8
Enjoy your youth by adopting the Greek way of life and by changing your manner of living.
9
But if by disobedience you rouse my anger, you will compel me to destroy each and every one of you with dreadful punishments through tortures.
10
Therefore take pity on yourselves. Even I, your enemy, have compassion for your youth and handsome appearance.
11
Will you not consider this, that if you disobey, nothing remains for you but to die on the rack?"
12
When he had said these things, he ordered the instruments of torture to be brought forward so as to persuade them out of fear to eat the defiling food.
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