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.