2 Maccabees 7:30–40

³⁰Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said,

Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king’s ^acommandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses. ³¹And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, ^bshalt not escape the hands of God. ^32cFor we suffer because of our sins. ³³And though ^dthe living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastening and correction, yet shall he ^ebe at one again with his servants. ³⁴But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, ^fbe not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants ^gof God: ³⁵for ^hthou hast not yet escaped the judgment of ⁱAlmighty God, who seeth all things. ³⁶For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under ^jGod’s covenant of everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride. ³⁷But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and ^kthat thou by ^ltorments and plagues mayest confess, that ^mhe alone is God; ³⁸and that in me and my brethren the wrath of the ⁱAlmighty, ^cwhich is justly brought upon all our nation, may cease.

³⁹ⁿThen the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked. ⁴⁰So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord.