2 Maccabees 6:1 Akuphelanga sikhathi, inkosi yathuma ixhegu lase-Athene ukuba libacindezele amaJuda ukuba aphambuke emithethweni yawoyise, futhi angaphili ngokulandela umthetho imithetho kaNkulunkulu: 6:2 Futhi ukungcolisa futhi ithempeli eJerusalema, futhi ukubiza ngokuthi ithempeli kaJupiter Olympius; nokuthi eGarizimu, kaJupiter uMvikeli we abezizweni, njengokufisa kwabo abahlala kuleyondawo. 6:3 Ukungena kwalobu bubi kwakubuhlungu futhi kubuhlungu kubantu. 6:4 Ngoba ithempeli laligcwele isiphithiphithi nokujabula kwabezizwe, ngubani wahlangana nezifebe, futhi wayephathelene nabesifazane ngaphakathi kwesifunda izindawo ezingcwele, futhi ngaphandle kwalokho kwangenisa izinto ezingekho emthethweni. 6:5 I-altare futhi laligcwele izinto ezingcolile, okuyinto umthetho owenqabelayo. 6:6 Futhi kwakungavunyelwe ngomuntu ukugcina isabatha noma ukuzila ukudla kwasendulo. loba ukutsho lakancane ukuthi ungumJuda. 6:7 Futhi ngosuku lokuzalwa kwenkosi njalo ngenyanga balethwa by okubabayo ukudla imihlatshelo; nalapho ukuzila kukaBacchus egcinwe, abaJuda baphoqeleka ukuba bahambe ngodwendwe baye kuBacchus, ephethe ivy. 6:8 Kwaphuma isimemezelo emizini yabezizwe engomakhelwane. ngesiphakamiso sikaPtolemee, ngokumelene namaJuda, ukuthi kufanele nigcine izimo ezifanayo, nihlanganyele emihlatshelweni yabo; 6:9 Futhi ngubani ongafuni ukuzivumelanisa nemikhuba yabezizwe kufanele abulawe. Ngabe indoda yalubona usizi olukhona manje. 6:10 Ngoba kwaletha abesifazane ababili ababesokile abantwana babo; sebebahole obala bezungeza umuzi, izingane zabapha amabele abo, bawaphonsa phansi odongeni ngekhanda. 6:11 Futhi abanye, ababegijimela ndawonye emihumeni eduze, ukuze bagcine usuku lwesabatha ngasese, etholwe nguFiliphu, zonke zashiswa ndawonye, ngoba benza unembeza ukuzisiza ngenxa ukuhlonishwa kosuku olungcwele kakhulu. 6:12 Manje ngiyabancenga labo abafunda le ncwadi, ukuthi bangadangali ngalezi zinhlekelele, kodwa ukuthi bahlulele lezo zijeziso ukuthi azikho ngenjongo yokubhujiswa, kodwa ngenxa yokujeziswa kwesizwe sakithi. 6:13 Ngoba kuwuphawu lobuhle bakhe obukhulu, lapho abenzi bobubi bengekho wahlupheka isikhathi eside, kodwa wajeziswa ngaso leso sikhathi. 6:14 Ngoba kungabi njengazo ezinye izizwe, iNkosi engababekezeleli bajezise, baze bafinyelele ekupheleleni kwezono zabo, wenza kanjalo naye Unathi, 6:15 funa, ukuthi, njengoba efinyelele ukuphakama kwesono, kamuva athathe impindiselo yethu. 6:16 Ngakho-ke akasoze ahoxisa umusa wakhe kithi, futhi nakuba yena ujezisa ngosizi, nokho akabashiyi abantu bakhe. 6:17 Kodwa ake lokhu esikukhulumile kube yisixwayiso kithi. Futhi manje sizo woza ekumemezeleni udaba ngamazwi ambalwa. 6:18 U-Eleyazare, omunye wababhali, indoda endala, nomthombo. ebusweni bakhe, wacindezelwa ukuba avule umlomo wakhe, adle inyama yengulube. 6:19 Kodwa yena, ekhetha ukufa ngokukhazimulayo, kunokuba aphile engcoliswe isinengiso esinjalo, wasikhafulela, wazizela kuye ukuhlukumeza, 6:20 Njengoba bekufanele ukuba beze, ukuthi bazimisele ukumelana abanjalo izinto, njengoba kungavunyelwe ukuthanda ukuphila ukuba kunambitheke. 6:21 Kodwa labo ababephethe umkhosi omubi, kwabadala bajwayelana nalo muntu, bamyisa eceleni, bamncenga alethe inyama yokupha kwakhe, njengokusemthethweni ukuba ayisebenzise, futhi enze sengathi udle inyama ethathwe emhlatshelweni owayalwa ngu Inkosi; 6:22 Ukuze ngokwenza kanjalo akhululwe ekufeni, futhi ngenxa yabadala ubungane nabo buthola umusa. 6:23 Kodwa waqala ukucabanga ngokuhlakanipha, futhi njengoba iminyaka yakhe, futhi ubuhle beminyaka yakhe yasendulo, nodumo lwempunga yakhe, lapho okwafika khona, kanye nemfundo yakhe ethembeke kakhulu kusukela enganeni, noma njalo umthetho ongcwele owenziwe wanikezwa nguNkulunkulu: ngakho waphendula wathi: wasebamisela masinyane ukuthi bamthumele ethuneni. 6:24 Ngoba akufanele inkathi yethu, wathi, nganoma iyiphi indlela ukukhohlisa, ngalo abaningi abasha bangase bacabange ukuthi u-Eleyazare, eneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ubudala nabayishumi, manje base beye enkolweni eyinqaba; 6:25 Futhi ngakho ngokusebenzisa ukuzenzisa kwami, futhi ufisa ukuphila isikhashana futhi isikhashana eside, kufanele ngikhohliswe yimi, futhi ngithola ibala kowami omdala khula, ukwenze kube nesinengiso. 6:26 Ngoba nakuba okwamanje kufanele ngikhululwe e ukujeziswa kwabantu: kepha angiyikuphunyuka esandleni sikaSomandla, ongaphili, noma ofile. 6:27 Ngakho manje, manfully ngishintsha le mpilo, Ngizobonisa ngokwami enjalo eyodwa njengoba iminyaka yami idinga, 6:28 Futhi ushiye isibonelo esiphawulekayo abanjengoba bebancane ukufa ngokuzithandela futhi ngesibindi imithetho ehloniphekile nengcwele. Kwathi eseshilo lawa mazwi, wahle waya ekuhlushweni. 6:29 Labo ababemhola beshintsha intando enhle bamzala kancane ngaphambi ngenzondo, ngokuba lezo zinkulumo ezishiwo ngaphambili zaqhubeka njengokucabanga kwabo; emqondweni ophelelwe yithemba. 6:30 Kodwa lapho eselungele ukufa ngemivimbo, wabubula, wathi: "Kunjalo." bonakalisa eNkosini, onolwazi olungcwele, ukuthi mina ngabe ngikhululwe ekufeni, manje ngibekezelela izinhlungu ezibuhlungu emzimbeni ngishaywa; kepha emphefumulweni ngithokozile ukuhlupheka ngalezizinto; ngoba ngiyamesaba. 6:31 Futhi kanjalo le ndoda wafa, eshiya ukufa kwakhe ukuze abe isibonelo sesikhulu isibindi, nesikhumbuzo sokulunga, hhayi ezinsizweni kuphela, kodwa kubo bonke isizwe sakhe.