4 Maccabees 13:9
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Brothers, may we die brotherly for the law. Let us imitate the three young men in Assyria who despised the equally afflicting furnace.
Greek · Brenton
ἀδελφικῶς ἀποθάνοιμεν, ἀδελφοὶ, περὶ τοῦ νόμον· μιμησώμεθα τούς τρεῖς τοὺς ἐπὶ Ἀσσυρίας νεανίσκους, οἵ τῆς ἰσεπόλιδος καμίνου κατεφρόνησαν.