2 Maccabees 2:27-29

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁷ And as to ourselves indeed, in undertaking this work of abridging, we have taken in hand no easy task, yea rather a business full of watching and sweat.

²⁸ But as they that prepare a feast, and seek to satisfy the will of others: for the sake of many, we willingly undergo the labour.

²⁹ Leaving to the authors the exact handling of every particular, and as for ourselves, according to the plan proposed, studying to be brief.