Good News Translation
But if war is declared first against Rome or any of her allies anywhere,

New Revised Standard Version
If war comes first to Rome or to any of their allies in all their dominion,

Contemporary English Version
You Jewish people must be ready and willing to do all you can, if enemies attack Rome or any of the nations under our rule.

New American Bible
But if war is first made on Rome, or any of its allies in any of their dominions,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions:

But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions:

1 Maccabees 8:22
And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance.

1 Maccabees 8:23
GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them.

1 Maccabees 8:25
The nation of the Jews shall help them according as the time shall direct, with all their heart:

1 Maccabees 8:26
Neither shall they give them, whilst they are fighting, or furnish them with wheat, or arms, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans: and they shall obey their orders, without taking any thing of them.