Good News Translation
Then the soldiers took the sixth boy, and just before he died he said, "Make no mistake. We are suffering what we deserve, because we have sinned against our God. That's why all these terrible things are happening to us.

New Revised Standard Version
After him they brought forward the sixth. And when he was about to die, he said, “Do not deceive yourself in vain. For we are suffering these things on our own account, because of our sins against our own God. Therefore astounding things have happened.

Contemporary English Version
Next, they tortured the sixth brother. He was almost dead when he told the men, "Don't fool yourselves! We're suffering all these terrible things because we have disobeyed our God.

New American Bible
After him they brought the sixth brother. When he was about to die, he said: “Have no vain illusions. We suffer these things on our own account, because we have sinned against our God; that is why such shocking things have happened.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of admiration are done to us:

After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of admiration are done to us:

2 Maccabees 7:16
Said: Whereas thou hast power among men though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt but think not that our nation is forsaken by God.

2 Maccabees 7:17
But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in what manner he will torment thee and thy seed.

2 Maccabees 7:19
But do not think that thou shalt escape unpunished, for that thou hast attempted to fight against God.

2 Maccabees 7:20
Now the mother was to be admired above measure, and worthy to be remembered by good men, who beheld her seven sons slain in the space of one day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope that she had in God: