2 iiMaccabees 8:1 Ke kaloku uJudas Maccabeus, nabo babenaye, bangena ngasese, bangena endlwini imizi, babizela ndawonye abazalwana babo, babathabathela kubo bonke abanjalo Bahlala behleli elunqulweni lwamaYuda, bahlanganisana amawaka amathandathu amadoda. 8:2 Ke bona banqula uYehova, ukuba abakhangele abantu ukuba yanyathelwa ngabantu bonke; kwanetempile ehlanjelweyo ngabantu abangahloneli Thixo amadoda; 8:3 nokuba abe nemfesane ngawo umzi, ube mabi, ulungile yenziwe kwanasemhlabeni; ulive igazi elalikhala kuye. 8:4 khumbulani ukubulala kwabantwana abakhohlakeleyo; unyelise igama lakhe; nokuba uya kubonisa eyakhe intiyo kwabangendawo. 8:5 Ke kaloku, xa Maccabeus waba neqela lakhe malunga naye, akazange akwazi ukumelana ngokuba ubushushu kaNdikhoyo buguquke baba yinceba. 8:6 Wafika ngephanyazo, wayitshisa imizi nemizi, wafumana ezandleni zakhe ezona ndawo zilungileyo, woyisa wazibeka musani ukuba mbalwa kweentshaba zakhe. 8:7 Uthe ke ngokukodwa ebusuku, wasebenzisa ubusuku kwezo nzonzobila; saza isiqhamo sobungcwele bakhe sasasazwa ezindaweni zonke. 8:8 Uthe ke uFilipu, akubona ukuba lo mntu ukhula kancinane, kancinane ukuba izinto zihambela phambili kuye ngakumbi nangakumbi, wabhalela kuye uPtolemeus, irhuluneli yaseCelosyria naseFenike, ukuba anikele uncedo olungakumbi imicimbi yokumkani. 8:9 Kwaoko wanyula uNikanore, unyana kaPatroko, omnye wabanyuliweyo bakhe; Wamthuma ke, bengekho ngaphantsi kwamashumi amabini amawaka kuzo zonke iintlanga phantsi kwakhe, ukuba ancothule sonke isizukulwana samaYuda; kunye naye Wangena noGorgia, umthetheli-waka, owayeyintloko ngemicimbi yemfazwe amava. 8:10 Ngoko uNicanor wazimisela ukwenza imali eninzi kangako kumaYuda asekuthinjweni, njengoko bahlawule irhafu yamawaka amabini eetalente, abeza kunikwa ukumkani hlawula amaRoma. 8:11 Wathi ngoko kwaoko, wathumela emizini engaselunxwemeni lolwandle. ebhengeza ukuthengiswa kwamaYuda asekuthinjweni, kwaye ethembisa ukuba kufuneka babe nemizimba emashumi asibhozo kwitalente enye, bengalindeli impindezelo eyayiza kulandela phezu kwakhe evela kuThixo uSomandla. 8:12 Ke kaloku, yaxelwa kuYudas waseNikanore ngokuza, kwaye wayenza wabanika abo babenaye ukuba umkhosi usondele. 8:13 Abo ke bamoyikayo, bengakholwanga ngobulungisa bukaThixo, basaba bazihambisa kude. 8:14 Abanye bathengisa ngeento zonke ababesele bezishiyile, beyibongoza iNkosi bahlangule, kuthengiswe ngabo ngoNikanore ongendawo, bengekahlangani; 8:15 Kwaye ukuba kungekhona ngenxa yabo, kodwa ngenxa iminqophiso abenze nabo nooyise babo, nangenxa yegama lakhe elingcwele, elizukileyo, abazenza ngalo babiziwe. 8:16 Wawabizela ndawonye ke amadoda akhe inani lamawaka amathandathu; wabayala ukuba bangankwantye lutshaba, nokuba bangoyiki Yoyikani ingxokolo eninzi yeentlanga, eyabachasa; kodwa ukulwa ngamandla, 8:17 nokubeka phambi kwamehlo abo ububi ababenze ngako indawo engcwele, nokuphathwa gadalala komzi lowo, abenza wona ukugculelwa, kunye nokuthatyathwa korhulumente wabo oobawo: 8:18 Wathi, Bakholose ngezikhali zabo, nangokungafihlisi kwabo; kodwa wethu Ukholose ngoSomandla onokuthi ngenqindi awise bobabini oko yiza ngokuchasene nathi, kwanalo lonke ihlabathi. 8:19 Wababalisela uncedo ababelufumene ookhokho babo. nokuhlangulwa kwabo, phantsi koSaneribhe, ikhulu elinamanci asibhozo kwafa amawaka amahlanu. 8:20 Wabaxelela imfazwe ababeyilwe eBhabheli MaGalati, indlela abeza ngayo ngamawaka asibhozo ewonke kushishino, kunye amawaka amane abaseMakedoni, bathe badideka abaseMakedoni, Amawaka asibhozo atshabalalisa ikhulu elinamanci mabini lamawaka ngenxa kaNdikhoyo bazuza uncedo oluvela ezulwini, baza ngokunjalo bazuza ixhoba elikhulu. 8:21 Ke kaloku, akuba bebomelezile ngaloo mazwi, beza kufa umthetho nelizwe, wawahlula-hlula umkhosi wakhe waba ziinxalenye ezine; 8:22 Wanamathela kuye abazalwana bakhe, abaphathi bamaqela ngamaqela, ukuba baye USimon, noYosefu, noYonatan, bamnika elowo ishumi elinesihlanu lamakhulu amadoda. 8:23 Wammisela uElazare ukuba ayilese incwadi engcwele, emva koko wayibhala Uncedo lukaThixo kubo; yena ekhokela iqela lokuqala, 8:24 Ngoncedo lukaSomandla babulala ngaphezu kwamawaka alithoba kubo iintshaba, kwaye benzakalise kwaye bengxwelerha inxalenye enkulu yomkhosi kaNicanor, njalo njalo khupha yonke into; 8:25 Wayithabatha imali yabo abeze kuthenga, abasukela kude; bengenaxesha babuya: 8:26 Kuba loo mini ibingaphambi kwesabatha, abavumanga zisukeleni ixesha elide. 8:27 Bazihlanganisa ke izixhobo zabo, baphanga iintshaba zabo, bazixakekisa ngesabatha, baqhayisela kakhulu indumiso nombulelo eNkosini, eyabalondolozayo kwada kwayiloo mini; Oko ke ibikukuqala kwenceba ehleli phezu kwabo. 8:28 Kwathi emva kwesabatha, babanika inxalenye yamaxhoba iziqhwala, nabahlolokazi neenkedama, amasalela babahlula phakathi bona nabakhonzi babo. 8:29 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kwenzeke oko, babongoza zonke, bamana bekhunga Bayibongoza iNkosi enenceba, ukuba baxolelane nabakhonzi bayo ngonaphakade. 8:30 Ngaphezu koko, abo babenoTimoti noBacchides, abalwa ngokuchasene nabo, babulala ngaphezu kwamashumi amabini amawaka, kwaye ngokulula kakhulu baphakama baneenqaba, baza bahlulelana ngamaxhoba amaninzi wenza iziqhwala, neenkedama, nabahlolokazi, kwanabakhulileyo, balingane ukonakalisa kunye ngokwabo. 8:31 Bathe ke bakuziqokelela izikrweqe zabo, bazibeka phantsi zonke ngocoselelo kwiindawo ezifanelekileyo, kunye namasalela amaxhoba bona zisiwe eYerusalem. 8:32 Bambulala ke noFilarki, laa mntu ungendawo, ubenoTimoti; Wawacaphukisa ngeendlela ezininzi amaYuda. 8:33 Phezu koko ke benza umthendeleko woloyiso kubo Balitshisa ilizwe iKalelisi, elafaka umlilo emasangweni angcwele; abasabela endlwini encinane; ngoko ke wamkela umvuzo ofanele ukuwenza ubungendawo bakhe. 8:34 Lowo ke uNikanore ungenanceba, ezise iwaka abarhwebi ukuba bathenge amaYuda, 8:35 Yena ke wathotywa ngoncedo lweNkosi, awamthobayo ngabo wenze iakhawunti encinci; ekhulula isambatho sakhe esizukileyo, kwaye walikhupha ibandla lakhe, weza njengomkhonzi obalekayo phakathi kwelizwe phakathi kwelizwe, kwada kweza kwa-Antiyokwe, eneentloni kakhulu, ngenxa yokuba umkhosi wakhe ubusenjalo itshatyalalisiwe. 8:36 Ngokunjalo, lowo wamkelayo ukuba alungiselele amaRoma irhafu yawo nabathinjwa eYerusalem, baxelelwa kude, ukuba amaYuda afanele uThixo balwele, ngoko ke ababanga nakwenzakala, ngokuba bona balandela imithetho awayebanike yona.