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.
WEB
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.See 2 Maccabees 6:19 and 7:1, etc.
DRC1:66
And they would not break the holy law of God, and they were put to death:
LXXE
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.