Good News Translation
He told them: "I am leaving you in command here, but don't go out and fight the Gentiles until we get back."

New Revised Standard Version
and he gave them this command, “Take charge of this people, but do not engage in battle with the Gentiles until we return.”

New American Bible
He commanded them, “Take charge of these people, but do not join battle against the Gentiles until we return.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people; but make no war against the heathens, till we return.

And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people; but make no war against the heathens, till we return.

1 Maccabees 5:17
And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go into the country of Galaad:

1 Maccabees 5:18
And he left Joseph, the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the people, with the remnant of the army in Judea, to keep it:

1 Maccabees 5:20
Now three thousand men were allotted to Simon, to go into Galilee: and eight thousand to Judas, to go into the land of Galaad.

1 Maccabees 5:21
And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.