1 iiMaccabees 4:1 Ke uGorgias wathabatha amawaka amahlanu amadoda angumqikela, newaka labona babalaseleyo abamahashe baphuma eminqubeni ebusuku; 4:2 ukuze asuke angxamele emkhosini wamaYuda, abaxabele ngequbuliso. Amadoda akomkhulu ayengabaphathi bakhe. 4:3 Ke kaloku, akuva uYudas, wafuduka kunye namadoda anobukroti naye, ukuba ayixabele impi yokumkani e-Emawusi; 4:4 Yathi saa imikhosi, imka eminqubeni. 4:5 Ngelo xesha uGorgiya wangena ebusuku emkhosini kaYudas akafumana mntu khona, wabafuna ezintabeni; kuba ubesithi yena, Aba bantu basibaleke 4:6 Kwathi kwakusa, wathi uYuda wabonakala emathafeni, enabathathu amadoda angamawaka, awayengenazikhali nakrele kuwo iingqondo. 4:7 Ayibona iminquba yeentlanga, ukuba yomelele, ilungile; bexhobile, barhawulwa ngabamahashe; kwaye aba babe ingcaphephe yemfazwe. 4:8 Wathi ke uYudas kumadoda abenaye, Musani ukuboyika musani ukunkwantya ukulwa kwazo. 4:9 Khumbula ukuhlangulwa koobawo eLwandle oluBomvu, oko kwaFaro wabasukela ngomkhosi. 4:10 ngoko ke masikhala emazulwini, ukuba mhlawumbi iNkosi ithe yasiva yiba nenceba kuthi, uwukhumbule umnqophiso woobawo bethu, utshabalalise Lo mkhosi uphambi kwethu namhla. 4:11 ukuze zazi zonke iintlanga ukuba ukho lowo uhlangulayo; uyawasindisa amaSirayeli. 4:12 Bawaphakamisa ke amehlo abo abasemzini, bababona besiza ngokuchasene nabo. 4:13 Baphuma ke emkhosini, besiya kulwa; kodwa abo babenabo UYuda wavuthela amaxilongo abo. 4:14 Bahlangana ke ukulwa, zaza iintlanga zidubadubeka zasabela phakathi cacileyo. 4:15 Noko ke bonke abasemva kwabo babulawa ngekrele; bawasukela kwesa eGazera, kwesa kumathafa akwaEdom, neAzoto, eJamnia, kangangokuba kwabulawa kuwo amadoda angamawaka amathathu. 4:16 Akwenza oko, wabuya uYuda nempi yakhe, engabasukeli. 4:17 Wathi ke ebantwini, Musani ukungxamela amaxhoba, njengoko kusekho amaxhoba. idabi phambi kwethu, 4:18 NoGorgias nomkhosi wakhe balapha ngakuthi, entabeni; ngoku nizoyise iintshaba zethu, nize emveni koko nibe nako ukungafihlisi thabatha amaxhoba. 4:19 Akubon' ukuba usathetha uYuda, kwabonakala inxenye yabo ujonge ngaphandle kwentaba: 4:20 athe akuqonda ukuba amaYuda awuphangile umkhosi wawo, asaba iintente bezitshisa; kuba umsi owabonwayo wakuxela okukhoyo yenziwe: 4:21 Bathi ngoko, bakuzazi ezi zinto, boyika kakhulu; ndibone nempi kaYudas entilini ilungele ukulwa. 4:22 Basabela elowo ezweni labasemzini. 4:23 Wabuya ke uYuda, waya kuziphanga iintente, ababezithabathe khona igolide eninzi isilivere, nemisonto emsi, nemfusa yolwandle, nobutyebi obuninzi. 4:24 Emveni koko bagoduka, bavuma ingoma yokubulela, bedumisa UYehova usemazulwini, ngokuba elungile, ngokuba ingunaphakade inceba yakhe ngonaphakade. 4:25 Waba lusindiso olukhulu ke amaSirayeli ngaloo mini. 4:26 Beza ke bonke abasemzini ababesindile, babikela uLisiya izinto anazo kwenzeka: 4:27 owathi, akukuva oko, wadana, wadana, ngokuba akwabakho nto asukuba ethanda ukwenziwa kuSirayeli, kananjalo kwenzeka njengoko ukumkani abemwisele umthetho ngako. 4:28 Kunyaka olandelayo ke uLisiya wahlanganisa amashumi amathandathu amawaka amahlanu amadoda ahleliweyo ngeenyawo, namawaka amahlanu amahashe akhwelwayo, ukuze abe nako bathobe. 4:29 Bafika ke kwelakwaEdom, bamisa iintente eBhete-hura; waqubisana nabo beneshumi lamawaka amadoda. 4:30 Ewubonile ke loo mkhosi mkhulu, wathandaza wathi, Unentsikelelo; Msindisi kaSirayeli, ophelise ukugonyamela kwendoda enamandla isandla sikaDavide umkhonzi wakho, wayinikela impi yabasemzini phakathi kwenu izandla zikaYonatan unyana kaSawule, nomphathi weentonga zakhe; 4:31 Vala lo mkhosi esandleni sabantu bakho amaSirayeli, babe badanile ngamandla abo, nabamahashe; 4:32 Ubenze bangabi nabuganga, Uze wenze ukuqina kokuqina kwabo ukuba bakhubeke, bangcangcazele ekubhujisweni kwabo; 4:33 Bakhahlele phantsi ngekrele labakuthandayo, Ubayeke bonke abo bakuthandayo abalaziyo igama lakho baya kukudumisa ngokubulela. 4:34 Bahlohla imfazwe; kwabulawa umkhosi kaLisiya ngeenxa zonke amadoda angamawaka amahlanu, abulawa phambi kwawo. 4:35 Ke kaloku uLisiya wawubona umkhosi wakhe usabekile, kwanobuntu bukaYuda. amajoni, nendlela awayekulungele ngayo ukuphila okanye ukufa ngobukroti, yena Wemka waya kwa-Antiyokwe, wahlanganisa umkhosi wabasemzini, wahlanganisana ethe wawenza waba mkhulu umkhosi wakhe kunokuba wawunjalo, wafuna ukubuya eze kuwo ElakwaYuda. 4:36 Wathi ke uYuda nabazalwana bakhe, Yabonani, iintshaba zethu ziphangalele; masinyuke siye kuyihlambulula, siyingcwalise ingcwele. 4:37 Wahlanganisana ke umkhosi wonke, wenyuka waya kulo intaba yaseZiyon. 4:38 Bayibona ingcwele ingcwele, nesibingelelo sihlanjelwe, nesibingelelo sihlanjelwe atsha amasango, netyholo elihluma ezintendelezweni njengasehlathini; kwenye yeentaba, ewe, kwaye amagumbi ababingeleli adilizwa; 4:39 Bazikrazula iingubo zabo, benza isijwili esikhulu, bazigalela ngothuthu iintloko zabo, 4:40 Zawa ngobuso emhlabeni ngobuso, zavuthela inzala ngamaxilongo, sadanduluka sibhekisa ezulwini. 4:41 UYuda wamisela amadoda athile ukuba alwe nabo basendlwini wada wayihlambulula ingcwele. 4:42 Ngoko ke wanyula ababingeleli abalungileyo, abalungileyo emehlweni abo umthetho: 4:43 owayihlambululayo ingcwele, wawakhupha amatye angcolileyo, abe lilitye indawo engcolileyo. 4:44 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba baya kwenza ntoni na ngesibingelelo sedini elinyukayo, eyayihlanjelwe; 4:45 babona kungcono ukuba bawuwise, hleze ube singcikivo kuwo kubo, ngenxa yokuba iintlanga zalenza inqambi; 4:46 bawabeka amatye entabeni yetempile, endaweni efanelekileyo endaweni, kude kufike umprofeti, abonise oko kuya kwenziwa nabo. 4:47 Bawathabatha ke amatye apheleleyo ngokomyalelo, bakha isibingelelo esitsha ngokokuqala; 4:48 wayimisa ingcwele, nezinto ezibe ziphakathi kwetempile. wazingcwalisa neenkundla. 4:49 Benza neempahla ezingcwele ezintsha, bazizisa etempileni nesiphatho sezibane, nesibingelelo samadini anyukayo, nesesiqhumiso, nesibingelelo itafile. 4:50 baqhumisela esibingelelweni, kwanezibane eziphezu kwesibingelelo bakhanyisa isiphatho sesibane, ukuze bakhanyisele etempileni. 4:51 Babeka ke izonka etafileni, bazaneka nezigqubuthelo, bayigqiba yonke imisebenzi ababeqalile ukuyenza. 4:52 Ke kaloku, ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu wenyanga yesithoba, leyo ke ibizwa ngokuba Inyanga enguKaslehu, ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mane anesibhozo, besuka kusasa, 4:53 Banyusa amadini ngokomyalelo esibingelelweni esitsha sesibingelelo iminikelo ababeyenzile. 4:54 Khangelani, ixesha nanini na, zayihlambela nini na iintlanga! yasungulwa ngeengoma, nangeengqongqo, nangeehadi, nangamacangci. 4:55 Bawa bonke abantu ngobuso, baqubuda, badumisa uYehova UThixo wezulu, obanike impumelelo entle. 4:56 Ukusungulwa kwesibingelelo bakwenza iintsuku ezisibhozo, benyusa amadini amadini anyukayo ngovuyo, wabingelela nombingelelo kaNdikhoyo ukuhlangulwa nokudumisa. 4:57 Bavathisa umphambili wetempile ngezithsaba zegolide, ne ngamakhaka; bawahlaziya amasango namagumbi; baxhonywa iingcango phezu kwazo. 4:58 Kwabakho uvuyo olukhulu kunene phakathi kwabantu; Ingcikivo yeentlanga yasuswa. 4:59 noYuda, nabazalwana bakhe, kunye nebandla lonke lakwaSirayeli; yamiselwa, ukuba imihla yokusungulwa kwesibingelelo igcinwe ixesha lawo umnyaka ngomnyaka ngeentsuku ezisibhozo, ukusuka kwezintlanu nangomhla wamashumi amabini wenyanga enguKaslevu, kuvuya nemivuyo. 4:60 Ngelo xesha bayakha intaba yaseZiyon neendonga eziphakamileyo iinqaba ezinde ngeenxa zonke, ukuze iintlanga zingafika ziyinyathele phantsi njengoko babenzile ngaphambili. 4:61 bamisa ikampu khona, bayigcina, bayinqabisa iBhetesura yigcine; ukuze abantu bazikhusele kwaEdom.