2 Maccabees 6:25-27

New Catholic Bible

²⁵ If I should engage in deceit for the sake of living a brief moment longer, they would be led astray by me, while I would bring defilement and disgrace on my old age. ²⁶ For the moment I would avoid the punishment of mortals, but alive or dead I shall never escape the hands of the Almighty. ²⁷ Therefore, by bravely forfeiting my life now, I shall prove myself worthy of my old age,