2 Maccabees
5:1 Panenge panguva iyoyo Antiochus akagadzirira rwendo rwake rwechipiri muEgipita.
5:2 Zvino zvakaitika kuti muguta rose, kwechinguva chinenge chasara
mazuva makumi mana, kwakaonekwa vatasvi vemabhiza vachimhanya mumhepo, vakapfeka machira
nendarama, wakange akashonga mapfumo, seboka ravarwi;
5:3 nemauto evatasvi vemabhiza vakagadzirira kurwa, vakasangana uye vachimhanya vachirwisana
mumwe achizununguswa nenhovo, nenhokwe zhinji, nokuveza
minondo, nokupfura nemiseve, nokupenya kwezvishongo zvendarama, uye
hari dzemarudzi ose.
5:4 Naizvozvo munhu wose akanyengetera kuti chimumo chive chakanaka.
5:5 Zvino pakabuda runyerekupe rwenhema, sokunge Antiochus ane
Afa, Jasoni akatora varume vanosvika chiuru chimwe chete, uye kamwe kamwe akagadzira
kurwiswa kweguta; naiyo yakanga iri pamusoro pamadziro ichidzorerwa shure.
guta rikazokundwa, Meneusi akatizira kunhare.
5:6 Asi Jasoni akauraya vanhu vekwake pasina tsitsi, asingafungi izvozvo
kuwana zuva ravo rerudzi rwake ringava zuva risingafadzi
him; asi vachifunga kuti vaiva vavengi vake, uye kwete verudzi rwake;
vaakakunda.
5:7 Asi pazvinhu izvi zvose, haana kuwana ukuru, asi pakupedzisira
akagamuchira zvinonyadzisa nokuda kwomubayiro wokumukira kwake, akatizirazve mumhaka
nyika yavaAmoni.
5:8 Naizvozvo pakupedzisira akadzoka asina mufaro, achipomerwa pamberi
Aretasi mambo wevaArabhia, achitiza muguta neguta, achimutevera
vanhu vose vanovengwa nekuti vakarasha mirairo, navanonyangadza
somuvengi ari pachena wenyika yake navanhu vomunyika yake, akakandwa kunze
Ijipita.
5:9 Saizvozvo uyo, wakanga adzinga vazhinji munyika yavo, wakaparara pakati poumweni
nyika, kuenda kumaLacedemonians, uye kufunga ikoko kuwana rubatsiro
nokuda kwehama dzake.
5:10 Uye iye akanga abudisa vazhinji vakanga vasina kuvigwa, akanga asina kumuchema, kana kumuchema
pamariro api naapi api zvawo, kana guva pamwechete namadzibaba ake.
5:11 Zvino izvi zvakaitika paakasvika pamotokari yamambo, akafunga kuti
Judhea yakanga yapanduka;
akatora guta nechisimba.
5:12 Akaraira varwi vake, kuti varege kurega avo vavanosangana navo, vauraye
vakadaro vaikwira pamusoro pedzimba.
5:13 Nokudaro kwakava nokuurayiwa kwevaduku nevakuru, kubviswa kwevarume, vakadzi, uye
vana, kuuraya mhandara nevacheche.
5:14 Uye vakaparadzwa mumazuva matatu ose makumi masere
zviuru zvina makumi mana kwavari zvakaurawa pakurwa; uye kwete
vashoma vanotengeswa pane vakaurayiwa.
5:15 Kunyange zvakadaro haana kugutsikana nazvo, asi akaidza hake kupinda panzvimbo tsvene-tsvene
temberi yenyika yose; Menelaus, mutengesi kumitemo, uye kune wake
nyika yake, ari mutungamiri wake:
5:16 nekutora midziyo mitsvene nemaoko ane tsvina, uye nemaoko ane tsvina
kuputsa zvinhu zvakanga zvakumikidzwa namamwe madzimambo kuna Jehovha
Akavapa kukudzwa nokubwinya nokukudzwa kwenzvimbo iyo.
5:17 Uye saka Antiochus aizvikudza mupfungwa, zvokuti haana kufunga kuti
Ishe akatsamwa kwechinguvana pamusoro pezvivi zveavo vaigara muguta;
naizvozvo ziso rake rakanga risingatariri panzvimbo iyo.
5:18 Nokuti dai vasina kumboputirwa muzvivi zvizhinji, murume uyu, nokukurumidza
akati achisvika, akarohwa pakarepo, akabviswa pane zvake
kufungidzira, sezvakaita Heliodorus, akatumwa namambo Seleucus kunoona
treasury.
5:19 Kunyange zvakadaro Mwari haana kusanangura vanhu panzvimbo iyo, asi nokuda kwenzvimbo
isa kure nokuda kwavanhu.
5:20 Naizvozvo nzvimbo pachayo yakange yakagovana navo pakereke
dambudziko rakaitika kurudzi, rakazotaurirana mu
makomborero anobva kuna Jehovha, uye sezvayakasiiwa mukutsamwa kwaJehovha
Samasimba, saka zvakare, Ishe mukuru achiyananiswa, yakamiswa
mbiri yose.
5:21 Saka apo Antiochus akanga abudisa mutemberi chiuru ane masere
Akakurumidza kuenda Antiokia, achichema matarenda zana
kuzvikudza kuita kuti nyika ifambe, uye gungwa rifambe netsoka;
kuzvikudza kwendangariro dzake.
5:22 Akasiya vatongi kuti vatambudze rudzi; paJerusarema, Firipi, panzvimbo yake
muFrigia, ane tsika dzakanyanya kupfuura iye akamugadza
there;
5:23 PaGarizimi, Androniko; kunze kwaMeneusi, wakaipa kukunda vose
vakasara vakaremedza vagari vemo, vaine pfungwa dzakaipa
pamusoro pavanhu vokwake vaJudha.
5:24 Akatumawo mutungamiriri anonyangadza Apollonius nehondo yevaviri
uye zvuru makumi maviri vakamuraira kuti auraye vose vaiva mukati mavo
zera rakanaka, uye kutengesa vakadzi nevadiki rudzi.
5:25 akasvika kuJerusarema, uye vachiita sokunge rugare, akavarega kusvikira Mutsvene
nezuva resabata, paakatora vaJudha vachichengeta zuva dzvene, akaraira
varume vake kuti vazvishongedze.
5:26 Uye saka akauraya vose vakanga vaenda kumutambo
vakamhanya neguta nenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, vakauraya vazhinji
vazhinji.
5:27 Asi Judas Maccabeus nevamwe vapfumbamwe, kana pamusoro, akabva pachake
murenje, akagara mumakomo netsika yoku
Mhuka, pamwe chete neboka rake, dzaidya miriwo nguva dzose, kuti varege kudya
kuva vagoverani mukusvibisa.