1 Maccabees
8:1 Manje uJuda wayezwile amaRoma, ukuthi ayenamandla futhi enesibindi
amadoda, nalabo abathanda ukwamukela bonke abazihlanganisa nabo
wenze isivumelwano nabo bonke abeza kubo;
8:2 Futhi ukuthi babengamadoda anamandla amakhulu. Wabikelwa nangabo
izimpi nezenzo ezinhle ababezenzile kwabaseGalathiya, nokuthi kanjani
babebanqobile, futhi babangenisa ngaphansi kwentela;
8:3 Futhi lokho ababekwenzile ezweni laseSpain, ngoba ngokuwina of the
izimayini zesiliva negolide ezikhona;
8:4 Futhi ukuthi ngomgomo wabo nokubekezela babeyinqobile yonke indawo.
nakuba kwakukude kakhulu kubo; kanye namakhosi ahlaselayo
kusukela emikhawulweni yomhlaba, baze bahlakazeka
wabadiliza kakhulu, baze babanika
inkokhiso minyaka yonke:
8:5 Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ukuthi base behlakazekile empini uFiliphu noPerseus,
inkosi yamaCiti, nabanye ababeziphakamisela kubo,
futhi wabanqoba.
8:6 Indlela futhi Antiochus, inkosi enkulu yase-Asiya, owafika ngokumelene nabo
impi, benezindlovu eziyikhulu namashumi amabili, nabamahhashi, futhi
izinqola, nempi enkulu kakhulu, yaphazanyiswa yizo;
8:7 Futhi ukuthi bamthatha ephila, futhi bavumelana ukuthi yena kanye nalabo ababebusa
emva kwakhe kufanele akhokhe intela enkulu, futhi anikeze abathumbi, nalokho lokho
kwavunyelwana ngakho,
8:8 Futhi izwe laseNdiya, futhi Media and Lydia and of the goodliest
amazwe abawathatha kuye, bawanika inkosi u-Eumenes;
8:9 Futhi ukuthi amaGreki ayezimisele kanjani ukuza futhi ababhubhise;
8:10 Futhi ukuthi, ekwazi, wathumela kubo othile
induna, nokulwa nabo, yabulala abaningi kubo, yamuka
bathumba omkabo nabantwana babo, babaphanga, babathumba
bathatha amazwe abo, badiliza izinqaba zabo, futhi
baziletha zibe yizinceku zabo kuze kube namuhla.
8:11 Futhi watshelwa futhi, kanjani babhubhisa futhi baletha ngaphansi kwabo
babuse yonke eminye imibuso neziqhingi ezamelana nazo nganoma isiphi isikhathi;
8:12 Kodwa nabangane babo futhi labo ababethembele kubo bagcina ubuhlobo: futhi
ukuthi base beyinqobile imibuso ekude naseduze, ngakho konke lokho
bezwa igama labo besaba;
8:13 Futhi ukuthi, labo ababeyosiza embusweni, labo bayabusa; futhi ubani
baphinde bafuna, bahamba; ekugcineni, ukuthi bakhulu
phakanyisiwe:
8:14 Nokho kukho konke lokho akekho kubo owayembethe umqhele noma owembethe okububende,
kukhuliswe ngalokho:
8:15 Ngaphezu kwalokho, babezenzele indlu yesine, lapho abathathu
amadoda angamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili ayehlezi emikhandlwini imihla ngemihla, ecebisana njalo
abantu, kuze kube sekugcineni bangahle bahleleke kahle:
8:16 Futhi ukuthi banikela uhulumeni wabo kumuntu oyedwa ngonyaka, ngubani
babusa phezu kwalo lonke izwe labo, nokuthi bonke bamlalela lowo;
nokuthi kwakungekho mhawu noma ukumonelana phakathi kwabo.
8:17 Ngokucabangela lezi zinto, uJuda wakhetha u-Eupolemu, indodana kaJohane,
indodana ka-Akosi, noJasoni indodana ka-Eleyazare, wabathuma eRoma,
ukwenza isivumelwano sobudlelwano kanye nesivumelwano nabo,
8:18 Futhi ukubancenga ukuba bathathe ijoka kubo; ngoba bona
wabona ukuthi umbuso wamaGreki wawucindezela u-Israyeli ngobugqila.
8:19 Ngakho-ke baya eRoma, okwakuwuhambo olukhulu kakhulu, futhi bafika
endlini yezigele, lapho bakhuluma khona bathi.
8:20 Judas Maccabeus nabafowabo, kanye nabantu bamaJuda, bathumele
thina kini, ukwenza isivumelwano nokuthula nani, futhi sibe namandla
bhaliswa ama-Confederation nabangani bakho.
8:21 Ngakho leyo ndaba yajabulisa amaRoma.
8:22 Futhi lena ikhophi yencwadi ithimba lezigele elabhala emuva futhi kuyo
izibhebhe zethusi, bathumela eJerusalema ukuba badle khona
isikhumbuzo sokuthula nesivumelwano:
8:23 Impumelelo enhle makube kumaRoma, nakubantu bamaJuda, olwandle kanye
ezweni kuze kube phakade; inkemba nesitha makube kude nabo;
8:24 Uma kuqala kufika noma iyiphi impi phezu amaRoma noma yimuphi Confederates zabo
embusweni wabo wonke,
8:25 Abantu bamaJuda bayowasiza, njengoba isikhathi esimisiwe,
ngenhliziyo yabo yonke:
8:26 Futhi ngeke banikeze lutho kulabo abalwa nabo, noma
basize ngokudla, ngezikhali, ngemali, noma ngemikhumbi, njengoba kubonakala kukuhle
kumaRoma; kodwa bayogcina izivumelwano zabo ngaphandle kokuthatha
ngakho-ke.
8:27 Ngendlela efanayo futhi, uma impi kuqala phezu kwesizwe samaJuda.
amaRoma ayakubasiza ngayo yonke inhliziyo yabo, njengokwesikhathi
bazoqokwa bona:
8:28 Futhi ukudla ngeke kunikezwe labo abathatha ingxenye ngokumelene nabo, noma
izikhali, noma imali, noma imikhumbi, njengoba kwakuthandeka kumaRoma; kodwa
bayogcina izivumelwano zabo, futhi ngaphandle kwenkohliso.
8:29 Ngokwalezi zihloko ingabe amaRoma enza isivumelwano ne
abantu bamaJuda.
8:30 Nokho, uma Hereafter iqembu elilodwa noma omunye uyocabanga ukuhlangana
bengeze noma banciphise noma yini, bangayenza ngokuthanda kwabo, futhi
noma yini abayokwengeza noma abayokususa kuyoqinisekiswa.
8:31 Futhi mayelana nokubi uDemetriyu akwenzayo kumaJuda, sinakho
ebhaliwe kuye, ethi: Ngakho walenza laba nzima ijoka lakho phezu kwethu
abangani kanye nezinhlangano zamaJuda?
8:32 Ngakho-ke uma besakhononda ngawe, sizobenza
ukulunga, ngilwe nawe olwandle nasemhlabeni.