2:5. And Eleazar, who was surnamed Abaron; and Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.
2:6. These saw the evils that were done in the people of Juda, and in Jerusalem.
2:7. And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?
2:8. The holy places are come into the hands of strangers her temple is become as a man without honour.
2:9. The vessels of her glory are carried away captive; her old men are murdered in the streets, and her young men are fallen by the sword of the enemies.
2:10. What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils?
2:11. All her ornaments are taken away. She that was free is made a slave.
2:12. And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.
2:13. To what end then should we live any longer?
2:14. And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.