42 αἰῶνα, ἕως τοῦ ἀναστῆναι προφήτην πιστόν· καὶ τοῦ εἶναι ἐπ ̓ αὐτῶν στρατηγὸν, καὶ ὅπως μέλοι αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν ἁγίων καθ. ιστάναι αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς χώρας, καὶ ἐπὶ 43 τῶν ὅπλων, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὀχυρωμάτων· καὶ ὅπως μέλοι αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ ὅπως ἀκούηται ὑπὸ πάντων, καὶ ὅπως γράφωνται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ πᾶσαι συγγραφαὶ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ, καὶ ὅπως περιβάληται πορφύραν, καὶ χρυσοφορῇ. ψntil there should arise a faithful prophet ; 42 moreover that he should be their captain, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the fortresses, that, I say, he should take charge of the sanctuary; beside this, that he should be obeyed of every man, and that all with country should be made in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and wear gold : 44 Καὶ οὐκ ἐξέσται οὐδενὶ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων ἀθετῆσαί τι τούτων, καὶ ἀντειπεῖν τοῖς ὑπ ̓ αὐτοῦ ῥηθησομένοις, καὶ ἐπισυστρέψαι συστροφὴν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ἄνευ αὐτοῦ, καὶ περιβάλλεσθαι 45 πορφύραν, καὶ ἐμπορποῦσθαι πόρπην χρυσῆν. Ος δ ̓ ἂν παρὰ 46 ταῦτα ποιήσῃ ἢ ἀθετήσῃ τι τούτων, ἔνοχος ἔσται. Καὶ εὐδό- otherwise, or break any of these things, he κησε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς θέσθαι Σίμωνι, καὶ ποιῆσαι κατὰ τοὺς λόγους 47 τούτους. Καὶ ἐπεδέξατο Σίμων, καὶ εὐδόκησεν ἀρχιερατεύειν, καὶ εἶναι στρατηγὸς καὶ ἐθνάρχης τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἱερέων, καὶ τοῦ προστατῆσαι πάντων. 48 Καὶ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην εἶπον θέσθαι ἐν δέλτοις χαλκαῖς, 49 καὶ στῆσαι αὐτὰς ἐν περιβόλῳ τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τόπῳ ἐπισήμῳ, τὰ δὲ ἀντίγραφα αὐτῶν θέσθαι ἐν τῷ γαζοφυλακίῳ, ὅπως ἔχῃ Σίμων, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ. 15 Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ ̓Αντίοχος υἱὸς Δημητρίου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιστολὰς ἀπὸ τῶν νήσων τῆς θαλάσσης Σίμωνι ἱερεῖ καὶ 2 ἐθνάρχῃ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ παντὶ τῷ ἔθνει. Καὶ ἦσαν περιέχουσαι τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον· βασιλεὺς ̓Αντίοχος Σίμωνι ἱερεῖ μεγάλῳ, καὶ ἐθνάρχῃ, καὶ ἔθνει Ἰουδαίων χαίρειν. 3 Ἐπειδὴ ἄνδρες λοιμοὶ κατεκράτησαν τῆς βασιλείας τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, βούλομαι δὲ ἀντιποιήσασθαι τῆς βασιλείας, ὅπως ἀποκαταστήσω αὐτὴν ὡς ἦν πρότερον, ἐξενολόγησα δὲ 4 πλῆθος δυνάμεων, καὶ κατεσκεύασα πλοῖα πολεμικά, βούλομαι δὲ ἐκβῆναι κατὰ τὴν χώραν, ὅπως μετέλθω τοὺς κατεφθαρκότας τὴν χώραν ἡμῶν, καὶ τοὺς ἠρημωκότας πόλεις πολλὰς 5 ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ· νῦν οὖν ἵστημι σοι πάντα τὰ ἀφαιρέματα ἃ ἀφῆκάν σοι οἱ πρὸ ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς, καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα δόματα ἀφῆκάν σοι. 6 Καὶ ἐπέτρεψά σοι ποιῆσαι κόμμα ἴδιον νόμισμα τῇ χώρᾳ 7 σου, Ιερουσαλὴμ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἅγια εἶναι ἐλεύθερα· καὶ πάντα τὰ ὅπλα ὅσα κατεσκεύασας, καὶ τὰ ὀχυρώματα ἃ ᾠκοδόμησας, ὧν 8 κρατεῖς, μενέτω σοι. Καὶ πᾶν ὀφείλημα βασιλικὸν, καὶ τὰ ἐσόμενα βασιλικὰ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον 9 ἀφιέσθω σοι· ὡς δ ̓ ἂν κρατήσωμεν τῆς βασιλείας ἡμῶν, δοξάσομέν σε, καὶ τὸ ἔθνος σου, καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν δόξῃ μεγάλῃ, ὥστε φανερὰν γενέσθαι τὴν δόξαν ὑμῶν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. 10 Ἔτους τετάρτου καὶ ἑβδομηκοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ ἐξῆλθεν ̓Αντίοχος εἰς τὴν γῆν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνῆλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάσεις, ὥστε ὀλίγους εἶναι τοὺς καταλειφθέντας σὺν Τρύφωνι. 11 Καὶ ἐδίωξεν αὐτὸν ̓Αντίοχος ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ ἦλθε φεύγων 12 εἰς Δωρᾶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης. Εἶδε γὰρ ὅτι συνῆκται επ' αὐτὸν τὰ κακὰ, καὶ ἀφῆκαν αὐτὸν αἱ δυνάμεις. 44 Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold: and whosoever should do βια τo deal with simon, and to do us should be punished. 46 Thus it liked all the hath been said. 47 Then Simon accepted hereof, and was well pleased to be high priest, and captain and governor of the Jews and priests, and to defend them all. 45 So they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place; also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury, to the end that Simon and his sons might have them. Moreover Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea unto Simon the priest and prince of the Jews, and to all the people, the contents whereof were these: King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and prince of his nation, and to the people of the Jews, greeting: 3 Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war; my meaning also being to go through the country, that I may be avenged of them that have destroyed it, and made many cities in the kingdom desolate: now therefore I confirm unto thee all the oblations which the kings before me granted thee, and whatsoever gifts besides they granted. "I give thee leave also to coin money for thy country with thine own stamp. ''And as concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary, let them be free; and all the armour that thou hast made, and fortresses that thou hast built, and keepest in thine hands, let them remain unto thee. And if any thing be, or shall be owing to the king,let it be forgiven thee from this time forth for evermore. Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world. 10 In the hundred threescore and fourteenth year went Antiochus into the land of his fathers: at which time all the forces came together unto him, so that few were left with Tryphon. 1 Wherefore being pursued by king Antiochus, he fed unto Dora, which lieth by the sea side: 1 for he saw that troubles came upon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him, 16 Lucius, consul of the Romans unto king Ptolemee, greeting: "The Jews ambassa- 25 So Antiochus the king camped against Dora the second day, assaulting it continually, and making engines, by which means he shut up Tryphon, that he could neither go out nor in. 26 At that time Simon sent him two thou· sand chosen men to aid him; silver also, and gold, and much armour. 27 Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him. * Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to commune with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppe and Gazara, with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm. * The bord ders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, and got the domini of many places within my kingdom. * Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the tributes of the places, whereof ye have gotten dominion without the borders of Judea: 3 or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you. 3 So Athenobius the king's friend came of Simon, and the cupboard of gold and silver plate, and his great attendance, Le Καὶ παρενέβαλεν ̓Αντιοχος ἐπὶ Δωρᾶ, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ δώδεκα 13 Καὶ 14 μυριάδες ἀνδρῶν πολεμιστῶν, καὶ ὀκτακισχιλία ἵππος. ἐκύκλωσε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τὰ πλοῖα ἀπὸ θαλάσσης συνῆψαν, καὶ ἔθλιβε τὴν πόλιν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν οὐδένα ἐκπορεύεσθαι καὶ εἰσπορεύεσθαι. Καὶ ἦλθε Νουμήνιος, καὶ οἱ παρ' αὐτοῦ, ἐκ Ρώμης, ἔχοντες 15 ἐπιστολὰς τοῖς βασιλεῦσι, καὶ ταῖς χώραις ἐν αἷς ἐγέγραπτο τάδε· Λεύκιος ὕπατος Ῥωμαίων Πτολεμαίῳ βασιλεῖ χαίρειν. 16 Οἱ πρεσβευταὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἦλθον πρὸς ἡμᾶς φίλοι ἡμῶν, καὶ 17 σύμμαχοι, ἀνανεούμενοι τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς φιλίαν καὶ συμμαχίαν, ἀπεσταλμένοι ἀπὸ Σίμωνος τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, καὶ τοῦ δήμου τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Ἤνεγκαν δὲ ἀσπίδα χρυσῆν ἀπὸ μνῶν χιλίων. 18 Κρεσεν οὖν ἡμῖν γράψαι τοῖς βασιλεῦσι, καὶ ταῖς χώραις, 19 ὅπως μὴ ἐκζητήσωσιν αὐτοῖς κακὰ καὶ μὴ πολεμήσωσιν αὐτοὺς, καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἵνα μὴ συμμαχήσωσι τοῖς πολεμοῦσιν αὐτούς. Ἔδοξε δὲ ἡμῖν δέξασθαι 20 τὴν ἀσπίδα παρ' αὐτῶν. Εἴ τινες οὖν λοιμοὶ διαπεφεύγασιν 21 ἐκ τῆς χώρας αὐτῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, παράδοτε αὐτοὺς Σίμωνι τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ, ὅπως ἐκδικήσῃ ἐν αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὸν νόμον αὐτῶν. Καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ἔγραψε Δημητρίῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ ̓Αττάλῳ, 22 ̓Αριαράθῃ, καὶ ̓Αρσάκῃ. Καὶ εἰς πάσας τὰς χώρας, καὶ 23 Σαμψάμῃ, καὶ Σπαρτιάταις, καὶ εἰς Δῆλον, καὶ εἰς Μύνδον, καὶ εἰς Σικυῶνα, καὶ εἰς τὴν Καρίαν, καὶ εἰς Σάμον, καὶ εἰς τὴν Παμφυλίαν, καὶ εἰς τὴν Λυκίαν, καὶ εἰς ̓Αλικαρνασσὸν, καὶ εἰς Ῥόδον, καὶ εἰς Φασηλίδα, καὶ εἰς Κῶ, καὶ εἰς Σίδην, καὶ εἰς ̓́Αραδον, καὶ εἰς Γόρτυναν, καὶ Κνίδον, καὶ Κύπρον, καὶ ΚυρήΤὸ δὲ ἀντίγραφον αὐτῶν ἔγραψαν Σίμωνι τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ. ̓Αντιόχος δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς παρενέβαλεν ἐπὶ Δωρᾶ ἐν τῇ δεν. 25 τέρᾳ, προσάγων διαπαντὸς αὐτῇ τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ μηχανὰς ποιούμενος, καὶ συνέκλεισε τὸν Τρύφωνα τοῦ μὴ εἰσπορεύεσθαι καὶ ἐκπορεύεσθαι. νην. 24 Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτῷ Σίμων δισχιλίους ἄνδρας ἐκλεκτοὺς 26 συμμαχῆσαι αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, καὶ σκεύη ἱκανά. Καὶ οὐκ ἠβούλετο αὐτὰ δέξασθαι, ἀλλ ̓ ἠθέτησε πάντα ὅσα 27 συνέθετο αὐτῷ τοπρότερον, καὶ ἠλλοτριοῦτο αὐτῷ. Καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτὸν ̓Αθηνόβιον ἕνα τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ 28 κοινολογησάμενον αὐτῷ λέγων, ὑμεῖς κατακρατεῖτε τῆς Ἰόππης καὶ Γαζάρων καὶ τῆς ἄκρας τῆς ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, πόλεις τῆς βασιλείας μου. Τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν ἠρημώσατε, καὶ ἐποιήσατε 29 πληγὴν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκυριεύσατε τόπων πολλῶν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου. Νῦν οὖν παράδοτε τὰς πόλεις ἃς 30 κατελάβεσθε, καὶ τοὺς φόρους τῶν τόπων ὧν κατεκυριεύσατε ἐκτὸς τῶν ὁρίων τῆς Ἰουδαίας. Εἰ δὲ μὴ, δότε ἀντ ̓ αὐτῶν 31 πεντακόσια τάλαντα ἀργυρίου, καὶ τῆς καταφθορᾶς ἧς κατεφθάρκατε, καὶ τῶν φόρων τῶν πόλεων ἄλλα τάλαντα πεντακόσια· εἰ δὲ δὴ, παραγενόμενοι ἐκπολεμήσομεν ὑμᾶς. to Jerusalem: and when he saw the glory Καὶ ἦλθεν ̓Αθηνόβιος φίλος τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, 32 καὶ εἶδε τὴν δόξαν Σίμωνος, καὶ κυλικεῖον μετὰ χρυσωμάτων, καὶ ἀργυρωμάτων, καὶ παράστασιν ἱκανὴν, καὶ ἐξίστατο, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ τοὺς λόγους τοῦ βασιλέως. was astonished, and told him the king's message. 33 Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Σίμων εἶπεν αὐτῷ, οὔτε γῆν ἀλλοτρίαν εἰλήφαμεν, οὔτε ἀλλοτρίων κεκρατήκαμεν, ἀλλὰ τῆς κληρονομίας τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὑπὸ δὲ ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν ἔν τινι καιρῷ ἀκρίτως 34 κατεκρατήθη. Ἡμεῖς δὲ καιρὸν ἔχοντες ἀντεχόμεθα τῆς κληρο35 νομίας τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν. Περὶ δὲ Ἰόππης καὶ Γαζάρων ὧν αἰτεῖς, αὗται ἐποίουν ἐν τῷ λαῷ πληγὴν μεγάλην κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἡμῶν, τούτων δώσομεν τάλαντα ἑκατόν· 36 Καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ̓Αθηνόβιος λόγον. Απέστρεψε δὲ μετὰ θυμοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ τοὺς λόγους τούτους, καὶ τὴν δόξαν Σίμωνος, καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶδε· 37 καὶ ὠργίσθη ὁ βασιλεὺς ὀργῆν μεγάλην. Τρύφων δὲ ἐμβὰς εἰς πλοῖον ἔφυγεν εἰς Ορθωσιάδα. 38 Καὶ κατέστησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Κενδεβαῖον στρατηγὸν τῆς 39 παραλίας, καὶ δυνάμεις πεζικὰς καὶ ἱππικὰς ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ. Καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ παρεμβαλεῖν κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς Ἰουδαίας· καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν Κεδρὼν, καὶ ὀχυρῶσαι τὰς πύλας, καὶ ὅπως πολεμήσῃ τὸν λαόν· ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἐδίωκε τὸν Τρύφωνα. 40 Καὶ παρεγενήθη Κενδεβαῖος εἰς Ἰάμνειαν, καὶ ἤρξατο τοῦ ἐρεθίζειν τὸν λαὸν, καὶ ἐμβατεύειν εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, καὶ 41 αἰχμαλωτίζειν τὸν λαὸν καὶ φονεύειν. Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Κεδρών· καὶ ἔταξεν ἐκεῖ ἱππεῖς καὶ δυνάμεις, ὅπως ἐκπορευό. μενοι ἐξοδεύωσι τὰς ὁδοὺς τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καθὰ συνέταξεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς. 16 2 Καὶ ἀνέβη Ἰωάννης ἐκ Γαζάρων, καὶ ἀπήγγειλε Σίμωνι τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἃ συνετέλει Κενδεβαῖος. 33 Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken other men's land, nor holden that which appertaineth to others, but the inheritance of our fathers, session a certain time. Wherefore we which our enemies had wrongfully in poshaving opportunity, hold the inheritance of manat Joppe and Gazara, albeit they our fathers. 35 And whereas thou dedid great harm unto the people in our country, yet will we give an hundred talents for them. Hereunto Athenobius answered him not a word; 36 but returned in a rage to the king, and made report unto him of these speeches, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen: whereupon the king was exceeding wroth. 37 In the mean time led Tryphon by ship unto Orthosias. 39 Then the king made Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and gave him an host of footmen and horsemen, 3 and commanded he commanded him to build up Cedron, and to fortify the gates, and to war against the people; but as for the king himself, he pursued Tryphon. him to remove his host toward Judea: also 40 So Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slay them. And when he had built up Cedron, he set horsemen there, and an host might make outroads upon the ways of of footmen, to the end that issuing out they Judea, as the king had commanded him. told Simon his father what Cendebeus had Then came up John from Gazara, and done. 2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and brethren, and my father's house, fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, But now I am old, and ye, by God's mercy, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes. are of a sufficient age: be re instead of me nation, and the help from heaven be with and my brother, and go and fight for our του. Καὶ ἐκάλεσε Σίμων τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους Ἰούδαν καὶ Ἰωάννην, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ἐγὼ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου,outh unto this day καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρός μου, ἐπολεμήσαμεν τοὺς πολεμίους Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ νεότητος ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας, καὶ εὐωδώθη ἐν 3 ταῖς χερσὶν ἡμῶν ῥύσασθαι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ πλεονάκις. Νῦν δὲ γεγήρακα, καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐλέει ἱκανοί ἐστε ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι· γίνεσθε ἀντ ̓ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου, καὶ ἐξελθόντες ὑπερμαχεῖτε ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνους ἡμῶν, ἡ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ βοήθεια ἔστω μεθ' ὑμῶν. 4 Καὶ ἐπέλεξεν ἐκ τῆς χώρας εἴκοσι χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν πολεμιστῶν, καὶ ἱππεῖς, καὶ ἐπορεύθωσαν ἐπὶ τὸν Κενδεβαῖον, καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν Μωδεΐν. 5 Καὶ ἀναστάντες τοπρωὶ ἐπορεύοντο εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ἰδοὺ δύναμις πολλὴ εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς πεζικὴ, καὶ ἱππεῖς, καὶ ἦν 6 χειμάρρους ἀναμέσον αὐτῶν. Καὶ παρενέβαλε κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν αὐτὸς, καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶδε τὸν λαὸν δειλού. μενον διαπερᾶσαι τὸν χειμάῤῥουν, καὶ διεπέρασε πρῶτος, καὶ 7 ἴδον αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες, καὶ διεπέρασαν κατόπισθεν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ διεῖλε τὸν λαὸν, καὶ τοὺς ἱππεῖς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν πέζων· ἡ δὲ ἵππος τῶν ὑπεναντίων πολλὴ σφόδρα. 8 Καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖς ἱεραῖς σάλπιγξι, καὶ ἐτροπώθη Κενδεβαῖος καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσον ἐξ αὐτῶν τραυματίαι πολλοί· οἱ δὲ καταλειφθέντες ἔφυγον εἰς τὸ ὀχύρωμα. 4 So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at Modin. And when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, behold, a mighty great host both of footmen and horsemen came against them: how beit there was a water brook betwixt them. So he and his people pitched over against them: and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water brook, he went first over himself, and then the men seeing him passed through after him. That done, he divided of the footmen: for the enemies' horsemen his men, and set the horsemen in the midst were very many. 8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to fight, so that many of them were slain, and the remnant gat them to the strong hold. 9 At that time was Judas John's brother wounded, but John still followed after them, until he came to Cedron, which Cendebeus had built. 1 So they fed even unto the towers in the fields of Azotus; wherefore he burned it with fre: so that there were slain of them about two thousand men. Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace. Η Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold: 12 for he was the high priest's son in law. 13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to himself, and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them. “Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and seventeenth year, in the eleventh month, called Sabat: 15 where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold, called Docus, which he had built, made them a great banquet: howbeit he had hid men there. Simon 16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemee and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants. 17 In which doing he committed a great treachery, and recompensed evil for good. 18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent to the king. that he should send him an host to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and cities. 19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill John: and unto the tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards. 20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple. 21 Now one had run afore to Gazara, and told John that his father and brethren were slain, and, quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also. 22 Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished: so he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them, for he knew that they sought to make him away. 23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings, behold, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father. Καὶ ἔφυγον ἕως εἰς τοὺς πύργους τοὺς ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς Αζώτου, 10 καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρὶ, καὶ ἔπεσον ἐξ αὐτῶν εἰς ἄνδρας δισχιλίους· καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς γῆν Ἰούδα μετ ̓ εἰρήνης. Καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ὁ τοῦ ̓Αβούβου ἦν καθεσταμένος στρατη- 11 γὸς εἰς τὸ πεδίον Ιεριχώ, καὶ ἔσχεν ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον πολύ· ἦν γὰρ γαμβρὸς τοῦ ἀρχιερέως. Καὶ ὑψώθη ἡ καρ- 12, 13 δία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἠβουλήθη κατακρατῆσαι τῆς χώρας, καὶ ἐβουλεύετο δόλῳ κατὰ Σίμωνος, καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, ἆραι αὐτούς. Σίμων δὲ ἦν ἐφοδεύων τὰς πόλεις τὰς ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ, καὶ 14 φροντίζων τῆς ἐπιμελείας αὐτῶν, καὶ κατέβη εἰς Ἱεριχὼ αὐτὸς, καὶ Ματταθίας καὶ Ἰούδας οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐτους ἑβδόμου καὶ ἑβδομηκοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ, ἐν μηνὶ ἑνδεκάτῳ, οὗτος ὁ μὴν Σαβάτ. Καὶ ὑπεδέξατο αὐτοὺς ὁ τοῦ ̓Αβούβου εἰς τὸ ὀχυρω- 15 μάτιον τὸ καλούμενον Δὼκ, μετὰ δόλου, ὃ ᾠκοδόμησε, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς πότον μέγαν, καὶ ἐνέκρυψεν ἐκεῖ ἄνδρας. Καὶ ὅτε ἐμεθύσθη Σίμων καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐξανέστη Πτολε- 16 μαῖος καὶ οἱ παρ ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάβοσαν τὰ ὅπλα αὐτῶν, καὶ επεισήλθοσαν τῷ Σίμωνι εἰς τὸ συμπόσιον, καὶ ἀπέκτειναν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, καί τινας τῶν παιδαρίων αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἀθεσίαν μεγάλην, καὶ ἀπέδωκε κατὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν· 17 Καὶ ἔγραψε ταῦτα Πτολεμαῖος, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τῷ βασιλεῖ 18 ὅπως ἀποστείλῃ αὐτῷ δυνάμεις εἰς βοήθειαν, καὶ παραδῷ αὐτῷ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς πόλεις. Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἑτέρους εἰς Γάζαρα ἆραι τὸν Ἰωάννην, καὶ 19 τοῖς χιλιάρχοις ἀπέστειλεν ἐπιστολὰς παραγενέσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν, ὅπως δῷ αὐτοῖς ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ δόματα. Καὶ 20 ἑτέρους ἀπέστειλε καταλαβέσθαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὸ ὄρος τοῦ ἱεροῦ. Καὶ προδραμών τις ἀπήγγειλεν Ἰωάννῃ εἰς Γάζαρα, ὅτι ἀπώ- 21 λετο ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὅτι ἀπέσταλκε καὶ σὲ ἀποκτεῖναι. Καὶ ἀκούσας ἐξέστη σφόδρα· καὶ συνέλαβε 22 τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἐλθόντας ἀπολέσαι αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς, ἐπέγνω γὰρ ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἀπολέσαι. Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ιωάννου, καὶ τῶν πολέμων αὐτοῦ, 23 καὶ τῶν ἀνδραγαθιῶν αὐτοῦ ὧν ἠνδραγάθησε, καὶ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τῶν τειχέων ὧν ᾠκοδόμησε, καὶ τῶν πράξεων αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ ταῦτα 24 γέγραπται ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ ἡμερῶν ἀρχιερωσύνης αὐτοῦ, ἀφ ̓ οὗ ἐγενήθη ἀρχιερεὺς μετὰ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. Μ Α Κ Κ Α ΒΑΙΩΝ Β'. 2 ΤΟΙΣ ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς κατ ̓ Αἴγυπτον Ιουδαίοις χαίρειν· οἱ ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ χῶρᾳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, εἰρήνην ἀγαθήν. Καὶ ἀγαθοποιήσαι ὑμῖν ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ μνησθείη τῆς διαθήκης αὐτοῦ τῆς πρὸς Αβραὰμ, καὶ Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ Ἰακὼβ τῶν δούλων 3 αὐτοῦ τῶν πιστῶν. Καὶ δῴη ὑμῖν καρδίαν πᾶσιν εἰς τὸ σέβ. εσθαι αὐτὸν, καὶ ποιεῖν αὐτοῦ τὰ θελήματα καρδίᾳ μεγάλῃ, καὶ 4 ψυχῇ βουλομένῃ. Καὶ διανοίξαι τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ νόμῳ 5 αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασι, καὶ εἰρήνην ποιήσαι, καὶ ἐπακούσαι ὑμῶν τῶν δεήσεων, καὶ καταλλαγείη ὑμῖν, καὶ μὴ 6 ὑμᾶς ἐγκαταλίποι ἐν καιρῷ πονηρῷ. Καὶ νῦν ὧδέ ἐσμεν προσευχόμενοι περὶ ὑμῶν. 7 ΤΗΕ brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusabrethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt, health and peace : lem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the 2 God be gracious unto you, and remem ber is covenant that he mad with Abra ham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants ; sand give you all an heart to serve him, and to do his will, with a good courage and a willing mind; and open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you peace, and hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never forsake you in time of trouble. 6 And now we be here praying for you. 7 What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth year, we the Βασιλεύοντος Δημητρίου ἔτους ἑκατοστοῦ ἑξηκοστοῦ ἐννα- Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years, του, ἡμεῖς οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι γεγραφήκαμεν ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ θλίψει, καὶ ἐν from the time that Jason and his company τῇ ἀκμῇ τῇ ἐπελθούσῃ ἡμῖν ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τούτοις, ἀφ ̓ οὗ ἀπέστη revolted from the holy land and kingdom, Ιάσων καὶ οἱ μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας γῆς, καὶ τῆς βασιλείας i then we prayed unto the Lord, and 8 and burned the porch, and shed innocent 8 καὶ ἐνεπύρισαν τὸν πυλῶνα, καὶ ἐξέχεαν αἷμα ἀθῶον· καὶ ἐδεή- were heard, we offered also sacrifices and θημεν τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ εἰσηκούσθημεν, καὶ προσηνέγκαμεν And now see that ye fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set θυσίαν, καὶ σεμίδαλιν, καὶ ἐξήψαμεν τοὺς λύχνους, καὶ προεθή- keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu. καμεν τοὺς ἄρτους. Καὶ νῦν ἵνα ἄγητε τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σκηνοπηγίας τοῦ Χασελεῦ μηνός. 9 10 Ετους ἑκατοστοῦ ὀγδοηκοστοῦ καὶ ὀγδόου οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύ. μοις, καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, καὶ ἡ γερουσία, καὶ Ἰούδας Αριστοβούλῳ διδασκάλῳ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ βασιλέως, ὄντι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ τῶν χριστῶν ἱερέων γένους, καὶ τοῖς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ Ἰουδαίοις, χαίρειν καὶ ὑγιαίνειν. 11 Εκ μεγάλων κινδύνων ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ σεσωσμένοι, μεγάλως 10 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judes, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt: 11 Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank him highly, as having been in battle against a king. For he cast them out that fought within the holy city. 13 For when the leader was come into Per sia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea's priests. 14 For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name of adowry. Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was entered with a small company into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in: 16 and opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones like thunderbolts, and struck down the captain, hewed them in, pieces, smote off their heads, and cast them to those that were without. |