This will be a good place to begin a new paragraph (so Good News Bible, Contemporary English Version).

The proposal pleased them may be rendered “The senators liked what Eupolemus and Jason said.”

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.