2 Maccabees
15:1 Kodwa uNicanor, ezwa ukuthi uJuda neqembu lakhe base eqinile
ezindaweni zaseSamariya, zanquma ngaphandle kwengozi yokuzibeka phezu kwazo
usuku lwesabatha.
15:2 Nokho amaJuda ayephoqelekile ukuba ahambe naye athi, O bhubhisa!
kungabi ngonya nangobuqaba, kodwa lunike udumo lolo suku a
obona zonke izinto, uhlonishwe ngobungcwele ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izinsuku.
15:3 Khona-ke ompofu kakhulu abangenamusa wafuna, uma kukhona Onamandla phakathi
izulu, elayala ukuba usuku lwesabatha lugcinwe.
15:4 Futhi lapho bethi: Kukhona ezulwini iNkosi ephilayo, futhi enamandla, ngubani
wayala ukuthi usuku lwesikhombisa lugcinwe.
15:5 Khona-ke omunye wathi: "Nami nginamandla emhlabeni, futhi ngiyala
baphathe izikhali, benze umsebenzi wenkosi. Nokho wazuza ukungabi nalutho
intando yakhe embi yenziwe.
15:6 Ngakho uNicanori ngokuziqhenya okukhulu nangokuzidla wanquma ukumisa a
isikhumbuzo obala sokunqoba kwakhe uJuda lalabo ababelaye.
15:7 Kodwa Maccabeus wake waqiniseka ukuthi iNkosi yayizomsiza:
15:8 Ngakho wanxusa abantu bakhe ukuba bangesabi ukuza kwabezizwe
ngokumelene nabo, kodwa bakhumbule usizo ababenalo ezikhathini zangaphambili
etholwe ezulwini, futhi manje ukulindela ukunqoba nosizo, okuyinto
kufanele eze kubo evela kuSomandla.
15:9 Futhi ngakho beduduza kubo ngomthetho nabaprofethi, futhi kanye
ebakhumbula ngezimpi ababezinqobe ngaphambili, wazenza
ejabule kakhulu.
15:10 Esezivuse ingqondo yabo, wabayala.
ebabonisa khona amanga abezizwe, nokubhidliza
lezifungo.
15:11 Kanjalo wahlomisa ngamunye wabo, hhayi kakhulu ngokuzivikela izihlangu kanye
imikhonto, njengamazwi anethezekile namnandi: futhi ngaphandle kwalokho, watshela
kubo iphupho elifanele ukukholwa, sengathi belinjalo ngempela, okuyinto
kabathokozanga kancinyane.
15:12 Futhi lena kwaba umbono wakhe: ukuthi Onias, owayekade engumpristi omkhulu, a
olungile futhi olungile, ohloniphayo engxoxweni, omnene ngesimo,
kukhulunywe kahle futhi, futhi kusetshenziswe kusukela enganeni kuzo zonke izici zobuhle,
ephakamisa izandla zakhe wathandazela umzimba wonke wabaJuda.
15:13 Lokhu kwenziwa, ngendlela efanayo kwabonakala indoda enezinwele ezimpunga, futhi
ekhazimula ngokwedlulele, owayenobukhosi obumangalisayo nobuhle kakhulu.
15:14 Khona-ke Onias waphendula, wathi: "Lona othanda abazalwane, ngubani
ukhulekela kakhulu abantu, nomuzi ongcwele, uJeremiya
umprofethi kaNkulunkulu.
15:15 Ngakho uJeremiya eselula isandla sakhe sokunene wanika uJuda inkemba
igolide, ekulinikeni wakhuluma kanje.
15:16 Thatha le inkemba engcwele, isipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, lapho uyakulimaza
izitha.
15:17 Ngakho eduduzekile ngamazwi kaJuda, ayemahle kakhulu.
futhi ekwazi ukubavusa ukuba abe namandla, futhi akhuthaze izinhliziyo zabangcwele
izinsizwa, zanquma ukungagxumeki ikamu, kodwa ngesibindi sokumisa
phezu kwabo, futhi ngobudoda ukuba azame udaba ngokungqubuzana, ngoba umuzi
indawo engcwele nethempeli kwakusengozini.
15:18 Ngoba ukunakekelwa ukuthi bathatha for omkabo, futhi izingane zabo, zabo
Abazalwane nabantu babengabalulekanga kubo, kodwa omkhulu kunabo bonke
futhi ukwesaba okuyinhloko kwakungethempeli elingcwele.
15:19 Futhi labo ababesemzini abazange banakekele, bekhathazekile
ngengxabano yaphesheya.
15:20 Futhi manje, lapho njengoba bonke wabheka ukuthi yini okufanele kube icala, kanye nezitha
zase zisondele, futhi ibutho lalihlelwe, kanye nezilwane
abekwe kahle, nabamahhashi bahlezi ngamaphiko;
15:21 Maccabeus ebona ukuza kwesixuku, futhi abahlukahlukene
amalungiselelo ezikhali, nolaka lwezilwane zeluliwe
izandla zakhe ezulwini, wabiza uJehova owenza izimangaliso.
lisazi ukuthi ukunqoba akuveli ngezikhali, kodwa njengoba kukuhle
yena, ubapha abafaneleyo;
15:22 Ngakho wakhuluma kanje emkhulekweni wakhe; O Nkosi, wenzile
thuma ingelosi yakho emihleni kaHezekiya inkosi yakwaJuda, wabulala
impi kaSaneheribi izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu;
15:23 Ngakho-ke manje, O Nkosi yezulu, thumela ingelosi enhle phambi kwethu ukuze a
ukwesaba nokwesaba kubo;
15:24 Futhi ngamandla engalo yakho mabafikelwe ukwesaba.
abeza ukulwa nabantu bakho abangcwele ukuhlambalaza. Waphetha kanjalo.
15:25 Khona-ke uNicanor kanye nalabo ababenaye beza bephethe amacilongo futhi
izingoma.
15:26 Kodwa uJuda kanye neqembu lakhe bahlangana nezitha ngokunxusa futhi
umthandazo.
15:27 Ngakho balwa ngezandla zabo, futhi bethandaza kuNkulunkulu ngezandla zabo
ezinhliziyweni, babulala amadoda angengaphansi kwezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nanhlanu;
ukubonakala kukaNkulunkulu bajabula kakhulu.
15:28 Manje lapho impi isiphelile, ebuya futhi ngenjabulo, babazi ukuthi
U-Nicanor wayelele efile emahhanisini akhe.
15:29 Khona-ke benza ukumemeza okukhulu nomsindo, bedumisa uMninimandla onke phakathi kwabo
ulimi lwakho.
15:30 Futhi uJuda, owake waba umvikeli oyinhloko wezakhamuzi kokubili ngomzimba
nengqondo, futhi owaqhubeka ethanda abantu bakubo impilo yakhe yonke,
wayala ukuba kunqunywe ikhanda likaNikanori, nesandla sakhe kanye nehlombe lakhe.
nibayise eJerusalema.
15:31 Ngakho, lapho ekhona, futhi wababiza besizwe sakhe ndawonye, futhi wahlala
abapristi phambi kwe-altare, wathuma wabiza ababevela embhoshongweni.
15:32 Futhi wababonisa ikhanda elibi likaNicanor, kanye nesandla salowo ohlambalazayo.
owanelulela ngokuzidla ithempeli elingcwele
uSomandla.
15:33 Futhi lapho wanquma ulimi ukuthi Nicanor ongamesabi uNkulunkulu, wayala
ukuze balinike izinyoni ngezicucu, baliphanyeke
umvuzo wobuhlanya bakhe phambi kwethempeli.
15:34 Ngakho wonke umuntu wadumisa ngasezulwini iNkosi ekhazimulayo, wathi:
Ubusisiwe ogcine indawo yakhe ingangcolisiwe.
15:35 Walenga futhi ikhanda likaNicanori phezu kombhoshongo, i evident and manifest
sayina kulo lonke usizo lweNkosi.
15:36 Futhi bagcoba bonke ngesimiso esivamile, hhayi icala ukuba bavumele lolo suku
kudlule ngaphandle komkhosi, kodwa ukugubha usuku lwamashumi amathathu lwenyanga
inyanga yeshumi nambili, ngesiSyria ebizwa ngokuthi u-Adari, ngayizolo
Usuku lukaMardocheus.
15:37 Kwahamba kanjalo-ke kuNicanori;
umuzi ngamandla abo. Futhi lapha ngizoqeda.
15:38 Futhi uma ngenze kahle, futhi njengoba kufanele indaba, kuba yilokho mina
kodwa uma kuncane futhi kuncane, yilokho engingakuzuza
kuze.
15:39 Ngoba njengoba kuyingozi ukuphuza iwayini noma amanzi yedwa; nanjengewayini lixutshwe
ngamanzi amnandi, athokozisa ukunambitheka;
ezifakiwe zithokozisa izindlebe zabafunda indaba. Futhi lapha
kube isiphetho.