## The Book of Maccabees II Chapter 1

###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:1
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:1)

היהודים אשר בירושלים ובארץ יהודה לאחיהם היהודים במצרים שלום וישע רב!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
...The Jews in Jerusalem and in the land of Judah to their Jewish brethren in Egypt, peace and salvation!


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:2
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:2)

ה' אלוהים יברך אתכם, ויזכור לכם את בריתו את אברהם ואת יצחק ואת יעקב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
God bless you, and remember you his covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:3
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:3)

ויתן לכם לב שלם ליראה אותו ולעבדו בכל לבבכם ובכל נפשכם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And give you a whole heart to fear him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:4
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:4)

יפתח ה' לבבכם להגות בתורתו ולשמור מצוותיו, ויתן לכם ברכה ושלום.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
God will open your hearts to reflect on His Torah and keep His commandments, and will give you a blessing and peace.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:5
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:5)

לו ישמע ה' את תפילתכם וירחם עליכם, ומכל צרה יפלט נפשכם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If only The Lord will listen to your prayers and be merciful to you, and from hardship He will save your lives.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:6
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:6)

זאת תפילתנו בעדכם כל הימים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This is our prayer to You for all time.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:7
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:7)

בשנת תשע ושישים ומאה, עת מלך מלך דימטריוס, כתבנו לכם את כל הצרות אשר עברו על נפשנו, בבגוד ישוע ועדתו בארץ הקדושה ויפשעו בממלכות יהודה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
In the year 169, the time of the reign of King Demetrius, we wrote to you concerning all the hardship that came upon us, with the betrayal of Yeshua and his cohorts in the the holy land, they sinned in the kingdom of Judah.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:8
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:8)

ויציתו את שער החצר באש וישפכו דם נקי בארץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
They set ablaze the gate to the courtyard. They spilled innocent blood in the land.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:9
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:9)

ונתפלל את ה' אלוהינו ויקשב לקולנו, ונקרב לו קורבן וסולת למנחה, נעלה נרות וניתן את לחם הפנים על שולחן ה'.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
We prayed to The Lord our God and he headed our voice. We offered sacrifices and fine flour for the Mincha offering. We lit the lamps, and placed the show-bread on the table of The Lord.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:10
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:10)

ושאלנו מכם לחוג עמנו את חנוכת המזבח בירח כסלו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
We requested of you to celebrate the dedication of the altar with us during the month of Kislev.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:11
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:11)

ויהי בשנת מאה שמונים ושמונה, וישובו ויכתבו להם את הדברים האלה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It was in the year 188, They returned and they wrote for them these words.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:12
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:12)

אנשי יהודה וירושלים והזקנים, לאריסטובלוס אומֵן המלך תלמי ממטה הכוהנים המשוחים, וליהודים אשר במצרים, שלום וישע.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
[From the] People of Judah and Jerusalem and the elders, to Aristobulos, ?Secretary?(Meaning of word uncertain) of Ptolemy the king, from the tribe of the anointed priests, and to the Jews of Egypt, Peace and Salvation.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:13
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:13)

הננו מברכים את ה' אלוהינו אשר הציל את נפשנו מצרה גדולה להתייצב לפני מלך אדיר ונורא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
We are blessing The Lord our God who saved our lives from great distress [so that we would be able] to stand before the mighty and awesome king.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:14
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:14)

כי הוריש ה' את אויבינו מעירנו הקדושה, ויפיצם בגבולי ארץ פרס.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
For The Lord has removed our enemies from our holy city, He scattered them into the borders of Persia.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:15
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:15)

והמלך עם חילו הגדול והעצום נהרגו בבית נאניה בעקבות כוהניה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And the king with his great and mighty army were killed at the house of Naniah following her priests.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:16
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:16)

כי בבואו אנטיוכוס עם להקת מרעיו אל בית נאניה, ויתלוצץ לקחת אותה לו לאשה, למען החזיק באוצרותיה כמוהר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
For when Antiochus brought ?an army to gather his vassals?(Meaning of words uncertain) to the house of Naniah, he joked to take her as a wife in order to take her treasure houses as a dowry.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:17
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:17)

ויהי כאשר הביאו כוהני נאניה את האוצר, והמלך ואנשיו הלכו אל הבית פנימה לראותו, ויסגרו הכוהנים את דלתי הבית מאחריהם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It was as the priests of Naniah brought him to the treasure house, the king and his men went into the inner chamber to see it, the priests closed the doors of the chamber behind them.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:18
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:18)

ויפתחו דלת נסתרה, ויסקלו אותו וכל אשר עמו באבנים וימותו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
They opened a hidden door, and they stoned him and everyone with him with stones and they died.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:19
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:19)

ויכרתו את ראשם ויגזרו אתם לגזרים, וישליכום החוצה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
They cut off their heads, they cut them up into pieces, and they threw them outside.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:20
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:20)

הודות והלל לה' כי הכרית את הרשעים מן הארץ ואינם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Thanks and praise to The Lord, for he has cut off the wicked from the land. They are no more.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:21
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:21)

ועתה כי יש את נפשנו לחוג את יום חנוכת המזבח בעשרים וחמש לחודש כסלו. לא חדלנו מהודיע אתכם לחוג אותו עמנו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And now we desire to celebrate the day of the dedication of the altar on the 25th of the month of Kislev. We did not refrain from notifying you to celebrate it with us.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:22
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:22)

וחגותם אותו כימי חג הסוכות, וכיום אשר מצא בו נחמיה את אש הקודש בשובו לבנות את המקדש ואת המזבח, ויקרב עליו עולות וזבחים לאלוהים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
You will celebrate it like the days of the festival of Sukkot, and like the day on which Nehemiah found the holy fire upon his return to build the Temple and the altar. He offered on it burnt offerings and sacrifices to God.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:23
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:23)

כי כאשר הוגלו אבותינו ארצה פרס, לקחו הכוהנים הקדושים את האש בסתר מעל המזבח, ויטמנו אותה בשוחה עמוקה ויבשה לשומרה, ולא ידע איש את מקומה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
For when our forefathers were exiled to Persia, the holy priests secretly took the fire from upon the altar, and they hid it in a deep and dry pit to preserve it. No man knew its location.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:24
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:24)

ויהי מקץ ימים רבים, בנטות ה' את חסדו עלינו, והמלך שלח את נחמיה ירושלימה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It was at the end of many days, when the Lord pitched his kindness upon us, and the king sent Nehemiah to Jerusalem.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:25
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:25)

ויקח מבני הכוהנים אשר טמנו את האש, וישלחם לבקְשה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
He took descendants of the priests who hid the fire, and he sent them to search for it.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:26
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:26)

אולם כאשר הוגד לנו לא מצאו את האש, כי אם מים קפואים מצאו תחתיה, ויצו נחמיה לשאוב את המים ולהביאם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
But when it was told to us that they didn't find the fire, rather frozen water beneath it, Nehemiah commanded [them] to draw the water and to bring it.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:27
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:27)

ויהי בהקריבם את קורבן ה', ויצו אותם לזרוק מן המים על העצים ועל הקורבן אשר על המזבח, ויעשו כן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It was when they were offering the sacrifice of the Lord, he commanded them to throw the water on the wood and on the sacrifice that was on the altar. They did so.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:28
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:28)

אחרי כלותם, והשמש יצאה על הארץ, והעבים נפוצו, והנה אש אלוקים מתלקחת בקורבן, וישתומם כל העם מסביב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
After they finished [pouring the water], the sun came out over the land, and the clouds scattered. Behold a fire of God engulfed the sacrifice! The entire crowd around was awe struck.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:29
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:29)

ויפלו הכוהנים וכל העם וישתחוו, עד כי אוּכל הקורבן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The priests and the people fell and they prostrated, until the sacrifice was consumed.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:30
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:30)

ויתפלל יונתן אל ה', ונחמיה וכל העם ענו אחריו ויאמרו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Jonathan prayed to the Lord, and Nehemiah and the people responded after him; they said:


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:31
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:31)

ה' אלוקים יוצר ובורא הכל, עזוז ונורא צדיק ורחום, אתה לבדך מלכינו ומושיענו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The Lord our God, molder and creator of all, Powerful and Awesome, Righteous and Merciful, You alone are our King and our Savior.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:32
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:32)

ה' הצדיק הפותח ידו הרחבה לכל חי, אלוקי האלוקים ואדון העולם, הפודה את עמו ישראל מכל צרותיו, אתה בחרת באבותינו וקידשת אותם לעבודתך.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The Righteous Lord who opens his wide hand for all life, The God over all Gods and Master of the world, The One who redeems Israel from all his troubles, You chose our forefathers and You sanctified them for Your service.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:33
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:33)

רצה נא את הקורבן הזה בעד עמך ישראל, ושמר את נחלתך וברכה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Desire now this sacrifice on behalf of Your people Israel, and guard Your portion and bless it.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:34
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:34)

קבץ את פזורי עמך ופדה אותם מיד הגויים, פקח עינך וראה את חרפתם, כי תועבת כל אדם המה, למען ידעו הגויים כי אתה ה' אלוהינו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Gather the scattered of Your nation and redeem them from the hand of the nations. Open Your eyes and see their shame, for they are the disgust of all mankind. [Do this] In order that the nations will know that You, The Lord, are our God.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:35
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:35)

שפוך חמתך על צוררי עמך, אשר בשרירות לבם השפילונו עד ארץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Pour Your wrath upon the oppressors of Your nation, that with stubbornness of their hearts crushed us to the ground.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:36
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:36)

תביאנו ותטענו בהר נחלתך, כאשר אמר משה עבדך.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Bring us and plant us in the mountain of Your portion, like Moses Your servant said.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:37
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:37)

ככלותם להתחנן, וישירו הכוהנים בהלל והודות לה'.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
When they finished supplicating, the priests sang praise and thanks to The Lord.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:38
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:38)

ויהי כי אוכל הקורבן, ויצו נחמיה לצקת את המים הנותרים על הרצפה, ותלהט להבה ותבלע אותה האש מעל המזבח.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It was when the sacrifice was consumed, Nehemiah commanded [them] to spill the remaining water on the floor, a flame burned and the fire from on the altar swallowed it.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:39
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:39)

ויוגד למלך פרס כי מים נמצאו במקום אשר טמנו כוהני הגולה את האש, ויבעירו אש בקורבן אשר הקריב נחמיה, וידרוש ויחקור לדעת אם כן הוא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It was told to the king of Persia that water was found in the place that the exiled priests hid the fire, and that fire burned a sacrifice that Nehemiah offered. He searched and investigated to see if it was true.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:40
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:40)

וימצא כי אמת ונכון הדבר, ויקדש את המקום ויגדור אותו גדר, ויתן מתנות יקרות לכל אשר מצאו חן בעניו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
He found that it was true and correct. He sanctified the place and fenced it off, and he gave expensive gifts to all who found favor in his eyes.


###### The Book of Maccabees II 1:41
[The Book of Maccabees II 1:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20II/r/1:41)

ויקרא נחמיה את שם המקום ההוא הפטר, לאמור קודש הוא. ואחרים קראו לו נפטר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Nehemiah called that place Hefter, saying that it is holy. Others called it Nifter.