2 iiMaccabees
12:1 Ke kaloku, yakubon' ukuba yenziwe le minqophiso, waya uLisiya kukumkani nakumaYuda
zazimalunga nokufuya kwabo.
12:2 Kodwa kubalawuli beendawo ezininzi, uTimoti noApoloniyo
nonyana kaGeneyo, noHieronymo, noDemofon, bekunye noNikanore
Irhuluneli yaseSipro yayingavumi ukuba bathi cwaka, bahlale khona
uxolo.
12:3 Namadoda aseYopa enza ububi obunjalo, athandaza kumaYuda
ababehleli phakathi kwabo, ukuze baye enqanaweni nabafazi babo nabantwana babo
ababezilungisile ngokungathi ababenzanga nto.
12:4 abamkela ngokomthetho womzi, ukuba linjalo
bethanda ukuhlala ngoxolo, bengakrokreli nto;
baphuma bangena enzulwini, barhaxwa kungengaphantsi kwamakhulu amabini kubo.
12:5 Ke kaloku uYudas, akuva ukuba le nkohlakalo eyenziwa abantu bakowabo, wayalela
abo babenaye bewalungisa.
12:6 Waza ebiza uThixo, uMgwebi olilungisa, wabafikela abo
ababulali babazalwana bakhe, batshisa izibuko ebusuku, babeka izibuko
imikhombe evutha umlilo, yaye abo basabelayo apho wababulala.
12:7 Wakuba uvaliwe umzi, wabuya umva, ngathi uya kubuya
ukuba bancothule bonke eYopa.
12:8 Uthe ke akuva ukuba amaYamniba enze kwangokunjalo
kumaYuda abehleli phakathi kwabo;
12:9 Wafika phezu kwamaYamni ngobusuku, wafaka umlilo kwizibuko kunye
ngokokude kubonakale ukukhanya komlilo eJerusalem ngambini
umgama oziitadiya ezilikhulu elinamashumi amane.
12:10 Ke kaloku, bemkile khona iizitadiya ezisithoba kuhambo lwabo
kuTimoti, amadoda ahamba ngeenyawo angekho ngaphantsi kwamawaka amahlanu namahlanu
ikhulu labamahashe bama-Arabhi lalikhwele phezu kwakhe.
12:11 Kwabakho imfazwe enzima kunene; kodwa kwicala likaYudas ngoncedo luka
UThixo walufumana uloyiso; ngokokude boyiswe imilambo yaseArabhi,
Wambongoza uYudas ukuba acele uxolo, ethembisa nokumnika imfuyo, nokuba
uyonwabele ngenye indlela.
12:12 Ke kaloku uYuda, ebeba okunene banganceda abaninzi
baxhawulana ngezandla, benjenjalo ke
bemka baya ezintenteni zabo.
12:13 Waza wafuna ukwakha ibhulorho ukuya kumzi othile onqatyisiweyo, owawukhona
Ibibiyelwe ngeendonga, imiwe ngabantu bezizwe ngezizwe;
igama layo laliyiKaspi.
12:14 Ke bona abaphakathi kwalo bakholose ngokomelela kweendonga
nokunikwa kwabo umphako, ukuba baziphathe ngokukrwada
abo babekunye noYuda, bekunyelisa, benyelisa, bethetha izinto ezinjalo
amazwi njengoko kwakungafanele athethwe.
12:15 Ngoko uYuda, kunye neqela lakhe, ebiza iNkosi enkulu yeNkosi
Yayidiliza iYeriko phakathi, kungekho nkunzi yegusha, naenqwelo zokulwa
Ngexesha likaYoshuwa, wazihlasela ngamandla iindonga.
12:16 Bawuthimba umzi ngokuthanda kukaThixo, bawubulala ngogonyamelo olungenakuthethwa.
ngokokude idike eliziitadiya ezimbini ububanzi, lihlangane nalo
egcwele, wabonwa ebaleka negazi.
12:17 Bemka ke apho izitadiya ezimakhulu asixhenxe anamanci mahlanu, bemka
beza eHaraka kumaYuda okuthiwa ngamaTubhini.
12:18 Ke uTimoti abamfumananga ezindaweni, kuba phambi kwakhe
Uthe ke akuba eyithumele into, wemka apho, ehambe umgama omde
inkampu eyomeleleyo kwindawo ethile.
12:19 Kodwa uDositheus noSosipatro, ababengabaphathi-mikhosi bakaMakabheyu, bemka.
waphuma, wababulala abo babebashiyile uTimoti enqabeni, ngaphezu kweshumi
amadoda angamawaka.
12:20 UMakkabeus wawumisa umkhosi wakhe ngamaqela, wawumisa phezu kweentsontelo;
waphuma waya kuTimoti, owayenekhulu elinamanci mabini lamawaka
amadoda eenyawo, amawaka amabini anamakhulu mahlanu abamahashe.
12:21 Uthe ke uTimoti, ekwazi ukuza kukaYuda, wathuma abafazi abo
abantwana kunye nezinye iimpahla ukuya kwinqaba ebizwa ngokuba yiKarniyon
Kwakunzima ukuwungqinga umzi, kunzima nokufika kuwo, ngenxa yeso sixeko
ubunzima kuzo zonke iindawo.
12:22 Kodwa xa uYudas ibutho lakhe lokuqala wabonakala, zixatyelwe iintshaba
ngoloyiko noloyiko ekuveleni kwalowo uzibonayo zonke izinto.
omnye wabaleka, omnye ebalekela ngapha, omnye engapha, ukuze bangene
badla ngokwenzakaliswa ngamadoda abo, bengxwelerhwa ngeengongoma zabo
amakrele akho.
12:23 UYuda ke wabasukela, wabasukela abo bangendawo
awathi kubo wabulala amadoda angathi amashumi amathathu amawaka.
12:24 NoTimoti ngokwakhe wawela ezandleni zikaDositheus kunye
USosipatro, awambongozayo ngobuqhetseba obukhulu, ukuba amkhulule ahambe nobomi bakhe;
ngokuba ebenabaninzi abazali bamaYuda, nabazalwana bakhe
abo bathi, nokuba bathe bambulala, bangabalelwa.
12:25 Othe ke, oqinisele ngamazwi amaninzi, ukuba wobuya azibuyise
Ke ngoko bamndulula ukuba basindiswe, kungekho nto imenzakalisayo
kubazalwana babo.
12:26 Waphuma uMakabhiyu, waya eKarnion, nasetempileni ka-Atargatis;
wabulala khona amashumi amabini anesihlanu amawaka abantu.
12:27 Akuba ebalekile wabatshabalalisa, uYuda wabasusa
umkhosi wasinga eEfron, umzi onqatyisiweyo, ahleli kuwo uLisiya, umkhulu
ingxokolo yeentlanga ezininzi, nabafana abanamandla abagcina iindonga.
wabakhusela ngamandla, apho kwakukho nempahla eninzi yeenjini
kunye neentolo.
12:28 Kodwa xa uYudas neqela lakhe wabiza kuThixo uSomandla, ngubani
Ubugorha bakhe buqhekezisa inqaba yeentshaba zakhe, bawuthimbe umzi, bawuthimbe
wabulala amashumi amabini anesihlanu amawaka abo babephakathi;
12:29 Banduluka khona apho, baya eSkitopoli, indawo ekuyo kuyo amakhulu amathandathu
kude neYerusalem,
12:30 Kodwa akuba amaYuda abemi apho angqina ukuba amaSkititoli
wabenzela inceba, wabaphatha ngobubele ngexesha labo
ubunzima;
12:31 Babulela kubo, becela ukuba bahlale benobuhlobo kubo;
Ngoko beza eYerusalem, umthendeleko weeveki owawusondela.
12:32 Ke kaloku, emveni komthendeleko, ekuthiwa yipentekoste, baphuma baya kuGorgia
irhuluneli yakwaEdom,
12:33 abaphuma, enamawaka amathathu amadoda eenyawo, namakhulu amane abamahashe.
12:34 Ke kaloku kwathi ekulweni kwabo, kwabakho imbinana yamaYuda
ababuleweyo.
12:35 Ngelo xesha uDositheus, omnye wakudidi lukaBacenor, ekhwele ihashe,
yaye indoda eligorha isaphezu koGorgias, ibambe ingubo yayo yangaphantsi
wamtsalela ngamandla; naxa ebeya kumbamba ephila loo mntu uqalekisiweyo, a
umkhweli-hashe waseTraki owamkhawulela, wambetha egxalabeni, ngokokude
UGorgias wabalekela eMarisa.
12:36 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba abo babenoGorgia babambene ixesha elide, bediniwe.
UYuda wabiza uYehova, ukuba azibonakalise ukuba ungowabo
umncedi kunye nenkokeli yedabi.
12:37 Kwaye ke waqala ngolwimi lwakhe, kwaye wavuma iindumiso ngokuvakalayo
ilizwi, yaye egxalathelana kumadoda kaGorgias engazi, wawabaleka.
12:38 UYuda wayihlanganisa ke imikhosi yakhe, waya kungena emzini waseOdolam
lwafika usuku lwesixhenxe, bazenza nyulu ngokwesiko;
wagcina isabatha ndaweni nye.
12:39 Kwaye ngengomso, njengoko kusetyenziswa, uYudas neqela lakhe
beza kuzithabatha izidumbu zababuleweyo, bazingcwabe
kunye nabazalwana babo emangcwabeni ooyise.
12:40 Ke phantsi kweengubo zabo bonke ababuleweyo bafumana izinto
ezingcwaliselwe kwizithixo zamaYamni, nto leyo eyalelweyo ngamaYuda
umthetho. Wabona ke wonke umntu ukuba yiloo nto kanye aba
ababuleweyo.
12:41 Bayidumisa ngoko iNkosi, uMgwebi olilungisa, lowo wayivulayo
izinto ebezifihliwe,
12:42 Bazingisa ke ekuthandazeni, bambongoza ukuba umoni enze isono
inokuthi ingabi sakhunjulwa ngokupheleleyo. Ngapha koko, laa Yuda uzukileyo
wabavuselela abantu ukuba bazigcine esonweni, njengoko bebonayo
izinto ezenzeke ngenxa yezono zabo phambi kwamehlo abo
ababuleweyo.
12:43 Walibizela ndawonye lonke ibandla, kwada kwayiloo mali
amawaka amabini eedarike zesilivere, wawathumela eYerusalem, ukuba enze idini lesono
ewenza ngokuchubekileyo, enyanisekile, ekunyamekeleni kwakhe
ngovuko:
12:44 Kuba, ukuba ebengathembi ukuba baya kuvuka ababuleweyo;
kwakhona, kwakungafanelekanga yaye kulilize ukuthandazela abafileyo.
12:45 Kananjalo ekuqondeni kwakhe ukuba kwenzelwa inceba enkulu
abo bafa behlonela uThixo, yayiyingcinga engcwele nelungileyo. Emva koko yena
wenza ucamagushelo ngenxa yabafileyo, ukuze bakhululwe kubo
isono.