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.