2 iiMaccabees 2:1 Kananjalo kubhaliwe encwadini, abewise umthetho ngayo uYeremiya umprofeti kuthwalwa ukuba kuthatyathwe emlilweni, njengoko kuthethiweyo; 2:2 nokuba umprofeti ebanike umthetho, angabathetheli Yilibale imithetho kaYehova, ukuze bangalahleki ezingqondweni zabo, xa bebona imifanekiso yesilivere negolide, kunye nayo izihombiso. 2:3 Wayebavuselela nangezinye iindawo, ukuba umthetho ungenziwa emke ezintliziyweni zabo. 2:4 Kwaye ke kubhaliwe kwaloo mbhalo, ukuba umprofeti lowo, ekho Elumkise uThixo, wathi umnquba netyeya mayihambe naye, njengoko waphuma waya entabeni, apho uMoses wenyukayo khona, wayikhangela ilifa likaThixo. 2:5 Efikile khona uYeremiya, wafumana umqolomba abelele kuwo umnquba, netyeya, nesibingelelo sokuqhumisela, wenjenjalo umnyango. 2:6 Inxenye ke yababeyilandela, yeza kuyibona indlela, basuke baba nako andiyifumani. 2:7 Ekwazi ke oko uYeremiya, wabasola, esithi, Kuyo loo ndawo; iya kungaziwa kude kube lixesha lokuba uThixo abahlanganisele kwakhona abantu bakhe kunye, ubamkelele inceba. 2:8 Iya kwandula ke iNkosi ibabonise ezi zinto, nobuqaqawuli bukaYehova liya kubonakala, kwanelifu, njengoko laboniswayo phantsi koMoses, nanjengoko xa uSolomon wayenqwenela ukuba loo ndawo ingcwaliswe ngokubekekileyo. 2:9 Kwavakaliswa kananjalo, ukuba uthe, esilumkile, wasondeza umbingelelo we ukunikezelwa, nokugqitywa kwetempile. 2:10 Kwathi, xa uMoses wathandazayo kuYehova, wehla umlilo ezulwini. Wawadla ke imibingelelo; wenjenjalo ke uSolomon ukuthandaza, ndawonye nomlilo Wehla emazulwini, wawadla amadini anyukayo. 2:11 Wathi uMoses, Ngokuba ibingadliwa idini lesono; idliwe. 2:12 Wazigcina ke uSolomon ezo ntsuku zisibhozo. 2:13 Kwaye ke kwathethwa kwaezo zinto kuzo nemibhalo yazo, nasemibhalweni yabo IiNeemia; kunye nendlela owaseka ngayo ithala leencwadi wahlanganisa ndawonye izenzo ze ookumkani, nabaprofeti, nezikaDavide, neencwadi zookumkani malunga nezipho ezingcwele. 2:14 Kwangokunjalo naye uYuda wazihlanganisa zonke ezo zinto silahlekile ngenxa yemfazwe esasinayo, kwaye bahlala nathi; 2:15 Ukuba ngoko niyiswele, thuma inxenye, izithabathele kuni. 2:16 Sibhalele malunga nokuba siza kwenza nyulu niyalungisa, ukuba nithe nazigcina kwaezo ntsuku. 2:17 Ke sinethemba lokuba uThixo, owabahlangulayo bonke abantu bakhe, wabanika; lonke ilifa, nobukumkani, nobubingeleli, nengcwele; 2:18 Njengoko wathembisayo ngomthetho, uya kusenzela inceba kamsinya, asihlanganisele siphuma kuwo onke amazwe aphantsi kwezulu, sisiwe endaweni engcwele; Wasihlangula ezimbandezelweni ezinkulu, wayihlambulula indawo leyo. 2:19 Ke kaloku ngoYudas Maccabeus, nabazalwana bakhe, kunye nabazalwana bakhe ukuhlanjululwa kwetempile enkulu, nokuvulwa kwesibingelelo; 2:20 Kwaye iimfazwe nxamnye Antiochus Epiphanes, kunye noEupator unyana wakhe, 2:21 Kwaye imiqondiso ecacileyo evela ezulwini kwabo bazenzayo ngokwabo ngamadoda ukuze bazukiseke ngenxa yobuYuda: ukuze, ekubeni kodwa a bambalwa, balibetha ilizwe lonke, basukela izihlwele ezineenkani; 2:22 Yabuya wayizuza itempile, yaba negama ehlabathini lonke, yakhululwa umzi, wayimisa imithetho ehlayo, iNkosi inguye ubabale ngokobabalo lonke; 2:23 Zonke ezi zinto, Ndithi, ukuba ivakaliswe nguYason waseKirene kwezihlanu iincwadi, siza kuzama ukushwankathela kumqulu omnye. 2:24 Kuba ukuqwalasela inani elingenasiphelo, kunye nobunzima abazifumanayo loo mnqweno wokukhangela amabali ebali, kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo umcimbi, 2:25 Silumkele ke, ukuze abo bafundayo babe nokuyoliswa, kwaye ukuze abo banqwenela ukukhumbula babe nokukhululeka, kwaye ukuze bonke abasukuba ifike ezandleni zabo ibe nenzuzo. 2:26 ngoko kuthi, bathe bawenza phezu kwethu lo msebenzi unzima ukugqiba, kwakungekho lula, kodwa ngumbandela wokubila nokubukela; 2:27 Kwanjengokuba kungekuyo lula kulowo wenza isidlo, aze amfune Noko ke sogqiba, ukuba sikholeke abaninzi ngovuyo ezi ntlungu zingaka; 2:28 Ukushiya kumbhali yokuphatha ngqo yonke ethile, kunye ukusebenza ngokulandela imigaqo yoshwankathelo. 2:29 Kuba njengokuba umakhi wendlu entsha umelwe kukuthi ayinyamekele yonke isakhiwo; ke yena othe wazama ukuyiveza, wayiqaba, makayifune linxibe iimpahla zokuhomba kwayo; ndicinga ukuba kunjalo nakuthi. 2:30 Ukuma phezu kweengongoma zonke, kwaye uhambe phezu kwezinto ngokubanzi, kwaye ube unomdla wokwazi ngeenkcukacha, yeyombhali wokuqala webali: 2:31 Kuthi ke ukuba kusetyenziswe ubufutshane, nikukhwebule ukubulaleka okukhulu kulo msebenzi, kuya kuba njalo linikiwe ke yena oya kuthi ngokufutshane. 2:32 Masiqale apha ke ibali; Kuye kwathiwa, ukuba yinto yobudenge ukwenza isandiso ende, kwaye ukuba mfutshane ebalini ngokwalo.