1 Maccabees
14:1 Zvino mugore rezana nemakumi manomwe nembiri, mambo Dhemetrio akaungana
varwi vake pamwe chete, vakaenda kuMedhia kuti vamubatsire pakurwa
against Tryphone.
14:2 Asi Arsace, mambo wePezhia neMedhia, akanzwa kuti Dhemetrio
akapinda munyika yake, akatuma mumwe wamachinda ake kundomutora
mupenyu:
14:3 Iye akaenda, akakunda hondo yaDhemetrio, akamubata, akamuuyisa
kuna Arsace, waakaiswa mutorongo naye.
14:4 Zvino nyika yeJudhiya yaiva nerunyararo mazuva ose aSimoni; nokuda kwake
akatsvaka zvakanaka zverudzi rwake saizvozvo nguva dzose
simba nokukudzwa zvakavafadza zvikuru.
14:5 Uye zvaakanga achikudzwa pane zvose zvaakaita, saka pane izvi, kuti akatora Jopa
akaita zororo, akaita mukova wezvitsuwa zvegungwa.
14:6 Akakurisa miganhu yerudzi rwake, akadzosa nyika.
14:7 Uye vakaunganidza vatapwa vazhinji, uye vakava nesimba
weGazera, neBhetsura, neshongwe, yaakatora mairi zvose
uye kwakanga kusina munhu aimudzivisa.
14:8 Ipapo vakarima minda yavo murugare, uye ivhu rikamupa
zviwande, nemiti yesango zvibereko zvayo.
Vakuru vakagara vose panzira dzomumusha, vachitaurirana zvakanaka
uye majaya akapfeka nguo dzinobwinya nedzehondo.
14:10 Akagovera maguta zvokudya, akaisa mukati mawo marudzi ose
kuti zita rake rinokudzwa rikurumbire kusvikira kumagumo
nyika.
14:11 Akaita rugare panyika, uye Israeri akafara nomufaro mukuru.
14:12 Nokuti mumwe nomumwe akanga agere pasi pomuzambiringa wake nomuonde wake, uye pakanga pasina
vaparadze:
14:13 Uye hapana akasara panyika kuti arwe navo;
madzimambo akaparadzwa mumazuva iwayo.
14:14 Uye akasimbisa vose vanhu vake vakanga vakaderera.
akanzvera murayiro; uye wose anozvidza murayiro uye akaipa
munhu waakatora.
14:15 Akashongedza nzvimbo tsvene, uye akawedzera midziyo yetemberi.
14:16 Zvino pakunzwika kuRoma, uye kusvikira Sparta, kuti Jonatani akanga
vakafa, vakademba zvikuru.
14:17 Asi pavakangonzwa kuti mukoma wake Simoni aitwa mupristi mukuru
akatonga nyika nemaguta arimo;
14:18 Vakamunyorera pamahwendefa endarira kuti vamutsiridze ushamwari uye
sungano yavakanga vaita naJudhasi naJonatani hama dzake;
14:19 Zvinyorwa zvakaverengwa pamberi peungano paJerusarema.
14:20 Uye iyi ndiyo kopi yetsamba dzakatumirwa nevaRakedhimoni; The
navakuru vavaRakedhimoni, pamwe chete neguta, kuna Simoni muprista mukuru.
nevakuru, nevapirisita, nevamwe vakasara vevanhu vemaJuda, vedu
Hama, kwaziso.
14:21 Nhume dzakatumwa kuvanhu vedu vakatizivisa nezvenyu
kubwinya nokukudzwa; naizvozvo takafara pakuuya kwavo;
14:22 uye vakanyora zvinhu zvavaitaura mudare remakurukota
nenzira iyi; Numenius mwanakomana waAntiochus, naAntipater mwanakomana waJasoni,
Nhume dzevaJudha dzakauya kwatiri kuzovandudza ushamwari hwavo
nesu.
14:23 Uye vanhu vakafadza vanhu kufadza varume, uye nokuisa
kopi yenhumwa dzavo muzvinyorwa zveruzhinji, kusvika kumagumo vanhu ve
maLacedemonians anogona kuva nechirangaridzo chazvo: uyezve tine
akanyorera Simoni muprista mukuru.
14:24 Mushure meizvi Simoni akatuma Numenio kuRoma nenhoo huru yendarama ye
makirogiramu ane chiuru kuti asimbise sungano navo.
14:25 Vanhu vakati vachizvinzwa, vakati: Tichavonga seiko?
Simon nevanakomana vake?
14:26 Nokuti iye nehama dzake uye imba yababa vake vakasimbisa
valsiraeri, vakavadzinga pakurwa navavengi vavo, vakavasimbisa
rusununguko rwavo.
14:27 Naizvozvo vakainyora pamahwendefa endarira, akadziisa pamusoro pembiru
Gomo reZiyoni; Zuva regumi nemasere re
mwedzi waEruri, mugore rezana namakumi matanhatu namaviri, uri mwedzi
gore rechitatu raSimoni muprista mukuru.
14:28 PaSarameri, paungano huru yevapristi, nevanhu, uye
vabati vorudzi navakuru venyika vakanga vari zvinhu izvi
akaziviswa kwatiri.
14:29 Nekuti kazhinji kurwa kwakaitika munyika, kurwa kwaivapo
kuchengetwa kwenzvimbo tsvene yavo, nemurairo, Simoni mwanakomana wa
Matatiasi, worudzi rwaJaribhi, pamwechete navanin'ina vake, vakaisawo
ivo pachavo vari mungozi, uye kurwisa vavengi vorudzi rwavo kwakazviita
rudzi rwavo rukudzo rukuru;
14:30 (Nekuti shure kwaizvozvo Jonatani akaunganidza rudzi rwake, akava
muprista wavo mukuru akawedzerwa kuvanhu vake.
14:31 Vavengi vavo vakagadzirira kupinda munyika yavo, kuti vaparadze
ndokuisa maoko pamusoro penzvimbo tsvene;
14:32 Panguva iyoyo Simoni akasimuka, akarwira rudzi rwake, uye akashandisa zvizhinji
nenhumbi dzake, akashongedzera varwi vorudzi rwake, akapa
mubairo wavo,
14:33 akasimbisa maguta eJudhiya akakombwa, pamwe chete neBhetishura, riri nhema
kumiganhu yeJudhiya, uko kwaiva nenhumbi dzokurwa dzevavengi
before; asi akaisa boka ravaJudha ipapo.
14:34 Akasimbisawo Jopa, iri pagungwa, neGazera, iro
unoganhurana naAzotasi, paigara vavengi kare;
uye vaJudha vaivapo, akavagadzirira zvinhu zvose zvakafanira imba yacho
kugadziriswa kwayo.)
14:35 Naizvozvo chaunga chakaimba mabasa aSimoni, uye nekubwinya kwakadini kwaaiva nako
akafunga kuunza rudzi rwake, akamuita mubati wavo nomupristi mukuru;
nokuti akanga aita zvinhu zvose izvi, uye nokuda kwokururamisira nokutenda
yaakachengetera rudzi rwake, yaakatsvaka nemitoo yose
kudzai vanhu vake.
14:36 Nokuti panguva yake zvinhu zvakabudirira mumaoko ake, zvokuti vahedheni
vakabviswa panyika yavo, naivo vakanga vari muguta raDhavhidhi
paJerusarema, vakanga vazviitira shongwe, yavakabva pairi;
akasvibisa nzvimbo tsvene, akaita zvakaipa zvizhinji panzvimbo tsvene
nzvimbo:
14:37 Asi akaisa vaJudha imomo. ndokuisimbisa kuti ichengetedzeke
uye akamisa masvingo eJerusarema.
14:38 Mambo Dhemetrio akamusimbisawo paupristi hukuru maererano nemurairo
zvinhu izvozvo,
14:39 akamuita umwe weshamwari dzake, akamukudza nekukudza kukuru.
14:40 Nokuti akanga anzwa kuti vaRoma vakanga vachiti vaJudha shamwari dzavo
nemasangano nehama; uye kuti vakanga vavaraidza
nhume dzaSimoni zvinokudzwa;
14:41 Uyewo kuti vaJudha nevapristi vakafara kuti Simoni ave
mubati wavo nomupristi mukuru nokusingaperi, kusvikira a
muporofita akatendeka;
14:42 Uyezve, kuti ave mukuru wavo, uye mutariri wavose
kuti avaise pamusoro pamabasa avo, napamusoro penyika, napamusoro
nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo napamusoro penhare, kuti iye, nditi iye atore ushe
yenzvimbo tsvene;
14:43 Kunze kweizvi, kuti ateererwe nemunhu wese, uye kuti vese
zvakanyorwa munyika ngazviitwe muzita rake, uye kuti anofanira
ufuke nguvo tsvuku, ufuke ndarama;
14:44 Uye kuti kurege kuva nomutemo kuti kurege kuva nomumwe wavanhu kana muprista kuputsa
chimwe chezvinhu izvi, kana kupikisa mashoko ake, kana kuunganidza ungano
kuruwa asina iye, kana kufuka nguvo dzine ruvara rwehute, kana mucheka wekumeso
yegoridhe;
14:45 Uye ani nani anofanira kuita zvakasiyana, kana kuputsa chimwe chezvinhu izvi, iye
anofanira kurangwa.
Ruka 14:46 Saka vanhu vose vakada kubata naSimoni, nokuita sezvavakanga vaitwa
akadaro.
14:47 Ipapo Simoni akabvuma, uye akanga achifarira kuva muprista mukuru, uye
mukuru wevaJudha nevapristi, nekuvadzivirira vose.
14:48 Zvino vakaraira kuti runyoro urwu rwuiswe mumahwendefa endarira.
uye kuti dzimiswe mukati mechipoterera chenzvimbo tsvene a
nzvimbo inopenya;
14:49 Uye kuti makopi acho aiswe mudura remari,
kuti Simoni navanakomana vake vazvitore.