1 Maccabees 2:1-9

1 In those days Mattathias the son of John, son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.

2 He had five sons, John surnamed Gaddi,

3 Simon called Thassi,

4 Judas called Maccabeus,

5 Eleazar called Avaran, and Jonathan called Apphus.

6 He saw the blasphemies being committed in Judah and Jerusalem,

7 and said, "Alas! Why was I born to see this, the ruin of my people, the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was given over to the enemy, the sanctuary given over to aliens?

8 Her temple has become like a man without honor;

9 her glorious vessels have been carried into captivity. Her babes have been killed in her streets, her youths by the sword of the foe.