we, having heard that the Jews do not consent to our father’s purpose to turn them to the customs of the Greeks, but choose rather their own way of living, and make request that the customs of their law be allowed to them—having heard (that) the Jews, not concuring with the father's
assimilation[a] to the Greek (ways), but adhering to their
own way, presuming (their own) norms (ought) to be accomodated to them
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