1.约翰从加萨上去，向他父亲西蒙报告了坚提乌做的一切事。John went up from Gazar′a and reported to Simon his father what Cendebe′us had done.
2.西门叫了他的两个大儿子犹大和约翰来，对他们说：“我和我的兄弟，以及我父亲的家族，从年轻时直到今天，一直为以色列打仗，凡事都顺利，我们多次救了以色列。And Simon called in his two older sons Judas and John, and said to them: “I and my brothers and the house of my father have fought the wars of Israel from our youth until this day, and things have prospered in our hands so that we have delivered Israel many times.
3.但如今我已年纪老迈，你们在祂的怜悯中已渐长成熟，取代我的位置和我兄弟的位置，出去为我们的国家战斗，愿从天上来的帮助与你们同在。But now I have grown old, and you by His mercy are mature in years. Take my place and my brother’s, and go out and fight for our nation, and may the help which comes from Heaven be with you.”
4.约翰从国内挑选了两万名战士和骑兵，他们向坚德比乌进军，晚上在莫底因安营扎寨。So John chose out of the country twenty thousand warriors and horsemen, and they marched against Cendebe′us and camped for the night in Mo′de-in.
5.清早他们起来，向平原进发，忽然有一大队步兵和马兵迎面而来，在他们中间有一条小河。Early in the morning they arose and marched into the plain, and behold, a large force of infantry and horsemen was coming to meet them; and a stream lay between them.
6.于是，他和他的军队面对面地排成阵势。他看见士兵们害怕过不去小河，就先过河；他的士兵看见他，就在他后面过河。Then he and his army lined up against them. And he saw that the soldiers were afraid to cross the stream, so he crossed over first; and when his men saw him, they crossed over after him.
7.于是，他分配军队，将骑兵放在步兵中间，因为敌人的马兵很多。Then he divided the army and placed the horsemen in the midst of the infantry, for the cavalry of the enemy were very numerous.
8.他们吹响号角，肯德比乌和他的军队逃跑了，他们中间有很多人受伤倒地，其余的人逃进了要塞。And they sounded the trumpets, and Cendebe′us and his army were put to flight, and many of them were wounded and fell; the rest fled into the stronghold.
9.那时犹大是约翰的兄弟受了伤，但约翰追赶他们，直到肯德比乌斯到达了他所建造的基德伦。At that time Judas the brother of John was wounded, but John pursued them until Cendebe′us reached Kedron, which he had built.
10.他们也逃到亚杜的郊野的守望楼里，约翰就用火烧了守望楼，约有两千人倒在那里。他平安地回到犹大。They also fled into the towers that were in the fields of Azo′tus, and John burned it with fire, and about two thousand of them fell. And he returned to Judea safely.
11.西蒙和他的儿子被杀现在，亚布布的儿子托勒密已经被任命为耶利哥平原的总督，他拥有很多银子和金子，Murder of Simon and His Sons Now Ptol′emy the son of Abu′bus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold,
12.因为他是大祭司的女婿。for he was son-in-law of the high priest.
13.他的心越发高傲，他决心要控制这个国家，并且阴谋对付西门和他的儿子们，要除掉他们。His heart was lifted up; he determined to get control of the country, and made treacherous plans against Simon and his sons, to do away with them.
14.现在，西蒙正在访问国内的城市并照顾他们的需求，他和他的儿子马太提亚和犹大一起下到耶利哥，这是在一百七十七年，十一月，即示巴特月。Now Simon was visiting the cities of the country and attending to their needs, and he went down to Jericho with Mattathi′as and Judas his sons, in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat.
15.亚布斯的儿子在一个名叫多克的小要塞里以叛逆的方式接待了他们，他在那里建造了这个要塞，他为他们举办了一个盛大的宴会，并在那里隐藏了人。The son of Abu′bus received them treacherously in the little stronghold called Dok, which he had built; he gave them a great banquet, and hid men there.
16.西蒙和他的儿子们醉酒的时候，托勒密和他的手下起来，拿起武器，冲进宴会厅，对准西蒙和他的两个儿子以及一些仆人杀死了他们。When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptol′emy and his men rose up, took their weapons, and rushed in against Simon in the banquet hall, and they killed him and his two sons and some of his servants.
17.于是他行了大逆的行为，以恶报善。So he committed an act of great treachery and returned evil for good.
18.约翰继承西蒙 后，托勒密写了一份关于这些事情的报告并送给了王，请求他派遣军队援助自己，并将这些城市和国家交给自己。John Succeeds Simon Then Ptol′emy wrote a report about these things and sent it to the king, asking him to send troops to aid him and to turn over to him the cities and the country.
19.他派其他人到加沙去除掉约翰，他还派信给各军官，要求他们来见他，以便能给他们银子、金子和礼物；He sent other men to Gazar′a to do away with John; he sent letters to the captains asking them to come to him so that he might give them silver and gold and gifts;
20.他又派遣其他人去占领耶路撒冷和圣殿山。and he sent other men to take possession of Jerusalem and the temple hill.
21.但有人跑在前头，报告给在加撒的约翰，说他父亲和兄弟已经死了，并且“他也派人来杀你”。But some one ran ahead and reported to John at Gazar′a that his father and brothers had perished, and that “he has sent men to kill you also.”
22.他一听见就非常惊骇，于是抓住了来要杀他的那些人，将他们杀死，因为他已经知道他们是要来杀他的。When he heard this, he was greatly shocked; and he seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them, for he had found out that they were seeking to destroy him.
23.约翰其余的事迹和他所争战的战事，以及他所做的勇敢事迹和他所建造的城墙，以及他的功绩，The rest of the acts of John and his wars and the brave deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he built, and his achievements,
24.看哪，他们都写在他作大祭司的历史记载中，从他接续他父亲作大祭司的时候起。behold, they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.