25. If I dissemble to gain a brief moment of life, they would be led astray by me, while I would bring defilement and dishonor on my old age.
26. Even if, for the time being, I avoid human punishment, I shall never, whether alive or dead, escape the hand of the Almighty.
27. Therefore, by bravely giving up life now, I will prove myself worthy of my old age,
28. and I will leave to the young a noble example of how to die willingly and nobly for the revered and holy laws.”He spoke thus, and went immediately to the instrument of torture.