1 Maccabees 12:11-13

Revised Standard Version

¹¹ We therefore remember you constantly on every occasion, both in our feasts and on other appropriate days, at the sacrifices which we offer and in our prayers, as it is right and proper to remember brethren. ¹² And we rejoice in your glory. ¹³ But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encircled us; the kings round about us have waged war against us.