4 Maccabees 11:2
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
I intend not, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is in behalf of virtue.
Greek · Brenton
Οὐ μέλλω, τύραννε, πρὸς τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρετῆς βασανισμὸν παραιτεῖσθαι.