2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 4:14

ὥστε μηκέτι περὶ τὰς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λειτουργίας προθύμους εἶναι τοὺς ἱερεῖς, ἀλλὰ τοῦ μὲν νεὼ καταφρονοῦντες καὶ τῶν θυσιῶν ἀμελοῦντες ἔσπευδον μετέχειν τῆς ἐν παλαίστρῃ παρανόμου χορηγίας μετὰ τὴν τοῦ δίσκου πρόσκλησιν,
King James Version (KJV)

That the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth;

Modern English

that the priests lost all enthusiasm for serving at the altar; instead, scorning the temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they rushed to take part in the unlawful exercises in the wrestling arena as soon as the signal for the discus was given,

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