2 Maccabees 11:36-38

New Catholic Bible

³⁶ In regard to those matters that he has submitted to the king for judgment, as soon as you have considered them, send someone to us without delay that we may make suitable proposals on your behalf, for we are on our way to Antioch. ³⁷ Therefore, do not lose any time in sending messengers to us to inform us about your opinions. ³⁸ Farewell. The fifteenth day of Xanthicus in the year one hundred and forty-eight.”