Good News Translation
When the time came for Mattathias to die, he said to his sons, "These are times of violence and distress. Arrogant people are in control and have made us an object of ridicule.

New Revised Standard Version
Now the days drew near for Mattathias to die, and he said to his sons: “Arrogance and scorn have now become strong; it is a time of ruin and furious anger.

Contemporary English Version
Right before Mattathias died, he said to his sons: The Gentiles are proud and violent, and we're going to have a horrible time.

New American Bible
When the time came for Mattathias to die, he said to his sons: “Arrogance and scorn have now grown strong; it is a time of disaster and violent wrath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:

Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:

1 Maccabees 2:47
And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:

1 Maccabees 2:48
And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.

1 Maccabees 2:50
Now, therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.

1 Maccabees 2:51
And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name.