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.