22. This is a copy of the letter that they wrote in reply on bronze tablets, which they sent to Jerusalem to remain with them there as a memorial of peace and alliance:
23. May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land forever. May sword and enemy stay away from them.
24. If war comes first to Rome or to any of their allies throughout their territory,
25. the Jewish nation should act as their allies wholeheartedly, as the occasion may indicate to them.
26. They will not give or supply grain, weapons, money, or ships to an enemy that makes war on them. This is Rome’s decision. And they will keep their obligations without compensation.
27. In the same way, if war comes first to the nation of the Jews, the Romans will willingly act as their allies, as the occasion may indicate to them.