2 Maccabees 2:26-28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

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.