For I am sure that he will follow my policy and will treat you with moderation and kindness: The logical connector For may be left implied (so Good News Bible). The king issues another underlying threat here. He threatens, “Your troubles are not over if I die and my son succeeds me as king.” We might hint at this irony by rendering the verse as follows:

• I am confident that he will handle things as I have done, and treat you with the same kindness and fairness that I have always shown you.”

This is the end of the letter. If translators have set it off by indentation, the indentation should stop here.

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.