Then he said to Jonathan, “Why have you wearied all these people when we are not at war?: Trypho attempted to convince Jonathan that he was not his enemy. His question does not expect an answer. An alternative model that does not use the question form is “You and I are not at war. You’ve brought all these men all the way here for nothing.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.