Good News Translation
Onias received your ambassador with full honors and acknowledged receipt of your letter, which declared our alliance and friendship.

New Revised Standard Version
Onias welcomed the envoy with honor, and received the letter, which contained a clear declaration of alliance and friendship.

Contemporary English Version
When Onias read this, he welcomed your messenger with honors, because your letter clearly stated that Jews and Spartans should become friends and allies.

New American Bible
Onias welcomed the envoy with honor and received the letter, which spoke clearly of alliance and friendship.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Onias received the ambassador with honour and received the letters, wherein there was mention made of the alliance, and amity.

And Onias received the ambassador with honour and received the letters, wherein there was mention made of the alliance, and amity.

1 Maccabees 12:6
Jonathan, the high priest, and the ancients of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to the Spartans, their brethren, greeting.

1 Maccabees 12:7
There were letters sent long ago to Onias the high priest, from Arius, who reigned then among you to signify that you are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify.

1 Maccabees 12:9
We, though we needed none of these things having for our comfort the holy books that are in our hands,

1 Maccabees 12:10
Chose rather to send to you to renew the brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become stranger to you altogether: for there is a long time passed since you sent to us.