Good News Translation
They discussed what should be done with the altar of burnt offerings, which had been desecrated

New Revised Standard Version
They deliberated what to do about the altar of burnt offering, which had been profaned.

Contemporary English Version
And they wondered what to do about the altar for offering sacrifices, because it had been polluted by the Gentiles who had sacrificed unclean animals on it. Finally, they decided to remove this disgrace by tearing down the altar and hauling away the stones.

New American Bible
They deliberated what ought to be done with the altar for burnt offerings that had been desecrated.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

1 Maccabees 4:42
And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the law of God.

1 Maccabees 4:43
And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.

1 Maccabees 4:45
And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.

1 Maccabees 4:46
And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them.