Simon exhorteth the people to defend themselves, and religion: 7. is made general captain. 14. Tryphon demandeth an hundred talents of silver, and hostages for Jonathas. 17. which are sent (to satisfy the people) Tryphon receiveth the ransom, 23. killeth Jonathas, and his sons. 25. Simon erecteth a memory to his parents and brethren. 31. Tryphon murdereth his young king. 33. Simon fortifieth the country, obtaineth peace, and liberties of Demetrius: 42. subdueth the city Gaza, and the rebellious castle within Jerusalem.Simon exhorteth the people to defend themselues, and religion: 7. is made general captaine. 14. Tryphon demandeth an hundred talents of siluer, and hostages for Ionathas. 17. which are sent (to satisfie the peeple) Tryphon receiueth the ransom, 23. killeth Ionathas, and his sonnes. 25. Simon erecteth a memorie to his parentes and bretheren. 31. Tryphon murthereth his young king. 33. Simon fortifieth the countrie, obteyneth peace, and liberties of Demetrius: 42. subdueth the citie Gaza, and the rebellious castle within Ierusalem.✦
And Simon heard that Tryphon gathered a very great army, to come into the land of Juda, and to destroy it.AND Simon heard that Tryphon gathered a very great armie, to come into the land of Iuda, and to destroy it.Et audivit Simon quod congregavit Tryphon exercitum copiosum ut veniret in terram Juda, et attereret eam.
2Seeing that the people was in dread, and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people:Seing that the people was in dread, and in feare, he went vp to Iurusalem, and assembled the people:Videns quia in tremore populus est, et in timore, ascendit Jerusalem, et congregavit populum :
3and exhorting he said: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have made for the laws, & the sanctis: the holy things: the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:and exhorting he sayd: You know what great battels I and my bretheren, and the house of my father, haue made for the lawes, & the holies, and the distresses that we haue sene:et adhortans dixit : Vos scitis quanta ego, et fratres mei, et domus patris mei, fecimus pro legibus et pro sanctis, prælia, et angustias quales vidimus :
4by reason of these are all my brethren perished for Israel, and I only am left.by reason of these are al my bretheren perished for Israel, and I onlie am left.horum gratia perierunt fratres mei omnes propter Israël, et relictus sum ego solus.
5And now let it not fall to me to spare my life in all time of tribulation: for I am not better than my brethren.And now let it not fal to me to spare my life in al time of tribulation: for I am not better then my bretheren.Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animæ meæ in omni tempore tribulationis : non enim melior sum fratribus meis.
6I will avenge therefore my nation and the holies, our children also, & wives: because all the heathen are gathered together to destroy us of enmity.I wil auenge therfore my nation and the holies, our children also, & wiues: because al the heathen are gathered together to destroy vs of emnitie.Vindicabo itaque gentem meam, et sancta, natos quoque nostros, et uxores : quia congregatæ sunt universæ gentes conterere nos inimicitiæ gratia.
7And the spirit of the people was kindled as soon as they heard these words:And the spirit of the people was kindled as soone as they heard these wordes:Et accensus est spiritus populi simul ut audivit sermones istos :
8and they answered with a loud voice, saying: Thou art our captain in the place of Judas, and Jonathas thy brother:and they answered with a lowd voice, saying: Thou art our captayne in the place of Iudas, and Ionathas thy brother:✦et responderunt voce magna, dicentes : Tu es dux noster loco Judæ, et Jonathæ fratris tui :
9fight thou our battle, & we will do all things whatsoever thou shalt say to us.fight thou our battel, & we wil doe al thinges whatsoeuer thou shalt say to vs.pugna prælium nostrum : et omnia, quæcumque dixeris nobis, faciemus.
10And gathering together all the men of war, he hastened to finish all the walls of Jerusalem, and fortified it round about.And gathering together al the men of warre, he hastened to finish al the walles of Ierusalem, and fortified it round about.✦Et congregans omnes viros bellatores, acceleravit consummare universos muros Jerusalem, et munivit eam in gyro.
11And he sent Jonathas the son of Absalom, & with him a new army into Joppe, and they that were in the castle being cast out, he remained there.And he sent Ionathas the sonne of Absalom, & with him a new armie into Ioppe, and they that were in the castel being cast out, he remayned there.Et misit Jonathan filium Absalomi, et cum eo exercitum novum in Joppen, et ejectis his qui erant in ea, remansit illic ipse.
12And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great army, to come into the land of Juda, & Jonathas with him in custodia: custody: kept as a prisoner.And Tryphon remoued from Ptolemais with a great armie, to come into the land of Iuda, & Ionathas with him in ward.Et movit Tryphon a Ptolemaida cum exercitu multo, ut veniret in terram Juda, et Jonathas cum eo in custodia.
13But Simon pitched in Addus against the face of the plain.But Simon pitched in Addus against the face of the playne.✦Simon autem applicuit in Addus contra faciem campi.
14And as Tryphon understood that Simon was risen in the place of his brother Jonathas: and that he would join battle with him, he sent legates to him,And as Tryphon vnderstood that Simon was risen in the place of his brother Ionathas: and that he would ioyne battel with him, he sent legats to him,✦Et ut cognovit Tryphon quia surrexit Simon loco fratris sui Jonathæ, et quia commissurus esset cum eo prælium, misit ad eum legatos,
15saying: For the silver, that thy brother Jonathas owed in the king's account, for the affairs which he had, we have detinuimus: detained: held back him.saying: For the siluer, that thy brother Ionathas owed in the kings account, for the affayres which he had, we haue stayed him.✦dicens : Pro argento, quod debebat frater tuus Jonathas in ratione regis propter negotia quæ habuit, detinuimus eum.
16And now send an hundred talents of silver, and his two sons for hostages, that being dismissed he flee not from us, and we will release him.And now send an hundred talents of siluer, and his two sonnes for hostages, that being dismissed he flee not from vs, and we wil release him.Et nunc mitte argenti talenta centum, et duos filios ejus obsides, ut non dimissus fugiat a nobis, et remittemus eum.
17And Simon knew that with dolo: deceit: treachery he spake with him, nevertheless he commanded the silver, and the children to be given: lest he should get great enmity with the people of Israel, saying:And Simon knew that with guile he spake with him, neuertheles he commanded the siluer, and the children to be geuen: lest he should get great emnitie with the people of Israel, saying:✦Et cognovit Simon quia cum dolo loqueretur secum : jussit tamen dari argentum et pueros, ne inimicitiam magnam sumeret ad populum Israël, dicentem :
18Because he sent not the silver, & the children, therefore is he perished.Because he sent not the siluer, & the children, therfore is he perished.Quia non misit ei argentum, et pueros, propterea periit.
19And he sent the children, and the hundred talents: and he lied, and dismissed not Jonathas.And he sent the children, and the hundred talents: and he lyed, and dismissed not Ionathas.Et misit pueros, et centum talenta : et mentitus est, et non dimisit Jonathan.
20And after these things came Tryphon within the country, to destroy it, and they compassed by the way that leadeth to Addar, & Simon, and his camp marched into every place whithersoever they went.And after these thinges came Tryphon within the countrie, to destroy it, and they compassed by the way that leadeth to Addar, & Simon, and his campe marched into euerie place whither soeuer they went.✦Et post hæc venit Tryphon intra regionem, ut contereret eam : et gyraverunt per viam quæ ducit Ador : et Simon et castra ejus ambulabant in omnem locum quocumque ibant.
21And they that were in the castle, sent legates to Tryphon, that he should hasten to come through the desert, and should send them alimonias: provisions: food.And they that were in the castel, sent legates to Tryphon, that he should hasten to come through the desert, and should send them victuals.✦Qui autem in arce erant, miserunt ad Tryphonem legatos, ut festinaret venire per desertum, et mitteret illis alimonias.
22And Tryphon prepared all the horsemen, to come that night: but there was an exceeding great snow, and he came not into the country of Galaad.And Tryphon prepared al the horsemen, to come that night: but there was an exceding great snow, and he came not into the countrie of Galaad.✦Et paravit Tryphon omnem equitatum, ut veniret illa nocte : erat autem nix multa valde, et non venit in Galaaditim.
23And when he had approached to Bascama, he slew Jonathas and his sons there.And when he had approched to Bascama, he slew Ionathas and his sonnes there.✦Et cum appropinquasset Bascaman, occidit Jonathan et filios ejus illic.
24And Tryphon returned, & went into his country.And Tryphon returned, & went into his countrie.Et convertit Tryphon, et abiit in terram suam.
25And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathas his brother, and buried them in Modin the city of his fathers.And Simon sent, and tooke the bones of Ionathas his brother, and buried them in Modin the citie of his fathers.Et misit Simon, et accepit ossa Jonathæ fratris sui, et sepelivit ea in Modin civitate patrum ejus.
26And all Israel lamented him with great lamentation: & they mourned for him many days,And al Israel lamented him with great lamentation: & they mourned for him manie dayes,Et planxerunt eum omnis Israël planctu magno, et luxerunt eum dies multos.
27And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building high to behold, of stone polished behind and before:And Simon built ouer the sepulcher of his father and of his bretheren, a building high to behold, of stone polished behind and before:✦Et ædificavit Simon super sepulchrum patris sui et fratrum suorum ædificium altum visu, lapide polito retro et ante.
28and he erected seven spires one against one, to his father and mother, and to his four brethren:and he erected seuen spyres one against one, to his father and mother, and to his foure bretheren:✦Et statuit septem pyramidas, unam contra unam, patri et matri, et quatuor fratribus :
29and about these he set great pillars: and upon the pillars armour for an eternal memory: and by the armour ships graven, which might be seen of all that sailed the sea.and about these he set great pillers: and vpon the pillers armour for an eternal memorie: and by the armour shippes grauen, which might be sene of al that sayled the sea.✦et his circumposuit columnas magnas : et super columnas arma, ad memoriam æternam : et juxta arma naves sculptas, quæ viderentur ab omnibus navigantibus mare :
30This is the sepulchre, that he made in Modin even until this day.This is the sepulcher, that he made in Modin euen vntil this day.✦hoc est sepulchrum, quod fecit in Modin usque in hunc diem.
31But Tryphon when he journeyed with Antiochus the king being but a young man, by guile he slew him.But Tryphon whē he iourneyed with Antiochus the king being but a yong man, by guile he slew him.✦Tryphon autem cum iter faceret cum Antiocho rege adolescente, dolo occidit eum :
32And he reigned in his place, and put the crown of Asia upon himself, and made a great plague in the land.And he reigned in his place, and put the crowne of Asia vpon him self, and made a great plague in the land.✦et regnavit loco ejus, et imposuit sibi diadema Asiæ, et fecit plagam magnam in terra.
33And Simon built the fortresses of Jewry, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and locks: and he put victuals in the fortresses.And Simon built the fortresses of Iurie, fortifying them with high towres, and great walles, and gates, and lockes: and he put victuals in the fortresses.✦Et ædificavit Simon præsidia Judææ, muniens ea turribus excelsis, et muris magnis, et portis, et seris : et posuit alimenta in munitionibus.
34And Simon chose men & sent to Demetrius the king, that he would make a release to the country: because all Tryphon's acts had been done by direptionem: pillage: plunder.And Simon chose men & sent to Demetrius the king, that he would make a release to the countrie: because al Tryphons actes had bene done by spoile.✦Et elegit Simon viros, et misit ad Demetrium regem ut faceret remissionem regioni : quia actus omnes Tryphonis per direptionem fuerant gesti.
35And Demetrius the king according to these words answered him, and wrote an epistle in this manner:And Demetrius the king according to these wordes answered him, and wrote an epistle in this maner:Et Demetrius rex ad verba ista respondit ei, et scripsit epistolam talem :
36King Demetrius to Simon the high priest, and the friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.King demetrius to Simon the high priest, and the freind of kinges, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Iewes, greeting.Rex Demetrius Simoni summo sacerdoti et amico regum, et senioribus, et genti Judæorum, salutem.
37The crown of gold, and the bahem, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make with you great peace, and to write to the king's chief officers to release you the things that we have released.The crowne of gold, and * the bahem, which you sent, we haue receiued: and we are readie to make with you great peace, and to write to the kings chiefe officers to release you the thinges that we haue released.✦Coronam auream, et bahem, quam misistis, suscepimus : et parati sumus facere vobiscum pacem magnam, et scribere præpositis regis remittere vobis quæ indulsimus.
38For whatsoever things we have decreed unto you, stand in force. The munitiones: strongholds: fortifications that you have built, let them be to you.For what soeuer thinges we haue decreed vnto you, stand in force. The holdes that you haue built, let them be to you.✦Quæcumque enim constituimus, vobis constant : munitiones, quas ædificastis, vobis sint :
39We remit also the ignorances, and offences even until this day, and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing was tributary in Jerusalem, now let it not be tributary.We remitte also the ignorances, and offences euen vntil this day, and the crowne which you owed: and if any other thing was tributarie in Ierusalem, now let it not be tributarie.✦remittimus quoque ignorantias et peccata usque in hodiernum diem, et coronam quam debebatis : et si quid aliud erat tributarium in Jerusalem, jam non sit tributarium.
40And if any of you be fit to be enrolled among ours, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.And if anie of you be fitte to be inrolled among ours, let them be inrolled, and let there be peace betwen vs.Et si qui ex vobis apti sunt conscribi inter nostros, conscribantur, et sit inter nos pax.
41In the year an hundred seventy was the yoke of the Gentiles taken away from Israel.In the yeare an hundreth seuentie was the yoke of the Gentils taken away from Israel.Anno centesimo septuagesimo, ablatum est jugum gentium ab Israël.
42And the people of Israel began to write in the tables, and public instruments. The first year under Simon the high priest, the great duce: leader: commander, and the prince of the Jews.And the people of Israel began to write in the tables, and publique instruments. The first yeare vnder Simon the high priest, the great duke, and the prince of the Iewes.Et cœpit populus Israël scribere in tabulis, et gestis publicis, anno primo sub Simone summo sacerdote, magno duce, et principe Judæorum.
43In these days Simon approached to Gaza, and compassed it with camps, and he made engines, & set them to the city, and he percussit: struck one tower, and took it.In these dayes Simon approched to Gaza, and compassed it with campes, and he made engins, & set them to the citie, and he stroke one towre, and tooke it.✦In diebus illis applicuit Simon ad Gazam, et circumdedit eam castris, et fecit machinas, et applicuit ad civitatem, et percussit turrem unam, et comprehendit eam.
44And they that were within the engine, brake out into the city: and there was made a great motus: tumult: commotion in the city.And they that were within the engin, brake out into the citie: and there was made a great sturre in the citie.Et eruperant qui erant intra machinam in civitatem, et factus est motus magnus in civitate.
45And they that were in the city went up with their wives, & children upon the wall their coats scissis: torn, and they cried with a loud voice, desiring of Simon that the right hands might be given them,And they that were in the citie went vp with their wiues, & children vpon the wal their coates rent, and they cried with a lowd voice, desyring of Simon that the right handes might be geuen them,Et ascenderunt qui erant in civitate cum uxoribus et filiis supra murum, scissis tunicis suis, et clamaverunt voce magna, postulantes a Simone dextras sibi dari,
46and they said: reddas: repay: render us not according to our malices, but according to thy mercies.and they sayd: Requite vs not according to our malices, but occording to thy mercies.et dixerunt : Non nobis reddas secundum malitias nostras, sed secundum misericordias tuas.
47And Simon flexus: relenting: being moved destroyed them not: but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses, wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns blessing our Lord:And Simon yelding destroyed them not: but yet he cast them out of the citie, and clensed the houses, wherein there had bene idols, and then he entered into it with hymes blessing our Lord:Et flexus Simon, non debellavit eos : ejecit tamen eos de civitate, et mundavit ædes in quibus fuerant simulacra, et tunc intravit in eam cum hymnis benedicens Dominum :
48and all filthiness being cast out of it, he placed in it men that should do the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.and al filthines being cast out of it, he placed in it men that should doe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.✦et ejecta ab ea omni immunditia, collocavit in ea viros qui legem facerent : et munivit eam, et fecit sibi habitationem.
49But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem, were prohibited to go out and to come in to the country, & to buy, and sell: and they were exceeding hungry, and many of them perished for famine,But they that were in the castel of Ierusalem, were prohibited to goe out and to come in to the countrie, & to bye, and sel: and they were exceding hungrie, and manie of them perished for famine,✦Qui autem erant in arce Jerusalem, prohibebantur egredi et ingredi regionem, et emere ac vendere : et esurierunt valde, et multi ex eis fame perierunt,
50and they cried to Simon to receive the right hands, and he gave it them: and he cast them out from thence, and cleansed the castle from the contaminations:and they cried to Simon to receiue the right handes, and he gaue it them: and he cast them out from thence, and clensed the castel from the contaminations:et clamaverunt ad Simonem ut dextras acciperent : et dedit illis : et ejecit eos inde, et mundavit arcem a contaminationibus :
51and they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, the year an hundred seventy one, with praise, and boughs of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, & nablis: psalteries: stringed instruments, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.and they entered into it the three and twentith day of the second moneth, the yeare an hundreth seuentie one, with prayse, and boughes of palme trees, and harpes, and cymbals, & nables, and hymnes, and canticles, because the great enemie was destroyed out of Israel.✦et intraverunt in eam tertia et vigesima die secundi mensis, anno centesimo septuagesimo primo, cum laude, et ramis palmarum, et cinyris, et cymbalis, et nablis, et hymnis, et canticis, quia contritus est inimicus magnus ex Israël.
52And he ordained that every year these days should be kept with gladness.And he ordayned that euerie yeare these dayes should be kept with gladnes.Et constituit ut omnibus annis agerentur dies hi cum lætitia.
53And he fortified the mount of the temple, that was by the castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.And he fortified the mount of the temple, that was by the castel, and he dwelt there him self, and they that were with him.✦Et munivit montem templi, qui erat secus arcem, et habitavit ibi ipse, et qui cum eo erant.
54And Simon saw John his son, that he was a valiant man of war: & he made him captain of all the hosts: and he dwelt in Gazara.And Simon saw Iohn his sonne, that he was a valient man of warre: & he made him captayne of al the hosts: and he dwelt in Gazara.✦Et vidit Simon Joannem filium suum, quod fortis prælii vir esset : et posuit eum ducem virtutum universarum : et habitavit in Gazaris.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.