2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 8:15

καὶ εἰ μὴ δι’ αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν διαθήκας καὶ ἕνεκα τῆς ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐπικλήσεως τοῦ σεμνοῦ καὶ μεγαλοπρεποῦς ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.
King James Version (KJV)

And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name's sake, by which they were called.

Modern English

and to do so if not for their own sake, then for the sake of the covenants he had made with their ancestors, and for the honor of his holy and glorious name, by which they were called.

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