3 Maccabees CHITSAUKO 1 [1] Philopator paakaziva kubva kune vakadzoka kuti nharaunda dzaakanga adzora dzakanga dzatorwa naAntiochus, akarayira mauto ake ose, vose vari vaviri varwi vanofamba netsoka navatasvi vamabhiza, akatora hanzvadzi yake Arsinoe, ndokuenda kunharaunda iri pedyo neRaphia, uko vatsigiri vaAntiochus vakanga vakadzika musasa. 2 Asi mumwe Theodotus, akatsunga kuita zano raakanga aronga, akatora zvombo zvakanakisisa zvePtolemaic zvaakanga apiwa kare, uye akayambuka usiku kutende raPtolemy, achida kumuuraya uye nokudaro kupedza hondo. [3] Asi Dositheus, aizivikanwa somwanakomana waDrimylus, muJudha pakuzvarwa uyo akazochinja chitendero chake uye akatsauka patsika dzemadzitateguru, akanga atungamirira mambo uye akaronga kuti mumwe murume asingakoshi arare mutende; uye saka zvakaitika kuti murume uyu akatsiva zvakaitirwa mambo. [4] Apo kurwa kwakakasharara kwakaguma, uye zvinhu zvakanga zvava kufadza Antiochus, Arsinoe akaenda kumauto nemhere nemisodzi, zvivharo zvake zvose zvakaora mwoyo, uye akavakurudzira kuti vazvidzivirire vamene nevana vavo nevadzimai noushingi, achivimbisa kuvapa mumwe nomumwe mamaina maviri endarama kana vakakunda muhondo yacho. 5 Uye saka zvakaitika kuti muvengi akakundwa muchiitiko, uye nenhapwa zhinji dzakatorwawo. [6] Sezvo akanga avhiringidza kurangana kwacho, Ptolemy akasarudza kushanyira maguta aiva pedyo ndokuakurudzira. [7] Kupfurikidza nokuita ikoku, uye kupfurikidza nokupa mhangura dzavo dzinoyera nezvipo, iye akasimbisa tsika dzavanhu vake. [8] Sezvo vaJudha vakanga vatuma vamwe vedare ravo remakurukota navakuru kuti vandomukwazisa, nokumuvigira zvipo zvokugamuchira, nokumukorokotedza pamusoro pezvakanga zvaitika, akada zvikuru kuti aende kwavari nokukurumidza. 9 Zvino wakati asvika Jerusarema, akabayira Mwari Wokumusoro-soro, akabayira zvipiriso zvokuvonga, akaita zvakanga zvakafanira nzvimbo tsvene. Zvino, pakupinda panzvimbo uye kufadzwa nekunaka kwayo uye kunaka kwayo, [10] akashamiswa nekunaka kwetembere, ndokuva nechido chekupinda muNzvimbo Tsvene-tsvene. \v 11 Pavakataura kuti izvi hazvibvumirwi, nokuti kunyange nhengo dzerudzi rwavo pachavo hadzina kubvumirwa kupinda, kana kunyange vapristi vose, asi muprista mukuru chete aiva mukuru pane vose, uye iye kamwe chete pagore, mambo haana kumbonyengetedzwa. [12] Kunyange murairo waverengwa kwaari, haana kurega kuramba kuti aifanira kupinda, achiti: Kunyange vakatorerwa rukudzo urwu, ini handifaniri kudaro. \v 13 Zvino wakabvunza chikonzero nei, paakapinda mune imwe tembere imwe neimwe, pasina munhu wakamudzivisa. [14] Uye mumwe munhu asina hanya akataura kuti zvakanga zvakaipa kutora ichi sechiratidzo pachayo.
15 Mambo akati, “Asi sezvo izvi zvaitika, ndinoregereiko kupinda, kunyange vachida kana vasingadi? 16 Ipapo vaprista vakapfeka nguo dzavo dzose vakawira pasi vakakumbira kuna Mwari Wokumusoro-soro kuti avabatsire panguva ino uye kuti abvise kuita chisimba chezano iri rakaipa, vakazadza temberi nokuchema nemisodzi. 17 Zvino vaya vakanga vasara muguta vakavhunduka uye vakakurumidza kubuda, vachifunga kuti chimwe chinhu chisingazivikanwi chakanga chichiitika. \v 18 Mhandara, dzakange dzakapfigirwa mudzimba dzavo dzemukati, dzakamhanyira panze pamwe nevanamai vadzo, dzakasasa guruva pabvudzi radzo, dzakazadza nzira dzemumusha nekugomera nekuchema. [19] Vakadzi vaya vakanga vachangobva kupfekedzwa kuroorwa vakasiya dzimba dzemwenga dzakagadzirirwa kuroorwa, uye, vachiregeredza kuzvininipisa kwakafanira, vakaungana muguta pamwe chete mukusagadzikana. [20] Vanamai nevanamukoti vakasiya kunyange vana vachangozvarwa pano neapo, vamwe mudzimba uye vamwe mumigwagwa, uye vasingatarisi shure vakaungana pamwechete patemberi yepamusoro-soro. + 21 Kuteterera kwevaya vakaungana ikoko kwakasiyanasiyana nokuda kwezvakanga zvarongwa namambo nenzira yakaipa. [22] Mukuwedzera, ane ushingi hwevagari vemo havangabvumiri kupedzwa kwezvirongwa zvake kana kuzadzikiswa kwechinangwa chake. 23 Vakadanidzira kushamwari dzavo kuti vatore nhumbi dzokurwa uye vafe vakashinga nokuda kwomurayiro wamadzitateguru, uye vakamutsa bongozozo guru panzvimbo tsvene; uye zvavakanga vamborambidzwa navakuru navakuru, vakatendeukira kuchimiro chimwe chetecho chokukumbira sevamwe. [24] Zvichakadaro chaunga chakange chichiita mukunyengetera sepakutanga; [25] apo vakuru vaiva pedyo namambo vakaedza nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana kushandura pfungwa dzake dzokuzvitutumadza kubva pakuronga kwaakanga aita. [26] Asi iye, mukuzvikudza kwake, haana chaakarangarira, akatanga kuswedera zvino, akatsunga kusvitsa zano rambotaurwa. [27] Vaya vakanga vakamupoteredza pavakaona izvi, vakatendeuka, pamwe chete nevanhu vedu, kuti vakumbire kuna iye ane simba rose rokuvadzivirira mudambudziko riripo uye kuti varege kufuratira chiito ichi chisiri chemutemo uye chokuzvitutumadza. [28] Kuchemerera kunoenderera mberi, kutsamwa, uye kwakabatana kwemhomho kwakaguma nemheremhere huru; \v 29 Nokuti zvakaonekwa kuti kwete vanhu chete, asiwo masvingo nenyika yose yakapoteredza, nokuti zvirokwazvo vose panguva iyo vaifarira rufu pane kusvibiswa kwenzvimbo. CHITSAUKO 2 [1] Ipapo muprista mukuru Simoni, akatarisana nenzvimbo tsvene, akapfugama namabvi ake, achitambanudza maoko ake nokuzvininipisa, akanyengetera sezvizvi: [2] “Ishe, Ishe, Mambo wedenga, naChangamire wezvisikwa zvese, mutsvene pakati pevatsvene, mutungamiriri mumwe chete, Wemasimbaose, tinzweiwo