1 Maccabees 7:1 Ngomnyaka wekhulu namashumi ayisihlanu nanye, uDemetriyu, indodana kaSeleucus wasuka eRoma, wakhuphukela emzini ongasolwandle namadoda ambalwa ugu, wabusa khona. 7:2 Futhi njengoba engena esigodlweni wawoyise, kwaba njalo, ukuthi yakhe amabutho ayethathe u-Antiochus noLisiya, ukubaletha kuye. 7:3 Ngakho, ekwazi, wathi, "Mangingaboni ubuso babo." 7:4 Ngakho ibutho lakhe wababulala. Manje lapho uDemetriyu ehlezi esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi umbuso, 7:5 Kwase kufika kuye bonke abantu ababi nabangamesabi kwa-Israyeli, kokuba Alcimus, owayefisa ukuba umpristi omkhulu, induna yabo; 7:6 Futhi bamangalela abantu enkosini, wathi: "UJuda nabafowabo." ababulele bonke abangani bakho, basixosha ezweni lakithi. 7:7 Ngakho manje thumela indoda omethembayo, futhi umyeke ahambe abone ukuthi ungakanani umonakalo owenzile phakathi kwethu nasezweni lenkosi; bajezise kanye nabo bonke ababasizayo. 7:8 Khona-ke inkosi wakhetha Bacchides, umngane wenkosi, owayebusa ngaphesheya kazamcolo, wayengumuntu omkhulu embusweni, ethembekile enkosini; 7:9 Futhi yena wamthuma kanye nalelo u-Alkimus omubi, amenze umpristi omkhulu, futhi walaya ukuthi aphindisele kubantwana bakoIsrayeli. 7:10 Base bemuka, bafika ezweni laseJudiya ngamandla amakhulu. lapho bathuma izithunywa kuJudasi labafowabo ngokuthula amazwi ngenkohliso. 7:11 Kodwa kabanakanga amazwi abo; ngoba babonile ukuthi sebefikile ngamandla amakhulu. 7:12 Khona-ke kwabuthana Alkimu futhi Bacchides iqembu lababhali. ukufuna ubulungisa. 7:13 Manje base-Assides babengabokuqala phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuthi wafuna ukuthula kubo; 7:14 Ngoba bathi: Omunye umpristi wenzalo ka-Aroni leli butho, futhi ngeke asenze okubi. 7:15 Ngakho wakhuluma kubo ngokuthula, futhi wafunga kubo, wathi: "Sithanda." ungalimazi wena noma abangani bakho. 7:16 Ngakho bakholwa nguye, kodwa wathatha kubo amadoda angamashumi ayisithupha, futhi wababulala ngalusuku lunye njengamazwi awalobayo; 7:17 Inyama yabangcwele bakho bayilahlile, negazi labo banalo bachitha igazi nxazonke zeJerusalema, akwabakho ukubambela. 7:18 Ngakho ukwesaba nokwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabantu bonke, bathi: Akukho iqiniso nokulunga kuzo; ngoba bephulile isivumelwano nesifungo abasenzayo. 7:19 Ngemva kwalokhu, wasusa Bacchides eJerusalema, futhi wamisa amatende akhe eBezeti, lapho athumela khona, wathatha abaningi kubantu ababemshiyile; nabathile kubantu, wababulala, wabaphonsa emgodini omkhulu. 7:20 Khona-ke wanikela izwe Alcimus, futhi washiya naye amandla ukuze msize: ngakho uBakhide waya enkosini. 7:21 Kodwa Alcimus walwela ubupristi obuphakeme. 7:22 Futhi basondela kuye bonke labo ababehlupha isixuku, ngubani, ngemva kwabo ababenikele izwe lakwaJuda esandleni sabo, benza okubi kakhulu kwa-Israyeli. 7:23 Manje lapho uJuda ebona bonke ububi ukuthi Alcimus kanye neqembu lakhe kwadingeka okwenziwa phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngisho naphezu kwabezizwe, 7:24 Waphuma waya kuzo zonke izifunda zaseJudiya, futhi waphindisela kwabahlubukileyo kuye, kababe besalokotha besaphuma ezweni. 7:25 Ngakolunye uhlangothi, lapho u-Alcimus ebona ukuthi uJuda nenkampani yakhe kwadingeka waphumelela, futhi wazi ukuthi wayengenakukwazi ukumelana nabo ngamandla, waphinde waya enkosini, futhi wakhuluma konke okubi kakhulu kubo ukuthi yena angakwazi. 7:26 Khona-ke inkosi yathumela uNicanor, omunye wezikhulu zakhe ezihloniphekile, indoda ukuthi waletha inzondo ebulalayo ku-Israyeli, ngomyalo wokubhubhisa abantu. 7:27 Ngakho uNicanor wafika eJerusalema nebutho elikhulu; wathumela kuJudasi kanye abafowabo ngokukhohlisa ngamazwi anomusa, ethi: 7:28 Makungabikho ukulwa phakathi kwami nawe; Ngizoza namadoda ambalwa, ukuze nginibone ninokuthula. 7:29 Ngakho wafika kuJuda, futhi babingelelana ngokuthula. Nokho izitha zazizilungiselele ukuthatha uJudasi ngobudlova. 7:30 Lokho okwakwaziwa nguJudasi, ukuthi uyeza kuye ngenkohliso, wamesaba kakhulu, akabange esabubona ubuso bakhe. 7:31 UNiconori futhi, lapho ebona ukuthi iseluleko sakhe sitholakele, waphuma waya ukulwa noJudasi ngaseKapharsalama; 7:32 Lapho kwabulawa ngasohlangothini lukaNicanori amadoda angaba yizinkulungwane ezinhlanu, futhi abanye babalekela emzini kaDavide. 7:33 Ngemva kwalokhu, uNicanori wenyukela entabeni yaseSiyoni, futhi waphuma endlini engcwele abanye babapristi nabanye bamalunga ebandla abantu, ukumbingelela ngokuthula, lokumtshengisa umnikelo wokutshiswa owanikelwa inkosi. 7:34 Kodwa wabahleka usulu, futhi wabahleka, futhi wabahlukumeza ngokuhlazisayo, futhi wakhuluma ngokuziqhenya, 7:35 Futhi wafunga ngolaka lwakhe, wathi: "Ngaphandle kokuba uJuda nebutho lakhe manje nginikelwe esandleni sami, uma ngibuya ngiphephile, ngiyakusha lendlu: ngalokho waphuma ngolaka olukhulu. 7:36 Abapristi bangena, bema phambi kwe-altare nethempeli. bekhala, bethi: 7:37 Wena, O Nkosi, wakhetha le ndlu ukuba ibizwe ngegama lakho, futhi ukuze ube yindlu yokukhuleka nokunxusa abantu bakho; 7:38 Ziphindiseleni kulo muntu nebutho lakhe, futhi mabawe ngenkemba. khumbulani ukuhlambalaza kwabo, futhi ningabavumeli ukuba baqhubeke. 7:39 Ngakho uNiconori waphuma eJerusalema, futhi wamisa amatende akhe eBethhoroni. lapho ibutho elalivela eSiriya lamhlangabeza. 7:40 Kodwa uJuda wamisa e-Adasa namadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu, futhi lapho wakhuleka. ethi, 7:41 O Nkosi, lapho ababethunywe enkosini yase-Asiriya ithukile, ingelosi yakho yaphuma, yashaya ikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanye izinkulungwane ezinhlanu kubo. 7:42 Kanjalo wena ubhubhise leli butho phambi kwethu namuhla, ukuze abanye bangase yazi ukuthi ukhulume ngokuhlambalaza ngendlu yakho engcwele nokwahlulela wena yena njengobubi bakhe. 7:43 Ngakho ngosuku lweshumi nantathu lwenyanga ka-Adari amabutho ahlangana impi Umninikhaya kaNicanor waphazamiseka, futhi naye wabulawa kuqala impi. 7:44 Manje, lapho ibutho likaNicanor ebona ukuthi ubulewe, bamlahla izikhali, babaleka. 7:45 Bawaxosha, ibanga losuku, besuka e-Adasa, baze bafika eGazera. behlaba umkhosi emva kwabo benamacilongo abo. 7:46 Khona-ke baphuma kuyo yonke imizi yaseJudiya nxazonke, futhi wawavala phakathi; baze baphendukela kulabo ababebaxosha. babulawa bonke ngenkemba, akwasala noyedwa kubo. 7:47 Ngemva kwalokho bathatha impango kanye nempango, futhi babulala Nicannor ikhanda, nesandla sakhe sokunene, ayelule ngokuziqhenya, waletha wabasusa, wabaphanyeka ngaseJerusalema. 7:48 Ngenxa yalesi sizathu abantu bajabula kakhulu, futhi bagcina lolo suku usuku yentokozo enkulu. 7:49 Futhi wamisa ukugcina minyaka yonke lolu suku, kube ngolweshumi nantathu I-Adar. 7:50 Ngakho izwe lakwaJuda lahlala isikhashana.