Good News Translation
When Lysias saw that his army was being defeated and when he saw the reckless courage of Judas and his men, who showed that they were ready to live or die with honor, he returned to Antioch. There he recruited some mercenaries and planned to return to Judea later with a much larger army.

New Revised Standard Version
When Lysias saw the rout of his troops and observed the boldness that inspired those of Judas, and how ready they were either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries in order to invade Judea again with an even larger army.

Contemporary English Version
As he watched his army falling apart, he said to himself, "Those Jews are brave fighters, who live and die with honor." Lysias returned to the city of Antioch and hired some foreign soldiers, so he could invade Judea with an even stronger army.

New American Bible
When Lysias saw the tide of the battle turning, and the increased boldness of Judas, whose men were ready either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch and began to recruit mercenaries so as to return to Judea with greater numbers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come again into Judea with greater numbers.

And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come again into Judea with greater numbers.

1 Maccabees 4:33
Cast them down with the sword of them that love thee: and let all that know thy name praise thee with hymns.

1 Maccabees 4:34
And they joined battle: and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men.

1 Maccabees 4:36
Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places, and to repair them.

1 Maccabees 4:37
And all the army assembled together, and they went up into Mount Sion.