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.