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.