2 Maccabees
2:1 Kuyatholakala futhi emibhalweni ukuthi uJeremiya umprofethi wabayala
abathwalwa ukuba bathathe emlilweni, njengoba kubonisiwe;
2:2 Futhi ukuthi umprofethi, esebanike umthetho, wabayala ukuba bangakwenzi
khohlwa imiyalo yeNkosi, ukuze bangaduki
izingqondo zabo, lapho bebona izithombe zesiliva negolide, kanye nazo
imihlobiso.
2:3 Futhi nezinye izinkulumo ezinjalo wabakhuthaza, ukuthi umthetho akufanele
suka enhliziyweni zabo.
2:4 Futhi kwakuqukethwe kulo mbhalo ofanayo, ukuthi umprofethi, kokuba
waxwayiswa nguNkulunkulu, wayala itabernakele nomphongolo ukuba kuhambe naye, njengoba
waphuma waya entabeni, lapho uMose akhuphukela khona, wabona
ifa likaNkulunkulu.
2:5 Futhi lapho uJeremy efika khona, wathola umhume oyisigodi, lapho wayelele
itabernakele, nomphongolo, ne-altare lempepho, kwaba njalo
Isicabha.
2:6 Futhi abanye kwababemlandela beza ukuqaphela indlela, kodwa bakwazi
ngingayitholi.
2:7 UJeremiya ekubona, wabasola, wathi: "Ngokuqondene naleyo ndawo.
kuyobe kungaziwa kuze kufike isikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ephinde aqoqele khona abantu bakhe
kanyekanye, libemukele ngesihawu.
2:8 Khona-ke iNkosi izobabonisa lezi zinto, futhi inkazimulo yeNkosi
liyakubonakala, nefu futhi, njengalokho laboniswa phansi kukaMose, nanjengalokhu
lapho uSolomoni efisa ukuba indawo ingcweliswe ngokuhloniphekile.
2:9 Kwamenyezelwa futhi, ukuthi ehlakaniphile wanikela umhlatshelo we
ukunikezelwa, nokuqedwa kwethempeli.
2:10 Kwathi lapho uMose ekhuleka eNkosini, umlilo wehla uvela ezulwini.
waqeda imihlatshelo; wakhuleka kanjalo uSolomoni nomlilo
wehla ezulwini, waqeda iminikelo yokushiswa.
2:11 Wathi uMose: "Ngokuba umnikelo wesono wawungadliwa
kudliwe.
2:12 Ngakho uSolomoni wazigcina lezo zinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili.
2:13 Izinto ezifanayo futhi kwabikwa emibhalweni kanye nokuhlaziya
I-Neemia; nokuthi wasungula kanjani umtapo wolwazi waqoqa ndawonye izenzo ze
amakhosi, nabaprofethi, nezikaDavide, nezincwadi zamakhosi
mayelana nezipho ezingcwele.
2:14 Ngokunjalo uJudasi wabutha zonke izinto ezazikhona
balahlekile ngenxa yempi esasinayo, futhi bahlala nathi,
2:15 Ngakho-ke uma nikudinga, thumelani abanye ukuba balethe kini.
2:16 Nakuba thina ke mayelana ukugubha ukuhlanzwa, silobile
kini, futhi niyakwenza kahle, uma nigcina lezo zinsuku.
2:17 Siyethemba futhi, ukuthi uNkulunkulu, owakhulula bonke abantu bakhe, futhi wabanika
lonke ifa, nombuso, nobupristi, nendlu engcwele;
2:18 Njengoba ethembisile emthethweni, ngokushesha uzosihawukela, futhi abuthe
siphume ezweni lonke eliphansi kwezulu, singene endaweni engcwele, ngokuba yena
yasikhulula ezinkathazweni ezinkulu, yahlanza indawo.
2:19 Manje mayelana Judas Maccabeus, nabafowabo, futhi
ukuhlanjululwa kwethempeli elikhulu, nokunikezelwa kwe-altare,
2:20 Futhi izimpi ngokumelene Antiochus Epiphanes, futhi Eupator indodana yakhe,
2:21 Futhi izibonakaliso obala ezavela ezulwini kulabo abaziphatha
bona ngokwabo ngobudoda ukuze bahlonishwe ngenkolo yobuJuda: ukuze, kube nje a
bambalwa, balinqoba izwe lonke, baxosha izixuku eziyiziqaba;
2:22 Futhi walulama futhi ithempeli eladuma emhlabeni wonke, futhi wakhulula
umuzi, futhi wagcina imithetho eyehlayo, iNkosi ekhona
umusa kubo ngomusa wonke;
2:23 Zonke lezi zinto, Ngithi, kumenyezelwa nguJasoni waseKhurene in ezinhlanu
izincwadi, sizozama ukufinyeza ngomqulu owodwa.
2:24 Ukuze ucabangele inombolo engapheli, kanye nobunzima abayitholayo
leso sifiso sokubheka ukulandisa kwendaba, ukuhlukahluka kwe
udaba,
2:25 Siye saqaphela, ukuze labo bayofunda bajabule, futhi
ukuze labo abafuna ukukhumbula babe lula, futhi
ukuze bonke elifika ezandleni zabo babe lenzuzo.
2:26 Ngakho kithi, ukuthi baye bathatha phezu kwethu lo msebenzi obuhlungu
ukufinyeza, kwakungelula, kodwa kwakuyindaba yokujuluka nokubuka;
2:27 Njengoba kungelula kulowo olungiselela idili nofuna idili
sizuzise abanye; nokho sizakwenza ukuze sithokozise abanengi
ngokuthokoza lobu buhlungu obukhulu;
2:28 Ukushiya kumbhali ukuphathwa okuqondile kwazo zonke izici, kanye
ukusebenza kanzima ukulandela imithetho yokufinyezwa.
2:29 Ngoba njengoba umakhi oyingcweti wendlu entsha kufanele anakekele yonke
isakhiwo; kodwa ovumayo ukuyiveza, ayipende, kufanele afune
3:10 Ngicabanga ukuthi kunjalo nakithi.
2:30 Ukuma phezu kwawo wonke amaphuzu, futhi uhambe phezu kwezinto ngobubanzi, nokuba
ofuna ukwazi ngemininingwane, ngeyombhali wokuqala wendaba:
2:31 Kodwa ukusebenzisa brevity, futhi ugweme umshikashika omningi womsebenzi, kufanele kube
aphiwe lowo ozakwenza isifinyezo.
2:32 Lapha-ke sizoqala indaba: kuphela ukwengeza kakhulu kulokho
Kuye kwathiwa, kuwubuwula ukwenza isandulela eside, futhi
ukuba mfishane endabeni ngokwayo.