2 Maccabees 5:6

ASV Byzantine Text

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest ill success, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Jason loh a paca boeinah hmaeng hmaeng a ngawn tih mah huikoi soah om he yoethaenah a lenkoek ni ti khaw ming voel pawh. A pacaboeina soah pawt tih a thunka soah caemthang rholik a tai bangla a ngai.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Jason vero non parcebat in cæde civibus suis, nec cogitabat prosperitatem adversum cognatos malum esse maximum, arbitrans hostium et non civium se trophæa capturum.

Brenton English Septuagint

but Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Daarop richtte Jáson een meedogenloze slachting aan onder zijn eigen medeburgers. Hij dacht er niet aan, dat krijgsgeluk over volksgenoten het grootste ongeluk is, maar het leek wel, of hij oorlogsbuit bij vijanden en niet bij volksgenoten behaalde.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But Jason slew his countrymen without mercy, not considering that prosperity against one’s own kindred is a very great evil, thinking they had been enemies, and not citizens, whom he conquered.

King James Version + Apocrypha

But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

but Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

LXX2012 U. S. English

But Jason killed his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

British English Septuagint 2012

But Jason killed his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

Revised Version

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest ill success, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow-countrymen.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mais Jason massacra sans pitié ses propres citoyens, ne considérant pas qu'un bon succès contre des parents soit le plus grand des malheurs, mais s'imaginant dresser des trophées sur des ennemis, et non sur des compatriotes.

Spanish BLL

Jasón se puso a masacrar a su propia gente sin tentarse el corazón; no se daba cuenta de que ganarle a sus propios paisanos era la peor de las desgracias, sino que se sentía muy orgulloso, como si le estuviera ganando a sus enemigos y no a su propia raza.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pero Jasón masacró a sus propios conciudadanos sin piedad, sin considerar que el éxito contra los de su propia sangre es la mayor desgracia, sino suponiendo que erigía trofeos sobre enemigos, y no sobre sus propios compatriotas.

Croatian Bible

Jason je stao nemilice klati svoje sugrađane, ne uviđajući da je uspjeh protiv sunarodnjaka najveći neuspjeh, misleći da stječe pobjedničku slavu nad neprijateljima, a ne nad braćom.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

but Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.

World English Bible (Catholic)

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen.

World English Bible Classic

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen.

World English Bible Updated

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow countrymen.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἐγὼ πρὶν ἄρξασθαι τῶν κατὰ σοῦ βασάνων, ὦ πρεσβῦτα, συμβουλεύσαιμ' ἄν σοι ταῦτα, ὅπως ἀπογευσάμενος τῶν ὑείων σώζοιο· αἰδοῦμαι γάρ σου τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ τὴν πολιάν, ἣν μετὰ τοσοῦτον ἔχων χρόνον οὐ μοι δοκεῖς φιλοσοφεῖν τῇ Ἰουδαίων χρώμενος θρησκείᾳ.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὁ δὲ Ἰάσων ἐποιεῖτο σφαγὰς τῶν πολιτῶν τῶν ἰδίων ἀφειδῶς, οὐ συννοῶν τὴν εἰς τοὺς συγγενεῖς εὐημερίαν, δυσημερίαν εἶναι τὴν μεγίστην· δοκῶν δὲ πολεμίων καὶ οὐχ ὁμοεθνῶν τρόπαια καταβάλλεσθαι,

Mashi Bible

Yasoni arhondêra buzira bwonjo okulibuza bene wâbo arhacikengêraga oku obunguke omuntu ayungukirakwo bene wâbo gwo muhona gulushire eyindi yoshi, ci yêhe arhôla bene wâbo nka bashombanyi bâge.

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