| 1 ܒܗ ܕܝܢ ܒܗܢܐ ܙܒܢܐ ܐܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܐܢܛܝܟܘܣ ܠܡܨܪܝܢ ܕܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ | 1 At about this time, Antiochus was preparing for his second attack on Egypt. |
| 2 ܓܕܫ ܕܝܢ ܒܟܘܠܗ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܝܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܡܬܚܙܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܕܪܗܛܝܢ ܒܐܐܪ ܪ̈ܟܒܐ ܕܪ̈ܟܫܐ ܕܡܟܣܝܢ ܒܐܣ̈ܛܠܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ ܘܐܚܝܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܪ̈ܘܡܚܐ ܘܡܚܙܩܝܢ ܒܟܘܠ ܙܝܢܐ | 2 It then happened that al over the city for nearly forty days there were apparitions of horsemengalloping through the air in cloth of gold, troops of lancers ful y armed, |
| 3 ܘܡܦܓܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܪܟܫܗܘܢ ܘܪܗܛܝܢ ܠܟܐ ܘܠܟܐ ܘܡ̈ܢܝܦܝܢ ܡܓܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܘܫܡܝܛܝܢ ܣܝ̈ܦܝܗܘܢ ܘܡ̈ܬܚܝܢ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܩܫ̈ܬܬܗܘܢ ܘܡܠܒܫܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܫܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܘܡܚܙܩܝܢ ܒܟܠ ܙܝܢܐ ܕܩܪܒܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ ܘܡܙܗܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܡܒܗܩܝܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܟܚܕܐ | 3 squadrons of cavalry in order of battle, attacks and charges this way and that, a flourish of shields, aforest of pikes, a brandishing of swords, a hurling of missiles, a glittering of golden accoutrements and armour of al kinds. |
| 4 ܥܡܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܠܗ ܒܥܐ ܗܘܐ ܘܡܨܠܐ ܕܠܛܒܬܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܓܠܝܢܐ ܗܢܐ | 4 So everyone prayed that this manifestation might prove a good omen. |
| 5 ܐܫܬܡܥ ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܛܒܐ ܒܕܓܠܘܬܐ ܥܠ ܐܢܛܝܟܘܣ ܕܡܝܬ ܠܗ ܘܕܒܪ ܐܝܣܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܐܠܦ ܓܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܐܬܐ ܘܐܪܡܝ ܥܠ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ ܘܐܠܨ ܗܘܐ ܘܡܬܥܫܢ ܥܠ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܘܣܘܓܐܗ ܕܥܡܐ ܥܪܩܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܣܠܩܝܢ ܠܫܘܪܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܩܪܝܒܐ ܗܘܬ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܠܡܐܒܕ ܘܡܢܠܐܣ ܥܪܩ ܗܘܐ ܣܠܩ ܠܗ ܠܒܝܬ ܡܪܕܐ | 5 Then, on the strength of a false report that Antiochus was dead, Jason took at least a thousand menand launched an unexpected attack on the city. When the wal s had been breached and the city was final y onthe point of being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the Citadel. |
| 6 ܐܝܣܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܡܩܛܠ ܗܘܐ ܒܒ̈ܢܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܡܚܝܪ ܗܘܐ ܘܡܣܬܟܠ ܪܫܝܥܐ ܕܚܕܘܬܗ ܥܩܬܐ ܡܠܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܘܐܒܠܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܩܪܒܐ ܘܩܛܠܐ ܒܒ̈ܢܝ ܥܡܗ ܘܒܫܪܒܬܗ ܥܒܕ ܗܘܐ | 6 Jason, however, made a pitiless slaughter of his fel ow-citizens, oblivious of the fact that successagainst his own countrymen was the greatest of disasters, but rather picturing himself as winning trophies fromsome enemy, and not from his fel ow- countrymen. |
| 7 ܘܟܕ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܘܠܗܝܢ ܥܒܕ ܪܫܢܘܬܐ ܠܐ ܐܫܟܚ ܕܢܐܚܘܕ ܐܠܐ ܚܪܬܗ ܒܒܗܬܬܐ ܗܘܬ ܘܐܪܦܝ ܘܥܪܩ ܬܘܒ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܕܥܡܘܢ | 7 Even so, he did not manage to seize power; and, in the end, his machinations brought him nothing butshame, and he took refuge once more in Ammanitis. |
| 8 ܘܫܘܠܡܐ ܕܚܪܬܗ ܒܒܝܫ ܘܡܪܝܪ ܗܘܐ ܐܬܚܫܒ ܓܝܪ ܡܢ ܐܪܛܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܥܪ̈ܒܝܐ ܘܦܠܛ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܘܥܪܩ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܡܕܝܢܐ ܠܡܕܝܢܐ ܟܕ ܡܬܪܕܦ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܟܠܢܫ ܐܝܟ ܡܣܛܝܢܐ ܕܢܡܘܣܐ ܘܡܣܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܫܝܛܝܢ ܠܗ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܡܫܠܡܢܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܗ ܘܕܥܡܗ ܘܒܒܗܬܬܐ ܣܓܝܐܬܐ ܥܪܩ ܠܡܨܪܝܢ | 8 His career of wickedness was thus brought to a halt: imprisoned by Aretas, the Arab despot, escapingfrom his town, hunted by everyone, detested for having overthrown the laws, abhorred as the butcher of hiscountry and his countrymen, he drifted to Egypt. |
| 9 ܘܐܝܟ ܢܦܬܐ ܕܡܫܬܕܝܐ ܡܢ ܒܝܬܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܐܫܬܕܝ ܡܢ ܐܬܪܗ ܘܒܠܩܕܡܘܢܐ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ ܐܒܕ ܐܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܠܬܡܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܘܬ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܫܪܒܬܗ ܕܢܣܬܬܪ ܨܐܕܝܗܘܢ ܘܡܝܬ ܬܡܢ | 9 He who had exiled so many from their fatherland, himself perished on foreign soil, having travel ed toSparta, hoping that, for kinship's sake, he might find harbour there. |
| 10 ܘܠܐ ܐܫܬܘܝ ܠܐ ܠܩܒܪܐ ܕܐܒܗ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܠܐ ܠܒܟܬܐ ܘܠܐ ܠܐܒܠܐ ܘܠܐ ܠܟܘܠ ܕܡܬܩܒܪܝܢ ܒܗ ܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ | 10 So many carcases he had thrust out to lie unburied; now he himself had none to mourn him, nofuneral rites, no place in the tomb of his ancestors. |
| 11 ܘܫܠܚܘ ܗܘܘ ܕܝܢ ܠܡܠܟܐ ܥܠ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܕܗܘ̈ܝ ܘܣܒܪ ܗܘܐ ܕܡܡܪܕ ܒܥܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܝܗܘܕܐ ܕܬܡܪܕ ܘܐܣܬܪܗܒ ܘܐܬܐ ܡܢ ܡܨܪܝܢ ܟܕ ܡܠܐ ܒܪܘܓܙܐ ܘܒܚܡܬܐ ܘܩܛܠ ܠܣ̈ܓܝܐܐ ܒܚܪܒܐ ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | 11 When the king came to hear of what had happened, he concluded that Judaea was in revolt. Hetherefore marched from Egypt, raging like a wild beast, and began by storming the city. |
| 12 ܦܩܕ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܠܦܠܚܘܗܝ ܕܢܩܛܠܘܢ ܕܠܐ ܚܘܣܢ ܠܟܠ ܕܢܦܠ ܒܐܝܕܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܐܦ ܠܒ̈ܬܐ ܥܐܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܡܩܛܠܝܢ | 12 He then ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy everyone they encountered, and to butcher allwho took refuge in their houses. |
| 13 ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܩܛܠܐ ܕܣܒ̈ܐ ܘܕܛܠܝ̈ܐ ܘܕܥ̈ܠܝܡܐ ܘܕܒܬܘ̈ܠܬܐ ܘܚܘܒܠܐ ܕܒܢ̈ܝܐ ܘܕܒܢ̈ܬܐ ܘܕܝ̈ܠܘܕܐ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܐ | 13 It was a massacre of young and old, a slaughter of women and children, a butchery of young girls andinfants. |
| 14 ܗܟܢܐ ܕܒܬܠܬܐ ܝܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܐܒܕܘ ܘܐܬܚܒܠܘ ܐܝܟ ܬܡܢܐ ܪ̈ܒܘܢ ܐܪܒܥ ܒܩܛܠܐ ܘܐܪܒܥ ܕܐܙܕܒܢܘ ܠܥܒܕܘܬܐ | 14 There were eighty thousand victims in the course of those three days, forty thousand dying byviolence and as many again being sold into slavery. |
| 15 ܘܠܐ ܣܦܩ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܠܡܠܟܐ ܐܠܐ ܐܡܪܚ ܗܘܐ ܬܘܒ ܕܢܥܘܠ ܠܗܝܟܠܐ ܪܒܐ ܘܩܕܫܐ ܕܡܫܒܚ ܒܟܠܗ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܕܒܪܢܗ ܡܢܠܐܘܣ ܗܘ ܕܗܘܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܫܠܡܢܐ ܕܢܡܘܣܐ ܘܕܐܪܥܗ | 15 Not content with this, he had the audacity to enter the holiest Temple in the entire world, withMenelaus, that traitor to the laws and to his country, as his guide; |
| 16 ܘܒܐܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܛܡܐ̈ܬܐ ܢܣܒ ܗܘܐ ܡܐ̈ܢܝ ܩܘܕܫܐ ܘܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܐܬܝܗܒ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܡܢ ܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܘܐܬܬܣܝܡ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܬܘܒ ܡܢ ܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܐ ܠܬܫܒܘܚܬܗ ܘܠܪܒܘܬܗ ܘܠܐܝܩܪܗ ܕܒܝܬܐ ܘܟܠܗ ܒܝܬ ܩܘܕܫܗ ܘܐܝܩܪܗ ܒܐܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܡܣܝ̈ܒܬܐ ܢܣܒ ܗܘܐ ܘܝܗܒ ܠܗܘܢ | 16 with impure hands he seized the sacred vessels; with impious hands he seized the offeringspresented by other kings for the aggrandisement, glory and dignity of the holy place. |
| 17 ܘܐܬܪܝܡ ܗܘܐ ܘܐܫܬܒܗܪ ܐܢܛܝܟܘܣ ܒܪܥܝܢܗ ܘܠܐ ܡܚܝܪ ܗܘܐ ܘܡܣܬܟܠ ܕܡܛܠ ܚܛܗܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܕܥܡܘܪ̈ܝܗ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܪܓܙ ܡܪܝܐ ܠܙܒܢܐ ܩܠܝܠ ܘܐܗܡܝ ܚܝܪܗ ܡܢ ܐܬܪܐ | 17 Holding so high an opinion of himself, Antiochus did not realise that the Lord was temporarily angry atthe sins of the inhabitants of the city, hence his unconcern for the holy place. |
| 18 ܐܠܘ ܓܝܪ ܠܐ ܐܬܬܚܕܘ ܗܘܘ ܒܚܛܗ̈ܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܐ ܠܐ ܚܫܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܡܣܝܒܪܝܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܟܕ ܗܠܝܕܪܘܣ ܗܘ ܕܐܫܬܕܪ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܣܠܘܩܘܣ ܡܠܟܐ ܥܠ ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ ܗܘ ܓܝܪ ܗܢܐ ܟܕ ܒܥܐ ܗܘܐ ܕܢܥܘܠ ܠܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ ܐܫܬܕܪ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܢܓܕܐ ܡܪܝܪܐ ܘܗܟܘܬ ܗܦܟ ܟܕ ܡܡܟܟ ܡܢ ܗܘ ܪܥܝܢܗ ܪܡܐ | 18 Had they not been entangled in many sins, Antiochus too, like Heliodorus when King Seleucus senthim to inspect the Treasury, would have been flogged the moment he arrived and checked in his presumption. |
| 19 ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܛܠ ܐܬܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܥܡܐ ܐܠܐ ܡܛܠ ܥܡܐ ܓܒܐ ܡܪܝܐ ܠܐܬܪܐ | 19 The Lord, however, had not chosen the people for the sake of the holy place, but the holy place forthe sake of the people; |
| 20 ܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܐܦ ܗܘ ܐܬܪܐ ܥܡܗ ܥܡ ܥܡܐ ܩܒܠ ܦܘܪܥܢܐ ܕܒܝ̈ܫܬܗ ܕܥܡܐ ܘܬܘܒ ܡܢ ܒܬܪܟܢ ܟܕ ܗܘܐ ܦܘܪܩܢܐ ܡܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܫܬܘܬܦ ܒܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܘܗܝܟܠܐ ܕܐܫܬܒܩ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܘܓܙܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܬܘܒ ܒܬܪܥܝܬܗ ܕܪܡܐ ܐܬܩܝܡ ܒܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ | 20 and so the holy place itself, having shared the disasters that befel the people, in due course alsoshared their good fortune; having been abandoned by the Almighty in his anger, once the great Sovereign wasplacated it was reinstated in al its glory. |
| 21 ܐܢܛܝܟܘܣ ܕܝܢ ܢܣܒ ܗܘܐ ܐܠܦ ܘܬܡܢܡܐܐ ܟܟܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܢ ܗܝܟܠܐ ܘܐܣܬܪܗܒ ܒܥܓܠ ܘܐܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܠܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܘܣܒܪ ܗܘܐ ܒܫܘܒܗܪܗ ܕܠܐܪܥܐ ܢܥܒܕܝܗ ܝܡܐ ܘܠܝܡܐ ܢܥܒܕܝܘܗܝ ܝܒܫܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܐܬܪܝܡ ܗܘܐ ܘܐܫܬܒܗܪ ܒܪܥܝܢܗ ܣܓܝ | 21 Antiochus, having extracted eighteen hundred talents from the Temple, hurried back to Antioch; in hispride he would have undertaken to make the dry land navigable and the sea passable on foot, so high hisarrogance soared. |
| 22 ܘܫܒܩ ܩܝܘ̈ܡܐ ܕܗܘܘ ܡܒܐܫܝܢ ܠܒܢ̈ܝ ܥܡܢ ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܕܝܢ ܫܒܩ ܠܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ ܕܓܢܣܗ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܦܪܘܓܝܐ ܘܪܥܝܢܗ ܛܡܐܐ ܗܘܐ ܘܛܪܘܢܐ ܘܢܕܝܕܐ ܒܝܫ ܡܢ ܗܘ ܕܫܒܩܗ | 22 But he left officials behind to plague the nation: in Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by race, and bynature more barbarous than the man who appointed him; |
| 23 ܘܒܓܙܪܝܢ ܠܐܢܕܪܘܢܝܩܘܣ ܘܥܡܗܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܫܒܩ ܠܡܢܠܐܘܣ ܗܘ ܕܝܬܝܪ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܡܫܬܥܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܘܡܬܬܪܝܡ ܘܡܒܐܫ ܠܒܢ̈ܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܗ ܐܢܛܝܟܘܣ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܒܚܡܬܐ ܘܒܪܥܝܢܐ ܩܫܝܐ ܥܠ ܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ | 23 on Mount Gerizim, Andronicus; and, besides these, Menelaus, who lorded it over his countrymenworse than al the others. In his rooted hostility to the Jews, |
| 24 ܘܫܕܪ ܠܐܦܘܠܘܢܝܣ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܟܠܗܘܢ ܛܡ̈ܐܐ ܥܡ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܬܪܝܢ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ ܚܝܠܐ ܕܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܣܒܝܢ ܘܡܥܠܠܝܢ ܒܫ̈ܢܝܐ ܢܩܛܠܘܢ ܠܢܫ̈ܐ ܕܝܢ ܘܠܥ̈ܠܝܡܐ ܢܙܒܢܘܢ | 24 the king also sent the Mysarch Apollonius at the head of an army twenty-two thousand strong, withorders to put to death al men in their prime and to sel the women and children. |
| 25 ܘܟܕ ܐܬܐ ܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܡܠܠ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܫܠܡܐ ܒܢܟܠܐ ܘܟܬܪ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܝܘܡܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܫܒܬܐ ܘܟܕ ܐܫܟܚ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ ܕܒܛܝܠܝܢ ܙܝܢ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘܘ ܥܡܗ | 25 Arriving in Jerusalem and posing as a man of peace, this man waited until the holy day of the Sabbathand then, taking advantage of the Jews as they rested from work, ordered his men to parade ful y armed; |
| 26 ܘܦܩܕ ܕܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܢܦܩܝܢ ܠܒܪ ܡܢ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܚܙܬܐ ܢܩܛܠܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܦ ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܪܗܛ ܘܥܠ ܟܕ ܡܙܝܢ ܗܘ ܘܚܝܠܗ ܘܩܛܠ ܥܡܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ | 26 al those who came out to watch he put to the sword; then, rushing into the city with his armed troops,he cut down an immense number of people. |
| 27 ܝܗܘܕܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܩܒܝ ܥܡ ܬܫܥܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܝܢ ܕܥܡܗ ܫܢܝ ܘܐܙܠ ܠܡܕܒܪܐ ܘܐܝܟ ܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܒܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܥܡܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܡܣܬܝܒܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܥܩܪ̈ܐ ܘܥܣܒܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܢܫܬܘܬܦܘܢ ܒܛܡܐܘܬܐ | 27 Judas, also known as Maccabaeus, however, with about nine others, withdrew into the desert. Helived like the wild animals in the hil s with his companions, eating nothing but wild plants to avoid contractingdefilement. |
