4 Maccabees 5:26
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Those things which are convenient to our souls, he has directed us to eat; but those which are repugnant to them, he has interdicted.
Greek · Brenton
τὰ μὲν οἰκειωθωσόμενα ἡμῶν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐπέτρεψεν ἐσθίειν, τὰ δὲ ἐναντιωθησόμενα ἐκώλυσεν σαρκοφαγεῖν.