2 Maccabees 4:16-18

New Catholic Bible

^16 [a]As a result, they ended up suffering great affliction, for the very people whose way of life they sought to emulate and whom they wished to imitate in every respect became their enemies and oppressors. ¹⁷ It is no light matter to violate the laws of God, as will become clear in due course.

¹⁸ When the quinquennial games were being held at Tyre in the presence of the king,