2 Maccabees 2:31
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
but to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.
Greek · Brenton
Τὸ δὲ σύντομον τῆς λέξεως μεταδιώκειν, καὶ τὸ ἐξεργαστικὸν τῆς πραγματείας παραιτεῖσθαι, τῷ τὴν μετάφρασιν ποιουμένῳ συγχωρητέον.