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2 Maccabees 2:25-27
Wycliffe Bible
2 Maccabees 2:25-27
Wycliffe Bible
25 and soothly we had busyness, (or concern), [or soothly we cared], that it were delectation, or liking, of soul to men willing (or desiring) for to read; forsooth to studious men, that they might lightlier (or easier) betake to mind; forsooth that to all men reading profit be given.
26 And soothly we took to us-selves [or to ourselves] that received this work, by cause (or because) of abridging, not (an) easy travail, but soothly a work full of wakings (or of watching) and [of] sweat.
27 As these that make ready a feast, and seek for to please to the will of other men, for (the) grace of many men, we suffer willfully travail (or willingly we suffer this travail);
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