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1 Et audivit Simon quod congregavit Tryphon exercitum copiosum ut veniret in terram Juda, et attereret eam.
1 Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty army to come into the land of Judah and destroy it utterly.
2 Videns quia in tremore populus est, et in timore, ascendit Jerusalem, et congregavit populum:
2 He saw that the people were trembling in great fear. So he went up to Jerusalem and gathered the people together.
3 et adhortans dixit: Vos scitis quanta ego, et fratres mei, et domus patris mei, fecimus pro legibus et pro sanctis, prælia, et angustias quales vidimus:
3 He encouraged them, and said to them, “You yourselves know all the things that I, my kindred, and my father’s house have done for the laws and the sanctuary, and the battles and the distresses which we have seen.
4 horum gratia perierunt fratres mei omnes propter Israël, et relictus sum ego solus.
4 Because of this, all my brothers have perished for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
5 Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animæ meæ in omni tempore tribulationis: non enim melior sum fratribus meis.
5 Now be it far from me, that I should spare my own life in any time of affliction, for I am not better than my kindred.
6 Vindicabo itaque gentem meam, et sancta, natos quoque nostros, et uxores: quia congregatæ sunt universæ gentes conterere nos inimicitiæ gratia.
6 However, I will take vengeance for my nation, for the sanctuary, and for our wives and children, because all the Gentiles have gathered out of hatred to destroy us.”
7 Et accensus est spiritus populi simul ut audivit sermones istos:
7 The spirit of the people revived as soon as they heard these words.
8 et responderunt voce magna, dicentes: Tu es dux noster loco Judæ, et Jonathæ fratris tui:
8 They answered with a loud voice, saying, “You are our leader in the place of Judas and Jonathan your brothers.
9 pugna prælium nostrum: et omnia, quæcumque dixeris nobis, faciemus.
9 Fight our battles, and we will do all that you tell us to do.”
10 Et congregans omnes viros bellatores, acceleravit consummare universos muros Jerusalem, et munivit eam in gyro.
10 He gathered together all the men of war, and hurried to finish the walls of Jerusalem. He fortified it all around.
11 Et misit Jonathan filium Absalomi, et cum eo exercitum novum in Joppen, et ejectis his qui erant in ea, remansit illic ipse.
11 He sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa. He threw out those who were in it, and lived there.
12 Et movit Tryphon a Ptolemaida cum exercitu multo, ut veniret in terram Juda, et Jonathas cum eo in custodia.
12 Tryphon left Ptolemais with a mighty army to enter into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard.
13 Simon autem applicuit in Addus contra faciem campi.
13 But Simon encamped at Adida, near the plain.
14 Et ut cognovit Tryphon quia surrexit Simon loco fratris sui Jonathæ, et quia commissurus esset cum eo prælium, misit ad eum legatos,
14 Tryphon knew that Simon had risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, so he sent ambassadors to him, saying,
15 dicens: Pro argento, quod debebat frater tuus Jonathas in ratione regis propter negotia quæ habuit, detinuimus eum.
15 “It is for money which Jonathan your brother owed to the king’s treasury, by reason of the offices which he had, that we are detaining him.
16 Et nunc mitte argenti talenta centum, et duos filios ejus obsides, ut non dimissus fugiat a nobis, et remittemus eum.
16 Now send one hundred talents of silver and two of his sons for hostages, so that when he is released he may not revolt against us, and we will release him.”
17 Et cognovit Simon quia cum dolo loqueretur secum: jussit tamen dari argentum et pueros, ne inimicitiam magnam sumeret ad populum Israël, dicentem:
17 Simon knew that they spoke to him deceitfully, but he sent to get the money and the children, lest perhaps he would arouse great hostility among the people,
18 Quia non misit ei argentum, et pueros, propterea periit.
18 who might say, “Because I didn’t send him the money and the children, he perished.”
19 Et misit pueros, et centum talenta: et mentitus est, et non dimisit Jonathan.
19 So he sent the children and the hundred talents, but Tryphon lied, and didn’t release Jonathan.
20 Et post hæc venit Tryphon intra regionem, ut contereret eam: et gyraverunt per viam quæ ducit Ador: et Simon et castra ejus ambulabant in omnem locum quocumque ibant.
20 After this, Tryphon came to invade the land and destroy it, and he went around by the way that leads to Adora. Simon and his army marched near him to every place, wherever he went.
21 Qui autem in arce erant, miserunt ad Tryphonem legatos, ut festinaret venire per desertum, et mitteret illis alimonias.
21 Now the people of the citadel sent to Tryphon ambassadors, urging him to come to them through the wilderness, and to send them food.
22 Et paravit Tryphon omnem equitatum, ut veniret illa nocte: erat autem nix multa valde, et non venit in Galaaditim.
22 So Tryphon prepared all his cavalry to come, but on that night a very heavy snow fell, and he didn’t come because of the snow. He marched off and went into the land of Gilead.
23 Et cum appropinquasset Bascaman, occidit Jonathan et filios ejus illic.
23 When he came near to Bascama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
24 Et convertit Tryphon, et abiit in terram suam.
24 Then Tryphon turned back, and went away into his own land.
25 Et misit Simon, et accepit ossa Jonathæ fratris sui, et sepelivit ea in Modin civitate patrum ejus.
25 Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him at Modin, the city of his fathers.
26 Et planxerunt eum omnis Israël planctu magno, et luxerunt eum dies multos.
26 All Israel made great lamentation over him, and mourned for him many days.
27 Et ædificavit Simon super sepulchrum patris sui et fratrum suorum ædificium altum visu, lapide polito retro et ante.
27 Simon built a monument on the tomb of his father and his kindred, and raised it high so that it could be seen, with polished stone on the front and back.
28 Et statuit septem pyramidas, unam contra unam, patri et matri, et quatuor fratribus:
28 He also set up seven pyramids, one near another, for his father, his mother, and his four brothers.
29 et his circumposuit columnas magnas: et super columnas arma, ad memoriam æternam: et juxta arma naves sculptas, quæ viderentur ab omnibus navigantibus mare:
29 For these, he made an elaborate setting, erecting great pillars around them, and upon the pillars he made suits of armor for a perpetual memorial, and beside the suits of armor, he carved ships, so that they could be seen by all who sail on the sea.
30 hoc est sepulchrum, quod fecit in Modin usque in hunc diem.
30 This is the tomb which he made at Modin. It remains to this day.
31 Tryphon autem cum iter faceret cum Antiocho rege adolescente, dolo occidit eum:
31 Now Tryphon deceived the young King Antiochus and killed him,
32 et regnavit loco ejus, et imposuit sibi diadema Asiæ, et fecit plagam magnam in terra.
32 and reigned in his place. He put on himself the crown of Asia and brought a great calamity upon the land.
33 Et ædificavit Simon præsidia Judææ, muniens ea turribus excelsis, et muris magnis, et portis, et seris: et posuit alimenta in munitionibus.
33 Simon built up the strongholds of Judea, and walled them all around with high towers, great walls, gates, and bars; and he stored food in the strongholds.
34 Et elegit Simon viros, et misit ad Demetrium regem ut faceret remissionem regioni: quia actus omnes Tryphonis per direptionem fuerant gesti.
34 Simon chose men, and sent to King Demetrius with a request that he grant the country an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to plunder.
35 Et Demetrius rex ad verba ista respondit ei, et scripsit epistolam talem:
35 King Demetrius sent to him according to these words, and answered him, and wrote a letter to him, as follows:
36 Rex Demetrius Simoni summo sacerdoti et amico regum, et senioribus, et genti Judæorum, salutem.
36 “King Demetrius to Simon the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greetings.
37 Coronam auream, et bahem, quam misistis, suscepimus: et parati sumus facere vobiscum pacem magnam, et scribere præpositis regis remittere vobis quæ indulsimus.
37 The golden crown and the palm branch, which you sent, we have received. We are ready to make a steadfast peace with you, yes, and to write to our officers to release you from tribute.
38 Quæcumque enim constituimus, vobis constant: munitiones, quas ædificastis, vobis sint:
38 Whatever things we confirmed to you, they are confirmed. The strongholds, which you have built, let them be your own.
39 remittimus quoque ignorantias et peccata usque in hodiernum diem, et coronam quam debebatis: et si quid aliud erat tributarium in Jerusalem, jam non sit tributarium.
39 As for any oversights and faults committed to this day, we forgive them, and the crown tax which you owed us. If there were any other tax collected in Jerusalem, let it be collected no longer.
40 Et si qui ex vobis apti sunt conscribi inter nostros, conscribantur, et sit inter nos pax.
40 If any among you are qualified to be enrolled in our court, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.”
41 Anno centesimo septuagesimo, ablatum est jugum gentium ab Israël.
41 In the one hundred seventieth year, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken away from Israel.
42 Et cœpit populus Israël scribere in tabulis, et gestis publicis, anno primo sub Simone summo sacerdote, magno duce, et principe Judæorum.
42 The people began to write in their instruments and contracts, “In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews.”
43 In diebus illis applicuit Simon ad Gazam, et circumdedit eam castris, et fecit machinas, et applicuit ad civitatem, et percussit turrem unam, et comprehendit eam.
43 In those days Simon encamped against Gazara, and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and captured it.
44 Et eruperant qui erant intra machinam in civitatem, et factus est motus magnus in civitate.
44 Those who were in the engine leaped out into the city; and there was a great uproar in the city.
45 Et ascenderunt qui erant in civitate cum uxoribus et filiis supra murum, scissis tunicis suis, et clamaverunt voce magna, postulantes a Simone dextras sibi dari,
45 The people of the city tore their clothes, and went up on the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, asking Simon to give them his right hand.
46 et dixerunt: Non nobis reddas secundum malitias nostras, sed secundum misericordias tuas.
46 They said, “Don’t deal with us according to our wickednesses, but according to your mercy.”
47 Et flexus Simon, non debellavit eos: ejecit tamen eos de civitate, et mundavit ædes in quibus fuerant simulacra, et tunc intravit in eam cum hymnis benedicens Dominum:
47 So Simon was reconciled to them, and didn’t fight against them; but he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses where the idols were, and then entered into it with singing and giving praise.
48 et ejecta ab ea omni immunditia, collocavit in ea viros qui legem facerent: et munivit eam, et fecit sibi habitationem.
48 He removed all uncleanness out of it, and placed in it men who would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built a dwelling place for himself in it.
49 Qui autem erant in arce Jerusalem, prohibebantur egredi et ingredi regionem, et emere ac vendere: et esurierunt valde, et multi ex eis fame perierunt,
49 But the people of the citadel in Jerusalem were hindered from going out and from going into the country, and from buying and selling. So they were very hungry, and a great number of them perished from famine.
50 et clamaverunt ad Simonem ut dextras acciperent: et dedit illis: et ejecit eos inde, et mundavit arcem a contaminationibus:
50 Then they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them; but he expelled them from there, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.
51 et intraverunt in eam tertia et vigesima die secundi mensis, anno centesimo septuagesimo primo, cum laude, et ramis palmarum, et cinyris, et cymbalis, et nablis, et hymnis, et canticis, quia contritus est inimicus magnus ex Israël.
51 He entered into it on the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred seventy-first year, with praise and palm branches, with harps, with cymbals, and with stringed instruments, with hymns, and with songs, because a great enemy had been destroyed out of Israel.
52 Et constituit ut omnibus annis agerentur dies hi cum lætitia.
52 Simon ordained that they should keep that day every year with gladness. He made the hill of the temple that was by the citadel stronger than before, and he lived there with his men.
53 Et munivit montem templi, qui erat secus arcem, et habitavit ibi ipse, et qui cum eo erant.
53 Simon saw that his son John was a man, so he made him leader of all his forces; and he lived in Gazara.
54 Et vidit Simon Joannem filium suum, quod fortis prælii vir esset: et posuit eum ducem virtutum universarum: et habitavit in Gazaris.
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