Good News Translation
He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius the Second to ask for tax relief for the land, since Trypho was doing nothing but robbing them.

New Revised Standard Version
Simon also chose emissaries and sent them to King Demetrius with a request to grant relief to the country, for all that Trypho did was to plunder.

Contemporary English Version
Simon sent messengers to King Demetrius the Second, and they begged him, "Please make things easier for our country. Trypho is robbing us of everything."

New American Bible
Simon also chose men and sent them to King Demetrius to obtain for the land an exemption from taxation, since Trypho did nothing but plunder.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land; for all that Tryphon did, was to spoil.

And Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land; for all that Tryphon did, was to spoil.

1 Maccabees 13:32
And he reigned in his place, and put on the crown of Asia: and brought great evils upon the land.

1 Maccabees 13:33
And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses.

1 Maccabees 13:35
And king Demetrius, in answer to this request, wrote a letter in this manner:

1 Maccabees 13:36
King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting: