¹Anno centesimo quadragesimo nono,In the one hundred and forty-ninth year,cognovit Judas Antiochum Eupatorem venire cum multitudine adversus Judæam,Judas realized that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea.

¹Anno centesimo quadragesimo nono,In the one hundred and forty-ninth year,cognovit Judas Antiochum Eupatorem venire cum multitudine adversus Judæam,Judas realized that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea.

²et cum eo Lysiam procuratorem et præpositum negotiorum,And with him was Lysias, the procurator, who was in charge of the government,secum habentem peditum centum decem millia,having with him one hundred and ten thousand foot soldiers,et equitum quinque millia,five thousand horsemen,et elephantos viginti duos, currus cum falcibus trecentos.and twenty-two elephants, and three hundred swift chariots with curved blades.

²et cum eo Lysiam procuratorem et præpositum negotiorum,And with him was Lysias, the procurator, who was in charge of the government,secum habentem peditum centum decem millia,having with him one hundred and ten thousand foot soldiers,et equitum quinque millia,five thousand horsemen,et elephantos viginti duos, currus cum falcibus trecentos.and twenty-two elephants, and three hundred swift chariots with curved blades.

³Commiscuit autem se illis et Menelaus:Menelaus also joined himself to them,et cum multa fallacia deprecabatur Antiochum,and with many lies he pleaded with Antiochus,non pro patriæ salute,not for the welfare of his country,sed sperans se constitui in principatum.but hoping that he would be appointed as first ruler.

³Commiscuit autem se illis et Menelaus:Menelaus also joined himself to them,et cum multa fallacia deprecabatur Antiochum,and with many lies he pleaded with Antiochus,non pro patriæ salute,not for the welfare of his country,sed sperans se constitui in principatum.but hoping that he would be appointed as first ruler.

⁴Sed Rex regum suscitavit animos Antiochi in peccatorem:But the King of kings awakened the mind of Antiochus against the sinner.et suggerente Lysia hunc esse causam omnium malorum,And when Lysias was suggesting this to be the cause of all the evils,jussit (ut eis est consuetudo) apprehensum in eodem loco necari.he ordered (as is the custom with them) that he should be apprehended and killed in the same place.

⁴Sed Rex regum suscitavit animos Antiochi in peccatorem:But the King of kings awakened the mind of Antiochus against the sinner.et suggerente Lysia hunc esse causam omnium malorum,And when Lysias was suggesting this to be the cause of all the evils,jussit (ut eis est consuetudo) apprehensum in eodem loco necari.he ordered (as is the custom with them) that he should be apprehended and killed in the same place.

⁵Erat autem in eodem loco turris quinquaginta cubitorum,Now there was, in the same place, a tower of fifty cubits,aggestum undique habens cineris:having a pile of ashes on every side.hæc prospectum habebat in præceps.This had a lookout over a precipice.

⁵Erat autem in eodem loco turris quinquaginta cubitorum,Now there was, in the same place, a tower of fifty cubits,aggestum undique habens cineris:having a pile of ashes on every side.hæc prospectum habebat in præceps.This had a lookout over a precipice.

⁶Inde in cinerem dejici jussit sacrilegum,From there, he ordered this sacrilegious one to be thrown down into the ashes,omnibus eum propellentibus ad interitum.with all propelling him into the afterlife.

⁶Inde in cinerem dejici jussit sacrilegum,From there, he ordered this sacrilegious one to be thrown down into the ashes,omnibus eum propellentibus ad interitum.with all propelling him into the afterlife.

⁷Et tali lege prævaricatorem legis contigit mori,And by such a law, it turned out that the betrayer of the law, Menelaus,nec terræ dari Menelaum.died, not having so much as a burial in the earth.

⁷Et tali lege prævaricatorem legis contigit mori,And by such a law, it turned out that the betrayer of the law, Menelaus,nec terræ dari Menelaum.died, not having so much as a burial in the earth.

⁸Et quidem satis juste:And indeed,nam quia multa erga aram Dei delicta commisit,this satisfied justice,cujus ignisfor just as he had committed many offenses toward the altar of God,et cinis erat sanctus:the fire and ashes of which are holy,ipse in cineris morte damnatus est.so was he condemned to die in ashes.

⁸Et quidem satis juste:And indeed,nam quia multa erga aram Dei delicta commisit,this satisfied justice,cujus ignisfor just as he had committed many offenses toward the altar of God,et cinis erat sanctus:the fire and ashes of which are holy,ipse in cineris morte damnatus est.so was he condemned to die in ashes.

⁹Sed rex mente effrenatus veniebat,But the king, with his mind being unbridled,nequiorem se patre suo Judæis ostensurus.came to reveal himself as more wicked to the Jews than his father was.

⁹Sed rex mente effrenatus veniebat,But the king, with his mind being unbridled,nequiorem se patre suo Judæis ostensurus.came to reveal himself as more wicked to the Jews than his father was.

¹⁰Quibus Judas cognitis,When Judas understood this,præcepit populo ut die ac nocte Dominum invocarent,he instructed the people to call upon the Lord day and night,quo,so that,sicut semper,just as always,et nunc adjuvaret eos,now also he would help them.

¹⁰Quibus Judas cognitis,When Judas understood this,præcepit populo ut die ac nocte Dominum invocarent,he instructed the people to call upon the Lord day and night,quo,so that,sicut semper,just as always,et nunc adjuvaret eos,now also he would help them.

¹¹quippe qui lege,Of course,et patria,they were afraid to be deprived of their law and their country,sanctoque templo privari vererentur:and of the holy temple,ac populum,and also that he might allow the people,qui nuper paululum respirasset,who had recently taken a breath for a little while,ne sineret blasphemis rursus nationibus subdi.to be again subdued by blasphemous nations.

¹¹quippe qui lege,Of course,et patria,they were afraid to be deprived of their law and their country,sanctoque templo privari vererentur:and of the holy temple,ac populum,and also that he might allow the people,qui nuper paululum respirasset,who had recently taken a breath for a little while,ne sineret blasphemis rursus nationibus subdi.to be again subdued by blasphemous nations.

¹²Omnibus itaque simul id facientibus,And so,et petentibus a Domino misericordiam cum fletuhaving together done all these things,et jejuniis,and having sought mercy from the Lord with weeping and fasting,per triduum continuum prostratis,lying prostrate on the ground continually for three days,hortatus est eos Judas ut se præpararent.Judas exhorted them to prepare themselves.

¹²Omnibus itaque simul id facientibus,And so,et petentibus a Domino misericordiam cum fletuhaving together done all these things,et jejuniis,and having sought mercy from the Lord with weeping and fasting,per triduum continuum prostratis,lying prostrate on the ground continually for three days,hortatus est eos Judas ut se præpararent.Judas exhorted them to prepare themselves.

¹³Ipse vero cum senioribus cogitavit priusquam rex admoveret exercitum ad JudæamIn truth,et obtineret civitatem,with the elders he decided that,exire,before the king could move his army into Judea and obtain the city,et Domini judicio committere exitum rei.they would go out and commit the outcome of the event to the judgment of the Lord.

¹³Ipse vero cum senioribus cogitavit priusquam rex admoveret exercitum ad JudæamIn truth,et obtineret civitatem,with the elders he decided that,exire,before the king could move his army into Judea and obtain the city,et Domini judicio committere exitum rei.they would go out and commit the outcome of the event to the judgment of the Lord.

¹⁴Dans itaque potestatem omnium Deo mundi creatori,And so, giving everything to God, the Creator of the world,et exhortatus suos ut fortiter dimicarent, et usque ad mortem pro legibus,and having exhorted his own to contend with fortitude and to stand up, even unto death,templo,for the laws,civitate,the temple,patria,the city,et civibus starent,their country and the citizens:circa Modin exercitum constituit.he positioned his army around Modin.

¹⁴Dans itaque potestatem omnium Deo mundi creatori,And so, giving everything to God, the Creator of the world,et exhortatus suos ut fortiter dimicarent, et usque ad mortem pro legibus,and having exhorted his own to contend with fortitude and to stand up, even unto death,templo,for the laws,civitate,the temple,patria,the city,et civibus starent,their country and the citizens:circa Modin exercitum constituit.he positioned his army around Modin.

¹⁵Et dato signo suis Dei victoriæ,And having given his own a sign of the victory of God,juvenibus fortissimis electis nocte aggressus aulam regiam,he attacked the quarters of the king by night, with the strongest chosen young men,in castris interfecit viros quatuor millia,and he slew four thousand men in the camp,et maximum elephantorum cum his qui superpositi fuerant:and the greatest of the elephants, along with those who would have been positioned on them.

¹⁵Et dato signo suis Dei victoriæ,And having given his own a sign of the victory of God,juvenibus fortissimis electis nocte aggressus aulam regiam,he attacked the quarters of the king by night, with the strongest chosen young men,in castris interfecit viros quatuor millia,and he slew four thousand men in the camp,et maximum elephantorum cum his qui superpositi fuerant:and the greatest of the elephants, along with those who would have been positioned on them.

¹⁶summoque metu ac perturbatione hostium castra replentes,And so,rebus prospere gestis,having filled the camp of their enemies with the greatest fear and disturbance,abierunt.they went away with good success.

¹⁶summoque metu ac perturbatione hostium castra replentes,And so,rebus prospere gestis,having filled the camp of their enemies with the greatest fear and disturbance,abierunt.they went away with good success.

¹⁷Hoc autem factum est die illucescente,Now this was done at the first light of day,adjuvante eum Domini protectione.with the Lord assisting and protecting them.

¹⁷Hoc autem factum est die illucescente,Now this was done at the first light of day,adjuvante eum Domini protectione.with the Lord assisting and protecting them.

¹⁸Sed rex,But the king,accepto gustu audaciæ Judæorum,having received a taste of the audacity of the Jews,arte difficultatem locorum tentabat:attempted to take the difficult places by craftiness.

¹⁸Sed rex,But the king,accepto gustu audaciæ Judæorum,having received a taste of the audacity of the Jews,arte difficultatem locorum tentabat:attempted to take the difficult places by craftiness.

¹⁹et Bethsuræ,And so,quæ erat Judæorum præsidium munitum,he moved his camp to Bethzur,castra admovebat:which was a fortified garrison of the Jews.sed fugabatur,But as he struck,impingebat,he was put to flightminorabatur.and reduced in number.

¹⁹et Bethsuræ,And so,quæ erat Judæorum præsidium munitum,he moved his camp to Bethzur,castra admovebat:which was a fortified garrison of the Jews.sed fugabatur,But as he struck,impingebat,he was put to flightminorabatur.and reduced in number.

²⁰His autem qui intus erant, Judas necessaria mittebat.Then Judas sent necessities to those who were inside.

²⁰His autem qui intus erant, Judas necessaria mittebat.Then Judas sent necessities to those who were inside.

²¹Enuntiavit autem mysteria hostibus Rhodocus quidam de judaico exercitu,But Rhodocus, a certain one from the Jewish army, reported the secrets to the enemies,qui requisitus comprehensus est,so he was sought out, apprehended,et conclusus.and imprisoned.

²¹Enuntiavit autem mysteria hostibus Rhodocus quidam de judaico exercitu,But Rhodocus, a certain one from the Jewish army, reported the secrets to the enemies,qui requisitus comprehensus est,so he was sought out, apprehended,et conclusus.and imprisoned.

²²Iterum rex sermonem habuit ad eos qui erant in Bethsuris:Again, the king held talks with those who were in Bethzur. He gave his right hand as a pledge,dextram dedit,and accepted theirs,accepit, abiit:and he went away.

²²Iterum rex sermonem habuit ad eos qui erant in Bethsuris:Again, the king held talks with those who were in Bethzur. He gave his right hand as a pledge,dextram dedit,and accepted theirs,accepit, abiit:and he went away.

²³commisit cum Juda,He joined battle with Judas;superatus est.he was overcome.Ut autem cognovit rebellasse Philippum Antiochiæ,But when he realized that Philip, who had been left out of these events,qui relictus erat super negotia, mente consternatus,had rebelled at Antioch, he was in a consternation of mind,Judæos deprecans,and, begging the Jews,subditusque eis, jurat de omnibus quibus justum visum est:and being submissive to them, he swore to all things that seemed just.et reconciliatus obtulit sacrificium,And, being reconciled, he offered sacrifice,honoravit templum,honored the temple,et munera posuit.and left gifts.

²³commisit cum Juda,He joined battle with Judas;superatus est.he was overcome.Ut autem cognovit rebellasse Philippum Antiochiæ,But when he realized that Philip, who had been left out of these events,qui relictus erat super negotia, mente consternatus,had rebelled at Antioch, he was in a consternation of mind,Judæos deprecans,and, begging the Jews,subditusque eis, jurat de omnibus quibus justum visum est:and being submissive to them, he swore to all things that seemed just.et reconciliatus obtulit sacrificium,And, being reconciled, he offered sacrifice,honoravit templum,honored the temple,et munera posuit.and left gifts.

²⁴Machabæum amplexatus est,He embraced Maccabeus,et fecit eum a Ptolemaide usque ad Gerrenos ducem et principem.and he made him commander and leader from Ptolemais all the way to the Gerrenians.

²⁴Machabæum amplexatus est,He embraced Maccabeus,et fecit eum a Ptolemaide usque ad Gerrenos ducem et principem.and he made him commander and leader from Ptolemais all the way to the Gerrenians.

²⁵Ut autem venit Ptolemaidam,But when he arrived at Ptolemais,graviter ferebant Ptolemenses amicitiæ conventionem,the Ptolemaians considered the conditions of the alliance burdensome,indignantes ne forte fœdus irrumperent.being indignant lest perhaps they might break the pact.

²⁵Ut autem venit Ptolemaidam,But when he arrived at Ptolemais,graviter ferebant Ptolemenses amicitiæ conventionem,the Ptolemaians considered the conditions of the alliance burdensome,indignantes ne forte fœdus irrumperent.being indignant lest perhaps they might break the pact.

²⁶Tunc ascendit Lysias tribunal,Then Lysias went up to the tribunal,et exposuit rationem,and explained the reasons,et populum sedavit,and calmed the people,regressusque est Antiochiam:and so he returned to Antioch.et hoc modo regis profectio et reditus processit.And this is the way things went concerning the journey and return of the king.

²⁶Tunc ascendit Lysias tribunal,Then Lysias went up to the tribunal,et exposuit rationem,and explained the reasons,et populum sedavit,and calmed the people,regressusque est Antiochiam:and so he returned to Antioch.et hoc modo regis profectio et reditus processit.And this is the way things went concerning the journey and return of the king.