Good News Translation
so he went to the king, not for the purpose of making accusations against his own people, but for the common good of all Jews, both in their private and public lives.

New Revised Standard Version
So he appealed to the king, not accusing his compatriots but having in view the welfare, both public and private, of all the people.

Contemporary English Version
and he asked King Seleucus for help. Onias did not want to bring charges against other Jews. He only hoped to find ways of privately and publicly doing good for the entire nation.

New American Bible
So he had recourse to the king, not as an accuser of his compatriots, but as one looking to the general and particular good of all the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but with view to the common good of all the people.

Not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but with view to the common good of all the people.

2 Maccabees 4:3
But when the enmities proceeded so far, that murders also were committed by some of Simon's friends:

2 Maccabees 4:4
Onias, considering the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, who was the governor of Celesyia, and Phenicia, was outrageous, which increased the malice of Simon, went to the king,

2 Maccabees 4:6
For he saw that, except the king took care, it was impossible that matters should be settled in peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly.

2 Maccabees 4:7
But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, who was called the Illustrious, had taken possession of the kingdom, Jason, the brother of Onias, ambitiously sought the high priesthood: