2 Maccabees 2:32

ASV Byzantine Text

Here then let us begin the narration, only adding thus much to that which hath been already said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te dongah mamih kah cilka te mah tong uh pawn sih. Thui tangtae te koep thui boel sih. Olrhannah te muep sen tih a khokhuen cil lat a toi he khaw hlang ang bibi banghui lamni a om eh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

brevitatem vero dictionis sectari, et executiones rerum vitare, brevianti concedendum est.

Brenton English Septuagint

Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Laat ons nu met het verhaal beginnen; want onze voorrede is reeds lang genoeg. Het zou toch dwaasheid zijn, een uitvoerige inleiding op een geschiedenis te schrijven, en de geschiedenis zelf te bekorten.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, That it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which has been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.

British English Septuagint 2012

Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which has been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.

Revised Version

Here then let us begin the narration, only adding thus much to that which hath been already said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Commençons donc ici le récit, en ajoutant seulement ceci à ce qui a déjà été dit ; car c'est une chose insensée que de faire un long prologue à l'histoire, et d'abréger l'histoire elle-même.

Spanish BLL

Así que ya vamos a empezar a contarles la historia y le paramos aquí a la introducción; porque qué chiste tiene hacer una introducción tan larga si lo que queremos es resumir la historia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Comencemos aquí entonces la narración, añadiendo solamente esto a lo que ya se ha dicho; porque es cosa necia hacer un largo prólogo a la historia, y luego resumir la historia misma.

Croatian Bible

Počnimo, dakle, izlaganje, kad smo se toliko zadržali na predgovoru; bilo bi glupo razvlačiti predgovor povijesti, a zbijati samu povijest.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

World English Bible Classic

Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

World English Bible Updated

Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἐντεῦθεν οὖν ἀρξώμεθα τῆς διηγήσεως, τοῖς προειρημένοις τοσοῦτον ἐπιζεύξαντες· εὔηθες γὰρ τὸ μὲν πρὸ τῆς ἱστορίας πλεονάζειν, τὴν δὲ ἱστορίαν ἐπιτεμεῖν.

Mashi Bible

Rhurhondîre emyanzi yîrhu ahâla buzira kuciyûshûla bindi bici kuli ebi rhwaderhaga. Bwanabà buhwinja okulihya enshokolezi y’emyanzi na buzinda okuyofihya emyanzi yonene.

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