1 Maccabees, 16

1. And so, John came up from Gazara, and he reported to Simon, his father, what Cendebeus had done against their people.

1. Ivan uzaðe iz Gezera i javi svom ocu Šimunu što radi Kendebej.

2. And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and he said to them: “I and my brothers, and my father’s house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth, even to this day. And this work has prospered in our hands, so that we have delivered Israel several times.

2. Šimun tada dozva svoja dva najstarija sina, Judu i Ivana, i reèe im: "Moja braæa i ja, i moj oèinski dom, vojevali smo protiv Izraelovih neprijatelja od mladosti do današnjeg dana i uspjeli smo više puta izbaviti Izraela.

3. And now that I am old, you must act in place of me and my brothers, and go out to fight for our nation. Truly, may the help of heaven be with you.”

3. Sad sam ja ostario, a vi ste se po Milosti dohvatili snage: stanite, dakle, na moje mjesto i na mjesto mog brata! Idite i borite se za naš narod, i nebeska pomoæ neka bude s vama!"

4. Then he chose from the region twenty thousand men of warfare, and horsemen; and they started out toward Cendebeus. And they rested in Modin.

4. Tada izabra u zemlji dvadeset tisuæa pješaka i konjanike te odoše na Kendebeja. Prenoæili su u Modinu.

5. And they rose up in the morning and went out into the plains. And behold, an abundant army of foot soldiers and horsemen was there to meet them, and there was a river flowing between them.

5. Uranivši ujutro, krenuli su u ravnicu, i gle, ide na njih velika vojska, pješaci i konjanici. Meðu njima bijaše potok.

6. And he and his people moved their camp opposite their face, and he saw the trepidation of the people to cross over the river, and so he crossed over first. And seeing him, the men also crossed after him.

6. Ivan sa svojim ljudima zauze položaj nasuprot neprijateljima. A kad je vidio da se narod boji prijeæi preko potoka, sam prijeðe prvi. Ljudi, videæi ga, prijeðoše za njim.

7. And he divided the people and the horsemen into the midst of the foot soldiers. But the horsemen of the adversary were exceedingly numerous.

7. Razdijelio je vojsku i konjanike pomiješao meðu pješake, jer je neprijateljskih konjanika bilo vrlo mnogo.

8. And they sounded the holy trumpets. And Cendebeus and his army were turned back. And many of them fell wounded. But the rest fled into the fortress.

8. Odjeknuše trube. Kendebej sa svojom vojskom pobježe. Mnogi su poginuli, a oni koji su se spasili pobjegoše put tvrðave.

9. Then Judas, the brother of John, was wounded. But John pursued them, until he came to Kedron, which he had built.

9. Tada bi ranjen Ivanov brat Juda. Ivan ih je pak gonio dok Kendebej nije stigao do Kedrona, što ga je sam utvrdio.

10. And they fled all the way to the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned to Judea in peace.

10. Pobijeðeni su utekli do kula u poljima Azota, a pobjednik ih zapali. Od njih pade oko dvije tisuæe ljudi. Ivan se mirno vratio u Judeju.

11. Now Ptolemy, the son of Abubus, was appointed commander over the plain of Jericho, and he held much silver and gold.

11. Abubov sin Ptolemej postavljen je upraviteljem u jerihonskoj ravnici. Imao je mnogo srebra i zlata,

12. For he was the son-in-law of the high priest.

12. jer je bio zet velikog sveæenika.

13. And his heart was exalted, and he wanted to obtain the region, and he devised treachery against Simon and his sons, so as to destroy them.

13. Njegovo se srce uzoholilo. Naumio je da zavlada zemljom i stvarao je vjerolomne osnove protiv Šimuna i njegovih sinova.

14. Now when Simon was traveling through the cities that were in the region of Judea, and acting with concern for them, he went down to Jericho, he and Mattathias and Judas, his sons, in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month; this is the month of Shevat.

14. Šimun je obilazio gradove u zemlji nadziruæi ih i brinuæi se za upravu. Tako je došao u Jerihon sa svojim sinovima Matatijom i Judom godine sto sedamdeset i sedme, jedanaestog mjeseca, a to je mjesec Sabat.

15. And the son of Abubus received them, with deceitfulness, into a little fortress, which is called Dok, that he had built. And he made them a great feast, and he hid men there.

15. Abubov ih sin prijevarom namami u tvrðavicu zvanu Dok, koju je on i sagradio. Pripravio im je veliku gozbu, ali je ondje sakrio ljude.

16. And when Simon and his sons became inebriated, Ptolemy and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and entered into the gathering. And they killed him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.

16. Kad se Šimun sa svojim sinovima napio, ustao je Ptolemej sa svojim ljudima, uzeo oružje, navalio na Šimuna u blagovalištu i ubio njega, njegove sinove i neke od njihove posluge.

17. And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and he repaid good with evil.

17. Tako je poèinio veliku nevjeru, dobro uzvratio zlom.

18. And Ptolemy wrote about these things, and he sent to the king, so that he would send him an army to assist him, and he could deliver to him the region, and their cities and tributes.

18. Ptolemej je o tom pismeno obavijestio kralja da mu pošalje u pomoæ èete i preda mu gradove i zemlju.

19. And he sent others to Gazara to destroy John. And he sent letters to the tribunes to come to him, and he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.

19. Druge je poslao u Gezer da maknu Ivana te je pismeno naložio zapovjednicima vojske da doðu k njemu da im dade srebra, zlata i darova.

20. And he sent others to occupy Jerusalem and the mountain of the temple.

20. Ostale je poslao da zauzmu Jeruzalem i hramsku goru.

21. Now a certain one, running ahead, reported to John in Gazara, that his father and his brothers perished, and that “he sent to kill you also.”

21. Ali je netko potrèao naprijed i Ivanu u Gezeru javio da su mu poginuli otac i braæa. Dodao je: "I poslao je nekoga da ubije i tebe."

22. But when he heard it, he was very afraid, and he apprehended the men who came to destroy him, and he killed them. For he knew that they sought to destroy him.

22. Na tu se vijest Ivan razgnjevi. Uhvatio je ljude koji su došli da ga ubiju te ih je pogubio, jer je znao da ga žele ubiti.

23. And the rest of the stories about John, and his wars, and the virtuous deeds that he performed with fortitude, and the building of the walls that he raised, and the things that he did,

23. Ostala Ivanova djela, njegovi ratovi i junaštva što ih je izvršio, bedemi koje je sagradio i ostali njegovi pothvati,

24. behold, these have been written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time that he became high priest, after his father.

24. sve je to zapisano u Ljetopisima njegova vrhovnog sveæeništva, od dana kada je poslije svog oca postao velikim sveæenikom.