but I kept myself from eating it,
I, however, avoided eating the Gentiles’ food.
Therefore, when, during the captivity, he had arrived with his wife and son at the city of Nineveh, with all his tribe,
And when by the captivity he with his wife and his son and all his tribe was come to the city of Ninive,
but I refused to do so.
but I kept myself from eating,
But I decided to eat only what was allowed by the Law of Moses.