Good News Translation
The ambassadors went to Rome, where they were admitted to the Senate chamber, and reported that the High Priest Jonathan and the Jewish nation had sent them to renew the earlier ties of friendship and alliance with Rome.

New Revised Standard Version
So they went to Rome and entered the senate chamber and said, “The high priest Jonathan and the Jewish nation have sent us to renew the former friendship and alliance with them.”

Contemporary English Version
When the messengers arrived in Rome, they met with the Roman senators and said, "Jonathan the high priest and the Jewish people have sent us here to renew our friendship with Rome and to make sure we remain allies."

New American Bible
After reaching Rome, the men entered the senate chamber and said, “The high priest Jonathan and the Jewish people have sent us to renew the friendship and alliance of earlier times with them.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan, the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance, as it was before.

And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan, the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance, as it was before.

1 Maccabees 12:1
And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with them:

1 Maccabees 12:2
And he sent letters to the Spartans, and to other places, according to the same form.

1 Maccabees 12:4
And they gave them letters to their governors in every place, to conduct them into the land of Juda with peace.

1 Maccabees 12:5
And this is a copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: