Good News Translation
and sent the following letter to Judas and his brothers: "The Gentiles around us are joining forces under Timothy. We have fled to this fortress for protection, and now they are getting ready to capture it and destroy us.

New Revised Standard Version
and sent to Judas and his brothers a letter that said, “The Gentiles around us have gathered together to destroy us.

Contemporary English Version
Then they sent a letter to Judas and his brothers. It said: An army of Gentiles is about to surround us at Dathema,

New American Bible
They sent a letter to Judas and his brothers saying: “The Gentiles around us have assembled against us to destroy us,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sent letters to Judas, and his brethren, saying: The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us to destroy us:

And they sent letters to Judas, and his brethren, saying: The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us to destroy us:

1 Maccabees 5:8
And he took the city of Gazer and her towns, and returned into Judea.

1 Maccabees 5:9
And the Gentiles that were in Galaad, assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them: and they fled into the fortress of Datheman.

1 Maccabees 5:11
And they are preparing to come, and to take the fortress into which we are fled: and Timotheus is the captain of their host.

1 Maccabees 5:12
Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their hands, for many of us are slain.