2 iiMaccabees 13:1 Ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mane anesithoba, waxelelwa uYudas, ukuba uAntiochus Kweza uYupator enamandla amakhulu kwelakwaYuda. 13:2 Kwaye kunye naye uLisiya umkhuseli wakhe, nomphathi wemicimbi yakhe, ukuba Kubo kukho umqikela wamaGrike, ikhulu elinashumi-nye lamawaka; nabakhweli bamahashe bangamawaka amahlanu anamakhulu mathathu, neendlovu zibe mbini; amashumi amabini anamakhulu mathathu eenqwelo zokulwa, zixhobe amagwegwe. 13:3 UMeneyu wanamathela kubo, ehanahanisa kakhulu wakhuthaza uAntiochus, kungekhona ngenjongo yokukhusela ilizwe, kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayecinga ukuba wenziwe irhuluneli. 13:4 Kodwa uKumkani wookumkani wayishukumisa ingqondo ka-Antiochus nxamnye nesi sihelegu singendawo. ULisiya wamxelela ukumkani, ukuba indoda le ingunobangela wabo bonke ububi, wawisa umthetho ukumkani, ukuba asiwe eBhereya, abekwe ukuba abulawe, njengoko kusingise kuloo ndawo. 13:5 Ke kaloku bekukho kuloo ndawo inqaba ende, eziikubhite ezimashumi mahlanu ubude bayo, izele luthuthu; yaye intsimbi ebusazinge, exhonywe ngaphakathi macala onke uthuthu. 13:6 Kwaye nabani na ogwetyelwe ukunqula, okanye wenze nayiphi na enye into ulwaphulo-mthetho olukhulu, apho bonke abantu bamxhobela ukufa. 13:7 Kunjalo ke ukufa komntu ongendawo, engenako ukufa; ukungcwatywa emhlabeni; kwaye oko kulungile kakhulu: 13:8 Kuba, njengoko wenza izono ezininzi phezu kwesibingelelo, umlilo waso nothuthu lwalungcwele, ukufa kwakhe wakwamkela eluthuthwini. 13:9 Ke kaloku ukumkani weza, engenabuntu, enekratshi, esenza okubi ngakumbi; amaYuda, kunokuba kwakunjalo ngemihla kayise. 13:10 Ekwazi ke oko uYuda, wathi mayibizwe isihlwele phezu kweNkosi ubusuku nemini, ukuze nokuba nangaliphi na elinye ixesha, ayenze ngoku nabo bancedeni, ekubeni bekwinqanaba lokuba basuswe emthethweni wabo, ukusuka ilizwe labo, nakwitempile engcwele; 13:11 nokuba angabavumeli abantu ababesele befile nangoku bahlaziyeke kancinane, babalulamele iintlanga ezinyelisayo. 13:12 Bakuba ke bekwenzile oko bonke kunye, bayibongoza iNkosi enenceba walila, wazila ukudla, walala emhlabeni iintsuku ezintathu Ke kaloku uYuda, ebavuselela, wabathethela ngelithi, mabakhweliswe ukulungela. 13:13 Ke uYuda, ekunye namadoda amakhulu, wagqiba, phambi kokumkani umkhosi wokungena kwelakwaYuda, uwuthimbe umzi, uphume uwuvavanye Ngoncedo lukaYehova ekulweni. 13:14 Ngoko ke, akuba uzinikele zonke kuMdali wehlabathi, kwaye wabongoza amajoni akhe ukuba alwe ngobudoda, kude kuse ekufeni, ngenxa yemithetho itempile, isixeko, ilizwe, kunye ne-commonwealth, wamisa inkampu ngakuModin: 13:15 Waza wabaxelela abamngqongileyo, wathi, Uloyiso lukho kaThixo; kunye namadoda angamakroti nabakhethiweyo wangena ebhotwe ententeni yokumkani ngobusuku, waxabela emkhosini wamadoda amalunga namawaka amane eyona ibalaseleyo yeendlovu, nabo bonke ababephezu kwayo. 13:16 Ekugqibeleni bayizalisa iminquba ngoloyiko nesiphithiphithi, bemka nayo impumelelo entle. 13:17 Le nto ke yenzeke kwakusa, ngenxa yokusigcina kukaYehova; INkosi yamnceda. 13:18 Ke kaloku, akubuva ukumkani ubuntu bamaYuda waya kubamba ipolisi, 13:19 Wasinga eBhetesra, leyo ke yayiyinqaba yamaYuda; wagxothwa, wahluleka, kwaye walahlekelwa ngamadoda akhe: 13:20 Kuba uYuda wabathulula abo babekuyo izinto ezinjalo kuyimfuneko. 13:21 Ke kaloku uRodoko, lowo usomkhosini wamaYuda, wazityhilela iimfihlelo ezifihlakeleyo zeNkosi. iintshaba; Wafunwa, baza bakuba bemfumene, bamfumana wamfaka entolongweni. 13:22 Ukumkani wabaphatha eBhetesum okwesibini, wabapha isandla, wathabatha ezabo, wemka, walwa noYuda, woyiswa; 13:23 Weva ukuba uFilipu, owayeshiywe kwa-Antiyokwe, waye egobile, ehlazekile, wawabongoza amaYuda, wazithoba, waza Wazifunga zonke ezo zinto, wavumelana nazo, wanyusa umbingelelo; wayizukisa itempile, wayenzela inceba indawo leyo; 13:24 waza wamkelwa kakuhle nguMaccabeus, wamenza irhuluneli uTolemayi kwabaseGerronike; 13:25 Bafika eTolemayi; abantu bakhona babebuhlungu ngenxa yeminqophiso leyo; ngenxa Basuka babhomboloza, ngokuba bebeyitshitshisile iminqophiso yabo; 13:26 ULisiya wenyuka waya esihlalweni sokugweba, wathetha kangangoko wayenako ukuziphendulela wesizathu, wacenga, waxola, wabenza bachaphazeleka kakuhle, wabuyela ku kwa-Antiyokwe. Ngaloo ndlela lalichukumisa ukufika nokuhamba kokumkani.