2 Maccabees
10:1 Manje Maccabeus kanye nenkampani yakhe, iNkosi eqondisa kubo, walulama the
ithempeli nedolobha:
10:2 Kodwa ama-altare ababewakhile abezizwe endaweni evulekile, futhi futhi
izindlu zokukhonzela, badiliza.
10:3 Futhi sebehlambulule ithempeli, benza elinye i-altare, futhi beshaya
bakhipha amatshe kuwo, banikela ngomhlatshelo emva kwamabili
iminyaka, wabeka impepho, nezibani, nezinkwa zokubukwa.
10:4 Lapho lokho sekwenziwe, bawa phansi, futhi wancenga iNkosi ukuba
angabe esangena ezinkingeni ezinjalo; kodwa uba besona
ngokumelene naye, ukuze yena ngokwakhe abajezise ngesihe, futhi lokho
banganikelwa ezizweni ezihlambalazayo nezingamaqaba.
10:5 Manje, ngalolo suku ukuthi abezizwe bangcolisa ithempeli, phezu
ngalo kanye lolo suku yahlanjululwa futhi, ngisho ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nanhlanu lwe
ngenyanga efanayo, okuyiCasleu.
10:6 Futhi bagubha izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili ngokujabula, njengalapho umkhosi
ematabernakele, bekhumbula ukuthi esikhathini esingeside ngaphambili babewugcinile umkhosi
amatabernakele, lapho bezulazula ezintabeni nasemihumeni kanjalo
izilo.
10:7 Ngakho-ke bathwala amagatsha, namagatsha amahle, futhi amasundu futhi, futhi wahlabelela
amahubo kuye obanike impumelelo enhle ekuhlanzeni indawo yakhe.
10:8 Babeka futhi ngesimiso esivamile nomthetho, Ukuze minyaka yonke labo
izinsuku kufanele zigcinwe zesizwe sonke samaJuda.
10:9 Futhi lokhu kwaba isiphetho Antiochus, okuthiwa Epiphanes.
10:10 Manje sizomemezela izenzo Antiochus Eupator, owayeyindodana ka
lomuntu omubi, ebutha kafushane izinhlupheko zezimpi.
10:11 Ngakho, lapho efika umqhele, wamisa omunye uLisiya phezu izindaba
embusweni wakhe, wammisa ukuba abe umbusi wakhe omkhulu waseCelosyria kanye
Phenice.
10:12 Ukuze uPtolemeus, owayebizwa ngokuthi Macron, ekhetha kunalokho ukwenza ubulungisa
kumaJuda wazama ukwenza okubi okwenziwa kuwo
hlala unokuthula nabo.
10:13 Lapho esolwa abangane benkosi phambi Eupator, futhi wabiza
imbuka kuwo wonke amazwi ngoba wayesukile eKhupro, uPhilometor ayenayo
wazinikela kuye, wamuka waya ku-Antiochus Epiphanes, futhi ekubona lokho
wayengekho endaweni ehloniphekile, wayedangele kakhulu, waze wadlisa ushevu
ngokwakhe futhi wafa.
10:14 Kodwa lapho uGorgias wayengumbusi wezindawo, waqasha amasosha, futhi
wondla impi njalo nabaJuda;
10:15 Futhi lapho-Idumiya, sebengene ezandleni zabo kakhulu
agcina amaJuda ematasa, futhi emukela lawo ayekhona
sebexoshiwe eJerusalema, bahamba beyondla impi.
10:16 Khona-ke labo ababekanye Maccabeus banxusa, futhi wancenga uNkulunkulu
ukuthi uzakuba ngumsizi wabo; ngakho bagijima ngobudlova phezu kwethempeli
izinqaba zama-Idumiya,
10:17 Futhi ukuhlasela kubo ngamandla, banqoba izibambiso, futhi wagcina off konke lokho
balwa phezu kodonga, babulala bonke ababewele ezandleni zabo, futhi
babulala abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili.
10:18 Futhi ngenxa yokuthi abathile, ababengekho ngaphansi kwezinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalolunye, babaleka
ndawonye zibe izinqaba ezimbili eziqine kakhulu, ezinazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto
kulula ukusekela ukuvinjezelwa,
10:19 Maccabeus washiya oSimoni noJosefa, noZakewu futhi, futhi labo ababekhona
naye, ababenele ukubavimbezela, wamuka yena waya
lezo zindawo ezazidinga kakhulu usizo lwakhe.
10:20 Manje labo ababenoSimoni, beholwa ngokuhaha
wancenga imali ngabathile ababesenqabeni.
yathatha amadrakema ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa, futhi abanye kubo babaleka.
10:21 Kodwa lapho etshelwa Maccabeus lokho okwenzekile, wabiza ababusi
abantu bendawonye, basola lawomadoda ngokuthi athengise ngezawo
abazalwane ngemali, futhi bakhulule izitha zabo ukuba zilwe nabo.
10:22 Ngakho wabulala labo ababetholakala amambuka, futhi ngokushesha wathatha ababili
izinqaba.
10:23 Futhi ephumelela kahle ngezikhali zakhe kukho konke wabamba ngesandla.
wabulala ezindlini ezimbili ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili.
10:24 Manje uThimothewu, lowo amaJuda ayemehlulile ngaphambili, lapho esebuthele a
uquqaba olukhulu lwezizwe, namahhashi avela e-Asiya ayingcosana;
weza sengathi uzothatha amaJuda ngezikhali.
10:25 Kodwa lapho esondela, labo ababekanye Maccabeus waphenduka
ukukhuleka kuNkulunkulu, bafafaza umhlabathi emakhanda abo, babhinca
okhalweni ngendwangu yamasaka,
10:26 Futhi wawela phansi e-altare, futhi wamncenga ukuba abe nesihe
kubo, nokuba yisitha sezitha zabo, nomphikisi wabo
izitha, njengoba usitsho umlayo.
10:27 Ngakho ngemva umthandazo bathatha izikhali zabo, futhi baqhubekela phambili kusukela
umuzi: lapho besondela ezitheni zabo, balinda
ngokwabo.
10:28 Manje ilanga lisanda kuphuma, bahlangana bobabili ndawonye; ingxenye eyodwa
kanye nobuhle babo futhi isiphephelo sabo eNkosini ukuze a
isibambiso sempumelelo nokunqoba kwabo: olunye uhlangothi ukwenza ukufutheka kwabo
umholi wempi yabo
10:29 Kodwa lapho impi isiqina, kwabonakala ezitheni ezivela
ezulwini amadoda amahlanu abukekayo ekhwele amahhashi, namatomu egolide, namatomu amabili
bahola abaJuda,
10:30 Futhi wathatha Maccabeus phakathi kwabo, futhi wamembesa kuye inhlangothi zonke izikhali.
wamgcina ephephile, kepha wacibishela izitha ngemicibisholo nemibani;
baze bajabhiswa ngobumpumputhe, begcwele usizi
ubulewe.
10:31 Futhi kwakukhona ababulewe bezinyawo eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namakhulu amahlanu, futhi
abamahhashi abangamakhulu ayisithupha.
10:32 Kepha uThimothewu ngokwakhe, wabalekela enqabeni enamandla kakhulu, okuthiwa iGawra.
lapho uKhereya wayengumbusi.
10:33 Kodwa labo ababenoMaccabeus bavimbezela inqaba
ngesibindi izinsuku ezine.
10:34 Futhi labo ababengaphakathi, bethembele emandleni wendawo.
ehlambalaza kakhulu, ekhuluma amazwi amabi.
10:35 Nokho ngosuku lwesihlanu ekuseni izinsizwa ezingamashumi amabili zikaMaccabeus.
inkampani, ivutha intukuthelo ngenxa yenhlamba, yahlasela
indoda, futhi ngesibindi esinamandla babulala konke ababehlangana nakho.
10:36 Nabanye benyuka emva kwabo, ngenkathi bematasa nabo
ababengaphakathi bashisa imibhoshongo, bavutha umlilo
abahlambalazi bephila; abanye bavula amasango, bemukela
kulo lonke ibutho lawuthatha umuzi.
10:37 Wabulala uThimothewu, owayecashwe emgodini othile, noKereya
umfowethu, kanye no-Apollophanes.
10:38 Kwathi lokhu sekwenziwe, bamdumisa uJehova ngamahubo nokubonga.
owayenzela uIsrayeli izinto ezinkulu kangaka, wabanika ukunqoba.