2 Maccabees
4:1 Simoni uyu, watakataura pamusoro pake, ndiye mutengesi
Mari, nenyika yake, vakamhura Onia, sokunge aitya
Heliodorus, uye anga ari mushandi wezvakaipa izvi.
4:2 Naizvozvo akatsunga kumuidza mutengesi, wakanga akafanira nyasha dzake
guta, akatora rudzi rwake, akashingairira mirairo.
3 Asi ruvengo rwavo rwakasvika kure, zvekuti neumwe weboka raSimoni
mhondi dzakaitwa.
4:4 Onias achiona njodzi yekukakavara uku, uye kuti Apollonius, se
zvino ari mubati weKerosia neFenike, akaita hasha, uye akawedzera
Ruvengo rwaSimoni,
4:5 Akaenda kuna mambo, kwete kuti ave mupomeri wehama dzake, asi achitsvaka
zvakanaka kune zvese, zvese zviri pachena uye zvakavanzika:
4:6 Nokuti wakaona kuti hazvibviri kuti nyika irambe yakanyarara.
Simoni ngaarege upenzi hwake, kunze kwokunge mambo azvitarira.
4:7 Asi mushure mekufa kwaSeleucus, apo Antiochus, anonzi Epiphanes, akatora
muumambo, Jasoni munun'una waOniasi akashanda nesimba kuti ave akakwirira
muprista,
4:8 akavimbisa mambo nokunyengetera mazana matatu namakumi matanhatu
matarenda esirivha, uye mumwe akawana matarenda makumi masere;
4:9 Kunze kweizvi, akavimbisa kupa zana nemakumi mashanu mamwe, kana iye
angave ane rezinesi yekumugadzirira nzvimbo yekurovedza muviri, uye ye
kudzidzisa kwouduku netsika dzavahedheni, nokudzinyora
veJerusarema nezita ravaAntiokia.
4:10 Mambo wakati azvitendera, akabata ruoko rwake
kutonga akabva aunza rudzi rwake kurudzi rwechiGiriki.
4:11 Uye ropafadzo dzoumambo dzakapiwa vaJudha nenyasha
nenzira yaJohane baba vaEupolemo, uyo akaenda mumiriri kuRoma
rudo nerubatsiro, akatora; uye kuisa pasi hurumende dzakanga dziri
maererano nomurayiro, akamutsa tsika itsva dzaipikisana nomurayiro.
4:12 Nokuti akavaka nomufaro nzvimbo yokurovedza muviri pasi peshongwe pachayo, uye
akaisa majaya pasi pake, akavapfekedza
hat.
4:13 Zvino uku ndiko kwaiva kureba kwemafashoni evaGiriki, nekuwedzera kwevahedheni
nemitoo yake, nokutuka kukuru kwaJasoni, uya usingadi Mwari
akaipa, uye asina muprista mukuru;
4:14 kuti vaprista vakanga vasisina ushingi hwokushumira paaritari, asi
vachizvidza temberi, uye vachiregeredza zvibayiro, vakakurumidza kuva
vanotora mvumo isiri pamutemo panzvimbo yekurovedza muviri, mushure me
mutambo weDiscus wakavadana;
4:15 vasingaiti nokukudzwa kwamadzibaba avo, asi vachida kubwinya kwaJehovha
VaGiriki kupfuura zvese.
4:16 Nokuda kwaizvozvi njodzi yakavawira, nokuti vakanga varipo
vavengi vavo nevatsivi, vane tsika yavainyatsotevera, uye
wavaishuva kuti vafanane naye pazvinhu zvose.
4:17 Nokuti hachizi chinhu chiduku kuita zvisakafanira mirairo yaMwari;
nguva inotevera ichataura zvinhu izvi.
4:18 Zvino mutambo waishandiswa gore rimwe nerimwe rekutenda pawaiitwa paTire, the
mambo aripo.
4:19 Jasoni uyu akanga asina nyasha akatuma nhume dzakakosha kubva kuJerusarema, avo vakanga vari
vaAntiokia, kuti vatakure madrakema esirivha ana mazana matatu kundobayira
yeHercules, iyo kunyange vatakuri vayo vakafunga kuti haina kukodzera kupa
pamusoro pechibayiro, nokuti chakanga chisina kunaka, asi kuti chichengetwe
kune dzimwe mhosva.
4:20 Mari iyi zvino, maererano nemutumwa, yakagadzwa kuna Hercules.
chibayiro; asi nokuda kwevatakuri vayo, yakange yashandirwa kuvabatsiri
kugadzira gally.
4:21 Zvino Apollonius, mwanakomana waMenesteo, paakatumwa kuIjipiti kundotora
kugadzwa kwamambo Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, achimunzwisisa
kusave nekukanganiswa kuzvinhu zvake, zvakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza kwake.
akasvika paJopa, akabvapo akaenda kuJerusarema;
4:22 paakagamuchirwa zvakanaka naJasoni neguta, akavapo
vakauyiswa nemwenje unopfuta, nokupururudza kukuru; pashure paizvozvo
akaenda nehondo yake kuFonisia.
4:23 Makore matatu shure kwaizvozvo, Jasoni akatuma Meneusi, waSimoni ambotaurwa
kuti aendese mari kuna mambo, nokumurangarira
zvimwe zvinhu zvinodiwa.
4:24 Asi iye akauyiswa pamberi pamambo, iye akudzwa
nokuda kwokubwinya kwesimba rake, akawana uprista kwaari
Iye akapa chipo kuna Jasoni nematarenda esirivha mazana matatu.
4:25 Naizvozvo akauya nemurairo wamambo, asingauyi chinhu chakafanira chepamusoro
hupirisita, asi ane hasha dzemudzvinyiriri ane utsinye, uye hasha dzea
chikara chine utsinye.
Ruka 4:26 Ipapo Jasoni, wakanga achiitira munun’una wake zvakaipa, achitambudzwa
mumwe, akamanikidzwa kutizira kunyika yavaAmoni.
27 Ipapo Meneosi akawana mubati, asi mari yaakanga anayo
Akapikira mambo, kunyange zvakadaro Sostratisi haana kubvuma
mubati wenhare akaritsvaka;
4:28 Nekuti wakange ari iye pakuunganidzwa kwetsika. Naizvozvo ivo
vose vakadamwa pamberi pamambo.
29 Zvino Meneusi akasiya munin'ina wake Risimako panzvimbo yake paupristi;
uye Sostrato akasiya Krates, akanga ari gavhuna wevaKupro.
4:30 Zvinhu izvozvo zvichiri kuitwa, veTaso naMarosi vakagadzira
kumukira, nokuti vakanga vapiwa kumurongo wamambo, ainzi
Antiochus.
4:31 Ipapo mambo akakurumidza kuuya kuzonyaradza nyaya, achisiya Andronicus.
murume ane simba, panzvimbo yemutevedzeri wake.
4:32 Zvino Menelaus, achifunga kuti wawana nguva yakafanira, akaba
nemimwe midziyo yendarama yakabva mutemberi, akapa mimwe yayo
Androniko, akatengesa imwe kuTire nemaguta akapoteredza.
33 Zvino Onias wakati achizviziva, akamutsiura, akabva abuda
panzvimbo tsvene paDhafani, iri paAntiokia.
4:34 Naizvozvo Meneosi akabvisa Androniko parutivi, akanyengetera kuti atore Onia
mumaoko ake; akati anyengetedzwa nazvo, akapinda maiva naOnia
nounyengeri, akamupa ruoko rwake rworudyi nemhiko; uye kunyange akanga achifungirwa
naye, asi akamugombedzera kuti abude panzvimbo tsvene;
Pakarepo akapfiga asina hanya nokururamisira.
4:35 Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, kwete vaJudha chete, asi vazhinji vemamwe marudzi.
vakashatirwa zvikuru, uye vakasuwa zvikuru nokuda kwokupondwa kusina kururama kwa
murume.
4:36 Zvino mambo wakati adzoka achibva kunzvimbo dzakapoteredza Kirikia, vaJudha
vakanga vari muguta, navamwe vavaGiriki vaivenga izvozvo
uyewo, akanyunyuta nokuti Onias akaurayiwa pasina chikonzero.
4:37 Naizvozvo Antiochus akazvidemba zvikuru, akanzwira tsitsi, akachema.
nokuda kwokuzvibata uye nokuzvininipisa kwomunhu akanga afa.
4:38 Uye akatsamwa, pakarepo akatora Andronicus wake
10 Ipapo akabvarura nguvo dzake, akamutungamirira muguta rose
kunzvimbo iya kwaakanga aita zvisakafanira kuna Onia.
ndipo paakauraya mhondi yakanga yakatukwa. Nokudaro Jehovha akamupa mubayiro wake
kurangwa sezvaaifanira kuita.
4:39 Zvino zvitsvene zvizhinji zvakange zvaitwa muguta naRisimachus
akatenderana naMeneusi, nemichero yawo ikapararira;
chaunga chikaunganira kuna Risimako, vazhinji
midziyo yegoridhe yakanga yatotakurwa.
4:40 Ipapo vanhuwo zvavo vachisimuka, uye vakazara nehasha.
Lysimachus akabata varume vanenge zviuru zvitatu, akatanga kutanga kupa
mhirizhonga; mumwe Auranus ari mutungamiri, murume aenda kure nemakore, uye kwete
zvishoma paupenzi.
4:41 Zvino vakati vachiona kuzama kwaRisimachus, vamwe vavo vakabata mabwe.
dzimwe tsvimbo, dzimwe dzichitora guruva rakawanda, rakanga riri pedyo, rakakandwa
vose pamwechete pamusoro paRisimako navakange vagere pamusoro pavo.
4:42 Naizvozvo vazhinji vavo vakakuvadza, uye vamwe vakarovera pasi, uye
vose vakatiza; asi kana ari gororo amene.
iye vakamuuraya padivi pechivigiro chezvipo.
4:43 Naizvozvo kwaiva nemhosva yezvizvi
Menelaus.
4:44 Zvino mambo wakati achisvika Tire, varume vatatu vakanga vatumwa vachibva kuTire
Seneti yakamhan'arira nyaya yacho pamberi pake.
4:45 Asi Menelaus, abatwa zvino, akavimbisa Ptolemee mwanakomana wa
Dorymenes kuti amupe mari yakawanda, kana aizonyaradza mambo
iye.
4:46 Ipapo Toremee akakwevera mambo parutivi, mune imwe imba yemifananidzo, sezvayakaita
kuti atore mhepo, zvakamuita kuti ave neimwe pfungwa.
4:47 zvokuti akasunungura Meneasi pane zvaaipomerwa, uyo
asi izvo zvakakonzeresa zvakaipa zvose;
dai vakanga vataura chikonzero chavo, hongu, pamberi pevaSitiya, vaifanira kudaro
vanzi havana mhosva, akavatongera rufu.
4:48 Ndizvo vakatevera shoko reguta, navanhu, uye
nokuti midziyo mitsvene, yakakurumidza kutambura kurangwa kusina kururama.
4:49 Naizvozvo kunyange veTire, vakavengwa nechiito ichocho chakaipa.
akaita kuti vavigwe zvinokudzwa.
4:50 saizvozvo nokuchiva kwevaya vaiva nesimba Meneusi
vakaramba vachitonga, vachiwedzera pakuipa, uye vari mukuru
mutengesi kune vagari venyika.