Good News Translation
Now that they had an army, they gave vent to their anger by attacking the renegade Jews. Those who escaped were forced to flee to the Gentiles for safety.

New Revised Standard Version
They organized an army, and struck down sinners in their anger and renegades in their wrath; the survivors fled to the Gentiles for safety.

Contemporary English Version
Then those angry troops violently attacked the unfaithful Jews, forcing those who escaped to run to the Gentiles for protection.

New American Bible
They gathered an army and struck down sinners in their wrath and the lawless in their anger, and the survivors fled to the Gentiles for safety.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.

And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.

1 Maccabees 2:42
Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.

1 Maccabees 2:43
And all they that fled from the evils, joined themselves to them, and were a support to them.

1 Maccabees 2:45
And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:

1 Maccabees 2:46
And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.