2 Maccabees 12:1 Lapho lezi zivumelwano kwenziwa, uLisiya waya enkosini, futhi amaJuda zazimayelana nokufuywa kwazo. 12:2 Kodwa kubabusi bezindawo eziningana, uThimothewu, no-Apolonius the indodana kaGenewusi, loHieronimu, loDemofoni, eceleni kwabo uNikanori umbusi waseKhupro, kabavumelanga ukuthi bathule bahlale phakathi ukuthula. 12:3 Amadoda aseJopha nawo enza isenzo esinjalo sokungahloniphi uNkulunkulu, akhuleka kumaJuda ababehlala phakathi kwabo ukuze bangene emikhunjini nomkabo nabantwana ababekulungisile, sengathi babengabalimazanga. 12:4 Owamukela kuwo ngokuvumelana nesimiso somuzi, njengoba kokuba befisa ukuhlala ngokuthula, bengaqondi lutho; baphumela ekujuleni, baminza abangengaphansi kwamakhulu amabili kubo. 12:5 UJuda esezwile ngalobu bubi obenzelwa abantu bakubo, wayala ababelaye ukuze abalungisele. 12:6 Futhi ebiza uNkulunkulu uMahluleli olungileyo, weza ngokumelene labo ababulali babafowabo, bashisa itheku ebusuku, babeka ichweba izikebhe ezivuthayo, nababalekela khona wababulala. 12:7 Futhi lapho idolobha ivaliwe, wabuyela emuva, sengathi uzobuya ukuze asiphule bonke emzini waseJopha. 12:8 Kodwa lapho ezwa ukuthi amaJamnites babezimisele ukwenza kanjalo kumaJuda ahlala phakathi kwabo. 12:9 Wafika phezu Jamnites futhi ebusuku, futhi wathungela umlilo phezu kwechweba futhi imikhumbi yemikhumbi, kwaze kwabonakala ukukhanya komlilo eJerusalema kabili amastadiyu ayikhulu namashumi amane. 12:10 Manje sebesukile lapho amastadiyu ayisishiyagalolunye ohambweni lwabo kuThimothewu, amadoda ahamba ngezinyawo angengaphansi kwezinkulungwane ezinhlanu nayisihlanu abagibeli bamahhashi abayikhulu bama-Arabiya bagibela phezu kwakhe. 12:11 Kwaba khona impi enzima kakhulu; kodwa ngakuJudasi ngosizo luka UNkulunkulu wathola ukunqoba; ukuze amaNomade ase-Arabiya anqotshwe, wancenga uJudasi ukuthula, ethembisa ukumnika izinkomo, futhi ukumjabulisa ngenye indlela. 12:12 Khona-ke uJuda, ecabanga ngempela ukuthi babeyoba inzuzo kwabaningi izinto, wabanika ukuthula: lapho baxhawulana, futhi kanjalo basuka baya ematendeni abo. 12:13 Wahamba futhi mayelana ukwenza ibhuloho emzini othile onamandla, okuyinto kwaba ebiyelwe ngezindonga, ihlalwa ngabantu bamazwe ahlukahlukene; igama lawo laliyiKaspi. 12:14 Kodwa labo ababephakathi kwalo babeka ithemba elinjalo emandleni ezindonga kanye nokuhlinzekwa kokudla, ukuthi baziphathe ngokudelela ababenoJudasi, bethuka, behlambalaza, bekhuluma kanjalo amazwi njengoba kwakungafanele akhulunywe. 12:15 Ngakho uJuda kanye neqembu lakhe, ebiza iNkosi enkulu yebandla izwe, owawisa iJeriko ekamu, engenazinqama namishini yempi ngesikhathi sikaJoshuwa, wahlasela kanzima izindonga, 12:16 Futhi bawuthatha umuzi ngentando kaNkulunkulu, futhi babulala abantu abangakhulumekiyo. kangangoba kwakukhona ichibi elingamastadiyu* amabili ububanzi eduze nalo egcwele, wabonakala egijima negazi. 12:17 Base besuka lapho amastadiyu angamakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi ayisihlanu, futhi beza eKharaka kumaJuda abizwa ngokuthi ngamaTubieni. 12:18 Kodwa uThimothewu, abamtholanga ezindaweni, ngoba ngaphambi kwakhe esethumile utho, wamuka lapho, washiya ibanga elide ibutho eliqinile endaweni ethile. 12:19 Nokho, uDositheus noSosipater, ababeyizinduna zikaMaccabeus, bahamba. waphuma, wabulala labo uThimothewu ayebashiyile enqabeni, ngaphezu kweshumi amadoda ayinkulungwane. 12:20 UMakhabeyu wamisa ibutho lakhe ngamavindi, walibeka phezu kwezibopho, Waya kuThimothewu, owayengaba yizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili amadoda ezinyawo, nabamahhashi abayizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu ayisihlanu. 12:21 Manje lapho uThimothewu ekwazi ngokufika kukaJuda, wathuma abesifazane futhi abantwana nezinye izimpahla enqabeni ebizwa ngokuthi iKhaniyoni; umuzi wawunzima ukuvinjezelwa, kungakhululekile ukungena kuwo, ngenxa yomuzi ubuthakathaka kuzo zonke izindawo. 12:22 Kodwa lapho uJuda band yakhe yokuqala efika emehlweni, izitha, eshaywa ngokwesaba nangokwesaba ngokubonakala kwakhe obona zonke izinto. babaleka, omunye wagijimela ngapha, omunye ngale, ukuze bafike bavame ukulinyazwa amadoda abo, futhi balinyazwe ngamaphuzu abo izinkemba zakho. 12:23 UJuda naye wayezimisele kakhulu ekubalandeleni, ebulala labo ababi ababi, awabulala kubo abantu abangaba yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu. 12:24 Ngaphezu kwalokho, uThimothewu ngokwakhe wawela ezandleni Dositheus futhi USosipatro, amncenga ngobuqili obuningi ukuba amkhulule nempilo yakhe; ngoba wayenabazali abaningi babaJuda nabafowabo babathile bona, okuthi, uma bembulala, banganakwa. 12:25 Ngakho lapho wabaqinisekisa ngamazwi amaningi ukuthi wayeyobabuyisela kubo ngaphandle kokulimala, ngokwesivumelwano, bamdedela ukuba asindiswe labafowabo. 12:26 Khona-ke Maccabeus waphuma waya Carnion, futhi ethempelini Atargatis. wabulala khona abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu. 12:27 Futhi ngemva kokuba wabaleka futhi wababhubhisa, uJuda wasusa ibutho libheke e-Efroni, umuzi onamandla, lapho uLisiya ahlala khona, umkhulu uquqaba lwezizwe, nezinsizwa ezinamandla zigcina izingange; futhi wabavikela kakhulu: lapho futhi kwakukhona ukuhlinzekwa okukhulu kwezinjini kanye nemicibisholo. 12:28 Kodwa lapho uJuda neqembu lakhe wayebize uNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, ngubani nge amandla akhe achitha amandla ezitha zakhe, zawunqoba umuzi, futhi wabulala abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu ababengaphakathi. 12:29 Ukusuka lapho, basuka baya eSkithopholi, okuyinto engamakhulu ayisithupha kude neJerusalema, 12:30 Kodwa lapho amaJuda ayehlala lapho wayefakaze ukuthi amaScythopolitans wabaphatha ngothando, wabaphatha ngomusa ngesikhathi sabo ubunzima; 12:31 Bababonga, befisa ukuba babe namanje friendly kubo: futhi base befika eJerusalema, umkhosi wamasonto usondela. 12:32 Futhi ngemva komkhosi, okuthiwa iPhentekoste, baphuma ngokumelene Gorgias umbusi wase-Idumiya, 12:33 Abaphuma namadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu zezinyawo, namakhulu amane abagadi bamahhashi. 12:34 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ekulweni kwabo ndawonye abambalwa bamaJuda baba ababulewe. 12:35 Ngaleso sikhathi Dositheus, omunye wenkampani Bacenor, owayegibele ihhashi. nendoda enamandla, isaphezu kukaGorgia, ibambe ingubo yayo wamdonsa ngamandla; kwathi lapho esethathe lowomuntu oqalekisiweyo ephila, a umgibeli wehhashi waseTrakhiya weza phezu kwakhe, wamshaya ehlombe, kangangokuthi UGorgias wabalekela eMarisa. 12:36 Manje lapho labo ababenoGorgias sebelwile isikhathi eside futhi bekhathele. UJuda wabiza uJehova, ukuthi wayezozibonakalisa ukuthi ungowabo umsizi nomholi wempi. 12:37 Futhi ngalokho waqala ngolimi lwakhe siqu, futhi wahlabelela amahubo ngokuzwakalayo izwi, futhi egijimela amadoda kaGorgias engazelele, wawabalekela. 12:38 Ngakho uJuda wabutha impi yakhe, futhi wangena emzini Odolam, Futhi lapho lwafika usuku lwesikhombisa, bazihlambulula njengomkhuba; wagcina isabatha endaweni eyodwa. 12:39 Futhi ngosuku olulandelayo, njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwaba, uJuda nenkampani yakhe weza ukuzothatha izidumbu zababuleweyo, nokuzimbela kanye nabafowabo emathuneni awoyise. 12:40 Manje ngaphansi amajazi yilowo nalowo owayebulewe bathola izinto ezingcweliselwe izithixo zamaJamni, okuyinto amaJuda enqatshelwe umthetho. Base bebona wonke umuntu ukuthi yilesi sizathu ababulewe. 12:41 Ngakho bonke abantu bedumisa iNkosi, uMahluleli olungileyo, owavula izinto ebezifihliwe, 12:42 Bethathe ngokwabo emkhulekweni, futhi wamncenga ukuthi isono senza kungase kususwe ngokuphelele ekukhunjulweni. Ngaphandle kwalokho, lowo Judasi ohloniphekile wakhuthaza abantu ukuthi bazigcine ezonweni, njengoba bebona phambi kwamehlo abo izinto ezenzeka ngenxa yezono zalabo ababebulewe. 12:43 Futhi lapho esebuthe isixuku kulo lonke isixuku amadrakhima esiliva ayizinkulungwane ezimbili, wawathumela eJerusalema ukunikela ngesono enikela, enza ngakho kahle kakhulu nangeqiniso, ngokuba wayekhumbula ngovuko: 12:44 Ngoba uma wayengathembi ukuthi ababulewe ngabe uvukile futhi, kwakungaphezu kwamandla futhi kuyize ukuthandazela abafileyo. 12:45 Futhi futhi kulokho wabona ukuthi kukhona umusa omkhulu ebekelwe labo abafa behlonipha uNkulunkulu, kwakungumqondo ongcwele nomuhle. Lapho yena wenza ukubuyisana kwabafileyo, ukuze bakhululwe kubo isono.