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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.