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.