1 Maccabees
16:1 Khona-ke uJohane wenyuka evela eGazera, futhi watshela uSimoni uyise lokho Cendebeus
wayenze.
16:2 Ngakho uSimoni wabiza amadodana akhe amabili amadala, uJuda noJohane, wathi
kubo, mina, nabafowethu, nendlu kababa, sike sazuza kokwami
intsha ilwa nezitha zakwa-Israyeli kuze kube namuhla; nezinto
siphumelele kahle kakhulu esandleni sethu, size simkhulule u-Israyeli
kaningi.
16:3 Kepha manje sengimdala, kepha nina ngomusa kaNkulunkulu senikhulile ngeminyaka;
esikhundleni sami nomfowethu, futhi uhambe uyolwela isizwe sakithi, futhi
usizo oluvela ezulwini lube nani.
16:4 Ngakho wakhetha ezweni amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namahhashi.
owaphuma ngokumelene noCendebeus, futhi waphumula ngalobo busuku eModin.
16:5 Futhi lapho bevuka ekuseni, futhi bengena ethafeni, bheka, a
ibutho elikhulu elilamandla labahamba ngenyawo labagadi bamabhiza beza ukumelana labo;
nokho kwakukhona umfula wamanzi phakathi kwabo.
16:6 Ngakho yena nabantu bakhe bamisa maqondana nabo
abantu besaba ukuwela umfudlana wamanzi, wawela kuqala
yena ngokwakhe, kwathi amadoda ambonayo adlula emlandela.
16:7 Lokho kwenziwa, wahlukanisa amadoda akhe, futhi wamisa abamahhashi phakathi
abahamba ngezinyawo: ngokuba abamahhashi bezitha babebaningi kakhulu.
16:8 Khona-ke babetha amacilongo angcwele, lapho uCendebeus neyakhe
ibutho laxoshwa, kangangokuthi abaningi babo babulawa, futhi
insali yabayisa endaweni eqinile.
16:9 Ngaleso sikhathi uJuda umfowabo kaJohane walinyazwa; kodwa uJohane waqhubeka elandela
ngemva kwabo, waze wafika eKedron, uCendebeus ayeyakhile.
16:10 Babalekela emibhoshongweni yase-Azotu; ngalokho yena
balishisa ngomlilo, kwaze kwabulawa kubo kungathi izinkulungwane ezimbili
amadoda. Emva kwalokho wabuyela ezweni laseJudiya ngokuthula.
16:11 Phezu kwalokho ethafeni laseJeriko kwenziwa uPtolemewu indodana ka-Abubus.
induna, yayinesiliva eliningi negolide;
16:12 Ngoba wayengumkhwenyana wompristi omkhulu.
16:13 Ngakho inhliziyo yakhe yaphakama, wacabanga ukuya ezweni
ngokwakhe, futhi ngemva kwalokho wacebisana ngenkohliso ngokumelene noSimoni namadodana akhe
ukubabhubhisa.
16:14 Manje uSimoni wayevakashele imizi yasemaphandleni, futhi ukuthatha
nakekela ukuhleleka okuhle kwazo; ngaleso sikhathi wehla yena
eJeriko namadodana akhe, uMathathiya noJuda, ngekhulu
umnyaka wamashumi ayisikhombisa nesikhombisa ngenyanga yeshumi nanye ogama layo linguSabati.
16:15 Lapho indodana ka-Abubus ebamukela ngenkohliso endaweni encane,
ethiwa uDocus, ayakhileyo, wabenzela idili elikhulu;
wayefihle amadoda khona.
16:16 Ngakho lapho uSimoni namadodana akhe sebephuzile kakhulu, uPtolemee namadoda akhe basukuma.
bathatha izikhali zabo, bafika kuSimoni edilini
wambulala, yena namadodana akhe amabili, nezinceku zakhe ezithile.
16:17 Ngokwenza lokho wenza ukukhohlisa okukhulu, futhi wabuyisela ububi ngenxa
kuhle.
16:18 Khona-ke uPtolemee wabhala lezi zinto, futhi wathumela enkosini, ukuthi kufanele
umthumelele ibutho ukuba limsize, futhi wayezomkhulula izwe futhi
amadolobha.
16:19 Futhi wathumela abanye futhi eGazera ukuze abulale uJohane, futhi ukuba tribunes yena
wathuma izincwadi ukuba beze kuye, ukuze abanikeze isiliva negolide;
kanye nemivuzo.
16:20 Futhi abanye wabathuma ukuba bathathe iJerusalema nentaba yethempeli.
16:21 Manje omunye wayegijimele eGazera futhi watshela uJohane ukuthi uyise futhi
abazalwane babulawa, futhi uPtolemee uthume ukuba akubulale.
futhi.
16:22 Ekuzwa lokho wamangala kakhulu; ngakho wabeka izandla phezu kwabo.
ababeze ukumbhubhisa, bababulala; ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi
efuna ukumsusa.
16:23 Ngokuqondene nazo zonke ezinye izenzo zikaJohane, nezimpi zakhe, futhi ufanelekile
izenzo azenzayo, nokwakhiwa kwezindonga azenzayo, nezakhe
izenzo,
16:24 Bheka, lezi zilotshiwe ezincwadini zemilando yobupristi bakhe, kusukela
isikhathi esenziwe umpristi omkhulu emva kukayise.