Igitur cum sancta civitas habitaretur in omni pace, leges etiam adhuc optime custodirentur, propter Oniæ pontificis pietatem, et animos odio habentes mala,
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,
Ergo cum sancto civitate habita in omni pace, leges etiam adhuc bene custodi, propter Oniase de pontifice pietate, et animos odio habe malo,