John Hyrcanus umwana wa kwa Simon uwashelepo alisokelwe ukuti kwali abalefwaya ukumwipaya. Aikete bonse abalefwaya ukumwipaya kabili apyene wishi pali bukateka na bushimapepo mukalamba.

Baya Balecimfya no Kutitikisha Abalecimfiwa

Pa kubala John Hyrcanus alitiinine sana ifita fya bena Suria, lelo mu 129 B.C.E., kateka wa bena Selukia acimfiwe mu bulwi bwakakala ubo balwile na bena Parthia. Ilyo iyi nkondo ya kwimina abena Selukia yapwile, umuYuda wasoma ilyashi lya kale, Menahem Stern alembele ati: “Ubufumu bonse bwapene bonaike.” E co, Hyrcanus “ali na maka ya kubwesha ukuiteka mu Yudea no kutendeka ukukusha ubuteko bwakwe ukufika mu fifulo fyalekanalekana.” Na cine alikushishe ukuteka kwakwe.

Nomba apo tapali umwina Suria nangu umo uwalemutiinya, Hyrcanus atendeke ukwingilila ififulo ifishali mu Yudea, no kutendeka ukufiteka. Abekashi ba muli filya fifulo bayalukile ku buYuda pantu nga bakaana imisumba yabo yaleonaulwa. Lulu umo ali wa kwimina abena Edomu. Pa lwa uyu lulu, Stern atile: “Abena Edomu e babalilepo ukwalukila ku buYuda muli ulya musango, bena luko lonse fye lwayalwike, te banono fye iyo.” Pa fifulo fyacimfiwe, pali Samaria, uko Hyrcanus aonawile itempele lya mu Samaria ilyali pa Lupili lwa Gerazim. Ukulangilila ifyo asungwike pa lwe funde kateka umwina Hasimonani apeele ilyapatikishe abantu ukwaluka, kalemba wa lyashi lya kale Solomon Grayzel atile: “Umwishikulu wa kwa Mattathias wine [wishi wa kwa Yuda Makabe] alitobele ifunde lya maipepele, ilyo aba nkulo yafumineko bacingilile sana.”

AbaFarise na BaSaduke Bamoneka

Ni lintu alelemba pa lwa kuteka kwa kwa Hyrcanus e lyo Josephus abalile alanda pa fyo amaka ya baFarise na baSaduke pa bantu yalekulilako.

Josephus ashimika ukuti John Hyrcanus pa kubala ali musambi wa baFarise kabili alebatungilila. Lelo, pa nshita imo, abaFarise balimukalipile pa kukanasha bushimapepo. Ici caletele amalekano. Hyrcanus atobele ifunde lya baFarise ilya fya mipepele. Pa kubakalifya na kabili, aishiletungilila abaSaduke abalelwishanya na baFarise mu fya mipepele.