1 Maccabees
13:1 Manje lapho uSimoni ezwa ukuthi Trifon wayebuthele ndawonye ibutho elikhulu
ahlasele izwe laseJudiya, alichithe;
13:2 Futhi ebona ukuthi abantu bethuthumela okukhulu nokwesaba, wakhuphukela kubo
eJerusalema, wabutha abantu,
13:3 Wabayala, wathi: "Nina ngokwenu niyazi ukuthi yiziphi izinto ezinkulu
Mina, nabafowethu, nendlu kababa, senze ngokuvumelana nemithetho kanye
indawo engcwele, izimpi kanye nezinkathazo esizibonile.
13:4 Ngenxa yalokho bonke abafowethu babulawa ngenxa ka-Israyeli, futhi mina ngifile.
esele yedwa.
13:5 Manje-ke makube kude nami, ukuthi ngigodle ukuphila kwami siqu
nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sosizi: ngoba angingcono kunabafowethu.
13:6 Impela ngiyakuphindisela isizwe sami, nendlu engcwele, nabafazi bethu,
abantwana bethu, ngokuba zonke izizwe zibuthene ukusibhubhisa kakhulu
ububi.
13:7 Manje kwathi nje lapho abantu bezwa la mazwi, umoya wabo waphila.
13:8 Baphendula ngezwi elikhulu, bathi: "Wena uyakuba umholi wethu."
esikhundleni sikaJudasi noJonathani umfowenu.
13:9 Yilwa wena izimpi zethu, futhi noma yini, osiyala kithi, sizobe
yenza.
13:10 Ngakho, wabutha wonke amadoda empi, futhi waphuthuma
waqeda izingange zaseJerusalema, waliqinisa nxazonke.
13:11 Futhi wathumela uJonathani, indodana ka-Abisalomu, futhi kanye naye amandla amakhulu, ukuze
iJopha, abakhipha ababekulo, basala khona.
13:12 Ngakho uTrifoni wasusa ePtolemawu ngamandla amakhulu ukuze ahlasele izwe
eJudiya, uJonathani enaye esitokisini.
13:13 Kodwa uSimoni wamisa amatende akhe e-Adida, maqondana ethafeni.
13:14 Manje lapho uTryphon azi ukuthi uSimoni uvukile esikhundleni somfowabo
uJonathani, esehlose ukulwa naye, wathuma izithunywa kuye
wathi,
13:15 Nakuba sinoJonathani umfowenu ekubanjiwe, kungenxa yemali
ngengcebo yenkosi mayelana nomsebenzi owawukhona
uzibophezele kuye.
13:16 Ngakho manje thumela ikhulu lamatalenta esiliva, futhi amabili amadodana akhe
izithunjwa, ukuze kuthi lapho esekhululekile angasihlubuki, nathi
uzomdedela ahambe.
13:17 Khona uSimoni, waqonda ukuthi bakhuluma kuye ngobuqili.
nokho wayithumela imali nabantwana, funa mhlawumbe ayenze
azitholele inzondo enkulu ngabantu;
13:18 Ngubani owayengathi: Ngoba angimthumanga imali labantwana;
ngalokho uJonathani ufile.
13:19 Ngakho wathumela kubo abantwana namatalenta ayikhulu, nokho uTrifoni
akavumanga ukumdedela uJonathani.
13:20 Futhi ngemva kwalokhu kwafika uTrifoni ukuze ahlasele izwe, futhi alibhubhise, ehamba
nxazonke ngendlela eyisa e-Adora, kepha uSimoni nebutho lakhe
bamhlasela kuzo zonke izindawo lapho eya khona.
13:21 Manje labo ababesembhoshongweni wathumela izithunywa eTrifoni, kuze kube sekupheleni
ukuze asheshise ukuza kwakhe kubo ehlane, athumele
ukudla kwabo.
13:22 Ngakho uTrifoni walungiselela bonke abamahhashi bakhe ukuba bafike ngalobo busuku
kwawa iqhwa elikhulu kakhulu, engazange afike ngalo. Ngakho yena
wamuka, waya ezweni laseGiliyadi.
13:23 Futhi lapho esondela Baskama wambulala uJonathani, owangcwatshwa khona.
13:24 Ngasemuva uTrifoni wabuya, waya ezweni lakubo.
13:25 Khona-ke wathumela uSimoni, futhi wathatha amathambo kaJonathani umfowabo, futhi wembelwa
eModin, idolobha laboyise.
13:26 Futhi wonke u-Israyeli wamenzela isililo esikhulu, futhi wamlilela abaningi
izinsuku.
13:27 USimoni naye wakha itshe lesikhumbuzo phezu kwengcwaba likayise nelakhe
bazalwane, wayiphakamisela phezulu ukuze abonakale, inetshe elibaziweyo ngemuva na
ngaphambili.
13:28 Futhi wamisa amaphiramidi ayisikhombisa, omunye phezu kwelinye, kuyise.
nonina, nabafowabo abane.
13:29 Futhi kulezi, wenza amacebo ngobuqili, mayelana okuyinto wabeka ezinkulu
izinsika, naphezu kwezinsika zonke izikhali zazo wazenza kuze kube phakade
inkumbulo, nangemikhumbi yezikhali ezibaziweyo, ukuze zibonwe yibo bonke
abahamba ngomkhumbi olwandle.
13:30 Leli yithuna alenza eModin, futhi lisamile namanje
namuhla.
13:31 Manje uTryphon wenza ngobuqili enkosini esencane u-Antiochus, futhi wabulala.
yena.
13:32 Futhi wabusa esikhundleni sakhe, futhi wabeka inkosi yase-Asiya, futhi
waletha inhlekelele enkulu phezu kwezwe.
13:33 Khona-ke uSimoni wakha izinqaba eJudiya, futhi uthango kubo
enemibhoshongo emide, nezindonga ezinkulu, namasango, nemigoqo, yabekwa
okudliwayo kuwo.
13:34 USimoni wakhetha amadoda, futhi wathumela enkosini uDemetriyu, kuze kube sekupheleni
kufanele inikeze izwe ukungavikeleki, ngoba konke uTryphon ayekwenza kwakuwukwenza
chitha.
13:35 Inkosi uDemetriyu yaphendula, yabhala ngale ndlela:
13:36 Inkosi uDemetriyu kuSimoni umpristi omkhulu, futhi umngane wamakhosi, njengoba futhi
kumalunga nesizwe sabaJuda, ngiyabingelela;
13:37 Umqhele wegolide, nengubo ebomvu, enithumele kithi, sinawo
futhi sesilungele ukwenza ukuthula okuqinisekileyo kini, yebo, futhi
ukubhala ezikhulwini zethu, ukuqinisekisa ukuzivikela esinakho
inikiwe.
13:38 Futhi noma yiziphi izivumelwano esizenzile nawe ziyokuma; kanye ne
izinqaba enizakhileyo ziyakuba ngokwenu.
13:39 Ngokuqondene nanoma yibuphi ububi noma iphutha elenziwe kuze kube namuhla, siyakuthethelela.
nentela yomqhele enisikweleta yona, uma ekhona omunye
intela ekhokhwa eJerusalema, ayisayikukhokhwa.
13:40 Futhi bhekani abafaneleka phakathi kwenu ukuba abe segcekeni lethu, makube
babhaliswa, kube khona ukuthula phakathi kwethu.
13:41 Kanjalo ijoka abezizwe lasuswa ku-Israyeli ngekhulu
nonyaka wamashumi ayisikhombisa.
13:42 Khona-ke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baqala ukubhala izinsimbi zabo kanye
izivumelwano, Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaSimoni umpristi omkhulu, umbusi kanye
umholi wamaJuda.
13:43 Ngalezo zinsuku uSimoni wamisa inkamba ngaseGaza, wayivimbezela nxazonke; yena
wenza nenqola yempi, wayimisa eduze komuzi, wayichitha
umbhoshongo othile, wawuthatha.
13:44 Futhi labo ababesenjinini bagxumela emzini; lapho
kwaba khona isiyaluyalu esikhulu emzini.
13:45 Kangangoba abantu bomuzi waklebhula izingubo zabo, futhi wagibela phezu
izindonga kanye nawomkabo nabantwana, futhi bamemeza ngezwi elikhulu.
enxusa uSimoni ukuthi abanike ukuthula.
13:46 Bathi: "Musa ukwenza kithi njengobubi bethu, kodwa
ngokomusa wakho.
13:47 Ngakho uSimoni wathotshiswa ngabo, futhi akabange esalwa nabo, kodwa
abakhiphele ngaphandle komuzi, bahlanza izindlu lapho izithombe
kwaba, futhi kanjalo wangena kuwo ngamaculo nokubonga.
13:48 Yebo, wakhipha konke ukungcola kuwo, futhi wabeka abantu abanjalo
angagcina umthetho, awenze abe namandla kunakuqala, akha
khona indawo yakhe yokuhlala.
13:49 Nabo bombhoshongo waseJerusalema bagcinwa strait, ukuze bakwazi
lingaphumi, lingangeni emaphandleni, lingathengi, lingathengisi;
ngalokho babesekuhluphekeni okukhulu ngokuswela ukudla, lokukhulu
inani labo labhubha ngendlala.
13:50 Base bememeza kuSimoni, bemncenga ukuba abe munye nabo
into abanike yona; kwathi esebakhiphile lapho
wahlanza umbhoshongo ekungcoleni:
13:51 Wangena kuwo ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nantathu lwenyanga yesibili
iminyaka eyikhulu namashumi ayisikhombisa nanye, kanye nokubonga, namagatsha
amasundu, namahabhu, namasimbali, nezingubhu, namahubo,
amaculo: ngokuba kwachithwa isitha esikhulu kwa-Israyeli.
13:52 Wamisa futhi ukuthi lolo suku kufanele igcinwe minyaka yonke ngokujabula.
Futhi igquma lethempeli elalingasembhoshongweni walenza laqina
kunalokho, wahlala khona yena nebandla lakhe.
13:53 Futhi lapho uSimoni wabona ukuthi uJohane indodana yakhe iqhawe, wamenza
induna yawo wonke amabutho; wahlala eGazera.