Ní leabhar a spreag Dia é seo agus ní cuid de chanóin na Críostaíochta ná de Tanach na nGiúdach é. Taispeántar é chun críocha stairiúla agus staidéir amháin. Féach ar an míniú iomlán 2 Maccabees 4:16 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version16 For the sake of which they incurred a dangerous contention, and followed earnestly their ordinances, and in all things they coveted to be like them, who were their enemies and murderers. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaCommon English Bible16 For this reason a dangerous situation engulfed them. Those same people to whom they were devoted and whose way of life they wished to imitate became their enemies and inflicted punishment on them. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version16 For the sake of these, they held a dangerous competition, and were imitators of their practices, and so, in all things, they desired to be similar to those who had been their enemies and destroyers. Féach an chaibidilGood News Translation (US Version)16 And this turned out to be the source of all their troubles, for the very people whose ways they admired and whose customs they tried to imitate became their enemies and oppressed them. Féach an chaibidilWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers16 For this reason, severe calamity overtook them. The men whose ways of living they earnestly followed, and to whom they desired to be made like in all things, these became their enemies and punished them. Féach an chaibidilContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition16 This love of the Greek way of life caused the downfall of our country, when these foreign rulers became our enemies and punished our nation. They did this, even though many Jews liked and tried to follow their way of life. Féach an chaibidil |