1 iiMaccabees 8:1 Ke kaloku uYuda weva amaRoma, ukuba anamandla yaye anobukroti amadoda, nabasukuba bebamkela ngothando bonke abazimanya nabo wenze umnqophiso woxolo nabo bonke abeza kubo; 8:2 Kwaye ukuba babe ngamadoda anobukroti. Waxelelwa ke nokwazo iimfazwe nezenzo ezizukileyo ababezenza phakathi kwamaGalati, nendlela babeboyisile, babazisa phantsi kwerhafu; 8:3 Kwaye oko bakwenzayo kwilizwe laseSpani, ukuze bawine imigodi yesilivere negolide ekhoyo; 8:4 Kwaye ngokokuzeyisa kwabo, bawuthimbela kuyo yonke indawo. nakuba ibikude kakhulu kubo; kwanookumkani ababeza kulwa nabo bethabathela esiphelweni sehlabathi, bada baphanziswe wabadubaduba kakhulu, baza abanye babanikela imbeko minyaka le: 8:5 Ngaphandle koko ke, ukuba bahlukane edabini uFilipu noPerse, ukumkani wamaKiti, kunye nabanye abaziphakamisile kuwo; wabeyisa; 8:6 njani kanjalo uAntiyochus, ukumkani omkhulu waseAsiya, owabahlaselayo imfazwe, ikhulu elinamanci mabini eendlovu, nabakhweli-mahashe, kunye zakhwankqiswa iinqwelo zokulwa, nempi eninzi kunene; 8:7 ukuba bambambe ehleli nje, banqophisana naye, nabo babelawula emva kwakhe kufuneka ahlawule irhafu enkulu, kwaye anike abaphangi, kwaye oko kwavunyelwana ngako, 8:8 nelizwe laseIndiya, nelaseMedi, nelaseLidiya, nelizwe lakwaMidi; amazwe awawathabathayo kuye, awanika ukumkani uEmenes; 8:9 Ngaphezu koko, ukuba amaGrike afuna ukuza kuwatshabalalisa; 8:10 Bathi ke bona, bakuba bekwazile, bathuma indoda ethile kubo ekulweni nabo, yabulala into eninzi kubo, yemka babathimba abafazi babo nabantwana babo, babaphanga, babathimba bawahlutha imihlaba yabo, bazidiliza iinqaba zabo; baba ngabakhonzi kubo unanamhla. 8:11 Waxelelwa ke, ukuba batshabalalisa, bawisa phantsi kwabo lawula zonke ezinye izikumkani neziqithi ezazixhathise nangaliphi na ixesha; 8:12 Ke kubahlobo babo, nabakholose ngabo, bagcina uthando; nokuba boyisile izikumkani kunye ezikude nakufuphi, kangangokuba konke oko beva igama labo, baboyika; 8:13 Kananjalo abo baya kubanceda ebukumkanini, balawule; kwaye nabani babuya bafuna, banduluka; ekugqibeleni, ngokuba bakhulu phezulu: 8:14 Kuko konke oko, bekungekho namnye kubo owayesithe na isithsaba, okanye ovathe ezimfusa; yandiswe ngako: 8:15 kananjalo bazenzela indlu enkulu, enabathathu kuyo amadoda alikhulu elinamanci mabini ahlala phantsi kwintlanganiso yamatyala imihla ngemihla, ebhunga ngamaxesha onke abantu, kude kube sekupheleni banokuthi balungelelaniswe kakuhle: 8:16 Kwaye ukuba urhulumente wabo banikela indoda enye ngonyaka, ngubani balawula kulo lonke ilizwe labo, bamlulamela lowo bonke; kwaye kwakungekhomona nazikhweleyo phakathi kwabo. 8:17 Ezi ndawo ke, uYuda wanyula uEupolemo, unyana kaYohane; unyana ka-Akos, noYason unyana kaElazare, wabathuma eRoma; ukwenza umnqophiso woxolo kunye nobudlelwane nabo; 8:18 nokubabongoza, bayithabathe kubo idyokhwe; ngenxa yabo wabona ukuba ubukumkani bamaGrike babucinezela uSirayeli ngobukhoboka. 8:19 Bahamba ke baya eRoma, kuba bekuhambo olude kakhulu, beza ke kwindlu yebhunga, apho bathetha khona. 8:20 UJudas Maccabeus, kunye nabazalwana bakhe, kunye nabantu bamaYuda, bathumele ukuze senze umanyano noxolo kunye nani, sibe nako bhaliselwa amaqela akho kunye nabahlobo. 8:21 Yawakholisa loo nto ke amaRoma. 8:22 Yiyo le ke ikopi yencwadi eyabhalwayo kwakhona kwindlu yendlu yezizwe amacwecwe obhedu, athumela eYerusalem, ukuba abe khona babe sisikhumbuzo soxolo nemvisiswano; 8:23 Ukuphumelela okulungileyo kumaRoma, kunye nabantu bamaYuda, ngolwandle kunye emhlabeni ngonaphakade; makube lee kubo ikrele notshaba; 8:24 ukuba kuthe kwakho imfazwe kuwo amaRoma, nokuba kuwuphi na kumaqela awo kulo lonke ulawulo lwabo, 8:25 Abantu bamaYuda baya kubancedisa, njengoko ixesha elimisiweyo limisiwe; ngentliziyo yabo yonke. 8:26 Abayi kubanika nto abalwa imfazwe nabo; bancedise ngokutya, ngezixhobo, ngemali, okanye ngeenqanawa, njengoko kubonakala kulungile kumaRoma; kodwa baya kuyigcina iminqophiso yabo ngaphandle kokuthabatha namnye into ke ngoko. 8:27 Kwangokunjalo ke, ukuba luthe lwaqala ukulwa imfazwe nohlanga lwamaYuda, amaRoma aya kubanceda ngentliziyo yabo yonke, ngokwexesha baya kumiselwa bona; 8:28 Abayi kunikwa kudla kwabo badlelana nabo, nokuba kungadliwa zikhali, nokuba yimali, nokuba ziinqanawa, ngokokuthanda kwawo amaRoma. kodwa baya kuyigcina iminqophiso yabo, kungabikho nkohliso. 8:29 Ngokwala manqaku amaRoma enza umnqophiso ne abantu bamaYuda. 8:30 Ukuba ke ngoko, ukuba kuthe kwagqitywa, bacinga ukuba elinye icala, nokuba lilinye bongeze okanye banciphise nantoni na, banokuyenza ngokuthanda kwabo, kwaye nantoni na abaya kuyongeza okanye bathe bayisusa iya kuqinisekiswa. 8:31 Ke izinto ezimbi azenzayo uDemetriyo kumaYuda, sinazo sabhala kuye, sisithi, Kungenxa yoko le nto wayenza nzima idyokhwe yakho phezu kwethu ngabahlobo namaqela amaYuda? 8:32 Ukuba ngoko babuya bakhalaza ngawe, sobenza ngobulungisa, alwe nawe elwandle nasemhlabeni.