1 Maccabees 16:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

16 Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done against their people.

² And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father's house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.

³ And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you.