1 Maccabees 6:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ At first I asked myself why these great waves of trouble were sweeping over me, since I have been kind and well-liked during my reign. ¹² But then I remembered the wrongs I did in Jerusalem when I took all the silver and gold objects from the Temple and tried without any good reason to destroy the inhabitants of Judea. ¹³ I know this is why all these terrible things have happened to me and I am about to die in deep despair here in this foreign land.