Wherefore they chose rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
KJV
1 Maccabees 1:63
Wherefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
Parallel Translations
Therefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
They chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the food, and that they might not profane the holy covenant; and they died.