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1 Now it came to pass, when the nations round
about heard that the altar and the sanctuary were built up as before, that
they were exceeding angry.
2 And they thought to destroy the generation
of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and
to persecute them.
3 Then Judas fought against the children of
Esau in Idumea, and them that were in Acrabathane: because they beset the Israelites around
about, and he made a great slaughter of them.
4 And he remembered the malice of the
children of Bean: who were a snare and a stumblingblock
to the people, by lying in wait for them in the way.
5 And they were shut up by him in towers, and
he set upon them, and devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their
towers with fire, and all that were in them.
6 Then he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people,
and Timotheus was their captain:
7 And he fought many battles with them,
and they were discomfited in their sight, and he smote them:
8 And he took the city of Gazer and her
towns, and returned into Judea.
9 And the Gentiles that were in Galaad, assembled themselves together against the
Israelites that were in their quarters to destroy them: and they fled into
the fortress of Datheman.
10 And they sent letters to Judas and his
brethren, saying, The heathens that are round about are gathered together
against us, to destroy us:
11 And they are preparing to come, and to
take the fortress into which we are fled: and Timotheus
is the captain of their host.
12 Now therefore come, and deliver us out of
their hands, for many of us are slain.
13 And all our brethren that were in the
places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried
away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and
they have slain there almost a thousand men.
14 And while they were yet reading these
letters, behold there came other messengers out Galilee with their garments
rent, who related according to these words:
15 Saying, that they of Ptolemais,
and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were assembled against
them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in order to consume us.
16 Now when Judas and all the people heard
these words, a great assembly met together to consider what they should do
for their brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.
17 And Judas said to Simon his brother: Choose
thee men, and go, and deliver they brethren in
Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan will go into the country of Galaad.
18 And he left Joseph the son of Zacharias,
and Azarias captains of the people with the remnant
of the army in Judea to keep it:
19 And he commanded them, saying: Take ye
the charge of this people: but make no war against the heathens, till we
return.
20 Now three thousand men were alloted to Simon, to go into Gallilee:
and eight thousand to Judas to go into the land of Galaad.
21 And Simon went into Galilee, and fought
many battles with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his
face, and he pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.
22 And there fell of the heathens almost three
thousand men, and he took the spoils of them,
23 And he took with him those that were in
Galilee and in Arbatis with their wives, and
children, and all that they had, and he brought them into Judea with great
joy.
24 And Judas Machabeus,
and Jonathan his brother passed over the Jordan, and went three days' journey
through the desert.
25 And the Nabutheans
met them, and received them in a peaceable manner, and told them all that
happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad,
26 And that many of them were shut up in Barasa, and in Bosor, and in Alima, and in Casphor, and in Mageth, and in Carnaim: all
these strong and great cities.
27 Yea, and that they were kept shut up in
the rest of the cities of Galaad, and that they had
appointed to bring their army on the morrow near to these cities, and to take
them and to destroy them all in one day.
28 Then Judas and his army suddenly turned
their march into the desert, to Bosor, and took the
city: and he slew every male by the edge of the sword, and took all their
spoils, and burnt it with fire.
29 And they removed from thence by night, and
went till they came to the fortress.
30 And it came to pass that early in the
morning, when they lifted up their eyes, behold there were people without
number, carrying ladders and engines to take the fortress, and assault them.
31 And Judas saw that the fight was begun,
and the cry of the battle went up to heaven like a trumpet, and a great cry
out of the city:
32 And he said to his host: Fight ye to day for your brethren.
33 And he came with three companies behind
them, and they sounded their trumpets, and cried out in prayer.
34 And the host of Timotheus
understood that it was Machabeus, and they fled
away before his face: and they made a great slaughter of them: and there fell
of them in that day almost eight thousand men.
35 And Judas turned aside to Maspha, and assaulted, and took it, and he slew every
male thereof, and took the spoils thereof, and burnt it with fire.
36 From thence he marched, and took Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and the rest of the cities of Galaad.
37 But after this Timotheus
gathered another army, and camped over against Raphon
beyond the torrent.
38 And Judas sent men to view the army: and
they brought him word, saying: All the nations, that are round about us, are
assembled unto him an army exceeding great:
39 And they have hired the Arabians to help
them, and they have pitched their tents beyond the torrent, ready to come to
fight against thee. And Judas went to meet them.
40 And Timotheus
said to the captains of his army: When Judas and his army come near the
torrent of water, if he pass over unto us first, we shall not be able to
withstand him: for he will certainly prevail over us.
41 But if he be afraid to pass over, and camp
on the other side of the river, we will pass over to them and shall prevail
against him.
42 Now when Judas came near the torrent of
water, he set the scribes of the people by the torrent, and commanded them,
saying: Suffer no man to stay behind: but let all come to the battle.
43 And he passed over to them first, and all
the people after him, and all the heathens were discomfited before them, and
they threw away their weapons, and fled to the temple that was in Carnaim.
44 And he took that city, and the temple he
burnt with fire, with all things that were therein: and Carnaim
was subdued, and could not stand against the face of Judas.
45 And Judas gathered together all the
Israelites that were in the land of Galaad, from
the least even to the greatest, and their wives, and children, and an army
exceeding great, to come into the land of Juda.
46 And they came as far as Ephron: now this was a great city situate in the way,
strongly fortified, and there was no means to turn from it on the right hand
or on the left, but the way was through the midst of it.
47 And they that were in the city, shut
themselves in, and stopped up the gates with stones: and Judas sent to them
with peaceable words,
48 Saying: Let us pass through your land,
to go into our country: and no man shall hurt you: we will only pass through on
foot. But they would not open to them.
49 Then Judas commanded proclamation to be made
in the camp, that they should make an assault every man in the place where he
was.
50 And the men of the army drew near, and he
assaulted that city all the day, and all the night, and the city was
delivered into his hands:
51 And they slew every male with the edge
of the sword, and he razed the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed
through all the city over them that were slain.
52 Then they passed over the Jordan to the
great plain that is over against Bethsan.
53 And Judas gathered together the hindmost,
and he exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land
of Juda.
54 And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, and offered holocausts,
because not one of them was slain, till they had returned in peace.
55 Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan
were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother
in Galilee before Ptolemais,
56 Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias captain of the soldiers, heard of the good
success, and the battles that were fought.
57 And he said: Let us also get us a name, and
let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us.
58 And he gave charge to them that were in his
army, and they went towards Jamnia.
59 And Gorgias and
his men went out of the city, to give them battle.
60 And Joseph and Azarias
were put to flight, and were pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there
fell, on that day, of the people of Israel about two thousand men, and there
was a great overthrow of the people:
61 Because they did not hearken to Judas,
and his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully.
62 But they were not of the seed of those men
by whom salvation was brought to Israel.
63 And the men of Juda
were magnified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations
where their name was heard.
64 And people assembled to them with joyful
acclamations.
65 Then Judas and his brethren went forth and
attacked the children of Esau, in the land toward the south, and he took Chebron, and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof
and the towers all round it.
66 And he removed his camp to go into the land
of the aliens, and he went through Samaria.
67 In that day some priests fell in battle,
while desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.
68 And Judas turned to Azotus
into the land of the strangers, and he threw down their altars, and he burnt
the statues of their gods with fire: and he took the spoils of the cities,
and returned into the land of Juda.
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1- و لما سمعت الامم التي من
حولهم ان قد بني المذبح و دشن المقدس كما كانا من قبل استشاطوا غضبا.
2- و اتمروا ان يبيدوا من بينهم
من نسل يعقوب و طفقوا يقتلون و يهلكون من الشعب.
3- و كان يهوذا يحارب بني عيسو
في ادوم عند اقربتين لانهم كانوا يضيقون على اسرائيل فضربهم ضربة عظيمة و دفعهم
و سلب غنائمهم.
4- و تذكر شر بني بيان الذين
كانوا شركا و معثرة للشعب يكمنون لهم على الطرق.
5- فالجاهم الى البروج و حاصرهم
و ابسلهم و احرق بروجهم و كل من كان فيها بالنار.
6- ثم عبر الى بني عمون فصادف
عسكرا قويا و شعبا كثيرا تحت قيادة تيموتاوس.
7- فواقعهم في حروب كثيرة
فانكسروا امامه فاوقع بهم.
8- و فتح يعزير و توابعها ثم عاد
الى اليهودية.
9- و ان الامم الذين في جلعاد
اجتمعوا على من كان من اسرائيل في تخومهم ليبيدوهم ففروا الى حصن دياتما.
10- و ارسلوا كتابا الى يهوذا و
اخوته قائلين ان الامم الذين حولنا قد اجتمعوا علينا يريدون ابادتنا.
11- و في عزمهم ان ياتوا و
يستفتحوا الحصن الذي التجانا اليه و جيشهم تحت قيادة تيموتاوس.
12- فالان هلم و استنقذنا من
ايديهم فقد سقط منا عدد كثير.
13- و جميع اخوتنا الذين في ارض
طوب قد قتلوا و سبيت نساؤهم و اولادهم و سلبت امتعتهم و هلك هناك نحو الف رجل.
14- فبينما هم يقراون الكتاب اذا
برسل اخرين قد وفدوا من الجليل و ثيابهم ممزقة و اخبروا بمثل ذلك.
15- قائلين قد اجتمعوا علينا من
بطلمايس و صور و صيدا و كل جليل الامم ليبيدونا.
16- فلما سمع يهوذا و الشعب هذا
الكلام عقدوا مجمعا عظيما و تشاوروا فيما يصنعون باخوتهم الذين في الضيق تحت
الحصار.
17- فقال يهوذا لسمعان اخيه اختر
لك رجالا و انطلق و استنقذ اخوتك الذين في الجليل و انا و يوناتان اخي ننطلق الى
ارض جلعاد.
18- و استخلف يوسف بن زكريا و
عزريا قائدي الشعب مع بقية الجيش في اليهودية للمحافظة.
19- و اوصاهما قائلا توليا امر
هذا الشعب و لا تقيما على الامم حربا حتى نعود.
20- فانقسمت الرجال ثلاثة الاف
مع سمعان ينطلقون الى الجليل و ثمانية الاف مع يهوذا الى ارض جلعاد.
21- و انطلق سمعان الى الجليل و
ناصب الامم حروبا كثيرة فانكسرت الامم من وجهه فتتبعهم الى باب بطلمايس.
22- فسقط من الامم ثلاثة الاف
رجل و سلب غنائمهم.
23- و اخذ الذين في الجليل و
عربات مع النساء و الاولاد و كل ما كان لهم و جاء بهم الى اليهودية بسرور عظيم.
24- و اما يهوذا المكابي و
يوناتان اخوه فعبرا الاردن و سارا مسيرة ثلاثة ايام في البرية.
25- فصادفا النباطيين فتلقوهما
بسلام و قصوا عليهما كل ما اصاب اخوتهما في ارض جلعاد.
26- و ان كثيرين منهم قد حصروا
في بصرة و باصر و عليم و كسفور و مكيد و قرنائيم و كلها مدن حصينة عظيمة.
27- و انهم ايضا محصورون في سائر
مدن ارض جلعاد و القوم مستعدون لمحاصرتهم غدا في الحصون و القبض عليهم و ابادتهم
جميعا في يوم واحد.
28- فعدل يهوذا جيشه بغتة و توجه
جهة البرية الى باصر فاستحوذ على المدينة و قتل كل ذكر بحد السيف و سلب جميع
غنائمهم و احرق المدينة بالنار.
29- ثم قام من هناك ليلا و سار
الى الحصن.
30- و لما كان الصبح رفعوا
ابصارهم فاذا بقوم كثيرين لا عدد لهم حاملين سلالم و مجانيق لفتح الحصن و هم
محاصرون لهم.
31- و راى يهوذا ان الحرب قد
التحمت و قد علت جلبة المدينة الى السماء بالابواق و الصراخ العظيم.
32- فقال لرجال الجيش قاتلوا
اليوم عن اخوتكم.
33- و خرج في ثلاث فرق من ورائهم
و نفخوا في الابواق و صرخوا في الصلاة.
34- و علم جيش تيموتاوس انه
المكابي فهربوا من وجهه فضربهم ضربة عظيمة فسقط منهم في ذلك اليوم ثمانية الاف
رجل.
35- ثم انصرف الى المصفاة و
حاربها فافتتحها و قتل كل ذكر بها و سلب غنائمها و احرقها بالنار.
36- و مضى من هناك فافتتح كسفور
و مكيد و باصر و سائر مدن ارض جلعاد.
37- و بعد هذه الامور جمع
تيموتاوس جيشا اخر و نزل قبالة رافون في عبر الوادي.
38- فارسل يهوذا رجالا يكشفون
امر الجيش فاخبروه قائلين ان جميع الامم التي حولنا قد انضمت اليهم و هم جيش
عظيم جدا.
39- و قد استاجروا العرب
يظاهرونهم و نزلوا في عبر الوادي و في عزمهم ان ياتوك للقتال فخرج يهوذا
لملاقاتهم.
40- و قال تيموتاوس لرؤساء جيشه
اذا بلغ يهوذا و جيشه الى وادي الماء فان عبر الينا اولا فلا نطيق الثبات امامه
بل يتغلب علينا تغلبا.
41- و ان تخوف و حل في عبر النهر
جزنا اليه و تغلبنا عليه.
42- فلما بلغ يهوذا الى وادي
الماء اقام كتبة الشعب على الوادي و امرهم قائلا لا تدعوا احدا يحل ههنا بل
لينطلقوا بجملتهم الى الحرب.
43- و عبر اليهم و هو في المقدمة
و كل الشعب وراءه فانكسرت امامه جميع الامم و القوا سلاحهم و فروا الى المعبد
الذي في قرنائيم.
44- فاستولى اليهود على المدينة
و احرقوا المعبد مع كل من كان فيه بالنار و انكسر اهل قرنائيم و لم يطيقوا
الثبات امام يهوذا.
45- و جمع يهوذا كل من كان من
اسرائيل في ارض جلعاد صغيرهم و كبيرهم و نساءهم و اولادهم مع امتعتهم جيشا عظيما
جدا لينصرف بهم الى ارض يهوذا.
46- فبلغوا الى عفرون و هي مدينة
عظيمة على المدخل حصينة جدا فلم يكن لهم ان يحيدوا عنها يمنة و لا يسرة الا ان
يجوزوا في وسطها.
47- فاغلق اهل المدينة على
انفسهم و ردموا الابواب بالحجارة فارسا اليهم يهوذا بكلام السلم.
48- قائلا انا نجوز في ارضك
لنذهب الى ارضنا و لا يضركم احد انما نمر باقدامنا فابوا ان يفتحوا له.
49- فامر يهوذا ان ينادى في
المحلة بان يهجم كل واحد من المكان الذي هو فيه.
50- فهجم رجال الباس و حاربوا
المدينة كل ذلك اليوم و ليلته كلها فاسلمت المدينة الى يديه.
51- فاهلك كل ذكر بحد السيف و دمرها
و سلب غنائمها و اجتاز في المدينة من فوق القتلى.
52- ثم عبروا الاردن الى السهل
العظيم قبالة بيت شان.
53- و كان يهوذا يجمع المتخلفين
و يشجع الشعب طول الطريق حتى وصلوا الى ارض يهوذا.
54- فصعدوا جبل صهيون بسرور و
ابتهاج و قدموا المحرقات لاجل انه لم يسقط احد منهم حتى رجعوا بسلام.
55- و في الايام التي كان فيها
يهوذا و يوناتان في جلعاد و سمعان اخوه في الجليل قبالة بطلمايس.
56- سمع يوسف بن زكريا و عزريا
رئيسا الجيش بما ابدوا من الحماسة و القتال.
57- فقالا لنقم لنا نحن ايضا
اسما و لننطلق لمحاربة الامم التي حولنا.
58- ثم امرا الجيش الذي معهما
فزحفوا على يمنيا.
59- فخرج جرجياس و رجاله من
المدينة الى ملاقاتهم للقتال.
60- فانكسر يوسف و عزريا
فتتبعوهما الى حدود اليهودية و سقط في ذلك اليوم من شعب اسرائيل الفا رجل و كانت
في شعب اسرائيل حطمة عظيمة.
61- ذلك لانهما لم يسمعا ليهوذا
و اخوته ظنا منهما بانهما يبديان حماسة.
62- الا انهما لم يكونا من نسب
اولئك الرجال الذين اوتوا خلاص اسرائيل على ايديهم.
63- و عظم الرجل يهوذا و اخوته
جدا في عيون كل اسرائيل و جميع الامم التي سار اليها ذكرهم.
64- و كانوا يجتمعون اليهم باصوات
التهنئة.
65- و خرج يهوذا و اخوته و
حاربوا بني عيسو في ارض الجنوب و ضرب حبرون و توابعها و هدم سورها و احرق البروج
التي حولها.
66- و سار قاصدا ارض الاجانب و
جال في ارض السامرة.
67- و في ذلك الحين سقط كهنة في
الحرب و كانوا يريدون ان يبدوا حماسة فخرجوا الى الحرب عن غير تدبر.
68- ثم توجه يهوذا الى اشدود في
ارض الاجانب فهدم مذابحهم و احرق منحوتات الهتهم بالنار و سلب غنائم المدن و عاد
الى ارض يهوذا
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