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So
Demetrius sent unto
Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this for thee and thy people, but I will greatly honour thee and thy
nation, if opportunity serve.
Jonathan the high priest, and the elders of the
nation, and the priests, and the other of the Jews, unto the Lacedemonians their brethren send
greeting:
Doubtless I will
avenge my
nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very
malice.
King
Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the elders and
nation of the Jews, sendeth
greeting:
As for the land of
Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his
nation in such wise, as that
evermore his authority and honour pleased them well.
And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country,
At Saramel in the great congregation of the priests, and people, and rulers of the
nation, and elders of the country, were these things
notified unto us.
Forasmuch as
oftentimes there have been wars in the country, wherein for the maintenance of their sanctuary, and the law, Simon the son of Mattathias, of the
posterity of Jarib, together with his brethren, put themselves in
jeopardy, and resisting the enemies of their
nation did their
nation great honour:
(For after that
Jonathan, having gathered his
nation together, and been their high priest, was added to his people,
At which time Simon rose up, and fought for his
nation, and spent much of his own substance, and armed the
valiant men of his
nation and gave them wages,
The people therefore
sang the acts of Simon, and unto what glory he thought to bring his
nation, made him their governor and chief priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept to his
nation, and for that he sought by all means to
exalt his people.
The contents
whereof were these: King
Antiochus to Simon the high priest and prince of his
nation, and to the people of the Jews,
greeting:
Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy
nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.
But now I am old, and ye, by God’s mercy, are of a sufficient age: be ye instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.
Thus was he bold to call him a
traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and tendered his own
nation, and was so
zealous of the laws.
Which when the king had granted, and he had
gotten into his hand the rule he
forthwith brought his own
nation to
Greekish fashion.
For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of other
nations, took great
indignation, and were much
grieved for the unjust murder of the man.
But
Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own
nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.
And therefore the place itself, that was
partaker with them of the
adversity that happened to the
nation, did afterward communicate in the benefits sent from the Lord: and as it was
forsaken in the wrath of the
Almighty, so again, the great Lord being
reconciled, it was set up with all glory.
And he left governors to
vex the
nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a
Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;
Now I
beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these
calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a
chastening of our
nation.
For not as with other
nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to
punish, till they be come to the
fulness of their sins, so dealeth he with us,
And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a
memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his
nation.
Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou
wilt; yet think not that our
nation is
forsaken of God;
But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers,
beseeching God that he would speedily be
merciful unto our
nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest
confess, that he alone is God;
And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the
Almighty, which is justly brought upon our
nation, may cease.
Then
forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all
nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also
Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
When that was done, they fell flat down, and
besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they
sinned any more against him, that he himself would
chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the
blasphemous and barbarous
nations.
They ordained also by a common statute and decree, That every year those days should be kept of the whole nation of the Jews.
Wherefore our mind is, that this nation shall be in rest, and we have determined to restore them their temple, that they may live according to the customs of their forefathers.
And the letter of the king unto the
nation of the Jews was after this manner: King
Antiochus sendeth
greeting unto the council, and the rest of the Jews:
And after he had put to flight and destroyed them,
Judas removed the host toward Ephron, a strong city, wherein
Lysias abode, and a great multitude of
divers nations, and the strong young men kept the walls, and defended them
mightily: wherein also was great provision of engines and darts.
And that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the
blasphemous nations.
First,
verily for the
unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the king; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own countrymen: for all our
nation is in no small misery through the
unadvised dealing of them aforersaid.
Wherefore, O king, seeing knowest all these things, be careful for the country, and our
nation, which is pressed on every side, according to the
clemency that thou readily shewest unto all.
After these words he departed. Then the priests lifted up their hands toward heaven, and
besought him that was ever a defender of their
nation, saying in this manner;
So when he was there, and called them of his nation together, and set the priests before the altar, he sent for them that were of the tower,