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.