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1Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army, to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it.

2And seeing that the people was in dread, and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people:

3And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:

4By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.

5And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.

6I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice.

7And the spirit of the people was enkindled as soon as they heard these words.

8And they answered with a loud voice, saying: Thou art our leader in the place of Judas, and Jonathan thy brother.

9Fight thou our battles, and we will do whatsoever thou shalt say to us.

10So gathering together all the men of war, he made haste to finish all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.

11And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a new army into Joppe, and he cast out them that were in it, and himself remained there.

12And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great army, to invade the land of Juda, and Jonathan was with him in custody.

13But Simon pitched in Addus, over against the plain.

14And when Tryphon understood that Simon was risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and that he meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers to him,

15Saying: We have detained thy brother Jonathan for the money that he owed in the king’s account, by reason of the affairs which he had the management of.

16But now send a hundred talents of silver, and his two sons for hostages, that when he is set at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will release him.

17Now Simon knew that he spoke deceitfully to him, nevertheless he ordered the money, and the children to be sent: lest he should bring upon himself a great hatred of the people of Israel, who might have said:

18Because he sent not the money, and the children, therefore is he lost.

19So he sent the children, and the hundred talents: and he lied, and did not let Jonathan go.

20And after this Tryphon entered within the country, to destroy it: and they went about by the way that leadeth to Ador: and Simon and his army marched to every place whithersoever they went.

21And they that were in the castle, sent messengers to Tryphon, that he should make haste to come through the desert, and sent them victuals.

22And Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, and he came not into the country of Galaad.

23And when he approached to Bascama, he slew Jonathan and his sons there.

24And Tryphon returned, and went into his own country.

25And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, in the city of his fathers.

26And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation: and they mourned for him many days.

27And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone behind and before:

28And he set up seven pyramids one against another for his father and his mother, and his four brethren:

29And round about these he set great pillars: and upon the pillars arms for a perpetual memory: and by the arms ships carved, which might be seen by all that sailed on the sea.

30This is the sepulchre that he made in Modin even unto this day.

31But Tryphon when he was upon a journey with the young king Antiochus, treacherously slew him.

32And he reigned in his place, and put on the crown of Asia: and brought great evils upon the land.

33And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses.

34And Simon chose men and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land: for all that Tryphon did was to spoil.

35And king Demetrius in answer to this request, wrote a letter in this manner:

36King Demetrius to Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

37The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king’s chief officers to release you the things that we have released.

38For all that we have decreed in your favour, shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.

39And as for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.

40And if any of you be fit to be enrolled among ours, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.

41In the year one hundred and seventy the yoke of the Gentiles was taken off from Israel.

42And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon the high priest, the great captain and prince of the Jews.

43In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and camped round about it, and he made engines, and set them to the city, and he struck one tower, and took it.

44And they that were within the engine leaped into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city.

45And they that were in the city went up with their wives and children upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.

46And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy.

47And Simon being moved, did not destroy them: but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord.

48And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.

49But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem were hindered from going out and coming into the country, and from buying and selling: and they were straitened with hunger, and many of them perished through famine.

50And they cried to Simon form peace, and he granted it to them: and he cast them out from thence, and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.

51And they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, and psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.

52And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with gladness.

53And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.

54And Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man for war: and he made him captain of all the forces: and he dwelt in Gazara.

1Et audivit Simon quod congregavit Tryphon exercitum copiosum ut veniret in terram Juda, et attereret eam.

2Videns quia in tremore populus est, et in timore, ascendit Jerusalem, et congregavit populum:

3et adhortans dixit: Vos scitis quanta ego, et fratres mei, et domus patris mei, fecimus pro legibus et pro sanctis, prælia, et angustias quales vidimus:

4horum gratia perierunt fratres mei omnes propter Israël, et relictus sum ego solus.

5Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animæ meæ in omni tempore tribulationis: non enim melior sum fratribus meis.

6Vindicabo itaque gentem meam, et sancta, natos quoque nostros, et uxores: quia congregatæ sunt universæ gentes conterere nos inimicitiæ gratia.

7Et accensus est spiritus populi simul ut audivit sermones istos:

8et responderunt voce magna, dicentes: Tu es dux noster loco Judæ, et Jonathæ fratris tui:

9pugna prælium nostrum: et omnia, quæcumque dixeris nobis, faciemus.

10Et congregans omnes viros bellatores, acceleravit consummare universos muros Jerusalem, et munivit eam in gyro.

11Et misit Jonathan filium Absalomi, et cum eo exercitum novum in Joppen, et ejectis his qui erant in ea, remansit illic ipse.

12Et movit Tryphon a Ptolemaida cum exercitu multo, ut veniret in terram Juda, et Jonathas cum eo in custodia.

13Simon autem applicuit in Addus contra faciem campi.

14Et ut cognovit Tryphon quia surrexit Simon loco fratris sui Jonathæ, et quia commissurus esset cum eo prælium, misit ad eum legatos,

15dicens: Pro argento, quod debebat frater tuus Jonathas in ratione regis propter negotia quæ habuit, detinuimus eum.

16Et nunc mitte argenti talenta centum, et duos filios ejus obsides, ut non dimissus fugiat a nobis, et remittemus eum.

17Et cognovit Simon quia cum dolo loqueretur secum: jussit tamen dari argentum et pueros, ne inimicitiam magnam sumeret ad populum Israël, dicentem:

18Quia non misit ei argentum, et pueros, propterea periit.

19Et misit pueros, et centum talenta: et mentitus est, et non dimisit Jonathan.

20Et 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.

21Qui autem in arce erant, miserunt ad Tryphonem legatos, ut festinaret venire per desertum, et mitteret illis alimonias.

22Et paravit Tryphon omnem equitatum, ut veniret illa nocte: erat autem nix multa valde, et non venit in Galaaditim.

23Et cum appropinquasset Bascaman, occidit Jonathan et filios ejus illic.

24Et convertit Tryphon, et abiit in terram suam.

25Et misit Simon, et accepit ossa Jonathæ fratris sui, et sepelivit ea in Modin civitate patrum ejus.

26Et planxerunt eum omnis Israël planctu magno, et luxerunt eum dies multos.

27Et ædificavit Simon super sepulchrum patris sui et fratrum suorum ædificium altum visu, lapide polito retro et ante.

28Et statuit septem pyramidas, unam contra unam, patri et matri, et quatuor fratribus:

29et his circumposuit columnas magnas: et super columnas arma, ad memoriam æternam: et juxta arma naves sculptas, quæ viderentur ab omnibus navigantibus mare:

30hoc est sepulchrum, quod fecit in Modin usque in hunc diem.

31Tryphon autem cum iter faceret cum Antiocho rege adolescente, dolo occidit eum:

32et regnavit loco ejus, et imposuit sibi diadema Asiæ, et fecit plagam magnam in terra.

33Et ædificavit Simon præsidia Judææ, muniens ea turribus excelsis, et muris magnis, et portis, et seris: et posuit alimenta in munitionibus.

34Et elegit Simon viros, et misit ad Demetrium regem ut faceret remissionem regioni: quia actus omnes Tryphonis per direptionem fuerant gesti.

35Et Demetrius rex ad verba ista respondit ei, et scripsit epistolam talem:

36Rex Demetrius Simoni summo sacerdoti et amico regum, et senioribus, et genti Judæorum, salutem.

37Coronam auream, et bahem, quam misistis, suscepimus: et parati sumus facere vobiscum pacem magnam, et scribere præpositis regis remittere vobis quæ indulsimus.

38Quæcumque enim constituimus, vobis constant: munitiones, quas ædificastis, vobis sint:

39remittimus quoque ignorantias et peccata usque in hodiernum diem, et coronam quam debebatis: et si quid aliud erat tributarium in Jerusalem, jam non sit tributarium.

40Et si qui ex vobis apti sunt conscribi inter nostros, conscribantur, et sit inter nos pax.

41Anno centesimo septuagesimo, ablatum est jugum gentium ab Israël.

42Et cœpit populus Israël scribere in tabulis, et gestis publicis, anno primo sub Simone summo sacerdote, magno duce, et principe Judæorum.

43In diebus illis applicuit Simon ad Gazam, et circumdedit eam castris, et fecit machinas, et applicuit ad civitatem, et percussit turrem unam, et comprehendit eam.

44Et eruperant qui erant intra machinam in civitatem, et factus est motus magnus in civitate.

45Et ascenderunt qui erant in civitate cum uxoribus et filiis supra murum, scissis tunicis suis, et clamaverunt voce magna, postulantes a Simone dextras sibi dari,

46et dixerunt: Non nobis reddas secundum malitias nostras, sed secundum misericordias tuas.

47Et 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:

48et ejecta ab ea omni immunditia, collocavit in ea viros qui legem facerent: et munivit eam, et fecit sibi habitationem.

49Qui autem erant in arce Jerusalem, prohibebantur egredi et ingredi regionem, et emere ac vendere: et esurierunt valde, et multi ex eis fame perierunt,

50et clamaverunt ad Simonem ut dextras acciperent: et dedit illis: et ejecit eos inde, et mundavit arcem a contaminationibus:

51et 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.

52Et constituit ut omnibus annis agerentur dies hi cum lætitia.

53Et munivit montem templi, qui erat secus arcem, et habitavit ibi ipse, et qui cum eo erant.

54Et vidit Simon Joannem filium suum, quod fortis prælii vir esset: et posuit eum ducem virtutum universarum: et habitavit in Gazaris.

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

2Seeing that the people were fearful and trembling, he went up to Jerusalem, and he gathered together the people.

3And 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.

4As a result of these things, all my brothers have perished for the sake of Israel, and I have been left alone.

5And now, it is not necessary for me to spare my life in any time of tribulation. For I am not better than my brothers.

6And 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.”

7And the spirit of the people was immediately enkindled, when they heard these words.

8And they responded with a loud voice, saying: “You are our leader in place of Judas and of Jonathan, your brother.

9Fight our battles, and we will do whatever you tell us to do.”

10And so, gathering together all the men of war, he accelerated the completion of all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it all around.

11And 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.

12And Trypho moved from Ptolemais, with a great army, to come into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him in custody.

13But Simon took up a position at Addus, opposite the face of the plains.

14And 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,

15saying: “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.

16And 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.”

17And 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,

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

19So he sent the boys and one hundred talents. And he was lying and did not dismiss Jonathan.

20And 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.

21But 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.

22And Trypho prepared all his horsemen to arrive on that night. But there was a very great snowfall, and he did not come into Gilead.

23And when he approached toward Baskama, he killed Jonathan and his sons there.

24And Trypho turned back and went into his own land.

25And Simon sent and took the bones of Jonathan, his brother, and he buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.

26And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation. And they mourned him for many days.

27And Simon built, over the sepulcher of his father and of his brothers, a building, lofty to see, of polished stone, front and back.

28And he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brothers.

29And 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.

30This is the sepulcher that he made in Modin, even to this day.

31But Trypho, when he was on a journey with the young king, Antiochus, killed him by deceit.

32And he reigned in his place, and he put on the diadem of Asia, and he caused great scourges upon the land.

33And 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.

34And 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.

35And king Demetrius responded to this word, and he wrote a letter in this manner:

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

37The 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.

38For whatever we have established remains in force for you. The strongholds that you have built, let them be yours.

39Likewise, 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.

40And if any of you is fit to be enrolled among our own, let them be enrolled. And let there be peace between us.”

41In the one hundred and seventieth year, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken away from Israel.

42And 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.

43In 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.

44And those who were within the machine broke forth into the city. And a great commotion occurred in the city.

45And 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.

46And they said, “Do not repay us according to our malice, but according to your mercy.”

47And 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.

48And, 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.

49But 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.

50And 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.

51And 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.

52And he established that these days should be kept every year with rejoicing.

53And he fortified the mountain of the temple, which was near the stronghold, and he lived there himself, along with those who were with him.

54And 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.