Good News Translation
Here is a copy of the king's letter to the Jewish people: "King Antiochus to the Jewish leaders and all the Jews, greetings.

New Revised Standard Version
To the nation the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greetings.

Contemporary English Version
This is a copy of the letter from Antiochus to our nation: King Antiochus sends greetings to the Jews and their council.

New American Bible
The king’s letter to the people was as follows: “King Antiochus sends greetings to the Jewish senate and to the rest of the Jews.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king's letter to the Jews was in this manner: King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews, and to the rest of the Jews, greeting.

But the king's letter to the Jews was in this manner: King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews, and to the rest of the Jews, greeting.

2 Maccabees 11:25
Wherefore being desirous that this nation also should be at rest, we have ordained and decreed, that the temple should be restored to them, and that they may live according to the custom of their ancestors.

2 Maccabees 11:26
Thou shalt do well, therefore, to send to them, and grant them peace, that our pleasure being known, they may be of good comfort, and look to their own affairs.

2 Maccabees 11:28
If you are well, you are as we desire: we ourselves also are well.

2 Maccabees 11:29
Menelaus came to us, saying that you desired to come down to your countrymen, that are with us.