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.