15
By the blessed death of my brethren, and the eternal punishment of the tyrant, and the glorious life of the pious, I will not repudiate the noble brotherhood.
16
Invent, O tyrant, tortures; that you may learn, even through them, that I am the brother of those tormented before.
17
When he had said this, the blood-thirsty, and murderous, and unhallowed Antiochus ordered his tongue to be cut out.
18
But he said, Even if you take away the organ of speech, yet God hears the silent.
19
Behold, my tongue is extended, cut it off; for not for that halt thou extirpate our reasoning.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.