28. When this was known, Nicanor was in consternation, and he took it grievously that he would make void the things that were agreed, having received no injury from the man.
29. But, because he was not able to oppose the king, he watched for an opportunity to follow through with the orders.
30. But Maccabeus, seeing that Nicanor acted more formally with him, and that, when they met together as usual, he exhibited insolence, understood this austerity not to be from goodness. So, gathering together a few men, he hid himself from Nicanor.
31. But when he realized that he was effectively prevented by the man, he went to the greatest and holiest temple, and he ordered the priests, offering the usual sacrifices, to deliver the man to him.
32. When these spoke oaths to him that they did not know where he who was being sought was, he extended his hand toward the temple,
33. and he swore, saying: "Unless you deliver Judas to me in chains, I will reduce this shrine of God to the ground, and I will dig up the altar, and I will consecrate this temple to Liber the father."
34. And having said this, he departed. But the priests, extending their hands toward heaven, called upon him who had always fought for his people, saying this:
35. "O Lord of the universe, who needs nothing, you willed that the temple of your dwelling should be with us.
36. And now, O Lord, Holy of all holies, preserve unpolluted, until eternity, this house, which was recently made clean."
37. Then Razias, a certain one of the elders from Jerusalem, was brought before Nicanor; the man was of good reputation, and was one who loved the city. For his affection, he was called the father of the Jews.
38. This one, for a long time, held on to his purpose of continuing in Judaism, and he was content to hand over body and life, so that he might persevere in it.
39. Then Nicanor, being willing to manifest the hatred that he held for the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to apprehend him.
40. For he thought, if he mistreated him, it would bring great disaster upon the Jews.
41. Now, as the group sought to rush into his house, and to break open the door, and wanting even to bring in fire, as he was about to be apprehended, he struck himself with the sword:
42. choosing to prefer to die nobly rather than to become subject to sinners, or to suffer unworthy injustices against his birth.
43. But, since he had, in haste, not obtained the certitude of a decisive wound, and the crowd was breaking in the doors, he, running boldly to the wall, manfully threw himself down upon the crowd.
44. But they quickly provided a place for his fall, so he landed at the middle of the neck.
45. And, since he was still breathing, and being inflamed in soul, he rose up, and as his blood flowed down in a great stream, being very gravely wounded, he ran through the crowd.
46. And standing upon a certain steep rock, and being now almost without blood, grasping his intestines with both hands, he threw himself over the crowd, calling upon the Ruler of life as well as spirit, to restore these to him again. And so he passed away from this life.