Good News Translation
Writing such a summary is a difficult task, demanding hard work and sleepless nights.

New Revised Standard Version
For us who have undertaken the toil of abbreviating, it is no light matter but calls for sweat and loss of sleep,

Contemporary English Version
Writing a short version of a long book is like trying to prepare a banquet for a crowd of people with different tastes. So I worked night and day and lost a lot of sleep. But that's all right, because I am glad to work hard in order to satisfy my readers.

New American Bible
we have aimed to please those who prefer simply to read, to make it easy for the studious who wish to commit things to memory, and to be helpful to all.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

2 Maccabees 2:24
And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason, of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.

2 Maccabees 2:25
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,

2 Maccabees 2:27
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.

2 Maccabees 2:28
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.