Demetrius invading Media is taken captive: 4. and Jewry is in peace. 14. Simon cherisheth the godly, and punisheth the wicked: 16. receiveth friendly letters from the Romans, and Spartiates: 20. Whereof the copy is recited: 24. sendeth a legate to Rome with a present. 25. And is established high priest, and governor by public consent.Demetrius inuading Media is taken captiue: 4. and Iurie is in peace. 14. Simon cherisheth the godlie, and punisheth the wicked: 16. receiueth freindlie letters from the Romanes, and Spartiates: 20. Wherof the copie is recited: 24. sendeth a legate to Rome with a present. 25. And is established highpriest, and gouernour by publique consent.✦
In the year an hundred seventy two, king Demetrius gathered his army, and went into Media to get him aids to expugnaret: storm: subdue by force Tryphon.IN THE yeare an hundreth seuentie two, king Demetrius gathered his armie, and went into Media to get him aydes to expugne Tryphon.Anno centesimo septuagesimo secundo, congregavit rex Demetrius exercitum suum, et abiit in Mediam ad contrahenda sibi auxilia, ut expugnaret Tryphonem.
2And Arsaces the king of Persia, and Media heard, that Demetrius was entered his confines, and he sent one of his princes to take him alive.And Arsaces the king of Persia, and Media heard, that Demetrius was entered his confines, and he sent one of his princes to take him aliue.✦Et audivit Arsaces rex Persidis et Mediæ, quia intravit Demetrius confines suos : et misit unum de principibus suis ut comprehenderet eum vivum, et adduceret eum ad se.
3And he went, and percussit: struck the camp of Demetrius: and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, and he put him into custodia: custody: held prisoner.And he went, and stroke the campe of Demetrius: and tooke him, and brought him to Arsaces, and he put him into ward.✦Et abiit, et percussit castra Demetrii : et comprehendit eum, et duxit eum ad Arsacem, et posuit eum in custodiam.
4And all the land of Juda was at rest all the days of Simon, and he sought good to his nation: and his power, and his glory pleased them all days.And al the land of Iuda was at rest al the dayes of Simon, and he sought good to his nation: and his powre, and his glorie pleased them al dayes.✦Et siluit omnis terra Juda omnibus diebus Simonis, et quæsivit bona genti suæ : et placuit illis potestas ejus et gloria ejus omnibus diebus.
5And with all his glory he took Joppe for an haven, and made it an entrance unto the isles of the sea.And with al his glorie he tooke Ioppe for an hauen, and made it an entrance vnto the iles of the sea.✦Et cum omni gloria sua accepit Joppen in portum, et fecit introitum in insulis maris.
6And he enlarged the borders of his nation, and obtained the country.And he enlarged the borders of his nation, and obteyned the countrie.Et dilatavit fines gentis suæ, et obtinuit regionem.
7And he gathered a great captivitatem: a body of captives: prisoners, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away the uncleannesses out of it, and there was none that resisted him.And he gathered a great captiuitie, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and tooke away the vncleanes out of it, and there was none that resisted him.✦Et congregavit captivitatem multam, et dominatus est Gazaræ, et Bethsuræ, et arci : et abstulit immunditias ex ea, et non erat qui resisteret ei.
8And every man tilled his land with peace: & the land of Juda yielded her fruits, and the trees of the fields their fruit.And euerie man tilled his land with peace: & the land of Iuda yelded her fruites, and the trees of the fildes their fruit.Et unusquisque colebat terram suam cum pace : et terra Juda dabat fructus suos, et ligna camporum fructum suum.
9The ancients safe all in the streets, and treated of the good things of the land, & the young men did on them glory, and the stolas: robes: garments of war.The ancients safe al in the streetes, and treated of the good thinges of the land, & the yongmen did on them glorie, and the stoles of warre.✦Seniores in plateis sedebant omnes, et de bonis terræ tractabant, et juvenes induebant se gloriam, et stolas belli.
10And he gave victuals to the cities, and he appointed them that they should be vessels of munitionis: ammunition; fortification: defence, till the name of his glory was renowned even to the end of the earth.And he gaue victuals to the cities, and he appointed them that they should be vessels of munition, til the name of his glorie was renowmed euen to the end of the earth.✦Et civitatibus tribuebat alimonias, et constituebat eas ut essent vasa munitionis quoadusque nominatum est nomen gloriæ ejus usque ad extremum terræ.
11He made peace upon the land, & Israel rejoiced with great joy.He made peace vpon the land, & Israel reioyced with great ioy.Fecit pacem super terram, et lætatus est Israël lætitia magna.
12And every man sat under his vine, and under his fig tree: and there was none to make them afraid.And euerie man sate vnder his vine, and vnder his figtree: and there was none to make them afrayd.Et sedit unusquisque sub vite sua, et sub ficulnea sua : et non erat qui eos terreret.
13There was none left that impugnans: assailed: attacked them upon the earth: kings were contriti: crushed: utterly defeated in those days.There was none left that impugned them vpon the earth: kinges were discomfited in those dayes.Defecit impugnans eos super terram : reges contriti sunt in diebus illis.
14And he confirmed all the humble of his people, and sought the law, and took away every wicked and evil man:And he confirmed al the humble of his people, and sought the law, and tooke away euerie wicked and euil man:✦Et confirmavit omnes humiles populi sui, et legem exquisivit, et abstulit omnem iniquum et malum :
15he glorified the holies, and multiplied the vessels of the holy places.he glorified the holies, and multiplied the vessels of the holie places.✦sancta glorificavit, et multiplicavit vasa sanctorum.
16And it was heard at Rome that Jonathas was dead, and even unto the Spartiates: and they were very sorry.And it was heard at Rome that Ionathas was dead, and euen vnto the Spartiats: and they were very sorie.Et auditum est Romæ quia defunctus esset Jonathas, et usque in Spartiatas : et contristati sunt valde.
17But as they heard that Simon his brother was made the high priest in his place, and he obtained all the country, and the cities therein;But as they heard that Simon his brother was made the high priest in his place, and he obteyned al the countrie, and the cities therein;Ut audierunt autem quod Simon frater ejus factus esset summus sacerdos loco ejus, et ipse obtineret omnem regionem, et civitates in ea,
18they wrote to him in brazen tables, to renew the amicitias: friendships: alliances and societatem: alliance: fellowship, which they had made with Judas, & with Jonathas his brethren.they wrote to him in brasen tables, to renew the amities and societie, which they had made with Iudas, & with Ionathas his bretheren.scripserunt ad eum in tabulis æreis, ut renovarent amicitias et societatem quam fecerant cum Juda et cum Jonatha, fratribus ejus.
19And they were read in the sight of the church in Jerusalem. And this is a copy of the epistles, that the Spartiates sent.And they were read in the sight of the church in Ierusalem. And this is a copie of the epistles, that the Spartiates sent.Et lectæ sunt in conspectu ecclesiæ in Jerusalem. Et hoc exemplum epistolarum, quas Spartiatæ miserunt :
20The PRINCES and the cities of the Spartians to Simon the grand sacerdoti magno: the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews their brethren, greeting.THE PRINCES and the cities of the Spartians to Simon the grand priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Iewes their bretheren, greeting.✦Spartianorum principes et civitates, Simoni sacerdoti magno, et senioribus, et sacerdotibus, et reliquo populo Judæorum, fratribus, salutem.
21The legates, that were sent to our people, have told us of your glory, and honour, and joy: and we rejoiced at their entrance.The legates, that were sent to our people, haue told vs of your glorie, and honour, and ioy: and we reioyced at their entrance.Legati, qui missi sunt ad populum nostrum, nuntiaverunt nobis de vestra gloria, et honore, ac lætitia : et gavisi sumus in introitu eorum.
22And we wrote that, which was said of them in the conciliis: advice; councils: deliberative assemblies of the people, thus: Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason legates of the Jews, came to us, renewing with us old amity.And we wrote that, which was sayd of them in the counsels of the people, thus: Numenius the sonne of Antiochus, and Antipater the sonne of Iason legates of the Iewes, came to vs, renewing with vs old amitie.✦Et scripsimus quæ ab eis erant dicta in conciliis populi, sic : Numenius Antiochi, et Antipater Jasonis filius, legati Judæorum, venerunt ad nos, renovantes nobiscum amicitiam pristinam.
23And it pleased the people to receive the men gloriously, and to put a copy of their words in the segregatis: set apart: kept separate book of the people, to be for a memory to the people of the Spartiates. And a copy of these we have written to Simon the grand priest.And it pleased the people to receiue the men gloriously, and to put a copie of their wordes in the seuered booke of the people, to be for a memorie to the people of the Spartiats. And a copie of these we haue writen to Simon the grand priest.Et placuit populo excipere viros gloriose, et ponere exemplum sermonum eorum in segregatis populi libris, ut sit ad memoriam populo Spartiatarum. Exemplum autem horum scripsimus Simoni magno sacerdoti.
24And after these things Simon sent Numenius to Rome, having a great clypeum: shield of gold, of the weight of thousand pounds, to establish amity with them. But when the people of Rome had heardAnd after these thinges Simon sent Numenius to Rome, hauing a great buckler of gold, of the weight of thousand poundes, to establish amitie with them. But when the people of Rome had heard✦Post hæc autem misit Simon Numenium Romam, habentem clypeum aureum magnum, pondo mnarum mille, ad statuendam cum eis societatem. Cum autem audisset populus Romanus
25these words, they said: What thanksgiving shall we render to Simon, and his children?these wordes, they sayd: What thankes geuing shal we render to Simon, and his children?sermones istos, dixerunt : Quam gratiarum actionem reddemus Simoni, et filiis ejus ?
26For he hath restored his brethren, and hath expugned the enemies of Israel from them: & they decreed him liberty, and registered it in tables of brass, and put it in titles in mount Sion.For he hath restored his bretheren, and hath expugned the enemies of Israel from them: & they decreed him libertie, and registred it in tables of brasse, and put it in titles in mount Sion.✦restituit enim ipse fratres suos, et expugnavit inimicos Israël ab eis, et statuerunt ei libertatem, et descripserunt in tabulis æreis, et posuerunt in titulis in monte Sion.
27And this is a copy of the writing. THE EIGHTEENTH day of the month Elul, in the year an hundred seventy two, the third year under Simon the grand priest in Asaramel,And this is a copie of the writing. THE EIGHTENTH day of the moneth Elul, in the yeare an hundreth seuentie two, the third yeare vnder Simon the grand priest in Asaramel,✦Et hoc est exemplum scripturæ : Octavadecima die mensis Elul, anno centesimo septuagesimo secundo, anno tertio sub Simone sacerdote magno in Asaramel,
28in a great assembly of the priests, & of the people and the princes of the nation, and the ancients of the country, these things were notified: that there have often been battles made in our country.in a great assemblie of the priests, & of the people and the princes of the nation, and the ancients of the countrie, these thinges were notified: that there haue often bene battels made in our countrie.in conventu magno sacerdotum, et populi, et principum gentis, et seniorum regionis, nota facta sunt hæc : quoniam frequenter facta sunt prælia in regione nostra,
29But Simon the son of Mathathias of the children of Jarib, and his brethren put themselves in danger, and resisted the adversaries of their nation, that their holies, and law might stand: & with great glory have they glorified their nation.But Simon the sonne of Mathathias of the children of Iarib, and his bretheren put themselues in danger, and resisted the aduersaries of their nation, that their holies, and law might stand: & with great glorie haue they glorified their nation.✦Simon autem Mathathiæ filius, ex filiis Jarib, et fratres ejus, dederunt se periculo, et restiterunt adversariis gentis suæ, ut starent sancta ipsorum, et lex : et gloria magna glorificaverunt gentem suam.
30And Jonathas gathered together his nation, and was made their grand priest, and he was laid to his people.And Ionathas gathered together his nation, and was made their grand priest, and he was layd to his people.✦Et congregavit Jonathas gentem suam, et factus est illis sacerdos magnus, et appositus est ad populum suum.
31And their enemies would calcare: trample: tread down, and destroy their country, and extend their hands against the holies.And their enemies would conculcate, and destroy their countrie, and extend their handes against the holies.✦Et voluerunt inimici eorum calcare et atterere regionem ipsorum, et extendere manus in sancta eorum.
32Then Simon, resisted and fought for his nation, and bestowed much money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, & gave them wages:Then Simon, resisted and fought for his nation, and bestowed much money, and armed the valient men of his nation, & gaue them wages:Tunc restitit Simon, et pugnavit pro gente sua, et erogavit pecunias multas, et armavit viros virtutis gentis suæ, et dedit illis stipendia :
33and he fortified the cities of Jewry, and Bethsura, that was in the borders of Jewry, where the armour of the enemies was before: and he placed there Jews for a garrison.and he fortified the cities of Iurie, and Bethsura, that was in the borders of Iurie, where the armour of the enimies was before: and he placed there Iewes for a garrison.et munivit civitates Judææ, et Bethsuram, quæ erat in finibus Judææ, ubi erant arma hostium antea : et posuit illic præsidium viros Judæos.
34And he fortified Joppe, which was by the sea: and Gazara, which is in the borders of Azotus, wherein the enemies dwelt before, and he placed Jews there: and whatsoever was fit for their correptionem: repair, upkeep, equipping (of the cities), he put in them.And he fortified Ioppe, which was by the sea: and Gazara, which is in the borders of Azotus, wherin the enemies dwelt before, and he placed Iewes there: and whatsoeuer was fitte for their correption, he put in them.✦Et Joppen munivit, quæ erat ad mare, et Gazaram, quæ est in finibus Azoti, in qua hostes antea habitabant : et collocavit illic Judæos, et quæcumque apta erant ad correptionem eorum, posuit in eis.
35And the people saw the actum: a true statement; deed: action of Simon, and the glory that he meant to do to his nation, & they made him their ducem: leader: commander, and grand priest, for that he had done all these things, and for the justice, and faith, which he kept to his nation, & for that he sought by all means to advance his people.And the people saw the fact of Simon, and the glorie that he meant to doe to his nation, & they made him their duke, and grand priest, for that he had done al these thinges, and for the iustice, and fayth, which he kept to his nation, & for that he sought by al meanes to aduance his people.Et vidit populus actum Simonis, et gloriam quam cogitabat facere genti suæ, et posuerunt eum ducem suum, et principem sacerdotum, eo quod ipse fecerat hæc omnia, et justitiam, et fidem, quam conservavit genti suæ, et exquisivit omni modo exaltare populum suum.
36And in his days it prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken away out of their country, and they that were in the city of David in Jerusalem in the castle, out of which they came forth, and contaminated all things that were round about the holies, & they brought great plague upon chastity:And in his dayes it prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken away out of their countrie, and they that were in the citie of of Dauid in Ierusalem in the castel, out of which they came forth, and contaminated al thinges that were round about the holies, & they brought great plague vpon chastitie:✦Et in diebus ejus prosperatum est in manibus ejus, ut tollerentur gentes de regione ipsorum, et qui in civitate David erant, in Jerusalem in arce, de qua procedebant, et contaminabant omnia quæ in circuitu sanctorum sunt, et inferebant plagam magnam castitati :
37& he placed in it men of Jewry to the defence of the country, & of the city, & he raised the walls of Jerusalem.& he placed in it men of Iurie to the defence of the countrie, & of the citie, & he raysed the walles of Ierusalem.✦et collocavit in ea viros Judæos ad tutamentum regionis, et civitatis, et exaltavit muros Jerusalem.
38And king Demetrius appointed him the high priesthood.And king Demetrius appointed him the high priesthood.Et rex Demetrius statuit illi summum sacerdotium.
39According to these things he made him his friend, and glorified him with great glory.According to these thinges he made him his freind, and glorified him with great glorie.Secundum hæc fecit eum amicum suum, et glorificavit eum gloria magna.
40For he heard that the Jews were called of the Romans, friends, and fellows, and brethren, and that they received Simon's legates gloriously:For he heard that the Iewes were called of the Romanes, freinds, and felowes, and bretheren, and that they receiued Simons legates gloriously:Audivit enim quod appellati sunt Judæi a Romanis amici, et socii, et fratres, et quia susceperunt legatos Simonis gloriose,
41and that the Jews, and their priests consented that he should be their duke, and high priest for ever, till there rise the faithful prophet:and that the Iewes, and their priests consented that he should be their duke, and high priest for euer, til there rise the faithful prophete:✦et quia Judæi et sacerdotes eorum consenserunt eum esse ducem suum, et summum sacerdotem in æternum, donec surgat propheta fidelis :
42and that he be duke over them, and that he should have the care of the holies, and that he should appoint rulers over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the præsidia: strongholds: garrisons.and that he be duke ouer them, and that he should haue the care of the holies, and that he should appoint rulers ouer their workes, and ouer the countrie, and ouer the armour, and ouer the holdes.✦et ut sit super eos dux, et ut cura esset illi pro sanctis, et ut constitueret præpositos super opera eorum, et super regionem, et super arma, et super præsidia :
43And that he have care of the holies: and that he be heard of all, and that all writings in the country be written in his name: and that he be clothed with purple, and gold:And that he haue care of the holies: and that he be heard of al, and that al writinges in the countrie be writen in his name: and that he be clothed with purple, and gold:✦et cura sit illi de sanctis : et ut audiatur ab omnibus, et scribantur in nomine ejus omnes conscriptiones in regione : et ut operiatur purpura et auro :
44and that it be not lawful for any of the people, and of the priests to irritum facere: annul: make void any of these, and to gainsay those things, that are said of him, or to call together an assembly in the country without him: and to be clothed with purple, and to wear a chain of gold.and that it be not lawful for any of the people, and of the priests to disanul anie of these, and to gainsay those thinges, that are sayd of him, or to cal together an assemblie in the countrie without him: and to be clothed with purple, and to weare a cheyne of gold.et ne liceat ulli ex populo et ex sacerdotibus irritum facere aliquid horum, et contradicere his quæ ab eo dicuntur, aut convocare conventum in regione sine ipso, et vestiri purpura, et uti fibula aurea :
45But he that shall do beside these things, or shall make frustrate any of these he shall be guilty.But he that shal doe beside these thinges, or shal make frustrate any of these he shal be guiltie.qui autem fecerit extra hæc, aut irritum fecerit aliquid horum, reus erit.
46And it pleased all the people to appoint Simon, and to do according to these words.And it pleased al the people to appoiut Simon, and to doe according to these wordes.Et complacuit omni populo statuere Simonem, et facere secundum verba ista.
47And Simon took it upon him, and it pleased him to execute high priesthood, and to be duke, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.And Simon tooke it vpon him, and it pleased him to execute high priesthood, and to be duke, and prince of the nation of the Iewes, and of the priests, and to be chiefe ouer al.Et suscepit Simon, et placuit ei ut summo sacerdotio fungeretur, et esset dux et princeps gentis Judæorum, et sacerdotum, et præesset omnibus.
48And this writing they bade them put in tables of brass, and to set them in the circuit of the holies, in a famous place:And this writing they bad them put in tables of brasse, and to set them in the circuite of the holies, in a famous place:✦Et scripturam istam dixerunt ponere in tabulis æreis, et ponere eas in peribolo sanctorum, in loco celebri :
49and to put a copy thereof in the treasury, that Simon may have it, and his children.and to put a copie therof in the treasurie, that Simon may haue it, and his children.✦exemplum autem eorum ponere in ærario, ut habeat Simon, et filii ejus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.