2 iiMaccabees 4:1 Lo ke uSimon, ebesithetha yena ngenxa engaphambili, nokuba ebengumngcatshi imali, nelizwe lakhe, wamnyelisa uOnias, ngokungathi uyoyika Heliodorus, kwaye ube ngumsebenzi wobu bubi. 4:2 Ngoko waba nesibindi sokumbiza ngokuba ngumngcatshi, lowo ubefanelwe kukulunga isixeko, waza waluthantamisa olwakhe uhlanga, kwaye wayenenzondelelo ngemithetho. 4:3 Yakuba yemka intiyo yabo, yesuka yaba yelinye iqela likaSimon kwabulawa abantu, 4:4 UOnias ebona ingozi yolu khuphiswano, nokuba uApoloniyo, njengoko Ithe ke yona irhuluneli yaseKelosriya nelaseFenike, yaqumba, yanda ulunya lukaSimon, 4:5 Waza waya kukumkani, kungekhona ukuze abe ngummangaleli wesizwe sakowabo; okuhle kuzo zonke, zombini kunye nabucala: 4:6 Kuba wayebona ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ilizwe lithi cwaka. waza uSimon wabushiya ubutyhakala bakhe, ukuba ukumkani akakhange akhangele oko. 4:7 Kodwa emva kokufa kukaSeleucus, xa uAntiochus, obizwa ngokuba nguEpiphanes, wathabatha ebukumkanini, uYason umninawa ka-Onias wasebenza ngokufihlakeleyo ukuze aphakanyiswe umbingeleli, 4:8 Idinga kukumkani ngokubongoza, amakhulu amathathu anamanci mathandathu iitalente zesilivere, omnye ungeniselo zimashumi asibhozo eetalente. 4:9 Ngaphandle koko, wathembisa ukunika ikhulu elinamanci mahlanu ngaphezulu, ukuba uthe unokuba nelayisenisi yokummisela indawo yokuzilolonga, kunye neye ukuqeqeshela ubutsha ngokwesimo seentlanga, nokuba sibhale kuzo yeYerusalem ngegama lakwa-Antiyokiya. 4:10 Akuvuma ke ukumkani, wayibamba esandleni sakhe walawula ngoko nangoko wazisa isizwe sakhe kwisiGrike. 4:11 Amalungelo obukumkani anikwa amaYuda ngamaYuda indlela kaYohane uyise kaEupolemo, owahamba unozakuzaku eRoma uthando noncedo, waluthabatha; nokubeka phantsi oorhulumente ababekho ngokomthetho wezisa amasiko amatsha ngokuchasene nomthetho; 4:12 Kuba wakha ngovuyo indawo yokuzivocavoca phantsi kwenqaba ngokwayo, kwaye wawathoba amadodana aziintloko, wawanxibisa umnqwazi. 4:13 Ke kaloku bekunjalo ukuphakama kwefashoni yamaGrike, nokukhula kwabahedeni ndisenza izinto ezincamisayo, ekungcoleni kukaYason, lowo ungahloneli Thixo uludwayi, kungekho mbingeleli mkhulu; 4:14 ukuba ababingeleli ababa nabuganga bakukhonza esibingelelweni; bedelela itempile, bewatyeshela amadini, bangxamele ukubakho abathathi-nxaxheba kwisibonelelo esingekho mthethweni kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, emva kwe umdlalo weDiscus wababiza; 4:15 bengabekwanga ngokwembeko yooyise, bathanda uzuko lukaThixo AmaGrike angcono kakhulu. 4:16 Bafikelwa yinkxwaleko enzima; iintshaba zabo nabaphindezeli, abalandela isiko labo ngenyameko, kwaye ababenqwenela ukuba bafane naye ezintweni zonke. 4:17 Kuba ukwenza okuchasene nomthetho kaThixo kuyinto elula; ixesha elilandelayo liya kuzixela ezi zinto. 4:18 Ke kaloku, kwakuqhutywa umdlalo wokholo minyaka le eTire ekho ukumkani, 4:19 UYason lo, ulitshijolo, wesuka wathuma abathunywaabathunywa, bephuma eYerusalem kwa-Antiyokwe, ukuya kuthwala amakhulu amathathu eedrarhima zesilivere, ukuya embingelelweni yeHercules, abathi nabathwali bayo bacinga ukuba ayifanelekanga ukuyinika phezu kwedini, ngenxa yokuba lalingafanelekanga, kodwa laliza kugcinwa kwezinye iintlawulo. 4:20 Le mali ngoko, ngokomthumeli, yabe imiselwe uHercules. idini; kodwa ngenxa yabathwali bawo, yayisetyenzwa kwabacinezeli ukwenziwa kweegali. 4:21 Ke kaloku, akuba uApoloniyo, unyana kaMenestheus, wathunyelwa eYiputa ukuba eze kucela ukubekwa esihlalweni kukakumkani uPtolemeus Philometor, uAntiochus, emqonda ukuba angachatshazelwa kakuhle kwimicimbi yakhe, abonelele ngokhuseleko lwakhe: weza eYopa, wesuka khona waya eYerusalem; 4:22 apho wamkelwa ngokubekekileyo nguYason, nakuwo umzi, waba khona zaziswa kukhanyiso, kukho intswahla enkulu, kwaza emva koko wahamba nomkhosi wakhe baya eFenike. 4:23 Ke kaloku, emva kweminyaka emithathu, uYason wathuma uMeneyu, okaSimon umzalwana wakhe, ukuba ayise kukumkani imali, amkhumbuze imiba ethile eyimfuneko. 4:24 Ke yena wasiwa phambi kokumkani, akuba enze mkhulu kuye ngenxa yembonakalo ezukileyo yamandla akhe, wazuza ububingeleli kuye Wanikela ngaphezu kukaYason ngeetalente zesilivere ezimakhulu mathathu. 4:25 Weza ke ngelizwi lokumkani, engabalulekanga nganto bububingeleli, kodwa bunomsindo wobuzwilakhe okhohlakeleyo, noburhalarhume bomntu irhamncwa elikhohlakeleyo. 4:26 Ke kaloku uYason, owamgibayo umzalwana wakhe, ephethwe kakubi omnye, kwanyanzeleka ukuba asabele kwilizwe lama-Amon. 4:27 Ngoko uMeneyu wayizuza irhuluneli, nemali abenayo Wathembisa ukumkani, akwabakho mthetho ulungileyo ngalo, nguSostratisi Umphathi wenqaba wayifuna. 4:28 Kuba ebambene naye ukuhlanganiswa kwamasiko. Ngako oko ba babizwa bobabini phambi kokumkani. 4:29 Ke kaloku uMeneyu washiya uLisimako umzalwana wakhe esikhundleni sakhe kububingeleli; waza uSostrato wamshiya uKrates, irhuluneli yamaSipro. 4:30 Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uzenza ezo zinto, benza abaseTarso naseMalo isidubedube, ngenxa yokuba zanikwa ishweshwe lokumkani, ebizwa uAntiochus. 4:31 Waza ukumkani wangxama ukucela ukucamagushela, emshiya uAndroniko. indoda enegunya, ngenxa yesekela layo. 4:32 Ke kaloku uMeneyu, eba ufumene ithuba, weba neempahla zegolide zetempile, wanika ezinye zazo UAndroniko, inxenye wayithengisa eTire, nakwimizi ngeenxa zonke. 4:33 Uthe ke uOnias, ekwazi okunene, wamkhalimela, wemka kwindawo engcwele eDafene, ekwa-Antiyokiya. 4:34 Uthe ngoko uMeneyu, wamthabatha uAndroniko, wambongoza ukuba amthabathe u-Onias ezandleni zakhe; owathi eyiseyisekile kuloo nto, weza kuOnias Ngenkohliso, wamnika isandla sokunene, efunga; nakuba wayerhanelwa kodwa wamcenga ukuba aphume engcweleni; Wavalela ke kwaoko, akwabakho bulungisa. 4:35 Ngenxa yoko yayingekuko amaYuda odwa, kube kuninzi lwezinye iintlanga; bacaphuka kakhulu, kwaye babebuhlungu kakhulu ngokubulala ngokungekho sikweni kuka indoda. 4:36 Wabuya ke ukumkani, evela kwelakwaYuda, evela kwelaseKiliki ababekuloo mzi, nabathile kumaGrike abeyithiyile loo nto kananjalo, wakhalaza ngenxa yokuba u-Onias wabulawa ngaphandle kwesizathu. 4:37 Waba buhlungu ke uAntiyoko, wasikwa yimfesane, walila; ngenxa yehambo endilisekileyo nendilisekileyo yalowo ufileyo. 4:38 Wavutha ngumsindo, wamthabatha kwaoko uAndroniko wakhe azikrazula iingubo zakhe, amrholela kuwo umzi uphela ukuya kuloo ndawo wayeyenze ubutshijolo ku-Onias. wambulala khona umbulali oqalekisiweyo. Ngaloo ndlela ke uYehova wamvuza ngowakhe isohlwayo, njengoko ebemfanele. 4:39 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kusenziwa izithixo ezininzi emzini nguLisimako ngemvume kaMenelayu, zasasazwa iziqhamo zayo; Yahlanganisana indimbane, yamchasa uLisimako, into eninzi izitya zegolide sele zithwaliwe. 4:40 Basuka besuka abantu abaqhelekileyo, bezele bubushushu; ULysimachus exhobe malunga namadoda angamawaka amathathu, waza waqala ukunikela ubundlobongela; omnye uAuranus eyinkokeli, indoda ehambile ngeminyaka, kwaye hayi ngaphantsi kobudenge. 4:41 Ke kaloku, bakukubona ukuzama kukaLisimako, inxenye kubo yabamba amatye; ezinye iintonga, ezinye zithatha uthuli lwezandla, olukufutshane, lujulwe bonke bephela, phezu koLisimako, nabahleli phezu kwabo. 4:42 Ngoko ke into eninzi kubo bayingxwelerha, inxenye bayixabela emhlabeni; bonke babasaba bonke; yena bambulalela ngasemkhumbini wokulondoloza imali. 4:43 Kwabe kukho isityholo eso UMeneus. 4:44 Ke kaloku, akufika ukumkani eTire, amadoda amathathu ethunyiwe evela eTire INdlu yeeNgwevu ithethe ityala phambi kwakhe: 4:45 Kodwa uMeneyu, egwetyiwe, wathembisa uPtolemee unyana ka Dorymenes ukuba amnike imali eninzi, ukuba uya kumthuthuzela ukumkani yena. 4:46 Waza uPtoleme wamthabathela bucala ukumkani kwindawo yegalari, njengoko kunjalo ukuba athabathe umoya, asukele ingqondo yimbi; 4:47 wada wamkhulula uMenelayu kuzo izityholo zakhe, owathi kanti ke yena unobangela wabo bonke ububi; ukuba babelichazile ityala labo, ewe, phambi kwamaSkitiya, ngebelitshilo bagwetywe bengenatyala, wabagwebela ukufa. 4:48 Benjenjalo ke abayilandelayo indaba yesixeko, nabantu, ne kuba izitya ezingcwele, zakhawuleza zafumana isohlwayo esingenabulungisa. 4:49 Ngenxa yoko, nabaseTire bayithiya loo nto ingendawo; wabenza bangcwatywa ngokubekekileyo. 4:50 Kwaye ngokunjalo ngenxa yokubawa kwabo banegunya Menelayo wahlala egunyeni, ehambela phambili ebubini, eba mkhulu umngcatshi kubemi.