1 καὶ ἤκουσεν Δημήτριος ὅτι ἔπεσεν Νικάνωρ καὶ ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ τὸν Βακχίδην καὶ τὸν Ἄλκιμον ἐκ δευτέρου εἰς γῆν Ιουδα καὶ τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας μετ' αὐτῶν 2 καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδὸν τὴν εἰς Γαλγαλα καὶ ἐπὶ Μαισαλωθ τὴν ἐν Αρβηλοις καὶ αὐτὴν καὶ ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων πολλάς 3 καὶ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου ἔτους τοῦ δευτέρου καὶ πεντηκοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ ἐπὶ Ιερουσαλημ 4 καὶ καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς Βερεαν ἐν εἴκοσι χιλιάσιν ἀνδρῶν καὶ δισχιλίᾳ ἵππῳ 5 καὶ Ιουδας ἦν ἐν Ελασα καὶ τρισχίλιοι ἄνδρες μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐκλεκτοί 6 καὶ εἶδον τὸ πλῆθος τῶν δυνάμεων ὅτι πολλοί εἰσιν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα καὶ πολλοὶ ἀπὸ τῆς παρεμβολῆς οὐ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀλλ' ἢ ὀκτακόσιοι ἄνδρες 7 καὶ εἶδεν Ιουδας ὅτι ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ πόλεμος ἔθλιβεν αὐτόν καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ ὅτι οὐκ εἶχεν καιρὸν αὐτούς 8 καὶ καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους ἡμῶν ἐὰν ἄρα δυνώμεθα πολεμῆσαι πρὸς αὐτούς 9 καὶ αὐτὸν λέγοντες οὐ μὴ δυνώμεθα ἀλλ' ἢ σῴζωμεν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχὰς τὸ νῦν καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν καὶ πολεμήσωμεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἡμεῖς δὲ ὀλίγοι 10 καὶ εἶπεν Ιουδας μὴ γένοιτο ποιῆσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο φυγεῖν ἀπ' αὐτῶν καὶ εἰ ἤγγικεν ὁ καιρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἐν ἀνδρείᾳ χάριν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν καὶ μὴ αἰτίαν τῇ δόξῃ ἡμῶν 11 καὶ ἡ δύναμις ἀπὸ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἔστησαν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμερίσθη ἡ ἵππος εἰς δύο μέρη καὶ οἱ σφενδονῆται καὶ οἱ τοξόται τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ οἱ πρωταγωνισταὶ πάντες οἱ δυνατοί Βακχίδης δὲ ἦν ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ κέρατι 12 καὶ ἤγγισεν ἡ φάλαγξ ἐκ τῶν δύο μερῶν καὶ ἐφώνουν ταῖς σάλπιγξιν καὶ ἐσάλπισαν οἱ παρὰ Ιουδου καὶ αὐτοὶ ταῖς σάλπιγξιν 13 καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν παρεμβολῶν καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ πόλεμος ἀπὸ πρωίθεν ἕως ἑσπέρας 14 καὶ εἶδεν Ιουδας ὅτι Βακχίδης καὶ τὸ στερέωμα τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς καὶ αὐτῷ πάντες οἱ εὔψυχοι τῇ καρδίᾳ 15 καὶ τὸ δεξιὸν μέρος ἀπ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἐδίωκεν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἕως Αζωτου ὄρους 16 καὶ οἱ εἰς τὸ ἀριστερὸν κέρας εἶδον ὅτι τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας καὶ κατὰ πόδας Ιουδου καὶ τῶν μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν 17 καὶ ἐβαρύνθη ὁ πόλεμος καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι πολλοὶ ἐκ τούτων καὶ ἐκ τούτων 18 καὶ Ιουδας ἔπεσεν καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἔφυγον 19 καὶ ἦρεν Ιωναθαν καὶ Σιμων Ιουδαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν Μωδεϊν 20 καὶ ἔκλαυσαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτὸν πᾶς Ισραηλ κοπετὸν μέγαν καὶ ἐπένθουν ἡμέρας πολλὰς καὶ εἶπον 21 πῶς ἔπεσεν δυνατὸς σῴζων τὸν Ισραηλ 22 καὶ τὰ περισσὰ τῶν λόγων Ιουδου καὶ τῶν πολέμων καὶ τῶν ἀνδραγαθιῶν ὧν ἐποίησεν καὶ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ οὐ πολλὰ γὰρ ἦν σφόδρα 23 καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Ιουδου οἱ ἄνομοι ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ὁρίοις Ισραηλ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀδικίαν 24 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐγενήθη λιμὸς μέγας σφόδρα καὶ αὐτομόλησεν ἡ χώρα μετ' αὐτῶν 25 καὶ Βακχίδης τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς ἄνδρας καὶ αὐτοὺς κυρίους τῆς χώρας 26 καὶ καὶ ἠρεύνων τοὺς φίλους Ιουδου καὶ ἦγον αὐτοὺς πρὸς Βακχίδην καὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ αὐτοῖς 27 καὶ ἐγένετο θλῖψις μεγάλη ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ ἥτις οὐκ ἐγένετο ἀφ' ἧς ἡμέρας οὐκ ὤφθη προφήτης αὐτοῖς 28 καὶ ἠθροίσθησαν πάντες οἱ φίλοι Ιουδου καὶ εἶπον τῷ Ιωναθαν 29 ἀφ' οὗ ὁ ἀδελφός σου Ιουδας τετελεύτηκεν καὶ ἀνὴρ ὅμοιος αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς καὶ Βακχίδην καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐχθραίνουσιν τοῦ ἔθνους ἡμῶν 30 νῦν οὖν σὲ ᾑρετισάμεθα σήμερον τοῦ εἶναι ἀντ' αὐτοῦ ἡμῖν εἰς ἄρχοντα καὶ ἡγούμενον τοῦ πολεμῆσαι τὸν πόλεμον ἡμῶν 31 καὶ Ιωναθαν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ τὴν ἥγησιν καὶ ἀντὶ Ιουδου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ 32 καὶ ἔγνω Βακχίδης καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτὸν 33 καὶ ἔγνω Ιωναθαν καὶ Σιμων ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφυγον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Θεκωε καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ λάκκου Ασφαρ 34 καὶ ἔγνω Βακχίδης τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων καὶ ἦλθεν αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶν τὸ στράτευμα αὐτοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου 35 καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἡγούμενον τοῦ ὄχλου καὶ τοὺς Ναβαταίους φίλους αὐτοῦ τοῦ αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτῶν τὴν πολλήν 36 καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ιαμβρι οἱ ἐκ Μηδαβα καὶ Ιωαννην καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν καὶ ἔχοντες 37 μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους Ιωναθαν καὶ Σιμωνι τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ὅτι υἱοὶ Ιαμβρι ποιοῦσιν γάμον μέγαν καὶ ἄγουσιν τὴν νύμφην ἀπὸ Ναδαβαθ θυγατέρα ἑνὸς τῶν μεγάλων μεγιστάνων Χανααν μετὰ παραπομπῆς μεγάλης 38 καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν τοῦ αἵματος Ιωαννου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ὑπὸ τὴν σκέπην τοῦ ὄρους 39 καὶ ἦραν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ θροῦς καὶ ἀποσκευὴ πολλή καὶ ὁ νυμφίος καὶ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῶν μετὰ τυμπάνων καὶ μουσικῶν καὶ ὅπλων πολλῶν 40 καὶ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐνέδρου καὶ αὐτούς καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι πολλοί καὶ οἱ ἐπίλοιποι ἔφυγον εἰς τὸ ὄρος καὶ ἔλαβον πάντα τὰ σκῦλα αὐτῶν 41 καὶ ὁ γάμος εἰς πένθος καὶ φωνὴ μουσικῶν αὐτῶν εἰς θρῆνον 42 καὶ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αἵματος ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὸ ἕλος τοῦ Ιορδάνου 43 καὶ ἤκουσεν Βακχίδης καὶ ἦλθεν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἕως τῶν κρηπίδων τοῦ Ιορδάνου ἐν δυνάμει πολλῇ 44 καὶ εἶπεν Ιωναθαν τοῖς παρ' αὐτοῦ δὴ καὶ πολεμήσωμεν περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν οὐ γάρ ἐστιν σήμερον ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν 45 ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ πόλεμος ἐξ ἐναντίας καὶ ἐξόπισθεν ἡμῶν τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ τοῦ Ιορδάνου ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν καὶ ἕλος καὶ δρυμός οὐκ ἔστιν τόπος τοῦ 46 νῦν οὖν κεκράξατε εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν ὅπως ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν 47 καὶ ὁ πόλεμος καὶ Ιωναθαν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ πατάξαι τὸν Βακχίδην καὶ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω 48 καὶ Ιωναθαν καὶ οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν Ιορδάνην καὶ εἰς τὸ πέραν καὶ οὐ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τὸν Ιορδάνην 49 ἔπεσον δὲ παρὰ Βακχίδου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ εἰς χιλίους ἄνδρας 50 καὶ εἰς Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν πόλεις ὀχυρὰς ἐν τῇ Ιουδαίᾳ τὸ ὀχύρωμα τὸ ἐν Ιεριχω καὶ τὴν Αμμαους καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρων καὶ τὴν Βαιθηλ καὶ τὴν Θαμναθα Φαραθων καὶ τὴν Τεφων ἐν τείχεσιν ὑψηλοῖς καὶ πύλαις καὶ μοχλοῖς 51 καὶ ἔθετο φρουρὰν ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἐχθραίνειν τῷ Ισραηλ 52 καὶ ὠχύρωσεν τὴν πόλιν τὴν Βαιθσουραν καὶ Γαζαρα καὶ τὴν ἄκραν καὶ ἔθετο ἐν αὐταῖς δυνάμεις καὶ παραθέσεις βρωμάτων 53 καὶ ἔλαβεν τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἡγουμένων τῆς χώρας ὅμηρα καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ ἐν φυλακῇ 54 καὶ ἐν ἔτει τρίτῳ καὶ πεντηκοστῷ καὶ ἑκατοστῷ τῷ μηνὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ Ἄλκιμος τὸ τεῖχος τῆς αὐλῆς τῶν ἁγίων τῆς ἐσωτέρας καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τοῦ 55 ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἐπλήγη Ἄλκιμος καὶ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἔτι λαλῆσαι λόγον καὶ περὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ 56 καὶ Ἄλκιμος ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ μετὰ βασάνου μεγάλης 57 καὶ εἶδεν Βακχίδης ὅτι Ἄλκιμος καὶ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ Ιουδα ἔτη δύο 58 καὶ ἐβουλεύσαντο πάντες οἱ ἄνομοι λέγοντες ἰδοὺ Ιωναθαν καὶ οἱ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ πεποιθότες νῦν οὖν τὸν Βακχίδην καὶ αὐτοὺς πάντας ἐν νυκτὶ μιᾷ 59 καὶ πορευθέντες αὐτῷ 60 καὶ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ λάθρᾳ ἐπιστολὰς πᾶσιν τοῖς συμμάχοις αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἐν τῇ Ιουδαίᾳ ὅπως τὸν Ιωναθαν καὶ τοὺς μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο ὅτι ἐγνώσθη ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν 61 καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς χώρας τῶν ἀρχηγῶν τῆς κακίας εἰς πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας καὶ αὐτούς 62 καὶ Ιωναθαν καὶ Σιμων καὶ οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ εἰς Βαιθβασι τὴν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν τὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐστερέωσαν αὐτήν 63 καὶ ἔγνω Βακχίδης καὶ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ τῆς Ιουδαίας 64 καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐπὶ Βαιθβασι καὶ ἐπολέμησεν αὐτὴν ἡμέρας πολλὰς καὶ ἐποίησεν μηχανάς 65 καὶ Ιωναθαν Σιμωνα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ εἰς τὴν χώραν καὶ ἦλθεν ἐν ἀριθμῷ 66 καὶ ἐπάταξεν Οδομηρα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Φασιρων ἐν τῷ σκηνώματι αὐτῶν καὶ ἤρξαντο τύπτειν καὶ ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν 67 καὶ Σιμων καὶ οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ τὰς μηχανάς 68 καὶ ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς τὸν Βακχίδην καὶ ὑπ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἔθλιβον αὐτὸν σφόδρα ὅτι ἦν ἡ βουλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἔφοδος αὐτοῦ κενή 69 καὶ ὠργίσθη ἐν θυμῷ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τοῖς ἀνόμοις τοῖς αὐτῷ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν χώραν καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν πολλοὺς καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο τοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ 70 καὶ Ιωναθαν καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν πρέσβεις τοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰρήνην καὶ αὐτοῖς τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν 71 καὶ καὶ ἐποίησεν κατὰ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ μὴ αὐτῷ κακὸν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ 72 καὶ αὐτῷ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἣν ᾐχμαλώτευσεν τὸ πρότερον ἐκ γῆς Ιουδα καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ ἔτι ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν 73 καὶ ῤομφαία ἐξ Ισραηλ καὶ ᾤκησεν Ιωναθαν ἐν Μαχμας καὶ ἤρξατο Ιωναθαν κρίνειν τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ Ισραηλ