2 Maccabees
13:1 Mugore rezana nemakumi mana nemapfumbamwe Judhasi akaudzwa kuti Antiochus
Yupatori akanga achiuya muJudhea nesimba guru.
13:2 Uye pamwe chete naye Risia muchengeti wake, uye mutongi wezvinhu zvake, aine
mumwe wavo aiva nesimba rechiGiriki ravaifamba namakumbo, zviuru zana negumi;
navatasvi vamabhiza zviuru zvishanu namazana matatu, nenzou mbiri nembiri
ngoro dzine mazana maviri namazana matatu dzakanga dzakashonga zvikorekedzo.
13:3 NaMeneasi akazvibatanidza navo nekunyengera kukuru
akakurudzira Antiochus, kwete kuti achengetedze nyika, asi nokuti
akafunga kuti aitwa mubati.
13:4 Asi Mambo wemadzimambo akakurudzira pfungwa dzaAntiochus kuti dzirwisane neakaipa uyu.
uye Risia akaudza mambo kuti murume uyu ndiye akanga akonzera zvose izvi
zvakaipa, akaraira mambo kuti auyiswe Bheriya, aiswe
kuti afe, setsika yakaitwa panzvimbo iyo.
13:5 Zvino panzvimbo iyo paiva neshongwe yakareba makubhiti makumi mashanu, izere nemadota.
uye rakanga rine mudziyo weraundi, wakarembera mukati mayo kumativi ose
madota.
13:6 Uye ani nani aipomerwa mhosva, kana akanga aita chimwe chinhu
mhosva huru, ipapo vanhu vose vakamusundira kurufu.
Ruka 13:7 Kufa kwakadai kwakaitika kuti munhu akaipa afe, asina chinhu chipi nechipi
kuvigwa panyika; uye ndizvo zvakarurama:
13:8 Nokuti zvaakanga aita zvivi zvizhinji pamusoro pearitari, iyo moto wayo
uye madota akanga ari mutsvene, iye akagamuchira rufu rwake mumadota.
13:9 Zvino mambo wakauya neupenzi nekuzvikudza, kuita zvakatonyanya kuipa
vaJudha, kupfuura zvakanga zvaitwa panguva yababa vake.
13:10 Judhasi azviziva, akaraira chaunga kuti chidane;
pamusoro paShe usiku nemasikati, kuti kana pane imwe nguva, aizodaro
zvino vabatsireiwo, vava kuda kubviswa pamurairo wavo, kubva
nyika yavo, uye kubva mutemberi tsvene.
13:11 uye kuti arege kutendera vanhu, vakanga vatova a
vachazorodzwa zvishoma, kuti vazviise pasi pamarudzi anomhura Mwari.
13:12 Naizvozvo vose vakati vaita izvi pamwe chete, uye akakumbira tsitsi kuna Ishe
nokuchema nokutsanya, akavata pasi mazuva matatu
Nguva refu Judhasi akavakurudzira, akaraira kuti vagare mua
readyness.
13:13 Judhasi, ari oga navakuru, akanga asarudza pamberi pamambo
hondo inofanira kupinda muJudhea, itore guta, igobuda kundoidza
nyaya yokurwa norubatsiro rwaJehovha.
13:14 Saka paakanga azvipira zvose kuMusiki wenyika, uye akakurudzira
varwi vake kuti varwe somunhu, kunyange kusvikira kurufu, nokuda kwemitemo, the
temberi, guta, nyika, uye nharaunda, akadzika musasa paModin.
Ruka 13:15 Akati arayira vaya vakanga vakamupoteredza, akati, Kukunda ndiko
zvaMwari; akapinda muguta, iye namajaya akanga akashinga kwazvo uye akasarudzwa
akauraya tende ramambo usiku, akauraya pamisasa varume vanenge zviuru zvina;
mukuru wenzou, navose vakanga vari pamusoro pake.
13:16 Uye pakupedzisira vakazadza musasa nekutya uye nebope, uye vakaenda
kubudirira kwakanaka.
13:17 Izvi zvakaitwa mambakwedza, nokuti kuchengetedzwa kweungano
Ishe vakamubatsira.
13:18 Zvino mambo wakati aravira unhu hwevaJudha, iye
akaenda kunotora zvigaro nepolicy,
13:19 Akafamba akananga Bhetishura, yaiva nhare yavaJudha;
akatiza, akakundikana, uye akarasikirwa nevarume vake:
13:20 Nekuti Judhasi wakange apa kune vakange varimo zvinhu zvaivapo
zvakakodzera.
Ruka 13:21 Asi Rodhoko, akanga ari muboka ravaJudha, akazivisa zvakanga zvakavanzika kuvaJudha.
vavengi; naizvozvo akatsvakwa; zvino vakati vamuwana, vakamubata
akamuisa mutorongo.
13:22 Mambo akabata navo rwechipiri paBheti-sumu, akabata ruoko rwake,
vakatora zvavo, vakaenda, vakarwa naJudhasi, vakakundwa;
13:23 Akanzwa kuti Firipi, akanga asara pamusoro pezvinhu zveAntiokia, akanga ari
akakotama, akanyadziswa, akakumbirisa vaJudha, akazvininipisa, uye
akapika pazvose zvakanga zvakaenzana, akabvumirana nazvo, akabayira chibayiro;
vakakudza temberi, uye vakaitira nzvimbo iyo tsitsi.
13:24 Uye akagamuchira zvakanaka Maccabeus, akamuita mutungamiriri kubva
Toremai kuvaGerirheni;
13:25 Vakasvika kuToremai: vanhu vaivapo vakasuwa nokuda kwezvibvumirano; nokuti
Vakaita mhirizhonga, nekuti vakanga vaputsa sungano dzavo;
Ruka 13:26 Risiyasi akakwira kuchigaro chokutonga, akataura zvose zvaaigona kuti azvidzivirire
chechikonzero, kunyengetedzwa, kunyaradzwa, vakaita kuti vabatanidzwe zvakanaka, vakadzokera
Andiyoki. Nokudaro zvakasvika pakuuya kwamambo nokuenda kwake.