1 Maccabees 6:1 Ngaleso sikhathi inkosi u-Antiochus edabula emazweni aphakeme wezwa kuthiwa i-Elimayi ezweni lasePheresiya yayiwumuzi omkhulu edume ngengcebo, isiliva, negolide; 6:2 Futhi ukuthi kwakukhona kuwo ithempeli elicebe kakhulu, lapho kwakukhona izambatho igolide, nezivikelo zesifuba, nezihlangu, u-Alexander, indodana kaFiliphu, the Inkosi yaseMakedoniya, eyabusa kuqala phakathi kwamaGreki, yayihambile lapho. 6:3 Ngakho wafika wafuna ukuthatha umuzi, futhi awuphange; kodwa yena abakwazanga, ngokuba ababekulowo muzi babexwayisiwe. 6:4 Wavuka ngokumelene naye empini, ngakho wabaleka, futhi wasuka lapho usizi olukhulu, wabuyela eBhabhiloni. 6:5 Futhi kwafika omunye owamlethela izindaba ePheresiya, ukuthi amabutho ayehlasela izwe laseJudiya axoshwa. 6:6 Futhi ukuthi uLisiya, owaphuma kuqala ngamandla amakhulu waxoshwa wamaJuda; nokuthi baqiniswa ngezikhali, namandla; nenqwaba yempango ababeyizuzile emabuthweni ababenayo ichithiwe: 6:7 Futhi ukuthi babedilizile isinengiso, okuyinto wayemise phezu i-altare eJerusalema, nokuthi babezungeza indlu engcwele nezindonga eziphakemeyo njengakuqala, nomuzi wakhe iBetsura. 6:8 Kwathi inkosi isizwile lawa mazwi, yamangala, yathinteka kakhulu. wamlalisa phezu kombhede wakhe, wagula ngenxa yosizi; ngoba kwakungamehlelanga njengokulindele kwakhe. 6:9 Wahlala khona izinsuku eziningi, ngokuba usizi lwakhe lwaluya lukhula. futhi walandisa ukuthi kufanele afe. 6:10 Ngakho wabiza bonke abangane bakhe, futhi wathi kubo: "Balele." iphelile emehlweni ami, nenhliziyo yami iphelile ukunakwa. 6:11 Futhi ngacabanga mina ngokwami, Ngingene osizini, futhi kanjani isikhukhula esikhulu sosizi engikuso manje. ngoba ngangigcwele futhi bathandekayo ngamandla ami. 6:12 Kodwa manje ngiyakhumbula ububi engabenza eJerusalema, futhi ukuthi ngathatha zonke izitsha zegolide nezesiliva ezazikuyo, wathumela kuzo bhubhisani abakhileyo eJudiya ngaphandle kwesizathu. 6:13 Ngakho-ke ngiyabona ukuthi ngenxa yalesi sizathu lezi zinhlupheko zehlela bheka, ngiyabhubha ngosizi olukhulu ezweni labezizwe. 6:14 Khona-ke wabiza uFiliphu, omunye wabangane bakhe, owambeka phezu kwakhe yonke indawo yakhe, 6:15 Wamnika umqhele, nejazi lakhe, nendandatho yakhe, kuze kube sekupheleni kufanele akhulise indodana yakhe u-Antiochus, futhi ayondlele umbuso. 6:16 Ngakho inkosi u-Antiochus wafa lapho ngonyaka wekhulu namashumi amane nesishiyagalolunye. 6:17 Manje lapho uLisiya azi ukuthi inkosi ifile, wamisa Antiochus yakhe indodana ayikhulisayo isencane ukuba abuse esikhundleni sayo, neyakhe igama aliqamba ngokuthi Eupator. 6:18 Ngaleso sikhathi, labo ababesembhoshongweni bavala ama-Israyeli nxazonke ngendlu engcwele, njalo wayefuna ukulinyazwa kwabo kanye lokuqiniswa kwabezizwe. 6:19 Ngakho uJuda, ehlose ukubabhubhisa, wabiza bonke abantu ndawonye ukuze bavimbezele. 6:20 Ngakho bahlangana, futhi bavimbezela kubo ngekhulu namashumi amahlanu ngonyaka, futhi wenza izingqimba zokudutshulwa ngokumelene nabo, nezinye izinjini. 6:21 Nokho, abanye kwabavinjezelwe baphuma, abanye kubo abantu abangamesabi uNkulunkulu bahlanganyela kwa-Israyeli. " 6:22 Futhi baya enkosini, futhi bathi: "Koze kube nini ufika khiphani isahlulelo, niphindisele abazalwane bethu? 6:23 Besizimisele ukukhonza uyihlo nokwenza njengoba ebethanda thina. nokulalela imiyalo yakhe; 6:24 Ngenxa yalokhu, bona besizwe sakithi bavimbezela umbhoshongo, futhi bahlukaniswe sisuka kithi: ngaphezu kwalokho abaningi bethu ababengakhanyisa babulala, futhi lonakalise ifa lethu. 6:25 Futhi abazange welulele isandla sabo ngokumelene nathi kuphela, kodwa futhi ngokumelene nemingcele yabo. 6:26 Futhi bheka, namuhla bavimbezela umbhoshongo eJerusalema, ukuze bawuthathe nendlu engcwele neBethsura bayiqinise. 6:27 Ngakho uma ungabavimbi ngokushesha, bayokwenza izinto ezinkulu kunalezi, aniyikuba namandla okuzibusa. 6:28 Manje lapho inkosi izwa lokhu, wathukuthela, futhi wabutha ndawonye bonke abangane bakhe, nezinduna zempi yakhe, futhi labo ababephethe ihhashi. 6:29 Kwafika kuye bevela kweminye imibuso, naseziqhingini zolwandle. amaviyo amasosha aqashiwe. 6:30 Ngakho inani lebutho lakhe kwaba izinkulungwane eziyikhulu abahamba ngezinyawo, futhi abamahhashi abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili, nezindlovu ezingamashumi amathathu nambili zazizilolonga impi. 6:31 Laba badabula i-Idumiya, futhi bamisa ngokumelene Bethsura, okuyinto they wahlasela izinsuku eziningi, wenza izinjini zempi; kodwa beza abeBethura wabakhipha, wabashisa ngomlilo, walwa ngokunamandla. 6:32 Kulokhu uJuda wasuka embhoshongweni, wamisa eBatsakhariya. phambi kwekamu lenkosi. 6:33 Khona-ke inkosi yavuka ekuseni kakhulu, bamasha ngobudlova kanye nebutho lakhe uBatsakariya, lapho amabutho akhe ayebalungisele ukulwa, futhi bashaya uphondo amacilongo. 6:34 Futhi kuze kube sekupheleni angase avuse izindlovu ukulwa, babonisa kubo igazi lamagilebhisi nelamajikijolo. 6:35 Futhi bahlukanisa izilo phakathi kwamabutho, futhi zonke indlovu babeka amadoda ayinkulungwane, ahlome amajazi ensimbi, futhi bethwele izigqoko zethusi emakhanda abo; futhi ngaphandle kwalokhu, kuzo zonke izilwane bamiswa abamahhashi abangamakhulu ayisihlanu kwabangcono kakhulu. 6:36 Lawa ayelungile ngazo zonke izikhathi: nomaphi lapho isilo sasikhona, futhi nomaphi lapho isilo saya khona, nazo zaya, azisukanga yena. 6:37 Futhi phezu izilo kwakukhona imibhoshongo eqinile ngokhuni, okuyinto embozwe bonke babebhincile kubo amacebo; naphezu kwalowo nalowo amadoda anamandla angamashumi amathathu nambili alwa nawo; eceleni kweNdiya elalimbusa. 6:38 Ngokuqondene insali yabagibeli bamahhashi, babamisa ngapha nangapha ohlangothini ezingxenyeni ezimbili zomphathi ebanika izimpawu ukuthi benzeni, futhi iboshwe yonke indawo phakathi kwamazinga. 6:39 Manje lapho ilanga likhanya phezu kwezihlangu zegolide nezethusi, izintaba lalibenyezela ngakho, likhanya njengezibane zomlilo. 6:40 Ngakho ingxenye yebutho lenkosi isakazwa phezu kwezintaba eziphakeme, futhi ingxenye ezigodini ezingezansi, bahamba bephephile futhi behlelekile. 6:41 Ngakho bonke abezwa umsindo wesixuku sabo nokumasha kwenhlangano, nokukhenceza kwezikhali, kwanyakaza; ibutho lalilikhulu kakhulu lilamandla. 6:42 Khona-ke uJuda nebutho lakhe wasondela, futhi wangena ekulweni, futhi lapho kwabulawa ebuthweni lenkosi amadoda angamakhulu ayisithupha. 6:43 U-Eleyazare naye, ogama lakhe linguSavaran, ebona ukuthi esinye sezilo, sihlomile. enezintambo zobukhosi, yayiphakeme kunabo bonke abanye, futhi becabanga ukuthi inkosi yayiphezu kwakhe, 6:44 Wazifaka engozini, kuze kube sekupheleni angase akhulule abantu bakhe, futhi uthole igama lakhe elingunaphakade: 6:45 Ngakho wagijima phezu kwakhe ngesibindi phakathi kwempi. bebulala ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo, baze bahlukana kuye nhlangothi zombili. 6:46 Okwenza lokho, wanyonyoba ngaphansi kwendlovu, futhi wamphonsa ngaphansi, futhi wabulala. indlovu yawela phezu kwakhe, wafela khona. 6:47 Nokho amanye amaJuda ebona amandla enkosi, futhi ubudlwangudlwangu bamabutho akhe, wabafulathela. 6:48 Khona-ke ibutho lenkosi wenyukela eJerusalema ukubahlangabeza, kanye nenkosi wamisa amatende akhe ngaseJudiya nasentabeni yaseSiyoni. 6:49 Kodwa wenza ukuthula nabaseBethsura, ngoba baphuma umuzi, ngoba babengenakudla lapho ukuze bakhuthazelele ukuvinjezelwa, wona kube ngumnyaka wokuphumula ezweni. 6:50 Inkosi yasithatha iBethsura, futhi yabeka ikanisa khona ukuze baligcine. 6:51 Ngokuqondene nendlu engcwele, wayivimbezela izinsuku eziningi, futhi wabeka khona izikhali nezinjini, nezinto zokuphonsa umlilo, namatshe, nezingcezu zokuphonsa imicibisholo nezihlilingi. 6:52 Ngalokho nabo benza izinjini ngokumelene izinjini zabo, futhi wababamba ukulwa isizini ende. 6:53 Nokho ekugcineni, izitsha zabo zingenamphako, (ngokuba kwakunjalo ngomnyaka wesikhombisa, futhi labo eJudiya bakhululwa ethempelini Abezizwe, babedle insalela yesitolo;) 6:54 Kwase kusele abayingcosana endlini engcwele, ngoba indlala yenza njalo babahlula, baze bafisa ukuzihlakaza, bonke umuntu endaweni yakhe. 6:55 Ngaleso sikhathi uLisiya wezwa kuthiwa uFiliphu, lowo uAntiochus inkosi. ngenkathi esaphila, wayemise ukukhulisa indodana yakhe u-Antiochus, ukuthi yena angaba yinkosi, 6:56 Wabuya ePheresiya naseMediya, futhi ibutho lenkosi futhi wahamba naye, nokuthi wayefuna ukumthathela ukubusa kwezindaba. 6:57 Ngakho, wangena ngokukhulu ukushesha, futhi wathi enkosini nezinduna ophethe kanye nenkampani, Sibola nsuku zonke, nokudla kwethu kukodwa incane, futhi indawo esivimbezela kuyo inamandla, kanye nezindaba ze umbuso uhlale phezu kwethu; 6:58 Ngakho manje ake sibe abangane nalaba, futhi wenze ukuthula bona, kanye nesizwe sabo sonke; 6:59 Futhi isivumelwano nabo, ukuthi bayophila ngokuvumelana nemithetho yabo, njengoba bona abakwenzile ngaphambili; ngokuba ngenxa yalokho bathukuthele, benze konke lokho izinto, ngoba siyichithile imithetho yabo. 6:60 Ngakho inkosi nezikhulu bavuma, ngakho wathumela kubo yenza ukuthula; futhi bakwamukela. 6:61 Futhi inkosi nezikhulu bafungisa kubo waphuma endaweni eqinile. 6:62 Inkosi yasingena entabeni yaseSiyoni; kodwa lapho ebona amandla ka endaweni, wephula isifungo sakhe ayenzile, futhi wayala ukuba diliza udonga nxazonke. 6:63 Ngemva kwalokho wamuka ngejubane elikhulu, wabuyela e-Antiyokiya, lapho wafumana uFiliphu engumphathi womuzi: ngakho walwa naye, futhi wawuthatha umuzi ngenkani.