2 Maccabees 2:24-26

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁴ And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.

²⁵ For considering the multitude of books, and the difficulty that they find that desire to undertake the narrations of histories, because of the multitude of the matter,

²⁶ We have taken care for those indeed that are willing to read, that it might be a pleasure of mind: and for the studious, that they may more easily commit to memory: and that all that read might receive profit.