(a) Itafula (mhlawumbe ifenisha eyinkimbinkimbi kunazo zonke ezake zakhiqizwa). (b) Omunye wethula. 4. Incazelo yeJerusalema. (a) Ithempeli (kanye nohlelo lokusebenza kwamanzi). (b) Umcimbi. (c) Inqaba. (d) Idolobha. (e) Indawo yasemakhaya. 5. Ukuvalelisa kuka-Eleazar. 6. Incazelo ka-Eleyazare ngomthetho (lokhu kuwukuhlakanipha okujulile). 7. Indawo yokwamukela izivakashi. 8. Idili (imibuzo nezimpendulo ezingu-72). 9. Ukuhunyushwa kweNcwadi. ISAHLUKO 1
Incwadi ka-Aristeas ISINGENISO Encwadini ka-Aristeas, enye yezinto eziphawulekayo nezasendulo ezitholwe kabusha kuleli qoqo, sihambe ibanga elide kakhulu ku-Adamu no-Eva, ibanga elide kakhulu kuZamcolo. Lokhu kubhala kuveza umbukwane wokuqina kohlanga lwesintu, oluye lwakha kabusha uMhlaba, nezizwe ezinamandla eziphila ngokuzikhandla nangokukhazimula. Uzofunda lapha ngombhali wokuqala omkhulu wezincwadi - uPtolemy Philadelphus. Ufisa ukuqoqa izincwadi zakhe emtatsheni wakhe wezincwadi e-Alexandria "zonke izincwadi emhlabeni." Ekugcineni, entshisekweni yakhe yokuthola incwadi eyodwa enkulu - iMithetho YamaJuda uthengisa abantu abayi-100,000 ngaleyo ncwadi. Cishe leli yinani eliphakeme kakhulu elake lakhokhwa ngomsebenzi owodwa. Liveza isizathu esingavamile sokuphela kokuThunjwa Okukhulu. Izehlakalo zale ndaba zenzeka ngesikhathi sokuphila kweNdlovukazi edumile u-Arsinoe, owashona ngo-270 BC Usuku oluqondile lokubhalwa kwalo aluqinisekile. Imininingwane yempilo yasenkantolo, ingxoxo yezinkinga zomphakathi zangaleso sikhathi ithakazelisa kakhulu futhi icacile. Kuyinto engavamile ukubona inkosi nezivakashi zayo bedlala imibuzo nezimpendulo ngesikhathi sedili labo. Isakhiwo salo msebenzi odonsayo simi kanje: 1. Ukunikezelwa kwencwadi kuPhilocrates. 2. Isenzo sokuqala: (a) Isiphakamiso sikaMgcini Wezincwadi sokukhulula abathunjwa abangamaJuda ukuze bathole incwadi. (b) Ukukhululwa. (c) Incwadi kaPhiladelphus eya ku-Eleazar. (d) Impendulo. (e) Amagama ekomiti eqokwe ukuhumusha incwadi. 3. Incazelo yezipho zasebukhosini:
Ngesikhathi sokuthunjwa kwamaJuda eGibhithe, uPtolemy Philadelphus uzembula njengomuntu wokuqala omkhulu othanda izincwadi. Ufisa ukuba nazo zonke izincwadi emhlabeni emtatsheni wakhe wezincwadi; ukuze athole iMithetho kaMose uthembisa ukuhweba ngezithunjwa eziyi-100,000 ngalowo msebenzi ememeza ethi, "Kuyinzuzo encane ngempela!" 1 Njengoba ngiqoqe izinto zomlando okhumbulekayo wokuvakashela kwami u-Eleazar uMpristi Omkhulu wamaJuda, futhi ngenxa yokuthi wena, Philocrates, njengoba ungalahlekelwa yithuba lokungikhumbuza, ubeke inqwaba yemininingwane lapho uthola ukulandisa ngezisusa kanye nenhloso yomsebenzi wami, ngizame ukukuchazela ngokucacile ngale ndaba, ngoba ngiyabona ukuthi unothando lwemvelo lokufunda, imfanelo eyigugu kakhulu umuntu analo - ukuzama njalo 'ukwengeza olwazini lwakhe kanye nezinto azifundile' kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ufunda umlando noma ngokuhlanganyela ngempela ezenzakalweni ngokwazo. 2 Kungale ndlela, ngokuthatha izakhi ezinhle kakhulu, lapho umphefumulo uqiniswa khona ngobumsulwa, futhi ngemva kokugxila ekuzinikeleni kuNkulunkulu, umgomo omuhle kunayo yonke, usebenzisa lokhu njengesiqondiso sawo esingenaphutha futhi ngaleyo ndlela uthola injongo eqondile. 3 Ukuzinikela kwami ekuphishekeleni ulwazi lwenkolo kwangenza ngaya ehhovisi lenxusa kumuntu engikhulume ngaye, owayehlonishwa kakhulu yizakhamuzi zakhe kanye nabanye, kokubili ngenxa yobuhle bakhe nobukhosi bakhe, futhi owayenezincwadi ezibaluleke kakhulu kumaJuda ezweni lakubo nakwamanye amazwe ukuze kuchazwe umthetho waphezulu, ngoba imithetho yawo ibhalwe ezikhumbeni zesikhumba ngezinhlamvu zamaJuda. 4 Leli nxusa ngabe sengilithatha ngentshiseko, okokuqala ngithole ithuba lokuncenga inkosi egameni labathunjwa abangamaJuda ababethuthwe besuka eJudiya beyiswa eGibhithe nguyise wenkosi, lapho eqala ukuthola leli dolobha futhi enqoba izwe laseGibhithe. 5 Kuhle ukuthi ngikuxoxele le ndaba, njengoba ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi wena, ngesimo sakho sobungcwele kanye nozwela lwakho kubantu abaphila ngokuvumelana nomthetho ongcwele, uzolalela kalula indaba engihlose ukuyiveza, njengoba wena ngokwakho usanda kufika kithi uvela esiqhingini futhi ulangazelela ukuzwa konke okwakha umphefumulo.