This, in the first instance, refers to the struggle of the Maccabees against Alexander's successor - Antiochus - as appears in the following words: "I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man."
Vurha ndzi ta byi tata hi Efrayimi, ndzi ta pfuxa vana va wena,+ Wena Siyoni, leswaku va lwa ni vana va wena, Wena Grikiya,+ ndzi ta ku endla u fana ni banga ra munhu wa matimba.'+