2 iiMaccabees
10:1 Ke kaloku uMacabeus neqela lakhe, uYehova ebakhokela, wababuyisa
itempile kunye nesixeko:
10:2 Ke zona izibingelelo, ezazakhayo ezitratweni zeentlanga, kananjalo
iindawo zokunqula, bazidiliza.
10:3 Beyihlambulule itempile, benza esinye isibingelelo, bebetha
bathabatha amatye kuwo, banyusa umbingelelo emva kwamabini
iminyaka, wabeka isiqhumiso, nezibane, nezonka zokubonisa.
10:4 Kwathi kwakuba njalo, bawa ngobuso, bambongoza uYehova
angabi sangena kwiinkathazo ezinjalo; kodwa ukuba bathe bona ngakumbi
ngakuye, ukuze abathethise ngokwakhe ngenceba;
bangabi nako ukunikelwa kuzo iintlanga ezinyelisa uThixo, nezirhwaphilizo.
10:5 Ke kaloku, kwangaloo mini abasemzini bayihlambela ngayo itempile, ngomhla wesithathu;
Kwangaloo mini yahlanjululwa kwakhona, kwangomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu
kwangaloo nyanga, eyiCasleu.
10:6 Benza ke iintsuku ezisibhozo, bevuya, njengasethekweni leNkosi
bekhumbula ukuba kwakungekudala, besenza umthendeleko weminquba
iminquba, xa babebhadula ezintabeni nemiqolomba efana
izilo.
10:7 Ke ngoko bathwala amasebe, namasebe amahle, kunye namasundu, kwaye bacula
Iindumiso kulowo ubenze banempumelelo, bayihlambulule indawo yakhe.
10:8 Bamisela ummiselo ke nommiselo ke, wokuba minyaka le
kufuneka kugcinwe iintsuku kulo lonke uhlanga lwamaYuda.
10:9 Kwaye oku kwaba isiphelo Antiochus, ebizwa Epiphanes.
10:10 Ngoku siya kuvakalisa izenzo Antiochus Eupator, owayengunyana ka
lo ungendawo, ehlanganisa ngokufutshane iintlekele zeemfazwe.
10:11 Uthe ke, akufika esithsaba, wamisa uLisiya othile kwimicimbi yaso
ebukumkanini bakhe, wammisa ukuba abe yirhuluneli yakhe eyintloko yaseKelosriya
Phenice.
10:12 Kuba uPtolemeyu, lowo wayebizwa ngokuba yiMakron, ekhetha ukwenza ubulungisa
zazamela ke bona amaYuda ukuba ngobubi obenziwe kuwo
hlalani ninoxolo nabo.
10:13 Ekuthe ke watyholwa ngabahlobo bokumkani phambi koEwutare, wabiza
Umngcatshi ngamazwi onke ngenxa yokuba wemka eSipro, awayenaye uFilometori
wazinikela kuye, wemka waya kuAntiochus Epiphanes, ekubona oko
wayengekho kwindawo ebekekileyo, wayedimazekile kangangokuba watyhefa
ngokwakhe waza wafa.
10:14 Uthe ke, xa uGorgias eyirhuluneli yenqaba, waqesha amasoldati;
Waqhubeka esenza imfazwe namaYuda.
10:15 Athe ngenxa yoko ama-Idume esesandleni sawo ngokungakumbi
izinto zexabiso, wawagcina amaYuda exakekile, ewamkela abekho
begxothiwe eYerusalem, bajikeleza besenza imfazwe.
10:16 Bakhunga ke abo babenoMakabhe, bekhunga kuThixo
ukuba abe ngumncedi wabo; ke ngoko babaleka benogonyamelo
iinqaba zamaIdume;
10:17 Kwaye babaxabela ngamandla, baphumelela, yaye bayinqanda yonke loo nto
yalwa eludongeni, yababulala bonke abawayo ezandleni zabo, kwaye
babulala abangaphantsi kwamashumi amabini amawaka.
10:18 Kwaye ngenxa yokuba abathile ababalekayo ababengekho ngaphantsi kwamawaka alithoba
kunye zibe ziinqaba ezimbini ezomeleleyo kakhulu, zineentlobo zonke zezinto
luncedo ukugcina ungqingo,
10:19 UMakayi wamshiya uSimon noYosefu, noZakeyu, nabo babekho
kunye naye, ababenako ukubangqinga, wemka waya kuye
ezo ndawo bezifuna uncedo lwakhe.
10:20 Ke kaloku abo babenoSimon, berholwa ngokubawa, baye
Weyiselwa ngemali ngabathile ababesenqabeni yomkhosi;
bathabatha amashumi asixhenxe amawaka eedrarhima, kwasinda inxenye kubo.
10:21 Ke kaloku, akukuva oko kwenzekileyo, wabiza iirhuluneli zelo lizwe
abantu bahlangana ndawonye, bawamangalela loo madoda, ukuba athengisa ngeempahla zawo
abazalwana ngemali, kwaye bakhulule iintshaba zabo ukuba zilwe nabo.
10:22 Wababulala ke abo bafunyanwa bengabangcatshi, wabathabatha kwaoko abo babini
iinqaba.
10:23 enempumelelo nezixhobo zakhe ezintweni zonke, awabaphatha ngesandla;
wababulala kwezo nqaba zombini ngaphezu kwamashumi amabini amawaka.
10:24 Ke kaloku uTimoti, lowo wayemoyisile amaYuda ngenxa engaphambili, wabuthelana ndawonye
nenkitha enkulu yemikhosi yezizwe, namahashe avela eAsiya, abambalwa;
weza ngokungathi uza kuthimba ubuYuda ngezikhali.
10:25 Uthe ke akusondela, bajika abo babenoMakabhi
ukuba bathandaze kuThixo, babafefe ngomhlaba entloko, babhinqe
esinqeni eneengubo ezirhwexayo;
10:26 Wawa phantsi emazantsi esibingelelo, wambongoza ukuba abe nenceba kuye
ukuba ube lutshaba kwiintshaba zabo, umbandezeli wabo
abachasi ngokomthetho.
10:27 Ngoko emva komthandazo bazithabatha izixhobo zabo, banduluka ngakumbi
asondela ezintshabeni zawo, alinda
ngokwabo.
10:28 Ke kaloku, lakuphuma ilanga, bahlangana bobabini; inxalenye enye
bekunye nokulunga kwabo, nokuba yindawo yokusabela eNkosini
isibambiso sempumelelo yabo kunye noloyiso: elinye icala ukwenza umsindo wabo
inkokeli yedabi labo
10:29 Kuthe ke, yakuba namandla imfazwe, kwabonakala iintshaba zivela
ezulwini amadoda amahlanu abukekayo ekhwele amahashe, anemikhala yegolide, nambini kuwo
bawakhokela amaYuda,
10:30 wamthabatha uMakabhiyo phakathi kwabo, wamgubungela ngeentonga ngeenxa zonke;
Bamgcina, badubula ngeentolo nemibane phezu kweentshaba zakhe.
ngokokude bahlazeke bubumfama, bezele lunxunguphalo
ubulewe.
10:31 Kwabulawa amajoni ahamba ngeenyawo angamashumi amabini amawaka anamakhulu amahlanu
amakhulu amathandathu abakhweli bamahashe.
10:32 Ke yena uTimoti, wabalekela emboniselweni eluqine kunene, ekuthiwa yiGawra;
apho uKereya wayeyirhuluneli.
10:33 Ke bona ababenoMakabhi bayingqinga inqaba
ngenkalipho iintsuku ezine.
10:34 Bathi ke abangaphakathi, bekholose ngokuqina kwendawo;
Etshabhise ngokuncamisileyo, wathetha amazwi angendawo.
10:35 Kodwa ngomhla wesihlanu, kwakusasa, amadodana angamashumi amabini aseMaccabeus.
Iqela, livutha ngumsindo ngenxa yezinyeliso, labahlasela
yaye ngenkalipho eyoyikekayo babulala yonke into ababedibana nayo.
10:36 Benyuka ngokunjalo nabanye emva kwabo, bematasatasa nabo;
Ayengaphakathi azitshisa iinqaba ezinde, azitshisa nemililo
behleli banyelisi; baza abanye bawavula amasango, bakwamkela
phakathi komkhosi, wawuthimba umzi;
10:37 bambulala uTimoti, owayefihliwe emhadini othile, noKereya umkakhe.
umzalwana, kunye Apollophanes.
10:38 Bakuba bekwenzile oko, bayidumisa iNkosi ngeendumiso nemibulelo,
owawenzela izinto ezinkulu amaSirayeli, wawanikela uloyiso.