7. And so, when the first had died in this way, they led in the next one, so as to ridicule him. And when the skin of his head was pulled off with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, instead of being punished throughout the whole body in every limb.
8. But responding in the language of his fathers, he said, "I will not do it." Because of this, he also, in the next place, received the torments of the first.
9. And when he had reached his last breath, he spoke in this way: "You, indeed, O most wicked man, are destroying us in this present life. But the King of the world will raise us up, in eternal life at the resurrection, for we die on behalf of his laws."
10. After this one, the third was ridiculed, and when he was asked, he quickly offered up his tongue, and he resolutely extended his hands.
11. And he said with confidence, "I possess these from heaven, but, because of the laws of God, I now despise them, for I hope to receive them again from him."
12. So then, the king and those who were with him, wondered at the soul of this youth, because he considered the torments as if they were nothing.
13. And after he had died in this way, they afflicted the fourth with similar tortures.
14. And when he was about to die, he spoke in this way: "It is preferable, being put to death by men, to wait for hope from God, so as to be revived again by him. But the resurrection to life will not be for you.
15. And when they had brought the fifth, they afflicted him. But he, gazing at him,
16. said: "Having power among men, though you are corruptible, you do what you want, but do not think that our nation has been abandoned by God.
17. And so, wait patiently for a while, and you will see his great power, by the manner in which he will torture you and your offspring."
18. After this one, they brought the sixth, and he, being about to die, spoke in this way: "Do not go astray in vain. For we suffer because of ourselves, having sinned against our God, yet things worthy of admiration have been accomplished in us.