Good News Translation
"Judas Maccabeus, his brothers, and the Jewish people have sent us here to make a mutual defense treaty with you, so that we may be officially recorded as your friends and allies."

New Revised Standard Version
“Judas, who is also called Maccabeus, and his brothers and the people of the Jews have sent us to you to establish alliance and peace with you, so that we may be enrolled as your allies and friends.”

Contemporary English Version
"Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, together with all our people, have sent us, because they want you to make a peace treaty with us Jews and let us be your allies."

New American Bible
“Judas, called Maccabeus, and his brothers, with the Jewish people, have sent us to you to establish alliance and peace with you, and to be enrolled among your allies and friends.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.

Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.

1 Maccabees 8:18
And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.

1 Maccabees 8:19
And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said:

1 Maccabees 8:21
And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.

1 Maccabees 8:22
And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance.