2 Maccabees 6:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient feasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.

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It was impossible to keep the Sabbath or the ancestral festivals, or even simply to profess to be a Jew.

And also the sabbaths were not kept, and the solemn days of the fathers were not observed, neither did anyone simply confess himself to be a Jew.

And neither were the sabbaths kept, nor the solemn days of the fathers observed, neither did any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew.

It was impossible to observe the Sabbath, to celebrate any of the traditional festivals, or even so much as to admit to being a Jew.

A man could neither keep the Sabbath, nor observe the feasts of their ancestors, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew.

It became a crime to worship on the Sabbath, or to celebrate our ancient festivals, or even to admit that you were a Jew.