2 Maccabees
3:1 Zvino guta dzvene rakati richigarwa norugare rwose, nemirairo yakanga yavapo
akachengetwa zvakanaka nokuda kwoumwari hwaOnia muprista mukuru uye
kuvenga kwake zvakaipa,
3:2 Zvakaitika kuti kunyange madzimambo pachavo aikudza nzvimbo, uye
kudzai temberi nezvipo zvavo zvakanakisisa;
3:3 zvokuti Seleucus weEzhia akatakura miripo yake yose
zvebasa rezvibayiro.
3:4 Asi umwe Simoni werudzi rwaBenjamini, wakaitwa mutungamiriri wekereke
mutemberi, vakaita nharo nomupristi mukuru pamusoro pebongozozo muguta.
3:5 Asi asingagoni kukunda Onias, akamuisa kuna Aporonio mwanakomana
weThraseas, uyo panguva iyoyo akanga ari mubati weKerosia neFenike.
3:6 Akamuudza kuti chivigiro chemari paJerusarema chizere nemari isingaverengeki
mari, zvekuti kuwanda kwefuma yavo, yakange isina kufanira
nhoroondo yezvibayiro, yakanga isingaverengeki, uye kuti zvaigoneka
kuti zvose zvipiwe muruoko rwamambo.
3:7 Zvino Aporoniyo paakasvika kuna mambo, akamuratidza mari
izvo zvaakaudzwa, mambo akasarudza Heliodorus mubati wehomwe yake, uye
akamutuma nomurayiro wokuti amuunzire mari yakanga yarehwa.
3:8 Pakarepo Heriodoro akasimuka; pasi peruvara rwekushanyira
maguta eKerosia neFenike, asi kuti azadzise zvamambo
chinangwa.
9 Zvino wakati asvika kuJerusarema, akagamuchirwa nenyasha
muprista mukuru weguta, akamuudza kungwara kwakanga kwapiwa
Akareva mari, akavarondedzera zvaakauyira, akabvunza kana zviri izvo
zvanga zvakadaro.
Ruka 3:10 Ipapo muprista mukuru akamuudza kuti pakanga pachengeterwa mari yakadaro
kusunungurwa kwechirikadzi nenherera.
3:11 Uye kuti zvimwe zvacho zvaiva zvaHircanus mwanakomana waTobhia, murume mukuru
uye kwete sezvakanga zvarehwa naSimoni akaipa
pamwe chete namatarenda esirivha ana mazana mana, nendarama mazana maviri;
3:12 Uye kuti zvakanga zvisingabviri zvachose kuti zvakaipa zvakadaro zviitwe
kuna avo vakanga vakaiisa panzvimbo tsvene, uye noku
ukuru noutsvene husingaparadzwi hwetemberi, inokudzwa pamusoro pezvinhu zvose
nyika.
3:13 Asi Heriodoro, nokuda kweshoko ramambo raakanga arairwa, akati, Ndizvo
chero ipi zvayo inofanira kuiswa muchivigiro chepfuma yamambo.
3:14 Saka pazuva raakanga asarudza, akapinda kuti agadzirise nyaya iyi.
naizvozvo kwakava nokurwadza kusati kuri kuduku muguta rose.
3:15 Asi vapristi, vakawira pasi pamberi pearitari
nguvo dzevapristi, dzakadana kudenga kuna iye akaita murairo
pamusoro pezvinhu zvakapiwa kwaari aichengeta kuti zvichengetedzwe
nokuti vakanga vaita kuti vachengetwe.
3:16 Zvino ani nani akanga atarisa muprista mukuru kumeso, angadai akakuvara
mwoyo wake: nokuda kwechiso chake nokushanduka kwemavara ake
kurwadziwa kwemukati mepfungwa dzake.
3:17 Nokuti murume akanga akakomberedzwa nekutya uye nekutya nemuviri, zvekuti
Zvakaonekwa kuna avo vakanga vakamutarira, kuti akanga ane shungu sei zvino maari
mwoyo.
3:18 Vamwe vakamhanya vachibuda mudzimba dzavo vachiuya kumukumbiro mukuru.
nokuti nzvimbo yacho yakanga yakaita sokuzvidzwa.
3:19 Uye vakadzi, vakasunga magumbu pazvipfuva zvavo, vakawanza munyama
mumigwagwa, nemhandara dzaichengetwa dzakamhanya, vamwe kumasuwo, na
vamwe kumadziro, uye vamwe vakatarira napamahwindo.
3:20 Uye vose, vakabata maoko kudenga, vakakumbira.
3:21 Zvaizonzwisa urombo munhu kuona vanhu vazhinji vachiwira pasi
nemarudzi ose, nekutya mupristi mukuru ari pakurwadziwa kwakadaro.
3:22 Vakabva vadana Ishe Wamasimba Ose kuti achengete zvinhu zvakaiswa
kuvimba kwakachengeteka uye kwakasimba kune avo vakazviita.
3:23 Zvakadaro Heliodorus wakauraya izvo zvakatemwa.
3:24 Zvino paakanga ari ipapo nevarindi vake vakakomberedza chivigiro chezvipo.
Ishe wemweya, noMuchinda wesimba rose, akaita chinhu chikuru
Akaita dzangaradzimu, zvokuti vose vaifunga kupinda naye vakanga varipo
vakashamiswa nesimba raMwari, vakapera simba, vakatya zvikuru.
3:25 Nokuti kwakaonekwa kwavari bhiza rine mutasvi anotyisa pamusoro paro.
akafuka nguvo yakanaka kwazvo, akamhanya nehasha, ndokurova paari
Heliodorus nerutsoka rwake, uye zvaiita sekuti ndiye akagara pairi
bhiza rakanga rine shinda dzakazara dzegoridhe.
3:26 Ipapo mamwe majaya maviri akazviratidza kwaari, akanga ane simba guru.
Zvakanakisa pakunaka, nenguvo dzakanaka, amirepo naye
side; achimurova netyava, achimurova zvikuru.
3:27 Heriodorus akawira pasi pakarepo, akakomba
rima guru, asi vaya vaiva naye vakamusimudza ndokumuisa
mumarara.
3:28 Nokudaro iye, uyo nguva pfupi yapfuura akauya nechitima chikuru uye nevarindi vake vose
vakabudira muchivigiro chezvipo ichi, iye asingagoni kuzvibatsira
nezvombo zvake, uye vakabvuma simba raMwari pachena.
3:29 Nekuti wakawisirwa pasi neruoko rwaMwari, akava mbeveve pasina vose
tariro youpenyu.
3:30 Asi vakarumbidza Ishe, iye akanga aita chishamiso kukudza nzvimbo yake.
zvetemberi; iyo nguva pfupi yapfuura yakanga izere nekutya nekutambudzika, apo
Ishe Wamasimba Ose akazviratidza, akazadzwa nomufaro nokupembera.
3:31 Zvino pakarepo dzimwe shamwari dzaHeriodoro vakanyengetera kuna Onias, kuti adaro
achadana Wokumusoro-soro kuti amupe upenyu hwake, iye akazvigadzirira
kurega mweya.
3:32 Naizvozvo mupristi mukuru, achifungira kuti zvimwe mambo haangafungi izvozvo
humwe hunyengeri hwakanga hwaitwa kuna Heliodorus nemaJuda, a
chibayiro chehutano hwemurume.
3:33 Zvino mupristi mukuru paakanga achiyananisira, majaya mamwe chetewo akapinda
chipfeko ichocho chakaonekwa ndokumira parutivi rwaHeriodoro, chichiti: Ndipe!
Onias muprista mukuru kuvonga kukuru, sezvaanoita nokuda kwaShe
akakupa upenyu.
3:34 Uye chiona kuti warohwa kubva kudenga, paridzira vose
vanhu simba guru raMwari. Vakati vataura mashoko iwayo
haana kuzoonekwazve.
3:35 Saka Heliodorus, pashure pokunge abayira Jehovha, uye akaita
mhiko huru kuna iye akanga aponesa upenyu hwake, uye akakwazisa Onias, akadzoka
nehondo yake kuna mambo.
3:36 Ipapo akapupura kuvanhu vose mabasa aMwari mukuru, aaiva nawo
achionekwa nemeso ake.
3:37 Uye apo mambo Heliodorus, ndiani angava murume akakodzera kutumwa zvakare kamwe
zvakare kuJerusarema, akati.
3:38 Kana une muvengi kana mutengesi, mutumire ikoko, uye iwe unofanira
mumugamuchire zvakanaka, kana apukunyuka neupenyu hwake;
nzvimbo, pasina kupokana; kune simba raMwari rakasiyana.
3:39 Nekuti unogara kudenga ziso rake riri panzvimbo iyo, achiidzivirira
it; uye anorova uye anoparadza avo vanouya kuzoikuvadza.
3:40 Uye zvinhu maererano Heliodorus, uye kuchengetwa kwepfuma,
yakawira kwakadaro.