Simon sendeth two of his sons to fight against Cendebæus, 8. whom they overthrow. 11. Ptolemee Simon's son in law, inviting him to a feast treacherously killeth him, and his sons Judas and Mathathias: 19. sendeth also men to kill John, but he being warned of the treason, killeth them: 23. and succeedeth to his father in the government.Simon sendeth two of his sonnes to fight against Cendebæus, 8. whom they ouerthrow. 11. Ptolemee Simons sonne in law, inuiting him to a feast treacherously killeth him, and his sonnes Iudas and Mathathias: 19. sendeth also men to kil Iohn, but he being warned of the treason, killeth them: 23. and succeedeth to his father in the gouernment.✦
And John went up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebæus did amongst their people.AND Iohn went vp from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebæus did amongst their people.✦Et ascendit Joannes de Gazaris, et nuntiavit Simoni patri suo quæ fecit Cendebæus in populo ipsorum.
2And Simon called his two elder sons, Judas & John, and he said to them: I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have expugnavimus: subdued by force: overcome the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and it hath prospered in our hands to deliver Israel oftentimes.And Simon called his two elder sonnes, Iudas & Iohn, and he sayd to them: I and my bretheren, and the house of my father, haue expugned the enemies of Israel from our youth euen to this day: and it hath prospered in our handes to deliuer Israel oftentimes.Et vocavit Simon duos filios seniores, Judam et Joannem, et ait illis : Ego, et fratres mei, et domus patris mei expugnavimus hostes Israël ab adolescentia usque in hunc diem : et prosperatum est in manibus nostris liberare Israël aliquoties.
3And now I am old, but be you in place of me, and my brethren, & going forth fight for our nation: & the help from heaven be with you.And now I am old, but be you in place of me, and my bretheren, & going forth fight for our nation: & the helpe from heauen be with you.✦Nunc autem senui : sed estote loco meo, et fratres mei, et egressi pugnate pro gente nostra : auxilium vero de cælo vobiscum sit.
4And he chose out of the country twenty thousand fighting men, and horsemen, and they went forth to Cendebæus: and they slept in Modin.And he chose out of the countrie twentie thousand fighting men, and horsemen, and they went forth to Cendebæus: and they slept in Modin.✦Et elegit de regione viginti millia virorum belligeratorum, et equites : et profecti sunt ad Cendebæum, et dormierunt in Modin.
5And they arose in the morning, and went into the plain field: and lo a mighty great army coming to meet them of foot men, and horsemen, & there was a running river between them.And they arose in the morning, and went into the plaine filde: and loe a mightie great armie coming to meete them of foote men, and horsemen, & there was a running riuer betwen them.Et surrexerunt mane, et abierunt in campum : et ecce exercitus copiosus in obviam illis peditum et equitum : et fluvius torrens erat inter medium ipsorum.
6And he camped against the face of them, himself and his people, and he saw the people fearful to pass through the torrent, and he passed through first: and the men saw him, and they passed over after him.And he camped agaynst the face of them, him self and his people, and he saw the people fearful to passe through the torrent, and he passed through first: and the men saw him, and they passed ouer after him.✦Et admovit castra contra faciem eorum ipse et populus ejus, et vidit populum trepidantem ad transfretandum torrentem : et transfretavit primus, et viderunt eum viri, et transierunt post eum.
7And he divided the people, and the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: and the horsemen of the adversaries were exceeding many.And he diuided the people, and the horsemen in the middes of the footemen: and the horsemen of the aduersaries were exceding manie.Et divisit populum et equites in medio peditum : erat autem equitatus adversariorum copiosus nimis.
8And they sounded with the holy trumpets: and Cendebæus was put to flight, and his camp: and there fell many of them wounded, and the rest fled into the munitionem: stronghold, fastness.And they sounded with the holie trompets: and Cendebæus was put to flight, and his campe: and there fel manie of them wounded, and the rest fled into the hold.Et exclamaverunt sacris tubis, et in fugam conversus est Cendebæus et castra ejus : et ceciderunt ex eis multi vulnerati : residui autem in munitionem fugerunt.
9Then was Judas John's brother wounded: But John pursued them, till he came to Cedron.Then was Iudas Iohns brother wounded: But Iohn pursewed them, til he came to Cedron.✦Tunc vulneratus est Judas frater Joannis : Joannes autem insecutus est eos, donec venit Cedronem, quam ædificavit :
10which he built: and they fled even to the towers, that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned into Jewry in peace.which he built: and they fled euen to the towres, that were in the fildes of Azotus, and he burnt them with fyre. And there fel of them two thousand men, and he returned into Iurie in peace.et fugerunt usque ad turres, quæ erant in agris Azoti, et succendit eas igni. Et ceciderunt ex illis duo millia virorum, et reversus est in Judæam in pace.
11And Ptolomee the son of Abobus was appointed captain in the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver, and gold.And Ptolomee the sonne of Abobus was appointed captayne in the plaine of Iericho, and he had much siluer, and gold.✦Et Ptolemæus filius Abobi constitutus erat dux in campo Jericho, et habebat argentum et aurum multum :
12For he was the son in law of the high priest.For he was the sonne in law of the high priest.erat enim gener summi sacerdotis.
13And his heart was exalted, and he would gain the country, and he purposed treachery against Simon, and his sons to tolleret: kill, do away with them.And his hart was exalted, and he would gayne the countrie, and he purposed treacherie against Simon, and his sonnes to dispatch them.Et exaltatum est cor ejus, et volebat obtinere regionem, et cogitabat dolum adversus Simonem et filios ejus, ut tolleret eos.
14And Simon walking through the cities, that were in the country of Jewry, and being sollicitudinem: cautious; full of care, solicitous of them, went down into Jericho, he and Mathathias his son, and Judas the year an hundred seventy seven, the eleventh month: this is the month Sabath.And Simon walking through the cities, that were in the countrie of Iurie, and being careful of them, went downe into Iericho, he and Mathathias his sonne, and Iudas the yeare an hundreth seuentie seuen, the eleuenth moneth: this is the moneth Sabath.Simon autem, perambulans civitates quæ erant in regione Judææ, et sollicitudinem gerens earum, descendit in Jericho ipse, et Mathathias filius ejus, et Judas, anno centesimo septuagesimo septimo, mense undecimo : hic est mensis Sabath.
15And the son of Abobus received them with guile into a little fortress, that is called Doch which he built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there.And the sonne of Abobus receiued them with guile into a litle fortresse, that is called Doch which he built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there.Et suscepit eos filius Abobi in munitiunculam, quæ vocatur Doch, cum dolo, quam ædificavit : et fecit eis convivium magnum, et abscondit illic viros.
16And when Simon was inebriated and his sons, Ptolomee arose with his company, and they took their weapons, and entered into the feast, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants.And when Simon was inebriated and his sonnes, Ptolomee arose with his companie, and they tooke their weapons, and entered into the feast, and slew him, and his two sonnes, and certain of his seruants.✦Et cum inebriatus esset Simon et filii ejus, surrexit Ptolemæus cum suis, et sumpserunt arma sua, et intraverunt in convivium : et occiderunt eum, et duos filios ejus, et quosdam pueros ejus :
17And he did great deceit in Israel, & rendered evil for good.And he did great deceite in Israel, & rendered euil for good.et fecit deceptionem magnam in Israël, et reddidit mala pro bonis.
18And Ptolomee wrote these things, and sent to the king that he should send him an army for aid, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.And Ptolomee wrote these thinges, and sent to the king that he should send him an armie for ayde, and he would deliuer him the countrie, and their cities, and tributes.Et scripsit hæc Ptolemæus, et misit regi ut mitteret ei exercitum in auxilium, et traderet ei regionem, et civitates eorum, et tributa.
19And he sent others into Gazara to dispatch John: and to the tribunes he sent epistles, that they should come to him, & he would give them silver, & gold, and gifts.And he sent others into Gazara to dispatch Iohn: and to the tribunes he sent epistles, that they should come to him, & he would geue them siluer, & gold, and gifts.Et misit alios in Gazaram tollere Joannem : et tribunis misit epistolas, ut venirent ad se, et daret eis argentum, et aurum, et dona.
20And he sent others to take Jerusalem, & the mount of the temple.And he sent others to take Ierusalem, & the mount of the temple.Et alios misit occupare Jerusalem et montem templi.
21And one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father was perished, and his brethren, & that he hath sent that thou also mayst be slain.And one running before, told Iohn in Gazara, that his father was perished, and his bretheren, & that he hath sent that thou also mayst be slayne.✦Et præcurrens quidam, nuntiavit Joanni in Gazara quia periit pater ejus et fratres ejus, et quia misit te quoque interfici.
22But as he heard it, he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men, that came to destroy him, & he slew them: for he knew that they sought to destroy him.But as he heard it, he was excedingly afrayd: and he apprehended the men, that came to destroy him, & he slew them: for he knew that they sought to destroy him.Ut audivit autem, vehementer expavit : et comprehendit viros, qui venerant perdere eum, et occidit eos : cognovit enim quia quærebant eum perdere.
23And the rest concerning the words of John, & his battles, and the valiant acts, which he did manfully, and the building of the walls, which he built, & the things that he did:And the rest concerning the wordes of Iohn, & his battels, and the valient actes, which he did manfully, and the building of the walles, which he built, & the thinges that he did:Et cetera sermonum Joannis, et bellorum ejus, et bonarum virtutum, quibus fortiter gessit, et ædificii murorum, quos exstruxit, et rerum gestarum ejus :
24lo these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time that he was made princeps: chief, ruler of the priests after his father.loe these are writen in the booke of the dayes of his priesthood, from the time that he was made prince of the priests after his father. *ecce hæc scripta sunt in libro dierum sacerdotii ejus, ex quo factus est princeps sacerdotum post patrem suum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.