Common English Bible

2 Maccabees 4:1-2 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. This Simon, who had informed about the wealth of the temple and acted as an informer against his native land, slandered Onias.

2. He accused the latter of threatening Heliodorus and becoming a perpetrator of evil. He dared to label the benefactor of the city, the protector of his fellow citizens, and a passionate advocate for the laws, as a traitor against the government.