Good News Translation
And so Demetrius made Jonathan his ally and gave him authority to raise an army and equip it. He also ordered that the hostages held in the fort at Jerusalem should be handed over to Jonathan.

New Revised Standard Version
So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him.

Contemporary English Version
In the letter Demetrius said: Jonathan, you have my permission to build a strong army and to be my ally. And I have told my soldiers to release to you the hostages that I'm keeping in the fortress at Jerusalem.

New American Bible
So Demetrius authorized him to gather an army and procure arms as his ally; and he ordered that the hostages in the citadel be released to him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he gave him authority to gather together a army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.

And he gave him authority to gather together a army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.

1 Maccabees 10:4
For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us.

1 Maccabees 10:5
For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation.

1 Maccabees 10:7
And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.

1 Maccabees 10:8
And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.