2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 4:17

ἀσεβεῖν γὰρ εἰς τοὺς θείους νόμους οὐ ῥᾴδιον, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα ὁ ἀκόλουθος καιρὸς δηλώσει.
King James Version (KJV)

For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things.

Modern English

It is no small matter to act wickedly against the laws of God, as the events that followed would prove.

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