1 Maccabees 4:45

ASV Byzantine Text

and there came into their mind a good counsel, that they should pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it: and they pulled down the altar,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hmueihtuk he phil palueng ni a then. Te daengah ni a hnukhueng ah Gentile rhoek loh phil pawt vetih a poeih pawt eh, a ti dongah hmueituk te a phil uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et incidit illis consilium bonum ut destruerent illud: ne forte illis esset in opprobrium, quia contaminaverunt illud gentes, et demoliti sunt illud.

Brenton English Septuagint

they thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

en ze kwamen op de goede gedachte, het maar af te breken, om er later niet mee te worden bespot, omdat het door de heidenen was ontreinigd. Zij braken dus het altaar af,

Douay-Rheims 1899

And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.

King James Version + Apocrypha

They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

they thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,

LXX2012 U. S. English

They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: therefore they pulled it down,

British English Septuagint 2012

They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: therefore they pulled it down,

Revised Version

and there came into their mind a good counsel, that they should pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it: and they pulled down the altar,

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un bon plan leur vint à l'esprit : ils devaient le démolir, de peur qu'il ne leur serve d'opprobre, parce que les païens l'avaient souillé. Ils démolirent donc l'autel

Spanish BLL

Se les ocurrió una buena idea: derrumbarlo, para que no les sirviera de vergüenza por culpa de los gentiles que lo habían ensuciado. Así que tumbaron el altar

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Les vino a la mente el buen plan de derribarlo, para que no les sirviera de oprobio, ya que los gentiles lo habían contaminado. Así que derribaron el altar,

Croatian Bible

Dođoše na dobru misao da ga uklone, bojeći se da im ne bude na sramotu, jer su ga pogani oskvrnuli. I oboriše žrtvenik.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

they thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,

World English Bible (Catholic)

A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar

World English Bible Classic

A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar

World English Bible Updated

A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἐπέπεσεν αὐτοῖς βουλὴ ἀγαθὴ καθελεῖν αὐτό, μήποτε γένηται αὐτοῖς εἰς ὄνειδος, ὅτι ἐμίαναν τὰ ἔθνη αὐτό· καὶ καθεῖλον τὸ θυσιαστήριον.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἐπέπεσεν αὐτοῖς βουλὴ ἀγαθὴ, καθελεῖν αὐτὸ, μήποτε γένηται αὐτοῖς εἰς ὄνειδος, ὅτι ἐμίαναν τὰ ἔθνη αὐτό· καὶ καθεῖλον τὸ θυσιαστήριον,

Mashi Bible

Enkengêro nyinji zanacibayishira z’okuluhongola lulya luhêrero, lulekibakoza nshonyi kulya kubà abapagani baluzinzize. Banaciluhongola,

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