ǃKhūb ge Antioxuba ra ǁkhara
(1 Makabergu 6:1-72 Makabergu 1:11-17)1 ǁNā ǁaeb ǃnâb ge Antioxuba Persiaba xu ge ǁnā-oa 2 tsî Persepolis ǃnâ sī ǂgâ tsî Tempela ǁkhâuǁnâs tsî ǃāsa ǁîb ǀgaib ǃnaka ūsa ge dītsâ. Khoen ge ǁâtanin âna ū tsî Antioxuba ge ǁnāǂam tsî ǁîb di toroǂnubisa taotaosasib ǃnâs nî ǁnā-oa ǃkhaisa ge ǁgari. 3 Ekbatanas ǃnâb ge sī, ob ge taren ge Nikanori tsî Timoteub hâkha di toroǃkhamaogu ǀkha ī ǃkhaisa ge mîbahe. 4 ǁÎb ge ǁaixa tsî Jodeǁîn ge ǁîb ǃoagu hō dansab nî ǀkhao ǃkhaisa ge mîǁgui. ǁNā-amagab ge ǁîb di hākuniǃnari-aoba Jerusalems tawa kha sī tama hîab mâ tide ǃkhaisa ge mîmā. Kai ǀgapiǂâixasib ǀkhab ge “Tita ge Jerusalemsa, Jodeǁîn di ǁkhōǃkhaib ǃnâ nî dabaǃkhuni” ti ge mî.
Xaweb ge Elob di ǁkharab ǃoab ra ǀgū ǃkhaisa ge ǀū i. 5 Nē mîdeb ra mî ǃkhais ǃaromab ge hoana a mû ǁkhā ǃKhūb, Israelǁaes di Eloba ǂuruǂuruhe ǁoa tsî ǀūhe ǀaeba ge mā bi. ǃHoaǀûb ra hîab ge ǂuruǂuruhe ǁoase ǃnāb ǃnâ ge tsû. 6 Nē ǁkharab ge ǁnāti ī khoeb, hîa ge nauna ǂgui ǀgaugu ai tsûtsûb ǃaroma a ǂhanu. 7 Xaweb ge ǁîba ǁîb di ǁēsiba ge ǀû tama hâ i. ǁÎb ge ǃaruǀîǀgui ge ǀgapiǂâixa tsî Jodeǁîna gere ǁēba tsî ǃhaesen nî ǁgariǂuihe ǃkhaisa ge mîmā. Xawe ǃgariseb hākunis âb ǀkha ǃnarigaru hîa torokunisa xu ǁnā tsî uniǁaedi ǃnâ ge tsû. 8 ǁÎb ge ǁîb di ǀgapiǂâixasib ǀkha ǁîb di ǀgaisakhoesi ǀgaib ǀkhab nî hurib di ǃgabiga ǁîba ǁnâuǀnam kai tsî ǀgapi ǃhomga ǀnō-ūdas ai ǀnō ti ge ǂâi hâ i. Xaweb ge ǀāses timîsi ǃhūb ai ǁnā tsî tani-ūxūb ǀkha ge tanibēhe. Nēs ge Elob di ǁkhāsib di ǃgāsa ǁgauǁgausa. 9 Nē eloxoresa khoeb di sorosa xun ge ǂunina gere ǂoaxa tsîb ge kai tsûb tsî tsâb ǃnâ ge ûi hâ i. Nē hammi ge kaise ge ǁgaora i tsî gu ge hoaraga toroǃkhamaoga ge ǀaesen 10 tsî i ge ǀgui-i tsîna ǁîba nî ūkhâise ge ǀgū ǁoa i. ǂKhari ǁaero-e nēn hoan aiǃâb ge ǀgamirodeb nî ǃkhō ti ge ǂâi hâ i.
Antioxub ge Eloba ra mîmâiba
(1 Makabergu 6:8-17)11 Antioxub ge Elob di ǁkharab ge ǁîb ai hā xui-ao ǃgamse ge ǃoa hâ i tsî kai tsûba gere tsâ. Egab ge ǂâiǃgâ tsî ǁîb di ǀgapiǂâixasiba ge ǀû. 12 ǁÎb di ǀō hammab ge aitsama ǁkhā ǁoa, ob ge ge mî: “ǃGâi i ge a hoa khoen di ôan nî Elob ǃnaka mâisen ǃkhaisa tsîn ǁîb ǀkhan nî ǀguitikō ti ǂâi tidesa.” 13 Elob di ǀkhommi ge Antioxub ǃaroma ge ǀam, xaweb ge nē ama tama khoeba Eloba ge mîmâiba: 14 “Tita ge Jerusalemsa ǃhūb kōse khôaǂkhū tsî nē ǃanu ǃāsa Jodeǁîn di ǁkhōǃkhaise nî dī ti ge ǂâi hâ i, xawe ta ge nēsi ǃnorasa ǃās ase ra ǂgaiǂui si. 15 Tita ge ǁō hâ sorodi Jodeǁîn tsî ǁîn ôan dide ta ǁîde ta nî ǁkhōs ǃās ǃnâ ǀgurun tsî xamarin tsî ǀhomanin tsîn xa nî ǂûhese nî aoǂui ti ge ǂâi. Xawe ta ge nēsi ǁîna Atenes di ǁanǂgāsaben ǀkha ǁkhā aiǂhanuga ra mā ǂgao. 16 Tita ge Tempela ǁkhâuǁnâ tsî ǁîb di ǃanu xapana ge ū, xawe ta ge ǁîba ǃgomǀgausa ǀkhaexūn tsî aiǃâkamn xa ǃnāsase ǃgâi xapan ǀkha nî ǀoaǀoa, tsî ǁguibade ti ǂhunuma hōǂgāde xu nî matare. 17 Nēn hoan xōǀkhā ta ge tita tsîna nî Jodeǁî kai tsî khoen ǁan hâ ǃkhain hoan ai ǃgûma tsî Elob di ǁkhāsib xa ǁîna nî ǃhoaba.”
Antioxub di sîǂkhanis Jodeǁîn ǃoa
18 Antioxub ge Elob ge ǁîba anu hâ khami ǁkhara tsî gu tsûga toa tama ǃkhais xa ǃan tsî sao ra sîǂkhanisa Jodeǁîn ǃoa ge xoa:
19 “Ti ama-ai Jodeǁîna ta ge tita ǁîn di gao-ao tsî ǂgaeǂgui-aota, Antioxuta kai tawedesa mā tsî ǂurusib tsî ǃgâiǃgâb ǀguiba ǁîna ra ǁkhoreba.
20 “Tita ra ǃâubasens ge sadu tsî sadu omaridi ǃgâi ǂurusib ǃnâ hâ tsîn hoa xūna ǃgâise ra ǃgû ǃkhaisa. Ti ǃâubasens ge Elob ǃnâ hâ, 21 tsî ta ge sadu xa ta ge ǁgauhe ǃgôasib tsî khoexaǃnâsib tsîna ǃgâiaǂgaob ǀkha ra ǂâihō.
“Persiaba xu ta ge ǁaru-oa, o ta ge kaise ge ǀaesen tsî ta ge hoaǃnā-aixa mâsib ti khoen dib ǃoa ta nî kōtsoatsoa ǃkhaisa ge ǀape. 22 Ti ǂurusib xa ta îganǀgē tama hâ tsî ta ge ǀoasase ta nî ǂuru ǃkhaisa ra ǂgomǃgâ. 23 Xawe ta ge ti îb ge ǀapas ǀkharigu ǃnâ, ǃgûb gere ǃkhai-i hoa-i ai saoǃgon-ao-e ǁgaumâi ǃkhaisa ra ǂâihō. 24 ǁÎb ge xū-i ga ǀūǂamse ī tamas ka io ǁgai ǂhôa-i ga hā, on khoena ǃao tide tsî tari-i ǂgaeǂguis ǃnakan hâ ǃkhaisa nî ǂanga ge dī. 25 ǁKhāti ta ge ti gaosib di ǃhūǀgoradi tawa hâ ǂgaeǂgui-aogu ge īǁkhāsiba ǃâu hâ i xui-ao Antioxuba gao-aose ge ǁgaumâi. ǁÎba ta ge ǀnai ǀapas ǀkharigu ǃnâ ta gere ǃgûma, o ǃnāsan sadu din ai ge ǂgomǃgâ. ǁÎb ge xoaǁnâb nē sîǂkhanis diba nî ǃkhōǃoa. 26 Tita ge hōhōǃnâ tsî ra ǀkhoma du, î du tita ge ǀgui khoe-i kas, ǁaes kas hoasa dība ǃgâi xūna ǂâis ǃnâ ūhâ tsî tita tsî ti ôab hâkhom ǃoagu ǃgâiǂâixa. 27 Tita ge ǁîb nî ǂhanu-aisib tsî khoexaǃnâsib ǀkha, tita gere sado ǂgaeǂguis ǁkhās khami ǂgaeǂgui du ǃkhaisa ra ǂgomǃgâ.”
28 ǁNātib ge nē ǃgamaob, hîa gere Eloba ǃkhāǃkhāba, ǁkhā tsûb nau khoen aib ge hā-ūba ge tsâ tsî ǀkhomǀkhomsase ǃhao ǃhūb di ǃhomgu ǃnâ ǃoaxa ǁōba ge ǁō. 29 ǁÎb di ǀgūǀhōsagu di ǀguib, Filipub ge ǁîb sorosa oms ǁga ge ū, xaweb ge Antioxub ôabab gere ǃao xui-ao, Egipteb gao-aob Ptolemib Filometori ǃoa ge ǃgû.
1 About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia
2 For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the temple, and to hold the city; whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.
3 Now when he came to Ecbatane, news was brought him what had happened unto Nicanor and Timotheus.
4 Then swelling with anger. he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariotman to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem and make it a common burying place of the Jews.
5 But the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: for as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts;
6 And that most justly: for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange torments.
7 Howbeit he nothing at all ceased from his bragging, but still was filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding to haste the journey: but it came to pass that he fell down from his chariot, carried violently; so that having a sore fall, all the members of his body were much pained.
8 And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in an horselitter, shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
9 So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.
10 And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
11 Here therefore, being plagued, he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment.
12 And when he himself could not abide his own smell, he said these words, It is meet to be subject unto God, and that a man that is mortal should not proudly think of himself, as if he were God.
13 This wicked person vowed also unto the Lord, who now no more would have mercy upon him, saying thus,
14 That the holy city (to the which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a common buryingplace,) he would set at liberty:
15 And as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
16 And the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices:
17 Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God.
18 But for all this his pains would not cease: for the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, after this manner:
19 Antiochus, king and governor, to the good Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, health, and prosperity:
20 If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.
21 As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honour and good will returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:
22 Not distrusting mine health, but having great hope to escape this sickness.
23 But considering that even my father, at what time he led an army into the high countries, appointed a successor,
24 To the end that, if any thing fell out contrary to expectation, or if any tidings were brought that were grievous, they of the land, knowing to whom the state was left, might not be troubled:
25 Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event, I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth:
26 Therefore I pray and request you to remember the benefits that I have done unto you generally, and in special, and that every man will be still faithful to me and my son.
27 For I am persuaded that he understanding my mind will favourably and graciously yield to your desires.
28 Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.
29 And Philip, that was brought up with him, carried away his body, who also fearing the son of Antiochus went into Egypt to Ptolemeus Philometor.
