2 Maccabees 5:1 Cishe ngaso leso sikhathi u-Antiochus walungiselela uhambo lwakhe lwesibili eGibhithe. 5:2 Futhi ke kwenzeka, ukuthi kuwo wonke umuzi, isikhathi cishe of izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, kwabonakala abagibeli bamahhashi begijima emoyeni, bembethe indwangu igolide, ehlome ngezijula, njengeviyo lamabutho; 5:3 Futhi amabutho abagadi bamahhashi ngohlelo, ukuhlangabezana futhi egijima eyodwa ngokumelene enye, ngokunyakaziswa kwezihlangu, nobuningi bamaphinifa, nemidwebo izinkemba, nokuphonswa kwemicibisholo, nokubenyezela kwemihlobiso yegolide, kanye amahhanisi azo zonke izinhlobo. 5:4 Ngakho wonke umuntu wakhuleka ukuthi lowo mbono uphendukele okuhle. 5:5 Manje lapho kwavela inzwabethi yamanga, sengathi Antiochus kwadingeka esefile, uJason wathatha okungenani amadoda ayinkulungwane, futhi kungazelelwe wenza i ukuhlaselwa komuzi; nababephezu kwezindonga babuyiselwa emuva. kwathi umuzi ekugcineni wathathwa, uMenewu wabalekela enqabeni. 5:6 Kodwa uJasoni wabulala izakhamuzi zakubo ngaphandle kwesihe, engacabangi ukuthi ukuthola usuku lwabo lwesizwe sakubo kungaba usuku olungajabulisi kakhulu yena; kodwa becabanga ukuthi babeyizitha zakhe, bengebona abantu bakubo; amnqobileyo. 5:7 Nokho, ngenxa yakho konke lokhu, akazuzanga ukubusa, kodwa ekugcineni wathola ihlazo ngenxa yenkokhelo yokuvukela kwakhe, waphinde wabalekela ejele izwe labantwana bakwa-Amoni. 5:8 Ngakho-ke ekugcineni waba nokubuya okungajabulisiyo, esolwa ngaphambili U-Aretha inkosi yama-Arabiya, ebaleka imizi ngemizi, waxosha bonke abantu abazondwa njengalowo oshiya imithetho, enengekayo njengesitha esisobala sezwe lakubo kanye nabantu bakubo, waphonswa ngaphandle iGibhithe. 5:9 Kanjalo lowo owaxosha abaningi ezweni lakubo wabhubha ngokungaziwa umhlaba, ushiye phansi kumaLacedemonians, futhi ucabanga lapho ukuze uthole usizo ngenxa yezihlobo zakhe: 5:10 Futhi lowo owayekhiphe abaningi abangangcwatshiwe wayengenamuntu wokumlilela, noma noma yimuphi umngcwabo onesizotha, noma ithuna nawoyise. 5:11 Manje lapho lokhu okwenzekile wafika emotweni yenkosi, wacabanga ukuthi IJudiya lase lihlubukile, okwathi ngemva kwalokho baphuma eGibhithe ngenhliziyo evuthayo. wathatha umuzi ngezikhali. 5:12 Futhi wayala amadoda akhe empi ukuthi angayeki abahlangana nabo, futhi babulale abakhuphukela ezindlini. 5:13 Ngakho kwakukhona ukubulawa abasha nabadala, okwenza kude amadoda, abesifazane, futhi izingane, ukubulawa kwezintombi nezinsana. 5:14 Futhi babhujiswa phakathi nezinsuku ezintathu eziphelele ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalombili abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane kubo kwabulawa empini; futhi cha abambalwa abathengiswayo kunababuleweyo. 5:15 Nokho kakwaneliswanga yilokhu, kodwa wacabanga ukungena endaweni engcwelengcwele ithempeli lomhlaba wonke; UMeneus, lowomkhapheli emithethweni, nakuwakhe izwe lakhe, engumqondisi wakhe: 5:16 Futhi ukuthatha izitsha ezingcwele ngezandla ezingcolile, futhi ngezandla ezingcolile ediliza izinto ezazinikezelwe ngamanye amakhosi nokwandiswa nenkazimulo nodumo lwendawo, wabapha kude. 5:17 Futhi ngakho wayezidla Antiochus engqondweni, kangangokuthi akazange acabange ukuthi the INkosi yathukuthela okwesikhathi ngenxa yezono zabakhileyo emzini. ngakho-ke iso lakhe lalingekho kuleyo ndawo. 5:18 Ngoba ngabe abazange ngaphambili esongelwe ezonweni eziningi, lo muntu, ngokushesha efika, washaywa masinyane, wasuswa kweyakhe ukugabadela, njengoba kwakunjalo uHeliodorus, lowo uSeleucus inkosi amthuma ukuba ayobuka umgcinimafa. 5:19 Nokho uNkulunkulu akakhethanga abantu ngenxa yendawo, kodwa wakhetha beka kude ngenxa yabantu. 5:20 Ngakho-ke indawo ngokwayo, ukuthi waba umhlanganyeli nabo ubunzima obenzeka esizweni, emva kwalokho baxhumana e izibusiso ezithunyelwe nguJehova, njengalokho walahlwa olakeni lukaJehova Somandla, ngakho futhi, iNkosi enkulu ibuyisana, yamiswa nayo yonke inkazimulo. 5:21 Ngakho lapho u-Antiochus esekhiphe inkulungwane nesishiyagalombili ethempelini amatalenta ayikhulu, wamuka masinyane, waya e-Antiyokiya, ekhala esandleni sakhe ukuziqhenya ukwenza izwe kuhambeke kuzo, nolwandle luhambe ngezinyawo: kwakunjalo ukuzidla kwengqondo yakhe. 5:22 Futhi washiya ababusi ukuba bahluphe isizwe: eJerusalema, uFiliphu, ngenxa yakhe ezweni laseFrigiya, futhi ngokuziphatha kabi kunalowo owambekayo Lapho; 5:23 Futhi eGarizimu, Andronicus; futhi ngaphandle kukaMenewusi omubi kunabo bonke abanye bathwala kanzima izakhamuzi, benomqondo omubi ngokumelene nabantu bakubo amaJuda. 5:24 Wathumela futhi ukuthi umkhokheli onengekayo u-Apollonius nebutho lababili nezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili bemyala ukuba abulale bonke ababephakathi kwabo iminyaka engcono kakhulu, nokuthengisa abesifazane nabancane uhlobo: 5:25 Abafika eJerusalema, futhi bezenzisa ukuthula, babekezelela kwaze kwabangcwele ngosuku lwesabatha, lapho ethatha amaJuda egcina usuku olungcwele, wayala amadoda akhe ukuze azihlomise. 5:26 Futhi ngakho wababulala bonke ababeye emkhosini wokugubha ngesabatha, bagijima bedabula umuzi bephethe izikhali bebulala kakhulu izixuku. 5:27 Kodwa Judas Maccabeus nabanye abayisishiyagalolunye, noma mayelana, wahoxa ngokwakhe ehlane, futhi wahlala ezintabeni ngendlela nezilwane, kanye neqembu lakhe, ababesidla imifino njalo, funa badle bahlanganyele ekungcoleni.