Good News Translation
He dared to accuse Onias of plotting against the government--Onias who not only had made donations to Jerusalem and had protected the Temple, but who was eager to see that all our laws were obeyed.

New Revised Standard Version
He dared to designate as a plotter against the government the man who was the benefactor of the city, the protector of his compatriots, and a zealot for the laws.

Contemporary English Version
Simon even dared to claim that Onias was plotting against the government, although everyone knew that Onias had been generous to Jerusalem and that he had protected our nation and had been in favor of its laws.

New American Bible
He dared to brand as a schemer against the government the man who was the benefactor of the city, the protector of his compatriots, and a zealous defender of the laws.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he presumed to call him a traitor to the kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended his nation, and was zealous for the law of God.

And he presumed to call him a traitor to the kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended his nation, and was zealous for the law of God.

2 Maccabees 3:40
And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out in this manner.

2 Maccabees 4:1
But Simon, of whom we spoke before, who was the betrayer of the money, and of his country, spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Heliodorus to do these things, and had been the promoter of evils:

2 Maccabees 4:3
But when the enmities proceeded so far, that murders also were committed by some of Simon's friends:

2 Maccabees 4:4
Onias, considering the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, who was the governor of Celesyia, and Phenicia, was outrageous, which increased the malice of Simon, went to the king,