1 iiMaccabees
13:1 Ke kaloku uSimon, akuva ukuba UTrifon ubuthele ndawonye umkhosi omkhulu
ngena ezweni lakwaYuda, ulitshabalalise;
13:2 Wababona abantu besoyika kakhulu, wenyuka waya kubo
iYerusalem, yabahlanganisa abantu;
13:3 Wabavuselela esithi, Niyakwazi nani ngokwenu ukuba zininzi kwazo iindawo
Mna, nabazalwana bam, nendlu kabawo, senze ngokomthetho nomthetho
ingcwele, iimfazwe neembandezelo esizibonileyo.
13:4 Ngenxa yoko babulawa bonke abazalwana bam ngenxa kaSirayeli, nam ke ndabulawa.
eshiywe yedwa.
13:5 Ngoko makube lee kum, ukuba ndiwuconge umphefumlo wam kubo
ngokuba andilungile ngaphezu kwabazalwana bam.
13:6 ngokuba ndiya kuluphindezelela uhlanga lwam, nengcwele, nabafazi bethu, nabafazi bethu.
oonyana bethu; ngokuba zonke iintlanga zibuthelene, ukuba zisitshabalalise
ubungendawo.
13:7 Ke kaloku, bakuweva abantu la mazwi, waphila umoya wabo.
13:8 Baphendula ke ngezwi elikhulu, bathi, Wena uya kuba yinkokeli yethu
esikhundleni sikaYuda noYonatan umkhuluwa wakho.
13:9 Yilwele wena amadabi ethu, kwaye nantoni na osiyalele yona, soyenza
yenza.
13:10 Wawahlanganisa ke onke amadoda okulwa, wakhawuleza ukuya
wazigqiba iindonga zeYerusalem, wayiqinisa ngeenxa zonke.
13:11 Kananjalo wathuma uYonatan unyana ka-Abhisalom, kunye naye enamandla kakhulu, ukuba
eYopa: abakhupha abo babekuyo, basala khona.
13:12 Ngoko uTrifon wanduluka eTolemayu ngamandla amakhulu, ukuba alihlasele ilizwe
kwelakwaYuda, uYonatan ubenaye elugcinweni.
13:13 USimon wamisa iintente zakhe eAdida, malungana nethafa;
13:14 Uthe ke uTrifon, waqonda ukuba kuvuke uSimon esikhundleni somntakwabo
UYonatan, efuna ukulwa naye, wathumela abathunywa kuye
kuye, esithi,
13:15 Ekubeni sibambene noYonatan umninawa wakho, yena ngowemali
ngenxa yendyebo yokumkani, malunga nomsebenzi owenziweyo
uzinikele kuye.
13:16 Ngoko thumelani ikhulu leetalente zesilivere, nababini koonyana bakhe
ukuze, xa ekhululekile, angasivukeli, nathi
uzakumyeka ahambe.
13:17 Noko ke uSimon, esazi ukuba bathetha kuye ngobuxoki.
kanti wayithumela imali nabantwana, hleze naye
wazenzela intiyo enkulu ebantwini;
13:18 Ngubani obenokuthi, Kungokuba ndingamthumanga imali nabantwana;
ufile ke uYonatan.
13:19 Wabathumela ke oonyana nekhulu leetalente, noTrifon
akavuma ukumndulula uYonatan.
13:20 Emveni koko kwafika UTrifon ukuba ahlasele ilizwe, alonakalise, ahambe
bajikeleza ngendlela eya eAdora, kodwa uSimon nomkhosi wakhe
bemchasa kuzo zonke iindawo abehamba kuzo.
13:21 Ke kaloku abo babesenqabeni ende bathumela abathunywa eTrifon, ekupheleni
ukuba akhawuleze ukuza kubo entlango, athumele
ukutya kwabo.
13:22 UTrifon wabalungiselela ke bonke abamahashe bakhe, ukuba beze ngobo busuku;
kwawa ikhephu elikhulu kakhulu, engazange afike ngenxa yalo. Ngoko yena
wemka ke, weza ezweni laseGiliyadi.
13:23 Kwaye xa wasondela eBhaskama, wambulala uYonatan, owangcwatyelwa khona.
13:24 Emveni koko wabuya uTrifon, wemka waya ezweni lakowabo.
13:25 Wathuma uSimon, wawathabatha amathambo kaYonatan umkhuluwa wakhe, wawangcwaba
eModin, isixeko sooyise.
13:26 Onke amaSirayeli amenzela isijwili esikhulu, ammbambazelela kakhulu
iintsuku.
13:27 Naye uSimon wakha ilitye lesikhumbuzo phezu kwengcwaba likayise nelikayise
Wayiphakamisela phezulu, ukuba bakhangele, kukho ilitye eliqingqiweyo ngasemva
ngaphambili.
13:28 Wammisela uyise iipiramidi ezisixhenxe, enye kwenye, kuyise;
nonina, nabazalwana bakhe abane.
13:29 Kwaye ngazo wenza ubuqhophololo, yaye phezu kwazo wamisa ezinkulu
neentsika ezo, naphezu kweentsika ezo, zonke izikhali zazo wazenza zangunaphakade
inkumbulo, nangeenqanawa zezixhobo ezikroliweyo, ukuze babe nokubonwa ngabantu bonke
abahamba ngenqanawa elwandle.
13:30 Lilo eli ingcwaba awalenzayo eModin, lisahleli kulo
namhlanje.
13:31 Ke kaloku uTrifon wamkhohlisa ukumkani omncinane uAntiyoko, wambulala.
yena.
13:32 Yaye waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe, yaye wathwesa ngokwakhe ukumkani waseAsiya, yaye
balihlisela ishwangusha elikhulu ilizwe.
13:33 USimon wakha iinqaba kwelakwaYuda, wayibiyela;
neenqaba ezinde, neendonga ezikhulu, namasango, nemivalo, afakwe
ukutya kuyo.
13:34 NoSimon wanyula amadoda, wawathumela kuDemetriyo ukumkani, ukuba azaliseke
Kufanele ukuba umhlaba ukhuseleke, kuba yonke into eyenziwa nguTryphon yayikukwenza
konakalisa.
13:35 awathi ukumkani uDemetriyo wamphendula, wabhala ngolu hlobo:
13:36 ukumkani uDemetriyo kuSimon umbingeleli omkhulu, umhlobo wookumkani, kwanjengoko kwanjalo
Kumadoda amakhulu, nohlanga lwamaYuda, uyabulisa.
13:37 Isithsaba segolide, nengubo ebomvu, osithumelele yona
kwaye sikulungele ukwenza uxolo oluqinisekileyo nani, ewe, kanjalo
ukuba sibhalele amagosa ethu, siqinisekise ukhuseleko esinalo
inikwe.
13:38 Kwaye yonke iminqophiso esiyenzileyo nani iya kuma; kwaye i
iinqaba enizakhayo ziya kuba zezenu.
13:39 Ke ngoko, nokuba bubuphuthuphuthu ubuphuthuphuthu, nokuba bubugwenxa obusenziwe kude kube namhla, siyabuxolela.
kwanerhafu yesithsaba enisityala yona, nokuba ngaba kukho mntu wumbi
Akusayi kuphinda kuhlawulwe umrhumo eYerusalem.
13:40 Khangelani ke, ngubani na ofanelekileyo phakathi kwenu ukuba abe senkundleni yethu, makube njalo
sibhaliwe, makubekho uxolo phakathi kwethu.
13:41 Yasuswa ke idyokhwe yeentlanga kwaSirayeli ngekhulu
nomnyaka wamashumi asixhenxe.
13:42 Baqala oonyana bakaSirayeli ukubhala izixhobo zabo kunye
izivumelwano, Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaSimon umbingeleli omkhulu, irhuluneli ne
inkokeli yamaYuda.
13:43 Ngaloo mihla uSimon wamisa iGaza, wayingqinga ngeenxa zonke; yena
wenza inqwelo yemfazwe, wayimisa ngasemzini, wayibetha
inqaba ethile, wayithimba.
13:44 Bathi ke abo basenjinini, batsibela kuwo umzi; apho
kwabakho isaqunge esikhulu phakathi komzi.
13:45 bada abantu bomzi bazikrazula iingubo zabo, benyuka
neendonga, nabafazi babo, nabantwana babo, badanduluka ngezwi elikhulu.
bembongoza uSimon ukuba awaphumze.
13:46 Bathi ke bona, Musa ukusenzela ububi bethu;
ngokwenceba yakho.
13:47 Wathobeka uSimon kubo, akaba salwa nabo, wabuya walwa nabo
bakhuphela ngaphandle komzi, bazihlambulula izindlu ezinezithixo
yaba, kwaye ke yangena kuyo ngeengoma nombulelo.
13:48 Wabukhupha bonke ubunqambi kuyo, wababeka khona abanjalo
wawugcina umthetho, wawenza womelela kunangaphambili, wakha
Kulapho ahlala khona.
13:49 Kwanabo ke basenqabeni eseYerusalem, baye babaxina, ukuba babe nako
nokuba ningaphumi, ningangeni emaphandleni, ningathengi, ningathengisi;
ngenxa yoko babekwinkxwaleko enkulu ngenxa yokuswela ukudla, nokuninzi
inani labo litshabalale yindlala.
13:50 Bakhala ngoko kuSimon, bemcela ukuba akhe aba babini;
into awabanika yona; Akuba ezikhuphele ngaphandle apho
wahlambulula inqaba kungcoliseko:
13:51 Bangena ke kuyo ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithathu wenyanga yesibini
nomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci asixhenxe anamnye, nombulelo, namasebe
namasundu, neehadi, namacangci, nemirhubhe, neengoma, neengoma,
ngenxa yokuba kubhuqiwe utshaba olukhulu kwaSirayeli.
13:52 Kananjalo wamisela ukuba loo mini igcinwe ngovuyo, iminyaka ngeminyaka.
Wayomeleza induli yetempile, ebisenqabeni ende
wahlala khona yena neqela lakhe.
13:53 Ke kaloku uSimon, akubona ukuba uYohane unyana wakhe uligorha, wamenza
umthetheli wemikhosi; wahlala eGazera.