2 Maccabees 2:24-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁴ Considering the flood of statistics and the difficulty likely to be encountered by those who begin to wade through the immense amount of material involved in these historical narratives, ²⁵ we have aimed to please those who desire easy reading, to make it uncomplicated for those who wish to commit facts to memory, and to turn out a product that will be of profit to all. ²⁶ For those of us who have undertaken the labor of such abridging, the task has been far from easy but in truth one that involves sweat and sleepless nights,