2 And he had five sons: John, who was surnamed Gaddi,
3 and Simon, who was surnamed Thassi,
4 and Judas, who was called Maccabeus,
5 and Eleazar, who was surnamed Avaran, and Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.
6 These saw the evils that were done among the people of Judah and in Jerusalem.
7 And Mattathias said: "Woe to me, for why was I born to see the grief of my people and the grief of the holy city, and to sit there, while it is given into the hands of the enemies?
8 The holy places have fallen into the hands of outsiders. Her temple is like a man without honor.