And now that we have learned this, please write us concerning your welfare: This is a polite request for the Jews to reply with some information about themselves. An alternative model for this verse is:

• Now that we have learned this [or, know this], we would like for you to write us and tell us how you are getting along [or, doing].

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.