Fight our battles, and all that you say to us we will do: The people were not asking Simon to do the fighting for them, but to lead them in the fight. We may say “If you lead us as we fight our enemies, we will obey your every command [or, do anything you tell us to do].”

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.