2 iiMaccabees 9:1 Ngelo xesha kweza uAntiochus, ehlazekile, evela ezweni iPersi 9:2 Kuba ebengene emzini ekuthiwa yiPersepoli, eza kubhuqa itempile, nokubamba umzi; ekuthe ngoko izihlwele zabaleka ukuya kuzithethelela Ngezixhobo zabo babasabisa; kwaye kwenzeka, awathi uAntiochus wagxothwa abahlali wabuya nayo shame. 9:3 Ke kaloku, akufika e-Ekibhatane, waxelelwa into ehlileyo kuNikanore noTimoti. 9:4 ngoko ukudumba ngumsindo. wayecinga ukuziphindezela kumaYuda ucukucezwe ngabamsabayo. Yalela ngoko umqhubi wenqwelo yakhe yokulwa ukuba ayeke, angayeki ukuyihambisa; umgwebo kaThixo ngoku uyamlandela. Kuba wayethethe ngekratshi kule ndawo ukuze eze eYerusalem, ayenze indawo yokungcwaba eqhelekileyo yamaYuda. 9:5 Ke yena uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, wambetha ngogonyamelo olungaphiliyo. nesibetho esingabonakaliyo: okanye kamsinya nje akuba ewathethile la mazwi, intlungu wafikelwa ziintlungu ezimathumbu ezibilini; amalungu angaphakathi; 9:6 Ke oko kube kusesikweni kanye; neentuthumbo ezingaqhelekanga. 9:7 Noko ke akazange ayeke konke ekuqhayiseni, ezele ngekratshi, efutha umlilo ngobushushu bakhe kumaYuda; wathi mabakhawuleze uhambo; wathi ke, wawa phantsi athwalwa ngamandla enqwelweni yakhe; ngokokude bawe ngokukrakra bonke amalungu omzimba wakhe ayebuhlungu kakhulu. 9:8 Kwaye ngokunjalo uthe, kancinane wayecinga ukuba angawayalela amaza ulwandle, (wayezidla ngokugqithisela emntwini) kwaye wawulinganisela iintaba ezinde ngesikali, ngoku zaphoswa emhlabeni, zathwalwa inqwelo yehashe, iwabonakalalisa kuwo onke amandla abonakaliswa nguThixo. 9:9 ngokokude zisuke iimpethu emzimbeni wale ndoda ingendawo, nangexeshana wahlala ebuhlungu nentlungu, inyama yakhe yawa, kunye nokungcola kwe ivumba lakhe lawunuka kumkhosi wakhe wonke. 9:10 Kwaye umntu, ukuba wayecinga kancinane ngaphambili ukuba afikelele kwiinkwenkwezi ze ezulwini, akukho mntu unokunyamezela ukuthwala ivumba lakhe elinganyamezelekiyo. 9:11 Wathi ke ngoko, wathwaxwa, waqala ukulahla ikratshi lakhe elikhulu. nokufikelela kulwazi lwakhe ngesibetho sikaThixo, intlungu yakhe ukwandisa umzuzu ngamnye. 9:12 Akuba ke ebengenako ukumamela elakhe ivumba, wathetha la mazwi. Kufanelekile ukuzithoba kuThixo, nokuba umntu unokufa, ufanele ukuzithoba angazicingeli ngekratshi ukuba ebenguThixo. 9:13 Kananjalo lo ungendawo wabhambathisa kuYehova; inceba phezu kwakhe, esithi, 9:14 Wokuba umzi ongcwele, abeza wangxamela ukuwubeka kuwo kunye nomhlaba, awenze ube yindawo yokungcwaba yesiqhelo, ehlala inkululeko: 9:15 Ke kaloku, kumaYuda, lowo wayethe akafanelekanga ukwenjenjalo bangcwatywe, kodwa balahlwe ngaphandle kunye nabantwana babo ukuze bagqitywe iintaka namarhamncwa, wayeza kubenza balingane bonke abemi belizwe eAthene: 9:16 Kwaye itempile engcwele, leyo phambi kokuba uphangiwe, wayeza kuhombisa ngayo nezipho ezilungileyo, azibuyisele zonke iimpahla ezingcwele, enezinye ezininzi, aphume nazo ngokwengeniso yakhe, ahlawule imibingelelo; 9:17 ewe, nokuba ube engaba ngumYuda ngokwakhe, alityhutyhile lonke ilizwe elimiweyo elimiweyo, sivakalisa amandla kaThixo. 9:18 Kuyo yonke loo nto akayi kuphela umvandedwa wakhe; wamfikela; ngoko, encamile ngempilo yakhe, wababhalela AmaYuda, incwadi eyabhalwa phantsi, ikwimo yesikhungo, ngale ndlela: 9:19 uAntiochus, ukumkani nerhuluneli, kumaYuda alungileyo abemi bakhe unqwenela okukhulu ulonwabo, impilo, kunye nempumelelo: 9:20 Ukuba nithe nahlala kakuhle nina nabantwana benu, Yaphelela imicimbi yenu Ukwaneliseka, ndibulela kakhulu kuThixo, ndinethemba lam ezulwini. 9:21 Mna ke bendibuthathaka, okanye bendiya kukukhumbula inceba yakho uzuko nobubele obuvela ePersi, kwaye buthatyathwa kunye isifo esibuhlungu, ndacinga ukuba kuyimfuneko ukunyamekela ukhuseleko oluqhelekileyo yabo bonke: 9:22 ndingayithembi impilo yam, kodwa ndinethemba elikhulu lokuyiphepha le nto ukugula. 9:23 Kodwa ukuqwalasela ukuba nobawo, ngelo xesha wakhokelela umkhosi phakathi amazwe aphezulu. wamisela umntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zakhe, 9:24 oku ke, ukuba ithe yawa yona into, ukuba ithe yachasa, ukuba ithe yatshabhisa, ngathi zaziswa zonke iindaba ezinzima, besazi abo belizwe ekushiyekeni kubo ilizwe, lingabi navuso; 9:25 Kwakhona, kuqwalaselwe ukuba abathetheli ukuba banomda kunye abamelwane ebukumkanini bam balindeni amathuba, kwaye nilindele okuya kuthi ibe sisiganeko. Ndimmisele unyana wam uAntiochus ukuba abe ngukumkani, endidla ngokuphindaphindiweyo ndazinikela ndaza ndancoma kwabaninzi benu, xa ndandinyuke ndaya enyangweni amaphondo; endibabhalele ngolu hlobo: 9:26 Kungoko ndicelayo ukuba nilukhumbule ubabalo lwam; kwenziwa kuni ngokubanzi, kwaye ngokukhethekileyo, kwaye wonke umntu uya kuba usathembekile kum nonyana wam. 9:27 Kuba ndikholosekile kukuba uyawuqonda umphefumlo wam, ukuba athandwe yiyeke ngokukhawuleza iminqweno yakho. 9:28 Ke umbulali lowo, nomnyelisi, eve ubunzima ngokugqithileyo, njengaye wabongoza amanye amadoda, ngoko wafa kabuhlungu kwilizwe lasemzini ezintabeni. 9:29 Ke kaloku uFilipu, lowo wayenyuswe naye, wawuthwala umzimba wakhe, lowo ke wayefudula ekunye naye kananjalo esoyika unyana ka-Antiochus waya eYiputa kuPtolemeus Philometor.