Why delay you, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
LXX
4 Maccabees 9:1
Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
Parallel Translations
“Why do you delay, O tyrant? For we are more ready to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.