Good News Translation
When Judas saw that his army was dwindling away and that the battle was about to begin, he was worried because there was not enough time to bring his army together.

New Revised Standard Version
When Judas saw that his army had slipped away and the battle was imminent, he was crushed in spirit, for he had no time to assemble them.

Contemporary English Version
When the fighting was about to start, Judas suddenly realized that most of his troops had deserted, and he was terribly discouraged because there was no time to bring them back.

New American Bible
When Judas saw that his army was melting away just as the battle was imminent, he was brokenhearted, because he had no time to gather them together.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather them together, and he was discouraged.

And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather them together, and he was discouraged.

1 Maccabees 9:5
Now Judas had pitched his tents in Laisa, and three thousand chosen men with him:

1 Maccabees 9:6
And they saw the multitude of the army that they were many, and they were seized with great fear: and many withdrew themselves out of the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men.

1 Maccabees 9:8
Then he said to them that remained: Let us arise, and go against our enemies, if we may be able to fight against them.

1 Maccabees 9:9
But they dissuaded him, saying: We shall not be able, but let us save our lives now, and return to our brethren, and then we will fight against them: for we are but few.