2 iiMaccabees 5:1 Malunga nelo xesha uAntiochus walungisa uhambo lwakhe lwesibini ukuya eYiputa. 5:2 Kwathi ke, kuwo wonke umzi, kwaphantse ukuba malunga nesithuba iintsuku ezingamashumi amane, kwabonwa abamahashe bebaleka emoyeni, benxibe iingubo ze begolide, bexhobe iincula njengeqela lamajoni; 5:3 nabamahashe bezingxilimbela bexhobile, baqubisana, babaleka omnye ngokuchasene omnye, ngokushukunyiswa kwamakhaka, nentaphane yeepiki, nokuzoba amakrele, nokuphoswa kwemikhonto, nokumenyezela kwezihombo zegolide, kunye intambo yazo zonke iintlobo. 5:4 Wathandazela ke oko wonke umntu, ukuba loo mbono uguquke, ube mhle. 5:5 Ke kaloku, xa kwaphuma ubuxoki, ngokungathi uAntiochus efile, uYason wathabatha ubuncinane iwaka lamadoda, kwaye ngequbuliso wenza i uhlaselo phezu kwesixeko; nabebephezu kweendonga babuyiselwa umva. Kwathi, ekupheleni komzi, uMeneyu wabalekela enqabeni. 5:6 Kodwa uYason wababulala abantu bakowabo ngaphandle kwenceba, engacinganga oko ukufumana umhla wabo wesizwe sakhe kuya kuba yeyona mini ingonwabanga yena; kodwa beba baziintshaba zakhe, ababantu bakowabo; lowo waboyisayo. 5:7 Noko ke, ngenxa yazo zonke ezi zinto, akazuzanga burhuluneli, wabuzuza ekugqibeleni wafumana ihlazo ngenxa yomvuzo wakhe wokungcatsha, wabuya wasabela endlwini ilizwe loonyana baka-Amon. 5:8 Uthe ke ekugqibeleni wabuya engonwabanga, emangalelwe ngenxa engaphambili UAreta, ukumkani wama-Arabhi, ebaleka evela kwimizi ngemizi, esukelana naye bonke abantu bethiyiwe njengalowo uwushiyayo umyalelo, bangamasikizi njengotshaba lwasesidlangalaleni lwelizwe lakowabo nabemi belizwe lakhe, wakhutshelwa ngaphandle Jiphethe. 5:9 Ngokunjalo lowo wagxothelayo abaninzi ezweni labo watshabalala ngendlela engaqhelekanga umhlaba, umhlala phantsi kwiLacedemonians, kwaye ucinga apho ukufumana uncedo ngenxa yemizalwane yakhe. 5:10 Ke kaloku lowo wakhupha abaninzi, ababengangcwatywanga, akwabakho bani ulilelayo, kanjalo nokuba yiyiphi na indawo yomngcwabo, nokuba lingcwaba nooyise. 5:11 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kuhlile oko, yeza emotweni yokumkani, wacinga ukuba Lakreqa elakwaYuda, laza lemka eYiputa ngengqondo enomsindo. wawuthimba umzi ngezikhali; 5:12 Wabawisela umthetho amadoda akhe okulwa, ukuba angabacongi abo baqubisana nabo, ababulale njengoko benyuka besiya ezindlwini. 5:13 Ngaloo ndlela kwabulawa abaselula nabadala, kugxothwa amadoda, abafazi, kunye abantwana, ukubulawa kweentombi neentombi. 5:14 Kwatshatyalaliswa ngeentsuku ezintathu zonke ezimashumi asibhozo kwabulawa amashumi amane amawaka emfazweni; kwaye hayi bambalwa abathengiswayo kunababuleweyo. 5:15 Akanela ke noko, wasuka wasukela ukungena kweyona ndawo ingcwele itempile yehlabathi lonke; UMeneus, umngcatshi emithethweni, nakuwakhe ilizwe lakhe, engumkhokeli wakhe: 5:16 nizithabathe iimpahla ezingcwele, ngezandla eziziinqambi, nangezandla ezihlambelayo; idiliza izinto ezingcwaliswe ngookumkani ngabanye Wabanika indili nozuko nembeko yendawo leyo. 5:17 Kwaye kanjalo wakhukhumala uAntiochus engqondweni, kangangokuba akazange acinge ukuba yena UYehova waba nomsindo umzuzwana ngenxa yezono zabo babehleli kuloo mzi; ngenxa yoko lalingekho iliso lakhe kuloo ndawo. 5:18 Kuba lo mntu, ukuba ube abefudula ebotshwe zizono ezininzi, kamsinya wathi akufika, watyakatywa kwaoko, wasuswa kweyakhe ucingelo, njengoko wayenjalo uHeliodorus, owathunyelwa nguSeleucus ukumkani ukuba aye kubona ubuncwane. 5:19 Noko ke uThixo akabanyulanga ngenxa yaloo ndawo; beka kude ngenxa yabantu. 5:20 Kungoko ke indawo ngokwayo yabe inesabelo nabo ubunzima obenzeka kuhlanga, emva koko banxibelelana kwi Amancedo avela kuNdikhoyo, njengoko ashiywe kukuvutha komsindo wakhe USomandla, ngoko kwakhona, iNkosi enkulu ixolelanisiwe, yamiselwa nayo lonke uzuko. 5:21 Ngoko xa uAntiochus wakhupha iwaka elinesibhozo Wemka ngobungxamo bonke, waya kwa-Antiyokwe, elilela kuye ikratshi lokulenza lihambe ilizwe, nolwandle luhambe ngeenyawo; ukuzidla kwentliziyo yakhe. 5:22 Wawayeka amarhuluneli ukuba abandezele uhlanga; eYerusalem uFilipu, ngenxa yakhe engumFrigi, enesimilo esibi ngaphezu kwalowo ummisileyo Pha; 5:23 naseGarizim nguAndroniko; ngaphandle koko ke nguMenelayu, ombi ngaphezu kwabo bonke Ke abaseleyo babebaphethe ngesandla esinzima abemiyo, beneentliziyo ezikhohlakeleyo ngokuchasene namaYuda akowabo. 5:24 Wathumela kananjalo loo nkokeli lizothe uApoloniyo, enomkhosi wababini namashumi amabini amawaka, bemyalela ukuba ababulale bonke abo bakunye nabo iminyaka engcono, kunye nokuthengisa abafazi kunye nohlobo oluncinci: 5:25 abathe beza eYerusalem, benza ngathi banoxolo, banyamezela kwada kwayingcwele Ngomhla wesabatha, ekuthabatheni kwakhe amaYuda ukuba awugcine umhla ongcwele, wawayalela amadoda akhe ukuba axhobe. 5:26 Kwaye ngoko wababulala bonke abo babeye embhiyozweni ngesabatha, bawubaleka umzi, benezikhali, bebulala kakhulu izihlwele. 5:27 Kodwa uJudas Maccabeus nabanye abasithoba, okanye malunga nabo, wemka ngokwakhe entlango, wahlala ezintabeni ngokohlobo lwe namarhamncwa, kunye neqela lakhe, abesidla imifuno ngamaxesha onke, ukuze bangabi nakuzidla bathabathe inxaxheba kungcoliseko.