4th reMaccabees Bhuku
NHUNGAMIDZO Iri bhuku rakafanana nokutinhira kunotyisa kwomubvumo unobva mukutyisa kusina kujeka kwoudzvinyiriri hwekare. Chitsauko chakavakirwa pakutambudzwa kwakaitwa naAntiochus, mudzvinyiriri weSiria, uyo vamwe vaidana kuti Epiphanes, Mupengo. Nhoroondo yeRoma yemazana emakore ekutanga inonyora vadzvinyiriri vaviri vakadaromumwe wacho, Caligula, Wechipiri Anopenga Madman. Chimiro chekunyora uku ndechekutaura. Naizvozvo makwiriro nekudonha kwekutaura kwakanyatsorongwa; saizvozvo nharo dzaro dzinoparadza; saka kusakanganisika ndiko kufunga kwayo; kudzika kwaro kupinza; inotonhodza kufunga kwayo--zvokuti inotora nzvimbo yayo semuenzaniso wekutaura kwakajeka. Chinokosha ndechekuti--Kushinga. Munyori anotanga nokutaura kunofadza kwoUzivi Hwechikonzero Chakafuridzirwa. Tinoda kufunga nezveZana iri rechimakumi maviri seZera reKufunga torisiyanisa neZera Rengano—asi kunyora kwakaita seizvi kunonetsa fungidziro yakadaro. Tinowana munyori angave aiva womuzana rokutanga ramakore Nguva yechiKristu isati yasvika achitaura uzivi hwakajeka hweKurangarira hune simba nhasi sezvahwakanga hwakaita makore ane zviuru zviviri apfuura. Mamiriro ezvinhu anocherechedzwa mudzimba dzokutambudzira haaregi. Munzeve dzedu dzemazuva ano dzakabatanidzwa nezvinhu zvinyoro zvinorova zvinotyisa. Ruzivo rwekurwadziswa kunotevedzana (zvichipa midziyo yeSpanish Bvunzurudzo mazana emakore gare gare) zvakatsanangurwa nenzira inokatyamadza kuravira kwedu. Kunyangwe kubuda kwemavara akatsiga eMudhara, Vakoma Vanomwe, naAmai, hapana chazvinoita kupfavisa hukasha hunotorwa nahwo mutauriri uyu Kushinga. Madzibaba ekare eChechi yechiKristu akanyatsochengetedza iri bhuku (tinaro kubva mushanduro yechiSyria) sebasa rine ukoshi hwakakwirira hwetsika nokudzidzisa, uye pasina panikiro rakanga richizivikanwa navazhinji vavafiri kutendeka vechiKristu vapakuvamba, avo vakanyandurwa kukufira kutenda kupfurikidza nokurirava. CHITSAUKO 1 Rondedzero yehuzivi hwekare maererano neChikonzero Chakafuridzirwa. Budiriro haina kumbobvira yawana pfungwa dzepamusoro. Hurukuro ye "Repressions." Ndima 48 inopfupisa Huzivi hwese hwevanhu. 1 Huzivi padanho repamusoro-soro ndiwo mubvunzo wandinoda kukurukura, kureva kuti Chikonzero Chakafuridzirwa chiri mutongi mukuru pamusoro
pezvishuwo here; uye kune uzivi hwayo ndinokumbira zvakakomba kuti muteerere. 2 Nokuti chidzidzo chacho hachizi chinhu chinodiwa chete sebazi rezivo, asi kuti chinosanganisira kurumbidzwa kwoukuru hwezvinhu zvakanaka, izvo ndinoreva kuzvidzora. 3 Kureva kuti, kana Kurangarira kuchibvumikiswa kudzora kuchiva kunorwisana nokuzvidzora, kukara uye kuchiva, kunoratidzirwawo nenzira yakajeka kuva ishe pazvishuvo, kufanana nouipi, kunorwisana nokururamisira, uye pamusoro paavo vanorwisana nourume, ndiko kuti, hasha nokurwadziwa nokutya. 4 Asi, vamwe vangabvunza, kana Chikonzero chiri tenzi wezvishuvo, neiko chisingagoni kudzora kukanganwa nokusaziva? chinangwa chavo chiri chekunyomba. 5 Mhinduro ndeyokuti Kufunga hakusi tenzi pamusoro pezvinoremara zvinogara mupfungwa pachazvo, asi pamusoro pezvishuwo kana hurema hwehunhu hunopikisa kururamisira nehunhu nekuzvidzora uye kutonga; uye chiito chayo kwavari hachisi chokubvisa zvishuvo, asi kutigonesa kuzvidzivisa zvinobudirira. 6 Ndinogona kuunza pamberi penyu mienzaniso yakawanda, yakatorwa mumanyuko akasiana-siana, uko Kurangarira kwakabvumikisa kumene kunodzora zvishuvo, asi muenzaniso wakanakisisa wandinogona kupa mufambiro wakaisvonaka waavo vakafa nokuda kworunako, Eriazari, uye Vanun’una Vanomwe naAmai. 7 Nokuti vose ava nokuzvidza kwavo marwadzo, hongu, kana kusvika parufu, vakaratidza kuti kufunga kunokwira pamusoro pezvishuwo. 8 Ndinogona kuwedzera pano mukurumbidza hunhu hwavo, ivo, varume vanaAmai, vachifa pazuva rino ratinopemberera nokuda kwerudo rwetsika dzakanaka nerunako, asi ndingavaremekedze pakuremekedzwa kwavakaita. 9 Nokuti kuyemura kwakanzwiwa nokuda kweushingi hwavo nokutsungirira, kwete nenyika yose zvayo chete, asi nevaurayi vavo chaivo, kwakavaita vanyori vokuwa kwoudzvanyiriri hwakanga huri pasi pahwo rudzi rwedu, vakakunda mudzvinyiriri nokutsungirira kwavo, zvokuti nyika yavo yakacheneswa navo. 10 Asi ikozvino ndichatora mukana wekukurukura izvi, mushure mekunge tatanga nedzidziso huru, sezvandinogara ndichiita, uye ndichaenderera mberi kunyaya yavo, ndichipa mbiri kuna Mwari akachenjera. 11 Kubvunza kwedu, ipapoka, kuri kana Chikonzero chiri tenzi mukuru pakuchiva. 12 Asi tinofanira kutsanangura chaizvo kuti Chikonzero chii uye kuti chido chii, uye kuti kune marudzi mangani echido, uye kana Chikonzero chacho chiri chikuru pane ose. 13 Chikonzero chandinotora kuva pfungwa dzinoda nekufunga kwakajeka hupenyu hwehuchenjeri. 14 Uchenjeri hwandinotora ndihwo ruzivo rwezvinhu, zveumwari nezvevanhu, nezvazvinoita. 15 Ndinoona kuti iyi tsika yakawanikwa pasi pomurayiro, yatinodzidza nayo nokukudza Mwari uye kuti tiwane mhindu yenyika pazvinhu zvavanhu. 16 Zvino ungwaru hunoratidzwa pasi pezvimiro zvekutonga nekururamisira, neushingi, nekuzvidzora. 17 Asi kutonga kana kuzvidzora ndiko kunobata vose; 18 Asi pakuchiva kune manyuko maviri akazara, zvinoti, mafaro nemarwadzo, uye zvimwe ndezvemweyawo pamwe chete nemuviri.