1 Maccabees 14:21-23

New Catholic Bible

²¹ The envoys you sent to our people have informed us of your glory and fame, and we were overjoyed to receive them. ²² We have made a record of their report in the archives of our public assembly, as follows: ‘Numenius, the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, have come to us to reaffirm their friendship with us. ²³ The people have been pleased to receive these men with honor and to deposit a copy of their words in the public archives so that the people of Sparta may have a record of them. A copy of this document has been made for Simon the high priest.’ ”