo mwanakomana waJohani.
mwanakomana waAkosi, naJasoni mwanakomana waEreazari, akavatuma kuRoma;
kuita sungano nesungano navo;
8:18 uye kuvakurudzira kuti vabvise joko kwavari; nokuda kwavo
akaona kuti umambo hwevaGiriki hwaidzvinyirira vaIsraeri neuranda.
8:19 Naizvozvo vakaenda Roma, rwaiva rwendo rukuru, vakasvika
mudare remakurukota, kwavakandotaura vakati.
8:20 Judas Maccabeus, nehama dzake, uye vanhu vechiJudha, vatumira
isu kwamuri, kuti tiite sungano nerugare nemwi, uye kuti tive nerugare
kunyoreswa masangano ako uye shamwari.
8:21 Saka nyaya iyi yakafadza vaRoma.
8:22 Uye iyi ndiyo kopi yetsamba iyo Senate yakanyora zvakare mairi
namatafura endarira aitumirwa Jerusarema, kuti vatorepo
chirangaridzo chorugare nesungano;
8:23 Kubudirira kwakanaka ngakuve kuvaRoma, uye nevanhu vechiJudha, negungwa uye
panyika nokusingaperi; munondo nomuvengi ngazvive kure navo;
8:24 Kana hondo yakatanga kuuya pamusoro pevaRoma kana vamwe vemubatanidzwa wavo
muumambo hwavo hwose.
8:25 Vanhu vemaJuda vachavabatsira, senguva yakatarwa.
nemoyo yavo yose.
8:26 Uye havazopi chinhu kune avo vanorwa navo, kana
vabatsire nezvokudya, nezvombo, mari, kana zvikepe, sezvazvinenge zvakanaka
kuvaRoma; asi vachachengeta zvibvumirano zvavo vasingatore chinhu
chinhu saka.
8:27 Nenzira imwe cheteyo, kana hondo ikatanga kuwira rudzi rwavaJudha.
vaRoma vachavabatsira nemwoyo yavo yose, maererano nenguva
vachagadzwa ivo;
8:28 Uyewo havazopiwi zvokudya kune avo vanovarwisa, kana
zvombo, kana mari, kana zvikepe, sezvavakafunga vaRoma; asi
vachachengeta sungano dzavo, uye pasina unyengeri.
8:29 Maererano nezvinyorwa izvi vaRoma vakaita sungano ne
vanhu vechiJudha.
8:30 Asi kana mushure meizvi mumwe kana mumwe wacho achafunga kusangana naye
kuwedzera kana kuderedza chinhu chipi nechipi, vangachiita pakuda kwavo, uye
chipi nechipi chavachawedzera kana kutora chichasimbiswa.
31 Uye maererano nezvakaipa Dhemetrio zvaanoitira vaJudha, tine
yakanyorwa kwaari, ichiti: Nemhaka yei iwe wakaremedza joko rako pamusoro pedu
Shamwari uye masangano evaJudha?
8:32 Naizvozvo kana vakaramba vachikunyunyutirai, tichazviita
mururamisire, arwe nemi pagungwa napanyika.