1 Maccabees 6:57-59

Good News Translation

We are growing weaker each day; we are short of provisions, and this place we are besieging is strong. Besides, there are pressing government affairs which need our attention. ⁵⁸ So now let's arrange a truce and make a peace treaty with the Jews and their whole nation. ⁵⁹ We will allow them to follow their own laws and customs as they did before. All this trouble started when we provoked them by abolishing their laws and customs.