Demetrius commandeth to kill Antiochus and Lysias being captives. 5. Alcimus and other wicked Jews solicit the king, 8. and he sendeth a great army into Jewry: appointeth Bacchides general, and Alcimus high-priest. 10. Who falsely pretending peace, Judas doth not credit them, but the Assidians are deceived: 16. and many are slain. 23. Judas resisting, the persecuters depart. 26. Whereupon Nicanor is sent with another army, fighteth, and loseth many men; 33. parteth in great rage, 39. assaulteth Bethoron, 42. is slain; and his army flying is all destroyed. 48. They celebrate that day with joy, and have peace for a while.Demetrius commandeth to kil Antiochus and Lysias being captiues. 5. Alcimus and other wicked Iewes solicite the king, 8. and he sendeth a great armie into Iurie: appointeth Bacchides general, and Alcimus high-priest. 10. Who falsly pretending peace, Iudas doth not credite them, but the Assidians are deceiued: 16. and manie are slayne. 23. Iudas resisting, the persecuters depart. 26. Wherupon Nicanor is sent with an other armie, fighteth, and loseth manie men; 33. parteth in great rage, 39. assaulteth Bethoron, 42. is slayne; and his armie flying is al destroyed. 48. They celebrate that day with ioy, and haue peace for a while.✦
In the year an hundreth fifty-first went forth Demetrius the son of Seleucus from the city of Rome, and he ascended with few men into a city by the sea side, and reigned there.IN the yeare an hundreth fiftie first went forth Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus from the citie of Rome, and he ascended with few men into a citie by the sea side, and reigned there.✦Anno centesimo quinquagesimo primo, exiit Demetrius Seleuci filius ab urbe Roma, et ascendit cum paucis viris in civitatem maritimam, et regnavit illic.
2And it came to pass, as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, the army took Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them unto him.And it came to passe, as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, the armie tooke Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them vnto him.✦Et factum est, ut ingressus est domum regni patrum suorum, comprehendit exercitus Antiochum et Lysiam, ut adducerent eos ad eum.
3And the king was known to him: and he said: Show me not their face.And the king was knowne to him: and he sayd: Shew me not their face.✦Et res ei innotuit, et ait : Nolite mihi ostendere faciem eorum.
4And the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the seat of his kingdom:And the armie slew them. And Demetrius sate vpon the seate of his kingdom:✦Et occidit eos exercitus. Et sedit Demetrius super sedem regni sui.
5and there came to him the wicked and impious men of Israel: & Alcimus the captain of them, who would be made the priest.and there came to him the wicked and impious men of Israel: & Alcimus the captaine of them, who would be made the priest.✦Et venerunt ad eum viri iniqui et impii ex Israël : et Alcimus dux eorum, qui volebat fieri sacerdos.
6And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and us he hath destroyed out of our land.And they accused the people to the king, saying: Iudas and his bretheren haue destroyed al thy freindes, and vs he hath destroyed out of our land.✦Et accusaverunt populum apud regem, dicentes : Perdidit Judas et fratres ejus omnes amicos tuos, et nos dispersit de terra nostra.
7Now therefore send a man, whom thou doest credit, that he may go, and see all the destruction, that he hath done to us, and to the king's countries: and let him punish all his friends, and their aiders.Now therfore send a man, whom thou doest credite, that he may goe, and see al the destruction, that he hath done to vs, and to the kings countries: and let him punish al his freinds, and their ayders.Nunc ergo mitte virum, cui credis, ut eat, et videat exterminium omne quod fecit nobis, et regionibus regis : et puniat omnes amicos ejus, et adjutores eorum.
8And the king chose of his friends Bacchides, that ruled beyond the great river in the kingdom, and was faithful to the king: and he sent him,And the king chose of his freinds Bacchides, that ruled beyond the great riuer in the kingdom, and was faythful to the king: and he sent him,✦Et elegit rex ex amicis suis Bacchidem, qui dominabatur trans flumen magnum in regno, et fidelem regi : et misit eum,
9to see the destruction that Judas hath made: and Alcimus the impious man he appointed to the priesthood, and gave him in commandment to make revenge upon the children of Israel.to see the destruction that Iudas hath made: and Alcimus the impious man he appointed to the priesthood, and gaue him in commandment to make reuenge vpon the children of Israel.ut videret exterminium quod fecit Judas : sed et Alcimum impium constituit in sacerdotium, et mandavit ei facere ultionem in filios Israël.
10And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda: and they sent messengers, and spake to Judas, & his brethren with peaceable words in guile.And they arose, and came with a great armie into the land of Iuda: and they sent messengers, and spake to Iudas, & his brethren with peaceable wordes in guile.Et surrexerunt, et venerunt cum exercitu magno in terram Juda : et miserunt nuntios, et locuti sunt ad Judam et ad fratres ejus verbis pacificis in dolo.
11And they attended not to their words: for they saw that they came with a great army.And they attended not to their wordes: for they saw that they came with a great armie.Et non intenderunt sermonibus eorum : viderunt enim quia venerunt cum exercitu magno.
12And there assembled to Alcimus & Bacchides a congregation of the scribes to requirere: to demand as needed; to seek, ask for the things that are just:And there assembled to Alcimus & Bacchides a congregation of the scribes to require the thinges that are iust:Et convenerunt ad Alcimum et Bacchidem congregatio scribarum requirere quæ justa sunt :
13and first, the Assideans that were in the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.and first, the Assideans that were in the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.✦et primi, Assidæi qui erant in filiis Israël : et exquirebant ab eis pacem.
14for they said: A man that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.for they sayd: A man that is a priest of the seede of Aaron is come, he wil not deceiue vs.Dixerunt enim : Homo sacerdos de semine Aaron venit ; non decipiet nos :
15And he spake with them peaceable words: and he sware to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends.And he spake with them peaceable wordes: and he sware to them, saying: We wil doe you no harme, nor your freindes.et locutus est cum eis verba pacifica, et juravit illis, dicens : Non inferemus vobis malum, neque amicis vestris.
16And they believed him. And he took of them threescore men, and slew them in one day according to the word, that is written:And they beleued him. And he tooke of them threescore men, and slew them in one day according to the word, that is written:✦Et crediderunt ei : et comprehendit ex eis sexaginta viros, et occidit eos in una die, secundum verbum quod scriptum est :
17The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.The flesh of thy saincts, and the bloud of them they haue shed round about Ierusalem, and there was none to burie them.✦Carnes sanctorum tuorum, et sanguinem ipsorum effuderunt in circuitu Jerusalem, et non erat qui sepeliret.
18And there fell fear, and trembling upon all the people, because they said: There is no truth, & judgement in them: for they have transgressed the constitutum: an arranged meeting; that which was appointed, the decree, and the oath which they sware.And there fel feare, and trembling vpon al the people, because they sayd: There is no truth, & iudgement in them: for they haue transgressed the appointment, and the othe which they sware.Et incubuit timor et tremor in omnem populum : quia dixerunt : Non est veritas, et judicium in eis : transgressi sunt enim constitutum, et jusjurandum quod juraverunt.
19And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and approached to Bethzecha: and he sent, & took many of them that were fled from him, and certain of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.And Bacchides remoued the campe from Ierusalem, and approched to Bethzecha: and he sent, & tooke manie of them that were fled from him, and certaine of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pitte.Et movit Bacchides castra ab Jerusalem, et applicuit in Bethzecha : et misit, et comprehendit multos ex eis qui a se effugerant : et quosdam de populo mactavit, et in puteum magnum projecit.
20And he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him aid to help him. And Bacchides went away to the king:And he committed the countrie to Alcimus, and left with him ayde to helpe him. And Bacchides went away to the king:Et commisit regionem Alcimo, et reliquit cum eo auxilium in adjutorium ipsi. Et abiit Bacchides ad regem :
21and Alcimus did what he could for the principality of his priesthood:and Alcimus did what he could for the principalitie of his priesthood:et satis agebat Alcimus pro principatu sacerdotii sui :
22and there gathered together unto him all that disturbed their people, and they obtained the land of Juda, & made a great plague in Israel.and there gathered together vnto him al that disturbed their people, and they obteyned the land of Iuda, & made a great plague in Israel.et convenerunt ad eum omnes, qui perturbabant populum suum, et obtinuerunt terram Juda, et fecerunt plagam magnam in Israël.
23And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus did, and they that were with him, to the children of Israel, much more then the Gentiles.And Iudas saw al the euils that Alcimus did, and they that were with him, to the children of Israel, much more then the Gentils.✦Et vidit Judas omnia mala quæ fecit Alcimus et qui cum eo erant filiis Israël, multo plus quam gentes :
24And he went out into all the coasts of Jewry round about, and did vengeance upon the men that revolted, and they ceased to go forth any more into the country.And he went out into al the coasts of Iurie round about, and did vengeance vpon the men that reuolted, and they ceased to goe forth any more into the countrie.et exiit in omnes fines Judææ in circuitu, et fecit vindictam in viros desertores, et cessaverunt ultra exire in regionem.
25But Alcimus saw that Judas prevailed, and they that were with him: and he knew that he could not stand with them, and he went back to the king, and accused them of many crimes.But Alcimus saw that Iudas preuailed, and they that were with him: and he knew that he could not stand with them, and he went backe to the king, and accused them of manie crimes. *Vidit autem Alcimus quod prævaluit Judas et qui cum eo erant, et cognovit quia non potest sustinere eos : et regressus est ad regem, et accusavit eos multis criminibus.
26And the king sent Nicanor, one of his nobler princes: that practised enmities against Israel: and he commanded him to destroy the people.And the king sent Nicanor, one of his nobler princes: that practised emnities against Israel: and he commanded him to destroy the people.✦Et misit rex Nicanorem, unum ex principibus suis nobilioribus, qui erat inimicitias exercens contra Israël : et mandavit ei evertere populum.
27And Nicanor came into Jerusalem with a great army, and he sent to Judas and to his brethren in peaceable words with guile,And Nicanor came into Ierusalem with a great armie, and he sent to Iudas and to his bretheren in peaceable wordes with guile,✦Et venit Nicanor in Jerusalem cum exercitu magno, et misit ad Judam et ad fratres ejus verbis pacificis cum dolo,
28saying: Let there be no fighting between me and you: I will come with few men, to see your faces with peace.saying: Let there be no fighting betwen me and you: I wil come with few men, to see your faces with peace.dicens : Non sit pugna inter me et vos : veniam cum viris paucis, ut videam facies vestras cum pace.
29And he came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably: and the enemies were ready to catch Judas.And he came to Iudas, and they saluted one an other peaceably: and the enemies were readie to catch Iudas.Et venit ad Judam, et salutaverunt se invicem pacifice : et hostes parati erant rapere Judam.
30And the thing was known to Judas that he was come with guile: and he was conterritus: grievously, greatly afraid of him, & would not see his face any more.And the thing was knowne to Iudas that he was come with guile: and he was sore afrayd of him, & would not see his face any more.Et innotuit sermo Judæ quoniam cum dolo venerat ad eum : et conterritus est ab eo, et amplius noluit videre faciem ejus.
31And Nicanor knew that his counsel was disclosed: and he went forth to Judas into battle beside Capharsalama.And Nicanor knew that his counsel was disclosed: and he went forth to Iudas into battel beside Capharsalama.✦Et cognovit Nicanor quoniam denudatum est consilium ejus : et exivit obviam Judæ in pugnam juxta Capharsalama.
32And there fell of Nicanor's army almost five thousand men, and they fled into the city of David.And there fel of Nicanors armie almost fiue thousand men, and they fled into the citie of Dauid.✦Et ceciderunt de Nicanoris exercitu fere quinque millia viri, et fugerunt in civitatem David.
33And after these words Nicanor went up into mount Sion: & there went forth of the priests of the people to salute him in peace, and to show him the holocautomata: whole burnt-offerings, a whole burnt offering, not the modern sense of mass slaughter, that were offered for the king.And after these wordes Nicanor went vp into mount Sion: & there went forth of the priests of the people to salute him in peace, and to shew him the holocausts, that were offered for the king.Et post hæc verba ascendit Nicanor in montem Sion : et exierunt de sacerdotibus populi salutare eum in pace, et demonstrare ei holocautomata, quæ offerebantur pro rege.
34And scorning he contemned them, and polluted them: and he spake proudly,And scorning he contemned them, and polluted them: and he spake proudly,✦Et irridens sprevit eos, et polluit : et locutus est superbe,
35and sware with anger, saying: Unless Judas be delivered, and his army into my hands, continuo: lacking self-restraint; immediately, straightway when I shall return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out with great anger:and sware with anger, saying: Vnles Iudas be deliuered, and his armie into my handes, incontinent when I shal returne in peace, I wil burne this house. And he went out with great anger:✦et juravit cum ira, dicens : Nisi traditus fuerit Judas et exercitus ejus in manus meas, continuo cum regressus fuero in pace, succendam domum istam. Et exiit cum ira magna.
36and the priests entered in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping they said:and the priests entered in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping they sayd:Et intraverunt sacerdotes, et steterunt ante faciem altaris et templi, et flentes dixerunt :
37Thou O Lord hast chosen this house for thy name to be invocandum: called upon, invoked therein, that it might be a house of prayer, and obsecrationis: earnest entreaty, supplication for thy people.Thou ô Lord hast chosen this house for thy name to be inuocated therin, that it might be a house of prayer, and obsecration for thy people.Tu, Domine, elegisti domum istam ad invocandum nomen tuum in ea, ut esset domus orationis et obsecrationis populo tuo :
38Take vengeance upon this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and grant not unto them to be permaneant: lasting indefinitely; to remain, continue in being.Take vengeance vpon this man, and his armie, and let them fal by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and grant not vnto them to be permanent. *fac vindictam in homine isto et exercitu ejus, et cadant in gladio : memento blasphemias eorum, et ne dederis eis ut permaneant.
39And Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and moved the camp near to Bethhoron: and the army of Syria met him.And Nicanor went out from Ierusalem, and moued the campe neere to Bethhoron: and the armie of Syria mette him.Et exiit Nicanor ab Jerusalem, et castra applicuit ad Bethoron : et occurrit illi exercitus Syriæ.
40And Judas approached in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Judas prayed, and said:And Iudas approched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Iudas prayed, and sayd:Et Judas applicuit in Adarsa cum tribus millibus viris : et oravit Judas, et dixit :
41They that were sent by king Sennacherib, O Lord, because they blasphemed thee, an angel came forth, and stroke of them an hundred eighty-five thousand:They that were sent by king Sennacherib, ô Lord, because they blasphemed thee, an angel came forth, and stroke of them an hundred eightie fiue thousand:Qui missi erant a rege Sennacherib, Domine, quia blasphemaverunt te, exiit angelus, et percussit ex eis centum octoginta quinque millia :
42so destroy this army in our sight to day, and let the rest know that he hath spoken ill upon the holy places: and judge thou him according to his malice.so destroy this armie in our sight to day, and let the rest know that he hath spoken il vpon the holy places: and iudge thou him according to his malice.sic contere exercitum istum in conspectu nostro hodie : et sciant ceteri quia male locutus est super sancta tua : et judica illum secundum malitiam illius.
43And the armies joined battle the thirteenth day of the month Adar: and the camp of Nicanor was discomfited, and himself was slain first in the battle.And the armies ioyned battel the thirtenth day of the moneth Adar: and the campe of Nicanor was discomfited, and himself was slaine first in the battel.✦Et commiserunt exercitus prælium tertiadecima die mensis Adar : et contrita sunt castra Nicanoris, et cecidit ipse primus in prælio.
44And as his army saw that Nicanor was slain, they threw away their weapons, & fled:And as his armie saw that Nicanor was slaine, they threw away their weapons, & fled:Ut autem vidit exercitus ejus quia cecidisset Nicanor, projecerunt arma sua, et fugerunt :
45and they pursued them one day's journey from Adazer, even till ye come into Gazara, and with trumpets they sounded after them with significationibus: meanings; signals, trumpet-tokens.and they pursewed them one dayes iorney from Adazer, euen til ye come into Gazara, and with trumpets they sounded after them with significations.✦et persecuti sunt eos viam unius diei ab Adazer usquequo veniatur in Gazara, et tubis cecinerunt post eos cum significationibus :
46And they went forth out of all the towns of Jewry round about, and they pushed them with the horns, and they turned again to them, and they were all slain with the sword, and there was not left of them so much as one.And they went forth out of al the townes of Iurie round about, and they pushed them with the hornes, and they turned againe to them, and they were al slaine with the sword, and there was not left of them so much as one.✦et exierunt de omnibus castellis Judææ in circuitu, et ventilabant eos cornibus, et convertebantur iterum ad eos, et ceciderunt omnes gladio, et non est relictus ex eis nec unus.
47And they took the spoils of them for a prædam: a hunted animal; plunder, booty: and Nicanor's head they cut off, and his right hand, which he had proudly stretched forth, and they brought it, and hung it up against Jerusalem.And they tooke the spoiles of them for a praye: and Nicanors head they cut of, and his right hand, which he had proudly stretched forth, and they brought it, and hung it vp against Ierusalem.✦Et acceperunt spolia eorum in prædam : et caput Nicanoris amputaverunt, et dexteram ejus, quam extenderat superbe, et attulerunt, et suspenderunt contra Jerusalem.
48And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day in great gladness.And the people reioyced exceedingly, and they spent that day in great gladnes.Et lætatus est populus valde, et egerunt diem illam in lætitia magna.
49And he ordained that this day should be kept every year the thirteenth of the month Adar.And he ordayned that this day should be kept euerie yeare the thirtenth of the moneth Adar.✦Et constituit agi omnibus annis diem istam tertiadecima die mensis Adar.
50And the land of Juda was quiet for a few days.And the land of Iuda was quiet for a few dayes. *Et siluit terra Juda dies paucos.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.