1 Maccabees 3:1 Khona-ke indodana yakhe uJuda, okuthiwa Maccabeus, wasukuma esikhundleni sakhe. 3:2 Futhi bonke abafowabo bamsiza, futhi kanjalo nabo bonke ababemphethe naye uyise, balwa ngokujabula impi yakwa-Israyeli. 3:3 Ngakho wazuza udumo olukhulu abantu bakhe, futhi wafaka isivikelo sesifuba njengomdondoshiya. wabhinca ihhanisi lakhe lokulwa, wenza izimpi, evikela ibutho lenkemba yalo. 3:4 Ezenzweni zakhe wayenjengengonyama, nanjengewundlu lengonyama elibhongela ingonyama. inyamazane. 3:5 Ngoba waxosha ababi, futhi wafuna kubo, futhi washisa labo ukuthi wahlukumeza abantu bakhe. 3:6 Ngakho ababi bancipha ngenxa yokumesaba, kanye nazo zonke izisebenzi ububi bahlukunyezwa, ngoba insindiso iphumelela esandleni sakhe. 3:7 Futhi wadabukisa amakhosi amaningi, futhi wajabulisa uJakobe ngezenzo zakhe, futhi yakhe isikhumbuzo sibusisiwe kuze kube phakade. 3:8 Ngaphezu kwalokho, wadabula imizi yakwaJuda, ebhubhisa abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu kubo, futhi ebuyisa ulaka ku-Israyeli. 3:9 Ngakho waduma kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba, futhi yena wemukelwe kuye abalungele ukubhubha. 3:10 Khona-ke Apollonius wabutha abeZizwe ndawonye, futhi ibutho elikhulu aphume iSamariya, ukulwa no-Israyeli. 3:11 Okuyinto, lapho uJuda wakwazi, waphuma ukumhlangabeza, futhi kanjalo naye bamshaya, bambulala; abaningi bawa phansi bebulewe, kepha abanye babaleka. 3:12 Ngakho uJuda wathatha impango yabo, futhi Apollonius' inkemba, futhi walwa ngakho konke ukuphila kwakhe. 3:13 Manje lapho uSeron, isikhulu sebutho laseSiriya, wezwa kuthiwa uJuda babuthela kuye isixuku nesixuku sabathembekileyo ukuba baphume nabo naye empini; 3:14 Wathi: "Ngiyakuzitholela igama nodumo embusweni; ngoba ngizohamba alwe noJudasi nabanaye, abadelela abenkosi umyalo. 3:15 Ngakho wamlungiselela ukuba akhuphuke, futhi kwahamba naye ibutho elinamandla ongamesabi uNkulunkulu ukumsiza, nokuziphindiselela kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli. 3:16 Futhi lapho esondela ekukhuphukeni Bethhoroni, uJuda waphuma waya hlangana naye nenkampani encane: 3:17 Kwathi sebebone ibutho liza ukubahlangabeza, bathi kuJudasi, Kanjani sizokwazi yini, siyingcosana, ukulwa nesixuku esingaka futhi siqine kangaka, njengoba sesilungele ukuquleka ngokuzila ukudla lonke lolu suku? 3:18 UJudasi waphendula wathi: Akuyona into enzima ukuthi abaningi bavalelwe izandla zabambalwa; futhi kuNkulunkulu wezulu kukodwa ukukhulula nesixuku esikhulu, noma iqembu elincane; 3:19 Ngoba ukunqoba kwempi akumi ngobuningi bempi; kodwa amandla avela ezulwini. 3:20 Bafika ngokumelene nathi ngokuziqhenya okukhulu kanye nobubi ukuze asibhubhise, futhi yethu abafazi nabantwana, nokusiphanga; 3:21 Kodwa silwela ukuphila kwethu kanye nemithetho yethu. 3:22 Ngakho-ke uJehova ngokwakhe uyobachitha phambi kwethu, futhi njengoba ngoba lina lingabesabi. 3:23 Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma, wahle wagxumela phezu kwabo. futhi kanjalo uSeroni nebutho lakhe baketulwa phambi kwakhe. 3:24 Bawaxosha kusukela ekwehleni kweBeti Horoni kuze kufike ethafeni. lapho kwabulawa khona abantu kungathi abangamakhulu ayisishiyagalombili; insali yabaleka ezweni lamaFilisti. 3:25 Khona-ke waqala ukwesaba uJuda nabafowabo, futhi omkhulu kakhulu ukwesaba ukuwela phezu kwezizwe ezibazungezile. 3:26 Kwaze kwathi udumo lwakhe lwafika enkosini, nezizwe zonke zakhuluma ngaye izimpi zikaJuda. 3:27 Manje lapho inkosi u-Antiochus ezwa lezi zinto, wathukuthela. ngalokho-ke wathumela futhi wabutha wonke amabutho ombuso wakhe. ngisho ibutho elinamandla kakhulu. 3:28 Wavula ingcebo yakhe, futhi wanika amasosha akhe inkokhelo unyaka. ebayala ukuthi bazilungiselele loba nini lapho ezabadinga khona. 3:29 Nokho, lapho ebona ukuthi imali yengcebo yakhe yehlulekile futhi ukuthi izintela ezweni zazincane, ngenxa yokungezwani nesifo, ayelethe phezu kwezwe ngokususa imithetho okwakukhona kudala; 3:30 Wayesaba ukuthi wayengeke esakwazi ukuthwala amacala, noma ukuba abe nezipho zokuphana njengakuqala, ngokuba wayenakho wagcwala ngaphezu kwamakhosi ayengaphambi kwakhe. 3:31 Ngakho, edidekile kakhulu engqondweni yakhe, wazimisela ukungena iPheresiya, ukuze kuthathwe intela yamazwe, nokubutha okuningi imali. 3:32 Ngakho washiya uLisiya, isikhulu, futhi omunye wegazi lenkosi, ukuba aqondise. izindaba zenkosi kusukela emfuleni u-Ewufrathe kuze kube semkhawulweni we iGibhithe: 3:33 Futhi ukukhulisa indodana yakhe u-Antiochus, aze abuye. 3:34 Futhi wamnika ingxenye yempi yakhe kanye izindlovu, futhi wamnika igunya kukho konke ayezokwenza, njengoba nangalabo ababehlala kwaJuda naseJerusalema. 3:35 Okusho ukuthi, ukuze athumele ibutho ngokumelene nabo, ukubhubhisa futhi impande ngikhiphe amandla ka-Israyeli, nensali yaseJerusalema, nokuthatha kude nesikhumbuzo sabo kuleyo ndawo; 3:36 Futhi ukuze abeke abafokazi kuzo zonke izindawo zabo, futhi bahlukanise izwe labo ngenkatho. 3:37 Inkosi yasithatha ingxenye yempi eyayisele, yasuka I-Antiyokiya, umuzi wakhe wobukhosi, umnyaka wekhulu namashumi amane nesikhombisa; nokuba wadabula umfula u-Ewufrathe, wadabula izindawo eziphakemeyo. 3:38 Khona-ke uLisiya wakhetha uPtolemee indodana kaDorymenes, Nicanor, futhi Gorgias, amadoda anamandla kubangane benkosi. 3:39 Futhi kanye nabo wathuma ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane imigundatshani, nezinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa abamahhashi, ukuze bangene ezweni lakwaJuda, balichithe njengenkosi eyala. 3:40 Base bephuma ngamandla abo onke, bafika bamisa ngase-Emawusi ezweni elingenalutho. 3:41 Futhi abathengisi bezwe, bezwa udumo lwabo, bathatha isiliva negolide eliningi kanye nezinceku, beza ekamu ukuthenga abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babe yizigqila, futhi amandla eSiriya nasezweni amaFilisti azihlanganisa nawo. 3:42 Manje lapho uJuda nabafowabo bebona ukuthi usizi zanda, futhi amabutho amisa emikhawulweni yawo, ngokuba ayesazi ukuthi inkosi yayiyale kanjani ukuba kubhujiswe abantu ziqede; 3:43 Base bethi omunye komunye: "Masibuyise inhlanhla yethu ebolile." abantu, futhi masilwele abantu bakithi kanye nendlu engcwele. 3:44 Khona-ke ibandla labuthana, ukuze balungele impi, nokuba bakhuleke, bacele umusa nesihawu. 3:45 Manje iJerusalema liyize njengehlane, kwakungekho noyedwa wabantwana balo ababengena nabaphumayo: nendlu engcwele yanyathelwa phansi nabafokazi yagcina ibamba eliqinile; abezizwe babehlala kuleyondawo; injabulo yasuswa kuJakobe, kwanqamuka umtshingo ngehabhu. 3:46 Ngakho abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babuthana ndawonye, bafika iMaspa, malungana neJerusalema; ngoba eMaspha indawo ababehlala kuyo wakhuleka ngaphambili kwa-Israyeli. 3:47 Khona-ke bazila ukudla ngalolo suku, futhi bembatha indwangu yesaka, futhi bathela umlotha phezu amakhanda abo, zaklebhula izingubo zabo; 3:48 Futhi wavula incwadi yomthetho, lapho abezizwe babefuna penda ukufana kwezithombe zabo. 3:49 Baletha futhi izingubo zabapristi, nolibo, futhi okweshumi: bavusa amaNazaretha asebefezile lokho izinsuku. 3:50 Base bememeza ngelizwi elikhulu ezulwini, bathi: "Sizokwenzenjani?" yenzani ngalawa, futhi siyakuya ngaphi na? 3:51 Ngoba indlu yakho engcwele inyathelwe phansi futhi ingcolisiwe, futhi abapristi bakho bangaphakathi ubunzima, futhi behliselwe phansi. 3:52 Futhi bheka, abezizwe babuthana ngokumelene nathi ukuze basibhubhise. ukuthi yiziphi izinto abacabanga ngathi, uyazi wena. 3:53 Siyokwazi kanjani ukumelana nabo, ngaphandle kwakho, O Nkulunkulu, ube wethu Usizo? 3:54 Khona-ke babetha amacilongo, futhi wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu. 3:55 Futhi ngemva kwalokhu uJuda wamisa izinduna phezu kwabantu, ngisho nezinduna phezu kwezinkulungwane, naphezu kwamakhulu, naphezu kwamashumi amahlanu, naphezu kwamashumi. 3:56 Kodwa mayelana nalabo abakha izindlu, noma ababeganwe abafazi, noma ababekhona betshala izivini, noma besaba, labo wabayala ukuba batshale buyelani, kube yilowo nalowo endlini yakhe ngokomthetho. 3:57 Ngakho ikamu basuka, futhi bamisa ngaseningizimu ye-Emawusi. 3:58 Wathi uJuda: "Hlomani, futhi nibe ngamadoda anamandla, futhi nibone ukuthi nibe." nilungele ukusa, ukuze nilwe nalezi zizwe; abasibuthanele ukusichitha kanye nendlu yethu engcwele; 3:59 Ngoba kungcono kithi ukuba sife empini, kunokuba sibheke izinhlekelele kwabantu bakithi kanye lendlu yethu engcwele. 3:60 Nokho, njengoba intando kaNkulunkulu isezulwini, makenze kanjalo.