2 Machabees 3:1
Therefore when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws as yet were very well kept, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and the hatred his soul had of evil,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Igitur cum sancta civitas habitaretur in omni pace, leges etiam adhuc optime custodirentur, propter Oniæ pontificis pietatem, et animos odio habentes mala,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Τῆς ἁγίας πόλεως κατοικουμένης μετὰ πάσης εἰρήνης, καὶ τῶν νόμων ὅτι κάλλιστα συντηρουμένων διὰ τὴν Ὀνείου τοῦ ἀρχιερέως εὐσέβειάν τε καὶ μισοπονηρίαν,
Haydock's commentary
City. Three things contribute to the well ordering of a state: first, the agreement of the principal men; secondly, the observance of the laws; and thirdly, the eminent virtue of the ruler. While three other things disturb it: first, the obstinacy of transgressors who refuse correction; secondly, their malice, seeking revenge against superiors; and thirdly, the avarice of princes, endeavouring to rob the public treasury, ver. 4. (Worthington)
Onias III, son of Simon II, chap. xv. 12. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.