28 You won’t have a chance to laugh at me.
29 I’m not going to break the sacred promises my ancestors made to keep the Law,
30 not even if you dig out my eyes and set my guts on fire.
31 I’m not so old and cowardly that I can’t exhibit youthful strength in my mind out of respect for God.
32 Get your torture devices ready, and build up the fires to make them burn hotter.
33 I don’t pity my old age so much that I will tear down the Law of my ancestors by my actions.
34 I won’t prove disloyal to the Law that made me who I am today. I won’t renounce the virtue of self-control that I value so dearly.