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.