1 Maccabees 10

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 In the year one hundred and sixty, Alexander, who was called Epiphanes, son of Antiochus, came up and took Ptolemais. He was accepted and began to reign there.	1 Now in the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned there.
2 When King Demetrius heard of it, he mustered a very large army and marched out to engage him in combat.	2 And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight.
3 Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan written in peaceful terms, to pay him honor;	3 And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with peaceable words, to magnify him.
4 for he said: "Let us be the first to make peace with him, before he makes peace with Alexander against us,	4 For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us.
5 since he will remember all the wrongs we have done to him, his brothers, and his nation."	5 For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation.
6 So Demetrius authorized him to gather an army and procure arms as his ally; and he ordered that the hostages in the citadel be released to him.	6 And he gave him authority to gather together an army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.
7 Accordingly Jonathan went up to Jerusalem and read the letter to all the people. The men in the citadel	7 And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.
8 were struck with fear when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather an army.	8 And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.
9 They released the hostages to Jonathan, and he gave them back to their parents.	9 And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.
10 Thereafter Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build and restore the city.	10 And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build, and to repair the city.
11 He ordered the workmen to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with square stones for its fortification, which they did.	11 And he ordered workmen to build the walls, and mount Sion round about with square stones for fortification: and so they did.
12 The foreigners in the strongholds that Bacchides had built, took flight;	12 And the strangers that were in the strong holds, which Bacchides had built, fled away.
13 each one of them left his place and returned to his own country.	13 And every man left his place, and departed into his own country:
14 Only in Beth-zur did some remain of those who had abandoned the law and the commandments, for they used it as a place of refuge.	14 Only in Bethsura there remained some of them, that had forsaken the law, and the commandments of God: for this was a place of refuge for them.
15 King Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made to Jonathan; he was also told of the battles and valiant deeds of Jonathan and his brothers and the troubles that they had endured.	15 And king Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made Jonathan: and they told him of the battles, and the worthy acts that he, and his brethren had done, and the labours that they had endured.
16 He said, "Shall we ever find another man like him? Let us now make him our friend and ally."	16 And he said: Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and our confederate.
17 So he sent Jonathan a letter written in these terms:	17 So he wrote a letter, and sent it to him according to these words, saying:
18 "King Alexander sends greetings to his brother Jonathan.	18 King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greeting.
19 We have heard of you, that you are a mighty warrior and worthy to be our friend.	19 We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and fit to be our friend:
20 We have therefore appointed you today to be high priest of your nation; you are to be called the King's Friend, and you are to look after our interests and preserve amity with us." He also sent him a purple robe and a crown of gold.	20 Now therefore we make thee this day high priest of thy nation, and that thou be called the king's friend, (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crown of gold,) and that thou be of one mind with us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us.
21 Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the year one hundred and sixty at the feast of Booths, and he gathered an army and procured many arms.	21 Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment in the seventh month, in the year one hundred and threescore, at the feast day of the tabernacles: and he gathered together an army, and made a great number of arms.
22 When Demetrius heard of these things, he was distressed and said:	22 And Demetrius heard these words, and was exceeding sorry, and said:
23 "Why have we allowed Alexander to get ahead of us by gaining the friendship of the Jews and thus strengthening himself?	23 What is this that we have done, that Alexander hath prevented us to gain the friendship of the Jews to strengthen himself?
24 I too will write them conciliatory words and offer dignities and gifts, so that they may be an aid to me."	24 I also will write to them words of request, and offer dignities, and gifts: that they may be with me to aid me.
25 So he sent them this message: "King Demetrius sends greetings to the Jewish nation.	25 And he wrote to them in these words: King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
26 We have heard how you have kept the treaty with us and continued in our friendship and not gone over to our enemies, and we are glad.	26 Whereas you have kept covenant with us, and have continued in our friendship, and have not joined with our enemies, we have heard of it, and are glad.
27 Continue, therefore, to keep faith with us, and we will reward you with favors in return for what you do in our behalf.	27 Wherefore now continue still to keep fidelity towards us, and we will reward you with good things, for what you have done in our behalf.
28 We will grant you many exemptions and will bestow gifts on you.	28 And we will remit to you many charges, and will give you gifts.
29 "I now free you, as I also exempt all the Jews, from the tribute, the salt tax, and the crown levies.	29 And now I free you, and all the Jews from tributes, and I release you from the customs of salt, and remit the crowns, and the thirds of the seed:
30 Instead of collecting the third of the grain and the half of the fruit of the trees that should be my share, I renounce the right from this day forward: Neither now nor in the future will I collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts annexed from Samaria.	30 And the half of the fruit of trees, which is my share, I leave to you from this day forward, so that it shall not be taken of the land of Juda, and of the three cities that are added thereto out of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for ever:
31 Let Jerusalem and her territory, her tithes and her tolls, be sacred and free from tax.	31 And let Jerusalem be holy and free, with the borders thereof: and let the tenths, and tributes be for itself.
32 I also yield my authority over the citadel in Jerusalem, and I transfer it to the high priest, that he may put in it such men as he shall choose to guard it.	32 I yield up also the power of the castle that is in Jerusalem, and I give it to the high priest, to place therein such men as he shall choose to keep it.
33 Every one of the Jews who has been carried into captivity from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom I set at liberty without ransom; and let all their taxes, even those on their cattle, be canceled.	33 And every soul of the Jews that hath been carried captive from the land of Juda in all my kingdom, I set at liberty freely, that all be discharged from tributes even of their cattle.
34 Let all feast days, sabbaths, new moon festivals, appointed days, and the three days that precede each feast day, and the three days that follow, be days of immunity and exemption for every Jew in my kingdom.	34 And I will that all the feasts, and the sabbaths, and the new moons, and the days appointed, and three days before the solemn day, and three days after the solemn day, be all days of immunity and freedom, for all the Jews that are in my kingdom:
35 Let no man have authority to exact payment from them or to molest any of them in any matter.	35 And no man shall have power to do any thing against them, or to molest any of them, in any cause.
36 "Let thirty thousand Jews be enrolled in the king's army and allowances be given them, as is due to all the king's soldiers.	36 And let there be enrolled in the king's army to the number of thirty thousand of the Jews: and allowance shall be made them as is due to all the king's forces, and certain of them shall be appointed to be in the fortresses of the great king:
37 Let some of them be stationed in the king's principal strongholds, and of these let some be given positions of trust in the affairs of the kingdom. Let their superiors and their rulers be taken from among them, and let them follow their own laws, as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.	37 And some of them shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, that are of trust, and let the governors be taken from among themselves, and let them walk in their own laws, as the king hath commanded in the land of Juda.
38 "Let the three districts that have been added to Judea from the province of Samaria be incorporated with Judea so that they may be under one man and obey no other authority than the high priest.	38 And the three cities that are added to Judea, out of the country of Samaria, let them be accounted with Judea: that they may be under one, and obey no other authority but that of the high priest:
39 Ptolemais and its confines I give as a present to the sanctuary in Jerusalem for the necessary expenses of the sanctuary.	39 Ptolemais, and the confines thereof, I give as a free gift to the holy places, that are in Jerusalem, for the necessary charges of the holy things.
40 I make a yearly personal grant of fifteen thousand silver shekels out of the royal revenues, from appropriate places.	40 And I give every year fifteen thousand sicles of silver out of the king's accounts, of what belongs to me:
41 All the additional funds that the officials did not hand over as they had done in the first years, shall henceforth be handed over for the services of the temple.	41 And all that is above, which they that were over the affairs the years before, had not paid, from this time they shall give it to the works of the house.
42 Moreover, the dues of five thousand silver shekels that used to be taken from the revenue of the sanctuary every year shall be canceled, since these funds belong to the priests who perform the services.	42 Moreover the five thousand sicles of silver which they received from the account of the holy places, every year, shall also belong to the priests that execute the ministry.
43 Whoever takes refuge in the temple of Jerusalem or in any of its precincts, because of money he owes the king, or because of any other debt, shall be released, together with all the goods he possesses in my kingdom.	43 And whosoever shall flee into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and in all the borders thereof, being indebted to the king for any matter, let them be set at liberty, and all that they have in my kingdom, let them have it free.
44 The cost of rebuilding and restoring the structures of the sanctuary shall be covered out of the royal revenue.	44 For the building also, or repairing the works of the holy places, the charges shall be given out of the king's revenues:
45 Likewise the cost of building the walls of Jerusalem and fortifying it all around, and of building walls in Judea, shall be donated from the royal revenue."	45 For the building also of the walls of Jerusalem, and the fortifying thereof round about, the charges shall be given out of the king's account, as also for the building of the walls in Judea.
46 When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they neither believed nor accepted them, for they remembered the great evil that Demetrius had done in Israel, and how sorely he had afflicted them.	46 Now when Jonathan, and the people heard these words, they gave no credit to them nor received them: because they remembered the great evil that he had done in Israel, for he had afflicted them exceedingly.
47 They therefore decided in favor of Alexander, for he had been the first to address them peaceably, and they remained his allies for the rest of his life.	47 And their inclinations were towards Alexander, because he had been the chief promoter of peace in their regard, and him they always helped.
48 King Alexander gathered together a large army and encamped opposite Demetrius.	48 And king Alexander gathered together a great army, and moved his camp near to Demetrius.
49 The two kings joined battle, and when the army of Demetrius fled, Alexander pursued him, and overpowered his soldiers.	49 And the two kings joined battle, and the army of Demetrius fled away, and Alexander pursued after him, and pressed them close.
50 He pressed the battle hard until sunset, and Demetrius fell that day.	50 And the battle was hard fought till the sun went down: and Demetrius was slain that day.
51 Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, with this message:	51 And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with words to this effect, saying:
52 "Now that I have returned to my realm, taken my seat on the throne of my fathers, and established my rule by crushing Demetrius and gaining control of my country--	52 Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom, and am set in the throne of my ancestors and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and possessed our country,
53 for I engaged him in battle, defeated him and his army, and recovered the royal throne--	53 And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:
54 let us now establish friendship with each other. Give me your daughter for my wife; and as your son-in-law, I will give to you and to her gifts worthy of you."	54 Now therefore let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.
55 King Ptolemy answered in these words: "Happy the day on which you returned to the land of your fathers and took your seat on their royal throne!	55 And king Ptolemee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their kingdom.
56 I will do for you what you have written; but meet me in Ptolemais, so that we may see each other, and I will become your father-in-law as you have proposed."	56 And now I will do to thee as thou hast written: but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another, and I may give her to thee as thou hast said.
57 So Ptolemy with his daughter Cleopatra set out from Egypt and came to Ptolemais in the year one hundred and sixty-two.	57 So Ptolemee went out of Egypt, with Cleopatra his daughter, and he came to Ptolemais in the hundred and sixty-second year.
58 There King Alexander met him, and Ptolemy gave him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage. Their wedding was celebrated at Ptolemais with great splendor according to the custom of kings.	58 And king Alexander met him, and he gave him his daughter Cleopatra: and he celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais, with great glory, after the manner of kings.
59 King Alexander also wrote to Jonathan to come and meet him.	59 And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come and meet him.
60 So he went with pomp to Ptolemais, where he met the two kings and gave them and their friends silver and gold and many gifts and thus won their favor.	60 And he went honourably to Ptolemais, and he met there the two kings, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and presents: and he found favour in their sight.
61 Some pestilent Israelites, transgressors of the law, united against him to accuse him, but the king paid no heed to them.	61 And some pestilent men of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him to accuse him: and the king gave no heed to them.
62 He ordered Jonathan to be divested of his ordinary garments and to be clothed in royal purple; and so it was done.	62 And he commanded that Jonathan's garments should be taken off, and that he should be clothed with purple: and they did so. And the king made him sit by himself.
63 The king also had him seated at his side. He said to his magistrates: "Go with him to the center of the city and make a proclamation that no one is to bring charges against him on any grounds or be troublesome to him in any way."	63 And he said to his princes: Go out with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
64 When his accusers saw the honor paid to him in the proclamation, and the purple with which he was clothed, they all fled.	64 So when his accusers saw his glory proclaimed, and him clothed with purple, they all fled away.
65 The king also honored him by numbering him among his Chief Friends and made him military commander and governor of the province.	65 And the king magnified him, and enrolled him amongst his chief friends, and made him governor and partaker of his dominion.
66 So Jonathan returned in peace and happiness to Jerusalem.	66 And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with peace and joy.
67 In the year one hundred and sixty-five, Demetrius, son of Demetrius, came from Crete to the land of his fathers.	67 In the year one hundred and sixty-five Demetrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete into the land of his fathers.
68 When King Alexander heard of it he was greatly troubled, and returned to Antioch.	68 And king Alexander heard of it, and was much troubled, and returned to Antioch.
69 Demetrius appointed Apollonius governor of Coelesyria. Having gathered a large army, Appollonius pitched his camp at Jamnia. From there he sent this message to Jonathan the high priest:	69 And king Demetrius made Apollonius his general, who was governor of Celesyria: and he gathered together a great army, and came to Jamnia: and he sent to Jonathan the high priest,
70 "You are the only one who resists us. I am laughed at and put to shame on your account. Why are you displaying power against us in the mountains?	70 Saying: Thou alone standest against us, and I am laughed at, and reproached, because thou shewest thy power against us in the mountains.
71 If you have confidence in your forces, come down now to us in the plain, and let us test each other's strength there; the city forces are on my side.	71 Now therefore if thou trustest in thy forces, come down to us into the plain, and there let us try one another: for with me is the strength of war.
72 Inquire and learn who I am and who the others are who are helping me. Men say that you cannot make a stand against us because your fathers were twice put to flight in their own land.	72 Ask, and learn who I am, and the rest that help me, who also say that your foot cannot stand before our face, for thy fathers have twice been put to flight in their own land:
73 Now you too will be unable to withstand our cavalry and such a force as this in the plain, where there is not a stone or a pebble or a place to flee."	73 And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to?
74 When Jonathan heard the message of Apollonius, he was roused. Choosing ten thousand men, he set out from Jerusalem, and Simon his brother joined him to help him.	74 Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon his brother met him to help him.
75 He pitched camp near Joppa, but the men in the city shut him out because Apollonius had a garrison there. When the Jews besieged it,	75 And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it.
76 the men of the city became afraid and opened the gates, and so Jonathan took possession of Joppa.	76 And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.
77 When Apollonius heard of it, he drew up three thousand horsemen and an innumerable infantry. He marched on Azotus as though he were going on through the country, but at the same time he advanced into the plain, because he had such a large number of horsemen to rely on.	77 And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army.
78 Jonathan followed him to Azotus, and they engaged in battle.	78 And he went to Azotus as one that was making a journey, and immediately he went forth into the plain: because he had a great number of horsemen, and he trusted in them. And Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, and they joined battle.
79 Apollonius, however, had left a thousand cavalry in hiding behind them.	79 And Apollonius left privately in the camp a thousand horsemen behind them.
80 When Jonathan discovered that there was an ambush behind him, his army was surrounded. From morning until evening they showered his men with arrows.	80 And Jonathan knew that there was an ambush behind him, and they surrounded his army, and cast darts at the people from morning till evening.
81 But his men held their ground, as Jonathan had commanded, whereas the enemy's horses became tired out.	81 But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so their horses were fatigued.
82 When the horsemen were exhausted, Simon attacked the phalanx, overwhelmed it and put it to flight.	82 Then Simon drew forth his army, and attacked the legion: for the horsemen were wearied: and they were discomfited by him, and fled.
83 The horsemen too were scattered over the plain. The enemy fled to Azotus and entered Beth-dagon, the temple of their idol, to save themselves.	83 And they that were scattered about the plain, fled into Azotus, and went into Bethdagon their idol's temple, there to save themselves.
84 But Jonathan burned and plundered Azotus with its neighboring towns, and destroyed by fire both the temple of Dagon and the men who had taken refuge in it.	84 But Jonathan set fire to Azotus, and the cities that were around it, and took the spoils of them, and the temple of Dagon: and all them that were fled into it, he burnt with fire.
85 Those who fell by the sword, together with those who were burned alive, came to about eight thousand men.	85 So they that were slain by the sword, with them that were burnt, were almost eight thousand men.
86 Then Jonathan left there and pitched his camp at Ashkalon, and the people of that city came out to meet him with great pomp.	86 And Jonathan removed his army from thence, and camped against Ascalon: and they went out of the city to meet him with great honour.
87 He and his men then returned to Jerusalem, laden with much booty.	87 And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with his people, having many spoils.
88 When King Alexander heard of these events, he accorded new honors to Jonathan.	88 And it came to pass: When Alexander the king heard these words, that he honoured Jonathan yet more.
89 He sent him a gold buckle, such as is usually given to King's Kinsmen; he also gave him Ekron and all its territory as a possession.	89 And he sent him a buckle of gold, as the custom is, to be given to such as are of the royal blood. And he gave him Accaron and all the borders thereof in possession.