2 iiMaccabees 14:1 Ke kaloku, emva kweminyaka emithathu, waxelelwa uYudas, ukuba uDemetriyo, unyana ka Seleucus, engene kwizibuko laseTripolis ngamandla amakhulu kwaye inqanawa yasemanzini, 14:2 Wayelithabathile ilizwe, wambulala uAntiochus, noLisiya umkhuseli wakhe. 14:3 Ke kaloku omnye uAlkimo, owayekade engumbingeleli omkhulu, waza wazenza inqambi ngabom ngamaxesha okuxubana kwabo neeNtlanga, bekubona oko ebengenako ukuzisindisa, engabi nako ukungena koyingcwele isibingelelo, 14:4 weza kukumkani uDemetriyo, ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci mahlanu anamnye. bamnika isithsaba segolide, nesundu, kwanamasebe ezazisetyenziswa etempileni, waza wabambelela kuye ngaloo mini uxolo. 14:5 ethe ke wazuza ithuba lokufezekisa ihambo yakhe yobudenge, kwaye ebizelwe kwibhunga likaDemetriyo, wabuza ukuba ame njani na amaYuda echaphazelekayo, kunye noko babecinga ngako, waphendula kuyo: 14:6 Abo ke bakumaYuda wababiza ngokuba ngama-Assides, umthetheli wawo nguYuda Maccabeus, bondla imfazwe kwaye bavukela, kwaye abayi kuvumela abanye ukuba babe ngoxolo. 14:7 Kungoko mna ndihluthiweyo eluzuko koobawo, ndithetha ophakamileyo. ububingeleli, ndifikile ngoku. 14:8 Kuqala ke, ukuba kungàhanahanisi kukunyamekela izinto ezingento ukumkani; kwaye okwesibini, nangenxa yoko ndizimisele okulungileyo kokukokwam Bantu bakuthi: Kuba lonke uhlanga lwethu lunenkxwaleko enkulu ngenxa yelizwe lethu ukusebenzelana nabo ngokungacetywanga bekutshiwo ngaphambili. 14:9 Ngenxa yoko, kumkani, uyazazi zonke ezi zinto, zigcine ngenxa yakho ilizwe, nohlanga lwethu, oluxinzelelwe macala onke, ngokokutsho Ububele obenzela bonke abantu ngentumekelelo. 14:10 Kuba ixesha elide uYudas esaphila, akunakwenzeka ukuba urhulumente kufuneka cwaka. 14:11 Oku akuzange kuthethwe ngaye kwaoko, kwathethwa ke nezihlobo zokumkani. emenzela ububi uYuda, waqhumisela ngakumbi ngoDemetriyo. 14:12 Kwaye kwaoko wabiza uNikanore, owayengumphathi weendlovu, waza wammisa ukuba abe yirhuluneli kwelakwaYuda, wamthuma; 14:13 wathi makambulale uYuda, abachithachithe abo babenaye; nokwenza uAlkimo abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu wetempile enkulu. 14:14 Ke ngoko abantu beentlanga, ababebalekele kwelakwaYuda kuYudas, beza eNikanore beyimihlambi, becinga ukuba ububi neentlekele kumaYuda zezabo intlalontle. 14:15 Ke kaloku, akuva amaYuda ngokuza kukaNikanore, nokuba iintlanga zazikho Bagalela umhlaba phezu kwentloko yabo, bathandaza Ulobamiselayo ngonaphakade abantu bakhe, Uhlala ebanceda isabelo sakhe ngokubonakaliswa kobukho bakhe. 14:16 Ngoko ke, ngokomlomo womthetheli, bemka kwaoko esuka khona, weza kubo eDesawu. 14:17 Ke kaloku uSimon, umzalwana kaYuda, wabambana noNikanore; waphazamiseka ngandlel' ithile ngokuthula ngephanyazo kweentshaba zakhe. 14:18 Noko ke, uNikanore, wakuva ngokuziphatha kakuhle kwabo babenaye UYudas, nobugorha ababenabo ukulwela ilizwe labo, musani ukuba nabuganga bakukulinga ngekrele loo nto. 14:19 ngoko ke wathuma uPosidoniyo, noTheodoto, noMatatiya, ukuba baye kumamela. uxolo. 14:20 Ke kaloku, bakubhunga ngelo xesha, wesuka waba naye umthetheli zaqhelanisa nayo izihlwele, kwabonakala ukuba zinjalo Bonke bephela bavumelana eminqophisweni. 14:21 Bamisa umhla wokuhlangana bodwa, nokuba yimini bafika babekwa izitulo elowo kubo. 14:22 OoLudas babeka amadoda axhobileyo ezindaweni ezifanelekileyo, ukuze kungabikho ubuqhophololo Yenzeka ngesiquphe ziintshaba, zenza uxolo inkomfa. 14:23 Ke kaloku uNikanore wasala eYerusalem, akenza nto; abantu abeza kuye bethontelana kuye. 14:24 Akavuma ke ukumsusa uYuda ebusweni bakhe; umntu ngokusuka entliziyweni 14:25 Wambongoza ke ukuba athabathe umfazi, azale abantwana; wazola, wathabatha inxalenye yobu bomi. 14:26 Ke yena uAlekimo, elubona uthando oluphakathi kwabo, wabaqonda. yeza kuDemetriyo, yamxelela oko UNicanor akazange achaphazeleke kakuhle kurhulumente; ngokuba wayemisele oko UYudas, umngcatshi kubukumkani bakhe, ukuba angene ezihlangwini zokumkani. 14:27 Waza ukumkani waba noburhalarhume, ecaphukile ngezityholo zokumkani oyena mntu ukhohlakeleyo, wabhalela uNicanor, ebonisa ukuba mkhulu engakholiswanga yiminqophiso, nokumyalela ukuba athumele Maccabeus umbanjwa wonke buphuthuphuthu ukuya kwa-Antiyokwe. 14:28 Ezindlebeni zikaNikanore wadaniswa kakhulu. Kwaba ke kwakunzima ukuba azitshitshise izinto ebezikho kwavunyelwana ngako, indoda ingenatyala. 14:29 Kodwa ngenxa yokuba kungekho kuphathana kukumkani, waligcina ixesha lakhe ukufezekisa le nto ngomgaqo-nkqubo. 14:30 Noko ke, xa Maccabeus wabona ukuba uNicanor waqala ukuba nengcwangu Wamjongisa kuye, wamsongela ngaphezu kokuba ebeqhele ukwenza, ebona ukuba inkohlakalo enjalo ayilunganga, wabuthelana ndawonye ekunye namadoda akhe ambalwa, wemka kuNikanore. 14:31 Ke kaloku omnye, esazi ukuba uthintelwe ngokukodwa nguYuda, wangena etempileni enkulu engcwele, wabayalela ababingeleli ukuba basondeza imibingelelo yabo yesiqhelo, ukuze bamnikele umntu lowo. 14:32 Bafunga ke, ukuba abanakwazi ukuba uphi na umntu abehleli naye funa, 14:33 Wasolula isandla sakhe sokunene ngasetempileni, wafunga phakathi ngolu hlobo: Ukuba anithanga nindinikele uYudas, umbanjwa, ndowakhulula Le tempile kaThixo kunye nomhlaba, kwaye ndiya kuyidiliza isibingelelo, kwaye wakha itempile ephawulekayo kuBacchus. 14:34 Emveni kwezi zinto, wemka. Baza ababingeleli baziphakamisa izandla zabo ezulwini, bambongoza lowo uhleli engumkhuseli wabo isizwe, sisithi ngolu hlobo; 14:35 Wena, Nkosi yeento zonke, wena ungaswele nto, wakukholiswa kuko oko itempile yendawo yakho ifanele ukuba phakathi kwethu; 14:36 Ke ngoko, Nkosi engcwele yobungcwele, yigcine le ndlu ngamaxesha onke engenakudyobheka, ebihlanjululwe mva nje; 14:37 Ke kaloku wayemangalelwe kuNikanore uRazis, omnye wakumadoda amakhulu iYerusalem, umthandi wabantu bakowabo, nendoda edume kunene, eyathi kuba ububele bakhe kubizwa ngokuba nguyise wamaYuda. 14:38 Kuba kwamaxesha angaphambili, bebengaxubani nabo; abeeNtlanga, wayetyholwe ngobuYuda, kwaye wambeka esichengeni ngenkalipho umzimba nobomi ngayo yonke inzondo kunqulo lwamaYuda. 14:39 Ngoko uNicanor, ethanda ukuyivakalisa intiyo awayeyithwele kumaYuda, wathumela phezu kwamakhulu amahlanu amadoda okulwa ukuba ambambe; 14:40 Kuba ubesithi yena angawenza okubi kakhulu kumaYuda. 14:41 Ke kaloku, sakubon' ukuba indimbane ifuna ukuyibamba inqaba leyo, yayiqhekeza; wathi elucangweni olungaphandle, makuziswe umlilo ukuba uwutshise ilungele ukubanjwa ngeenxa zonke, yawa phezu kwekrele layo; 14:42 enyula ukufa njengomntu, kunokuba eze ezandleni zomntu ongendawo, ophathwe kakubi, kunokuba ebefanele ukuzalwa yingangamsha yakhe; 14:43 Ithe ke, yaphuthelwa bubuthongo bakhe buphuthuphuthu, yagxalathelana nendimbane leyo Wabaleka waya eludongeni ngokukhaliphile, waziwisa phantsi ngobugorha phakathi kobuninzi babo. 14:44 Kodwa bakhawuleza ukumbuyisela; phakathi kwendawo engenanto. 14:45 Noko ke, kwakubon' ukuba kusekho umoya ngaphakathi kwakhe, avutha ngumsindo Wesuka umsindo wakhe; nokuba igazi lakhe lampompoza njengamanzi. namanxeba akhe ayemabi, kodwa yena wabaleka esazulwini inyambalala kwaye emi phezu kwelitye eliliqhina. 14:46 Uthe ke akuba seliphumile igazi, wazikhulula izibilini zakhe, waza wabathabatha ngezandla zozibini, wabaphosa esihlweleni, ebiza phezu kweNkosi yobomi nomoya ukuba imbuyisele abo babuye, wenjenjalo wafa.