2 iiMaccabees 1:1 Mawethu, amaYuda aseYerusalem nakwelakwaYuda. ndinqwenelele impilo entle abazalwana bakulo lonke elaseJiputa uxolo: 1:2 Makabe nemfesane kuni uThixo, awukhumbule umnqophiso wakhe awawenzayo nani uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi, abakhonzi bakhe abathembekileyo; 1:3 aninike intliziyo yenu yonke, ukuze nimkhonze, niwenze ukuthanda kwakhe ngokulungileyo isibindi kunye nengqondo evumayo; 1:4 Iintliziyo zenu nizivule ngomyalelo wakhe nemithetho yakhe, nize ninithumele uxolo. 1:5 Kwaye yiva imithandazo yakho, kwaye ube kunye nawe, kwaye ungaze unishiye phakathi ixesha lembandezelo. 1:6 Kwaye ngoku silapha sithandazela wena. 1:7 Ngexesha lokulawula kukaDemetriyo, ekhulwini elinamanci mathandathu anesithoba Thina maYuda sanibhalela ekuncameni kwembandezelo eyafikayo phezu kwethu ngaloo minyaka, ukususela kwixesha likaYason neqela lakhe bavukela ilizwe elingcwele nobukumkani; 1:8 Sayitshisa ivaranda, saphalaza igazi elimsulwa; sathandaza ke kuYehova Nkosi, zaviwa; sabingelela imibingelelo nomgubo ocoliweyo, kunye wazimisa izibane, wazimisa izonka. 1:9 Khangelani ke, niwenze umthendeleko weminquba ngenyanga enguKasilevu. 1:10 ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci asibhozo anesibhozo, abantu ababekhona IYerusalem, nakwelakwaYuda, nentlanganiso yamatyala, noYudas, bathumela imibuliso, kwaye impilo kuAristobhulo, inkosi kaPtolemeyu, owayengowomlibo kaPtolemeyu ababingeleli abathanjiswayo, nakumaYuda aseYiputa; 1:11 Ekubeni ke uThixo esihlangule kwiingozi ezinkulu, siyabulela kuye kakhulu, ngokungathi ebesilwa nokumkani. 1:12 Kuba wabakhupha abo balwe phakathi komzi ongcwele. 1:13 Kuba ekufikeni kwenkokeli ePersi, kunye nomkhosi kunye naye ukuba babonakala bengoyiswa, babulawa kwitempile kaNanea ngobuqhophololo yababingeleli bakaNaneya. 1:14 Kuba uAntiochus, ngokungathi wayeza kutshata naye, wafika kuloo ndawo, yaye abahlobo bakhe ababenaye, ukuze bamkele imali egameni lekhazi. 1:15 Bendulukile ke ababingeleli bakaNaneha, wangena naye iqela elincinane langena kwikhampasi yetempile, bayivala itempile njenge kamsinya nje akuba uAntiochus wangena: 1:16 Bawuvula ke ucango olungaphakathi eluphahleni, bagibisela ngamatye wabetha iindudumo, wamxabela umthetheli, waziqwenga, waziqwenga azisuse ezintlokweni zawo, azijulele kwabangaphandle. 1:17 Makabongwe uThixo wethu ezintweni zonke, obanikeleyo abangahloneli Thixo. 1:18 Ngoko ke, thina sizimisele ukuyigcina intlambululo yobuthixo itempile ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu wenyanga uCasleu, sacinga Ke kwafuneka ukuba niyaziswe, ukuze nani nizigcine, njengoko zinjalo umthendeleko weminquba, nowomlilo, esawunikwayo UNemiya wanyusa amadini, emveni kokuba wayakha indlu netempile isibingelelo. 1:19 Kuba xeshikweni oobawo basiwa ePersi, ababingeleli ababekho ngelo xesha ozinikeleyo wawuthabatha umlilo wesibingelelo ngasese, wawufihla endaweni efihlakeleyo emhadini ongenamanzi, apho bawugcina uqinile, ukuze ibe yindawo akwaziwa ngabantu bonke. 1:20 Ke kaloku, emva kweminyaka emininzi, uthe, kwakubon' ukuba kwakholekile emehlweni kaThixo, uNeemia ethunyelwe evela kwibandla Ke ukumkani wasePersi wathumela nababingeleli abo babezimele bathi, bakuba basixelele, abafumananga mlilo, bakungqinga amanzi; 1:21 Wabawisela umthetho wokuba bawurhole, bawuzise; kwaye xa i kwakusenziwa amadini, uNeemiya wayalela ababingeleli ukuba bafefe imithi nezinto ezibekwe phezu kwazo ngamanzi. 1:22 Xa oku kwenziwa, kwaye kwafika ixesha lokuba ilanga lakhanya, leyo ngaphambili lifihlwe efini, kwabakho umlilo omkhulu, bada baphemba abantu bonke wamangaliswa. 1:23 Ababingeleli bathandaza xa kudliwayo umbingelelo, ndathi mna, ababingeleli, nabanye bonke, noYonatan eqalela, kwanabanye ephendula kuyo, njengoko uNeemia wenzayo. 1:24 Kwaba njalo ke umthandazo; Owu Nkosi, Nkosi Thixo, uMdali wezinto zonke izinto ezoyikekayo, namandla, nobulungisa, nenceba, nenceba kuphela uKumkani onobubele, 1:25 Nguye yedwa umenzi wezinto zonke, nguye yedwa olilungisa, usomandla, ongunaphakade, wena mhlanguli wamaSirayeli kuzo zonke iimbandezelo, wabanyula ooyise, ubangcwalise; 1:26 Wamkele umbingelelo wabantu bakho bonke amaSirayeli, uwugcine isahlulo sakho, usingcwalise. 1:27 Bahlanganisele ndawonye abo bachithachithekileyo kuthi, ubahlangule; khonzani phakathi kweentlanga, nibone abadelekileyo, abasikiweyo; zazi iintlanga ukuba unguThixo wethu. 1:28 Bathethise abasibandezelayo, Unekratshi; 1:29 Baphinde batyale abantu bakho endaweni yakho engcwele, njengoko wathethayo uMoses. 1:30 Ababingeleli bavuma iindumiso zombulelo. 1:31 Ke kaloku, xa idini ladliwayo, uNehemiya wayalela amanzi ukuba kwasala ukuba kugalelwe phezu kwamatye amakhulu. 1:32 Kwathi kwakuba njalo, kwavutha umlilo, wesuka watsha isibane esibengezela esibingelelweni. 1:33 Yaziwa ke loo nto, waxelelwa ukumkani wasePersi, ukuba aphume indawo ababewubeke kuyo umlilo ababingeleli abaqhutywayo kwabonakala amanzi, nokuba uNeemia wayehlambulule amadini ngawo. 1:34 Waza ukumkani, wayivala loo ndawo, wayingcwalisa, emveni kokuba eyilungisile umcimbi. 1:35 Ukumkani wathabatha izipho ezininzi, wabapha abo abenaye iya kwanelisa. 1:36 UNehemiya wayibiza loo nto ngokuthi, yiNafetare, kuthiwe, A ukucocwa: kodwa abantu abaninzi bayibiza ngokuba nguNifayi.