1 Maccabees
5:1 Kwathi izizwe nxazonke sezizwile ukuthi i-altare lakhiwe nethempeli
indlu engcwele ivuselelwe njengakuqala, kwabacasula kakhulu.
5:2 Ngakho bacabanga ukubhubhisa isizukulwane sikaJakobe owayephakathi
bona, futhi phezu kwalokho baqala ukubulala nokubhubhisa abantu.
5:3 Khona-ke uJuda walwa nabantwana bakwa-Esawu e-Idumiya e-Arabattine.
ngokuba bavimbezela iGayeli; wabachitha kakhulu;
banciphisa isibindi sabo, bathatha impango yabo.
5:4 Futhi wakhumbula ukulimala kwabantwana bakwaBean, ababekade a
ugibe nesikhubekiso kubantu ngokubaqamekela
ngezindlela.
5:5 Ngakho wabavala emibhoshongweni, futhi wamisa ngokumelene nabo, futhi
wabaqothula, wayishisa imibhoshongo yaleyo ndawo ngomlilo;
nakho konke okwakuphakathi kwawo.
5:6 Ngemva kwalokho wadlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, lapho athola khona
amandla amakhulu, nabantu abaningi, noThimothewu induna yabo.
5:7 Ngakho walwa izimpi eziningi nabo, kwaze kwaba sekugcineni
ecasukile phambi kwakhe; wasebatshaya.
5:8 Futhi lapho wathatha Jazar, kanye nemizi okukhona, yena
wabuyela eJudiya.
5:9 Khona-ke abezizwe ababeseGileyadi babuthana ndawonye
ngokumelene nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababesendaweni yabo ukuba babhubhise; kodwa
babalekela enqabeni kaDathema.
5:10 Futhi wathumela izincwadi kuJudas nabafowabo, "Kwabezizwe nxazonke."
basihaqile ukusibhubhisa;
5:11 Futhi balungiselela ukuza futhi ukuthatha inqaba esikuyo
babaleka, uThimothewu induna yebutho lawo.
5:12 Woza manje, futhi usikhulule ezandleni zabo, ngoba abaningi bethu
ababulewe:
5:13 Yebo, bonke abazalwane bethu ababesezindaweni zikaThobi babulawa.
abafazi babo nabantwana babo futhi babathumbile, futhi
bathathe izinto zabo; bachitha khona kungathi inkulungwane
amadoda.
5:14 Kwathi lezi zincwadi zisafunda, bheka, kwafika ezinye
izithunywa zaseGalile ziklebhukile izingubo zazo, ezabika ngalokhu
hlakaniphile,
5:15 Athi: “AbasePhetolemayi, nabaseTire, naseSidoni, nakulo lonke elaseGalile
abezizwe babuthana ngokumelene nathi ukuze basiqede.
5:16 Manje lapho uJuda nabantu bezwa la mazwi, kwabuthana isixuku esikhulu
ibandla ndawonye, ukubonisana ukuthi yini okufanele bayenzele labo
abazalwane ababesenkingeni, babashaya.
5:17 Khona-ke uJuda wathi kuSimoni umfowabo, "Khetha amadoda, futhi uhambe
khulula abafowenu abaseGalile, ngoba mina noJonathani umfowethu
uzongena ezweni laseGiliyadi.
5:18 Ngakho washiya uJosefa indodana kaZakariya, no-Azariya, izinduna zempi.
abantu, kanye nensali yebutho eJudiya ukuba bayigcine.
5:19 Wabayala, wathi: "Lawula lokhu
abantu, futhi bhekani ukuthi anilwi nabezizwe kuze kube yisikhathi
ukuthi sibuye futhi.
5:20 Manje kuSimoni wanikwa amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu ukuya eGalile
kuJudasi amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili ezweni laseGiliyadi.
5:21 Khona-ke uSimoni wahamba waya eGalile, lapho alwa izimpi eziningi nabathile
abezizwe, baze bacunuka ngaye.
5:22 Wabaxosha kwaze kwaba sesangweni lasePhetolemayi; futhi kwakukhona ababulewe
abezizwe kungathi amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu, owathumba impango yabo.
5:23 Futhi labo ababeseGalile, futhi Arbattis, kanye nabafazi babo kanye
abantwana babo, nakho konke ababenakho, wamuka naye, futhi
babangenisa eJudiya ngentokozo enkulu.
5:24 Judas Maccabeus futhi umfowabo uJonathani bawela iJordani, futhi
wahamba uhambo lwezinsuku ezintathu ehlane;
5:25 Lapho bahlangana namaNabati, abafika kubo ngokuthula
futhi wabatshela konke okwenzeke kubafowabo phakathi
izwe laseGiliyadi:
5:26 Futhi ukuthi abaningi babo bavalelwe eBosora, naseBosor, nase-Alema,
iKasphori, elenziwe, leKarnayimi; yonke le mizi inamandla, mikhulu;
5:27 Futhi ukuthi bavalelwa kwezinye zemizi yezwe lase
iGiliyadi, nokuthi kusasa babemise ukuletha ezabo
impi ngokumelene nezinqaba, futhi uzithathe, futhi uzibhubhise zonke zibe munye
usuku.
5:28 Khona-ke uJuda nebutho lakhe baphenduka ngokuzumayo ngendlela yasehlane
eBosora; kwathi esewunqobile umuzi, wabulala bonke abesilisa ngawo
ngosiko lwenkemba, bathatha yonke impango yabo, bashisa umuzi
ngomlilo,
5:29 Wasuka lapho ebusuku, futhi wahamba waze wafika enqabeni.
5:30 Ekuseni kakhulu baphakamisa amehlo abo, khangela-ke, kwakulendoda
abantu abangenakubalwa bephethe izitebhisi nezinye izinjini zempi, ukuthatha
inqaba, ngokuba babashaya.
5:31 Ngakho, lapho uJuda ebona ukuthi impi isiqalile, futhi ukukhala
umuzi wenyukela ezulwini namacilongo, nokukhala okukhulu;
5:32 Wathi ebutho lakhe: "Lwelani namuhla ngenxa yabafowenu."
5:33 Ngakho, waphuma ngemva kwabo, ngezigaba ezintathu, ngubani umsindo wabo
amacilongo, bakhala ngomkhuleko.
5:34 Khona-ke ibutho likaThimothewu, azi ukuthi Maccabeus, wabaleka
yena: ngalokho wababulala ngokuceka okukhulu; kangangokuthi kwakukhona
babulala kubo ngalolo suku kungathi abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili.
5:35 Lokhu kwenziwa, uJuda waphambukela eMaspha; futhi ngemva kokuba eseyishayile
wathatha, wabulala abesilisa kulo, wathatha impango yalo
futhi wayishisa ngomlilo.
5:36 Wasuka lapho, wathatha uCasphon, noMaged, noBosor, nabanye
imizi yasezweni laseGiliyadi.
5:37 Ngemva kwalezi zinto wabutha uThimothewu elinye ibutho futhi likanisa ngokumelene
Raphon ngaphesheya komfula.
5:38 Ngakho uJudas wathumela amadoda ukuba inhloli ibutho, owamtshela ukuthi, "Konke."
abezizwe abasihaqileyo babuthene kubo, impela
umphathi omkhulu.
5:39 Futhi uye waqasha ama-Arabiya ukuba abasize futhi bagxumeke zabo
amatende ngaphesheya komfula, alungele ukuza ukulwa nawe. Phezu kwalokhu
UJudasi wahamba eyobahlangabeza.
5:40 Khona-ke uThimothewu wathi ezinduneni zebutho lakhe, "Lapho uJuda neyakhe
sondelani emfuleni, uma ewela kuqala kithi, asiyikuba khona
ekwazi ukumelana naye; ngokuba uyakusehlula ngamandla;
5:41 Kodwa uma esaba, futhi ekanise ngaphesheya komfula, sizokuwela
kuye, futhi amehlule.
5:42 Manje lapho uJuda esondela emfudlaneni, wabangela ababhali babantu
ukuhlala ngasemfuleni; wabayala ngokuthi: “Ningavumi
indoda ihlale ekamu, kepha mabeze bonke empini.
5:43 Ngakho wahamba kuqala kubo, futhi bonke abantu ngemva kwakhe, futhi bonke
abezizwe, bedumele phambi kwakhe, balahla izikhali zabo, futhi
babalekela ethempelini laseKhanayimi.
5:44 Kodwa bawuthatha umuzi, futhi bashisa ithempeli nabo bonke ababekhona
lapho. Banqotshwa kanjalo iKarnayimi, babengabe besakwazi ukuma
phambi kukaJudasi.
5:45 Khona-ke uJuda wabutha wonke ama-Israyeli ayesezweni
bakwaGileyadi, kusukela komncane kuze kufike komkhulu, nawomkawo, kanye nawo
izingane, nezinto zabo, ibutho elikhulu kakhulu, kuze kube sekugcineni bangase bafike
ezweni laseJudiya.
5:46 Manje lapho befika ku-Efroni, (lokhu kwakuwumuzi omkhulu endleleni njengoba
kufanele bahambe, beqiniswe kahle kakhulu) babengenakusuka kuyo, futhi
ngakwesokunene noma kwesobunxele, kodwa kufanele kudlule phakathi
yona.
5:47 Khona-ke abasemzini babavala, futhi wavala amasango nge
amatshe.
5:48 Khona-ke uJuda wathumela kubo ngokuthula, wathi: "Masidlule."
ezweni lenu ukuya ezweni lakithi, akukho muntu oyakunenza
ubuhlungu; sizodlula ngezinyawo kuphela, kepha azivulanga
kuye.
5:49 Ngakho uJudasi walaya ukuthi kumenyezelwe phakathi kwebutho.
ukuze wonke umuntu agxumeke itende lakhe endaweni lapho ekhona.
5:50 Ngakho amasosha amisa, futhi bahlasela umuzi lonke lolo suku nabo bonke
ngalobo busuku, waze wanikelwa umuzi esandleni sakhe;
5:51 Owasebabulala bonke abesilisa ngosiko lwenkemba, futhi wachitha
umuzi, wathatha impango yawo, wadabula umuzi phezu kwawo
ababebulewe.
5:52 Ngemva kwalokhu, bawela iJordani, baya ethafeni elikhulu phambi kweBethsan.
5:53 Futhi uJuda wabutha labo ababeza ngemuva, futhi wabakhuthaza
badabula abantu, baze bafika ezweni laseJudiya.
5:54 Ngakho bakhuphukela entabeni yaseSiyoni ngenjabulo nentokozo, lapho banikela
iminikelo yokushiswa, ngokuba akuhlatshwanga noyedwa kubo, baze baqeda
wabuya ngokuthula.
5:55 Manje ngasiphi isikhathi njengoba uJuda noJonathani base ezweni laseGileyadi, futhi
uSimoni umfowabo eGalile phambi kwePetolemayi.
5:56 uJosefa indodana kaZakariya, no-Azariya, izinduna zamabutho.
bezwa ngezenzo zobuqhawe nezenzo zokulwa ababezenzile.
5:57 Ngalokho bathi: "Masizibizeleni igama, sihambe silwe noJehova."
abezizwe abasihaqileyo.
5:58 Ngakho, lapho sebeyale ibutho elalinabo, bona
waqonda eJamnia.
5:59 Khona-ke uGorgias namadoda akhe baphuma emzini ukuze balwe nabo.
5:60 Futhi ngakho kwaba, ukuthi uJosefa futhi Azaras baxoshwa, futhi baxosha
emikhawulweni yaseJudiya; kwabulawa ngalolo suku lwabantu
koIsrayeli kungathi amadoda azinkulungwane ezimbili.
5:61 Ngakho kwaba khona ukugumbuqelwa okukhulu phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngoba
kabalalelanga uJudasi labafowabo, kodwa bacabanga ukwenza
isenzo esithile sobuqhawe.
5:62 Futhi lawa madoda abengaveli enzalweni yalabo, ngesandla sikabani
ukukhululwa wanikwa uIsrayeli.
5:63 Nokho indoda uJuda nabafowabo babedume kakhulu ethempelini
emehlweni ka-Israyeli wonke, nakubo bonke abezizwe, nomaphi lapho igama labo lalikhona
wezwa;
5:64 Kangangoba abantu babuthana kubo ngokuhalalisa.
5:65 Ngemva kwalokho uJudasi waphuma kanye nabafowabo, futhi walwa
abantwana bakwa-Esawu ezweni elingaseningizimu, lapho anqoba khona iHebroni,
nemizi yalo, nokuyidiliza inqaba yalo, ayishisa
imibhoshongo yalo nxazonke.
5:66 Wasuka lapho, waya ezweni lamaFilisti, futhi
wadabula iSamariya.
5:67 Ngaleso sikhathi abapristi abathile, befisa ukukhombisa ubuqhawe babo, babulawa
empini, ngenxa yalokho baphuma ukulwa bengaqondile.
5:68 Ngakho uJuda waphendukela Azotus ezweni lamaFilisti, futhi lapho yena
badilizile ama-altare abo, bashisa izithombe zabo ezibaziweyo ngomlilo;
wayiphanga imizi yabo, wabuyela ezweni laseJudiya.