Most of them got away stripped and wounded, and Lysias himself escaped by disgraceful flight: Most of them is better expressed in Good News Bible as “Most of those who ran” (similarly New English Bible). Stripped here means “unarmed, without weapons” rather than “naked.” Good News Bible expresses the meaning and tone of this verse well.

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.