yesi-4yeeMaccabees
INTSHAYELELO
Lencwadiifananesandiesoyikekayosendudumoephuma kwinkohlakaloeyoyikekayoyengcinezeloyamandulo Sisahlukoesisekelwekwintshutshisoka-Antiochus, uzwilakhewaseSiriya,abanyeababembizangokuba nguEpiphanes,uMgezaImbaliyaseRoma yeenkulungwanezokuqalairekhodaoozwilakheababini abanjalo-omnye,uCaligula,iSecondBrilliantMadman.
UhlobolokukubhalalololwentethoNgokokeukuvuka nokuwakwentethokubekwengexesha;zinjalokeiingxoxo zawo;ngokoayigungqiyoingqiqoyayo;nzulukakhulu ukutyhalakwawo;ipholileukuqiqakwayo--kangangokuba ithathaindawoyayonjengesampuluyobonabuciko bucacileyo
Undoqongu--Isibindi.Umbhaliuqalangamazwi achukumisayoeNtanda-bulumkoYengqiqo EphefumlelweyoSithandaukucingangaleNkulungwane yamashumiamabininjengeXeshaleNgqiqokwaye siyichasekunyeneXeshaleeNtsomi-ukantiukubhala okunjekungumngenikwintelekeleloenjalo.Sifumana umbhaliekusenokwenzekaukubawayengowenkulungwane yokuqalangaphambikweXeshaLobuKristuechaza intanda-bulumkoecacileyoyeNgqiqonesenamandla namhlanjenjengokoyayinjalokwiminyakaengamawaka amabinieyadlulayo
Ukumiselwakwemigqaliselokumagumbiokuthuthumbisa akuyekeleliKwiindlebezethuzalamaxeshaezinxibelelene nezintoezithambileyoibethangendlelaeyothusayo. Iinkcukachazokungcungcuthekiswaokulandelelanayo (ecebisangezixhobozeNkundlayamaNcinaneyaseSpain kwiinkulungwanekamva)zicaciswengendlelaeyothusayo kwincasayethuNditshonokuvelakwabalinganiswa bexhegobexhego,abaBhutiabaSixhenxe,kunyenoMama, akukhontoayenzayoukuthomalalisauburhalarhume esithethangaboesisisithethisidibanisaiNkalipha
AbasekibamandulobeCawayamaKristubayilondoloza ngenyamekolencwadi(sinayokwinguquleloyesiSiriya) njengencwadienexabisoeliphakamileyonemfundiso yokuziphathaokuhle,ibengokungathandabuzekiyo yayiqhelekilekuninzilwabafeli-nkoloabangamaKristu okuqala,abavuselwakwikhondolokufel’ukholo ngokuyifunda.
ISAHLUKO1
Ulwandlalolwentanda-bulumkoyamanduloephathelele IsizathuEsiphefumlelweyoImpucukoayizangeizuze ingcingaephezuluIngxoxoye"Repressions"Ivesi48 ishwankathelayonkeiNtandalwaziyoluntu I-1Philosophicalkwiqondoeliphezulungumbuzo endiphakamisaukubandixoxengawo,ukubaingaba iNgqiqoephefumlelweyoinegunyaeliphakamileyophezu kweenkanuko;kwayekwintanda-bulumkoyayo
ndingabongozangokunyanisekileyoingqaleloyenu enyanisekileyo
2Kubaumbandelalowoawufunekinjekuphelanjengesebe lokwazi,kodwauqukaukudunyiswakwesonasiqhamo sibalaseleyo,endithethaukuzeyisa
3Okokukuthi,ukubaingqiqoingqinekailawula ukuthabathekaokuchasenenokuzeyisa,ubudlakudla nenkanuko,ikwabonakaliswangokucacileyonjengenkosi phezukweenkanuko,ezinjengezobutshijolo,ezichasene nokusesikweni,nezozichasenenobuntu,ingqumbo nentlungunoloyiko
4Kodwa,bambibasenokubuza,ukubaiSiqiqi singumlawuliweminqweno,kuthenisingakulawuleli ukulibalanokungazi?injongoyabokukuhlekisa
5Impenduloyeyokuba,Ingqiqoayilogunyaphezu kwezipheneezifunyanwaengqondweningokwayo;yaye isenzosawokwimekoyaboasikokuzicimaiinkanuko, kodwasisenzasikwaziukuxhathisangempumelelo.
6Ndinokuzisaphambikwenuimizekeloemininzi, ethatyathwekwimithomboeyahlukahlukeneyo,apho Ingqiqoiyeyazingqinailawulaiminqweno,kodwaowona mzekeloubalaseleyoendinokunikelangawoyihambo ebekekileyoyabobafayongenxayesidima,uElazare, nabazalwanaAbasixhenxenoMama.
7Kubabonkeabangokudelelakwaboiintlungu,ewe, kwadekwabasekufeni,bangqinaukubaiNgqiqoiphakama ngaphezukweemvakalelo.
8Ndingandisaaphaekudumiseniizidimazabo,bona, amadodakunyenoMama,besifangalomhlasibhiyozela uthandolokuziphathaokuhlenokulunga,kodwa ndingabenzelaimbekokwiiwongaabazizuzileyo 9Kubaukuncomakwabokwabanenkaliphononyamezelo lwabo,kungekuphelanjekulolonkeihlabathikodwa ngababulalibalo,lwababangelababazizisuluzokuwa kwengcinezeloisizwesakowethueyayiphantsikwayo, bamoyisauzwilakhengonyamezelolwabo,ukuzeilizwe labolahlanjululwangabo
10Kodwangokundizakuthabathaithubalokuxoxaoku, emvakokubasiqalisilengethiyoringokubanzi,njengoko ndiqheleukwenza,kwayendiyakuthikendiqhubele phambilikwibalilabo,ndinikauzukokuThixoolumke konke
11Ngokoke,ukubuzakwethukukuba,uluvoluyinkosi eyongamileyonaphezukweenkanuko.
12Kodwakufunekasichazekanyeukubayintonina iNgqiqokunyenokubayintoninainkanuko,kwaye zingaphiiintlobozenkanukoezikhoyo,nokubaiNgqiqo yongamilenakuzozonke
13Isizathusokubandithabatheukubaingqondoikhetha ngokuqiqaokucacileyoubomibobulumko.
14NdibangobulumkoukubandikwaziokouThixo nowabantu,nokuqonda;
15Lentondiyigqalangokwesikophantsikomthetho;
16Ngokuubulumkobubonakaliswaphantsikweemo zomgwebonobulungisa,nenkalipho,nokuzeyisa
17Kelonaugwebo,nokubangotheyiseko,olawulazonke izinto;
18Kodwakuyoyonkeinkanuko,kukhoiinkaloezimbini ezihlukeneyo,ezizezi,uyolonentlungu;
19Kekaloku,ngokubhekiselekwiziyolonakwiintlungu, zininziizihlandloaphoinkanukoithi,ukuhlubaokuthile;
3Ngokomzekelo,akukhonamnyekuniunako ukuwuphelisaumnqwenowethuwemvelo,kodwaIsizathu sinokumenzaakuphepheukwenziwaikhobokalomnqweno
4Akukhonamnyekuniokwaziyoukuwususaumsindo emphefumlweni,kodwakunokwenzekaukubaiNgqiqo ikwaziukumncedanxamnyenomsindo
5Akukhonamnyekunionokuqhathautyekelo lwenkohlakalo,kodwaIngqiqoinokubalihlakanilakhe elinamandlanxamnyenokuphenjelelwabubungendawo
6Isizathuasikukoukuphuphumakweenkanuko,kodwa sichasenenabo
7ImekoyonxanolukaKumkaniuDavideisenokwenzaoku kucacengakumbi.
8Kwathi,xauDavideesilwanamaFilistiiminiyonke, encediswangamagorhaelizwelakowethu,exabeleabaninzi kuwo,wafikangorhatyaententeniyokumkani,ebimise ngeenxazonkeyomkhosiwoobawo
9Wawakewonkeumkhosiesidlwenisawosangokuhlwa; keukumkani,etyhafilelunxanoolukhulu,nakuba ebenamanziamaninzi,akabanakoukuwunqamla
10Endaweniyoko,umnqwenoongekhongqiqweni wamanziawayekuloutshabangamandlaakhulayo wamtshisa,wangabinamntuwazawamqwenga
11Kwathi,akukrokraumlindiwakhengenqweno yokumkani,amadodanaamabiniangamagorha, abeneentloniukubaukumkaniwaboaphelelwe,axhobe zonkeiimpahlazawo,athabathaumphandawamanzi, akhwelaezingqamekwenizotshaba;agqogqayonke inkampuyotshaba
12Bawufumanakeumthombo,barholakuwoamanzi olwandle,ukubakungeneukumkani.
13KodwauDavide,nangonawayesavuthalunxano, wacingaukubaukurhuqekaokunjalo,ekucingelwaukuba kufananegazi,kwakuyingozienkuluemphefumlweni wakhe
14Ngokoke,echasaIsizathusakhekumnqwenowakhe, wagalelaamanzinjengomnikelokuThixo.
15Kubaingqondoethobekileyoinakoukuyoyisa imimiseloyenkanuko,nokucimaimililoyenkanuko, nokuzamanangokoyisaneentlunguzemizimbayethu nangonayomelelengokugqithisileyo,nangobuhle bokuziphathanokulungakweNgqiqoukudelela ngokugculelalonkeulawulolweenkanuko.
16Yayengokuesisihlandlosisibizaukubasinikeleibali leNgqiqoyokuzeyisa
17Ngexeshalaxaoobawobabenoxoloolukhulu ngokugcinauMthetho,bekwimekoevuyisayo, kangangokubauSeleucusNicanor,ukumkaniwaseAsiya, wayimiselairhafuyenkonzoyasetempileni,waza wabuqondaubungangamshabethu,kanyengoko,amadoda athile,enzaubumenemenengokuchasenenesivumelwano ngokubanzi,asibandakanyakwiintlekeleezininzi nezahlukahlukeneyo
18UOnias,indodaeyayibekekileyo,ngoko wayenombingeleliomkhulungeloxeshanesigxinasobomi bakhe,uSimonothilewavusaiqelanxamnyenaye; 19WezakengokokuApoloniyo,irhuluneliyaseSiriya, neyaseFenike,neyaseKiliki,yathi,Mna, ngokunyanisekileyokukumkani,ndikhonje,ukuze ndinaziseukubakoovimbabaseYerusalemkugcinwe amawakawakaeengqekembezemali,ezingezizoezetempile, nezempahlakaSelukoukumkani
20UApolloniusakubaenzeuphandokwiinkcukachazalo mbandela,wamncomauSimonngenkonzoyakhe enyanisekileyokukumkani,wazawakhawulezawaya kwinkundlakaSeleucus,wamtyhilelaubuncwane obuxabisekileyo;emvakoko,emvakokufumanaigunya lokusingathaumcimbi,ngokukhawulezawangena kwilizwelethu,ekhatshwanguSimonoqalekisiweyokunye nomkhosionamandlakakhulu,wazawavakalisaukuba ulaphongomyalelowokumkaniukubaathabatheiidipozithi zangasesekwindawoyokugcinaimali
21Abantubakowethubabanomsindokakhulungenxayeso saziso,bazabancamisakakhulu,bakugqalanjengento engafanelekangaukubabaphangweabobabebekeimali yabokwingxowa-maliyetempile,bazabaphosayonke imiqoboendleleniyakhe
22Nokoke,uApoloniyo,esongelwa,wangenaetempileni. 23Bazaababingelelietempileni,abafazi,nabantwana, bambongozauThixo,ukubaayihlanguleingcweleyakhe, ukubaidliwe;kwayexauApolloniuskunyenomkhosi wakheoxhobileyobangenaukuzebathabatheimali, kwavelaezulwiniiingelosi,zikhweleamahashe,kunye nemibaneekhanyayokwiingalozazo,kwayezaphosa uloyikoolukhulukunyenokungcangcazelaphezukwabo 24UApoloniyowawaphantsiseleezakufakwiNtendelezo yeeNtlanga,wazawazolulelaezulwiniizandlazakhe,yaye eneenyembeziwawabongozaamaHebhereukuba ambongozeleazeathinteleingqumboyomkhosi wasezulwini.
25Kubawathi,wonile,ufanelwekukufa,nokubauthe wanikelwaumphefumlowakhe,wobabulelaabantubonke ukusikelelwakwengcwele.
26Echukunyiswengalamazwi,uOnias,umbingeleli omkhulu,nangonawayenyanisekilekwamanyeamatyala, wamthethelelaukuzeukumkaniuSeleucusacingeukuba uApoloniuswayebhukuqwengecebolomntukungekhona ngokusesikwenikukaThixo
27Ngakooko,uApoloniyo,emvakokukhululwakwakhe okumangalisayowemkawayakuxelelaukumkaniizinto ezimhleleyo
28KodwaukufakukaSeleucus,ilandelalakheetroneni yabangunyanawakheuAntiochusEpiphanes,indoda eyoyikekayoeyoyikekayo;owamkhuphayou-Onias kwisikhundlasakheesingcwele,wazawamisauYason umntakwaboukubaabengumbingeleliomkhulu esikhundlenisakhe,umqathangowokubangenxa yokumiselwakwakheuYasonufaneleamhlawuleamawaka amathathuanamakhuluamathandathuanamashumi amathandathueetalentengonyaka.
29NgokowamisauYasonumbingeleliomkhuluwaza wamenzaumlawuliomkhuluphezukwabantu
30Kwayeyena(uYason)wabazisaebantwinibethuindlela entshayokuphilanomgaqo-sisekoomtshangokudelela ngokupheleleyouMthetho;kangangokubaakabekanga gumbilemidlalokuphelaeNtabeniyookhokhobethu, kodwaokunenewayibhangisainkonzoyetempile
31Kengokoubulungisabobuthixobaphenjelelwa emsindwenikwayebazisauAntiyochusngokwakhe njengotshabaoluchasenenathi
32KubanininaXawayesilwanoPtolemyeYiputawaza wevaukubaabantubaseYerusalembabevuyakakhulu ngenxayengxeloyokufakwakhe,ngokonangoko wabuyelakubo
4Keyenaindodaenkulu,enentobeko,enguElazare enenyaniso,akabangasakhathazekaengqondweniyakhe, kunokubaabeuthuthunjiswaephupheni;ewe,indoda endalaiwagcineamehloayongokuthegqolo ephakanyiselweezulwiniyayiyekainyamayayoukubaibe zizibethoyadayagezwaegazinikwayeamacalaayoaba yingxilimbelayamanxeba;kwayenaxawawaphantsi ngenxayokubaumzimbawakhewawungasenakukwazi ukuxhasaiintlunguwayeyigcinaiNgqiqoyakheimenkqo kwayeingaguquguquki
5Wazaomnyewabalindiekuwenikwakhewamkhaba kabuhlunguecaleni,ukubaavuke
6Kodwawabunyamezelaumvandedwa,waludela unyanzelo,wazawathwalaphantsikweentuthumbo,kwaye njengembalekiekhaliphileyoefumanaukohlwaywa,ixhego lanxibaabobabemthuthumbisa.
7Umbilowemaphezukwebunzilakhe,kwayewawutsala umoyawakhengekhefuelinzima,deukuba ubungangamshabomphefumlowakhebukhupheukuncoma kwabobabemthuthumbisa
8Kekaloku,ngokuyinxenyebenosizingenxa yokwaluphalakwakhe,ngokuyinxenyebenovelwano ngomhlobowabo,ngokuyinxenyebencomaubugorha bakhe,abathilebamaphakathikakumkanibezakuyebathi: 9Yinina,wenaElazare,ukubaugezengobububibakho?
Kewenasiyakukuziselaukudlaokuphekiweyo;kewena uzeudleinyamayehagu,uzeuzisindise
10WadandulukakakhuluuElazare,ngokungathiicebolabo longezaekumthuthumbiseni,wathi,HayiNgamanathina nyanabaka-Abrahamsingazesibeneengcinga ezingendawoezinjengokuqaqadekakwentliziyo,ukuzesibe yinxalenyeengafanelekangakuthi
11Okwenene,besingayethina,thinabayidlayoinyaniso, sadasaluphala,silugcinengomthethouzukolwabaphilileyo; sisukengokusiguquke,sibengumzekelowabatsha abangahloneliThixo,ukuzesibakhuthazeukubabadle inyamaengcolileyo.
12Bekuyakubaziintloniukubabesiyakuphilaixesha elidana,ebudenibokugculelwakwabobonkeabantu ngenxayobugwala,yayengoxasicekiswanguzwilakhe ngokungathisingenandodasifanelesisileleukuthethelela uMthethowobuthixodekuseekufeni
13Ngoko,nyanabaka-Abraham,nifengokufanelekileyo ngenxayobulungisa;Kenina,bakhonzibakazwi,yinina ukubaniphumleemsebenziniwenu?
14Bathekebona,bakumbonaezoyisazonkeiintuthumbo, engashukuminasisizwangababulalibakhe,bamrholela emlilweni.
15Bamjulelakhonaapho,bamtshisangobuqhetseba, bamgalelaemathatheniakheumhluziwevumbaelibi
16Kodwaxaumlilowawuseleufikeleleemathanjeniakhe wazawaphumaumphefumlo,wawaphakamiselaamehlo akhekuThixowazawathi:
17Wena,Thixo,uyazi,ukubanangonandithendazisindisa, ndofangokuthuthunjelwangumthethowakhoYiba nencebaebantwinibakho,kwayevumelaisohlwayosethu sibekukwanelisekangenxayabo.Lihlambulukeigazilam; uzeuwuthabatheumphefumlowam,ukubaukhulule imiphefumloyabo;
18Yayengalamazwiumntuongcwelewawunikela ngobubeleumoyawakhephantsikwentuthumbomna
nangenxayoMthethoowawunikwengengqiqoyakhe nxamnyeneentuthumboezisaekufeni.
19Ngokoke,ngaphandlekwamathandabuzo,iNgqiqo ephefumlelweyoiyinkosiyazozonkeiinkanuko;kuba, ukubaiinkanukookanyeiimbandezelozakhebezikoyisile iNgqiqoyakhe,besizakubalelakuboobubungqina bamandlaaboangawongamileyo
20KodwangokuiNgqiboyakheyasoyisaiminqweno yakhe,ngokufanelekileyosiyigqalainamandla okuwayalela
21Kwayekufanelekileukubasivumeukubaukoyisa kukwiNgqiqo,kwiimekoubuncinaneaphokoyisaiintlungu eziphumangaphandlekwethu;kubabekuyakuba bubudengeukukhanyelaoko
22Kwayeubungqinabambugqubuthelenjeukongama kweNgqiqokwiintlungu,kodwaukongamakwayo kwiziyolokanjalo;kananjaloayizinikelikubo
ISAHLUKO4
Okukubizwangokubayi"AgeofReason"inokuthikwesi sahlukoifundekeukubaiFilosofiyeNgqiqoineminyaka engama-2000ubudalaIbaliloonyanaabasixhenxenonina 1NgenxakabawowethuuElazare,enjengombhexeshi ochubekileyoeqhubainqanawayongcwelekulwandle lwezinkanuko,evuswezizoyikisozozwilakhe,ekhukuliswe ngamazaaphuphumayoentuthumbo,akalususanga namzuzuomnyeumkhombewobungcwele,wadawaya echwebenilokoyisaukufa
2Akukhosixekosirhangqwengeenjiniezininzi nezinobuqhophololosakhasazikhuselanjengokowenzayo laamntuungcwelexaumphefumlowakheongcwele wahlaselwangesibethonerhashalalanedangatye,waza wabashukumisaabobabewungqingileumphefumlowakhe ngeNgqiqoyakheeyayilikhakalobungcwele
3KubaubawowethuuElazare,ebekaifilimyengqondo yakhenjengengxondorhayolwandle,waphulaimpambano yokuphambanakwenkanuko
4Owumbingeleliubufaneleububingelelibakho, akuwenzanganqambiamazinyoakhoangcwele, ungasidyobhangangokutyaokungahlambulukangaisisu sakhoesinendawoyobuthixonobunyulukuphela
5OwumvumiwoMthethonesithandisobulumkosobomi obuNgcwele!Bafanelebabenjaloabobanesigxina sokukhonzauMthethonokuwukhuselangegazilabo nangokubilakwabookubekekileyongoxabejamelene neembandezeloukusaekufeni
6Wena,bawo,ukuqiniseleukunganyanisekikwethukuwo umthetho,ngokunyamekakwakho,ukubasibenozuko; Uthetheunembekoyobungcwele,akwalikholwaukuthetha kwakho;waqiniselangezenzozakhoamazwientandabulumko,wenaxhego,ubunamandlangaphezu kweentuthumbo;
7Wenankosienkulu,ulukhuningaphezukomlilo,wena kumkaniumkhulu,Elazare!
8KubanjengokubauAronubawo,exhobe,watyhutyha ibandlaphezukwesithunywasomlilo,wasoyisa, wenjenjalouElazare,unyanaka-Aron,kudliwa lilangazelelolomlilo,akashukunyiswaengqondweniyakhe 9Kwayenokookonakumangalisakakhulukukokonke, yena,ekubeniseleemdala,enemisiphayomzimbawakhe engasebenziyonezihlunuzakhezikhululekilenemithambo-
44Kwayeke,ukubaabanakoukumgxotha,baphaphazela phakathikwamantshontshoabongenkanukoyothando, bewabizangentethoyawo,kwayebanikainkxaso kumantshontshoabonangaluphinauhloboabanalo.
45Kwayesiyifunaniimizekeloyothandolwenzala phakathikwezilwanyanaezingenangqondo,xa kwaneenyosi,malunganexeshalokwenzaikama,zisingela phantsiabaphangi,kwayezihlabangolwamvilalwazo, ngokungathikungekrele,abobasondelakumantshontsho azo,bazebalweidabingokuchasenenawodeafe?
46Kodwayena,uninawabobafana,onomphefumlo onjengoka-Abraham,akashukunyiswayinjongoyakhe ngokubathandaabantwanabakhe.
ISAHLUKO7
Xakuthelekiswauthandolukamamanokatata,kwesi sahlukokukhoiincophozeentabazobuchulebokuthetha
1Isizathusoonyana,nkosiphezukweenkanuko!Owu unqulo,obeluthandekangakumbikumamakunabantwana bakhe!
2Kekalokuunina,eneenyuloezimbiniphambikwakhe, unqulo,nolokuzalwangokuesindisaoonyanabakhe abasixhenxe,ngokwedingalozwilakhe,wathanda ngakumbiunqulo,olusingisaebominiobungunaphakade ngokukaThixo
3Owundinokulubonisanjaniuthandoolushushulwabazali ngabantwana?Sinyathelaumfanekisoomangalisayo womphefumlowethukunyenokumilakwethukwindalo ethambileyoyomntwana,kwayengaphezukwakokonke ngovelwanolukamamakubantwanabakhebanzulu kunobawo
4Kubaabafazibanemiphefumloethambileyokunamadoda, yayeokukhonabezalangakumbikokukhonabephuphuma uthandongabo
5Keyenakubobonkeoomama,waphuphumauthando lwakhengaphezukwabobonkeabanye,ekubeniethe wazalaabasixhenxewavelananesiqhamosesizalosakhe, wabandezelekangenxayenimbaawayizalayo,wathielowo ngokoyikauThixo,ulucekisileukhuselekolwangoku lwabantwanabakhe
6Ewe,yayengaphezukoko,ngenxayokuziphathaokuhle nokulungakoonyanabakhenokuthobelakwabouMthetho, uthandolwakhelobumamangabolwenziwalomelela ngakumbi
7Kubababengamalungisa,benesidima,bengamakroti, benentliziyoenkulu,bethandaomnyeumntunonina, bemthobelangokuwugcinaumthethokwadakwasekufeni.
8Kodwanangonakunjalo,nangonawayenezilingoezininzi kangakazokuyekelelakwithukulobumamabakhe,akukho nasinyeisihlandloaphoiindidiezoyikekayozeentuthumbo zabanamandlaokuguqulaiNgqiqoyakhe;kodwaunina wabongozaunyanangamnyengokwahlukeneyo,yaye bonkebebonke,ukubabafeleunqulolwabo
9Owuindaloengcwele,nothandolomzali,nolangazelelo lwabazalingenzala,nomvuzowokondla,nothando olungoyiswayoloomama!
10Unina,wababonangamnyengamnyeegqojozwayaye etshiswa,wahlalaengashukumiemphefumlweningenxa yonqulo.
11Wayibonainyamayoonyanabakheitshiswengumlilo, neziphelelezezandlaneenyawozabozithesaaemhlabeni,
nesigqubuthelosenyamasincothulweentloko,sesa ezidleleni,sichithakelengokwezigqubuthelo.
12Owumama!Owumfazi,wedwaphakathikwabafazi, osiqhamosesibelekosakheyayilunquloolugqibeleleyo!
13Owamazibulowakho,aphumaumphefumlo,akalujika ukhetholwakho,nowesibiniwakho,ekhangelekuwe ngelisoelibukhaliphantsikweentuthumbozakhe, nowesithathuwakhoephefumlaumoyawakhe.
14Kananjaloakuzangeukhalexawawubonaamehloabo ngamnyephakathikwentuthumboejongengenkalipho kwaloontlunguinye,kwayewabonaemathatheniabo angcangcazelayoimiqondisoyokusondelaekufeni
15Xauthewayibonainyamayomnyeinqunyulwe ngokwenyamayomnye,nokunqunyulwaisandlanesandla, nokuhlutywaintlokoemvakwentloko,isidumbusiphoswe phezukwesidumbu,nendawoexineneyongababukeli, ngenxayembandezeloyabantwanabakho,akulilanokulila 16Asizizoiingomazempempeokanyeiingomazamadada ezinesandiesimnandiezithizithandekeezindlebenizalowo uzivayo,njengokokuvakalaamazwioonyana,bethetha noninaphakathikwentuthumbo
17Hayiindlelaezazinokubankulungayoiintuthumbo awayethuthunjiswangazouninangoxaoonyanabakhe babengcungcuthekiswangeentuthumbonomlilo!
18KodwaiNgqiqoephefumlelweyoyanikaintliziyoyakhe amandlaomntuphantsikwenkanukoyakhe yokubandezeleka,yazayamphakamisaukuba angayikhathaleliiminqwenoyangokuyothandolukamama. 19Kwayenangonawayibonayointshabalaloyabantwana bakheabasixhenxeneentloboezininzinezahlukahlukeneyo zeentuthumbozabo,umamaobekekileyowabanikela ngokuzithandelangokholokuThixo
20Kubawabonakweyakheingqiqo,kwananjengokuba kwakukhoabameliabanobuqhetsebakwigumbilebhunga, indalo,nobuzali,nothandolukanina,nabantwanabakhe eqongeni,kwayekwabangathiyena,unina,enokhetho phakathikwevotiezimbinikwimekoyabantwanabakhe, enyengenxayokufakwabo,enyeyokubasindisa,ngoko akakugqalanjengoluncinaneukusindiswakwentombi yakhenjengoluncinaneukusindiswakwentombiyakhe, kodwauAbrahamakakugqalanjengoluncinane ukusindiswakwentombiyakheInkaliphoyokoyikauThixo 21Owumamawohlanga,umthetheleliwoMthethowethu, mthetheleliwonqulolwethu,nophumeleleibhaso kumzabalazoongaphakathikuwe!
22Owumfazi,ulungengakumbiekuxhathisenikunabantu, kwayeukhaliphilekunamagorhaukunyamezela!
23KubanjengokubaumkhombekaNowa,nehlabathilonke elimisiweyoliphela,ngenxayomthwalowalongonogumbe wehlabathi,wenjenjalokwizambukuezinkulu,wenjenjalo wenamgcini-mthetho,ubethwamacal'onkengamaza alatyuzayoeemvakalelo,uvuthululwengothuthumbo loonyanabakho,waphuphumaizivuthuvuthuezoyikekayo 24Ngokoke,ukubaomnyeumfazioselekhulile,nonina woonyanaabasixhenxe,wanyamezelaukubonaabantwana bakhebengcungcuthekiswabadebafe,iNgqiqo ephefumlelweyoimeleivunyweukubaibe ngowongamileyophezukweenkanuko 25Ndaqondangoko,ukubaakanelingamadodaoyisa iimbandezelo,kodwanokubaumfaziudelileintuthumbo eyoyikekayo
26Yayezazingenamandlakangakoiingonyama ezazimngqongeuDaniyeli,yayelalingekhoshushu kangakoizikoelivuthaumlilolikaMishayelinjengoko litshiswekuyeithukulokubangumamaakubonaoonyana bakheabasixhenxebethuthunjiswa.
27KodwangeNgqiqoyakheekhokelwalunquloumama waziphelisaiinkanukozakhe,ezininziyayezinamandla njengokozazinjalo.
28Kubakukwakholentokeimeleiqwalaselwe,ukuba umfazilowoubengatyhafiemoyeni,ekuzalakwakhe,ange alilengenxayabo;
29Yeha,ndilusizikwabakathathu;Ndizeleabantwana abasixhenxe,ndishiywendingenabantwana.
30Ndafumanaithubakasixhenxendamitha,ndawuthwala kasixhenxeiinyangazamzeshumi,kungekhonzuzo, ndawancancisa,akwabaluxanduvaendiluncancisayo.
31Kulilizengenxayenu,Owuboonyanabam, ndanyamezelaiintlunguezininzizomsebenzi,namaxhala anzimangakumbiokukhulisakwenu.
32Yehakeoonyanabam,ukubaabathilebabengekatshati, kwayeabobabetshatileyobabengekazali;Andisoze ndibaboneabantwanabakho,ndingabizwangegama likamakhulu
33Yehakemna,bendinabantwanaabaninziabahle, ndingumhlolokazinondodwa;Andiyikubananyana wokundingcwabaxandifile!'
34Kodwauninaongcwele,owoyikauThixoakazange ambambazelengesisijwilinabaninaomnyewabo,yaye akazangeabongozenabaninaukubaasindeekufeni,yaye akazangeabenzeisijwilinjengabantuabafayo;kodwa, ngokungathiwayenomphefumloodamankile,ebakhuphela inaniloonyanabakheokwesibini,ebangenisaebomini bokungafi,wabacengangokukodwawababongozaukuba bafengenxayonqulo.
35Owumama,mphumi-mkhosikaThixokwinjongo yonqulo,ixhegonomfazi,wamoyisakunyenozwilakhe ngonyamezelolwakho,kwayewafunyanwawomelele kunendoda,ngezenzongokunjalonamazwi
36Kubaokunene,bakhonkxwanoonyanabakho,wema khonaumbonauElazareethuthunjiswa,wathethanoonyana bakhongesiHebhere
37Oonyanabam,liyineneukulwa;Nanike,nabizelweoko ukubaningqineleuhlangalwakowethu,niwulwele ngenzondeleloumthethowoobawo
38Kubabekuyakubakulihlazo,ukubauthe,nakubale ndodaikhulileyoithweleubunzimangenxayonqulo,nina batshaniyenibhidekephambikwaloontlungu
39KhumbulaniukubanizeehlabathiningenxakaThixo, nanandiphaubomi,nokokubakengokoninetyalakuThixo lokunyamezelayonkeintlungungenxayakhe;Kuba uAbrahamubawowethuwakhawulezayo,ukubaabingelele uIsakeunyanawakhe,ubawowohlangalwakowethu. asibonauIsakeisandlasikayisesiphakamiselaisitshetshe kuye,akabinakumbona
40UDaniyeli,indodaelilungisa,waphoswaezingonyameni; keuHananiya,noAzariya,noMishayeli,baphoswa ezikwenilomlilo,banyamezelangenxakaThixo.
41Kwayenani,ninokholoolufanayokuThixo,musani ukuxhalaba;Kubaaniyikunyamezelaububi,nakubanibazi ubulungisa.
42Ngalamazwiuninawabasixhenxewabakhuthazabonke oonyanabakheukubabafekunokubabagqitheummiselo
kaThixo;besazikananjaloukubaabantubamfelayouThixo, badleubomikuThixo,njengokobehleliyouAbraham, noIsake,noYakobi,noobawobonke
ISAHLUKO8
Abadumileyo"AbagijimiboBulungisa"Liqukumbelaapha ibalilenkaliphoelibizwangokubayiNcwadiyesine yeeMaccabees
1Ithekeinxenyeyabalindiyathi,xaezakubanjwaaze abulawe,waziphosaemlilweni,ukuzekungabikhobani uwuchukumisayoumzimbawakhe
2Owu,mama!owathikunyenoonyanabakhoabasixhenxe, wawaphulaumkhosiokhohlakeleyo,wawatshitshisa amaceboakheangendawo,wamiselaumzekelo wobungangamshabokholo.
3Uyewabekwanjengophahlaphezukoonyanabakho, njengeentsika;
4Vuyangoko,wenamameuhlambulukileyo;
5Ayinabungangamshabenyangaphakathi kweenkwenkwezi,njengokubawenauwukhanyiselayo umendowoonyanabakhoabasixhenxe,ukuzeebulungiseni, umiseuzukokuThixo;uhlelinaboemazulwini
6Ngokubaukuzalakwakhokungonyanaka-Abraham;
7Ukubabekuvumelekileukubasiyiqabe,ngokomfanekiso othileoyingcibi,intethoyobuthixobakho,bangabi nakuzazelaababukelinauninawoonyanaabasixhenxe, bethuthunjiswangobulungisa,kudekuseekufeni?
8Kwayeokunenebekufanelekileukubasibhalelamazwi phezukwendawoyokuphumlakwabo,athetheabe sisikhumbuzokwizizukulwanaezizayozabantubakowethu. APHAKUXELEUMFUNDISIOWAMELE NOMFAZIOGCWELEIMINYAKA NONYANABAKHEABASIXHENXE NGENXAYOBUGONYAMELO UKUFUNAUKUTSHABALALAISIZWEsamaHebhere BATHETHAAMALUNGELOABANTUBETHU UKUJONGAKUTHIXOUZEUNYAMEZELE IINTLUNGUEKUBENI
9Kubaeneneniyayiyimfazweengcweleeyayisiliwangabo. Kubangaloominiisidima,nibacikidangokomonde,nibeke phambikwaboumvuzowoloyiso,nokungonakali,ebomini obungunaphakade.
10OwokuqalakuloomloyabanguElazare;unina woonyanaabasixhenxewadlalaindimayakhe,balwa abazalwana.
11Uzwilakhewabalutshabalwabokwayeihlabathi nobomibomntuyayingababukeli.
12Yayeubulungisabuyebazuzaumeyisi,banikeisithsaba kwiimbalekizayoNgoobaningaphandlekwabo babemangaliswangabadlaliboMthethowenyaniso?
13Ngoobaniabangazangebamangaliswengabo?Umtyholi ngokwakhekunyenebhungalakhelonkebamangaliswa unyamezelolwabo,aphongokubemabobabiniecaleni kwetronekaThixokwayebaphilaixeshaelisikelelekileyo 14KubauthiuMoses,Bonkeabazingcwalisayobaphantsi kwesandlasakho.
15Kwayelamadoda,kengoko,ezingcwalisengenxa kaThixo,akafumanangalembekonjekuphela,kodwa kanjalonembekoyokubangawoutshaba lwalungasenagunyaphezukwabantubethu,waza uzwilakhewafumanaisohlwayo,lazailizwelethu
lasulungekiswa,njengokolalithelabayintlawuleloyesono sesizwesethu;nangegazilalamadodaangamalungisa nocamagushelolokufakwawo,uMlungiseleliwobuthixo wamhlangulauSirayeliowayecengwekakubingaphambili.
16KubaxauzwilakheuAntiochuswabonaubugorha bokulungakwabo,nonyamezelolwabophantsi kweentuthumbo,wakuphakamiselaekuhleniunyamezelo lwabokumajoniakhenjengomzekelo;kwayenjalo wawaphembelelaamadodaakhengemvakaleloyembeko nobugorhaethafeniledabinasekusebenzenikokungqinga, kangangokubawaphangawazawazibhukuqazonke iintshabazakhe
17OwuSirayeli,nyanabazelwebembewuka-Abraham, wuthobeleniloMthetho,nibengamalungisangandlela zonke,nisazinjeukubauluvooluphefumlelweyoluyinkosi phezukweminqwenoneentlungu;abathengawoababantu, beyinikelaimizimbayawoemthuthumbisweni,ngenxa yobulungisa,ababanganjekuphelaukubabanconywe luluntu,kodwababalelwaekuthinibafaneleilifa elingokobuthixo
18Kwayengenxayazouhlangalwazuzauxolokwaye ukubuyiselaukugcinauMthethokwilizwelethusathimbe isixekoelutshabeni
19KwayeimpindezeloimsukelauzwilakheuAntiyochus emhlabeni,kwayeekufeniuvaisohlwayo.
20Kubawathi,akubanakoukubanyanzelelaphantsi abantubaseYerusalem,ukubabaziphathengokweeNtlanga, bawalahleamasikooobawo,wesukawemkaeYerusalem, wemkawayakumaPersi
21Ngawolakeamazwi,awawathethayouninawoonyana abasixhenxe,olilungisakubantwanabakhe:
22‘Ndandiyintombienyulu,yayeandizangendiphambuke endlwinikabawo,ndalugcinaubamboolwalwakhiwe kuEva.
23Akukhomlahlekisiwasentlango,akukhomkhohlisi endle,ndithewandenzagwenxa;neNyokayobuxoki, ekhohlisayoayizangeibungcoliseubunyulubam;Ndahlala nomyeniwamyonkeimihlayobutshabam;bathi bakukhulaabanyanabam,wafauyise
24Wayenoyolo;kubawayephilaubomiobusikelelekileyo ngabantwana,kwayeakazangeayaziintlungu yokuphulukanakwabo
25owathiesenathi,wanifundisaumthethonabaprofeti; WasifundelangoAbheliowabulawanguKayin,noIsake owanikelwaukubaabelidinielinyukayo,noYosefu entolongweni.
26WathethanathingoPinehasi,umbingelelionekhwele, wanifundisaemlilweniingomaka-Ananiyas,ka-Azariya, noMishayeli
27KananjalowamzukisanoDaniyeliemhadini weengonyama,wamsikelela;wanikhumbuzakeilizwi likaIsaya.
28Nokubauthewaphumaemlilweni,amadangatyealiyi kukwenzakalisa
29WasivumelaamazwikaDavideumdumisi,esithi, Buninziububiobulihlelayoilungisa;
30WacaphulakuthiumzekelisokaSolomon,othi, Ungumthiwobomikubobonkeabenzaukuthandakwakhe
31WawamisaamazwikaHezekile,wathi,Ayakuphilana lamathamboomileyo?Kubaakayilibalangaingoma awayifundisayouMoses,ethi,Ndiyakubulala,ndidlise
ubomi;Bubokeobuubomibakho,nentsikeleloyemihla yakho.
32Yeha,yayiyiminiekhohlakeleyo,ukanti yayingenaburhalarhume,xauzwilakheokhohlakeleyo wamaGrikewavuthaumlilokwiimbathazakhe ezikhohlakeleyo,kwayengeenkanukozakheezibilayo wabazisaekuphangweniwazawababuyisela ekuthuthumbiswenikwakheoonyanaabasixhenxe bentombika-Abraham,wazawazimfamekisaiinkosana zamehloabo,wazawaziqhawulaiilwimizaboezininzi, wazikrazulaiilwimiezininzi
33NgenxayokoumgwebokaThixouyamsukela,umsukele oqalekisiweyo;
34Kodwaoonyanabaka-Abraham,kunyenonina owoyisileyo,bahlanganiselwandawonyeendaweni yookhokhobabo,befumeneimiphefumloenyulu nengenakonakalaevelakuThixo,kuyemakubeluzuko ngonaphakadekanaphakade