4 Maccabees 9:1
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
Greek · Brenton
Τί μέλλεις, ὦ τύραννε; ἕτοιμοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἀποθνήσκειν, ἢ παραβαίνειν τὰς πατρίους ἡμῶν ἐντολάς.