4 Maccabees 1:10
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For their virtues, then, it is right that I should commend those men who died with their mother at this time in behalf of rectitude; and for their honours, I may count them happy.
Greek · Brenton
Τῶν μὲν οὖν ἀρετῶν, ἔπεστί μοι ἐπαινεῖν τοὺς κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς καλοκᾳγαθίας ἀποθανόντας μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἄνδρας·