1 iiMaccabees
2:1 Ngaloo mihla, kwavela uMatatiya, unyana kaYohane, kaSimon, a
umbingeleli woonyana bakaYowaribhi eYerusalem, wahlala eModin.
2:2 Wayenoonyana abahlanu, uYohanan, okuthiwa nguKadis.
2:3 uSimon; ebizwa ngokuba nguThassi:
2:4 uYuda, ekuthiwa nguMakabhiyu;
2:5 uElazare kuthiwa nguAvaran, noYonatan, ogama limbi linguAphus.
2:6 Wathi akuzibona izinyeliso ezenziwa kwaYuda kunye
Yerusalem,
2:7 Wathi, Athi ke mna! ndazalelwani ukuze ndibone lentlupheko yam
nabantu bomzi ongcwele, nokuba bahlale khona, ekuhlangulweni kwawo
esandleni sotshaba, nakwingcwele esandleni somntu
abasemzini?
2:8 Itempile yakhe isuke yaba njengomntu ongenabuqaqawuli.
2:9 Iimpahla zayo ezizukileyo zimka zisiwe ekuthinjweni, iintsana zayo ziya kusiwa ekuthinjweni
ababuleweyo ezitratweni, amadodana ayo likrele lotshaba.
2:10 Luluphi na uhlanga obungenasabelo ebukumkanini balo, luzuze amaxhoba alo?
2:11 Zonke izivatho zayo zithathiwe; waba ngowomfazi okhululekileyo
ikhoboka.
2:12 Yabona, ingcwele yethu, ubuhle bethu, nozuko lwethu, ibekiwe
ibe linxuwa, iintlanga ziyalihlambela.
2:13 Singathini na ke ukuba sibe sadla ubomi?
2:14 UMatatiya noonyana bakhe bazikrazula iingubo zabo, babeka ezirhwexayo;
batsho ngesijwili esikrakra.
2:15 Ngelo xesha abathetheli bokumkani, abanyanzela abantu ukuba benze
imvukelo, yangena kwisixeko saseModin, ukuze ibenzele idini.
2:16 Kweza kubo into eninzi yamaSirayeli, noMatatiya noonyana bakhe
badibana.
2:17 Baphendula ke ababusi bokumkani, bathi kuMatatiya wenjenje.
Ungumlawuli, uyindoda ebekekileyo nenkulu kulo mzi, kwaye
bomelezwa noonyana nabazalwana.
2:18 Yiza ngoku kuqala, uzalise umthetho wokumkani, kwanjengoko
njengoko benza ngako zonke iintlanga, kwanamadoda akwaYuda, nabanjalo
hlalani eYerusalem, nibe nina nendlu yakho ninani
Niya kuzukiswa ngesilivere, wena noonyana bakho;
kunye negolide, kunye nemivuzo emininzi.
2:19 Waphendula ke uMatatiya, wathetha ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Nakuba bonke babembonile
izizwe eziphantsi kolawulo lokumkani ziyamthobela, ziwexule zonke
omnye enkolweni yooyise, aze avume kowakhe
imiyalelo:
2:20 Mna noonyana bam, nabazalwana bam, ndiya kuhamba emnqophisweni wethu
ootata.
2:21 Makube lee kuthi, ukuba siwushiye umthetho nemimiselo.
2:22 Asiyi kuwaphulaphula amazwi kakumkani, ukuba sihambe kunqulo lwethu, nokuba
ekunene, okanye ekhohlo.
2:23 Akuzigqibela ke ukuthetha, kwangena umYuda
umbono wabo bonke ukuba babingelele esibingelelweni esasiseModin, ngokutsho
kumthetho wokumkani.
2:24 Uthe ke akukubona oko uMatatiya, wavutha yinzondelelo, nentliziyo yakhe
zangcangcazela izibilini, akaba nako ukuwubonakalisa umsindo wakhe ngokwelizwi lakhe
wagidima ke, wambulala esibingelelweni.
2:25 Kananjalo nomphathi wokumkani, obenyanzela abantu ukuba babingelele, wambulala
ngelo xesha, nesibingelelo wasidiliza.
2:26 Wawuzondelela umthetho kaThixo, kwanjengoFinehasi
uZambri unyana kaSalom.
2:27 Wadanduluka uMatatiya ngelizwi elikhulu kuwo wonke umzi, esithi,
Umntu owuzondelelayo umthetho, awugcine umnqophiso, makawuyeke;
Ndilandele.
2:28 Basabela ke yena noonyana bakhe entabeni, bashiya konke okwabo
esixekweni.
2:29 Ke kaloku, abaninzi ababefuna ubulungisa nomgwebo wehla, wangena ebandleni
entlango, ukuba ndihlale khona;
2:30 Bona, nabantwana babo, nabafazi babo; nemfuyo yawo;
ngokuba iimbandezelo zaba mbi phezu kwabo.
2:31 Baxelelwa abakhonzi bokumkani, nomkhosi obukuye
EYerusalem, kwisixeko sikaDavide, kwakukho amadoda athile awayewaqhekezile
Elo lizwi lokumkani lalihla laya ezintsithelweni
intlango,
2:32 Bawasukela into eninzi yento eninzi, bawafumana;
yalwa nabo, yalwa nabo ngomhla wesabatha.
2:33 Bathi kubo, Yanele into eniyenzileyo ngoku;
phumani, nenze ngokomthetho wokumkani, nani
uya kuphila.
2:34 Bathi ke, Asiyi kuphuma, asiyi kwenza okukakumkani
nomthetho, ukuba niwuhlambele umhla wesabatha.
2:35 Baza balwa nabo ngokukhawuleza okukhulu.
2:36 Ababaphendulanga ke bona, ababaphosa ngamatye, nokubaphosa nelitye
bamisa iindawo ababezimele kuzo;
2:37 wathi, Masife sonke simsulwa; izulu nomhlaba ziya kungqina
ngenxa yethu ukuba nisibulale okungekho sikweni.
2:38 Basuka babavukela ngedabi ngesabatha, babulala
bona, nabafazi babo, nabantwana babo, neenkomo zabo, ngenani
amawaka abantu.
2:39 Ke kaloku, bakukwazi oko uMatatiya nezihlobo zakhe, benza isijwili
babuhlungu kakhulu.
2:40 Wathi ke omnye komnye, Ukuba sithe senza njengoko benza ngako abazalwana bethu sonke.
kwaye singalweli ubomi bethu nemithetho ngokuchasene nabahedeni, bayakwenza ngoku
khawuleza usincothule emhlabeni.
2:41 Bamisa ngoko ngelo xesha, besithi, Othe weza kuye
silwe nathi ngomhla wesabatha, silwe naye;
kananjalo asiyi kufa sonke njengabazalwana bethu ababuleweyo
iindawo ezifihlakeleyo.
2:42 Ke kaloku kweza kuye inkitha yama-Asiya, amadoda anobukroti
Sirayeli, bonke abo bazinikele ngokuzithandela emthethweni.
2:43 Bazibandakanya nabo bonke abo basabayo ekutshutshisweni;
yaba yindawo yokuhlala kubo.
2:44 Ngoko bahlanganisana umkhosi wabo, bababetha aboni ngomsindo wabo;
Abanye basabela ezintlangeni ukuze bafumane uncedo.
2:45 Baza uMatatiya nezihlobo zakhe, bayirhawula, bayidiliza inqanawa
izibingelelo:
2:46 nabasukuba bebafumana oonyana, babafumana emdeni wamaSirayeli
bengalukile bona, bona babaluse ngobugorha.
2:47 Bawasukela ke amadoda anekratshi, Waphumelela umsebenzi wabo
isandla.
2:48 Bawukhulula ke umthetho esandleni seentlanga, nakuwo
Isandla sookumkani abamvumelanga umoni ukuba avuye.
2:49 Ke kaloku, lakuba lisondele ixesha lokuba uMatatiya afe, wathi kowakhe
Oonyana, ngoku ikratshi nokukhalima kuzuze amandla;
imbubhiso, noburhalarhume;
2:50 Ngoko ke, nyana bam, wuzondeleleni umyalelo, nibunikele ubomi benu
ngenxa yomnqophiso wooyihlo.
2:51 Khumbulani izenzo ezincamisileyo oobawo bethu ngemihla yabo; niya kwenjenjalo nani
zuza imbeko enkulu negama elingunaphakade.
2:52 UAbraham akafunyanwa na ekuhendweni, kwabalelwa kuye?
ngenxa yobulungisa kuye?
2:53 Wawugcina umthetho uYosefu, ngexesha lembandezelo yakhe, wenza
inkosi yaseYiputa.
2:54 UFinehas ubawo wethu, ngokuba nenzondelelo nokuvutha, wawuzuza umnqophiso
ububingeleli obungunaphakade.
2:55 UYesu wenziwa umgwebi kwaSirayeli ukuze lizaliseke ilizwi.
2:56 uKalebhi ukuze anikele ubungqina ngaphambi kokuba ibandla lifumane eli lifa
zomhlaba.
2:57 UDavide, ngenxa yenceba yakhe, waba netrone yobukumkani obungunaphakade.
2:58 UEliya ke, ngenxa yokuzondelela umthetho, waba nenzondelelo
ezulwini.
2:59 UAnaniyas, uAzariya, noMishayeli, ngokukholwa basindiswa elangatyeni.
2:60 UDaniyeli wahlangulwa emlonyeni weengonyama, ngenxa yokuba emsulwa.
2:61 Yiqondeni ngokunjalo ke, yonke iminyaka, ukuba kungabikho namnye ukholwayo kuye
kuya koyiswa kuye.
2:62 Musa ukuwoyika ngoko amazwi omoni; kuba uzuko lwakhe luya kuba ngumgquba
iintshulube.
2:63 Namhlanje uya kuphakanyiswa, ngomso angafunyanwa;
ngokuba ubuyele eluthulini lwakhe, zafika iingcinga zakhe
akukho nto.
2:64 Ngoko ke, nina bonyana, yibani ngamadoda anobukroti, nize nizibonakalise ningamadoda ngenxa
yomthetho; kuba nozuko ngayo.
2:65 Kwaye, uyabona, ndiyazi ukuba uSimon, umzalwana wakho, licebo, beka indlebe
yena uya kuba nguyihlo ngamaxesha onke.
2:66 Ke yena uJudas Maccabeus, waba ligorha kwaye womelele, ukusuka kwakhe
intsha, makabe ngumthetheli wenu, alwe imfazwe yabantu.
2:67 Thabathani nani bonke abawugcinayo umthetho, nibaphindezelele
ubugwenxa babantu bakho.
2:68 Buyekezani ezintlangeni, Yigcineni imithetho kaYehova
umthetho.
2:69 Wabasikelela, wahlanganiselwa kooyise.
2:70 Wafa ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mane anesithandathu, bamngcwaba oonyana bakhe
Emangcwabeni ooyise eModin, enza mkhulu amaSirayeli
isijwili ngaye.