1 iiMaccabees 11:1 Ke ukumkani waseYiputa wahlanganisa umkhosi omkhulu onjengentlabathi Ilele ngaselunxwemeni lolwandle, nemikhombe emininzi, ibihamba ngenkohliso ukufumana ubukumkani buka-Aleksandire, aze abuthelele kobakhe. 11:2 Waza wathabatha uhambo lwakhe ukuya kwelaseSpani ngoxolo, njengoko nabo Wamvulela umzi, wamhlangabeza; kuba ukumkani uAlesandire wayenalo wabawisela umthetho ukuba benjenjalo, ngokuba engumzalwana wakhe. 11:3 Ke kaloku, akuba uPtoleme engena emizini, wamisa kuyo yonke imizi inkampu yamajoni ukuyigcina. 11:4 Kwaye xa esondela eAzoto, bambonisa indlu kaDagon owatshiswayo, neAzoto namadlelo ayo atshatyalaliswayo; nezidumbu ezijulwe ngaphandle, nezo wayezitshise khona idabi; kuba bebeyenze imfumba yeemfumba endleleni abeya kudlula kuyo. 11:5 Bamxelela ukumkani konke abekwenzile uYonatan ke ukumkani wathi cwaka. 11:6 UYonatan wamhlangabeza ukumkani ngobungangamsha obukhulu eYafo; omnye komnye, walala. 11:7 Emveni koko, uYonatan waya nokumkani emlanjeni, wamemeza Eleuthero, wabuyela eYerusalem kwakhona. 11:8 Ke ngoko ukumkani uPtoleme, ethe wazuza ubukhosi kwimizi yalapho elwandle, kwesa kwaSeluki, ngaselunxwemeni lolwandle, baceba amacebo amabi UAlexander. 11:9 Wathuma abathunywa kukumkani uDemetriyo, esithi, Yiza wenze umnqophiso phakathi kwethu, ndikunike intombi yam; UAlesandire unalo, kwaye uya kulawula ebukumkanini bukayihlo. 11:10 Ngokuba ndiyazohlwaya ngokuba ndimnike intombi yam, kuba ebefuna ukundibulala. 11:11 Wamnyelisa, ngokuba ebengxamele ubukumkani bakhe. 11:12 Wayithabatha ke intombi yakhe kuye, wayinika uDemetriyo, wayinika uDemetriyo bamshiya uAlesandire, yada yabonakala intiyo yabo ekuhleni. 11:13 Ke kaloku uPtoleme wangena kwa-Antiyokwe, apho wabeka izithsaba ezibini phezu kwakhe intloko, isithsaba saseAsiya, neYiputa. 11:14 Ngelo xesha bekukho ukumkani uAlesandire kwelaseKiliki, ngenxa yokuba babekho abemi bezo ndawo bakreqile kuye. 11:15 Uthe ke uAlesandire, akuva oko, weza kulwa naye ukumkani uPtoleme wayikhupha umkhosi wakhe, wamhlangabeza enobugorha obukhulu. wamsabisa. 11:16 Wasabela ngoko uAlesandire, waya kwelaseArabhi, ukuba akhuselwe; kodwa ukumkani uPtolemee waphakanyiswa: 11:17 Kuba uZabhediyeli umArabhi wayisusa intloko ka-Alesandire, wayithumela kuye Ptolemee. 11:18 Nokumkani uPtolemee wafa ngomhla wesithathu, kwanabasebandleni iinqaba zabulawa, enye kwenye. 11:19 Ngesi sizathu uDemetriyo ubelawula ngekhulu elinamanci mathandathu anesixhenxe unyaka. 11:20 Ngelo xesha uYonatan wahlanganisela ndawonye abo babekwelakwaYuda ukuba yithabathe inqaba eseYerusalem, wenza iinqwelo ezininzi zokulwa ngokuchasene nayo. 11:21 Bandula ke beza abantu abangahloneli Thixo, ababebathiyile abantu babo, beza kuye ukumkani wamxelela ukuba uYonatan uyingqingile inqaba leyo. 11:22 Uthe ke akukuva oko, waqumba, wemka kwaoko, weza Wabhalela uTolemayi, wabhalela uYonatan, ukuba angangqingi yiza uthethe naye eTolemayi ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. 11:23 Weva ke uYonatan, wathi mayingqingwe + yaye wanyula amadoda athile kumadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli nababingeleli uzibeka esichengeni; 11:24 Wathabatha isilivere, negolide, nezambatho, neentlobo ngeentlobo zezipho waya eTolemayi kukumkani, apho wababalwa nguye. 11:25 Kwaye nangona amadoda athile angahloneli Thixo abemangalela yena, 11:26 Ukumkani wambongoza, njengoko babesenjenjalo ooyihlo-mkhulu ngaphambili; wamphakamisa emehlweni abo bonke abahlobo bakhe; 11:27 wammisa kububingeleli obukhulu, nakuzo zonke imbeko kuye wayenabo ngaphambili, wambeka waba mkhulu phakathi kwabahlobo bakhe abakhulu. 11:28 UYonatan wacela ukumkani, ukuba alikhulule elakwaYuda irhafu, njengoko noorhulumente abathathu, kunye nelizwe lakwaSamari; kwaye wamthembisa amakhulu amathathu eetalente. 11:29 Wavuma ke ukumkani, wabhala iincwadi eziya kuYonatan kuzo zonke ezo izinto ngolu hlobo: 11:30 Ukumkani uDemetriyo kuYonatan umninawa wakhe, nakwisizwe sakwaSirayeli AmaJuda ayabulisa. 11:31 Nantsi ikopi yencwadi leyo esayibhalela umzala wethu Zihlala zihleli kuni, ukuze nizibone. 11:32 UDemetriyo ukumkani uyabulisa kuLastene uyise. 11:33 Sizimisele ukwenza okulungileyo kubantu bamaYuda, abangakuthi bahlobo, kwaye nigcine iminqophiso kunye nathi, ngenxa yentando yabo elungileyo ngakuye thina. 11:34 Ngoko ke sibabonise imida yelakwaYuda, kunye nabo oorhulumente abathathu baseApherema kunye neLydda kunye neRamathem, ezongezelelweyo kwelakwaYuda, ezweni laseSamariya, nazo zonke izinto ezizezo kubo bonke ababingelelayo eYerusalem, kungekhona intlawulo awathi ukumkani wathabatha kubo iminyaka ngeminyaka, ngaphambili kwiziqhamo umhlaba nemithi. 11:35 Kananjalo ezethu izishumi namasiko ezizezethu, njengemihadi yetyuwa, nezithsaba zezithsaba ngenxa yethu siyabakhulula kuzo zonke ukuze bakhululeke. 11:36 Kwaye akukho nanye into enokurhoxiswa ukususela ngoku kude kube ngunaphakade. 11:37 Khangela ke ngoko, ukhuphele umbhalo wezo zinto, kube njalo wanikela kuYonatan, wesuka waya entabeni engcwele, encopho zininzi indawo. 11:38 Emveni koko, akubona ukumkani uDemetriyo ukuba ilizwe lizolile phambi kwakhe, akwabakho kumelana naye, wabandulula bonke abakhe imikhosi, elowo aye kweyakhe indawo, ngaphandle kwamaqela athile abasemzini; awambuthayo eziqithini zeentlanga; Imikhosi yooyise yamthiya. 11:39 Ke bekukho mnye uTryfon, obefudula engoka-Alesandire; owathi, yakubona ukuba wonke umkhosi wamkrokrela uDemetriyo, waya kuye USimalcue umArabhi owakhulisa uAntiochus unyana omncinci ka Alexander, 11:40 Kwaye walala phezu kwakhe ukuba amnikele lo Antiochus oselula, ukuze abe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sikayise. Wamxelela konke uDemetriyo naxa amadoda akhe okulwa ayemchasile; yahlala ixesha elide. 11:41 Ngelo xesha uYonatan wathumela kukumkani uDemetriyo, ukuba amgibisele abo benqaba eYerusalem, nabakwiinqaba ezinde. ngokuba ayesilwa namaSirayeli. 11:42 Wathumela ke uDemetriyo kuYonatan, esithi, Andiyi kuyenza le nto kodwa Ndiya kukuzukisa kakhulu wena nohlanga lwakho, ukuba kunjalo ithuba ukukhonza. 11:43 Uyalungisa ngoku, ukuba uthe wandithumelela amadoda okundinceda; ngenxa onke amandla am aphelile kum. 11:44 Ke kaloku uYonatan wathumela kuye amawaka amathathu amadoda anobukroti, kwa-Antiyokwe bathi bakufika kukumkani, ukumkani wavuya kakhulu ngokuza kwabo. 11:45 Bathe ke abo bakulo mzi bahlanganisana ndawonye phakathi komzi, ukuya kwinani labantu abalikhulu elinamanci mabini amawaka; afuna ukumbulala ukumkani. 11:46 Ukumkani wabalekela entendelezweni; ezingqwembeni zomzi, waqala ukulwa. 11:47 Ke kaloku ukumkani wawabizela uncedo amaYuda, awayesiza kuye onke kanye, bathi saa phakathi komzi, babulala ngaloo mini isixeko ukuya kwinani elikhulu lamawaka. 11:48 Bawufaka umlilo umzi, bazuza amaxhoba amaninzi ngaloo mini wamhlangula ukumkani. 11:49 Bathi ke ngoko bakuloo mzi, bakubona ukuba amaYuda awuthimbile umzi Basuka badamba isibindi, bathandaza kuYehova ukumkani, wakhala, esithi, 11:50 Siphe uxolo, kwaye makayeke amaYuda ukusihlasela kunye nomzi. 11:51 Bazilahla ke izixhobo zabo, benza uxolo; namaYuda besizukile emehlweni okumkani, nasemehlweni ako konke ebukumkanini bakhe; babuyela eYerusalem, benamaxhoba amaninzi. 11:52 Ngoko ukumkani uDemetriyo wahlala etroneni yobukumkani bakhe, ilizwe lilele wathi cwaka phambi kwakhe. 11:53 Noko ke yena wamana emana ukucalula ngako konke awakuthethayo, waba ngumphambukeli yena ngokwakhe kuYonatan, akambuyekezanga ngokwempatho yakhe eyamkelekileyo kuye, yamkhathaza kakhulu. 11:54 Emva koko wabuya uTryfon, kunye naye umntwana omncinane uAntiochus, ngubani walawula, wathweswa isithsaba. 11:55 Abuthelana kuye onke amadoda okulwa, abewabekile uDemetriyo bemka, balwa noDemetriyo, owajika wasaba. 11:56 Kananjalo uTrifon wathabatha iindlovu, wayinqoba kwa-Antiyokwe. 11:57 Ngelo xesha uAntiochus oselula wabhala kuYonatan, esithi, Ndiya kukungqina kububingeleli obukhulu, uze ukwenze umlawuli wabo bane oorhulumente, nokuba ngomnye wabahlobo bokumkani. 11:58 Uthe ngoko, wamthuma izitya zegolide, ukuba alungiselelwe kuzo; ukuba basele igolide, bambathiswe ezimfusa, nokunxiba igolide bopha. 11:59 USimon, umzalwana wakhe, waba ngumthetheli wasendaweni ebizwa ngokuba ileli kwelaseTire, kuse emdeni waseYiputa. 11:60 Waphuma uYonatan, wayicanda imizi engaphaya kwesixeko Yabuthelana kuye yonke imikhosi yama-Aram, ukuba ibe nguye wathi akufika eAskelon, wahlangatyezwa ngabantu bomzi ngembeko. 11:61 Ukusuka apho waya eGaza, kodwa abaseGaza bamvalela ngaphandle. ngoko yena wawungqinga, wawatshisa amadlelo awo ngomlilo, wawatshisa; bamosha. 11:62 Emveni koko, xa abaseGaza batarhuzisa kuYonatan, wambongoza wabathimba oonyana bamadoda amakhulu, wabathimbela wabathuma eYerusalem, walityhutyha ilizwe, waya eDamasko. 11:63 Weva uYonatan, ukuba abathetheli bakaDemetriyo bafikile eKadesi. elikwelaseGalili, linamandla amakhulu, lizimisele ukumkhupha kulo ilizwe, 11:64 Wabahlangabeza, wamshiya uSimon umzalwana wakhe emaphandleni. 11:65 Ke kaloku uSimon wayingqinga iBhete-tsura, walwa nayo ixesha elide ixesha, kwaye uyivale. 11:66 Bathanda ke ukuba bahlale benoxolo naye, awabanikayo; wabakhupha apho, wawuthimba umzi, wamisa ikampu kuwo. 11:67 Ke uYonatan nomkhosi wakhe bamisa emanzini aseGenesare. besuka apho kusasa ngengomso, bafika entilini yaseNasore. 11:68 Yabona, umkhosi wabasemzini wabakhawulela ethafeni, ababenawo abalaleli bakhe ezintabeni, beza bona ngokuchasene naye. 11:69 Basuka ke abo balalelayo endaweni yabo, bahlangana edabini, basaba bonke abangabecala likaYonatan; 11:70 ngoko ke akubangakho namnye kubo useleyo, ngaphandle kukaMatatiya unyana kaYe uAbhisalom, noYuda unyana kaKalfi, abathetheli-mkhosi. 11:71 UYonatan wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wagalela umhlaba phezu kwentloko yakhe wathandaza. 11:72 Wabuya wabuyela edabini, wabagxotha, benjenjalo Balekile. 11:73 Ke kaloku, akukubona oko abantu bakhe ababesabile, abuya abheka kunye naye bawasukela, bada besa eKadeshe, ezintenteni zabo bamisa iintente apho. 11:74 Kwabulawa ngaloo mini ezintlangeni ngathi ngamawaka amathathu amadoda. ke uYonatan wabuyela eYerusalem.