2 Maccabees
9:1 Nenguva iyoyo Antiochus akasvika nekunyadziswa kubva kunyika ye
Persia
9:2 Nokuti iye akanga apinda muguta rainzi Pesepori, uye akanga achida kupamba
temberi, nokuchengeta guta; ipapo chaunga chichimhanyira kunodzivirira
ivo nenhumbi dzavo dzokurwa vakavatiza; uye ndizvo zvakaitika,
iyo Antiochus achidzingwa nevagari vemo vakadzoka nayo
shame.
9:3 Zvino wakati asvika Ekibhatane, akaudzwa zvakanga zvaitika
kuna Nikanori naTimotio.
9:4 Ipapo kuzvimba nehasha. akafunga kutsiva pamusoro pavaJudha
kunyadziswa kwaakaitwa naavo vakamuita kuti atize. Saka akarayira
iye mufambisi wengoro yake kuti afambise asingaregi, nokuendesa rwendo;
kutonga kwaMwari zvino kunomutevera. Nokuti akanga ataura achizvikudza
kuti auye kuJerusarema, oriita nzvimbo yokuviga vanhu vose
yevaJudha.
9:5 Asi Jehovha Wamasimba Ose, Mwari waIsraeri, akamurova nechirwere chisingarapiki.
nedenda risingaoneki: kana achangotaura mashoko aya, kurwadziwa kwe
ura hwakaramba huchikwira pamusoro pake, uye kurwadziwa kukuru kwakauya pamusoro pake
nhengo dzomukati;
9:6 Uye izvi zvakanga zvakarurama, nokuti akanga achirwadzisa vamwe ura navazhinji
uye kurwadziwa kunoshamisa.
9:7 Asi haana kutongorega kuzvikudza, asi wakazadzwa
nokuzvikudza, achipfutidza moto mukutsamwa kwake pamusoro pavaJudha, uye
akaraira kuti vakurumidze rwendo; asi zvakaitika kuti wakawira pasi
vakatakurwa kubva mungoro yake nesimba; zvokuti vakawa, vose vakawa
mitezo yomuviri wake yakanga ichirwadziwa zvikuru.
9:8 Uye saizvozvi, waimbofunga zvishoma, kuti angaraira mafungu
gungwa, (akazvikudza kupfuura munhu) uye akayera
makomo marefu ari muchiyero, zvino akakandwa pasi, ndokupinzwa mukati
chinotasva bhiza, chichiratidzira simba rose raMwari rinovonekwa.
9:9 zvekuti honye dzakasimuka kubva pamuviri wemunhu uyu wakaipa nechinguvana
akararama mukusuwa nokurwadziwa, nyama yake yakadonha, uye netsvina ye
kunhuhwira kwake kwakanhuwira hondo yake yose.
9:10 Uye murume, aifunga zvishoma mberi aigona kusvika kunyeredzi
kudenga, hapana munhu aigona kutsungirira kutakura kunhuwa kwake kusingatsungiririki.
9:11 Naizvozvo, achirohwa, akatanga kusiya kuzvikudza kwake.
uye kuti asvike pakuzviziva pachake netyava yaMwari, kurwadziwa kwake
kuwedzera nguva imwe neimwe.
9:12 Zvino paakanga asingagoni kutsungirira kunhuhwira kwake, akataura mashoko aya.
Zvakakodzera kuzviisa pasi paMwari, uye kuti munhu anofa anofanira kuzviisa pasi paMwari
asingazvitutumadzi kuzvifunga dai aiva Mwari.
9:13 Munhu uyu akaipa akapikawo kuna Jehovha, iye zvino akanga asingachaiti
tsitsi pamusoro pake, achiti,
9:14 kuti guta dzvene, kwaakanga achikurumidza kuenda kunoriisa kwariri
nevhu, nokuriita nzvimbo yokuviga vanhu vose, aigarapo
rusununguko:
9:15 Zvino maererano nevaJudha, vaakange aona sevasingafaniri
kuvigwa, asi kuti varasirwe kunze pamwe chete navana vavo kuti vadyiwe nazvo
shiri nezvikara, aizoita kuti zvose zvive zvakaenzana nevagari vemo
Atene:
9:16 Uye temberi tsvene, iyo asati aparadza, aizoshongedza naro
Nezvipo zvakanaka, nekudzorerazve midziyo mitsvene yose nemimwe mizhinji, nekubuda kunze
pamari yake iye amene mukupa muripo wezvibayiro;
9:17 Hongu, uye kuti iyewo aizova muJudha pachake, achipfuura nepakati penyika yose
nyika yakagarwa, uye paridza simba raMwari.
Asi pazvinhu izvi zvose kurwadziwa kwake hakuna kupera, nekuti kutonga kwaMwari kwakarurama
zvakanga zvauya paari, naizvozvo akanga asingatarisiri utano hwake, akanyorera tsamba
VaJudha tsamba yakanyorwa pasi, ine chimiro chokukumbira,
nenzira iyi:
9:19 Antiochus, mambo uye gavhuna, kuvaJudha vakanaka vagari vake anoda zvakawanda
mufaro, hutano, uye kubudirira:
9:20 Kana imi nevana venyu muchifara, uye zvinhu zvenyu ndezvenyu
kugutsikana, ndinopa kutenda kukuru kuna Mwari, ndine tariro yangu kudenga.
9:21 Kana ndirini, ndakanga ndisina simba, zvimwe ndingadai ndakarangarira nyasha dzenyu
kukudzwa nokunaka zvichidzoka kubva kuPezhiya, uye kutorwa ne
chirwere chinorwadza, ndakafunga kuti zvakakodzera kutarisira kuchengetedzwa kwevanhu vose
zvese:
9:22 Kwete kusavimba nehutano hwangu, asi kuva netariro huru yekupukunyuka izvi
chirwere.
9:23 Asi tichifunga kuti kunyange baba vangu, panguva yaakatungamirira hondo kupinda
nyika dzakakwirira. akagadza mutevedzeri,
9:24 kuti kana chimwe chinhu chikawira pasi chisingatarisirwi, kana zvimwe
Shoko rakava rakaipa rakauyiswa, ivo venyika iyo vachiziva
vakanga vasiirwa nyika, varege kukanganiswa;
9:25 Zvakare, tichifunga kuti machinda ari muganhu uye
vavakidzani veumambo hwangu vanomirira mikana, uye tarisirai zvichazoitika
kuva chiitiko. Ndakagadza mwanakomana wangu Antiochus mambo, wandinogarogara
ndakazvipira uye ndikarumbidza kuvazhinji venyu, pandakakwira kumusoro
provinces; vandakanyorera kudai:
9:26 Naizvozvo ndinonyengetera uye ndinokukumbirai kuti murangarire makomborero andinawo
zviitwe kwamuri kazhinji, uye zvakanyanya, uye kuti munhu wese achave
achiri akatendeka kwandiri nemwanakomana wangu.
9:27 Nokuti ndinovimba kuti anonzwisisa pfungwa dzangu achandiitira zvakanaka uye
teererai zvido zvenyu nenyasha.
9:28 Saizvozvo mhondi nemutuki wakatambudzika zvakanyanya, sezvaaingoita iye
akateterera vamwe varume, naizvozvo akafa rufu runorwadza munyika yaasingazivi
mumakomo.
Ruka 9:29 naFiripi, akanga arerwa naye, akatora chitunha chake
nekutyawo mwanakomana waAntiochus akaenda kuEgipita kuna Ptolemeus
Philometor.