1 Maccabees 2:1-8

1 During that time, a priest of the Jehoiarib family named Mattathias, who was the son of John and the grandson of Simeon, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.

2 Mattathias had five sons: John (also called Gaddi),

3 Simon (also called Thassi),

4 Judas (also called Maccabeus),

5 Eleazar (also called Avaran), and Jonathan (also called Apphus).

6 When Mattathias saw all the sins that were being committed in Judea and Jerusalem,

7 he said: "Why was I born to see these terrible things, the ruin of my people and of the holy city? Must I sit here helpless while the city is surrendered to enemies and the Temple falls into the hands of foreigners?

8 The Temple is like someone without honor.