4
And when they said, There is in heaven a living Lord, and mighty, who commanded the seventh day to be kept:
5
Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
6
So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtiness determined to set up a publick monument of his victory over Judas and them that were with him.
7
But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him:
8
Wherefore he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the heathen against them, but to remember the help which in former times they had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid, which should come unto them from the Almighty.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.