2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 14:7

ὅθεν ἀφελόμενος τὴν προγονικὴν δόξαν [λέγω δὴ τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην] δεῦρο νῦν ἐλήλυθα
King James Version (KJV)

Therefore I, being deprived of mine ancestors' honour, I mean the high priesthood, am now come hither:

Modern English

That is why, having been deprived of my ancestral honor — I mean the high priesthood — I have come here now,

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