1 Maccabees 13

1 Maccabees 13, Catholic Public Domain Version

1. And Simon heard that Trypho had gathered together an immense army to come to the land of Judah and to lay waste to it.

   Et audivit Simon quod congregavit Tryphon exercitum copiosum ut veniret in terram Juda, et attereret eam.

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   Seeing that the people were fearful and trembling, he went up to Jerusalem, and he gathered together the people.

   Videns quia in tremore populus est, et in timore, ascendit Jerusalem, et congregavit populum:

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   And exhorting them, he said: “You know what great battles I, and my brothers, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws and for the holy places, and the anguish that we have seen.

   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:

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   As a result of these things, all my brothers have perished for the sake of Israel, and I have been left alone.

   horum gratia perierunt fratres mei omnes propter Israël, et relictus sum ego solus.

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   And now, it is not necessary for me to spare my life in any time of tribulation. For I am not better than my brothers.

   Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animæ meæ in omni tempore tribulationis: non enim melior sum fratribus meis.

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   And so, I will vindicate my people and the sanctuary, and likewise our children and wives. For all the Gentiles have gathered together to crush us, solely out of malice.”

   Vindicabo itaque gentem meam, et sancta, natos quoque nostros, et uxores: quia congregatæ sunt universæ gentes conterere nos inimicitiæ gratia.

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   And the spirit of the people was immediately enkindled, when they heard these words.

   Et accensus est spiritus populi simul ut audivit sermones istos:

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   And they responded with a loud voice, saying: “You are our leader in place of Judas and of Jonathan, your brother.

   et responderunt voce magna, dicentes: Tu es dux noster loco Judæ, et Jonathæ fratris tui:

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   Fight our battles, and we will do whatever you tell us to do.”

   pugna prælium nostrum: et omnia, quæcumque dixeris nobis, faciemus.

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    And so, gathering together all the men of war, he accelerated the completion of all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it all around.

    Et congregans omnes viros bellatores, acceleravit consummare universos muros Jerusalem, et munivit eam in gyro.

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    And he sent Jonathan, the son of Absalom, and with him a new army, into Joppa, and he cast out those who were in it, and he himself remained there.

    Et misit Jonathan filium Absalomi, et cum eo exercitum novum in Joppen, et ejectis his qui erant in ea, remansit illic ipse.

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    And Trypho moved from Ptolemais, with a great army, to come into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him in custody.

    Et movit Tryphon a Ptolemaida cum exercitu multo, ut veniret in terram Juda, et Jonathas cum eo in custodia.

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    But Simon took up a position at Addus, opposite the face of the plains.

    Simon autem applicuit in Addus contra faciem campi.

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    And when Trypho realized that Simon rose up in the place of his brother, Jonathan, and that he would be joining in battle with him, he sent messengers to him,

    Et ut cognovit Tryphon quia surrexit Simon loco fratris sui Jonathæ, et quia commissurus esset cum eo prælium, misit ad eum legatos,

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    saying: “We have detained your brother, Jonathan, because of the money that he owed to the king’s account, because of the matters for which he was responsible.

    dicens: Pro argento, quod debebat frater tuus Jonathas in ratione regis propter negotia quæ habuit, detinuimus eum.

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    And now, send a hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, so that when he is dismissed, he may not flee from us. And then we will release him.”

    Et nunc mitte argenti talenta centum, et duos filios ejus obsides, ut non dimissus fugiat a nobis, et remittemus eum.

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    And Simon knew that he was speaking deceitfully to him. Yet he ordered the money and the boys to be given, lest he should bring upon himself a great hostility from the people of Israel, who might have said,

    Et cognovit Simon quia cum dolo loqueretur secum: jussit tamen dari argentum et pueros, ne inimicitiam magnam sumeret ad populum Israël, dicentem:

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    “It is because he did not send the money and the boys that he perished.”

    Quia non misit ei argentum, et pueros, propterea periit.

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    So he sent the boys and one hundred talents. And he was lying and did not dismiss Jonathan.

    Et misit pueros, et centum talenta: et mentitus est, et non dimisit Jonathan.

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    And after this, Trypho came into the country, to crush it. And they circled around by the way that leads to Adora. And Simon and his camp marched into every place, wherever they went.†

    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.

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    But those who were in the stronghold sent messengers to Trypho, so that he would hurry to come through the desert, and to send them provisions.

    Qui autem in arce erant, miserunt ad Tryphonem legatos, ut festinaret venire per desertum, et mitteret illis alimonias.

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    And Trypho prepared all his horsemen to arrive on that night. But there was a very great snowfall, and he did not come into Gilead.

    Et paravit Tryphon omnem equitatum, ut veniret illa nocte: erat autem nix multa valde, et non venit in Galaaditim.

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    And when he approached toward Baskama, he killed Jonathan and his sons there.

    Et cum appropinquasset Bascaman, occidit Jonathan et filios ejus illic.

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    And Trypho turned back and went into his own land.

    Et convertit Tryphon, et abiit in terram suam.

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    And Simon sent and took the bones of Jonathan, his brother, and he buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.

    Et misit Simon, et accepit ossa Jonathæ fratris sui, et sepelivit ea in Modin civitate patrum ejus.

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    And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation. And they mourned him for many days.

    Et planxerunt eum omnis Israël planctu magno, et luxerunt eum dies multos.

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    And Simon built, over the sepulcher of his father and of his brothers, a building, lofty to see, of polished stone, front and back.

    Et ædificavit Simon super sepulchrum patris sui et fratrum suorum ædificium altum visu, lapide polito retro et ante.

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    And he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brothers.

    Et statuit septem pyramidas, unam contra unam, patri et matri, et quatuor fratribus:

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    And around these he placed great columns; and upon the columns, weapons, as a continual memorial; and beside the weapons, carvings of ships, which might be seen by all those who sail the sea.

    et his circumposuit columnas magnas: et super columnas arma, ad memoriam æternam: et juxta arma naves sculptas, quæ viderentur ab omnibus navigantibus mare:

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    This is the sepulcher that he made in Modin, even to this day.

    hoc est sepulchrum, quod fecit in Modin usque in hunc diem.

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    But Trypho, when he was on a journey with the young king, Antiochus, killed him by deceit.

    Tryphon autem cum iter faceret cum Antiocho rege adolescente, dolo occidit eum:

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    And he reigned in his place, and he put on the diadem of Asia, and he caused great scourges upon the land.

    et regnavit loco ejus, et imposuit sibi diadema Asiæ, et fecit plagam magnam in terra.

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    And Simon built up the strongholds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates and bars. And he placed provisions in the fortresses.

    Et ædificavit Simon præsidia Judææ, muniens ea turribus excelsis, et muris magnis, et portis, et seris: et posuit alimenta in munitionibus.

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    And Simon chose men, and he sent to king Demetrius, so that he would grant a remission to the region, for all that Trypho did was to carry out plundering.

    Et elegit Simon viros, et misit ad Demetrium regem ut faceret remissionem regioni: quia actus omnes Tryphonis per direptionem fuerant gesti.

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    And king Demetrius responded to this word, and he wrote a letter in this manner:

    Et Demetrius rex ad verba ista respondit ei, et scripsit epistolam talem:

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    “King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders, and to the people of the Jews: greetings.

    Rex Demetrius Simoni summo sacerdoti et amico regum, et senioribus, et genti Judæorum, salutem.

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    The golden crown and the bahem that you sent, we have received. And we are prepared to make a great peace with you, and to write to the officers of the king to remit to you the things that we have released.

    Coronam auream, et bahem, quam misistis, suscepimus: et parati sumus facere vobiscum pacem magnam, et scribere præpositis regis remittere vobis quæ indulsimus.

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    For whatever we have established remains in force for you. The strongholds that you have built, let them be yours.

    Quæcumque enim constituimus, vobis constant: munitiones, quas ædificastis, vobis sint:

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    Likewise, any oversight or fault, even to this day, we forgive it, along with the crown that you owed. And if anything else was taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.

    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.

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    And if any of you is fit to be enrolled among our own, let them be enrolled. And let there be peace between us.”

    Et si qui ex vobis apti sunt conscribi inter nostros, conscribantur, et sit inter nos pax.

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    In the one hundred and seventieth year, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken away from Israel.

    Anno centesimo septuagesimo, ablatum est jugum gentium ab Israël.

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    And the people of Israel began to write in the tablets and the public records, in the first year under Simon: high priest, great commander, and leader of the Jews.

    Et cœpit populus Israël scribere in tabulis, et gestis publicis, anno primo sub Simone summo sacerdote, magno duce, et principe Judæorum.

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    In those days, Simon took up a position at Gaza, and he encamped around it, and he made machines of war, and he applied them to the city, and he struck one tower and captured it.

    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.

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    And those who were within the machine broke forth into the city. And a great commotion occurred in the city.

    Et eruperant qui erant intra machinam in civitatem, et factus est motus magnus in civitate.

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    And those who were in the city ascended upon the wall, with their wives and children, having torn their tunics. And they cried out with a loud voice, asking Simon to grant them a pledge.

    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,

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    And they said, “Do not repay us according to our malice, but according to your mercy.”

    et dixerunt: Non nobis reddas secundum malitias nostras, sed secundum misericordias tuas.

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    And weeping, Simon did not destroy them. Yet he cast them out of the city, and he cleansed the buildings, in which there had been idols. And then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord.

    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:

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    And, having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men who would observe the law. And he fortified it and made it his dwelling place.

    et ejecta ab ea omni immunditia, collocavit in ea viros qui legem facerent: et munivit eam, et fecit sibi habitationem.

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    But those who were in the stronghold of Jerusalem were prohibited from going out and entering the region, and from buying and selling. And they were very hungry, and many of them perished through famine.

    Qui autem erant in arce Jerusalem, prohibebantur egredi et ingredi regionem, et emere ac vendere: et esurierunt valde, et multi ex eis fame perierunt,

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    And they cried out to Simon, that they might receive a pledge, and he granted it to them. And he cast them out of there, and he cleansed the stronghold from contaminations.

    et clamaverunt ad Simonem ut dextras acciperent: et dedit illis: et ejecit eos inde, et mundavit arcem a contaminationibus:

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    And they entered into it on the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred and seventy-first year, with thanksgiving, and palm branches, and lyres, and cymbals, and psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because a great enemy had been crushed out of Israel.

    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.

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    And he established that these days should be kept every year with rejoicing.

    Et constituit ut omnibus annis agerentur dies hi cum lætitia.

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    And he fortified the mountain of the temple, which was near the stronghold, and he lived there himself, along with those who were with him.

    Et munivit montem templi, qui erat secus arcem, et habitavit ibi ipse, et qui cum eo erant.

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    And Simon saw that John, his son, was a valiant man in battle. And so he appointed him as commander of all the forces. And he lived in Gazara.

    Et vidit Simon Joannem filium suum, quod fortis prælii vir esset: et posuit eum ducem virtutum universarum: et habitavit in Gazaris.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)