1 iiMaccabees
12:1 Ke kaloku, uYonatan wabona ukuba ixesha ebekhonza kuye, wanyula amadoda athile, yaye
wabathumela eRoma, ukuze baqinisekise, bahlaziye ubuhlobo ababenabo
nabo.
12:2 Kananjalo wathumela iincwadi nakumaLakedemoni, nakwezinye iindawo, ukuba abhale
injongo enye.
12:3 Ngoko ke beza eRoma, baza bangena kwindlu yendlu yekomkhulu, bathi, Yonatan
umbingeleli omkhulu nabantu bamaYuda basithumile kuni
nibuvuselele ubuhlobo obunabo kunye nabo, nomnqophiso lowo;
njengakwimihla yamandulo.
12:4 Ngoko ke amaRoma abanika iincwadi eziya kubalawuli beendawo zonke
ukuze babazise ezweni lakwaYuda benoxolo.
12:5 Yiyo le ikopi yeencwadi, abezibhalele uYonatan
Lacedemonians:
12:6 noYonatan umbingeleli, namadoda amakhulu ohlanga, nababingeleli;
namanye amaYuda athumela abazalwana bawo kumaLakedemonians
ukubulisa:
12:7 Kwaphuma iincwadi eziya kuOnias, umbingeleli omkhulu, zivela kwixesha elidlulileyo
UDariyo, owayelawula phakathi kwenu ngoko, ukuze aqononondise ukuba ningabazalwana bethu.
njengoko ikopi ebhalwe ngaphantsi ichaza.
12:8 Ngelo xesha uOnias wamzukisa unozakuzaku lowo ubethunyiwe.
kwaye wamkela iincwadi, apho kwenziwa isibhengezo somanyano kunye
ubuhlobo.
12:9 Kungoko ke nathi, akukho mfuneko yakuba sifune nanye kwezo zinto, ukuze sibe nayo nayiphi na imeko
iincwadi ezingcwele zezibhalo ezandleni zethu ukuze zisithuthuzele,
12:10 Nizamile ke ukuthumela kuni, ukuba kuhlaziywe ngokutsha
ubuzalwana nobuhlobo, ukuze singabi ngabaphambukeli kuni
nigqibelele, ngokuba ixesha laliseligqithile, nathumela kuthi.
12:11 Thina ngoko singayeki oko, emithendelekweni yethu, nakweminye imithendeleko
iintsuku ezilungileyo, khumbula wena kwimibingelelo esiyinikelayo, kwaye
emithandazweni yethu, njengoko ingqiqo injalo, nanjengoko kusifanele ukuba sicinge ngeyethu
bazalwana:
12:12 Kwaye siyavuya uzuko lwakho.
12:13 Thina ke, sibe neembandezelo neemfazwe ezinkulu ngeenxa zonke;
ngokuba ookumkani abasijikelezileyo belwa nathi.
12:14 Ke besingayi kuba mthwalo kuni, nakwabanye abawethu
imibutho kunye nabahlobo, kwezi mfazwe:
12:15 Kuba sinalo uncedo oluvela ezulwini osixhasayo, njengoko sihlangulwe
ezintshabeni zethu zanyathelwa phantsi.
12:16 Ngenxa yoko sanyula Numenius unyana ka-Antiochus, kunye Antipater yena
unyana kaYason, wabathumela kumaRoma, ukuba aluvuselele uthando lwethu
wayekunye nabo, kunye neqela lokuqala.
12:17 Sabamisela kananjalo ukuba beze kuni, banibulise, banihlangule
iincwadi zethu ezingokuhlaziywa kobuzalwana bethu.
12:18 Ewe, uyatyapha ngoku ukusiphendula.
12:19 Yiyo le ikopi yeencwadi ezathunyelwa nguOniares.
12:20 uAreyu ukumkani wamaLakedemons kuOnias umbingeleli omkhulu, ebulisa.
12:21 Kubhaliwe kwathiwa, AbaLakedemoni namaYuda ngabazalwana;
nokuba bangabomlibo ka-Abraham;
12:22 Ngoku ke, ekubeni sithe sakwazi oko, niyatyapha ukwenza
sibhalele ukuphumelela kwenu.
12:23 Sibuya sanibhalela ukuba iinkomo nempahla yenu yeyethu;
Zethu zezenu. Ngoko ke oonozakuzaku bethu baya kuxela
kuni ngale ndlela.
12:24 Ke kaloku, akuva uYonatan, ukuba abathetheli bakaDemebhius babeze kulwa
ngokuchasene naye ngomkhosi omkhulu kunangaphambili;
12:25 Wanduluka eYerusalem, waqubisana nabo ezweni laseAmati;
akabaphumza ke, ukuze bangene ezweni lakhe.
12:26 Wathuma iintlola ezintenteni zabo; zabuya zamxelela
zazimiselwe ukuba zibafikele ngexesha lasebusuku.
12:27 Kwathi, xa litshonayo ilanga, uYonatan wayalela amadoda akhe
ukulinda, nokuba sezikhalini, ukuze ubusuku bonke babe bekulungele
Wathumela iinjengele ziwurhawula umkhosi lowo.
12:28 Ke kaloku, xa ababandezeli bevayo ukuba uYonatan namadoda akhe babekulungele
boyika, bagubha ezintliziyweni zabo, baphemba
imililo kwinkampu yabo.
12:29 Ke uYonatan neqela lakhe abazange bazi loo nto kwada kwasa;
wabona izibane zivutha.
12:30 UYonatan wawasukela, akawafumana;
wawuwela umlambo iEleuthero.
12:31 Wajika ke uYonatan waya kuma-Arabhi, awayebizwa ngokuba ngamaZabhadi.
babaxabela, baphanga amaxhoba abo.
12:32 Esukile apho, weza eDamasko, walityhutyha ilizwe lonke
ilizwe,
12:33 Wesuka ke naye uSimon, walityhutyha ilizwe, esiya eAskelon
aphambukele khona, awathi waphambukela eYopa, woyisa
yona.
12:34 kuba wayevile ukuba baya kuyinikela intolongo leyo kubathimbileyo
inxalenye kaDemetriyo; wamisa ikampu khona ukuba iwugcine.
12:35 Emveni koko wabuya uYonatan, wawabiza amadoda amakhulu kaYehova
abantu bekunye, wacebisana nabo malunga nokwakha iindawo zokuhlala
ElakwaYuda,
12:36 waziphakamisa iindonga zeYerusalem, ephakamisa intaba enkulu
phakathi kwenqaba nomzi, ukuze uwahlukanise nomzi, ukuba
ibe yodwa, ukuze bangabi sathengisa, bangathengi kuyo.
12:37 Bahlanganisana ke bona, ukuba bawakhe umzi, ngokwenxalenye yawo
Lwawa udonga lomfula ngasempumalanga;
Walungisa loo nto kuthiwa yiKafenata.
12:38 USimon naye wamisa Adida e Sephela, waza wayenza yomelela ngamasango kunye
imivalo.
12:39 Ke kaloku uTrifon wazama ukubuthabatha ubukumkani baseAsiya, wambulala uAntiochus
ukumkani, ukuba abeke isithsaba entlokweni yakhe.
12:40 Wayesoyika ukuba uYonatan akayi kumvumela, nokuba yena
baya kulwa naye; wafuna ke indlela yokumbamba uYonatan;
ukuze ambulale. Wemka ke, wafika eBhetesan.
12:41 Waphuma uYonatan, waya kumkhawulela, enamashumi amane amawaka amadoda, abanyuliweyo
yada yeza eBhetesan.
12:42 Ke kaloku, uTrifon, akubona uYonatan eze nempi enkulu, akazange abe nabuganga
Yolula isandla sakhe ngakuye;
12:43 ke wamamkela ngobubele, wamncoma kubo bonke izihlobo zakhe, wammisa kubo bonke abahlobo bakhe
wamnika izipho, wathi amadoda akhe okulwa amthobele;
njengakuye ngokwakhe.
12:44 Wathi kuYonatan, Yini na ukuba ubase nje aba bantu bonke?
Inkathazo enkulu, kungekho mfazwe phakathi kwethu?
12:45 Babuyiseni ke ngoku, ninyule amadoda alindileyo ambalwa
uhambe nam siye eTolemayi; kuba ndiya kulinika wena;
ezisaseleyo iinqaba nemikhosi, nabo bonke abangqingqwa.
mna ke ndiya kubuya ndihambe; kuba kungenxa yesi sizathu sokufika kwam.
12:46 Wakholwa uYonatan kuye, wenza njengoko wamwiselayo umthetho, wayindulula impi yakhe.
owathi wemka waya ezweni lakwaYuda.
12:47 Wathi kuye yena wagcina amadoda angamawaka amathathu, awasusa amabini kuwo
kwaya kwelaseGalili, kwahamba iwaka kunye naye.
12:48 Ke kaloku, xa uYonatan wangena eTolemayi, bavala abaseTolemayi
amasango amthabatha, kwanabo bonke abeze naye bababulala kunye nabo
ikrele.
12:49 Waza wathumela uTrifon umkhosi weenyawo nabamahashe, ukuya kwelaseGalili;
nethafa elikhulu, ukuba alitshabalalise lonke ibandla likaYonatan.
12:50 Baqonda ke ukuba uYonatan nabo babenaye babanjiwe
nababuleweyo basomelezana; wasondela kunye,
uzilungiselele ukulwa.
12:51 Bona ngoko babebalandela, beqonda ukuba sebelungile
ukuba balwele ubomi babo, bajika kwakhona.
12:52 Bathe ke ngoko bonke beza ezweni lakwaYuda benoxolo, bahlala khona
bambambazela uYonatan nabo babenaye, bambambazela
yoyika; Ngoko ke onke amaSirayeli enza isijwili esikhulu.
12:53 Zaye ke zonke iintlanga ezibangqongileyo zazifuna ukubatshabalalisa;
kuba babesithi, Abanamthetheli, abanamncedi; ke ngoku
masenze imfazwe nabo, sisuse isikhumbuzo sabo ebantwini.