1 iiMaccabees 16:1 Ngelo xesha kwenyuka uYohane evela eGazera, waxelela uSimon uyise oko kuCendebeus ndenze. 16:2 USimon wababiza ke oonyana bakhe bobabini abakhulu, ooYuda noYohane, wathi bona, mna, nabazalwana bam, nendlu kabawo, ndathabatha kweyam Ulutsha lulwa neentshaba zakwaSirayeli unanamhla; kunye nezinto senze okulungileyo ezandleni zethu, ngokokuba sawahlangula amaSirayeli rhoqo. 16:3 Ke ngoku sendimdala, ke nina, ngenceba kaThixo, nibadala ngokwaneleyo. endaweni yam nomntakwethu, uhambe uye kusilwela isizwe sethu, kunye nesizwe uncedo oluvela ezulwini malube nani. 16:4 Wanyula kwelo lizwe amadoda okulwa amashumi amabini amawaka, anamahashe akhwelwayo; owaphuma ngokuchasene noCendebeus, waza waphumla ngobo busuku eModin. 16:5 Bavuka kusasa, bangena entilini, nanko kukho ihashe yeza kubo impi eninzi yeenyawo, nabamahashe; kodwa ke kukho umlanjana wamanzi phakathi kwabo. 16:6 Yena nabantu bakhe bamisa malungana nabo abantu boyika ukuwela umlanjana wamanzi, wahamba kuqala kwaye amadoda ambonayo agqitha emva kwakhe. 16:7 Uthe ke akukwenza oko, wawahlula amadoda akhe, wabamisa abamahashe esazulwini somkhosi ngokuba babebaninzi kakhulu abamahashe beentshaba. 16:8 Baza ke bavuthela ngezigodlo ezingcwele, kunye noCendebeus nowakhe bagxothwa umkhosi, kangangokuba kwabulawa into eninzi kuwo, kwaza kwabulawa abantu abaninzi amasalela abasa emboniselweni. 16:9 Ngelo xesha wangxwelerhwa uYuda, umzalwana kaYohane; kodwa uYohane walandela emva kwabo, wada waya kufika eKedron, leyo uCendebeus wayakhayo. 16:10 Basaba, baya ezinqabeni ezinde kummandla waseAzoto; ngoko yena bawutshisa ngomlilo, kwaza kwabulawa kuwo ngathi ngamawaka amabini amadoda. Emveni koko wabuyela ezweni lakwaYuda enoxolo. 16:11 Kananjalo ezintilini zaseYeriko wenziwe uPtolemeyu unyana ka-Abubus. Ke umthetheli-waka, waye enesilivere negolide eninzi. 16:12 Kuba ebengumyeni kumbingeleli omkhulu; 16:13 Kungoko yaphakama intliziyo yakhe, wacinga ukuya kulo ilizwe ngokwakhe, waza emva koko wacebisana ngenkohliso ngokuchasene noSimon noonyana bakhe ukubatshabalalisa. 16:14 Ke kaloku uSimon ubeyivelela imizi esemaphandleni, wabamba gcinani ucwangco kuzo; ngeloxesha wehla ngokwakhe eYeriko, noonyana bakhe, uMatatiya noYuda, belikhulu umnyaka wamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe, ngenyanga yeshumi elinanye, kwathiwa nguSabhat. 16:15 Apho unyana ka-Abubus, wabamkela ngenkohliso, wathabatha elugcinweni oluncinane. ekuthiwa nguDokos, awawakhayo, wabenzela isidlo esikhulu; wayefihle amadoda khona. 16:16 Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba uSimon noonyana bakhe besela kakhulu, wesuka wavuka uPtoleme namadoda akhe. bathabatha iintonga zabo, bafika kuSimon emsithweni wambulala, yena noonyana bakhe bobabini, nenxenye yabakhonzi bakhe. 16:17 Yena lowo wenza ubumenemene obukhulu, ebuyekeza ububi ngobubi kulungile. 16:18 Waza uPtoleme wazibhala ezi zinto, wathumela kukumkani, ukuba enze wamthumelela umkhosi ukuba umncede; waye ke yena wamnikela ilizwe elo izixeko. 16:19 Wathuma nabanye eGazera, ukuba baye kumbulala uYohane, nakubathetheli bamaphakathi Wathumela iincwadi zokuza kuye, ukuze abaphe isilivere negolide; kunye nemivuzo. 16:20 Wabathuma ukuba bayithabathe iYerusalem, nentaba yetempile. 16:21 Ke kaloku wabalekela eGazera, waxelela uYohane ukuba uyise nonina kwabulawa abazalwana, wathi, uPtoleme uthumele ukuba akubulale. kananjalo. 16:22 Ezivile ke ezi zinto, wakhwankqiswa kakhulu; wazibeka izandla phezu kwabo. ababeze kumtshabalalisa, bababulala; kuba ebesazi ukuba bona wayefuna ukumgxotha. 16:23 Ngokubhekisele kuzo zonke ezinye izinto zikaYohane, neemfazwe zakhe, afaneleyo imisebenzi awayenzayo, nokwakhiwa kweendonga awazenzayo, nezakhe izenzo, 16:24 Yabona, aba babhaliwe emicimbini yobubingeleli bakhe, kwathabathela kwinyanga yesixhenxe ixesha wenziwa umbingeleli omkhulu emva koyise.