1.门拉俄被处死 在一百四十九年，有消息传到犹大和他的战士那里，说安提阿哥·厄庇法涅将带着一支强大的军队来攻击犹太。Menelaus Is Put to Death In the one hundred and forty-ninth year word came to Judas and his men that Anti′ochus Eu′pator was coming with a great army against Judea,
2.和他一起的还有他的监护人利西亚斯，负责管理政府事务。他们每人都有一支希腊军队，包括步兵十一万人，骑兵五千三百人，战象二十二头，装有刀锋的战车三百辆。and with him Lys′ias, his guardian, who had charge of the government. Each of them had a Greek force of one hundred and ten thousand infantry, five thousand three hundred cavalry, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with scythes.
3.米拿肋也加入他们，装出极其虚伪的样子催促安提阿古，不是为国家的利益着想，而是因为他想保住自己的官位。Menela′us also joined them and with utter hypocrisy urged Anti′ochus on, not for the sake of his country’s welfare, but because he thought that he would be established in office.
4.但万王之王激怒安提阿古对付这坏人，当利西亚告诉他这人是所有麻烦的原因时，他命令他们带他到别鲁亚，并用当地的习俗把他处死。But the King of kings aroused the anger of Anti′ochus against the scoundrel; and when Lys′ias informed him that this man was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered them to take him to Beroe′a and to put him to death by the method which is the custom in that place.
5.因为在那里有一座五十肘高的塔，里面充满了灰尘，塔的周围有一圈边缘，四面都险峻地向灰尘倾斜。For there is a tower in that place, fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it has a rim running around it which on all sides inclines precipitously into the ashes.
6.他们都将亵渎神灵或犯有其他滔天罪行的人推向毁灭。There they all push to destruction any man guilty of sacrilege or notorious for other crimes.
7.由于这样的命运，违法者梅拿拉俄斯死去，甚至没有被埋葬在地上。By such a fate it came about that Menela′us the lawbreaker died, without even burial in the earth.
8.这是极其公正的，因为他曾经对圣坛的火和灰犯下了许多罪行，最终死在灰烬中。And this was eminently just; because he had committed many sins against the altar whose fire and ashes were holy, he met his death in ashes.
9.摩底因城附近的一场战役 国王带着野蛮的傲慢来向犹太人展示比他父亲时代所做的更糟糕的事情。A Battle Near the City of Modein The king with barbarous arrogance was coming to show to the Jews things far worse than those that had been done in his father’s time.
10.但犹大听说这件事以后，就吩咐百姓日夜呼求主，若不是现在便是永远，求主帮助那些快要失去法律、国土和圣殿的人。But when Judas heard of this, he ordered the people to call upon the Lord day and night, now if ever to help those who were on the point of being deprived of the law and their country and the holy temple,
11.也不要让刚刚开始复兴的人落在亵渎神的外邦人手中。and not to let the people who had just begun to revive fall into the hands of the blasphemous Gentiles.
12.他们一同祈祷，哭泣、禁食、连续三天昼夜不停地俯伏在地，恳求仁慈的主，犹大鼓励他们并命令他们做好准备。When they had all joined in the same petition and had besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting and lying prostrate for three days without ceasing, Judas exhorted them and ordered them to stand ready.
13.他与长老们私下商议后，决定在王的军队进入犹大并占领城市之前，依靠上帝的帮助，亲自出马解决此事。After consulting privately with the elders, he determined to march out and decide the matter by the help of God before the king’s army could enter Judea and get possession of the city.
14.于是，他将决定交给世界的造物主，并鼓励他的士兵为法律、圣殿、城市、国家和共同体而英勇战斗至死，他在莫迪恩附近扎营。So, committing the decision to the Creator of the world and exhorting his men to fight nobly to the death for the laws, temple, city, country, and commonwealth, he pitched his camp near Mo′de-in.
15.他给士兵们的口令是“上帝的胜利”，然后带领一批挑选出的最勇敢的年轻人，夜袭王的营帐，杀死了军营中的两千多人，他刺死了头领大象和骑手。He gave his men the watchword, “God’s victory,” and with a picked force of the bravest young men, he attacked the king’s pavilion at night and slew as many as two thousand men in the camp. He stabbed the leading elephant and its rider.
16.最后他们使整个军营陷入恐惧和混乱之中，然后凯旋撤退。In the end they filled the camp with terror and confusion and withdrew in triumph.
17.这一切发生在黎明时分，因为上帝的帮助保护了他。This happened, just as day was dawning, because the Lord’s help protected him.
18.安条克与犹太人缔约 国王曾经领教过犹太人的大胆，于是尝试使用策略来攻击他们的阵地。Antiochus Makes a Treaty with the Jews The king, having had a taste of the daring of the Jews, tried strategy in attacking their positions.
19.他向犹太人坚固的要塞伯祖尔进攻，遭到反击，重新发起攻击，但最终被击败。He advanced against Beth-zur, a strong fortress of the Jews, was turned back, attacked again, and was defeated.
20.犹大将所需之物送入驻军中。Judas sent in to the garrison whatever was necessary.
21.但有一个犹太人罗多古斯向敌人泄露了秘密，他被追捕，抓住并被投入监狱。But Rhod′ocus, a man from the ranks of the Jews, gave secret information to the enemy; he was sought for, caught, and put in prison.
22.王与伯利恒的民第二次讲和，许下誓言，接受他们的誓言，然后撤退，攻击犹大和他的军队，却被打败；The king negotiated a second time with the people in Beth-zur, gave pledges, received theirs, withdrew, attacked Judas and his men, was defeated;
23.他得知被留下来管理政府的腓力在安提阿发动了叛乱，他感到沮丧，召集了犹太人，屈服并发誓要遵守他们所有的权利，与他们达成协议，并献祭，尊敬圣所，并对圣地表示慷慨。he got word that Philip, who had been left in charge of the government, had revolted in Antioch; he was dismayed, called in the Jews, yielded and swore to observe all their rights, settled with them and offered sacrifice, honored the sanctuary and showed generosity to the holy place.
24.他接纳了马加比，任命黑戈尼德从托勒密城到基拉耳担任总督，He received Maccabe′us, left Hegemon′ides as governor from Ptolema′is to Gerar,
25.他们便往普托勒迈去。普托勒迈的人民因这份盟约而愤怒，事实上他们非常愤怒，以至于他们想废除它的条款。and went to Ptolema′is. The people of Ptolema′is were indignant over the treaty; in fact they were so angry that they wanted to annul its terms.
26.吕西亚斯登上讲台，尽力为自己辩护，说服了他们，安抚了他们，获得了他们的好感，然后前往安提阿。这就是王的进攻和撤退的结果。Lys′ias took the public platform, made the best possible defense, convinced them, appeased them, gained their good will, and set out for Antioch. This is how the king’s attack and withdrawal turned out.