2 Maccabees
8:1 Ipapo Judhasi Makabhiyosi, navakanga vanaye, vakapinda muchivande
maguta, vakadanira hama dzavo pamwe, vakatora vose vakadaro
vakarambira muchiJudha, vakavunganidza zviuru zvitanhatu
varume.
8:2 Vakadana kuna Jehovha, kuti atarire vanhu kuti
akatsikwa nevose; netsitsiwo tembere yakasvibiswa isingadi Mwari
varume;
3:3 uye kuti ave netsitsi neguta, ane zviso zvakaipa, uye akagadzirira
kugadzirwa kunyange nevhu; uye inzwa ropa rakachema kwaari.
8:4 Uye rangarirai kuuraya kwakaipa kwevacheche vasina chavanokuvadza, nekuvauraya
kumhura zita rake; uye kuti aratidze ake
kuvenga vakaipa.
8:5 Zvino apo Maccabeus akanga ane shamwari dzake pamusoro pake, akanga asingagoni kupikiswa
nevechirudzi; nekuti kutsamwa kwaJehovha kwakashandurwa kuva tsitsi.
8:6 Naizvozvo wakakurumidza kusvika, akapisa maguta nemaguta, ndokuwana
mumaoko ake nzvimbo dzakanakisisa, uye akakunda uye akaisa
atize vavengi vake vashoma.
8:7 Asi akashandisa usiku zvakanyanya kuedza kwakadaro.
zvokuti chibereko choutsvene hwake chakapararira kwose kwose.
8:8 Zvino Firipi wakati achiona kuti murume uyu wairamba achiwedzera zvishoma nezvishoma, uye
kuti zvinhu zvakaramba zvichibudirira naye zvakanyanya, akanyorera kuna
Ptolemeus, gavhuna weCelosyria neFenike, kuti ape rubatsiro rwakawanda
zvinhu zvamambo.
Ruka 8:9 Pakarepo akasarudza Nikanori, mwanakomana waPatroclus, mumwe wavachengeti vake
shamwari dzake, akamutumira kumarudzi ose asingasviki zviuru zvina makumi maviri
pasi pake, kuti abvise rudzi rwose rwavaJudha; uye pamwe chete naye
akabatanawo naGorgiasi mukuru wavarwi, akanga ari mukuru panhau dzehondo
ruzivo.
8:10 Saka Nicanori akatanga kuita mari yakawanda kwazvo yevaJudha vaive nhapwa, se
vairipira mutero wamatarenda ane zviuru zviviri, mambo aifanira kuripa
kuripa kuvaRoma.
8:11 Naizvozvo pakarepo akatuma kumaguta aiva pamahombekombe egungwa.
achizivisa kutengeswa kwevaJudha vakatapwa, uye achivimbisa kuti vaifanira
muve nemiviri makumi masere negumi patarenda rimwe, musingatarisiri
kutsiva kwaizotevera paari kubva kuna Mwari Wamasimba Ose.
8:12 Zvino shoko rakati ranzwa kuna Judhasi Nikanori kuuya kwaNikanori, akanzwa
akapa kuna vaakanga anavo kuti hondo yakanga yaswedera.
8:13 Avo vaitya, uye vasingavimbi kururama kwaMwari, vakatiza, uye
vakazvitakura vakaenda.
8:14 Vamwe vakatengesa zvose zvavakanga vasiya, vakakumbira zvikuru kuna Jehovha
vadzikunurei, vakatengeswa naNikanori akaipa, vasati vasangana;
8:15 Uye kana kwete nokuda kwavo pachavo, asi nokuda kwesungano yaakaita navo
madzibaba avo, uye nokuda kwezita rake dzvene rinobwinya, ravakavaita naro
vakadanwa.
8:16 Saka Maccabeus akaunganidza vanhu vake pamwe chete zviuru zvitanhatu.
uye akavakurudzira kuti varege kuvhundutswa nemuvengi kana kuti
Ityai ndudzi zhinji dzendudzi dzakavamukira;
asi kurwa nesimba,
8:17 uye kuisa pamberi pavo zvakaipa zvavakanga vaita
nzvimbo tsvene, nokuitirwa utsinye kweguta, ravaiitira
kunyomba, uye kubviswa kwehurumende yavo
madzitateguru:
8:18 Akati, “Vanovimba nezvombo zvavo noushingi hwavo; asi wedu
Kuvimba kuri muna Wamasimba Ose anogona kuwisira pasi zvose zviri zviviri izvozvo
huyai kuzotirwisa, uyewo nenyika yose.
8:19 Uyezve, akarondedzera kwavari zvakabatsira madzitateguru avo akanga awana.
uye kuti vakanunurwa sei pasi paShenakeribhi zana nemakumi masere
uye zviuru zvishanu zvakaparara.
8:20 Akavaudza zvokurwa kwavakaita muBhabhironi
VaGaratia, kuti vakauya sei kunze kwezviuru zvisere pamwe chete kubhizimisi, pamwe
zvuru zvina zvevaMakedhonia, nevaMakedhonia vachikanganiswa
zviuru zvisere zvakaparadza zviuru zvine zana namakumi maviri nokuda kwavo
vakabatsirwa kubva kudenga uye vakagamuchira zvakapambwa zvizhinji.
8:21 Naizvozvo wakati avasimbisa nemashoko iwayo, uye akagadzirira kufa
murayiro nenyika, akakamura hondo yake kuita migove mina;
8:22 Uye akazvibatanidza iye pachake hama dzake, vatungamiri veboka rimwe nerimwe, kuti vadaro
Simoni, naJosefa, naJonatani vakapa mumwe nomumwe varume vane zviuru zvine gumi nezvishanu.
8:23 Akagadza Ereazari kuti averenge bhuku dzvene, uye shure kwokuverenga
kwavari chirevo ichi, Rubatsiro rwaMwari; iye pachake achitungamirira boka rekutanga.
8:24 Uye vachibatsirwa noWamasimba Ose vakauraya zviuru zvipfumbamwe pakati pavo
vavengi, uye vakakuvadza nekuremadza chikamu chikuru chemugamuchiri waNicanor, zvichingodaro
bvisa zvose;
25 akatora mari yavo yakanga yauya kuzovatenga, akavadzingirira kure
vasina nguva vakadzoka.
8:26 Nokuti rakanga riri zuva rinotangira sabata, uye saka vakaramba
vatevere kwenguva refu.
8:27 Naizvozvo vakaunganidza nhumbi dzavo dzokurwa, vakapamba
vavengi, vakabatikana nomusi weSabata, vachibereka zvikuru
kurumbidzwa nokuvonga kuna Ishe, akavachengeta kusvikira pazuva iro;
ndiko kwaiva kutanga kwetsitsi.
8:28 Uye shure kweSabata, pavakapa zvimwe zvezvakapambwa
vakagova zvirema, nechirikadzi, nenherera, vakasara pakati pavo
ivo navaranda vavo.
8:29 Izvi zvakati zvaitwa, uye vakaita mukumbiro mumwe chete
akakumbira Ishe ane tsitsi kuti ayananiswe navaranda vake nokusingaperi.
8:30 Uyezve vaya vaiva naTimoti naBacchides, vakarwa
pamusoro pavo, vakauraya vanopfuura zviuru makumi maviri, uye vakakurumidza kukwirira
nenhare, vakagovana zvakapambwa zvizhinji, uye
akaita kuti vakaremara, nenherera, nechirikadzi, vaenzane, navatanawo
vanopamba naivo pachavo.
31 Zvino vakati vaunganidza nhumbi dzavo dzokurwa, vakadzichengeta dzose
nokuchenjera panzvimbo dzakafanira, nokupamba zvakasara
akaunzwa kuJerusarema.
8:32 Vakaurayawo Filarches, uya munhu akaipa, akanga ana Timotio.
uye akanga atsamwisa vaJudha nenzira dzakawanda.
8:33 Uyezve, panguva yavakachengeta mutambo wokukunda kwavo
vakapisa Karisitini, ndiyo yakanga yavesa moto pamasuwo matsvene;
uyo akanga atizira muimba duku; naizvozvo akagamuchira mubairo wakafanira
uipi hwake.
8:34 Kana ari Nicanori uya asina nyasha, akanga aunza chiuru
vatengesi kuti vatenge vaJudha.
Ruka 8:35 Iye akaburutswa navo kubudikidza norubatsiro rwaJehovha, urwo rwaakaitwa navo
akaita shoma account; nekubvisa nguvo dzake dzinobwinya, uye
akasiya boka rake, akauya somuranda akanga atiza nomumvura
pakati penyika kusvikira kuAndiyokiya, achizvidzwa zvikuru, nokuti wakanga amugamuchira
kuparadzwa.
8:36 Saizvozvo iye wakazvitorera kuti ape vaRoma mutero wavo
nzira dzenhapwa muJerusarema, dzakaudzwa kunze, kuti vaJudha vaifanira kupiwa naMwari
muvarwire, naizvozvo vakanga vasingagoni kukuvadzwa, nokuti ivo
vakatevera mitemo yaakavapa.