1 King Antiochus once arrested seven Jewish brothers and their mother. He had them beaten with heavy whips and tried to make them eat the meat of pigs, which is against our laws.
2 But one of the brothers spoke up and said, “Why are you torturing us like this? We will die before we disobey the laws of our ancestors!”
3 This made the king so angry that he ordered his men to heat up big pots and pans,
4 and they quickly did this. Meanwhile, the king forced the boy's family to watch him being tortured. Some soldiers cut out his tongue, then scalped him and chopped off his hands and feet,
5 making him completely helpless. While the boy was still alive, the king told his soldiers, “Carry him to one of the big pans on the fire and fry him.”When smoke from the pan started spreading everywhere, the brothers and their mother each said, “Let's die bravely!
6 The Lord God will have pity on us, because he always takes care of his servants, just as Moses said in the song he wrote to correct our rebellious ancestors.”